With a string of recent acquisitions, Google seems to be planning to become as big in hardware as it is in software.

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	Economist With a string of recent acquisitions, Google seems to be planning to become as big in hardware as it is in software. Its latest purchase is Nest Labs, a maker of sophisticated thermostats and smoke detectors: on January 13th Google said it would pay $3.2 billion in cash for the firm http://econ.st/1mgX5xT
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