Google reveals more about Project Loon with behind-the-scenes look
Google has kicked off Project Loon in all earnestness and now the company has revealed more about the crazy-sounding Google X project. The appropriately-named initiative aims to bring affordable...
View ArticleTED 2014: Google co-founder Page says NSA spying threatens democracy
Google co-founder Larry Page made clear his stance against the US government’s mass surveillance programmes and gave everyone an idea of what to expect from the Internet giant in the field of robotics...
View ArticleGoogle buys Titan Aerospace to bring Internet through solar-powered drones
Looks like Facebook’s plans to get Internet-delivering drones on board has come up against a slight obstacle: Google. Google has beaten the world’s largest social network to purchase solar-powered...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook turn to the skies to bring Internet to the masses
The shortest path to the Internet for some remote corners of the world may be through the skies. That is the message from US tech giants seeking to spread the online gospel to hard-to-reach regions....
View ArticleProject Loon: Google reveals plans to get telcos to lease internet-beaming...
In theory, everyone agreed that Project Loon was a terrific idea and that Google seemed to have done something seemingly impossible with a simple solution. However, outside of the initial pilot...
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Google’s internet-beaming Project Loon can now launch up to 20 balloons per day
Project Loon, Google’s high-speed internet-beaming balloons bringing connectivity to remote areas, now has an ability to launch up to 20 balloons per day. According to a Google+ post, this is possible...
View ArticleGoogle will bring it’s balloon-powered Internet and wind energy project to India
Recently Facebook announced Internet.org in India, and now Google is also all set to bring its internet project offering connectivity to remote areas here. According to a new report by The Times of...
View ArticleProject Loon: Google plans to bring its balloon-powered Internet to more...
Google’s Project Loon has been in the works for some years now. It is an initiative to launch balloons in the sky with internet-enabled circuitry to provide Internet access in remote areas. Google has...
View ArticleAlphabet, Indonesian companies to expand web access via balloons
Alphabet, the new holding company for Google, has teamed up with three Indonesian telecommunications companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar-powered balloons. Alphabet...
View ArticleThree telcos in Indonesia will start testing Google’s Project Loon...
Google’s much talked about Project Loon is on course and constant internet beaming from floating balloons may become a reality in certain regions as early as next year. The company believes the move...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon gets government approval to beam Internet from balloons
Internet giant Google is working with the government on a pilot project for providing internet connectivity by using large balloons. Google, under its Project Loon, is using big balloons floating at a...
View ArticleIT Minister Prasad to meet Google chief Pichai, Premji next week to discuss...
Google top boss CEO, Sundar Pichai will be arriving in India next week. At the same time Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is expected to hold meetings with the Google CEO to further...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon in trouble due to spectrum interference in India
Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in India, the...
View ArticleAlphabet X lab’s chief sees Internet reaching billions
The “captain of moonshots” at Google parent company Alphabet sees widespread, world-changing wireless Internet on the horizon. Astro Teller, head of the boundary-pushing X research team, shared his...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon begins its first balloon internet tests in Sri Lanka
Google’s balloon-powered high-speed Internet service known as “Project Loon” began its first tests in Sri Lanka ahead of a planned joint venture with Colombo, the country’s top IT official said. One of...
View ArticleGoogle Project Loon’s Internet balloon crashes during Sri Lanka test flight
A Google balloon, part of the company’s high-speed Internet service known as “Project Loon”, crashed in a Sri Lankan tea plantation during its maiden test flight, local police said Thursday. Villagers...
View ArticleLoon Project: Government asks Google to choose telco partner
The government has asked Google to select a telecom operator as a partner for testing the balloon-based Internet technology, Loon Project, in India. “Google wants to test the Loon Project in expensive...
View ArticleProject Loon: Govt asks Google to submit fresh proposal for testing Loon
Government has asked IT giant Google to submit fresh proposal for testing its balloon-based Internet technology for the Loon Project following objections to the use of spectrum band it had proposed...
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