Amazon starts selling Nest learning thermostat, too
Following the news that startup Nest began selling its smart thermostat through Apple’s online store, the company announced on Thursday that its device is now available via Amazon, too. Read more »
Apple starts selling the Nest smart thermostat
In a huge win for startup Nest, which makes a connected learning thermostat, Apple has now started selling the Nest thermostat through its online store. It could end up being the most important move ever for a next-generation digital thermostat. Read more »
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Ups and downs for cleantech in Q1
This quarter the EV market struggled to find its footing. Meanwhile, the smart-grid sector solidified and low-power technology proved itself important in the data center. Read more to learn what these news pieces and others mean for the larger space over the next few months. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Nest taps Apple’s former patent chief to fight Honeywell lawsuit
If you were wondering if smart thermostat startup Nest was going to roll over to be squashed by the Honeywell thermostat gorilla, the answer is a resounding no. Nest announced has officially denied Honeywell’s patent infringement claims, and has brought on Apple’s former patent chief. Read more »
Nest makes its smart thermostat, er, smarter
Smart thermostat maker Nest announced on Thursday that it’s done one of its biggest upgrades in terms of both software and hardware since it launched its thermostat five months ago. Read more »
Today in Green IT: What’s the future of Zipcar?
Zipcar reported fourth quarter earnings this week and Wall Street was not happy (shares traded down an immediate 13 percent). Despite actually posting its second consecutive quarterly profit of $3.9 million, concerns are rising about revenue numbers, particularly in Europe. Read more »
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Have the patent wars come to cleantech?
Cleantech largely has so far avoided the nasty patent wars that plague a space like mobile, but the Honeywell-Nest lawsuit changes that. A large company using its patent libraries to fight a new product could have chilling effects for startups in the space. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Have the patent wars come to cleantech?
Have the patent wars — that have dominated mobile in recent years — finally come to cleantech? And what does that mean for startups? Read more »
Nest to Honeywell: We will vigorously defend ourselves
Nest has finally publicly commented on being slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit. Nest says it will “vigorously defend itself,” against Honeywell’s lawsuit, and says it has “the resources, support and conviction to do so.” Read more »
Today in Green IT: Solar & smart thermostats in 2012
The Green IT section of our GigaOM Pro service has been cranking out a lot of rock solid research and long form reports in 2012. Come check out our new 30-page state of solar report, our smart thermostat research and new analysis on batteries. Read more »
The details behind the Honeywell, Nest lawsuit
Thermostat giant Honeywell has slapped startup Nest, and retailer Best Buy, with a lawsuit over patent infringement for smart thermostat technology. I read the lawsuit so you don’t have to and here’s the details you need to know: Read more »
Honeywell hits Nest with a law suit over smart thermostat
Thermostat giant Honeywell has filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement by the buzzy Silicon Valley startup Nest, which makes a smart learning thermostat. Read more »
Siemens, ABB make major grid gear plays
Not all the opportunities in the smart grid are about big data and analytics. Power gear giants Siemens and ABB unveiled separately that they plan to make large grid gear acquisitions. Siemens will buy RuggedCom, and ABB will buy Thomas & Betts Corp. Read more »
Lowe’s kicks off smart energy home push
Following on the heels of Best Buy making a modest bet on home energy gear, big box retailer Lowe’s announced on Thursday that it will start selling smart energy home gadgets from startup AlertMe. The partnership is also U.K.-based AlertMe’s first move into the U.S. Read more »
Nest’s log jam is opening up for its smart thermostat
The Nest thermostat has been sold out for months, but it looks like that backlog is starting to clear. While the thermostat still isn’t available on it website, the company is offering some potential customers on its email list a chance to buy the device. Read more »
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Green IT 2012: looking for bright spots amid the clouds
