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While reading through this mornings RSS feeds, I came across this quite hilarious post on TUAW. A MacBook Pro user was having trouble getting OS X Tiger to install and noticed the units temperature was getting up there. He came up with the plan to stick the MacBook Pro into his refrigerator.
According to the article 45 minutes later OS X Tiger had installed itself and the MacBook Pro was much cooler!
I just picked up an xBox360 a couple weeks ago, and finally this past weekend I got to use it. One feature of…
I am not sure how this one slipped by me, but Google has a new extension for FireFox that allows a user to…
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Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day—an internationally recognized day designed to raise awareness of the people who are affected by the AIDS…
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You may have heard that yesterday, Google acquired “*Nest,*”:https://nest.com the company most known for its smarter, simpler thermostat design. Reactions to the sale have been largely negative, at least according to “*fans of Nest on Facebook.*”:https://www.facebook.com/nest/posts/10152167824360681 What would this mean for your privacy? For device support (especially non-Google devices such as iPhone)? ARE WE ALL GOING TO BE WATCHED IN OUR HOMES?
I’ve been intrigued by Nest’s thermostat design since it was developed by Nest Labs in 2011, and still believe that it has set a standard for innovation and what it means to have a “connected home” — a term that has proven to be highly sought after in the past few years. I mean, you can leave the over-the-top “smart” tech products at CES (except for the WeMo-enabled “*Belkin Crock-Pot*”:http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/07/belkin-slow-cooker/ … I think I’d love that guy), but Nest makes a lot of sense for the average home.
Recently, Nest Labs introduced a smarter “*smoke and carbon monoxide detector,*”:https://nest.com/smoke-co-alarm/life-with-nest-protect/ taking on another mundane household staple that they determined significant improvement (for the annoyance factor alone). That brings the total number of products to two. Two. For which Google paid 3.2 billion! Obviously, they were viewed as game-changers.
So, what do you think Google plans to do with Nest? We’d love to hear your thoughts!
More on the acquisition “*here.*”http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303595404579318952802236612
More on the Facebook backlash “*here.*”:http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/most-nests-facebook-fans-dislike-google-deal-154974