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Google’s Nest adds to its partnerships focused on the power grid with new Leap agreement

Google’s smart home device business, Nest, is increasing its ties to the utility industry by adding another partner to bring its smart thermostats into homes to reduce energy consumption and pro

CapitalG co-founder introduces $175M early-stage venture fund

Scott Tierney launches Valo Ventures, a new fund focused on social, economic and environmental megatrends.

Google says Nest’s secret microphone was ‘never intended to be a secret’

Google said there’s absolutely, positively nothing to worry about the secret microphone in your Nest Secure smart home hub that it didn’t tell you about. Nope, not at all. Just an oversigh

The Das Keyboard 5Q adds IoT to your I/O keys

Just when you thought you were safe from IoT on your keyboard, Das Keyboard has come out with the 5Q, a smart keyboard that can send you notifications and change colors based on the app you’re

Everyday home gear made smart

If you only have one smart home device, it’s likely something simple and fun like a voice-controlled speaker or color-changing LED light bulb. As you expand your smart home setup, you can begin to s

Nest’s door lock will soon play nice with Google Home

Back in March, Nest and Yale teamed up to release a smart door lock to complement Nest’s then brand-new video doorbell. It’s a solid piece of hardware, but it had a curious quirk for something mad

Nest’s CEO is stepping down

Five months ago, Google decided to rein in Nest. After four years as a mostly independent division of the company, Nest was rolled into Google’s hardware team. Today, more big changes: Nest CEO

The largest buys of tech’s Big Five: a look at M&A deals

In startup land, the mandate is to get bought, go public or die trying. And, as far as getting bought goes, one of tech’s Big Five could be a desirable acquirer.

Nest’s video doorbell is now shipping

Back in September of last year, Nest announced its first smart doorbell. When it would actually ship, however, was left sort of up in the air; all the company said at the time was to expect it sometim

Amazon debuts Cloud Cam and Key to take on Nest, August and others in home security

Amazon wants to be the hub for your connected home, and today the company announced two new products that will help it fill out that ambition, specifically in the area of home security. It announced a

Tony Fadell’s newest product? An investing and advisory firm called Future Shape

Tony Fadell is starting yet a new chapter. Fifteen months after leaving Nest Labs, a maker of digital thermostats and smoke detectors that Fadell cofounded and sold to Google for $3.2 billion in 2014,

A few dozen Nest Labs employees just headed to Google; here’s why

Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors, is parting ways with a few dozen employees who work on its Internet of Things platform. According to a Fortune report that we’ve

Nest Cam Embodies Stale Innovation In “Connected Home” Space

After years of hype and unfulfilled promises, the concept of the smart home looks to be losing the attention of consumers. This is due in no small part to the lackluster innovation emerging from maj

Nest Launches A Camera: Meet The Nest Cam

Remember when Nest bought Dropcam? That first fruits of that purchase are finally dropping today: Nest has just announced the Nest Cam, an oh-so-Dropcam like security solution. At first glance, the Ne

13 Questions With Matt Rogers

Welcome to 13 Questions, a series aimed at bringing a human face to notable figures in the world of startups, hardware, and tech. Ever wonder how your favorite designer learned to love tech? Curious w

Clean Tech Stages A Comeback In The Smart Building Space

After the clean tech boom went bust, the industry seemed to disappear from the tech world's focus as quickly as the billions of dollars that had been invested. But one sector -- energy efficiency -- h

With Dropcam Founder And Technology VP Exits, Nest Restructures Management [Memos]

Nest, the connected home company acquired by Google last year, made the news yesterday with the departure of two of its key people: founding VP of technology Yoky Matsuoka and Greg Duffy, who had com

Nest Protect Is A $129 Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Detector That Takes Nest Deeper Into The Connected Home

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.nest.com">Nest Labs</a>, the home hardware maker co-founded by two ex-Apple luminaries, is today unveiling its second product, Nest Protect, a $129 smart device tha

Nest Labs’ Next Product To Be A Smoke Detector, Per Reports

The Nest Learning Thermostat is about to get a sibling. <a target="_blank" href="http://allthingsd.com/20130924/nests-next-product-will-be-a-smoke-detector-called-protect/">The Protect</a>. If <a targ

From The Garage To 200 Employees In 3 Years: How Nest Thermostats Were Born

<b>Editor’s note: </b> <em>Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 40-city community bringing the global startup world together while educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs
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