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New Aftermarket Category? Electronic In-Cabin Air Purifiers
Luxury cars already have high tech air purifiers with HEPA filters but how about an aftermarket version for...
Internet Radio in New Cars on Way with Livio
Internet radio may soon be commonplace in factory car radios as Livio has struck a deal with chipmaker...
In-Car Innovations Award Winners for 2012
The only in-car product supplier to win a “Best of Innovations Awards” from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)...
Pioneer Earnings Still Pinched By Earthquake
Pioneer Corporation reported a slight drop in sales for is recent quarter but a sharp dive in net...
High End OEM Radio Sales to Jump
High end audio systems in new cars are gaining as they migrate south from luxury to mid-priced cars....
Pioneer Cites iOS5 Issues with Aha Radio
Pioneer released an accounting of how well its car radios work with new Apple’s new iOS5 devices, on...
Ford Improves MyFord Touch
Ford will improve its MyFord Touch user interface—even for existing customers— offering simpler graphics and a faster touch...
Pioneer Wants to be the Siri of Consumer Electronics
Pioneer says its free Zypr cloud platform will soon be the most robust voice interface for the car....
West Coast Customs Teams with Monster
Monster, maker of audio/video wire and accessories has teamed with West Coast Customs (WCC) to create a line...
Best Buy and Car Toys Trial: Update
Under a Car Toys/Best Buy test trial, employees in some Pennsylvania Best Buy stores are undergoing training by...
Navarre to Distribute Livio’s Internet Radio Kit
Minneapolis, MN-- Navarre announced an agreement with Livio Radio to distribute the Bluetooth Car Internet Radio Kit across...
HushMat Shows New In-Store Merchandiser
HushMat introduced at the SEMA show an in-store merchandiser for its sound dampening material for car stereo installations. ...
SEMA: Best New Mobile Electronics Products
The winner of “Best New Mobile Electronics Product” at the SEMA show this week went to Escort for...
Harman: 7 of 10 Want In-Car Voice Control
A new survey from Harman confirms what most drivers already know: we want talk-to-type emails, voice texts and...
Radio Shack to Carry Livio Radio Car Kit
Radio Shack will sell Livio Radio’s Internet Car Kit this holiday, joining Hammacher Schlemmer, which began selling the...
Directus Intro’s First Car Kit with MirrorLink (Terminal Mode)
Directus’ new Prodigy One Pro is the first aftermarket car kit to offer MirrorLink (formerly Terminal Mode) to...
Rockford Announces OEM Trike Deal
Rockford announced its first OEM deal with a motorcycle or powersport vehicle at the SEMA show Tuesday. Tanom...
Scosche Intro’s HD Speakers, iPad 2 Mount
Scosche Industries launched at the SEMA show an iPad 2 headrest mount and a new line of budget...
SiriusXM Posts Record Quarter in Revenue
Despite a weak economy and mounting competition, SiriusXM Radio said it added 334,000 net new subscribers in the...
Sirius XM Confirms Lynx with WiFi, Bluetooth, Android
SiriusXM confirmed it will offer a Lynx plug and play 2.0 radio due at the end of the...