So recently Google announced they had purchased Nest Labs for a whopping $3.2 billion. For those of you who don't know, Nest Labs make smart home features, such as smart thermostats which can be controlled from your phone and can be set to turn the heating up or down at a certain time. But many existing Nest customers were unhappy with the announcement. Why? Because they believe that Google now want to use Nest products to find out all about your life. And they're right. That is exactly what Google are doing. There are of course many reasons Google bought Nest, and I will to through them in a moment, but one of the reasons was probably to find out more about you. But when you think about it, that's no bad thing. None of the Nest products have cameras, so it's not too personal. So what are Google actually doing?
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