I may have told some of you, and some of you may already know...but if not I'll give you another reason to love Google. Aside from being the BEST search engine (you're a fool if you don't agree;), creating free Google Earth, and providing me with this complimentary blog they have some other awesome services.
Two of my favorite are Google SMS and Goog 411. SMS is a free text information service -it costs you whatever 1 text cost you, probably nothing. You text to: 46645 (GOOGL) for info. Within a second it texts you back your answer. You can get info on weather, stocks, games scores, driving directions, word definitions, Q&A, flight info, local info and more. For local info just use a zip code and your request...like...movies 21541 (for showtimes) or sushi 21286. It will impress you check it out here.You can even enter questions like speed of light, population of England, or who wrote Hamlet (these can be a little hit or miss).
The second service, Goog 411, I use all the time. Just call 1-800-Goog-411 from any phone. Its automated voice recognition is excellent, totally free, and very simple. Its like having the yellow pages in your phone. So easy to use, never pay for 411 again. Watch the tutorial here. FYI- I did a search for "The White House", it returned results for a government agency building in Washington D.C., I connected and a stately lady answered the phone with "The White House." I wanted to ask for G.W.B. No lie =)
