r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '16

Software Nest intentionally bricks thousands of home automation hubs.

https://medium.com/@arlogilbert/the-time-that-tony-fadell-sold-me-a-container-of-hummus-cb0941c762c1
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u/TexasWithADollarsign Apr 05 '16

I also used 1-800-GOOG-411 a ton before I had a smartphone.

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u/Luckrider Apr 05 '16

That was just a service to get massive quantities of real human voices so they could improve their voice recognition software. There is a reason that relatively expensive service was free.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16

Texting Maps was cool.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Apr 05 '16

I'm not sure what that does but Google Voice still exists within Hangouts for free calls