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Encosia on Jan 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google to Acquire Nest

The best acquisition outcome is something like Android or Kinect, definitely not watching GrandCentral stagnate for years after acquisition.

robotresearcher on Jan 14, 2014 [–]

Kinect was not an acquisition. MS licensed the device from PrimeSense. Apple bought the company recently.

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