Google to Offer Drivers Help at Gas Pump
November 7th, 2007 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer
A Google sign inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. is seen in this May 30, 2007 file photo. Confirming its long-rumored foray into the cell phone market, Google Inc. will give away a software package designed to spur more mobile Web traffic so the Internet search leader can peddle more ads and other services when people aren\'t in front of a personal computer. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
(AP) -- Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the United States beginning early next month.
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