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- Is GOOG-411 better than Google SMS?
- Both Rick and I have pointed out the great newish Google products for cellphones: 1-800-GOOG-411 and Google SMS. Deciding which one to use is more than a matter of preferring to talk or use your thumbs, though. I use GOOG-411 when I'm driving or walking and need...
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Get Localized Search Results from Google SMS
- As I've mentioned before, Google SMS is a fabulous tool for fetching information from your cell phone. Just shoot a text message to 466453 GOOGLE and you can get all kinds of helpful stuff in return: flight status, business listings, weather reports, driving directions, and so on. Of course, if...
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Fetch Information Fast with Google SMS
- It always surprises me how few people know about Google SMS, arguably the most useful cell-phone service on the planet. If you know how to send a text message, you can retrieve a wealth of valuable information: local business listings, stock quotes, driving directions, flight status, airline contact info, language...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
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- SMS Your Flight Status
- SMS Your Flight StatusHow handy!I also use Google sms service (46645) for rapid local directory info and local weather. Would be interested in any other uses for this service!GoogleI didn't know Google had this service. Thanks.UK??Does this work in the UK?Google Mobile in the UKSadly, David, Google has a much...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
- Google to bring free text information to Africa
- Google is partnering with technology and microfinance charity the Grameen Foundation to provide an SMS texting service designed to help impoverished Ugandans gain access to online information. Google SMS will allow mobile owners to text free requests for information such as weather forecasts and sexual health advice. ...
- Articles 2009-06-29
- Google information service uses short messaging.(Late News)
- Google has launched a beta test of a service that allows mobile users to access the Google database from handsets using short message service. Google SMS delivers local business and residential listings via Google Local and price comparisons throug Google has launched a beta...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Google Adds New Local Services to Its Suite of Mobile Products; Users Can Now Access Google Local and Driving Directions On-the-Go
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG) today released two new local services that enable people on-the-go to quickly and easily connect to the information they want from their mobile phones or wireless device. From local business listings to interactive street maps, users can now access Google Local information via...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- AT&T says it didn't block Google Voice
- Apple is still reviewing the Google Voice iPhone application, and AT&T has not played any role in that review process, the companies told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday. Google Voice has not been approved for distribution to the iPhone, and on July 31, the FCC questioned Apple and...
- News items 2009-08-23
- Choice Nuggets From Appleâ??s Response to the FCCâ??s Inquiry Regarding the Rejection and Removal of Google Voice Apps From the App Store
- Apple's response is worth reading in its entirety; it is written in clear, plain language, and gives straight answers to nearly all questions. A few choice bits, though: Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. That's interesting, but...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Google launches Android 2.0 SDK
- Filed under: OS Updates , Google , Mobile , Android Google is unveiling some of the features of its next-generation mobile operating system with the launch of an updated Software Development Kit . That means developers can already begin writing programs for Android...
- News items 2009-10-27
- What's the best phone for Google Voice?
- Dear readers: We are testing a new commenting system, JS-Kit's Echo, in this post. In addition to providing a more comprehensive sign-on system and real-time updating, Echo also collates comments on this story from other Web sources, such as Twitter. Check out the action at the end of the post....
- News items 2009-08-26
- Google Voice Lets You Use Your Own Phone Number
- Posted by: Rob Hof on October 27 Google Voice, the phone management service the search giant launched the invite-only service earlier this year, has gotten some rave reviews, as well as its share of controversy. You can route calls to various of your phones—cell, work, home landline, whatever—to one number,...
- News items 2009-10-26
- iPhone, Google battle - another element in the struggle for web power
- At one level, the fracas about Google's stymied attempt to bring Google Voice to the iPhone is a squabble about who gets to control the phone's user interface. But in the bigger picture, it's a fight that was destined to happen as the free-wheeling ways of the internet arrive in...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Google Android 2.0 SDK Lands For Developers as the World Awaits The Verizon Droid
- Google's Android team Oct. 27 released Android 2.0, the long-awaited build also known as ?clair that is expected to appear first on the Motorola Droid smartphone from Verizon Wireless next week. The Android 2.0 SDK features new APIs for sync, account manager and contacts. End users will benefit from Quick...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Former Hedge Fund Manager Claims ATandT Was Behind Apple's Google Voice Ban:
- Former Hedge Fund Manager Claims ATandT Was Behind Apple's Google Voice Ban:( Page 1 of 2 )Former hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said ATandT was the real villain behind Apple's ban of Google Voice from its iPhone App Store. The piece comes just days before the companies are expected to...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Google Voice Invites Now Available
- The innovative telephony app Google Voice is now making invitations available to new users, according to an announcement on the Official Google Blog . Users with existing accounts can send up to 3 invitations and the rest of us can request invites via ...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Ribbit Mobile Launches to Challenge Google Voice, VoxOx
- Ribbit brought its cloud computing phone application to the mobile device sector Nov. 3 in the form of Ribbit Mobile, which lets users manage calls and messages to mobile phones from their computers. Ribbit Mobile aims to challenge existing Web services such as Google Voice and VoxOx, and offers many...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Apple Approves Line2, a Google Voice-esque Program For Toktumi [IPhone Apps]
- Copy this whole post to another site This Line2 app was just approved after a 3 month delay, partially caused by the Google Voice shenanigans Apple pulled back in July when they pulled out all the Google Voice apps from the App Store. This is really similar. Toktumi works similarly...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Google?s Africa Strategy: Search and Trade Via SMS
- Erick Schonfeld submits: Not only does Google GOOG want to organize all the world’s information, it also wants to make all that information available to everyone in the world. For the majority of the world’s population, that means making it available on a cell phone, and not...
- External links 2009-06-29
- Apple: We're "Studying" Google Voice, Not Rejecting it [Digital Daily]
- "Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it." So begins Apple's AAPL response to the FCC's inquiry into its rejection of the app and its App Store approval process. Seems Google Voice was witheld from the App Store, not because of...
- News items 2009-08-21
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