free stuff and the internet
This article is an interesting read about the growth and development of the big online companies like google and yahoo etc.
Whoever said there’s no such thing as a free lunch had obviously never surfed the internet. Online giants such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft are falling over themselves to give away free stuff.
What started with search engines and email accounts has now grown into an abundance of free software and online services doing everything from publishing family photo albums online to searching for a needle in the haystack of files hidden inside home computers.