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Nest Protect Out Of The Fire And Back On Store Shelves

June 17, 2014

The Nest Protect, the company’s smoke alarm, is now back on store shelves after a new-age product recall of 440,000 units. I say new-age because...

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Fire Detectors, Thermostats, And The Stupid Anti-Nest Sentiment From ‘Apple Fans’

Joshua Schnell -

January 14, 2014

On Sunday it was still the coolest thing in home automation gadgets on the market, but 24 hours later it was being ripped out of...

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Google Acquires Nest For $3.2B

Andrew Kunesh -

January 13, 2014

Google has today acquired connected device company Nest for $3.2 billion in cash.

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Nest Protect Wants To Make Your Smoke Detector Cool Again

Toby Wellington -

October 8, 2013

Smoke detectors are like babies. They’re kind of ugly and they make loud annoying sounds when you don’t want them to. Then again, there is...

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Former Apple Executive Says Scott Forstall “Got What He Deserved”

Kaylie Moise -

November 29, 2012

Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive and often considered the “father of the iPod”, sat down with the BBC today to talk about his new...

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The Nest Gets Updated, Sheds A Few Pounds Along The Way

Joshua Schnell -

October 2, 2012

It still feels a bit weird calling a thermostat sexy, but let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment, the Nest is as sexy as...

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Apple Store To Sell Nest Thermostat for $249.95

Andrew Kunesh -

May 30, 2012

The Nest, a high-tech thermostat designed by Tony Fadell, the man behind the iPod, will now be sold at Apple Stores throughout the United States....

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Honeywell sues Nest for making a thermostat people actually care about

Joshua Schnell -

February 6, 2012

Chalk one up for patents stifling innovation. Honeywell has filed a lawsuit again Nest and Best Buy for infringing on some of its thermostat technologies....

Reviews

Prime your nest with the Nest: a major step forward in thermostat technology

Aaron Mahnke -

January 16, 2012

Christmas was on a Sunday this year. We had taken care of breakfast, and moved on to opening Christmas presents in the usual fashion, but...

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Nest for iPhone reinvents the thermostat

Jared Erondu -

October 25, 2011

When you think of the technologies in your home that are in need of an upgrade, I’m sure the thermostat isn’t the first to come...

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