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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/10/google-skybox-idUSL2N0OR1LW20140610
Google to buy satellite company Skybox Imaging for $500 million
(Reuters) - Google Inc said on Tuesday that it is acquiring satellite company
Skybox Imaging for $500 million in cash.
Google, the world's No.1 Internet search company, said that Skybox's
satellites will provide images for Google's online mapping service. Google
said that Skybox's technology could also eventually be used to provide
Internet access and help with disaster relief.
Google said the deal's closing is subject to regulatory approvals in the
United States. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic, editing by Peter Henderson)
看來 Google 不滿足於買圖資，現在打算延伸出去直接自己作圖資了。
噢還有，買下 Skybox 的 5 億美金是現金。
總結來看，目前 Google 已經有高空熱氣球計畫 Project Loon、
最近又買了做太陽能飛機的 Titan Aerospace，策略布局相當明顯。