Nest
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Nest is finally making an outdoor Nest Cam and it’ll ship for $199 this fall
Nest Cams (formerly known as Dropcams) are handy little things — plug it in, get it on WiFi, and boom, you’ve got a low-hassle indoor security camera. Want to put it outside? That’s a bit more complicated. The original Nest Cam isn’t very rugged, so you’re looking at dropping at least $50 on a waterproof enclosure. At long last, however, Nest is debuting an… Read More
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Tony Fadell exits Nest, Marwan Fawaz to step in as CEO
Can’t say we saw this coming. In a surprise post today on the official Nest blog, co-founder Tony Fadell announced that he will be exiting his role as CEO of Nest, in favor of an advisory role at the company’s parent, Alphabet. According to Fadell, “This will give me the time and flexibility to pursue new opportunities to create and disrupt other industries – and to… Read More
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Google’s Nest open sources OpenThread to snag more IoT partners, take on Amazon
Earlier this year, a report in The Information claimed that Google-owned Nest was working on a rival to Amazon’s Echo — a service that would bring together a number of other connected devices and services to help people organise and manage their homes alongside Nest’s own thermostats and other products. Now it appears that some of these developments are coming to pass. Read More
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Connected-battery maker Roost announces two new low-cost smart smoke alarms
Beginning life as a Kickstarter campaign back in 2014, the team at Roost found a compelling, low-cost backdoor into the world of smart smoke alarms dominated by the team at Nest. Roel Peeters and James Blackwell, both formerly of Wi-Fi chip maker Ozmo, applied their Wi-Fi know-how to a smart battery, a component that transforms an existing smoke alarm into a connected device that can be… Read More
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Nest demonstrates the risks of being an early adopter by shutting down Revolv
Remember the Revolv home automation hub? Probably not. The device was released in late 2013, and while fantastic, it largely flew under the radar before Alphabet’s Nest division bought the company, and promptly stopped selling the device. But the device was still available from various retailers and worth the cash for home packed with Internet of Things devices. It works great —… Read More
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Is Tony Fadell In Nest’s Way?
In an article in The Information, Fadell said that he didn’t think Dropcam cofounder and CEO Greg Duffy had “earned” the right to report to him directly. Fadell also explained away an exodus of Dropcam staffers by suggesting they were subpar. “A lot of the employees were not as good as we hoped,” he told The Information. It was “a very small team… Read More
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Crunch Network
With another Apple failure, it’s time to forget about hardware
The lesson is this: we shouldn’t be focusing on hardware anymore. Perhaps instead we need to focus on what happens when hardware and software come together. Read More
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Nest adds family accounts to make its smart thermostat more convenient (and smarter)
Nest announced two new features designed to make its smart thermostats more convenient for families, and smarter, too. Read More
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Crunch Network
Nest Co-Founder Matt Rogers On The Secrets To Nest’s Success
While the Nest founders came into Kleiner Perkins with nothing more than a makeshift prototype, it was their passion and vision for a connected home that swayed Randy Komisar and the firm to make an early investment. Five years after launching the smart thermostat and other connected devices for the home, Google acquired Nest for $3.2 billion in 2014. On a recent KPCB ventured podcast, I spoke… Read More
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Nest’s Smart Home Apps Are Back Online Following Outages
Nest users who depend on their connected products to monitor their homes experienced a hiccup in connectivity Saturday that left users scrambling to figure out what was happening. In the absence of any initial details from Nest, many users flocked to Twitter to vent their frustrations with the company’s products, and also reflect on the risks inherent to trusting connected devices… Read More
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Nest’s Smart Thermostat Gets Updated With A Bigger, Brighter Screen
Back in June, Nest overhauled just about every product they make… save for one curious exception: the smart thermostat that most know them for best. Two months later, Nest’s thermostat is getting an upgrade of its own. So what’s new? If you walked by the new version without having seen the previous one in a while, you… might not notice a difference. This new third-gen… Read More
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Crunch Network
How IoT Will Change Your Relationship With Insurance
Between TVs, refrigerators, ovens, light bulbs, cars, fitness trackers and jewelry, it seems like everything these days is connected to the Internet. It’s probably safe to say that you’re already using a few connected devices in your daily life. You’re not alone; Business Insider Intelligence estimates there will be nine billion IoT (Internet of Things) devices worldwide by 2018. Read More
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Crunch Network
Hardware Incubators Are Critical To The Future Of Making Things
Hardware is hot — and poised to get hotter. Venture capital investment in connected device hardware startups reached approximately $1.48 billion in 2014, more than triple the amount of two years earlier. Meanwhile, the “fairy tale” acquisitions of Dropcam, Nest, Beats and Oculus — and the IPOs of Fitbit and GoPro — fuel public interest and momentum for new startups… Read More
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Nest Announces A New Version Of Its Protect Smart Smoke Alarm
It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from Nest — they bought Dropcam, then went a bit quiet. Today, they’re breaking the silence at a press conference in San Francisco. The first new product out of the gate: a second generation of its smoke alarm, the Nest Protect. Read More
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Crunch Network
Reimagining Everyday Objects
Can we agree that the term “internet of things” should go away when we’re talking about consumer products? Like the “world wide web” before it, the internet of things phrase is a relic from the past. I don’t need a connected washing machine or internet-enabled color changing LED light bulb and nor does anyone else. “Things” don’t need… Read More
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Nest Rumored To Be Moving Into Audio As It Expands Further Into The Home
Smart home gadget maker Nest is looking for someone to lead what they are calling Nest Audio, fueling speculation that they are moving into speakers and other audio products. The company declined to comment on the new division or job listing. Read More
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Crunch Network
The Battle Is For The Customer Interface
In 2015 Uber, the world’s largest taxi company owns no vehicles, Facebook the world’s most popular media owner creates no content, Alibaba, the most valuable retailer has no inventory and Airbnb the world’s largest accommodation provider owns no real estate. Something interesting is happening. Since the industrial revolution the world has developed complex supply chains… Read More
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British Gas Buys UK Smart Home Pioneer AlertMe In $100M Deal
The connected home may still be a distant mirage for most average consumers, but in the meantime the technology is becoming big business. Today, British Gas announced it will buy AlertMe, a developer of platforms for running various domestic “smart” devices, in a deal worth £65 million ($100 million), lining up the energy company to provide smart services covering heating… Read More
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Nest Touts Three Studies Claiming Its Thermostat Pays For Itself In Two Years
Google-subsidiary Nest claims that the results of three studies based on longitudinal data show that its thermostat pays for itself in less than two years based on savings from heating and cooling costs. Read More
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