Skype Using Jingle’s Free 411 Service
By Ollie Parsley in skype on July 5 2007
Skype and Jingle Networks, operator of a free 411 service, are working together - U.S. Skype users will have access to Jingle for 411 calls. Users can also add “Free411USA” to their Skype friends list. Users must be on Skype 3.5 for Window.
This news comes very quickly after Jingle announced a patent on ad-supported 411 calls. Founder Scott Kliger said the company would be using the patent to go after competitors in the next few months - those competitors include Google and AT&T.
There does seem to be a blatant problem with this. Skype users are generally on an Internet connected device, and a web search is almost always an easier way to find information on a business v. a 411 call really. But I suppose another free serivce wouldn’t go a miss.
Source: TechCrunch
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