When Google paid $3.2bn (£2.1bn) to buy Tony Fadell's start-up Nest in 2014, it got much more than just an internet-connected thermostat and smoke detector.
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Obama-mania in Kenya as US president visits
Barack Obama may not get quite the rapturous welcome he did when he visited Kenya as a senator back in 2006, but his presence in his ancestral home is something of a coup for the Kenyan leadership, and he is expected to be warmly received.
The country has never had a sitting US president visit before, and understandably there's a sense of enormous pride. More info: BBC NEWS
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Tony Blair: Labour must not assume 'electorate is stupid'
Tony Blair has warned Labour against shifting to the left, saying that when they did in the 1980s it suggested they thought "the electorate is stupid".
When Margaret Thatcher was elected, according to Mr Blair, the Labour party thought that meant people wanted a more leftist party and this lead to their successive election failures.
A new poll has Jeremy Corbyn leading the Labour leadership contest, he is the more left-wing of the four candidates. More info: BBC NEWS
Monday, July 20, 2015
Mass fly-past at Royal International Air Tattoo
Historical aircraft have taken part in a mass fly-past at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
Up to 100,000 people have flocked to the sold-out event in Gloucestershire over the weekend.
The display was the highlight of official commemorations honouring the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
The event, now in its 30th year, featured 250 aircraft including Vulcans, Tornados and the Red Arrows.
More info: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gl...
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