5 Reasons Nest Sold To Google


The big obsession yesterday was with why Google spent $3.2 billion on startup Nest Labs. But lost in the shuffle of the breathtaking price and lots of questionable speculation about whether this is...
    






Why Nest Could Be A Nightmare For Google


Google’s headquarters in Mountain View and the California Public Utility Commission in San Francisco are only about 50 miles apart as the crow, or techie commuter bus, flies. But when it comes to...
    






Adam Smith, Né George Goodman, Call Name, Jerry (In Memoriam)


“Desuetude,” Jerry enunciated on the phone. “I like how you used desuetude in your last column. Nobody uses that word anymore. Bill Buckley woulda used desuetude, but not a street kid from the Bronx...
    






In Speaking About Healthcare, We’ve Forgotten Patient Satisfaction: How To Treat Hospital Patients Like Valued Customers


Patient satisfaction – customer service, really – in hospitals and healthcare: It’s time for the industry to raise the bar—and it needs to get a move on. Even though the goal of customer satisfaction...
    






Spotify goes free on iOS and Android, Led Zeppelin joins the party


Word about Spotify's upcoming offering made news recently, when CEO Daniel Ek announced a free streaming service for iOS and Android. The new Spotify mobile app offers access to millions of songs,...
    






Apple Updates Oodles of Software including Aperture, OS X Server, Xcode and More


Among the many software apps that got the gilded treatment, there was Aperture 3.5. This was Apple’s picture processing and management software that ties up with iCloud, iOS and Mavericks. It has a...