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Google Phone Rumors Build

Consumers would trade free minutes for targeted advertising

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 29, 2007 7:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Consumers may soon be able to trade free phone calls for targeted advertising, if Google gets its way. Industry experts speculate that the tech giant is quietly developing plans to market cell phones with an ad-based service in exchange for free minutes, BusinessWeek reports. The... Read full story »

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