Facebook Announces Drone Test Flight; Internet.org App Launches in Guatemala

Facebook’s efforts to connect the world continued full-speed ahead with the launch of the Internet.org application in Guatemala and a drone test flight.

UAVFacebook’s efforts to connect the world continued full-speed ahead with the launch of the Internet.org application in Guatemala and a drone test flight.

The social network announced at its F8 global developers’ conference in San Francisco Thursday that it will conduct a test flight of its UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) platform, saying in a post on its engineering blog:

With Connectivity Lab, we’re exploring ways to connect people in some of the most remote and disconnected communities on Earth, using technologies like HALE (high-altitude, long-endurance) UAVs, satellites, cost-effective base stations and free-space optics.

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