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PROVO, UT - JANUARY 16: In this photo illustration, a Nest thermostat (R) and a smoke/carbon monoxide detector is seen on January 16, 2014 in Provo, Utah. Google bought Nest, a home automation company, for $3.2 billion taking Google further into the home ecosystem. (Photo illustration by George Frey/Getty Images)
PROVO, UT – JANUARY 16: In this photo illustration, a Nest thermostat (R) and a smoke/carbon monoxide detector is seen on January 16, 2014 in Provo, Utah. Google bought Nest, a home automation company, for $3.2 billion taking Google further into the home ecosystem. (Photo illustration by George Frey/Getty Images)
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Facebook is the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index in the past 12 months.

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Google business head Omid Kordestani is joining the board of Spotify.

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Photo illustration: A Nest thermostat, right, and a smoke/carbon monoxide detector. (George Frey/Getty Images)