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 ...

Telephone directory service has gone through a massive upheaval over the past year. Jingle Networks was able to take about 6% of the market and a patent with their Free 411 service. However, what ...

There are roughly 250 million cell phone users in the United States and more than ten times that figure around the globe. Approximately 42 million (or so) people use the “mobile Internet” in the US, ...

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Marchex announced this morning that it was buying Jingle Networks, operator of free directory assistance service 800-Free-411, for $62 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2004, Jingle Networks also ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The money you spend on 411 calls may seem like small potatoes, but it's really big business. Each time you ask an operator to look up a number or place a call, you're charged ...

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 ...