Internet.org

Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Internet Team

Amazon pays Facebook an undisclosed sum of money to acquire the social networking giant's satellite Internet team of specialists

3 years ago

ICANN Halts .Org Sale To Private Equity Group

Domain supervisor ICANN 'withholds consent' for the sale of the .org domain registry to a private equity firm, following months…

5 years ago

Facebook’s Aquila Drone Crash Was Due To Turbulence

Turbulence caused the Aquila drone to suffer a "structural failure" during its inaugural flight

8 years ago

Google Station To Provide Free Wi-Fi Across India’s Public Hotspots

Facebook’s Internet.org project is about to get some competition in India

8 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org Offers Developer Simulator For Free Basics

Facebook presses ahead with controversial Free Basics service for Internet.org , allowing developers to test their services and find out…

9 years ago

MWC 2016: Facebook Will Continue India Internet.org Initiatives Despite Free Basics Ruling

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg: “In India we’ll focus on different programs. We want to work with all the operators there.”

9 years ago

Zuckerberg Defends ‘Free Basics’ In India

Facebook's latest move follows the suspension of the controversial Free Basics progamme in India last week on net neutrality grounds

9 years ago

Facebook Free Internet Hits Indian Regulator Buffers

Net neutrality halts Facebook's attempts to provide India with free Internet service

9 years ago

Is Facebook Hijackijng Net Neutrality In India?

Facebook rallies Indian users to lobby the country's Internet authority on ‘Free Basics’

9 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org To Cover Africa With Satellite Broadband

Facebook and Eutelsat to build satellite broadband system for Sub-Saharan Africa

9 years ago

Microsoft, Google, Facebook Push Global Connectivity Agenda

Facebook outlines plans for refugee camp connectivity as Microsoft and Google chase after India

9 years ago

Internet.org App And Mobile Site Become ‘Free Basics By Facebook’

Internet.org aims to separate controversial free curated web service from its charitable aims and programmes

9 years ago

Facebook Solar-Powered Drone Is The Size Of A Boeing 737

Aquila drone project will see Internet laser-beamed to unconnected parts of the world from 90,000ft in the sky

9 years ago

Facebook Shifts Focus With Internet.org

Facebook is now presenting Internet.org it as a way of getting more users onto paid Internet services

9 years ago

Facebook Reportedly Abandons Internet.org Satellites

Is space the final frontier for Facebook? Reports suggest it has abandoned satellite plans for Internet.org

9 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org Criticised In Open Letter

Open letter accuses Mark Zuckerberg of creating a walled garden with the Internet.org initative

9 years ago

Facebook To Bring Internet.org Service To Europe

Richard Branson joins in with impromptu and wide-ranging Q&A with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

10 years ago

Facebook Brings Internet.org To India With Reliance Communications Partnership

Android mobile app in rural areas to give users job listings and healthcare info alongside Facebook access

10 years ago

Facebook Touts Free Internet For Colombians

Facebook continues Internet.org push with app that offers free Web access to people in Colombia

10 years ago

Zambia Gets Free Basic Internet With Internet.org’s Facebook App

App gives free access to Facebook, Google and other services on Zambia's Airtel network, at the expense of net neutrality

10 years ago

Facebook Mulls Drones And Satellites For Web Push

Facebook buys a small British firm as it investigates drone, satellite and laser technology for its Internet.org push

11 years ago

Facebook Looks To Drone Technology To Connect The World To The Web

Potential purchase of drone specialists Titan Aerospace will allow Facebook to further expand its Internet.org connectivity project

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Ericsson, GSMA, Join Facebook’s World Connection Crusade

Zuckerberg's MWC keynote features Facebook's Internet.org project, which now has Ericsson on board with a network lab, and the GSMA…

11 years ago

Facebook To Acquire Mobile Data Compression Specialist Onavo

Facebook wants to make access to the Internet cheaper on smartphones

11 years ago