Google gaga

Google has everyone talking baby talk. And searching the web. What most people don't know however is that Google will message your cell phone. It's much smarter than a magic 8-ball but not quite as user friendly.

If you text message the word, help, to the phone number GOOGL (46645) it will promptly message you back with basic instructions on how to get what you're looking for. You can find anything from point-to-point directions to the population of Luxembourg (which is 468,571 by the way). Try it with your own country of choice! You can also look up vocabulary words (so long as you're able to spell them), get weather info, movie times, or even the street price of the latest iPod courtesy of their froogle.com service. Tres cute, n'est-ce pas?

It really is a festive and educational way to waste text messages. If you want to try it out without actually wasting your text messages you can practice with the online demo at: Google Short Message Service Demo

The really sad part is I get nothing from Google for this. I just think it's fun.