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Nest to permanently brick Revolv smart home devices

2016-04-05 20:13:54| Extremetech

Nest is shutting down a competitor it bought 17 months ago -- and deactivating the $299 smart home systems that those users purchased at the same time, with no plan to provide a replacement and in violation of the original company's lifetime guarantee.

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Nest chief attacked by Dropcam founder

2016-03-30 13:20:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The chief of Nest - the Google-owned smart home tech division - is attacked in a scathing blog by the founder of a start-up it acquired.

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Home Alone? Now Nest Can Tell

2016-03-10 21:52:41| TechNewsWorld

Nest on Thursday announced two new features, Family Accounts and Home/Away Assist. Family Accounts would let up to 10 people access the Nest products in a connected home from their Android or iOS devices. Home/Away Assist was designed to track the patterns of household members, utilizing learning algorithms and activity sensors that are built into products such as the Nest Learning Thermostat.

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Nest Labs Opens Door to 3rd-Party Devs

2015-10-02 19:22:20| TechNewsWorld

Nest Labs on Thursday said it would open its communications platform to third-party developers for the first time, which will allow outside home device makers to set up products that communicate directly with Nest products. Nest announced an update to its Nest Weave communications protocol that will allow outside developers to link other home devices to its own.

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