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Skybox Can Predict iPhone Launch Using Satellite Imagery
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It won't really help predict iPhone launches because by then apple will be using camouflage drones for shipping supplies.
Mac Mini is being redesigned just like Mac Pro. Stay tuned, it would be worth the wait
All kidding aside, any person valueing their privacy should be very concerned about 'Big Brother Google'.
If information = power, this company's power will grow exponentially in the coming years, and the implications of that should set off alarm bells for people valueing even only the slightest modicum of privacy in their future.
If information = power, this company's power will grow exponentially in the coming years, and the implications of that should set off alarm bells for people valueing even only the slightest modicum of privacy in their future.
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Apple does the same. And you're sending them your text messages, calls, photos and documents... Your fanboyism is very strong!
I thought, NSA can do this for years.
You mean the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office.) This is the department that does all of the spy satellite operations sending the imaging to the whomever requests it. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a public manifest copy of an existing classified system.
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Mac Mini is being redesigned just like Mac Pro. Stay tuned, it would be worth the wait
I'm sure of that. Looking forward to it.
Mac Mini is being redesigned just like Mac Pro. Stay tuned, it would be worth the wait
That would be good especially if it came in a range of colours. Priced right that could finally lift off sales of the Mac Mini as people switch from those big ugly black PC boxes. My only concern is that they'll under power it again thereby turning off gamers who make up the majority of non-business desktop sales these days.
Google didn't had any fine relating to mapping services, it was fined for collecting data from wifi, but this is unrelated to the mapping service
Yes our only worry is now how google will know of the next iphone launch and not predicting your every move and daily routines, eg. pass advertisements on your phone while you walk beside a mall. Google can sell this kindda data at insane prices and corporates would love it - I am not sure how you will feel about it though (Privacy?).
Anyone who read past "real time video" "three times a day", needs to get a life. PR BS rip and read comes to MacRumors. Don't encourage it by taking it seriously.
If it had been critiqued for the BS that it is That's a different matter. But sadly, no.
If it had been critiqued for the BS that it is That's a different matter. But sadly, no.
...on the plus side, at least you'll be able to watch them rob you! It's your own free security cam! You can even trace them all the way home without any nasty police chases..
At this rate of privacy rape, we're all gonna have to wear masks and remove our plates pretty soon.
Hello! Nuclear radiation is totally different than microwave radiation. Radiation is the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves, so it covers a very wide spectrum. Like the radiation I get sun bathing on the beach is very different than the radiation I get from the X-Ray machine in my dentist's office, or my old luminous watch dial, or a Beat headset.
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Mac Mini is being redesigned just like Mac Pro. Stay tuned, it would be worth the wait
Perhaps it is being combined with the Apple TV.
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Really? WOW!
Apple suppliers need to paint trucks on their driveways and loading docks, or make blow-up truck models to move around daily.
Breaking News: Foxconn invests millions in new solar arrays to cover their entire campus to block imaging.
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Eh they live most days inside the compound and are constantly being checked before leaving.
Even with the full constellation of planned satellites, it's still only going to pass over our position just three times a day. And it can't pick out people.
So no, it can't do real time watching of our movements to serve ads. That's more like what Apple wants to do with its iBeacons.
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Its main purpose is business intelligence. This all got started when a Skybox developer noticed that he could predict Walmart sales by counting cars in Walmart parking lots.
As the WSJ noted:
"Skybox can determine how much oil is being pumped out of the ground in Saudi Arabia by imaging oil-storage tanks from above. The company can peg the likely price of grain months in advance by measuring the health of every square yard of cropland on Earth. "
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However, yes, there are Big Brother aspects when the government gets involved:
"One city has used Skybox's data to determine who built illegal backyard pools and might also use it to identify water-restriction violators during a drought."
Of course, that could be done using airplanes or drones as well.
So no, it can't do real time watching of our movements to serve ads. That's more like what Apple wants to do with its iBeacons.
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Its main purpose is business intelligence. This all got started when a Skybox developer noticed that he could predict Walmart sales by counting cars in Walmart parking lots.
As the WSJ noted:
"Skybox can determine how much oil is being pumped out of the ground in Saudi Arabia by imaging oil-storage tanks from above. The company can peg the likely price of grain months in advance by measuring the health of every square yard of cropland on Earth. "
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However, yes, there are Big Brother aspects when the government gets involved:
"One city has used Skybox's data to determine who built illegal backyard pools and might also use it to identify water-restriction violators during a drought."
Of course, that could be done using airplanes or drones as well.
welcome to skynet ehh I mean skybox
With Google investing in robot development and now this, it really is like Google have watched the Terminator movies and are basing their whole business model on them.
Mine or yours? I am not aware Apple main business is selling advertisements by using my data.
True, Apple's main business is not ads. Which is why it seems a bit worse when they sell us to advertisers.
Google provides free online services in exchange for using their information about us to profit by selling anonymous advertising slots. That's their main business. Pretty straight forward. Something for something.
Apple sells us hardware at high profit margins and makes billions. But that's not enough for them. They also use their information about us to profit by selling anonymous advertising slots, without providing anything directly to us in return.
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Neither one, of course, really knows that much about us. If they did, they'd stop trying to sell me something that I already bought.
Hopefully, if Google can see a new car in my driveway, they can stop showing me car ads
