Connectivity is awesome. Connections and communication between electronic systems, both wired and wireless, have allowed us to continue to advance technology to unimaginable heights. From TVs, to the internet, to satellite communication communication between technologies enables new and advanced functionalities for users. Every telematics platform in existence is built upon this idea. Until recently, cars [...]
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Your Car Can Be Hacked And Its Going To Get Easier To Do
March 14th, 2011 
Jeff Shariat 
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., News, Safety + Security, Telematics 
Tags: api, apps, automotive, convergence, Emerging Tech, gps, hacking, infotainment, iphone app, News, onstar, Telematics 
Comments OffIt’s Jeopardy! My Dear Watson
January 13th, 2011 Jeff Shariat A quick hit for you while I work on my CES coverage… IBM has created a super computer called Watson that it will pit against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a game of Jeopardy! in an attempt to demonstrate some of the most advanced artificial intelligence on the planet. The three contestants will compete [...]
Ford Sync Release AppLink to 2011 Fiesta; Apple iPhone Supported
December 21st, 2010 Jeff Shariat At the recent Content and Apps for Automotive Conference (by Telematics Update), we talked a lot of about voice controls and the important role they will play in creating a safe and usable in-car infotainment experience. A lot of the major products out there already feature voice controls of some sort, but today Ford announced the availability [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Ford Sync / Touch, Telematics Tags: android, apple, applink, blackberry, Ford, ford sync, iphone, News, openbeack, pandora, stitcher, tech, Telematics, voice controls Comments OffContent and Apps for Automotive by Telematics Update Wrap-Up
December 13th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Over the two days of Telematics Update’s Content and Apps for Automotive Conference there was a lot to be learned about the state of the industry and where people think it’s going. We covered the industry from end to end and touched on all the leading technology frameworks and business models. The event as a [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Featured, Telematics Tags: 2010, apps, automotive, convergence, distracted driving, DoT, driver distraction, Emerging Tech, infotainment, tech, technology, Telematics Comments OffLaHood Still Looking at Cell Jamming Technology for Cars
November 30th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Ray LaHood has once again shown a tendency to want to completely block technology in the car. “There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” Raymond LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation said during a discussion during MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” This will never happen. Ever. There are to [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc..., Featured, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, DoT, driver distraction, Emerging Tech, infotainment, iphone app, mobile, News, safety, Safety + Security, security, Sync, tech, Telematics Comments OffApp Spotlight: SafeCellApp – Get Paid to NOT Use Your Phone While Driving
October 14th, 2010 Jeff Shariat SafeCellApp (not to be mistaken with the ‘radiation blocking’ SafeCell) has taken an interesting approach to smartphone app usage and distracted driving. Instead of blocking features, the SafeCellApp will pay you $1 per 100 miles (it’s really 1 point per mile and 100 points per $1 aka $.01 / mile) you drive without violating texting [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, distracted driving, driver distraction, mobile, News, tech, Telematics 2 Comments »Twitter Chats and Digital Cars
October 13th, 2010 KevinShannon Social media, particularly Twitter, is about listening, learning, sharing, and connecting with others. In many cases, people with like interests form around specific topics, themes or ideas. Using hashtags (#), some people group conversations around a relevant topic and focus the discussion. Many groups form and take the discussions further by establishing regularly timed twitter [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, News, Telematics Tags: chat, digicar, news twitter chat, tech, Telematics, twitter 1 Comment »Ford Sync Fact Sheet
October 4th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Download the Ford Sync Fact Sheet PDF 1-Pager or read it all below. Overview Ford SYNC®, co-developed with Microsoft and using Nuance Communications voice recognition technology, allows customers to bring digital media players and Bluetooth®-enabled mobile phones into their vehicles and operate the devices via voice commands or with the steering wheel’s redundant audio controls. SYNC is an agnostic [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Featured, Ford Sync / Touch, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: automotive, convergence, Emerging Tech, Ford, ford sync, Ford Sync / Touch, Sync, technology, Telematics Comments OffGuide-by-Touch Navigation Systems
September 28th, 2010 Jeff Shariat The concept of tactile feedback (I think technically this isn’t haptic…anyone?) is not new, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of a tactile system being used to give directions. PopSci is reporting that University of Utah (UofU?) is working on a system that would use physical feedback to alert drivers of a need [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, News, Safety + Security Tags: haptic feedback, navigation, safety, safety and security, security, tech Comments OffQNX, chumby Bring Personalized Internet Experience to the Car
September 24th, 2010 Jeff Shariat QNX has announced support of the Chumby application environment. The QNX Car Application Platform will allow users to access apps in the same way Chumby users can. If you don’t know what a Chumby is, it’s a standalone open source internet enabled widget device (i know, that doesn’t mean anything to anyone)…basically it’s a little [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc... Tags: apps, automotive, chumby, convergence, Emerging Tech, infotainment, mobile, real-time data, wireless 1 Comment »Aha Mobile Acquired by Harman
September 16th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Aha Mobile, is a provider of “on-demand mobile and location-based Internet content services,” that we spotlighted here back in March and has now been acquired by Harman International in an effort to bolster their mobile offerings. Aha Mobile launched its “Aha Radio” application for the Apple iPhone® earlier this year, which has since become popular [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, News Tags: aha mobile, apps, harman, location based services, mobile, News, on-demand, tech Comments OffSmart Traffic Lights Could Reduce Congestion
September 16th, 2010 Jeff Shariat PopSci has an article highlighting some research out of Europe talking about how advanced stop light control systems could improve traffic flow over the timers and scheduled patterns that are currently used. The solution is a decentralized approach that lets the traffic lights work together by figuring out how changes at each individual intersection would [...]
