The big Internet companies were expected to be portals-single web pages that helped you find media, shopping opportunities and weather forecasts while offering services like E-mail.

当时的大型互联网公司都希望成为门户——通过一个单独的网页为你提供媒体、购物机会、天气预报以及电子邮件等服务。

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Meanwhile, large internet companies including Google, Yahoo!and Microsoft's MSN marched into the telecoms business by launching new services offering free calls over the internet.

同时，大型网络公司包括古狗、雅虎、微软的MSN也正在借助提供新型免费网络电话业务进军电信市场。

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Meanwhile, large Internet companies including Google, Yahoo! And Microsoft's MSN marched into the telecoms business by launching new services offering free calls over the Internet.

同时，大型网络公司包括古狗、雅虎、微软的MSN也正在借助提供新型免费网络电话业务进军电信市场。

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In 2000, Apple launched iTools, offering consumers internet services, which later became .

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This is in sharp contrast to the banking industry when it comes to offering Internet-based services.

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Salon Media (otc: SALN - news - people ), publisher of Salon.com and owner of the Well, a pioneering Internet service also started offering blog services for its subscribers last year.

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