Google Just Bought a Swarm of Satellites to Make Maps Way Better
Skybox's fleet of satellites could make Google Earth a whole lot crisper—and help fulfil Google's vision of worldwide satellite-based internet access.
Skybox's fleet of satellites could make Google Earth a whole lot crisper—and help fulfil Google's vision of worldwide satellite-based internet access.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google plans to spend over $1 billion (£597m) on a fleet of satellites that will be used to provide internet to parts of the world that currently lack digital connections.
The Malaysian government has today publicly published the final ping transmissions between Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and an Inmarsat satellite that it was communicating with before it disappeared—so now anyone can investigate what happened to the aircraft.
