The Washington Post took an in-depth look at SocialCash and its business model, which provides application developers using Facebook and other platforms the means to monetize their applications. 

Gratis Internet was selected as a finalist for the Northern Virginia Technology Council's "Hottest Bootstrap" award, sposored by Valhalla Partners.

Blue Hornet concluded that by consolidating transactional and marketing email platforms, Gratis Internet saw a 65% increase in Clickthroughs.

East Coast Blogging reviews SocialCash at GSP East.

Publically launched at Graphing Social Patterns (GSP) East, SocialCash received high marks from allfacebook.com.

Gratis Internet presented to more than 750 venture capitalists, bankers, lawyers and executives at the MAVA Capital Connection.

TechBisNow selected Gratis Internet CEO Rob Jewell as one of the top 35 entrepreneurs under the age of 35 in the Washington D.C. region.

The top 30 CEO's under the age of 30 gather in Alta, Utah near Salt Lake City for summit put on by Elliot Bisnow.

Gratis Internet CEO Rob Jewell built his DC-based business around a simple concept: People love free stuff.

Interview with CEO and co-founder Rob Jewell of Gratis Internet to discuss the internet marketing space and how to effectively connect consumers with advertisers online.

"What it does: Place ads that drive customers to bigger advertisers by giving away iPods, flat-screen TV's, and such."

The e-mail messages are tantalizing: "Join now and receive a free I.B.M. laptop."  "Your complimentary iPod with free shipping is waiting." 

Unless you're extremely gullible, the promise of getting a free iPod from FreeiPods.com looks extremely dubious.  But surprisingly, the site appears to be legitimate.