Nest CEO Tony Fadell steps down, could go-kart a new startup

Tony Fadell’s Nest made the connected home mainstream (Source: Wikipedia)
Tony Fadell, a well-known Silicon Valley executive who was once expected to play a central role in Alphabet Inc’s hardware efforts, has stepped down as chief executive of the search giant’s Nest unit, the company said.
Fadell will remain an adviser to Alphabet and Google co-founder Larry Page. He will be replaced at Nest, which makes smart thermostats and smoke detectors, by Marwan Fawaz, who had prior s