Google Labs just rolled out a Google Voice Local Search, which is basically a free 411 search along the lines of previously mentioned 1-800-FREE-411. To use the local business search tool, pick up ...

Calling 411 for directory assistance can be maddeningly expensive. Carriers like Sprint and Verizon charge more than $1 and sometimes as much as $2 a call from a cell phone. And much of that is profit ...

Getting telephone directory assistance doesn't have to cost you a fortune, or at least that's how a number of emerging services are pitching themselves. They're offering consumers free 411, which on ...

Name, address and a free phone call? Dialing 411 may never be the same again. Beginning sometime Friday or Monday, San Francisco-based upstart UpSnap says, it will launch a 411 service for cell phones ...

Move over, Ma Bell. Free directory assistance services such as 1-800-Free411 will ultimately overtake traditional paid assistance among mobile consumers once they become more aware of them, according ...

There have been so many times I have needed to get a phone number while using my cell phone lately. Usually, it is to call a store to see if they have an item before spending $5 worth of gas to find ...

Avoiding advertising has become a science, from using TiVo to skip commercials to putting your name on a no-call list to duck telemarketers. But a California-based company is betting that people won’t ...

Google got all the pronunciations, accents, and business names out of its free 1-800-GOOG-411 service it needed to power its voice recognition, so it's shutting down today. But please, please don't ...

Jul 23, 2014 Jul 23, 2014 Updated Jan 15, 2021 Jerry Romansky is a syndicated columnist. Readers are invited to write in English or Spanish: Ask Jerry, Post Office Box 42444, Washington DC 20015.