Nest is acquiring Dropcam
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Nest is acquiring Dropcam
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#2Are high-profile announcements typically announced at 5pm on a Friday?
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#3Google has acquired Nest... so now Google has also acquired Dropcam. I wonder why they call it Nest acquistion, to downplay privacy concerns?
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#4Google has acquired Nest... so now Google has also acquired Dropcam. I wonder why they call it Nest acquistion, to downplay privacy concerns?
Yup, the want to avoid the headline: "Google buys network of in-home cameras."
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#5It's interesting how google subsidiaries somehow announce acquisitions rather than the parent company.
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#6Google has acquired Nest... so now Google has also acquired Dropcam. I wonder why they call it Nest acquistion, to downplay privacy concerns?
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#7Are high-profile announcements typically announced at 5pm on a Friday?
Likely the timing is because of stock exchange regulations. Google is publicly traded company so announcing it on different time may gave someone "unfair advantage".
Doing that 5pm Friday after market closes give everyone 2 days to process that information.
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#8Are high-profile announcements typically announced at 5pm on a Friday?
If they need the whole weekend to find the right tone to explain this acquisition, yes. Looking forward to seeing how Google handles the privacy concerns on this...
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#9Google has acquired Nest... so now Google has also acquired Dropcam. I wonder why they call it Nest acquistion, to downplay privacy concerns?
To give us commenters the "Nest"ing doll softball of a pun.
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#10I'm surprised Nest (Google) hasn't bought Logitech's Alert division yet. Logitech has been shopping it around - looking for a buyer - for awhile.