A little under a year ago, a started named Nest Labs announced its first product, a high-tech thermostat which learns from …
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Nest’s Learning Thermostat Gets Its First Software Update
When Silicon Valley startup Nest started shipping its first product — the iPod of thermostats — last November, it explained that the intelligent, Internet-connected gadget was designed to automatically download and install …
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SXSW Watch: A Disruptive Conversation
Moderating panel discussions, I’ve found, tends to be either a challenge or a cakewalk. It’s tough when you’ve got a panelist who’s a blabbermouth, or one that’s shy. The audience is just as important as the people on stage: If …
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Greetings From SXSW (and a Final Plug for My Panel)
I snapped this fuzzy photo with my iPhone at SXSW Interactive, and the intensity of the crowd isn’t some weird aberration — the conference, associated events and parties are often that mobbed. Especially the parties.
I’ve had …
‘Nest’ Thermostats Already Sold Out Through Early 2012
This is the most excited people have been about a thermostat since… well, ever. People are so in love with the Nest, a.k.a. “the iPod of thermostats,” that the device is already sold out through early 2012.
A notice on Nest’s website apologizes that “the demand was huge from day one and the orders haven’t slowed down.” The company …
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‘Nest’ Is the iPod of Thermostats
Many years ago, Tony Fadell took an idea he had for a new gadget to Apple. It was a pocket-sized hard-disk MP3 player. Apple was impressed–and, just over a decade ago, released Fadell’s creation as the iPod. It was, as you may recall, quite popular.
(MORE: The iPod Turns 10: How It Shaped Music History)
Fadell went on to run …
