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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by saalweachter on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @06:35AM (#34517097)
411 was a phone service that you could call and ask basic questions to and a human operator would look up answers for you.

Kind of a primitive version of Google.

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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by patwolf on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @07:53AM (#34517656)
Anyone remember GOOG-411? During the days before smart phones, you'd call a phone number and do a Google search via voice.

My favorite part was that the sound it made while waiting for the results was a human making robotic beep-boop sounds.

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