It is, however, often easier for tech companies to suddenly expand to a very different type of business. Recently, Facebook started its local market service. Mo

It is, however, often easier for tech companies to suddenly expand to a very different type of business. Recently, Facebook started its local market service. More famously, Apple records granted Apple computers right to use the same name under the condition they (obviously) didn't enter the music industry—at some point they became the biggest music company worldwide. It also happens in other industries, but it's either slowed down by development costs or enabled by technological progress.