Now that companies such as Google and Facebook have saturated the developed world with their services, the race is on to reach the world\u2019s developing economies.
In particular, Google has a couple of initiatives to bring the internet to countries where the infrastructure doesn\u2019t yet exist to support it.
Well at least, it used to have a couple, since the company has recently confirmed to 9to5Google that it\u2019s killed off its solar-powered drone technology as a means of distributing the internet.
The cull happened shortly after Google (now Alphabet\u2019s) reshuffle, which saw the Titan division absorbed into Alphabet\u2019s experimental \u2018X\u2019 division.
Although Google has a number of other drone projects currently underway (including the delivery-based Black Rock and Project Wing), it no longer intends to use the technology to deliver internet specifically.
Instead, the company\u2019s internet delivery efforts will be focused around Project Loom , which uses hot-air balloons instead. These balloons rise and lower to take advantage of differently directed air streams.<\/p>\n