A project that delivers Internet communications from a balloon that has been developed by Google's X teamLoon"Was decided to be used for recovery support in Puerto Rico suffering from hurricane damage ...

HARRAH, Wash. - Almost a week after one of Google's high-tech Loon balloons crashed in powerlines along Harrah Road in the Lower Yakima Valley, the technology giant acknowledged the incident Tuesday.

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They’re not floating jellyfish, mysterious UFOs or a motley crew of Goodyear blimps. No, that bevy of balloons dotting flight-tracking maps 60,000 feet above the Carolinas is actually “beaming the ...

Mobile data might seem near-ubiquitous, but the world still has major dead zones and huge expanses with poor coverage. Anyone that has fervently and consistently checked the availability of Verizon's ...

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A Google-affiliated company has chosen Kenya as the home of its first announced commercial deal for delivering internet access to hard-to-reach areas using high-altitude ...

Loon balloons are designed to extend connectivity by travelling on the edge of space, delivering internet connection to people in rural and underdeveloped parts of the world. The balloons float around ...

Google’s internet air-balloon service Loon has dispatched a larger fleet of balloons to Kenya after successful launches from the launch site in Puerto Rico this week. According to a tweet by Telcom ...