Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for January 14th from 17:51 to 18:31:

• Google Can Buy Nest, But It Can’t Buy Our Trust | Wired Opinion | Wired.com – nice Google+Nest article:
  Except: there is no "Internet of Things", only silos of things. #iot (ttk.me t4U56)
• FTP’s Bright Sunset and Frozen Night –
• Winning and Losing in the Net Neutrality Decision – The Volokh Conspiracy –
• How Google is moving into the home with Nest Labs acquisition | Technology | theguardian.com – Great comment re Google’s ‘one thing’ mission: ‘the “one thing” is data mining for advertising purposes’
• Some Fitbit Force Owners Complain Of Severe Skin Irritation – Severe Skin Irritation complaints from some Fitbit Force Owners #wearables