Productivity in the sky should pick up 
this holiday season, as Google is teaming with a number of U.S. carriers to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi.
Delta, AirTran and Virgin America are all teaming with the search giant to offer the service at no cost between Nov. 20 and Jan. 2. Each carrier has outfitted their entire domestic fleet with the Gogo Inflight service.
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Richard Branson has a history of turning 
industries on their ear. And now he has his eyes set on the video game world.
The billionaire entrepreneur’s re-entry into the gaming world with Virgin Gaming Tuesday caught a number of people by surprise. While it was hardly shocking that he’d want a piece of the $10.5 billion dollar industry, most expected Virgin would approach it from the publishing route.
Billionaire business mogul Richard Branson blazed
trails in the video game industry in the mid-1990s. Now he’s hoping to do it again.
Virgin Gaming, the new video game unit of Virgin Holdings, begins operations today, acting as a matchmaking and tournament service — s well as a vehicle for people to profit from their gaming skills via cash wagers. The company says it plans to give away $1 million in cash and prizes over the next year.
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