Home automation is one of the hottest topics around right now, and Nest was one of the first projects to kick it off when it was released in 2011. Branded as a truly smart therostat, Nest was purchased by Google for the bargain price of $3.2 billion at the start of 2014. Until now, there was little competition --until now. One of the leading names in thermostats, Honeywell, is … [Read more...] about Google Gets Competition From Honeywell with New Lyric Thermostat