An interview with Tony Fadell on his new book, Google's “culture of perks”, developing the iPod and iPhone, why he says “fuck the metaverse”, and more
Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs …
Sources: Alphabet is considering folding Nest Labs into Google's hardware team, reversing its split two years ago, to better compete with Amazon's home devices
Integration of Alphabet units would reverse an element of 2015 split as Google and Nest chase Amazon in home devices
Sources: key executive for Apple health initiatives, Yoky Matsuoka, has left the company after joining in May
Yoky Matsuoka joined Apple in May to help lead health projects — Previously co-founded Google X, ran technology at Nest Labs — Yoky Matsuoka, who joined Apple Inc …
Alphabet using Nest, with its own infrastructure, recruiters, marketing, and legal teams, as a model for its other projects to maintain efficiency of startups
At Google, Breathing Room for New Ideas — Nest Labs unit insisted on autonomy, and is now a model for Alphabet Inc. reorganization