[November 10, 2009] BRIEF: Google offering free Wi-Fi at PTI airport Tweet Nov 10, 2009 (News and Record - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Google said today it will provide free Wi-Fi as a holiday gift now through Jan. 15 at 47 airports, including Piedmont Triad International Airport. "We know that this is a very hectic travel season for people, and we hope that free Wi-Fi will make both traveling and connecting with friends and family a little bit easier," Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience at Google, stated in a news release. Once travelers log on to networks in any of the participating airports, they can make a donation to Engineers Without Borders, the One Economy Corporation or the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Google will match the donations made across all the networks up to $250,000, and the airport network that generates the highest amount per passenger by Jan. 1 will receive $15,000 to donate to the local nonprofit of their choice. More information about the networks, including a full list of participating airports, is available at www.freeholidaywifi.com. To see more of the News & Record or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.news-record.com. Copyright (c) 2009, News and Record, Greensboro, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]