Google has introduced the latest in its line of services designed to make it easier for us to find information we need—when not in front of a computer. The project, officially called Google Voice ...

If the telecom giants aren't already, the explosion of growth in free 411 services should have them lobbying congress for protective legislation in the near future. Earlier today I ran across yet ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google threw a new product called Goog-411 into Google Labs today – a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. About 2.6 billion 411 calls are made in the U.S. each ...

While Google and Microsoft both recently launched their own free directory assistance services, Jingle Networks' 1-800-FREE-411 has been making inroads with advertisers like McDonald's since its ...

The massive success of Jingle’s 800-Free-411 service, which allows people to get 411 information without the outrageous fees charged by cell phone carriers and other telephone companies (up to $3.50 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...