{"id":40925,"date":"2014-01-30T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T20:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/mobile-phones-are-sooo-turn-of-the-century.html"},"modified":"2014-01-30T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T20:53:40","slug":"mobile-phones-are-sooo-turn-of-the-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/mobile-phones-are-sooo-turn-of-the-century.html","title":{"rendered":"Mobile phones are SOOO turn of the century"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google unloads Motorola's mobile phone arm (though keeping their research team), acquires Nest which has been focused on home automation, and now indicates that will be Google's core hardware group.<\/p>\n

Looks like the Smart Home may be getting closer.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Derek Ross<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Report: Nest team to be Google's new hardware team<\/b><\/p>\n

A new report from TechCrunch is stating that Google will keep the Nest group intact inside, however the devices they're working on might not be thermostats and smoke detectors. Apparently, Google wishes for the Nest team to make devices that make more sense for Google.<\/p>\n

Nest's team is full of former Apple engineers. This move does make sense. Nest does\/did make gorgeous hardware. Motorola's Project Ara and most of Moto's patents are now under the wing of Google. Google does need a hardware team to continue work on Project Ara.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Google does have access to Samsung's patents thanks to a new agreement. The combination of Samsung patents and Motorola patents could spell exciting new devices from Google's new hardware team.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Nest Team Will Become Google\u2019s Core Hardware Group | TechCrunch<\/a>
\n Google today sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. While many speculated that Google would release phones after it bought Motorola in 2011, it didn’t..\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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