Google Services

Categories: Google
Written By: Simplified Geek

googleIf you are a Gmail, or GoogleCal user you may have noticed they finally took off the beta tag that has been on there for about a million years now, who knew they would ever take that off?  This new change led me to think of a few things, first I wonder if there will be some exciting new changes coming to Gmail or they only took it off since millions of people and over 1.5 million businesses use Gmail and GoogleCal they thought it is finally the finished product.  But for some reason the main thing it made me think about is two of the little known Google services I use almost everyday that I thought every person in the world knew about, and that is Goog411.  I still talk to people all the time who say they have never heard of this, so here is a run down.  I don’t know many people who like paying 75 cents to call 411 to get a number, so next time you are in a jam just call 1800-GOOG-411 (466-4411) it is totally free and has maybe one or twice not been able to find the number or business I was looking for.  The main downside is that everything is automated so if it is really loud around you it will have trouble hearing you and give you bad results.  Overall it is a very worthwhile service that is totally worth it to save the cost of 411, also if you are in a place that is to loud or need an address just send a text to GOOGLE (466453) all you do is type in the business name and city and you get your results you can even text it for weather or other information.  Long and short, if you haven’t been using these great services form Google try them out and get your 411 on!



Leave a Reply

The Simplified Geek Podcast

The Simplified Geek Podcast on iTunes

The Greatest Tech Podcast Ever