(Source: blog.parrot.com) The Parrot Group’s American subsidiary is opening an office in San Francisco, at the heart of Silicon Valley. Parrot is adjusting its organization as it ramps up its Drone business, which generated 83 million euros of revenues (34% of Group revenues) in 2014 and grew 97% compared with 2013. A dozen staff are working out of the Landmark Building … [Read more...] about Parrot Opening Office in San Francisco
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Oakland PD Bought a Drone Despite Public Objection
(Source: http://www.eff.org) You may remember that last year in Oakland, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors held a packed public hearing where members of the community, joined by EFF and ACLU of Northern California, testified for over three hours about worries around Sheriff Greg Ahern’s plan to obtain a drone. The consensus at the hearing was clear—at the hearing, … [Read more...] about Oakland PD Bought a Drone Despite Public Objection
About That Drone Porn…
Ok. If you read this site and follow drone news you may have noticed a disconnect over the last couple days. A video was published online earlier this week by Brooklyn-based Ghost+Cow Films. It's called Drone Boning, it features wide shots of people having sex in the sweeping vistas of the San Francisco Bay area and we didn't publish it. For better or worse, we are … [Read more...] about About That Drone Porn…
With $1.5 Million in Seed Funding, Eaze Looks to Use Drones to Deliver Your Weed
(Source: SFGate) San Francisco-based “Uber” for medical marijuana Eaze announced the acquisition of $1.5 million in seed funding this week and a product roadmap that could one day lead to delivery via drone. Eaze founder Keith McCarty was an early employee of enterprise social networking startup Yammer, which Microsoft bought in 2012 for $1.2 billion. When the San … [Read more...] about With $1.5 Million in Seed Funding, Eaze Looks to Use Drones to Deliver Your Weed
