Google Ends SMS Search Service

in another move which violates the "don't be evil" prime directive you can no longer get simple search results by texting a message to 466453

attention google: not everything needs to be monetized, fuckers.

"Google's decision to shut down the SMS search service only serves to widen the information divide between the haves and have-nots," wrote user dadamn in a May 10 post. "I could always get some info via the very simple text message—an address and phone number for a business can be very handy in a pinch, or when traveling.  For those of us who can't afford a data plan or smartphone, or for those who aren't techno-savvy enough to navigate the web on a cellphone or learn a new 'app world,' the SMS has helped us to function in a society that increasingly assumes everyone worth reaching has a smartphone. Google, I'll challenge you to take a look at this service from a social-justice lens. Please cut the crap about 'beautiful technology that will improve people's lives' when you're only talking about improving things for the techno-elite."

http://www.eweek.com/mobile/google-ends-sms-search-service-apparently-without-warning/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/google_sms_search_shutdown/