With Google's unlimited resources, Nest could become something spectacular: an Apple-like hardware giant married to Google's Internet infrastructure and data-intelligence resources.
The place where Kurt Cobain miraculously recovered from a near O.D. to play a Nirvana show, in 1993, and where, in 2000, Fiona Apple had a spectacular mid-performance meltdown and fled the stage will be no more.
Apple embraced China with spectacular success, but Google ultimately exited," explains Tim Merel, Managing Director at Digi-Capital.
But the rumors about Apple are often far more spectacular than the products that actually appear.
(A spectacular hack last weekend of a technology blogger's Apple account raised this sobering question).
Apple's currently on a tear of opening spectacular Apple Stores around the globe.
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular The show lights up the skies above the Big Apple; scheduled performers include Ariana Grande, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Lionel Richie, Enrique Iglesias and Zac Brown Band.
It's a bit like the best satay sauce, except thicker and richer; and the apple vinegar, with its hint of sweetness, completes a spectacular triumph.
Led by the ex-Apple engineering executive Jon Rubinstein, Palm has created a spectacular, beautiful, joyous machine.
"The resolution of the tactile sensations was spectacular, from the edges of a cube, to the roundness of an apple, to the tiny prancing hooves of the deer," wrote Ackerman.
