Why Google and Apple want a piece of the connected car pie

Tech giants Apple and Google have created a lot of connected car noise and ‘smoke in the room’ since making their intentions known in the first quarter of 2014. Apple

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Yotta launches In-Cab waste management solution

A new in-cab waste management system from Yotta is set to transform the delivery of refuse collection services. Mayrise In-Cab uses a vehicle mounted mini-PC to integrate with the Mayrise

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Mimram Site Services reduces speeding and fuel costs with Masternaut telematics system

Mimram Site Services, has implemented a telematics solution from Masternaut into its fleet of 58 vehicles, leading to a reduction in speeding and a 10 per cent saving on fuel

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MPs unprepared for driverless future

Member of Parliament (MPs) are yet to grasp the impact of modern vehicle technology on the motor industry says Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI). The comments came after a

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Trade-offs in M2M product development

Long before the phrases M2M and the Internet of Things came to wider attention, we were already making machines talk to each other, says Dunstan Power of ByteSnap Design. Early

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AT&T to power LoJack’s telematics solutions for commercial equipment fleet and automotive industries

AT&T and LoJack Corporation, has announced a collaboration to power LoJack’s current and future telematics solutions. The alliance is resonant of both company’s commitment to providing machine-to-machine and telematics solutions to the

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The Why of IoT

Over the past year, I have had the privilege of speaking with businesses around the world about their plans, hopes and fears for the Internet of Things (IoT). These conversations

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Is an age of driverless cars really on our horizon?

Earlier this year, Cisco set out a number of predictions for “connectedness” in the automotive sector: Namely, it said the horizon for driverless cars is likely to be 5–7 years,

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Infineon launches ARM®-based embedded power family for smart motor control in automotive applications; samples available

Infineon Technologies AG  has announced an ARM®-based Embedded Power family of bridge drivers offering an unmatched level of integration to address the growing trend towards intelligent motor control for a

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Renesas Electronics eases safety, security, and connectivity for the car of the future

Renesas Electronics, is easing the design complexities involved in developing self-driving car and other driver assistance systems that can offer users with a safe, secure, and convenient driving experience. The

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Tele2 and Cubic Telecom announce M2M partnership

Tele2 AB , and Cubic Telecom, has announced that they are entering a strategic partnership to provide global M2M/IoT solutions to companies in the PC OEM and automotive space.

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Next IoT innovation may come from new hackathon-incubator hybrids like the NTx App Challenge

The inaugural NTx Apps Challenge has awarded US$80,000 to five teams of web entrepreneurs who created sustainability apps to address four key municipal growth challenges; water conservation, waste and recycling,

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On the road again: Napster brings music into the car

Napster, the popular premium music streaming service, will now provide musical entertainment in select Audi models, starting in Autumn 2014. With direct wireless access to a catalogue of more than

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The customers will be heard, and the herd will be customers

M2M SUMMIT 2014 REVIEW: Sometimes the subject that dominates an event isn’t top of the agenda. Speakers may concentrate on machine-to-machine (M2M) services, market development, technologies, developers, and best practice

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Cinemo co-operates with Renesas on the R-Car M2 and Renesas R-Car H2

Cinemo and Renesas Electronics Europe, have announced that Cinemo now has full support for the Renesas R-Car M2 and Renesas R-Car H2 Series of automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). These have been designed

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CSR’s $2.5bn sale to Qualcomm follows Huawei’s grab for Neul, adds to list of IoT value investments

Qualcomm Inc today announced that it has reached agreement with the UK’s second largest chip designer, CSR plc on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition. As Jeremy Cowan reports,

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