If you're like me, you download a lot of different apps to your phone.  The majority of the apps I use are free, and that had me wondering.  How do free apps make money?  There are a lot of really great free apps out there.  Why are they letting me use their service for free? Advertising The most obvious way that free apps make money is through advertising.  We've all seen it, and some advertising is better integrated than others.  Sometimes … [Read more...]