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Cars Are Horrible Mobile Tech Devices, So Why Are Pandora, MOG Hitching Rides?

BY Austin Carr | 01-05-2012 | 9:36 PM | INNOVATION

Pandora's Tim Westergren and MOG's David Hyman agree that automobiles are slow, fractured, and generally a pain the tailpipe for web-powered services like theirs. And yet there's nowhere they'd rather be. Here's why.READ MORE›

Microsoft, Toyota Announce $12 Million Partnership for "Ultimate Mobile Device"

BY Austin Carr | 04-06-2011 | 4:12 PM | INNOVATION

How your car is evolving from an automobile to a "mobile device."READ MORE›

How Do You Create Hybrid Interfaces You Touch, Talk To, and Poke?

BY Rob Tannen | 02-04-2011 | 3:01 PM | USER INTERFACE

It's challenging enough to design a single effective interface for a product or application. Now, driven by technological advances and rising consumer expectations, a growing number of products can present multiple methods for ... READ MORE›

BMW Flaunts Affairs With iPad, BlackBerry, Google

BY Austin Carr | 09-20-2010 | 12:42 PM | INNOVATION

BMW was one of the first car manufacturers to integrate the iPod into its car designs. It was also one of the first to integrate the iPhone. Keeping with that love of all things Apple, BMW is planning to introduce integration with the iPad at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.READ MORE›

Revamped OnStar Adds Facebook, Text-to-Speech, and an App Store

BY Dan Nosowitz | 09-15-2010 | 1:02 AM | MAGAZINE

We heard this rumor last week, and now it's official: GM is issuing a major update to its OnStar system, adding media controls, text-to-speech text messaging, Facebook, and even an app store. READ MORE›

GM's OnStar to Add Facebook, Music?

BY Dan Nosowitz | 09-08-2010 | 4:13 PM | MAGAZINE

How do you get a Facebook fix while driving? GM's OnStar might have a solution--one that could compete with the reigning champ, Ford Sync from Microsoft.READ MORE›

Google Maps Beams Driving Directions Into Ford SYNC-Enabled Vehicles

BY Ariel Schwartz | 06-08-2010 | 1:05 PM | ETHONOMICS

Ford and Google have just made things a whole lot easier for the directionally impaired with the "Send to SYNC" service--a feature that allows drivers to beam directions from Google Maps to Ford SYNC-enabled vehicles. The service, ...READ MORE›

Today in Most Innovative Companies

BY Austin Carr | 04-27-2010 | 5:59 PM | INNOVATION

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Turner Sports, Ford, and Spotify.READ MORE›

Apple iPad and Ford Sync: Best Buddies (Eventually)

BY Dan Nosowitz | 04-09-2010 | 2:49 AM | MAGAZINE

Wondering how to undertake the dangerous yet futuristic task of hooking your new iPad up to your car? Ford's Sync might be the best option so far.READ MORE›

Ford Upgrades Its Hands-Free Connectivity System...and Prepares to Add Apps

BY Alissa Walker | 01-07-2010 | 4:00 PM | DESIGN

MyFord Touch boosts the Ford Sync vehicle system with improved voice-recognition and touchscreen interfaces, plus a new feature that brings your Internet-based apps to the dashboard.READ MORE›