More Audi drivers can experience that rush from hitting a stretch of green traffic lights in a row.
The car maker previously showed off its Traffic Light Information system about two years ago to give drivers more information about red lights a…
Category: Connected Car
Vinli raises $13.5m Series B to expand its vehicle data intelligence platform
Connected car service provider Vinli today announced it closed a $13.5 million Series B financing round. The company says this infusion of capital allows it broaden its mobility services and integrations as it attempts to connect cars around the world. The funding came from new and existing investors and brings the total amount the company […]
View More Vinli raises $13.5m Series B to expand its vehicle data intelligence platformV2X Network gives developers the keys to in-vehicle data
Data is king. But if there isn’t a way to capture, sort and use it, then there it sits — an untapped resource. V2X Network, a German-based startup presenting onstage Thursday during Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, sees opportunity in all the data produced in the modern car. And it’s a hefty sum. A […]
View More V2X Network gives developers the keys to in-vehicle dataePrivacy: An overview of Europe’s other big privacy rule change
Gather round. The EU has a plan for a big update to privacy laws that could have a major impact on current Internet business models. Um, I thought Europe just got some new privacy rules? They did. You’re thinking of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which updated the European Union’s 1995 Data Protection Directive […]
View More ePrivacy: An overview of Europe’s other big privacy rule changeA peace plan to end the wireless wars
Boris Teksler Contributor Boris Teksler is the former licensing chief at Apple and current chief executive of the patent licensing company Conversant IP. Joe Silino Contributor Joseph Siino is the former intellectual property chief at Yahoo and the current president of Via Licensing . Ira Blumberg Contributor Ira Blumberg is the vice president of IP […]
View More A peace plan to end the wireless warsFord’s new SmartLink connected upgrade for older vehicles will be available mid-2018
Ford is finally detailing availability of its FordPass SmartLink accessory, an OBD II plug-in device with Verizon 4G LTE on board which can add connected car features to model year 2010 to 2017 Ford vehicles that don’t already have native connectivity built in. The FordPass accessory will be available across the U.S. sometime in the […]
View More Ford’s new SmartLink connected upgrade for older vehicles will be available mid-2018GM launches Marketplace for in-car shopping and reservations
GM is making it possible to shop right from your vehicle’s infotainment system, while on the go. The carmaker is pushing out an update for model year 2017 and later vehicles, which will go out to all cars even if the owner doesn’t have a paid in-car Wi-Fi data subscription, that adds ‘Marketplace,’ a new kind of commerce platform. Marketplace is already rolling out… Read More
GM wants you to buy things without leaving your car
GM wants to make life more efficient for its drivers and keep them on the road, so it’s making sure you’ll never have to leave the comfort of your car to order a coffee or pay for gas.
The automaker is rolling out a new commerce platform for i…