Google buys satellite image firm Keyhole
Posted by Toxicfume on 27 October 2004 - 16:27 · 28 comments & 6533 views
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#1 Posted by Tager on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:35
- hmm... Google... give me an overhead view of any nuclear power plant in Wisconsin...
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#2 Posted by jmc777 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:36
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#3 Posted by Hills420 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:37
- Why does Google reduce the price of all its software? Are they really making a ton of $$$ on advertising? They bought Picasa and starting giving it away for free and now they slash the price of this software.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I think its great! I'm just curious about their strategy.
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#4 Posted by Sawyer12 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:41
- Google seems to be moving fastly into different areas other than there search engine. Whats next A Google OS ?
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#5 Posted by dl0711 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:45
QUOTE Whats next A Google OS ?
If they make an OS i will use it. Google is the best i sware by it.-
#5.1 Posted by corrosive23 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:48
- Obviously you don't swear by it for a spell check.
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#5.2 Posted by fubarshibby on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:50
QUOTE Obviously you don't swear by it for a spell check.
Does that really matter?
Anyway, I love Google too. Everything they do, they do very well. And I can't wait to see what comes out of this acquisition.-
#5.3 Posted by thornz0 on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:51
- Google sure does a lot of cool stuff, I like all the areas theyre expanding into, they just seem like things that could be made popular and done better.
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#5.4 Posted by matt74441 on 27 Oct 2004 - 17:12
- Like I said before, if it takes Google this long to do a simple webmail, we'll see a Browser from them in 2008, and an OS from them sometime in the late 2020s.
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#5.5 Posted by kitchenutensils on 27 Oct 2004 - 18:43
- i have to agree they always buy the right companies (picasa) and make good services (gmail)
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#6 Posted by TruBD on 27 Oct 2004 - 16:56
- damn, google is gonna conquer the world soon
watch someone find osama bin laden using their search technology before the government can find him
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#7 Posted by AminoSC on 27 Oct 2004 - 17:25
- Google OS will be the downfall of Windows in the year 2010.
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#8 Posted by Skyfrog on 27 Oct 2004 - 17:27
- Ah ha! Spying on us using software isn't enough, now they are going look down at us using satellites!
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#9 Posted by webeagle12 on 27 Oct 2004 - 17:30
- oh I want that software
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#10 Posted by Ekimus on 27 Oct 2004 - 17:38
- Given Yahoo's recent push for the Yahoo Local feature, I think it's fairly obvious what Google is attempting to do here. By overlaying information about shops, restaurants, banks, etc. over satellite images, you've got something to match and exceed Yahoo's Local implementation.
The Google OS is probably a bit farfetched. Developing an OS is just an invitation for trouble. Instead by combining Google Desktop Search with Orkut (networking) and Picasa (photo sharing), you're getting a powerful, integrated desktop utility suite all of which serves to benefit their primary revenue driver - ads. Google is in the business of selling advertising not software. The more you use anything with a Google logo on it, the more they earn from ad buyers.
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#11 Posted by FaX on 27 Oct 2004 - 18:24
- Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Keyhole's technology and products are an excellent addition to our efforts to do that. We do not have any announced plans regarding how this technology will integrate with our current products and services
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#12 Posted by ThePDW on 27 Oct 2004 - 19:18
- Next Google acquisition: Microsoft
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#13 Posted by eminem213486 on 27 Oct 2004 - 19:55
- kind of weird since microsoft recently used Keyholes program in the recent Longhorn Video. to demonstrate features the OS can do with integration. google wants to be a monopoly too
and im fine with it. i like microsoft too so bleh..
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#14 Posted by excessdl on 27 Oct 2004 - 20:11
- man, this program is awesome.. thanks google!
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#15 Posted by Shibby on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:32
- aren't google wanting expanding is going abit to fast, i would suprrise if they get in to money issues soon with the ammount they are working on, then again i could be wrong.
btw GO GOOGLE
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#16 Posted by altermind on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:03
- I've been using this software for ages... personally I think this is a good thing.. lets you search even better... I can see my balcony using this program
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#17 Posted by StarSabers on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:58
- Wow ... got to love Google on this move! I tried it, and I love Keyhole. It's a great peice of software. Got to love the download location, ... toolbar.google.com
Search giant Google said Wednesday that it has acquired Keyhole, a company specializing in Web-based software that allows people to view satellite images from around the globe.
Financial terms of the deal were not announced, but Google said that it has cut pricing for Keyhole's flagship software package, Keyhole 2 LT, from $69.95 to $29.95.
The acquisition of Keyhole underscores Google's efforts to widen its search capabilities beyond basic Web page results, as competition in the search sector heats up. One example of the company's growth strategy is a feature that lets surfers see excerpts from some books. The company began testing the service last year and incorporated it into its main search engine earlier this month. Google also recently unveiled Google Desktop Search, a thin-client application that lets people retrieve e-mail, Microsoft Office documents, AOL chat logs and a history of Web pages previously viewed, all via a Web browser.
Google faces competition in the Web search arena from a variety of sources, including Amazon.com and a host of new, smaller companies.
Keyhole, founded in 2001, offers software that lets Internet users view geographic images collected from satellites and airplanes. The technology relies on a multi-terabyte database of mapping information.
Thanks to Mr. Peabody for the heads-up on this one!