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Bill Gates' Carefully Curated Populist Persona Has Popped
Bill Gates became arguably the leading business voice on fixing the world’s woes. But all the revelations about his divorce, dubious workplace behaviour, and ties to Jeffrey Epstein are hurting the billionaire’s carefully crafted do-gooder public image.
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Alphabet's Loon Commercially Launches Balloon-Based Internet Service, Starts With Kenya
Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched its first large-scale balloon-based Internet service through its subsidiary, Loon. This is the first ever implementation of this project that has been in the works for a long time. The first country to get this service is Kenya and Alphabet has worked with Telkom Kenya to make this possible.
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Alphabet's Loon Providing Internet Access to Peru's Earthquake Victims
Loon - an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company - is providing Peru's people with wireless broadband communication.
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Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Telkom Kenya is the third biggest operator in the country behind market leader Safaricom and Bharti Airtel's Kenyan unit.
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Google Parent 'Graduates' Moonshot Projects Loon, Wing
The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet.
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Google's High Altitude Internet Balloon Crashes in Kenya
The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.
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Alphabet's X Sells New Wireless Internet Tech to Andhra Pradesh
Alphabet, which owns Google, and other online service providers view increasing Internet accessibility in developing countries as crucial to maintaining their fast-growing businesses.
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Google Parent Says Its Project Loon Balloons Are Now Delivering 4G LTE to Puerto Rico
Several more balloons are on their way from Nevada, and Alphabet has been authorized by the US FCC to send up to 30 balloons to serve the hard-hit area.
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Google's Project Loon to Help Restore Wireless Services in Puerto Rico
Loon, part of a series of futuristic projects out of Alphabet's "X" laboratory, was originally created to provide Internet coverage in under-developed rural areas.
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Google Parent's Project Loon Internet-Beaming Balloons a Step Closer to Deployment
Alphabet expects Project Loon to be partnering in coming months with telecom companies to provide Internet to "real users".
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Google's Internet-Beaming Project Loon Balloons Hit Legal Snag in Sri Lanka
Just a year after testing began in Sri Lanka regulators have been unable to allocate Google a radio frequency for the airborne venture without breaching international regulations.
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Google Parent Alphabet Shutters Titan Internet-Delivering Drone Project
"The team from Titan was brought into X in late 2015," the spokesperson said in an email to AFP.
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Google Asks for Airspace Access for Project Loon Internet Balloons
Google went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.
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Google Asked to Submit Fresh Proposal for Project Loon: Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Google India has approached the Department of Electronics and Information Technology to conduct pilot test of Project Loon in India.
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Google Asked To Submit Fresh Proposal For Loon Project: Telecom Minister
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 earlier.
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Bill Gates' Carefully Curated Populist Persona Has Popped
Bill Gates became arguably the leading business voice on fixing the world’s woes. But all the revelations about his divorce, dubious workplace behaviour, and ties to Jeffrey Epstein are hurting the billionaire’s carefully crafted do-gooder public image.
-
Alphabet's Loon Commercially Launches Balloon-Based Internet Service, Starts With Kenya
Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched its first large-scale balloon-based Internet service through its subsidiary, Loon. This is the first ever implementation of this project that has been in the works for a long time. The first country to get this service is Kenya and Alphabet has worked with Telkom Kenya to make this possible.
-
Alphabet's Loon Providing Internet Access to Peru's Earthquake Victims
Loon - an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company - is providing Peru's people with wireless broadband communication.
-
Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Telkom Kenya is the third biggest operator in the country behind market leader Safaricom and Bharti Airtel's Kenyan unit.
-
Google Parent 'Graduates' Moonshot Projects Loon, Wing
The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet.
-
Google's High Altitude Internet Balloon Crashes in Kenya
The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.
-
Alphabet's X Sells New Wireless Internet Tech to Andhra Pradesh
Alphabet, which owns Google, and other online service providers view increasing Internet accessibility in developing countries as crucial to maintaining their fast-growing businesses.
-
Google Parent Says Its Project Loon Balloons Are Now Delivering 4G LTE to Puerto Rico
Several more balloons are on their way from Nevada, and Alphabet has been authorized by the US FCC to send up to 30 balloons to serve the hard-hit area.
-
Google's Project Loon to Help Restore Wireless Services in Puerto Rico
Loon, part of a series of futuristic projects out of Alphabet's "X" laboratory, was originally created to provide Internet coverage in under-developed rural areas.
-
Google Parent's Project Loon Internet-Beaming Balloons a Step Closer to Deployment
Alphabet expects Project Loon to be partnering in coming months with telecom companies to provide Internet to "real users".
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Google's Internet-Beaming Project Loon Balloons Hit Legal Snag in Sri Lanka
Just a year after testing began in Sri Lanka regulators have been unable to allocate Google a radio frequency for the airborne venture without breaching international regulations.
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Google Parent Alphabet Shutters Titan Internet-Delivering Drone Project
"The team from Titan was brought into X in late 2015," the spokesperson said in an email to AFP.
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Google Asks for Airspace Access for Project Loon Internet Balloons
Google went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.
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Google Asked to Submit Fresh Proposal for Project Loon: Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Google India has approached the Department of Electronics and Information Technology to conduct pilot test of Project Loon in India.
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Google Asked To Submit Fresh Proposal For Loon Project: Telecom Minister
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 earlier.
