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Sound Advice “Model” Car Audio Shop Opens

Sound Advice, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., opened the doors on its car stereo department, with plans to become a...

Scosche Ships New Nissan Dash Kits

Scosche Industries is shipping three Nissan dash kits to give aftermarket radios a “custom fit” in the dash....

Audison Discontinues Speaker Line

Update!  We have been contacted by Larry Penn, Elettromedia Italy's Area Manager for the U.S.  While he confirms...

Why You Should Care About the Kindle “Fire”

News of Amazon’s official unveiling of the Kindle “Fire," Amazon’s first tablet, blazed across the blogosphere as the...

Best Buy Cuts Holiday Hiring in Half

Best Buy will cut its hiring of holiday workers in half this year. The largest consumer electronics chain...

Auto Page Offers Special Order C3 Remote Start

Auto Page is offering a special order only 6-channel remote starter that is compatible with C3 technology to...

Vais Tech Expands MediaLinQ

VAIS Technology has expanded its MediaLinQ + car kit that adds Pandora control and iPod Out and iPod...

Apple Event Official on October 4

Apple finally sent out press invitations for an event next Tuesday, October 4 to ‘talk’ about a new...

New BMW Ties Radio to Engine

Here’s the latest form of tying the radio to car functions. The 2012 BMW M5 car radio mimics...

JVC Mobile Launches 84 Facebook Pages

JVC Mobile Entertainment announced the launch of a network of 84 Facebook pages designed to lure the 16...

Audiovox to Offer Mobile DTV with Info Channel

Audiovox said it will deliver a new Mobile DTV add-on tuner for the car that will include a...

NAV-TV Ships Land Rover Backup Cam

NAV-TV is shipping two new backup camera modules for Land Rover vehicles. The two modules-- VTC-RR-X-CAM and OPV-iR-X-CAM—offer...

New Rules for Mobile DTV

New rules have been spelled out for mobile digital TV products that now call for an Internet “back...

Sept. New Car Sales Upbeat

Despite a jittery economy, new car sales this month are expected to be much stronger than in August....

iPhone 5 to be Announced Oct 4: AllThingsD

A blog that is part of the Wall Street Journal network reported that Apple will introduce the next...

OnStar FMV Gets $100 Instant Rebate

OnStar’s new retail mirror, the FMV, is now $100 cheaper through an instant rebate that brings the price...

Ford Sync Get’s OnStar-Like Free Operator Help

Ford began testing live operator assistance this spring, and Tuesday it officially switched on the feature for users,...

First 4G LTE Phone Under $100 from Verizon

On Monday, Verizon announced it will carry its first 4G LTE smartphone to break the $100 price floor....

Rear Seat Video Holographic Display Gets Demo

The future of back seat video may go well beyond tablets and eventually use holograms instead. A holographic...

Motor Vehicle Theft Drops 7.4 Percent

Motor vehicle thefts continue to decline, according to the FBI, which said vehicle thefts fell 7.4 percent in...