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Here's how Google makes its giant, internet-beaming balloons
That's why Google has been refining its giant, internet-beaming balloons since 2013 as part of…
Danielle Muoio
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Google's internet-beaming Project Loon balloons are now being tested in Sri Lanka
Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in…
Sam Shead
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Apple's next big secret project could involve a fleet of satellites that may one day beam the internet straight to your iPhone
Michael Trela and John Fenwick, two executives who were previously working on satellite technology …
Lisa Eadicicco
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Alphabet's internet balloons just got a big upgrade
Despite the upgrade, Project Loon is likely several years away from a commercial launch. In its ann…
Steve Kovach
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Google sister company Loon is in talks with Uganda to deliver balloon-based internet service - showing that Africa is a major opportunity for the company
"A team from Loon was in Uganda earlier this week meeting with officials to discuss how Loon works …
Greg Sandoval
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Watch the successful first flight of Aquila - Facebook's solar-powered internet beaming drone
Aquila is a key part of Facebook's Internet.org campaign, which aims to bring "the next billi…
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Google thinks its internet balloons will be a $10 billion business
Right now, each of Google's balloons cost tens of thousands of dollars to fly, but as Google pushes…
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Microsoft has a new plan that rivals Google's balloon-based internet service
Getting the next one or two billion internet users online is the goal behind Microsoft, Facebook, a…
Max Slater-Robins
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Alphabet has quietly incorporated its internet balloon project, a sign it could spin out as a new company soon
Spencer Hosie, a lawyer representing Loon competitor SpaceData in a lawsuit, told Business Insider …
Steve Kovach
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This Is How Google Finds Its Floating Internet Balloons When They're Ready To Land
But how does Google retrieve these balloons after they've set flight? In a new video posted by Proj…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Google's internet balloons have stopped falling out the sky and suddenly look like they're going to be a huge business
Project Loon could be a $10 billion (£6.5 billion) per-year enterprise, the Verge writes. The ballo…
Joshua Barrie
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Alphabet's crazy balloon experiment has a new CEO after the last one only lasted 6 months
X, previously known as Google X, tells Bloomberg that Moore will be staying on at the labs to pursu…
Matt Weinberger
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Yet Another Of Google's Space Balloons Has Fallen Out Of The Sky
But his daughter, 20, examined the materials and sent photos to her brothers, who spotted a "Google…
Joshua Barrie
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Facebook and Alphabet's dreams of internet drones are crashing into a turbulent reality
But Titan didn't last long at Google. After Google reorganized into the conglomerate Alphabet, the …
Steve Kovach
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Google is about to test something secretive across all of the US - and it sounds exactly like its Project Loon balloons
The most recent Google FCC filings indicated that Google wants to use frequencies in the 71 GHz to …
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Google is getting closer to providing round-the-world internet coverage
But the balloons can now last as long as 187 days, BBC reported, and the launch process has improve…
Danielle Muoio
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Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to launch the first of 11,925 internet satellites - more than all spacecraft that orbit Earth today
"We're really talking about something which is, in the long term, like rebuilding the internet in s…
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk's plan to blanket Earth in high-speed internet may face a big threat: China
"The focus is going to be on creating a global communications system. This is quite an ambitious ef…
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk is one step closer to making his ambitious $10 billion satellite internet business a reality
Musk originally shared his idea of using satellites in space as a way to provide internet during a …