Google Bids to Help San Francisco Go Wireless - New York Times

In the past few months, Google has really expanded their business. From Gmail, to Blogger, to personalized homepages, google reader, and the visually amazing Google Earth--these innovations have all been top-notch and have made the Google name much more than just a search engine. Now they've offerred free wireless internet access to the city of San Fransisco.

By 2010, I really believe that wireless access will be the norm, not the exception. Google's plan to offer free access (but expect Google ads or some sort of revenue-making plans to come with it) for the entire city. Hopefully this free access will help address the digital divide between those that can afford computers and internet access and those that cannot. Wireless internet access could be a way to "flatten" some of the inequalities and allow everyone access to information and opportunities.