Google takes Fadell, the designer of the iPod and buy his ... - The Republic

GOOGLE has come back from spending. Where has pulled out of the porafoglio something like $ 3.2 billion, says the magazine Business Insider. Result: Tony Fadell, the man who designed the iPod to Apple, now works for the Mountain View giant. It was he who founded the Nest Labs, manufactures thermostats and smoke detectors that can be controlled through the internet that is now part of the galaxy of Big G. Fadell began working with Apple as the outside while the Cupertino giant was already developing the mp3 player. However, Steve Jobs was so enthusiastic about the prototype created by Fadell, who decided to hire him. Then the founder of Nest Labs was fired after Scott Forstall (in turn fired over time) was chosen to decide who would develop the iPhone. Fadell does not seem an easy type, considering that Apple’s design guru, Jony Ive, would not go along with him.

Google has long since left his position of pure web company to enter into the market of electronic products. Sells the Nexus tablet computer and its operating system Chrome with Chrome OS. He bought Motorola in 2011 to $ 12.5 billion in 2013 and has launched the new smartphone Moto x (arriving in some European countries – excluding Italy – in early February). This year is expected to launch its Google Glass. The acquisition of Nest Labs could have two reasons: the interest to enter the world of home automation – after the industry had great resonance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas – or the desire to be in the ranks of his men of the mind ‘ man who designed the iPod. “Churn out exciting products – said CEO Larry Page, speaking last purchase – valves that save energy and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide that can help you make your house safer.”