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Tag: Nest
Buyer Beware: Used Google Nest cams can let people spy on you
Even performing a factory reset may not be enough to protect privacy for owners of the popular Nest Cam Indoor.
Hackers infiltrate California family’s Nest surveillance camera, send warning of incoming North Korea missile attack
Laura Lyons was preparing food in her kitchen Sunday when the lazy afternoon took a turn for the absurd…
Dropcam co-founder Greg Duffy joins Apple
Greg Duffy, the founder and former CEO of security camera company Dropcam, has accepted a role…
Apple hires Nest’s former head of technology
Apple has hired famed robotics expert Yoky Matsuoka, one of the co-founders of Google’s X lab and former head of technology at Nest…
On Apple’s Mac, Siri has room to grow
It’s been a long time in the making: Siri debuted on the iPhone 4s back in 2011…
Amazon Echo leads mindshare in smart home platform war
Tech giants have been trying to figure out the world of Internet-connected home gadgets…
Google engineer trashes Tony Fadell’s precious Nest smoke alarm
Google staff engineer Brad Fitzpatrick…
Silicon Valley’s Bill Gurley: Apple should have bought Waze and Nest
If you’re going to pay $3 billion for a headphone company, $2 billion for a maps company is a no-brainer…
Should we trust Google with our smart homes?
When Nest announced its acquisition of Dropcam…
Just kidding, says Nest, we are totally sharing your data with Google
Google is connecting its apps to the Nest…
With HomeKit and Honeywell’s Lyric, a Nest acquisition by Apple would have been foolish
Google’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest was interesting…
It’s a good thing Apple didn’t buy Nest and Google shouldn’t have either
I only like inviting guests into my home that I can trust. And Google hasn’t earned that trust…
Google, Nest, and the value of your home’s energy profile
Determining what movie was being watched on a television set by monitoring energy profiles…
Why Apple didn’t buy Tony Fadell’s Nest Labs
With Google announcing yesterday that it acquired Nest Labs…
Say goodbye to privacy: How Nest might transform Google
It’s no wonder some people are freaking out over Google’s $3.2 billion Nest Labs acquisition…
Feuds, funding and a fed up Fadell: Why Apple didn’t buy Nest
The announcement yesterday that Google is to acquire Nest Labs for $3.2 billion…
Did Tim Cook blow it by not snapping up Nest before Google?
In a deal surprising only for its enormous purchase price…
Apple granted home automation patent featuring intelligent user tracking
In an interesting and somewhat exhaustive patent awarded to Apple…
Analyst: Apple iWatch actually a home automation play, not a smartphone companion
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear launched a couple of weeks ago as a fat, ugly stupidwatch…
Tony Fadell, Father of the iPod: From Apple to Nest Labs, always a designer
Computers have fascinated me for as long as I can remember…
How Tony ‘Father of the iPod’ Fadell reinvented the thermostat with Nest – and what’s coming next
In 2007, Tony Fadell believed he could see the future…
‘Father of the iPod’ Tony Fadell on Apple’s unique design process (with video)
Former Apple executive and current Nest CEO Tony Fadell played an instrumental part in Apple’s resurgence…
Tony Fadell: Scott Forstall ‘got what he deserved’
Tony Fadell is one of Silicon Valley’s biggest names…
Apple Store to sell Tony Fadell’s Nest Learning Thermostat, report claims
Apple will soon offer the Nest Learning Thermostat for sale through the Apple Store…
Tony Fadell: Apple seriously considered building an iPhone with hardware keyboard
Tony Fadell, former Apple executive and CEO of Nest…