Mark Zuckerberg meets the Pope, gives him a model drone
Even Mark Zuckerberg knows that when in Rome, you have to go kiss the ring.
Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan met with Pope Francis on Monday. And he came bearing gifts. The Facebook CEO gave his holiness a drone -- or at least a model.
Picture below, it's a replica of the Aquila drones that Facebook is developing to beam Internet to places without connectivity.
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"We told him how much we admire his message of mercy and tenderness, and how he's found new ways to communicate with people of every faith around the world," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.
The Aquila drone, which is much bigger than the model pictured, recently completed its first successful flight. The drones are meant to fly at around 60,000 feet and stay aloft for months at a time.
"We also discussed the importance of connecting people, especially in parts of the world without internet access. We gave him a model of Aquila, our solar-powered aircraft that will beam internet connectivity to places that don't have it," Zuckerberg wrote.
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Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
