Google’s Nest Labs is opening up its Weave software to other developers of home-automation devices. Initial partners will include manufacturers such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble. Weave enables connected products to communicate with each other. By not limiting Weave to its own digital thermostats and devices, “more products can work together to control lights, heating, cooling, security and other things in homes,” notes Bloomberg. Nest, which is also launching an online store, “is pouring resources into its product lineup to convince consumers that they need to modernize their homes with connected, intelligent devices.”