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...

Bitspin, the Team Behind Timely, Just Joined Google

Timely, an unassuming alarm app that managed to impress the world with its design, is now a part of Google. Well, the team behind it has. Bitspin, a group of programmers out of Zurich, announced via their website this morning that they are "joining" Google....