Google has launched — quite literally — a new idea to bring the Internet to some of the world's remotest places. The tech giant's engineering hothouse, Google X, is testing the use of 12-mile-high ...

Google believes balloon access could help places suffering natural disasters get quickly back online. Tania Gilchrist, a resident who signed up for the Google trial, feels lucky she lost her power for ...

A fleet of balloons has begun providing internet service to remote areas of Kenya, Google's Project Loon and Telkom Kenya announced. It's the first balloon-powered internet to launch in Africa, and ...

Google’s Project Loon is sort of insane. Then again, that’s kind of the point. And to make it actually work, the squadrons of balloons are taking a cue from ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.

Google says its Project Loon is close to being able to produce and launch thousands of balloons to provide Internet access from the sky. Such a number would be required to provide reliable Internet ...

If main usage scenario for Project Loom are countries with poor network coverage, it is good thing that they obtained flight permissions on south hemisphere, since most such countries are south. But ...

Yes, but not cost prohibitive enough yet. I don't see why they can't use hydrogen either, as the baloon is relatively small and does not carry passengers hence risk is minimal. We really need to find ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island ...