A holiday gift: Free wi-fi for travelers

What do adults want for the holidays?

If they’re travelers, free wireless Internet access in the airport is always a welcome gift. Bing, Google and eBay are all offering free wi-fi at airports and a few other locations -– including in the air -- this holiday season.

• Bing: Best free wi-fi spots

Here are the deals:

• Google is offering free wi-fi at 47 U.S. airports, as well as on Virgin America flights, through Jan. 15. Some of the airports listed always have free wi-fi, but free is free.
• Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is providing free wi-fi at selected airport locations, as well as some hotels, through mobile advertising company JiWire. To get the free-wi, all you have to do is complete one Bing search.
• EBay is offering free wi-fi on Delta Airlines flights Nov. 24-30 via GoGo Inflight Access.

If those deals don’t work for you, Wi-Fi-FreeSpot has a list of airports that always have free wi-fi, as well as lists of other free wi-si spots.

• Video: News Corp. vs. Google

Gina Trapani, at LifeHacker, has a comprehensive guide to finding free wi-fi spots wherever you are.

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