Nest Protect may not protect your nest from fire

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	Richi Jennings: DANGER: Nest Protect may not protect your nest from fire (hence Wave recall) ...Will Robinson!? Nest Labs -- now a Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) company -- is recalling all its fancy Nest Protect smoke-and-CO detectors. It seems that they may not always sound an alarm when they should, because a key feature doesn't work right. Oops. That's embarrassing. Still, it's a good thing that no Nest customers have been burned alive, suffocated by smoke, or poisoned by carbon monoxide, eh? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder returning the product for a refund. Read More   WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Networks Going Beyond APM with Real-Time IT Operations Analytics This white paper explains how IT organizations can harness the wealth of wire data flowing through their environments for real-time IT operational intelligence. Read how companies across a wide range of industries are analyzing wire data for more agile and proactive IT operations. Read more >> In this Issue Darlene Storm: Biosurveillance: Government to track your health as a matter of national security Jonny Evans: iOS 7: Using your iPhone to get the milk JR Raphael: Behold: The always-available bubble-based Twitter app for Android Preston Gralla: Microsoft's brand value surges, is now number 4 worldwide Sharky: Exactly the way they described it WHITE PAPER: Axeda Corporation The Business Case for Machine-to-Machine Initiatives In this white paper, Axeda presents examples of M2M value propositions and defines an ROI model for building a business case and tracking results related to M2M initiatives. This paper uses real-world customer results and a set of key metrics to help executives and managers understand the return they should expect when investing in M2M. Learn More Darlene Storm: Biosurveillance: Government to track your health as a matter of national security We have surveillance coming out the ying yang as we are tracked via websites, our purchases, our cell phones, digital footprints, license plates when driving, and more. Now the government's biosurveillance plan will make tracking the health records of Americans a matter of national security. Read More   Jonny Evans: iOS 7: Using your iPhone to get the milk You need to get some milk after work, which means you need to pick it up from the store near your work on the way home. Here's how your iPhone can help you remember to do it: Read More   WHITE PAPER: Polycom The Impact of Polycom Voice Solutions for Microsoft Lync Download this study to learn how one organization with 24,000 Polycom voice devices and Lync Enterprise Voice achieved a 98% risk-adjusted ROI and a payback period of 21 months. Learn more >> JR Raphael: Behold: The always-available bubble-based Twitter app for Android   A new app puts Twitter into a movable bubble on your screen -- and gives you easy pop-up access to your timeline whenever you want it. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft's brand value surges, is now number 4 worldwide Ever since Satya Nadella took the reigns of Microsoft from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft has been on a roll. Now here's more evidence: Microsoft's brand is the fourth most valuable in the world, surging 29% in a single year, while Apple's dropped 20%. Read More   Sharky: Exactly the way they described it Service tech pilot fish is assigned to check out a remote site where users are complaining about their PC monitors shaking from time to time -- and he's not the first who has tried to fix the problem. Read More
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