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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Google's Free 411 Service Now Open to Toronto</title>
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<title>Claude</title>
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Thanks John for that tip. I also used this service and it's pretty cool. Voice recognition and other problems related to calling 411 wasn't a problem anymore. Ask411 using SMS rocks! ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c383139</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:02:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>John Gauthier</title>
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I hate it when you have to pay for airtime. Good thing, SMS is invented. I heard about this DA service the provides information throughout Canada.Been using it alot lately because it's free,only for this month though.275411(ASK411) is the number. Just type in the city,province and the listing that you need and send it to 275411 and voila! you'll receive a reply containing the phone number you need right away.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c356792</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:48:01 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Robert Hunter</title>
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Voice recognition is "less than adequate", for smaller towns, that from a native English speaker. Hope this is the "beta" version.  My Garmin GPS does a much better job on text to speech. That being said, it's cool!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c324486</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:23:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sarah</title>
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This is awesome! Thanks for posting.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c270073</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:13:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>James</title>
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Ok, -That- is cool..  a texting 411 service..
I'd go for that.

Does anyone know if it works on older cell's..
(say.. 5190 / 6190 nokia era) ?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269728</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:48:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ali</title>
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I'm addicted to their text 411 service..text the name of any place in toronto with the city name and province, to googl (46645) - like 'terroni, toronto, on' - and you get the phone # and address txt'd back to you! Sometimes it gets confused by some names but generally works really well and you don't have to use your minutes!

(..no I don't work for google)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269718</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:16:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>noni</title>
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not photoshop. you can hack them to work on Rogers.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269654</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:10:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Shawn</title>
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I'm surprised that noone has yet commented about the iPhone photo operating on what would appear to be Rogers ("Rog...").  

Photoshop or someone with an inside connection?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269643</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:08:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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What I like best about this service is that you don't need to know the business name...  you just say "sushi" and it gives  you a list of places nearby.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269622</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:42:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hamish Grant</title>
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What Google's doing here is investing in their future as a telecomm provider.  It's been said elsewhere (I think somewhere on Wired.com) that Google is building a database of demographic information not only from the 411 service but from just about everything else they provide for free.  Information is KING and Google is doing everything it can to build the world's largest demographic database and then sell aggregates of that information for a profit.  We as individuals have very little to fear from this as we are not personally being identified- but our behaviours are, and that's where the money is.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269602</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:25:27 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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Do you really care that Google's recording you looking up the number for a pizza joint? I understand the privacy concerns, but I don't think there's much to worry about here.

If you call up the number and hit * immediately, you're given the option of erasing all previously recorded calls on the number you're calling from. The other option is calling in from a phone where the number is blocked; Google won't be able to trace the call to the number and thus to you.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269585</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:06:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>James</title>
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I Like this idea..
I think its great that there saving people money in this
"gimmy gimmy gimmy" world.. but the part that scares me
the most about this if anything, is this one simple line:
"being able to record and analyze millions of calls"

can anybody else see how this ~may~ come back to bite
us in the butt ? lol.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269583</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:40:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Daniel</title>
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Use 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-4664-411) for information.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269581</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:27:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>JonO</title>
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Who's "mac"?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269570</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>joseph</title>
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I just think it's hilarious, at one point weren't Microsoft and Walmart viewed the same way (little different for Walmart I understand)...  Hey, I love google, they blow me away, but isn't there a limit to their philanthropy? I just wonder when "we" (collectively) will peg them as another bad guy corporation like so many before... even mac is beginning to show signs of this trend.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269569</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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Google has done nothing but make my life easier with everything they've released. The beauty of the company is the information they gather (and make money off in ad revenue) seems to always go into making more ingenious products.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269567</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:44:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>joseph</title>
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Google is unbelievable.  Should we be scared at all?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269566</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:41:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chris</title>
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That is simply amazing. I'm already cooing over having installed Google Maps on my PDA and abusing the unlimited data plan... ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/03/googles_free_411_service_now_open_to_toronto/#c269565</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:40:44 PDT</pubDate>
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