Google wants to bring free wifi to the world…. and it’s starting NOW

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No longer will we have to buy an overpriced coffee to get a rubbish wireless internet connection. *Fist pump*


Google is rolling out free wifi in New York as part of a trial the company hopes will eventually span across the whole of the world.


The internet giant has even gone as far as to set up a company specifically dedicated to the task, called Sidewalk Labs.

How will they do this you ask – through turning 10,000 of the big apple’s old phone booths into ad-supported ‘Wi-Fi pylons’

These converted booths are also intended to provide cell-phone charging, free domestic phone calls and a touch screen information hub about the city and transit directions.

According to Bloomberg News, these ‘pylons’ will be rolled out across New York this autumn.

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