While the idea behind Loon sounds simple in theory, it turns out that it was more complicated than just floating up some weather balloon with LTE base stations strapped to them. A NASA super ...

A viral social media post claimed a Chinese balloon, callsign 'HBAL714,' was heading toward New Jersey. However, radar data ...

On Thursday, the company announced it was shutting down Loon, Alphabet's project to deliver internet access to the furthest reaches of the world using high-altitude balloon satellites. Loon took ...

Project Loon, developed by the company's "top secret" Google[x] lab, looks to solve that problem. The balloons will rise about 12 and a half miles into the earth's stratosphere--higher than most ...

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A network of giant balloons will soon bring internet access to remote regions of rural Kenya. Google's sister-company Loon has announced its first commercial deal: partnering with Telkom Kenya to ...

The first two Loon balloons have arrived in Kenya’s airspace, a week after the operators were cleared by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. The balloons christened HBA092 and HBAL125 are ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc is shutting down Loon after concluding the business, which offers balloons as an alternative to cell towers, is not commercially viable, Google's parent ...

Mobile phone data services have been boosted in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico by balloons provided by Google's parent company, Alphabet. The Project Loon devices beam signals between each other and to ...

The newest name on the list? The X division of Alphabet, who want to help fill the huge communications gap using Project Loon, their high-altitude balloon network. It looks like X is going to get ...

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 ...

Google's parent company Alphabet has handed around 200 patents associated with its failed internet balloon startup, Loon, to Japanese investment giant SoftBank. Loon, which hoped to make broadband ...