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Google will use blimps to bring Wi-Fi to Africa and Southeast Asia

May 28, 2013

Google blimp

Google plans on building huge wireless networks to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia using high-altitude balloons and blimps. The intend to finance, build and operate the wireless networks that will connect a billion people to the web.

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Google Facing Series of Investigations Over International Snooping

May 19, 2010

The data was collected by Steet View cars.

Google is facing a series of international investigations over private information it obtained over families’ use of the internet. The search giant is braced for inquiries in America and Germany after it admitted recording information broadcast via unsecured wireless networks in family homes.

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