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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by walterbell on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:45AM (#16177363)
Hasn't Google already planted their flag in NYC and Toronto for their "smart city" kiosk surveillance & advertising network?

https://www.wired.com/story/google-sidewalk-labs-toronto-qua...

https://gizmodo.com/nycs-free-wifi-service-is-turning-into-a...

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by tootie on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:47AM (#16177389)
They already have a few thousand people working in NYC offices
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by notatoad on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:15PM (#16182905)
NYC, yes. But counting Sidewalk Labs' project as Google "planting their flag" in Toronto seems like a stretch.
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