Google Cuts The Cord On GOOG-411
Google announced they are discontinuing 1-800-GOOG-411, a voice activated local search service they launched in 2007. The service will go offline on November 12, 2010. Google said they offer many smart phone search options now, including voice search, voice input and voice actions. Google promised to put “all of our resources into speech-enabling the next […]
Google announced they are discontinuing 1-800-GOOG-411, a voice activated local search service they launched in 2007.
The service will go offline on November 12, 2010. Google said they offer many smart phone search options now, including voice search, voice input and voice actions.
Google promised to put “all of our resources into speech-enabling the next generation of Google products and services across a multitude of languages.” Wow, “all” might be a bit of an exaggeration?
I don’t believe this will impact search by SMS.
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