NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just a day after AOL announced it planned to give away its e-mail and Web services, the company now plans to offer free storage on its servers to lure new users.
The online unit of Time Warner Inc. in September will start offering Internet users who pay nothing up to 5 gigabytes of server space for users to store music, photos or any of their computer files.
The capacity could store approximately 1,250 songs, or 2,000 photos, depending on sound quality and resolution.
The move follows the company's decision on Wednesday to offer most of its services for free in a bid to boost online ad sales.
AOL offers users who pay $25.90 for dial-up Internet access up to 50 gigabytes of storage.