OnStar Expands Mobile App Availability
September 14th, 2010 Jeff Shariat OnStar will be offering smartphone control over some basic vehicle functionality to a broader range of 2011 model year vehicles including most of the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC models. Functionality will include key fob functionality (door locks, remote start) as well as the standard OnStar Remote Vehicle Diagnostics etc. It does feel like this [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Telematics Tags: apps, gm, mobile, onstar, remote diagnostic, smartphone, tehc, Telematics 1 Comment »Status Update: Onstar likes Facebook
September 8th, 2010 Jeff Shariat BusinessWeek.com reports that OnStar will be adding Facebook to it’s bag of tricks GM owners can use while driving. Nothing official from OnStar yet, but it sounds like this is going to happen sometime this month. Clearly OnStar has to up it’s infotainment services to compete with Ford Sync (and the other players bringing up [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, convergence, Emerging Tech, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, onstar, tech, technology, Telematics Comments OffiPhone Most Popular Camera On Flickr, Can Cars Learn Something?
April 26th, 2010 Jeff Shariat It’s no surprise that the iPhone is the most popular camera used to take pictures hosted on Flickr. It’s probably the single most popular consumer device that has a camera, the quality has improved, and it’s connectivity as a phone allows it to upload directly to Flickr (rather than meaning to upload all those pictures [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc..., Telematics Tags: apps, camera, flickr, geolocation, geotagging, gps, iphone, iphone 3g, News, social networking, tech, Telematics Comments OffFord Announces AppLink
April 20th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Today, Ford announced AppLink, the in-car application that will reside on the Sync system and enable developers to take advantage of voice and hard-button controls to interact with applications on Android and Blackberry smartphones. We’ve already covered the Sync Apps and APIs extensively so click through to the original post to read more. You can [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Ford Sync / Touch, News, Telematics Tags: android, apps, automotive, Ford, ford sync, News, Sync, tech, Telematics 2 Comments »iPhone OS 4.0 Has Automotive Implications
April 19th, 2010 Jeff Shariat The recent release of the iPhone OS 4.0 included at least a few new features that will benefit the automotive industry. Multitasking has gotten the headlines and rightfully so. It is a powerful addition and something that has been significantly lacking from the iPhone arsenal (much like copy and paste was lacking for so long). [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Telematics Tags: automotive, infotainment, iphone, iphone app, mobile, News, tech, Telematics 2 Comments »Eric Schmidt Says, “Mobile Is The Future”
April 16th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Google’s Eric Schmidt has been on the campaign trail for mobile technology for I don’t know how long. His talk at Atmosphere (Google’s come-to-cloud-computing conference) was about mobile and the future of technology. He didn’t talk about it’s impact on automotive, but we will. “We understand that the new rule is mobile first,” Schmidt said. [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, News, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, Emerging Tech, google, mobile, tech, technology, Telematics Comments OffPearl Mobile DTV Is A Big Deal For Mobile TV
April 14th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., ION Television, Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations Inc. and Raycom Media today announced plans to form a standalone joint venture to develop a new national mobile content service. I don’t have much news other than what is in [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., News, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, convergence, dtv, Emerging Tech, mobile tv, News, tech, Telematics 5 Comments »Rear-Seat Entertainment Sales to Double by 2015
April 13th, 2010 Jeff Shariat iSuppli is forecasting that by 2015 worldwide sales of rear-seat entertainment systems will almost double their 2009 level (of 3.1 million units) reaching 5.6million units (with the US accounting for ~50%). With the oncoming proliferation of apps and advanced connected applications the RSE market is a huge opportunity. I’ve already spent some time talking about [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., News, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, forecasts, google, infotainment, real-time data, rear seat entertainment, tech, technology, Telematics 2 Comments »
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