smart thermostat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:41:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 This is Nest’s New, Cheaper Smart Thermostat https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-new-cheap-smart-thermostat-e-20170915/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-new-cheap-smart-thermostat-e-20170915/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:41:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64333 Home automation is becoming more and more popular as companies are rolling out cheaper technology, and the new thermostat from Nest is a perfect example of this reality. While there are several devices which can be classified as home automation systems, not all are considered to be as useful as smart thermostats. They may not […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-new-cheap-smart-thermostat-e-20170915/feed/ 0 64333 Google Buys Nest Thermostat Company for Just Over $3 Billion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-buys-nest-just-3-billion-20140114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-buys-nest-just-3-billion-20140114/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:13:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45148 Google bought Nest, for $3.2 billion, an investment, which many are still not quite sure whether it is a smart one or not. But the tech giant hardly ever makes mistakes, and surely they have a very good reason for massively overbidding in order to claim property over the makers of the smart thermostat and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-buys-nest-just-3-billion-20140114/feed/ 0 45148 Smart Thermostat Startup Nest Sued by Honeywell for Patent Infringements https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-vs-honeywell-lawsuit-20120209/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-vs-honeywell-lawsuit-20120209/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:07:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=22318 Remember when, last October, we’ve been telling you about Nest, the company founded by ex-Apple Chief Architect Tony Fadell, who wanted to enter the market with a revolutionary smart thermostat? Yes, the thermostat has been innovative, but its conception is now contested by none other than Honeywell, who filed a lawsuit against Nest for more […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nest-vs-honeywell-lawsuit-20120209/feed/ 0 22318 Ex-Apple Chief Architect Designs Nest, The World's Smartest Thermostat https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tony-fadell-nest-thermostat-20111025/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tony-fadell-nest-thermostat-20111025/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:10:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20892 Tony Fadell, once Apple’s chief architect, the one who was in charge of developing the iPod and the first three versions of iPhone, now has his own company and does only one little thing: a thermostat. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But Nest, the world’s maybe most expensive and complex thermostat is not at all something […]

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