Google Acquires Nest for $3.2 Billion (Updated)

Google announced moments ago that it has acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash. For those not familiar, Nest "reinvents" home products that you either neglect, ignore, or don't realize could be awesome and then makes them something you can't live without...

Yahoo Acquires Aviate, Offers 25,000 New Beta Spots

Looks like Marissa Mayer’s startup shopping spree hasn’t ended yet. The Yahoo CEO announced today at the company’s CES press conference that it has acquired Aviate, the contextually-aware launcher replacement for Android devices. Aviate, which raised a $1.8...

Intel Plans to Unify Windows and Android in New PCs

Hasn’t everyone wished, at one time or another, for a straightforward way to use Android apps on Windows PCs? I personally haven’t, but Intel apparently thinks the idea is a popular one, because it intends to highlight at CES computers capable of running...