Google 411

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Alyssa Jean

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My cousin just sent this to me and it should be very useful to my C-Brat family.

Now this is worth knowing!

1-800-GOOG-411(1-800-466-4411)

This is something you will want to have and use! I still remember when the
telephone company charged me $1.50 to get a phone number from information!

My compliments to Google!

Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone or your
home phone speed dial:
1-800-GOOG-411.
This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are on the road or water.

Don't waste your money on information calls, and don't
waste your time manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car; I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed.

The voice at the other end says, "City & State." I say,
"Garland, Texas." He says, "Business, Name or Type of Service." I say, Firewheel Golf Course." He says, "Connecting" and Firewheel answers the phone. How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!

Click on the link below and watch the short clip for a
quick demonstration.
http://www.google.com/goog411/
 
This is very cool. Thanks David.
Be sure to watch the video, as you can get maps, and text information sent to your phone too.
Robbi
 
Wow..that sounds great! I have been used '800 free 411' for several years but it's a pain because you have to listen to a commercial before they give you the number.
 
I will probably use this, as I do use Google search, but I can't help but be a little suspicious. Google wants to "organize" (control, own?) all "all the information in the universe." So now Google will know all the cell phone numbers in the universe and who is attached to them. This is not comforting.
 
I've been using GOOG411 for over a year, and agree it's great - with one exception. Business listings only - no residential.

There's also an option to have the number sent to you via SMS, and if your phone is smart enough, it can permanently add the number to your cell's phonebook.
 
Thanks David. You guys probably know this already, but if you go to 'google maps' and punch in an address, you will probably also get a street level picture of the address and can actually drive along the street it is on. Whatdaheck else can 'da google' do?

MartyP
 
Love that Google , everyone needs to Google extensively. Laurie's small portfolio needs the help.

Marty, that google map thing that shows the piture of the house is pretty cool.. I looked at ours, and it is very recent picture too.
 
I recall the early sat map photo days when they were getting photos from an old Russian targeting satellite. We lived in Naperville IL outside Chicago -- town has a soccer/baseball park called NIKE park -- because it was an old Nike air defense missle site -- so town was definitely in any nuclear ring of fire scenario.

The picture of our house was from the Russian bird and my Jeep Grand Cherokee was in the street -- kind of an uncomfortable feeling when you used to help with tactical target selection from photos.

Bill Uffelman
Las Vegas NV
 
Street view is very cool, but also a bit frightening. I live on a tiny private street, but they still have pictures of everything. I can even read the license plate number on a car in the driveway.

And goog411 is pretty handy. I've used it before, but with the advent of smart phones with Google maps and internet anywhere I don't use it too often.
 
20dauntless":vbjp8xq1 said:
Street view is very cool, but also a bit frightening. I live on a tiny private street, but they still have pictures of everything. I can even read the license plate number on a car in the driveway.
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Google will remove street view photos of your home, upon request.

I did so - photos were gone in a couple of weeks.
 
Interesting--all car navigation GPS, put my address (1200) about 1000 feet down the street. Same for Google's photos. If I put in 1050, it is right in front of my house....So don't count of the navigation to be accurate to the foot.

Thanks for the 411 information!
 
David,

I've been using Google Info (Goog 411) for over a year, and have rarely found a problem once I learned to say "See Kwim". Great for traveling. Sorry I didn't think to pass it on here. I thought I was the last in the world to know about it.

How a bout ICE in your cell phone?

ICE = In Case of Emergency. Put "ICE" into your phone as a name, and then put in a different number in each slot for the name, mobil, home and business. I've used that once in a found cell phone and once in a medical emergency, both times it paid off for the phone owner.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Related to what Harvey said--I do not have "ICE" in my phone (although it may be a good idea), but my wife is the first dial up number.

However, as a person who worked many years in emergency rooms I feel that an ID and summery in print is more valuable. In my wallet I keep my name, address, wife phone numbers, daughter phone numbers, My medical history, current medications, and physicians names and phone numbers. These are in small print, so that all of the information fits on two wallet picture sized cards, and they are laminated between plastic to be waterproof.

Cell phones can be damaged, and although you could put the medical information in this, i emergencies, a written record is much more available. Knowing the medical history and current medications can be life saving immediately.
 
We do the same as Dr. Bob with a laminated card with emergency contact info, but also have our boat info, truck info, and RV info on it. We both carry one.

Jim B.
 
I agree with both Dr Bob and JimB.

"However, as a person who worked many years in emergency rooms I feel that an ID and summery in print is more valuable. In my wallet I keep my name, address, wife phone numbers, daughter phone numbers, My medical history, current medications, and physicians names and phone numbers. These are in small print, so that all of the information fits on two wallet picture sized cards, and they are laminated between plastic to be waterproof."
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The ICE in the phone is an adjunct and will not replace a good hardcopy medical information piece. It does have the ability to quickly recruit a close associate to the victim, generally very rapidly.

For those who travel extensively, medical records, contacts, prescriptions both medical and vision, Advance Directive or Power of Attorney, Passport, and any other important info, (like for vehicle and boat) scanned into a Word or PDF documents and carried on a "jump drive", USB stick or other transportable and exchangable device could be very helpful.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
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