While Google and Microsoft both recently launched their own free directory assistance services, Jingle Networks' 1-800-FREE-411 has been making inroads with advertisers like McDonald's since its ...

With your cell phone carriers, it costs between $1.50, and $2 for them to find you a number. But with services like 1-800-FREE-411, the price of information is your time, in the form of a commercial.

Why pay for directory assistance when you can get it for free? Next time you're looking for a business listing, call toll free 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-4664-411) or 1-800-FREE-411 (1-800-3733-411). You ...

Pssst! Here’s the 411 on, well, 411. In the past few weeks, thrifty New Yorkers have latched on to a new service that provides free directory assistance, which, considering Americans spend about $8 ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Jingle Networks, the startup that operates 1-800-FREE-411, a national ...

A competitor to free phone directory assistance services offered by Microsoft and Google, Menlo Park’s Jingle Networks runs 1-800-Free-411, one of the most popular in the category. We’ve written about ...

Competitor 1-800-411-Save, in the article, cites earlier patents that may conflict with or limit the scope of what Jingle can assert. Indeed, a quick search on Google Patents on the phrases “directory ...

Pay-per-call firm Ingenio today is expected to announce a partnership with UpSnap, an SMS-based free 411 service, to serve text pay-per-call ads to mobile phone users. This is the second free 411 ...