“Drones are a different kind of new technology from what we’re used to. The communications breakthroughs of the past two decades have multiplied the connections within society, but drones offer something else: the conquest of physical space, the extension of society’s compass, the ability to be anywhere and see anything.” From NY Mag: The Flying, spying, killing machines that are turning humans into superheroes. (I think I preferred Underdog.)

+ By air and by land, your neighbors in California can now use an app to report your water wasting.

+ Buzzfeed reported on a company that installed hundreds of tracking beacons into NYC phone booths. And hours later, the city told the company to remove them. (Even stationary, old phone booths are following you around…)