3200 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/alphabet-closes-internet-netwok-project-loon/SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent company Alphabet announced Friday it was shutting down “Loon”, a high-profile project aiming to deliver wireless internet via flying balloons in the stratosphere, because it is not commercially viable. SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent company Alphabet announced Friday it was....Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:08:00 +0100kuwaittimes-ee4e3efacd10f0370297e9cc9ead9d5120210123170800https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2021/01/23/google-closes-down-internet-balloon-network-project-loon-.htmlThe idea behind Loon was to build a network of balloons to expand internet connectivity to underserved areas and disaster zones and was initially part of an Alphabet moonshot factory known as X, which aims to create projects to disrupt new sectors.Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0100JakartaPost-95aa6d6b8a09ce70727cef1e7519f05420210123103000https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2021/01/23/alphabet-closes-down-internet-balloon-network-project-loon/1943215Visitors stand next to a high altitude WiFi internet hub, a Google Project Loon balloon, on display at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch on June 16, 2013. ― AFP pic. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23 ― Google parent company Alphabet announced yesterday it was shutting down “Loon”, a high-profile project....Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:04:00 +0100malaymail-3cad70a56b63e665f21226c2567be8dd20210123050400https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2021/01/23/alphabet-closes-down-internet-balloon-network-project-loon/1943215Visitors stand next to a high altitude WiFi internet hub, a Google Project Loon balloon, on display at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch on June 16, 2013. ― AFP pic. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23 ― Google parent company Alphabet announced yesterday it was shutting down “Loon”, a high-profile project....Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:49:00 +0100themalaymailonline-3cad70a56b63e665f21226c2567be8dd20210123034900