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Bing 411 (competition for Google’s 411)

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Bing 411 (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-246-4411), with voice search powered by Tellme, is competing with Google 411 service! Claiming to be more than simple local business search, Bing 411 makes it easier to get on-the-go information: driving directions, traffic reports, sports scores, stock quotes, weather reports, and even information the cheapest place near you to buy gas.

Bing 411 now takes local business search a step further, helping you to complete tasks from your phone. Call Bing 411 to find a business, then connect to it or get an SMS with a link to a map (which you can also send to a friend). Bing 411 even includes star ratings of businesses based on reviews by other consumers. You can get traffic-influenced driving directions, and for movie theaters, you can get show times and even buy tickets.

Get the right information to make decisions and complete tasks fast, with one easy phone call (1-800-BING-411).

UseNet News Groups

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Update 12/2008- Late 2008 Google implemented changes to it’s UseNet news service now calling it Google Groups service. I believe there are still ties to the Usenet servers.

UseNet Is a worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet or through many online services. The USENET contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups, that cover every imaginable interest group. It is used daily by millions of people around the world.

UseNet News Groups certainly are not new but I’ll bet it may be to many of you. In fact prior to the World Wide Web (www) and HTML web pages, the Internet structure was primarily UseNet based, but also other protocols like FTP, and E-mail.

News Groups like recreational.motorcycles are still a major community news information source. This is why I am linking and encouraging you to explore UseNet.

However – BEWARE – UseNet is also a common place for scams and E-mail address harvesting, so please learn correct techniques to protect yourself. Example: Protect your identity when posting messages on UseNet, notice few provide people there E-mail address as it is, usually they mask it so address harvesters can not easily obtain this. You’re safe to lurk and browse UseNet’s text messages.

A non-motorcycle popular news group is the free city classified available for most every large city in the world (see Austin.Forsale).

Read More…Usenet and Newsgroups Info: Usenet History