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Nest co-founder and iPod inventor says 'the metaverse is wrong' because you can't actually connect with people face-to-face
The early Apple engineer said the metaverse is impersonal and sucks talent and resources away from …
Katie Canales  Â
Apple's Steve Jobs would call his teams 5 to 6 times a day while on vacation to brainstorm big-picture ideas, iPod inventor says
Nest co-founder Tony Fadell, an early Apple engineer, told Tim Ferriss that Steve Jobs would ponder…
Katie Canales  Â
New pictures show how Apple kept the design of the first iPod a secret by making prototypes look ridiculous
This early iPod prototype looks nothing like an iPod, and the device's inventor said the boxy desig…
Ben Gilbert  Â
Apple helped build a top secret iPod for the government that only 4 people at the company even knew existed, former engineer says
Apple helped the Department of Energy build a top secret iPod back in 2005, but it's unclear what i…
Lisa Eadicicco  Â
Nest CEO Tony Fadell is stepping down
Tony Fadell is stepping down as the CEO of Google's smarthome company Nest, he announced in a blog …
Steven Tweedie  Â
Apple hired the Dropcam founder who clashed with Tony Fadell
But his stint at Nest didn't go smoothly after he butted heads with Tony Fadell (a former high-rank…
Kif Leswing  Â
'Father of the iPod' Tony Fadell suggests 3 features Apple could add to the iPhone to fight device addiction
Fadell is sure that late Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs would want to do something about device a…
Kif Leswing  Â
'F--- Apple': Nest founder Tony Fadell has a new VC firm and it already has drama with Apple
But it's also possible that Fadell's pique was referring to something else. Days earlier, a new boo…
Kif Leswing  Â
Nest's Tony Fadell Will Now Be In Charge Of Google Glass
Glass was the first project ever to emerge from Google X - and one particularly important to Google…
A startup backed by iPod designer Tony Fadell just emerged from stealth with $18.5 million to bring breakthrough batteries to market in massive quantities
Advano, a New Orleans-based battery startup, has just emerged from stealth mode, announcing that it…
Benji Jones,Benji Jones  Â
Former Nest CEO Tony Fadell says he's 'secretively' invested in more than 100 companies
Over the past eight to 10 years I've been investing in companies very secretively. It's all been co…
Matt Rosoff  Â
Father Of The iPod, Tony Fadell, Says The iPod Was Born To Die
"I'll miss the iPod. I loved it," Fadell told Fast Company. "But you know, that's just how it is. I…
Steven Tweedie  Â
Nest CEO Tony Fadell is making an electric go-kart for kids that parents can control from their phones
Of course, this product isn't totally unique. There are plenty of other high-end go-karts out there…
Dave Smith  Â
Nest CEO Tony Fadell just sort of apologized to Googlers: 'Nest isn't perfect, and I'm not perfect'
Nest was the subject of a brutal profile in The Information which detailed a rough corporate cultur…
Nest leader Tony Fadell on $555 million Dropcam buy: 'A lot of the employees were not as good as we hoped'
Perhaps the most startling example is when Fadell threatened to fire Nest cofounder Matt Rogers if …
Matt Rosoff  Â
Google Just Paid $3.2 Billion To Hire The Guy Who Designed The iPod
Fadell first began working with Apple as independent contractor when the iPod was still a side proj…
There's One Word Nest Employees Should Never Say Around Tony Fadell
Before cofounding Nest Labs in 2010, Fadell worked at Apple as part of the team that created the or…
Lisa Eadicicco  Â
iPod Inventor Tony Fadell May Have Spent $1.4 Million On An Auction Of One-Of-A-Kind Apple Products
In a new book on Ive, a source told author Leander Kahney, "Tony was canned [from Apple] because he…
REVIEW: The Nest Thermostat
That said, the app still needs a little bit of fine tuning. You can set up a schedule for the therm…
Reviewers Love Nest's New 'Smart' Smoke Detector, But Say Its Too Expensive
One of the Nest Protect's charms is the ability to wave to silence the alarm when something small l…