Facebook is planning to using these drones, or “atmospheric satellites,” to bring Internet connectivity to places that don’t have any.
Facebook Eyes Drones To Connect The Masses
March 4, 2014

Via SFBay:

It may hard to believe with the Bay Area’s omnipresence of Internet access, but around five billion of the seven billion people on this Earth are without the ability to connect.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, however, has plans to reduce that number to zero.

TechCrunch reports that the social networking behemoth is currently in discussions to purchase Titan Aerospace, an New Mexico based aerospace firm that specializes in solar powered drones.

Facebook is planning to using these drones, or “atmospheric satellites,” to bring Internet connectivity to places that don’t have any.

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