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Driver Safety 49 percent of people would be comfortable using a driverless (autonomous) car, in an Accenture study. ...

Verizon iPhone Has Antenna Issues: Consumers Reports

By Bill Damsky Antennagate is back. Apple’s iPhone on the Verizon network has a similar antenna problem to...

Kicker Supplies Subaru with Subwoofer

Kicker (Stillwater Designs) announced Friday that it’s powered subwoofer is now offered as an OEM upgrade in some...

Why Component Speakers Rose 56% in 2010

If you were a component speaker last year, you were hot.  While the total car speaker category rose...

12 Volt Sale at Newegg, Move over Amazon

Newegg.com, known for its sharp pricing on computers, is a major player in car electronics and is holding...

DIY: Convert a Car Speaker to a Home Model

This falls under the category of FYI or how to re-purpose excess inventory. In honor of Speaker Week...

12 Volt Tidbits

Ford and the Aftermarket We stupidly asked Ford--since GM’s OnStar is moving into the retail market--if there's any...

Spending on Older Autos Gains

Here’s another reason your shop may want to expand into working on leather seats, or other car upgrades....

Xoom Reviews: Honeycomb is Great, Not Perfect

Motorola's Xoom tablet, which is officially available Thursday, gives us the first glimpse of Android’s Honeycomb OS designed...

Garmin Earnings Slide as PND Sales Drop

Like TomTom, Garmin reported that sales of portable navigation devices (PNDs) fell in the second half last year....

Car Speaker Sales Soar 46% in 2010

Car speakers—they can make a plain radio, satellite radio, HD radio or your iPod + deck sound phenomenal....

CEA: 12V Rebounds in 2010

Car stereo shipments were up last year by 7 percent in dollars, (excluding Bluetooth headsets, which the Consumer...

Xoom Gets Official $600 Price Tag

Motorola officially listed the price for its Xoom tablet due on February 24 as $599.99 with a 2-year...

Apple May Reveal iPad 2 March 2

Apple is expected to introduce a new version of the iPad at a press conference March 2, according...

Pioneer Launches Ads for Pandora

Pioneer Electronics launched a new series of ads for its Pandora car radios. The ads will run exclusively...

Car Speakers of the Future Shown in Detroit

Do we really need car speakers as we know them in new cars or will a simple exciter...

MERA Seminars at SBN Announced

If you missed the KnowledgeFest industry trade show in Dallas last fall, no worries, you can get a...

Apple iPad 2 Delayed: Report

Those waiting for the new version of Apple iPad will have to hold out even longer. Apple is...

GM Unveils Answer to Ford Sync

First, GM announced the OnStar retail mirror this year and now it is getting sexy on the radio...

TomTom Profits Fall 29%; PNDs to Fall 10-15%

TomTom profits fell 29 percent for the fourth quarter but the results were better than many analysts predicted....