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TomTom: PND Sales to Drop 30% in N.A.
TomTom lowered its outlook for revenue for the full calendar year due to 2 reasons: Sales of consumer...
Expect More Car Radio Problems: J.D. Power
We all know about recent Ford radio problems, and J.D. Power believes other car makers will experience similar...
Diamond Audio is Now at Crutchfield
Diamond Audio is now selling through Crutchfield for the first time. Effective earlier this month, all Diamond Audio...
Helix Offers 2 New Car DSPs
New U.S.-brand Helix will deliver two additional OEM Integration/digital signal processors for the car that let you add...
Garmin to Buy Pet Tracking Company
Garmin has signed an agreement to buy Tri-Tronics, a leading manufacturer of electronic dog training equipment. The acquisition...
JL Promotes Turrisi to Training & Technical Services Director
Miramar, FL--JL Audio recently promoted Steve Turrisi to Director of Training & Technical Services. Turrisi was previously Director...
Top 10 Cities for Auto Theft
California is a great state, but it has the most auto theft, according to the National Insurance Crime...
Magellan Ships BackUp Camera for PNDs
Magellan is now shipping the first back up camera that works with a top brand portable navigation device...
Pioneer App Radio Now $399 at Best Buy
Pioneer’s AppRadio, which claims to be the first aftermarket car radio to make the iPhone its main source,...
Car Mobile DTV Products May Need Internet
Top broadcasters are now requesting that Mobile DTV products--even car products--include Internet capability, a development which cause more...
Ford Expands Sync Apps to Many Vehicles
Finally, the Ford is expanding its Sync control over apps like Pandora—a feature called AppLink-- to 10 vehicles...
Car Stereo Law Enforced 1,000 Times
Just how often do police stop citizens because the car stereo is too loud. A recent article on...
More Low Cost Driver Safety on Way
Low cost $200 - $250 collision-avoidance safety systems will be more widely available on compact cars in the...
Sirius XM Free Trial on More Used Cars
Updated! Sirius XM continues to promote its service to buyers of pre-owned vehicles. The sat radio company announced...
DEI Holdings Bought at $305M
DEI Holdings announced its shareholders approved the purchase of the company at a new higher price by Charlesbank...
Tablets Start Replacing RSE by 2013
Let’s not panic as there are no actual statistics behind this statement. But IHS iSuppli analyst Mark Boyadjis...
Car Tech Week Got 8M Views
The Consumer Electronics Association said the results are in for its Car Tech Week in May that included...
Best Buy Settles Discrimination Suit
Best Buy said it settled a discrimination class action suit filed on behalf of women and minority employees...
500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Sold
With analysts like IHS iSuppli predicting tablets will be become a big factor in rear seat entertainment, we...
Coastal Ships Chrysler Kits
Coastal Electronic Technologies is shipping a new kit to unlock the OEM dash screen for 2011 Chrysler radios...