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Re:Sequoia gives photo-sharing startup more money than they ... by jkincaid on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @09:03PM (#2362308)
Yeah, based on what they said they have some much more ambitious plans than just photo swapping. Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) they were vague about what those plans entail — they made some references to heavy data crunching, but I couldn't really get a straight answer as to exactly what they were crunching or what it would be used for.
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Re:Sequoia gives photo-sharing startup more money than they ... by Alex3917 on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @09:25PM (#2362376)
Knowing Sequoia, I'm guessing it will automatically trade exotic derivatives by using ambient lighting data to make better weather predictions.
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Re:Sequoia gives photo-sharing startup more money than they ... by neutronicus on Thursday March 24, 2011 @10:51AM (#2364314)
I'm thinking getting in bed with the government is not out of the realm of possibility.
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Re:Sequoia gives photo-sharing startup more money than they ... by Brizz on Thursday March 24, 2011 @10:29AM (#2364193)
From what I've read they can automatically reconstruct a space on the fly using the images captured.
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