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Google's Project Loon Provides Internet Access Using Balloons
2013-06-21 19:34:14| PC Magazine Wireless Networking Product Guide
Google today confirmed plans to provide Internet access to underserved areas via high-flying balloons.
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Asia driving 'rebuilding of the Internet' as balloons boost connectivity - Google
2013-06-19 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Internet giant calls for more infrastructure to help Asia's 'offline population' get online, particularly small businesses.
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Up, Up and Away: Google Balloons to Beam Internet Access
2013-06-17 17:55:55| TechNewsWorld
Regardless of how this turns out, at least they nailed the name. Google is launching about 30 superpressure balloons that will beam Internet access back to the ground. With equal parts brevity and self-deprecation, the effort has been dubbed "Project Loon." Taking flight from New Zealand, the balloons will sail around the world on a controlled path.
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Googles Project Loon fills internet gaps with solar-powered balloons
2013-06-17 17:11:08| Extremetech
Though it is more noticeable with mobile data networks since those are generally used in different locations, the home internet has dead zones and gaps of poor coverage as well. Over the weekend, Google launched Project Loon, an initiative to help fill in those internet gaps through the use of networked balloons.
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Google to provide internet connectivity through balloons
2013-06-17 09:37:46| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Search engine giant Google has launched a new pilot programme Project Loon in New Zealand to offer wireless internet services in remote regions of the southern hemisphere.
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