The famous social site Facebook is planning to deliver web access by drone. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, on 29th March has announced that the company was creating a new lab of up to 50 aeronautics experts and space scientists to figure out how to beam internet access down from solar-powered drones and other “connectivity aircraft”.
To start the effort, Facebook is buying Ascenta, a small British company whose founders helped to create early versions of an unmanned solar-powered drone, the Zephyr, which flew for two weeks in July 2010 and broke a world record for time aloft.
It’s the second head-spinning announcement from Facebook this week and the third this year. On 25th March, the company said it would spend at least $2 billion to buy Oculus VR, a Southern California start-up that is developing virtual reality headsets for playing games and other uses. Last month, it said it would buy WhatsApp, a messaging app that offers free texting around the world, for as much as $19 billion.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4514-facebook-plans-to-deliver-web-access-by-drone.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4514-facebook-plans-to-deliver-web-access-by-drone.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4514-facebook-plans-to-deliver-web-access-by-drone.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4514-facebook-plans-to-deliver-web-access-by-drone.html
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