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New Samsung Smartwatch Falls Short: Reviews
The Samsung Galaxy Gear at $300 is a milestone in smartwatch technology because it’s one of the first...
New Style Remote Starters to Take Off This Season
This may be the year the new plug and play style remote starters take off, winning as much...
Retail Sales to Climb 3.4% This Holiday: ICSC
Retail sales will climb 3.4 percent this holiday season, a slightly higher bump than last year, despite economic...
Audiovox Teams with Ford on Remote Start
Audiovox (VOXX) is now offering a remote-start-from-a-phone system through Ford and Lincoln car dealers under Ford’s Custom Accessories...
Ford Buys Former Aftermarket 12V Company
Ford announced it purchased Livio , which until recently made aftermarket Internet Radio devices. Livio, considered a startup...
iPhone Cuts Into General Retail Sales
If your sales are down this week or next, you might blame the iPhone. The mass opening of...
Ford Stops Sync Training Fund for Dealers
Ford is ending its program of paying car dealers to teach customers how to use the Sync radio...
New Backup Camera Action Taken by Fed
A federal agency said yesterday it will recommend that new cars include backup camera systems but it fell...
Auto Page to Distribute Fortin
Remote start maker Auto Page announced it has become a U.S. national distributor for Fortin, a maker of...
6 Car Audio Retail Takeaways From KnowledgeFest
For those of you who didn’t attend the KnowledgeFest car audio trade show last month, here are key...
Escort Digital Detector Enters Distribution
Escort introduced the first all digital radar detector in June, but in the next couple of weeks, the...
Rosen Enters Radio Kit Market
Rosen Electronics will ship month its first OEM kit for factory radios. The kit includes a high...
Apple Sells Record 9M iPhones Over Weekend
Apple announced Monday morning it sold a record 9 million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models in...
First Car Tech Demo Days for Retailers
For the first time, car audio will get its own Demo Days for retailers, just as the home...
One of First Lightning to Car Radio FM Mod Kits Launched by iSimple
iSimple, an Aamp of America brand, is shipping a new car radio-to-Lightning connector cable kit for use with...
In-Car Glitches Averted With iOS 7
Car audio products are syncing well with Apple’s new iOS 7 running on smartphones used in the car,...
Escort’s New MediaFlair Can Be In-Car Server
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NAV-TV Ships Garmin Factory-Style GPS Kits for MyFord Touch
NAV-TV is shipping the first add-on kits with Garmin navigation for factory MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch radios,...
People Use Smartphones 2 Hours Day: CEA
Smartphone owners actually use their smartphone for almost 2 hours a day, according to a new study by...
iPhone 5S Best Smartphone on Market: WSJ
Reviews are out today on the new iPhone 5S that hits stores on Friday. A leading reviewer, Walt...