Automotive IT News and Facts
Mobile app downloads more than doubled in 2012 and will continue to grow rapidly through 2017, a new research report says. The report by Berg Insight, a Swedish market analysis company, said mobile app downloads soared to 60.1 billion in 2012 from 29.5 billion in 2011. They will continue to grow to 108 billion in [...]
LAS VEGAS – Mercedes-Benz will have full Siri integration in its next E-Class starting this spring. The German premium car maker said during the annual CES consumer electronics fair that Apple’s voice software will be available in the E-Class for drivers using an Apple iPhone 4S Drivers can use Siri to access most content on [...]
Chevrolet’s smaller models will be able to use the iPhone’s Siri voice-control software to operate several in-car functions, the brand announced at the Los Angeles auto show Tuesday. Chevrolet said several Spark and Sonic models will from early 2013 be able to communicate through Siri using the brand’s MyLink connectivity system. They will need an [...]
Senior Apple executive Eddie Cue has joined the Ferrari board of directors, underscoring the importance the Italian race car maker attaches to its brand-related online activities. Ferrari, whose unit sales rose 6 pc to 5,267 cars in the first nine months of the year, said brand-related activities, which are made up mostly of licensing retail and [...]
PARIS – Mini’s in-car connectivity system, which so far has only been available to users of Apple’s iPhone will soon provide an option for Android-based smartphones as well. “We’ll of course expand the phone options available and it won’t be very long,” said Oliver Friedmann, head of product management for BMW’s Mini brand. “It will [...]
TomTom has signed agreements with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and Lexus to offer its navigation solutions in selected models of the two carmakers. The Netherlands-based navigation specialist said buyers of Peugeot and Citroen models will have the option to include a TomTom system in their cars from 2015. The PSA agreement shows the market demand for a modular [...]
Software providers and internet companies are the best performers in the global information and communication technology sector, according to a new study. An analysis of the world’s 50 biggest ICT companies by consultants Booz & Company found that software providers such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP and internet companies such as Google were realizing sales [...]
German corporate IT departments are struggling with increasing demands that they allow iPads and iPhones for company business. A study conducted by analysts at Experton on behalf of IT services company Computacenter, found that the use of Apple’s iPhones and iPads within companies is growing 38 pc and 42 pc, respectively, this year. But they [...]
DETROIT – Whether General Motors or Toyota or, before too long, Volkswagen is the world’s biggest automaker is a subject of debate. What’s not in dispute is that GM, with 176 plants in 31 countries, 20 engineering centers and more than 200,000 employees worldwide, is a complex, multifaceted global corporation that commands a top position [...]
The Apple board of directors accepted Steve Jobs’ resignation as CEO and named COO Tim Cook to succeed him at the helm of the US computer and software group. Jobs has been elected chairman of the board, the company said. Jobs has been ill for years and news of his resignation as CEO didn’t come [...]
