Google Buying Satellite Company Named Skybox Imaging
mrengine
7:22 pm on Jun 10, 2014 (gmt 0)
Google Inc. agreed to buy satellite startup Skybox Imaging for $500 million in cash, its latest of several moves into space as it searches for new sources of information and ways to deliver that data to more people.
They've run a search engine for 16 years or so but still can't tell a square red widget from a round black one. And now they want to put satellites into orbit?