The Rolls-Royce Wraith has debuted in Australia with confirmation that local cars will feature the brand’s innovative new satellite navigation-linked automatic transmission. While previously unconfirmed for our market, Rolls-Royce ...
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It is clear that taking your eyes off the road while driving is dangerous and distracting, but are hands-free technologies that make it easier to text and talk distracting, as well? A new report finds that even with both hands on the wheel, ...
Ford Sollers, the Russian joint venture (JV) of US automaker Ford Motor, has started the construction of a new $274m engine manufacturing plant in Tatarstan, Russia. The new facility, which is the carmaker's first passenger car engine ...
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Google will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program. "Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the right time," Google's Andrea ...
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Amazon has completed a deal worth $26m (£17m) to acquire Cambridge-based start-up Evi, developer of the voice-activated virtual intelligence applications of the same name. The deal has been rumoured for some time and according to ...
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Apple and Yahoo have been discussing the possibility of developing a stronger partnership, which could lead to Yahoo services taking a more prominent role on iPhone and iPad devices. According to sources "briefed on the matter", Apple and ...
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While existing technology continues to advance in incremental - boring - steps, the next wave is on its way, promising to turn us all into friendlier, more-adventurous versions of the Terminator. I welcome our new google overlords. ...
Tags: Smart glasses, glass industry, glass
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo has added a new engine variant and upgraded an engine used in the V40 model sedan that is available in Europe. Launched at the 2013 Geneva Motor show, the manual versions of the V40 D2 and V40 D2 ...
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New automotive technologies that go beyond touchscreens, satellite radio, and voice-activated GPS commands are being tested and improved, and will soon begin to appear in many more new car models, resulting in solid growth for the ...
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The Rolls-Royce Wraith will be comparatively cheaper in Australia than any other market in the world when it arrives in local showrooms around September this year. Rolls-Royce South and East Asia Pacific general manager Dan Balmer ...
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The Rolls-Royce Wraith, the British marque’s most powerful car ever, has been revealed before its world premiere at today’s Geneva motor show. Combining a sleek fastback silhouette and a 465kW/800Nm twin-turbocharged 6.6-litre ...
The wait was worthwhile: The long-delayed BlackBerry Z10 smart phone is sleek in design and brims with intriguing features, including arguably the smartest phone keyboard ever. Paired with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, with its ...
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Since Apple launched Siri, iPhone's exclusive voice-activated assistant, in 2010, no other smart phone has come close to the iPhone in understanding and executing complex voice commands. But my informal look at two Android-based voice ...
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Kia Motors America announced it will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker's innovative UVO eServices telematics system. ...
Tags: Kia Motors, Google Maps, Car Connectivity, navigation solutions
Hyundai and sister carmaker Kia both announced partnerships with Google at the Consumer Electronics Show(CES)this week that will bring Internet search functions on the road. The new arrangement will bring the search engine's mighty ...
Tags: CES 2013, Hyundai, Kia, Google Search