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Crimestopper Updates Remote Starters

Updated! Crimestopper updated its G3 CoolStart and ProStart remote starters, adding new software features and simplifying installation. The...

Car Kit Adds Pandora to Toyota/Lexus

VAIS Technology has upgraded its car kit to enable Pandora control from most factory Toyota and Lexus radio/navigation...

Alpine Ships INA-W910

Alpine Electronics is now shipping its "kitchen sink" INA-W910 car audio/video/navigation radio that can work with a new...

Consumer Confidence in Technology Climbs in August

Consumer plans to spend on technology rose more than four points in August, reaching the highest level since...

Lower Priced iPhone 4 in Production

Asian suppliers have already begun manufacturing a lower-cost version of the iPhone 4, which has a smaller memory...

U.S. to Test Talking Cars

The notion of cars communicating with one another is about to go real world as the National Highway...

Rockford Converts Lightning Audio to Specialist Line

Rockford announced it has repositioned its Lightning Audio brand of car speakers and amplifiers, aiming it at the...

Android is for Men, the iPhone is for Rich Women?

A new survey found that Android phone users are more likely to be men between the ages of...

OE App-Radios to Skyrocket

A study by IHS iSupply said sales of automobiles with Internet radio capability will spike by more than...

ICE Group to Announce New Vendors

The In Car Experts (ICE) marketing/buying group said it will announce 4 to 6 new vendor partners over...

NAV-TV, Directus Team for Uconnect System

NAV-TV and Directus have joined forces to create the first add-on back up camera and navigation system for...

Auto Page Adds New Remote Start

Auto Page will ship in October a new DS-434 remote starter for vehicles with smart keys and push-to-start...

Oliver Grunhold CEO and Partner at Encore

The inventor of the first cellphone-controlled remote starters, Oliver Grunhold, is now CEO and a leading partner in...

Viper SmartStart Hits 1M Downloads

Directed Electronics said its Viper SmartStart smartphone app that can control a remote starter has surpassed the one...

Boston Launches Program to Curb Transhipping

Boston Acoustics launched a new program to curb transshipping, which requires dealers to agree to new guidelines. As...

Carrier Testing 4G iPhone: BGR

Until now most of the rumored features on the upcoming Apple iPhone 5 did not include 4G. The...

Heavy Buy-In for Remote Starters Expected

Industry members are bullish on the upcoming remote start season and are ordering as heavily as last year,...

Sony Artist Mickey Factz to Perform at KnowledgeFest

Rap artist Mickey Factz is heading to the KnowledgeFest car stereo event at the end of the month....

Google to Buy Motorola Mobility: Will Produce “Supercharged” Phones

Google is buying smartphone-maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash and plans to develop "supercharged" phones, it...

Hertz Adds New Car Amps

Elettromedia-USA, which distributes the Italian Audison/Hertz/Connection brands,  announced Friday new Hertz full-range digital car amplifiers under its HDP...