Project Loon

Facebook & Google: Taking the Internet to New Heights

Facebook's Aquila 1 drone and Google's Project Balloon aim to bring Internet connection to the rest of the world that doesn't have it.

Google and Allies Launch Universal Internet Access Group with a Policy Focus

Internet access and affordability remains a big problem, not only in the U.S. but especially across the world. In some developing countries - comprising billions of people - there remains to be very practical, widespread internet access at all.

Bill Gates Says Google's Project Loon Isn't Worth Anything to Malaria Victims

Bill Gates - one of the world's biggest philanthropists with a net worth of $67 billion as of March 2013 - apparently doesn't think Google's attempt to bring the internet to developing countries is a high priority.

Google 'Project Loon' Takes A First Step Toward Providing Internet To Everyone On The Planet Via Superpressure Balloons

Google took its first steps toward providing internet access to people in remote areas and less developed places by launching high altitude balloons, which the company hopes will one day carry a network in the stratosphere for everyone on the ground.