As we look toward the next year, the cleantech sector faces many challenges, which we examine in detail in this 2012 outlook. Renewable energy generators encounter an increasingly difficult subsidy environment, and key cleantech innovations like electric vehicles face an uphill climb in terms of connecting ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Unboxing Nest’s learning thermostat
The hottest item that you probably couldn’t get for Christmas this year was the Nest thermostat, which is sold out until 2012. But I bought one a couple months ago for a Christmas present and the device showed up a couple days before the big day. Read more »
Inside Nest’s learning thermostat
I got my Nest learning thermostat in the mail on Wednesday (a couple of weeks early), but thankfully, when I woke up on Thursday morning, the folks at SparkFun did a complete tear-down of the Nest, so I don’t have to break mine up. Yay. Read more »
Why Google ditching its clean power research isn’t a big deal
Despite Google shutting down its clean power philanthropic initiative, Google still remains committed to clean power in several ways far more important, which have represented the bulk of Google’s work with energy. Read more »
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Cleantech, meet connectivity: a new era of energy efficiency
The momentum right now in cleantech is as much about connectivity and how it can drive energy efficiency as it is about advancing sources of renewable energy. And as the web and mobile connectivity change our consumer experiences, the opportunities to redefine cleantech are rich, and they are already happening. This research note examines the cleantech space in that context and analyzes the car-sharing, home-energy-management and smart-grid sectors and their relevant companies to see how connectivity will play into their future endeavors. Companies mentioned in this report include RelayRides, Opower, Silver Spring Networks and Nest. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
10 things to be thankful for in greentech this year
As you sit down to your sustainably raised turkey dinner this year, it’s a good time to think about the things that have gone well for greentech in 2011. Yes, there have been clouds for the industry, but there have been quite a few milestones, too. Read more »
GigaOM RoadMap Rewind: A conversation with Nest’s Tony Fadell
The world’s first learning, connected thermostat from startup Nest, was sold out of 4 months of production in the first 72 hours, said Nest founder Tony Fadell in an interview at GigaOM’s RoadMap event last week. Check out the entire video Q&A. Read more »
Today in Green IT: Design matters
The Nest thermostat — designed and created by the iPod architect Tony Fadell — stands out among the crowd of home energy products, says GigaOM Pro’s Green IT analyst Adam Lesser. Why? Design matters. Read more »
How iPads, phones & sensors will redefine our homes
An Internet-connected, sensor-based and iPad-managed terrarium — a micro ecosystem — by London-based product designer Samuel Wilkinson is an artful marriage of physical living and digital worlds and it could be a precursor for what home and gardens could become in the age of connectedness. Read more »
Connectedness & us: Takeaways from GigaOM RoadMap
Connectedness was the theme of our first GigaOM RoadMap conference and we talked to smart speakers and attendees all day long. Here are the GigaOM and GigaOM Pro editorial teams’ highlights and key takeaways from yesterday’s events, plus some photos from the event. Read more »
Nest and the Apple-ification of the thermostat
The Nest burst onto the scene recently, making waves unlike any seen for a product you’d never guess anyone would care about: the home thermostat. Fadell talked about how his team is rethinking a 50-year-old industry with lessons from his days at Apple. Read more »
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Connected world: the consumer technology revolution
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Best Buy making a bet on home energy gear
Retailer giant Best Buy is launching a modest push into home energy products, planning to sell gadgets that can help home owners cut their energy consumption, and lower their energy bills, via dedicated sections of some of its stores and through a new online portal. Read more »
Will apps or devices manage cloud complexity in the home?
The enterprise is where the big bucks used to be, but home is where the heart and consumers are. As the web becomes more integrated in people’s lives, the home will become the battleground for the coming generation of startups and big-name companies. Read more »
Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest
Can gorgeous design, learning algorithms and millions in venture capital funding make a simple home thermostat as coveted as the iPhone? If anyone can achieve such a lofty goal it’s Tony Fadell, the godfather of the iPod and iPhone, who has founded connected thermostat company Nest. Read more »
