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Google gives up on Project Loon
Published in News
Friday, 22 January 2021 11:20

Google gives up on Project Loon


Ballooning costs


Google has given up on its decade long project which was supposed to bring the internet to inaccessible areas using balloons.

Google nicked our looney idea
Published in News
Thursday, 16 June 2016 13:17

Google nicked our looney idea


Balloon wi-fi patented in 1999

Space Data Corporation is claiming that Google pinched its idea for a balloon based wi-fi project to distribute the internet.

Friday, 18 April 2014 11:55

Google tests Project Loon in Nevada

Rednecks will probably shoot it