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iPod-inspired Thermostat Now Available At Your Local Apple Store

Matt Algren — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Nest, the learning thermostat with a techie twist, will soon be available at Apple Stores across the country, according to a report from iLounge and confirmed by 9To5Mac. Nest Labs co-founders Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers spent a collective 20 years at Apple working on the iPod and iPhone, with Fadell becoming known as “Father […]

Honeywell Makes A Beeline To Stir Up Nest

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Honeywell Corporation stings Nest Labs and Best Buy retailers this week with a surprise patent lawsuit over the Nest learning thermostat. Honeywell claims their patents were infringed related to “controlling a thermostat with information stored in a remote location,” “a thermostat’s inner design,” “simplified methods for operating and programming a thermostat including the use of […]

Former Apple iPod Designer Turns Up Intelligence On Thermostats

Tom Wyrick — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:35:48 +0000

Tony Fadell, best known as the team lead for Apple’s iPod (through eighteen revisions) and three revisions of the iPhone now turns over a new leaf, focusing on household energy savings with the Nest Learning Thermostat. True to the Apple philosophy of taking existing concepts and simplifying and beautifying them, the Nest thermostat retains the […]