PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags privacy & video

We’re thrilled to announce that Skybox Imaging has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Google! Five years ago, we began the Skybox journey to revolutionize access to information about the changes happening across the surface of the Earth. We’ve made great strides in the pursuit of that vision. We’ve built and launched the world’s smallest high­-resolution imaging satellite, which collects beautiful and useful images and video every day. We have built an incredible team and empowered them to push the state­-of­-the-­art in imaging to new heights. The time is right to join a company who can challenge us to think even bigger and bolder, and who can support us in accelerating our ambitious vision.

Berkenstock describes his work at EmTech 2011: Cheaper satellite pictures. Skybox Imaging Dan Berkenstock, cofounder and chief product officer of Skybox Imaging, wants to let "anyone know what's happening anywhere in the world at any time." Next year the company plans to launch the first of what it hopes will be a constellation of 12 to 24 satellites taking high-­resolution pictures of Earth. Each satellite should cost about a tenth as much as the $250 million to $500 million imaging satellites operated by companies like DigitalGlobe and GeoEye.

The Supreme Court threw Stephen Harper and Company a curve this week when Justice Thomas Cromwell and the court issued a strong endorsement of Internet privacy, emphasizing the privacy importance of subscriber information, the right to anonymity, and the need for police to obtain a warrant for subscriber information

The Web is our largest shared resource. Let's keep it free and open for us, and for the next generation.

Et si Andy Warhol avait tort, et qu'au lieu d'un quart d'heure de célébrité nous n'avions qu'un quart d'heure d'anonymat ? Dans cette courte intervention, Juan Enriquez parle des effets étonnamment permanents de la divulgation numérique de notre vie privée. Il nous donne les clés des Grecs anciens pour nous aider à gérer nos nouveaux "tatouages électroniques". Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about profound changes that genomics will bring in business, technology, and society. Full bio »

Alors que les compagnies internet s'efforcent d'ajuster leurs services à nos goûts personnels (y compris l'actualité et les résultats de recherche), une dangereuse conséquence, involontaire, émerge : nous nous retrouvons piégés dans une "bulle de filtres" et ne nous trouvons pas exposés à l'information qui pourrait remettre en question ou élargir notre perception du monde. Eli Pariser argumente avec force qu'au final cela s'avérera mauvais pour nous et pour la démocratie.