Items tagged with Internet.org

by Joshua Gulick - Wed, May 13, 2015

Former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Signs On With Facebook As Director Of Access Policy

Facebook picked up a new team member this week in its quest to bring Internet access to developing countries. Kevin Martin, who has been consulting for Facebook for the past two years, is better known as the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2005 to 2009. Martin joins as a vice... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Mar 27, 2015

Facebook's Internet-Beaming Aquila Drone Has Wingspan Of A Boeing 737, Will Take Flight This Summer

Facebook’s efforts to spread Internet connectivity to nearly every person on the globe will get off the ground this summer. A new report from The Wall Street Journal indicates that Facebook’s prototype drone, dubbed Aquila, will be much larger than the one-tenth-scale drone that the company tested in early... Read more...

by Sean Knight - Fri, Sep 05, 2014

Facebook Willing To Spend Billions To Connect Everyone In The World

Facebook seems to be prepared to spend billions in order to reach its goal of providing everyone with access to the Internet, according to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking at an event in Mexico City, which was hosted by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, Zuckerberg said, “What we really care... Read more...

by Seth Colaner - Fri, Mar 28, 2014

Facebook Working With NASA To Expand Global Web Connectivity Allowing More People To Poke, Share, And Selfie

We’d bet that when Mark Zuckerberg drunkenly dashed off the original Facebook precursor in his dorm room, he never imagined that within a decade he’d be actively trying to connect two-thirds of the world to the Internet and working with NASA to do so, but that is indeed what has transpired. Zuckerberg... Read more...

by Seth Colaner - Tue, Mar 04, 2014

Facebook In Acquisition Talks With Drone Manufacturer Titan Aerospace To Further Internet.org Alliance

You have to hand it to Mark Zuckerberg: He is not screwing around when it comes to his ambitious Internet.org venture to connect the entire world to the Internet, at least if the rumors are true that Facebook is going to buy drone maker Titan Aerospace for $60 million. Titan Aerospace makes unmanned aerial vehicles... Read more...

by Seth Colaner - Tue, Feb 25, 2014

WhatsApp Adding Free Voice Calling, $19 Billion Facebook Acquisition Makes More Sense

Oh, so that’s why. Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp was big news, primarily as it left many of us wondering why exactly the company would spend such an unbelievable sum of money on it. After a speech at MWC in which WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum stated that WhatsApp will soon... Read more...

by Seth Colaner - Thu, Aug 22, 2013

Zuckerberg and Facebook Announce Plan To Expand Internet Access with Internet.org Initiative

Is Internet access a human right? That’s the question Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was wrestling with--”was”, because he stated in a long document that he’s come to believe that it is. And Facebook is doing something about it. Zuckerberg and Facebook, in collaboration with “technology... Read more...