Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors in the Internet, has had the same idea to promote themselves in the new year season: to provide temporary access free Wi-Fi in airports, airplanes and public places in the U.S.
Google Inc. announced Tuesday it will provide free access Wi-Fi at 47 airports in the country, including Boston, Houston and Seattle, until 15 January. For those airports passes 35% of U.S. travelers, the company said.
Netizens to connect on any of the airports will see a page on the screen that will give them the opportunity to donate to three charities and Google will donate the same amount.
Among the 47 airports there are some, like the McCarran International in Las Vegas, which already provide free Wi-Fi. Sponsors help keep the free service.
Google will also give free service for Wi-Fi in Virgin America flights during the same period.
EBay Inc., the giant online auctioneer, will provide free Wi-Fi on some flights for Delta Air Lines Inc. during the week of Thanksgiving Day, which falls on Thursday 26 October. The link will take users to the eBay site, but since there will be free to follow any other course.
Since September, Microsoft Corp. has offered Wi-Fi access in some hotels and airports, encouraging users to use its new search engine, Bing.
On Monday, Yahoo Inc. said it will give free Wi-Fi in Times Square in New York. A busy street in this area was converted into pedestrian zone in recent months.
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