Quite similar to those who have embraced Apple as their Holy Ghost and can't fathom why others have not?
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Google Acquiring Tony Fadell-Founded Nest for $3.2 Billion
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Quite similar to those who have embraced Apple as their Holy Ghost and can't fathom why others have not?
If you don't see how insane the post sound then I can't say aanything more, have a good day.
Here's another perspective on Nest & Apple vs. Google.
" Walter Isaacson, author of the biography Steve Jobs, said in a CNBC TV interview that Apple is now less innovative than Google, and that while securing the China Mobile agreement was a big deal, it was less important than Googles acquisition of Nest."
http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/16/steve...ive-than-google-suggests-tim-cook-vulnerable/
" Walter Isaacson, author of the biography Steve Jobs, said in a CNBC TV interview that Apple is now less innovative than Google, and that while securing the China Mobile agreement was a big deal, it was less important than Googles acquisition of Nest."
http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/16/steve...ive-than-google-suggests-tim-cook-vulnerable/
So now CNBC is getting technology business insight from biographers?
Anything to pump Google and dump Apple I suppose. Still the current narrative it appears.
So now CNBC is getting technology business insight from biographers?
Anything to pump Google and dump Apple I suppose. Still the current narrative it appears.
What makes the story interesting to me is not the media outlet - but the source of the quote. You don't find it interesting that someone who wrote Jobs' bio and was a complete media whore about it (which I can't blame him for - but he was) is now speaking against Apple (in this case).
What do you think that means?
Google and Facebook for example feed and live on User data..they sell it they use it or they wipe their %&//% with it I dont know... But they use and live on your tags,keywords,surfing habits, whatever it seems they can put my hand on... With Nest now your living room temperature , living habits, when you are home when you are not all goes into the pot.
For some its an issue for some it is not..
I do not want a google world
Thats all
So now CNBC is getting technology business insight from biographers?
Anything to pump Google and dump Apple I suppose. Still the current narrative it appears.
It's all about perspective. 2013 was a valuable yet wasted year when it comes to Apple demonstrating innovation. Even the layman can appreciate all that Google accomplished in the past year. It's a true but bitter pill for Apple lovers, denial helps them cope.
Ads are coming to "smart" home appliances, one way or another:
Smart refrigerators and TVs hacked to send out spam, according to a new report - nbcnews.com
But it's OK, as long as the ads are targeted, right? /sarcasm
Smart refrigerators and TVs hacked to send out spam, according to a new report - nbcnews.com
But it's OK, as long as the ads are targeted, right? /sarcasm
Still trying to grasp what has to do hacking into appliance to send spam with anything related whith what Google would do with Nest
The data streams are initially opened to communicate back to the mothership, but once established, they'll be "fair game" to all sorts of tracking and spam, authorized or not. Sure, initially it will be Google/Nest and LG doing the tracking, but it'll be too much of a honeypot for hackers and spammers to pass up, as evidenced by the link I provided above.
More to your point, KDarling is already looking forward to electric blanket ads as a result of keeping his thermostat settings turned down:
Perhaps he can explain the value proposition to you?
Perhaps he has nothing to explain because he is not the one that has posted that link
What it is clear is that your link has nothing to do with Nest or Google or what they can do. Well, perhaps you can try to explain the relation.
And then Fadell went on record about the future of Nest and privacy...
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/nest-promises-that-privacy-changes-will-be-opt-in/#continued
And the chicken littles now say what?
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/nest-promises-that-privacy-changes-will-be-opt-in/#continued
And the chicken littles now say what?
Oh please. Google can decide to change this policy at any given moment. And will, when it benefits their business model. Do you honestly believe Google simply wanted to be in the thermostat business?
Better a chicken little than an ostrich with his head in the sand.
You can choose to live in fear.
I prefer to base decisions and my opinions more on facts. And if those facts change, my opinion can change too.
There's a difference between that and putting my head in the sand. I don't expect any less from you though.
Google can do no wrong in your eyes, but the simple fact is they're a data-based advertising company. They don't make money on hardware. Hence a logical suspicion about their long term intentions with Nest.
Enjoy your Big Brother existence.
Which means absolutely nothing.... since Google owns the pink slip and not Fadell.
You'll get back to us in a few months when the Nest requires a Google+ account?
Tony can say what he wants, but the day Larry pulls the marionette strings, Tony will do whatever dance Larry chooses.
Until the day his GOOG options vest.
Good thing I didn't buy it yet.
I don't want to see advertisement on my thermostat's display
That's not how it works. You won't see any ads on your thermostat. But if the Nests ever senses that there are more than 1 person in your bedroom while you are supposedly at work, you will see ads of divorce lawyers on your computer.
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