wraggster
July 26th, 2015, 00:53
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/3552x2368+0+0/resize/960x640!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/c98d3652aac0a1e06fb4d18fe519f3ac/202364533/456941334.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/google-glass-tony-fadell/)Google's decision to 'graduate' Glass from Google X (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/15/google-glass-tony-fadell/) in January was coupled with the announcement that the team would start reporting to Nest co-founder Tony Fadell. Glass was never a roaring success -- privacy concerns and the "Glasshole (http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/google-explains-how-not-to-be-a-glasshole/)" label scuppered public adoption -- so some wondered whether the iPod designer had been saddled with the project. Apparently not so. In aBBC interview (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33551340), Fadell has clarified that he actively asked for the role. "It wasn't handed to me and said, 'Tony, clean it up,'" he explained. "I offered and said, 'this is important.' I remember what it was like when we did the iPod and the iPhone. I think this can be that important, but it's going to take time to get it right."
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/google-glass-tony-fadell/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/google-glass-tony-fadell/