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Google To Shut Down 411 Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the guess-we're-back-to-calling-the-ghostbusters dept.

taco8982 writes "After three years of providing free directory assistance in exchange for voice samples, Google has announced plans to shut down the GOOG-411 service, in order to focus on 'speech-enabling the next generation of Google products and services across a multitude of languages.' The service will close on November 12th."

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  1. Sad Day! by odin84gk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Goog411 was amazing! No ads, good results. Thankfully I have a smartphone, but there were still times that Goog411 was faster than using my smartphone.

    I guess I will go back to 1-800-Free411