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Google Preparing to Sell the Nest on Google Play? (Updated)

Kellen April 21, 2014 47

Once Google had acknowledged that it was acquiring Nest, the smart-home accessory manufacturer, we sort of wondered if they would ever use Google Play to help sell devices. While no announcement or movement has happened thus far, we noticed today that on...

Nest Abruptly Halts Sales of Nest Protect Units, Cites Potential Safety Risk

Tim April 3, 2014 22

Nest, the company with the smart smoke detector and thermostat which was recently acquired by Google, has halted sales of its Nest Protect smoke + carbon monoxide detectors, due to findings of a possible safety risk. With Nest Protect comes a feature called ...

Google’s $3.2 Billion Purchase of Nest Cleared by FTC

Tim February 6, 2014 49

Back in January, it was announced that Google would be acquiring Nest, the smart thermostat and smoke detector company whose popularity has been growing gradually since its humble beginnings as a Kickstarter project, for a whopping $3.2 billion. With high...

Google Will Utilize Nest as Its Hardware Group After Motorola’s Departure

Tim January 30, 2014 178

According to a report from TechCrunch, Google has serious plans for the Nest team which was recently acquired by the Mountain View-based company for $3.2 billion. Now that the deal to sell Motorola to Lenovo for about $2.9 billion is official, Google will...

Nest CEO Promises Transparency and Opt-in Choices for Possible Changes to Privacy Policies

Tim January 20, 2014 26

With Google's acquisition of Nest, many around the web joked that Google would use the information collected by the smart smoke detector and thermostat to ultimately sell ads to users. While Google's exact plans for Nest are unknown at this time, Nest's CEO...

Google Acquires Nest for $3.2 Billion (Updated)

Kellen January 13, 2014 135

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...

Nest App Updates to Version 4.0 – Brings New UI, Support for Nest Protect, and More

Kellen November 14, 2013 32

The Nest apps for Android and iOS each received a massive update this evening to version 4.0, bringing with them support for the new Nest Protect. Outside of the apps, a firmware update for the Nest Thermostat is also arriving. So what's new? Well, the UI has...

Nest Protect Wants to Monitor Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Levels in Your House, Not Annoy You Either

Kellen October 8, 2013 63

As you guys are fully aware, I'm a big fan of the Nest Learning Thermostat. In fact, I reviewed it randomly back in April and am still fully engulfed in all things Nest to this day. It continues to be my favorite Android accessory, as it allows me to save...