Nest
CEO Tony Fadell Hates When Nest Is Called An ‘Internet-Of-Things’ Company
We here in the tech press have gotten used to categorizing new, interesting products that are getting smart and connected under the umbrella term “Internet of Things.” But today at…
Google Looking At Dropcam And The Home Security Market, Says The Information
Google has reportedly ben interested in Dropcam as an acquisition target, according to a new report by The Information today. The supposed purchase would help Google with its aim of…
Connected devices company Nest, now owned by Google, has been lauded — mostly, it must be said, by the tech press — for turning its attention to upgrading the utilitarian…
Google’s Nest has recalled all 440,000 Protect smoke alarms sold over fears that the alert will fail to sound due to a false triggering of the ‘Wave’ feature which disables…
Google Nest Parody Protest Site Holds A Funhouse Mirror Up To The Search Giant
Update: Google has provided the following statement clarifying its filing, described below – We are in contact with the SEC to clarify the language in this 2013 filing, which does…
Google’s latest toy is available for purchase on Google Play for $249.99. Starting today, conveniently to coincide with Earth Day, Google started selling Nest Learning Thermostat on its web store.…
Sequoia Backs Simplisafe In A Play For The Home Security Market
Sequoia Capital has made a minority investment in the do-it-yourself home security company Simplisafe in a play on the home security and automation market, TechCrunch has learned. The investment from…
When Google acquired smart thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 billion, the startup quickly stated that it would never share its user data with other Google services and outside companies. But…
Nest Halts Sales Of Protect Smoke Alarm Over Safety Concerns About ‘Wave To Dismiss’ Feature
Nest CEO Tony Fadell has just issued a notice recommending users disable the Protect smoke alarm’s ‘wave to dismiss’ feature. In testing, it was discovered that people could accidentally trigger…
Facebook’s Oculus Buy Signals A Hardware Land Grab, And Company Fit Isn’t A Concern
There’s a gold rush on, and the people striking it rich are the ones building things — not apps, not software, but honest-to-goodness hardware, like the Oculus Rift, whose creator,…
Cosy Is A Smart Heating & Home Control System Coming Out Of Cambridge, U.K.
Cosy is a smart heating system being developed in Cambridge, U.K. — and aiming to ship product next month — that’s hoping to stand out from the Nest-shaped competition by…
Google today sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. While many speculated that Google would release phones after it bought Motorola in 2011, it didn’t happen — Motorola remained a…
Nest’s Tony Fadell Says Any Changes To Device User Privacy Policy Will Be Opt-In, Transparent
Nest CEO Tony Fadell was at DLD in Munich today, giving his first on-stage interview since his company was acquired by Google in a massive $3.2 billion deal last week.…
This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Lockitron, Nintendo, Google’s Smart Contacts, And Nest
It’s been a big week for smart things. Coming off the heels of CES, this week we learned that Lockitron hasn’t been shipping the majority of their smart lock pre-orders,…
Spark.io Hackers Make An Open-Source Nest Thermostat
Sure it’s not made of metal nor did it convince Google to give its creators billions of dollars, but dammit if this isn’t a cool hack. The folks at Spark.io,…
Foundation: Nest’s Tony Fadell on the Power of Focus
As part of our annual Google Ventures CEO Summit, Nest founder and CEO Tony Fadell and I filmed a live Foundation episode in November in front of a few hundred…
CES may be finished for another year, but one of the biggest themes of the show — that anything (cars, watches, mirrors, tables and more) is fair game as ‘hardware’…
Who Gets Rich From Google Buying Nest? Kleiner Returns 20X On $20M, Shasta Nets ~$200M
Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion cash, and that means the startup’s early investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Shasta Ventures have struck it rich. Multiple sources say Kleiner…
Nest Says Customer Data From Devices Will Only Be Used For Nest Products And Services
Nest says that it’s not going to just hand over its customer data to Google willy-nilly – in a blog post sent to TechCrunch penned by Nest founder Tony Fadell,…
Google Is Buying Connected Device Company Nest For $3.2B In Cash
Google is acquiring connected device company Nest for $3.2B. Google sent out an email to employees noting the acquisition today and later issued a press release.
Update: Nest Says Shut-Off Heat Is Sometimes Its Fault, Also Pushes Thermostat 4.0.1 Firmware To Fix 4.0 Problems
Nest is scrambling to fix a faulty firmware update that is causing customers’ thermostats to malfunction, turning off or down their heat in the dead of winter. Nest has acknowledged…
Tony Fadell Says Nest Has 100 Patents Granted, 200 Filed, And 200 More Ready To File
Many in the tech world and Washington have railed against the encroaching and limiting effect of patents on innovation, but when the chips are down, IP and patents remain key…
Nest Protect Is A $129 Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Detector That Takes Nest Deeper Into The Connected Home
Nest Labs, the home hardware maker co-founded by two ex-Apple luminaries, is today unveiling its second product, Nest Protect, a $129 smart device that hopes to do for the smoke…
Nest Labs To Open Up Its Learning Thermostat To Developers
The Nest Learning Thermostat is about to get a little smarter (and perhaps the forthcoming Protect). Speaking at CEDIA Expo 2013, Tony Fadell, the company’s co-founder and CEO, just detailed…
Nest Labs’ Next Product To Be A Smoke Detector, Per Reports
The Nest Learning Thermostat is about to get a sibling. The Protect. If this report is correct, the company behind the incredibly popular Learning Thermostat is prepping a smoke detector.…
Nest Buys Protection: Licenses Patents From Intellectual Ventures To Fight Honeywell, Others
This morning, intelligent thermostat company Nest struck a patent licensing deal with notorious patent hoarder Intellectual Ventures. There are a variety of reasons for the deal but the primary purpose…
Smart Thermostat Market Heating Up As Tado Raises $2.6M For Its European Nest
With Nest, the smart thermostat startup founded by ex-Apple iPod chief Tony Fadell, seemingly getting closer to a UK launch, TechCrunch has learned that European competitor Tado has raised a…
Solar-As-A-Service Provider Sunrun And Smart Home Startup Nest Team Up To Help People Save Money On Energy
Sunrun and Nest have teamed up to help their users get more out of both their solar energy panels and home automation products. The partnership will give customers who choose…
Nest’s Matt Rogers To Heat Things Up At Disrupt SF
Who knew that a startup based around a thermostat could be so damn successful. But that’s exactly what Nest Labs led by Matt Rogers and Tony Fadell has managed to…
From The Garage To 200 Employees In 3 Years: How Nest Thermostats Were Born
Editor’s note: Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 40-city community bringing the global startup world together while educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. I remember when the press first hit about…
