Google Inc (GOOG) Explores Facilitating Worldwide Internet with Balloons

The revenue trend for each company is solid, but the type of technology that Apple and Microsoft are releasing isn’t as groundbreaking as some of the developments Google is pursuing in Google X — such as the Project Loon, self-driving cars and Google Glass.

Worldwide Internet access, you say?

The balloons are still being tested, but could one day be used to provide Internet to everyone on Earth. That would take hundreds, and maybe thousands of balloons. The bottom line is, if Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) can really pull this off, it could take the company to a whole new level, maybe even surpassing Apple as having the largest capitalization in the world.

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