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Signe Brewster Dec 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Balloon buddies

Google turns to France’s space agency for Project Loon expertise

Google isn’t the only one with a thing for balloons. The company announced a partnership with France’s space agency Thursday that will…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Science & Energy
David Meyer Nov 20, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Sheep farmer finds downed “Google Loon balloon” in South Africa

According to local reports, the balloon had Google [X} markings on it.…

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Science & Energy, Technology
David Meyer Nov 17, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google partners with Telstra to test Project Loon in Australia

Having already conducted tests in New Zealand, Google will test its connectivity-spouting Project Loon balloons in Australia next month in partnership with…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jun 10, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google begins its satellite push, buying Skybox for $500M

Google kicked off what could be a big satellite technology investment spree with a $500 million bid for startup Skybox Imaging. Skybox takes hi-rez images of the Earth's surface, but Google has broadband plans for the company.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard May 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google weighed buying spectrum for Project Loon, but opted to rent its balloons to carriers instead

Instead of using its own spectrum, Project Loon will partner will carriers around the world. They'll use their own spectrum to transmit from Loon balloons.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Apr 3, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google trains a Loon balloon to surf the air currents, avoiding the “polar vortex”

Here be sea monsters... As Google tries to find the fastest air routes around the earth for its Project Loon balloons, it deals with seasonal wind changes and a maelstrom near the South Pole.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 28, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Drones vs. balloons: Zuckerberg explains why wings are better for the internet than helium

Google wants to blanket the stratosphere with free-floating internet balloons. Facebook wants to place internet drones over specific population centers. Which approach is better? Mark Zuckerberg makes Facebook's case.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Nov 13, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google: Project Loon balloons will circumnavigate the globe 3 times

Three laps around around the world will mean the balloons need to stay aloft for 100 days. According to Google materials engineers, that's a much more difficult task than you might think.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Oct 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

With Project Loon, Google is engineering a mobile network in reverse

Building a balloon-based broadband network is nothing like designing a satellite constellation, Google explains. You can think of Loon as a cellular network where the towers are moving instead of the subscribers.…

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Mobile, Technology
Janko Roettgers Oct 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

As Google’s revenue grows 12 percent, Page says he’d love to spend more on moonshots

Google had a great Q3, with revenue growing 12 percent. Google CEO Larry Page would love to spend more of that money on moonshots.…

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Technology
Kevin Fitchard Oct 7, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google partners with international development agencies to make internet cheap

Internet access may not seem like a huge expense to U.S. consumers, but in many countries it costs more than rent. A new organization called the Alliance For Affordable Internet wants to reduce those costs dramatically.…

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Europe, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Sep 5, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google-backed O3b is working with Kymeta to build a next-gen satellite antenna

O3b and Kymeta are trying to build a self-steering non-mechanical satellite antenna using metamaterials. Such an antenna could make O3b's satellite broadband links mobile, helping further it and Google's goal of connecting billions of people.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Aug 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The fascinating backstory of Google’s Project Loon

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/08/googlex-project-loon/ Wired tells the story of Rich DeVaul, Project Loon’s first leader, as he and Google engineers try to tackle the problem…

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Mobile, Technology
Lauren Hockenson Aug 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

These American balloons are powering Google Loon

Google's Project Loon is getting some serious practical help from a plastics company in developing their internet balloons.…

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Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jun 24, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google’s other plan to connect the unconnected: satellites

One of Google's earliest investments O3b is set to launch its first satellites into space. The orbiting network targets the rural and remote areas of the world, making it a perfect complement to Project Loon.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jun 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog

Project Loon: Google’s biggest obstacle isn’t technology. It’s politics

Mesh networking and dirigibles have been around for decades. What truly makes Project Loon a difficult -- if not impossible -- undertaking is getting the world's governments to agree to it.…

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Mobile, Technology
Katie Fehrenbacher Jun 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Bringing the Internet everywhere will need clean power

Connecting the ends of the Earth with internet access will require tapping into various types of clean power. Google's Project Loon is just the latest wacky way to use renewable energy to connect the world.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Om Malik Jun 15, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google’s balloon-based internet dream: loon or loony?

Google has always had a thing for balloon-based Internet, blimps and connecting the unconnected. Five years after it first started talking about it, Google is finally launching a seemingly loony project called Project Loon in New Zealand. Will balloon-based Internet finally fly?…

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