Bill Gates has questioned whether Google's Project Loon, an effort to bring giant internet-giving balloons to less-developed countries, is really that good of an idea. During an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Gates was asked whether he thought bringing internet to parts of the world would help solve problems. "When you're dying of malaria, I suppose you'll look up and see that balloon, and I'm not sure how it'll help you."
"When a kid gets diarrhea, no, there's no website that relieves that."
Gates also expressed disappointment in Google's other charity work. The search giant operates Google.org, a not-for-profit arm that "develops technologies to help address global challenges." Gates' issue appears to be the narrow scope of Google's efforts. "Google started out saying they were going to do a broad set of things. They hired [former Google.org leader] Larry Brilliant, and they got fantastic publicity. And then they shut it all down. Now they're just doing their core thing. Fine. But the actors who just do their core thing are not going to uplift the poor."
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/8/4601202/bill-gates-project-loon-google-org-criticism