Tony Fadell is sometimes referred to as the "godfather" of the iPod. He left Apple in 2010, and went on to found Nest, the smart home company now owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

Not so, says Tony Fadell, who led the iPod team at Apple and then the iPhone team. He called me from the Detroit Auto Show, where he’s presenting on panels related to autonomous cars, to clarify ...

Before becoming known as "one of the fathers” of the iPod, Apple’s ubiquitous music player, Fadell, 48, had a glittering early career at Philips Electronics and Apple spinoff General Magic ...

Fadell described his romance with computing during our conversation on Wednesday, May 10 during “Computing for the Whole World,” part of CHM’s Exponential Center iPhone 360 Project. The program highlighted Fadell’s contributions at Apple, where he designed the first iPod music player and then led the hardware design of the iPhone before leaving Apple in 2008 to found Nest Labs, where he led a team that designed an innovative internet-connected thermostat.

Tony Fadell, the engineer credited with inventing the Apple Ipod, iPhone and Nest, has joined the board of mobile ticketing app Dice. The app is designed to make buying tickets for events and concerts, such Dua Lipa’s latest tour, hassle-free and to protect fans from price gouging.