Companies are predators, like wolves or wildcats or snakes; it's their nature to bite, and we know that when we pick up their products and services. I don't mean that to sound overly dramatic. Just like when I riff on "any company sufficiently large is indistinguishable from evil", it's meant as a reminder mostly to myself. The bigger they are, the smaller the chance they can act in the...
Google has acquired Nest, the company behind the Nest learning thermostat, as well as the Protect, a smart smoke detector, for $3.2 billion. Nest will continue to exist as its own distinct brand within Google, much like Motorola, and will still be run by current CEO Tony Fadell.
Jessica Lessin, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, soon to be launching a new tech site, talks to Rene about Apple's new SVP of Apple Stores, Angela Ahrendts, iPhone 5c pricing, an Amazon phone, the Nest Protect, and the internet of things. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download Directly Follow on Twitter
Tony Fadell, former head of iPod at Apple, recently did an interview about his new product, the Nest thermostat, but also touched on the challenges of bringing the original iPod to market. The interviewer, Leo Kelion, pushed Fadell hard on his feelings about recently ousted senior vice-president of iOS, Scott Forstall](/tim-cook-apple), which whom Fadell is rumored not have gotten along...
Marc, Seth, and Rene iterate through Nest and the future of consumer electronic design, photos under glass, Google search as an app, kicking users to the Facebook curb, and interrogate Jessie Dodds of Campaign Monitor. This is Iterate! Our podcast feed Download Directly Subscribe via iTunes Nest A brief Rant on the Future of Interactive Design “Pictures Under Glass” is...
Former Apple iPod and iPhone hardware chief Tony Fadell has come up with a new way to imagine your home thermostat -- the Nest Learning Thermostat. It's a touch-controlled system that makes your home energy needs simple and easy to control remotely via an iPhone or iPad app. The product is just a programmable thermostat. But the genius of Nest Labs is that it decided to make the...