Google is about to close a deal with SpaceX on a more than $10 billion investment into the private spaceflight company’s new project of deploying hundreds of small-sized satellites that could provide low-cost Internet access to countries that lack ground Internet infrastructure. Several sources reported that the deal was very close to reality, but it needed additional negotiations. The purpose … [Read more...]
Facebook Working on Internet Beaming Planes
Facebook and Google are two of the largest tech companies in the world. They are so ubiquitous that they don’t really need to focus as much on competing with their peers as on expanding internet access to gain new users. Google is working on Project Loon, a project to bring Internet access to remote areas through giant balloons floating at around 20 miles altitude in the stratosphere. It’s like … [Read more...]
Free Internet in Zambia via Facebook App
Facebook, thanks to its Internet.org project has taken another step in helping those who still have no access to the internet by launching an App in Zambia. For those Zambians who subscribe to the Airtel phone company, Internet.org will provide access to several basic internet services free of charge. Data charges will not be incurred and as such, internet users that might find such charges … [Read more...]