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Google Reader (100+): "Apr 6, 2007 (16 hours ago)
Google Launches Free 411 Service
from TechCrunch by Michael Arrington

Google threw a new product called Goog-411 into Google Labs today - a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. About 2.6 billion 411 calls are made in the U.S. each year, and it is a $7 billion/year market.

Goog-411 can be accessed by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411."

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This looks like a great service but for the US numbers only.

Buried in the text is a link to the Google local business search service "Businesses that want to add or correct data can do so here." which allows organizations to create detailed information about their services for users who find them through Google.

Nonprofit Online News: Current News

Nonprofit Online News: Current News:

"Long Hours, Low Pay Turn Off Young Nonprofit Workers, Study Finds


Caroline Preston covers the recent Young Nonprofit Professionals Conference and reports on the groups recent study, which finds that Long Hours, Low Pay Turn Off Young Nonprofit Workers. More than 70 of young professionals surveyed say they never expect to serve as an executive director and more than half don't think their next job will be in the nonprofit sector. The most painful quote from the conference: 'All I do is fund raise.'

Posted: 4/2/07; 12:32:59 PM #"

Reading the full article fills me with worry about where the non-profit sector will end up.