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ICE Partners with Bassworx
The In Car Experts (ICE) car stereo buying/marketing group announced it partnered with Bassworx to provide members a...
How Popular is Internet Radio in Car Radios?
Just how popular are car radios that can control Pandora or Internet Radio? It’s a bit early to...
New Advent OE Radio
Audiovox continues to expand its OE replacement radio line with a new model for the Toyota Tundra and...
12 Volt’s Last Gadget Standing
Five new/game-changing products will compete in a format similar to “America’s Got Talent,” at a KnowledgeFest seminar called...
“New Marketing” One of Themes of K’Fest
This August's car electronics KnowledgeFest trade event will offer 24 seminars with one of its themes to be...
Samsung May Outshine Apple in Smartphone Sales
Watch out Apple. Samsung sales of smartphones may have outpaced or matched those of Apple for the first...
World’s 1st Pedestrian Collision Avoidance System
Toyota and other car makers already offer crash prevention systems but they are designed to avert careening into...
TomTom Reports “Steep” Decline in U.S. PND Market
TomTom reported a 23 percent decline in its consumer business, which includes portable navigation devices (PND)s as the...
Sony Phases Out Xplod on Head Units
Updated! Xplod, Sony’s sub-brand for car audio in the U.S. is gradually being relegated for use with subwoofers...
CompuStar’s New Windshied-Tap Alarm
A new touchpad system from CompuStar lets you tap a code onto your windshield to arm and disarm...
Toyota’s New Windows Are Touchpads
How crazy is this? Toyota has turned a rear window into a touchpad electronic toy for kids. It's...
Motorcycle Audio Niche Sees Growth
Amps and speakers for motorcycle installations have become a small but growing niche in car audio. Arc Audio,...
Driver Safety Devices Effective: Study
A new study of the Volvo XC60's low rate of accidents, indicates that driver safety systems actually work...
GM Exec to Keynote at KnowledgeFest
OnStar VP of planning and business development Nick Pudar will be a keynote speaker at KnowledgeFest next month,...
Apple Reports Sizzling iPhone, iPad Sales for June Quarter
Apple “crushed Wall Street expectations,” said Reuters, as the world’s most valuable tech company reported another record quarter...
CEA: Car Audio Aftermarket Projections
The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that total "core" car audio aftermarket shipment revenues will fall by 8 percent...
Total CE to Grow by 5.6% in 2011
Consumer electronics shipments will grow at a faster clip than expected buoyed by sales of smartphones, tablets, and...
RIM Denies BlackBerry Tablet To Be Discontinued
The blogosphere was abuzz Monday with a report that Research in Motion (RIM) may discontinue production of its...
New Scosche Apple Device Cable
Scosche released a new sneakPEEK AV cable to link an iPad, iPhone or iPod to any aftermarket car...
New Remote Starter from Auto Page
Auto Page will ship in September a new remote start module compatible with its C3 series, which offers...