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Garmin Announces PNDs With Foursquare
Garmin announced a new line of portable navigation devices (PNDs) that are its first to include Foursquare info,...
8 Takeaways From KnowledgeFest (ME Show) 2014
Here are a few takeaways from the KnowledgeFest (Mobile Electronics Show) held last month in Dallas. The number...
Car Tablet-In-A-Box Ship This Month for GM
Intraphex's tablet-in-a-box that you add to a car radio is now it’s finally shipping. After two years of...
GM OnStar’s RemoteLink With Remote Start Passes 1M Users
OnStar’s RemoteLink that allows users to control features such as remote start from their smartphones surpassed the 1...
ESCORT Parent Buys Cobra
Long time radar detector rivals ESCORT and Cobra Electronics may soon be sister companies, both owned by Monomoy...
Volvo Makes Remote Start From Phone Standard on All Cars
Volvo announced it has made 3G and remote start from a phone standard equipment on all cars, starting...
First Smartwatch to Make Calls
Just as it was rumored Wednesday that Apple will introduce the iWatch on September 9 along with the...
Avidworx Now Works With TSS, QuickBooks
Avidworx software that helps car audio dealers run their businesses, Businessworx, is now used by 700 retailers. The...
The Smartest Car Radio for Aftermarket Debuts
The first head unit that taps into the brain of just about any car is heading for the...
New Lower Cost Smart Mirror for Backup Cams
App-Tronics introduced its second smart mirror for the aftermarket, a trimmed version of its SmartNav5 that now carries...
Race Sport Enters Marine Lighting
Race Sport has entered the marine lighting market to cater to an increasing enthusiast market among young boat...
The New Car Audio Dealer: For a Small Midwest Store
Sound Works located in Norfolk, Nebraska, was inspired by our story on “The New Breed of Car Audio...
Best Buy Expects Ho Hum Christmas
The good news is Best Buy is profitable and it is increasing its online sales. The bad news...
Compustar Introduces the Front/Rear Dash
Compustar is offering a front and rear digital video recording system that works even when your car is...
Mobileye to Add Backup Camera Capability
Up until now, Mobileye’s crash warning system focused on the front and sides of the car. Soon it...
Crutchfield Car Audio Executive Goes to Harman
Harman confirmed that Crutchfield’s Executive Director of Retail and Mobile Electronics Jeff Fay has joined Harman as the...
Alpine Reports on 10 Inch Japanese Radio; Recent Sales Results
Alpine reported a profit of about $8 million on its recent quarter (829 million yen), which was a...
UltraLED Lighting Targets 12 Volt Retailers
UltraLED, a lighting company spun off by a maker of accessories for school buses, is targeting 12 volt...
Fed Takes First Step Toward Mandating V2V in Cars
The Fed is taking a first step towards requiring cars to talk to each other for safety purposes....
Ice Bucket Challenge By Stores, Not People
Mitchell Shaffer of Mobile Edge in PA wants to raise some money for ALS, so he's taken the...