Kwiry service lets users text to remember tidbits

August 13, 2008 By RACHEL METZ , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- It happens to everyone: A friend recommends a good book or movie, but by the time you get around to Googling it - assuming you get that far - you can't remember what it's called.

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