How many people are familiar with Microsoft’s Voice Search tool “Live Search 411?” It’s a powerful yet not well-known way to do local search from any phone (1-800-CALL-411 or 1-800-225-5411).

Google has introduced the latest in its line of services designed to make it easier for us to find information we need—when not in front of a computer. The project, officially called Google Voice ...

There are roughly 250 million cell phone users in the United States and more than ten times that figure around the globe. Approximately 42 million (or so) people use the “mobile Internet” in the US, ...

Google Labs just rolled out a Google Voice Local Search, which is basically a free 411 search along the lines of previously mentioned 1-800-FREE-411. To use the local business search tool, pick up ...

Microsoft has introduced a voice activated version of the Bing search engine available via your mobile phone — or any phone, according to a blog post by Microsoft’s Eric Lingman. Dubbed Bing 411, ...

The mobile advertising marketplace may be slow to develop, but mobile data usage--especially search functions--continue to accelerate, according to new data released Thursday by the Nielsen Co. More ...

If you’ve ever called an information service, you know you can get an address and a phone number. And, of course, many times you can get patched through instead of having to remember the phone number.