Google Owns My Thermostat Now (Again)
Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion, and I own one of their thermostats. Some thoughts on what that actually means for the thing quietly logging my life on my hallway wall.
My Thermostat Is Still Just a Dial
Google bought Nest for $3.2 billion last week, and everyone's talking smart homes. My thermostat is still a dial, and I'm not sure I want it to be anything else.
Beats Music Launched Today, Here's What I Think After One Morning
Beats Music launched today and I spent the morning poking at it. Thoughts on the human-curated playlists, the weird "Sentence" onboarding, and why I'm not dropping Spotify for it.
Google Owns My Thermostat Now
Google bought Nest this week and now owns the thermostat on my wall, and a federal court gutted net neutrality on the same news cycle. Some mixed feelings about both.
Google Just Bought My Thermostat
Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion, and I own one of their thermostats — some thoughts on what that actually means once it's bolted to your wall.
Google Bought My Thermostat
Google just bought the company that makes the thermostat in my hallway. Some thoughts on trusting a company that already killed Google Reader once.
So Google Just Bought My Thermostat Company
Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion, and I own one of their thermostats, so here's my actual, personal problem with it.
Net Neutrality Lost in Court Today and Almost Nobody I Know Noticed
A federal appeals court struck down the FCC's net neutrality rules today, and I spent the afternoon trying to explain why that matters to people who just want their Netflix to stop buffering.
So Google Owns My Thermostat Now
Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion, and as someone who actually owns one of their thermostats, my reaction is more uneasy than excited.
Overstock Will Now Sell You a Rug for Bitcoin
Overstock.com started accepting Bitcoin today, and I think it's a more interesting story than anything that came out of CES this week.
The Ads Themselves Were the Malware
While everyone was watching CES, Yahoo's own ad network was quietly serving malware to European visitors for days over New Year's - and it barely made a dent in anyone's feed.
Polar Vortex, CES From the Couch
Snowed in during the record cold snap this week, half-watching CES from under a blanket, mildly furious about curved TVs and a leaking pipe under the sink.