Car thief hits tracker boss - Times LIVE
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A Johannesburg car thief ran out of luck when he chose to steal the car of a vehicle tracking and recovery company’s chief information officer. MiX Telematics’ CIO Quinton Pienaar received a phone call from his company’s national operations centre...
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
The NextGen of Telematics
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Most car shoppers know what telematics is, even if they're not familiar with the term. Thanks to OnStar's prevalence on GM vehicles and pervasive marketing efforts, telematics has become synonymous with the company's services
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
Ford Sync Feature Spotlight: API and Apps
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We've talked about the importance of apps in the future of the telematics landscape and Ford Sync will be one of the first to come to the mass market with a product that will allow the vehicle to control applications on a bluetooth enabled device brought into the vehicle.
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
Social Networking and Phone Apps Enable Smarter Carpooling
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While the installation of telematics systems for OEMs is here and growing, the use and integration of smart phones apps, GPS and location based services combined with social networking are creating opportunities beyond the OEMs.
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
The App is the Future of Telematics
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For a long time the biggest problem with connected mobile applications has been the 'connected' part.
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
PopSci Takes Notice of a Telematics Trend
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PopSci.com has put out a quick hit post highlighting the trend in automotive to integrate the smartphone and the vehicle. A trend that we've talked about extensively here at inTELEMATICStoday.com.Click through for a quick hit on mBrace, Syn
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
Telematics - Searching For the Business Case
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Over at John Day's Automotive Electronics News Ralf Hug does a nice job discussing some of the challenges of justifying and launching telematics services in major OEMs.
Published on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 05:04:49 PM
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