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Wow, it’s amazing what smart phones are capable of doing with the right applications plugged in. This is likely why phone books have experienced a huge growth, even during a major (and extended) recession. According to market research firm IDC, vendors shipped 54.5 million smartphone devices in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of [...]

This year, two of the largest phone book publishers went bankrupt. Now they’re planning on coming back with new online publishing goals. Idearc and R.H. Donnelley both went under earlier this year with billions of dollars in debt. If someone tells you that printed phone books are still important, then just quote Scott Klein, Chief [...]