http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/04/06/googles-free-411-product-launches/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/04/06/googles-free-411-product-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-212715 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:38:03 +0000 #comment-212715 if you are really after free 411 that does business as well as residential numbers…try this… dial 1-800-411 7283….it works!!!! fast and friendly operators..go ahead!!! you have nothing to lose…

]]> http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/04/06/googles-free-411-product-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-5620 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5620 This really is the tip of the iceberg to major possibilities in this space. Voice is the killer medium in mobile and its simplicity will prevail. Also, no company has successfully taken a true mass market "consumer" view to the mobile search problem in the past. All past attempts at voice local search lacked willingness, or resources, or both, to truly serve consumers. Although TellMe was founded on this premise, they transformed into an enterprise, serving telcos. Startups like Jingle need to manage their near term cash flow that prevents them from taking a longer term view. Even large VC cash infusions tends to make them giddy rather than strategic.

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