Ian's (almost) daily recap of what spikes my interest

Here's a little known trick for your mobile (gasp! cell) phone. So,
remember when you didn't mind using 411 on your mobile because the
company would pay the bill? Well neither do I. I do remember seeing
the charges on my monthly statement and kicking myself for the ten $1.50
per call directory assistance inquiries. Google has reduced the cost of
this to just $0.10 -- the cost of a text message.

Send an SMS (or text message - same thing) to "GOOGL" (which translates
to "46645"

The body of the text message should look like any of these:

# first name, last name, city and state
# first name, last name, state
# first name, last name, area code
# first name, last name, zip code
# phone number, including area code
# last name, city, state
# last name, zip code

Google will immediately send you a text message back with the search
results.



-Ian