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Lubica Belhadjova
MA1N0212
(visual.ly, 2011)
(visual.ly, 2011)
(Stats, 2012)
 “Facebook hopes to operate a fleet of solar-powered flying
drones to provide wireless internet connections to the poor”, it
was suggested today - 4 Mar 2014. (Rockman, 2014)
 Mark Zuckerberg-led
social network is
considering buying New
Mexico-based Titan
Aerospace for $60m to
make this happen, it's
reported. (Rockman,
2014)
(Technomag, 2014)
(Rockman, 2014)
 Titan reckons its Solara can fly unattended for years, using the
wing-mounted solar panels to power the craft and recharge its
batteries. (Rockman, 2014)
 Last summer Titan claimed the first deliveries of the bird would
start in February this year, the product reaching volume by
April, but there seems to be little sign of that on the Titan
website. (Rockman, 2014)
 Similar projects from Boeing and Qinetiq have yet to produce
anything like the endurance Titan is aiming for. (Rockman,
2014)
 Rockman, S., 2014. theregister.co.uk. [Online]
Available at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/04/facebook_wants_to_reac
h_the_unreachable/
[Accessed 05 03 2014].
 Stats, I. W., 2012. internetworldstats.com. [Online]
Available at: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
[Accessed 05 03 2014].
 Technomag, 2014. http://technomag.co.zw/. [Online]
Available at: http://technomag.co.zw/2014/02/04/facebook-turns10/#sthash.0UGOCid3.dpbs
[Accessed 05 03 2014].
 visual.ly, 2011. http://visual.ly/. [Online]
Available at: http://visual.ly/online-shopping-statistics
[Accessed 05 03 2014].
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