“Google may start adjusting the quality of video captured by your Nest security camera to help ease the strain put on broadband networks. The company is making the changes at a time when more people than ever are using internet-connected devices at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Nest buying video monitoring startup Dropcam for $555 million
“Google-owned Nest today said it’s acquired San Francisco-based Dropcam, a company that’s been making home monitoring cameras for the past five years. In a pair of blog posts, the two companies said Dropcam will still be sold in all the usual places, but stopped short of promising future products.”