traviswright

Thanks to my friend Benjamin Boyd, I’ve got another reason to like google.

Basically, you can send google a text message by typing in google (466453) and ask for just about anything. You can get a phone number for just about anywhere. It helped us find the restaurant where we ate dinner in Charlotte. It gave us the forecast while we were on our way to the beach in Charleston. Ashley has a new phone and didn’t have a number that she needed, and tried to get from other people, but had no luck, so she sent google a text message.

The crazy thing about it is that as soon as you hit send on the text message, you get one back. 

And the best thing about it – it’s free. Assuming you have a text message plan with your cell phone provider.

Here is google’s own page about the whole thing.(I just wish I would have bought some google stock a long time ago!)

Did anybody else already know about this and I’m just way behind? I know I’ll never dial 411 again.