And last year, Google held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp.
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He has also created software that will help analyse deforestation using a huge archive of satellite images that Google is making available.
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Mr. Agarwala started scrolling through the county planning department's map of parcel lines, turning to Google Maps to get a satellite view of streets that looked promising.
Open up the doors of government satellite data and you get Google Earth.
In other company news, 36 years after astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin strode upon the Earth's only natural satellite, Schmidt's firm has launched Google Moon: A mapping service that lets homo sapiens explore the lunar surface from their PCs.
Google (yes, the invincible Google) just laid off 100 recruiters while announcing the closure of a few satellite engineering offices -- a move that will certainly see the loss of at least a few of the 70 or so affected engineers who are unwilling or unable to relocate.
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That number includes the amount of homes Google would reach in combination with its two biggest TV Ads partners to date: satellite service providers Dish Network and DirecTV.
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The satellite radio provider streams channels online and over mobile devices, like smartphones carrying Google's Android operation system or Apple's iPhone.
Apple and Samsung, Software companies like Microsoft and Google, retailers like Amazon and Walmart, plus the broadcast networks, and cable and satellite companies, focused on improving the user experience of television.
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In the lower left is a button that brings up your current location, and in the lower right is a tiny icon that lets you switch to satellite view, to see public transit and traffic information, or to launch the separate Google Earth app.
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But it has been losing market share since then as a result of competition from satellite pay-TV providers and telecom operators as well as budding online platforms like Netflix and Google TV.
At first, the Strand-1 satellite will be controlled by a standard onboard computer, but in phase two of the mission, a Google Nexus phone will take the reins - equipped with a number of special apps.
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