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Ford Offers Six-Month Trial Of SIRIUS XM On Pre-Owned Vehicles
To boost business in these tough times, Ford Motor Company is now offering used-car customers a little lagniappe: a trial subscription to SIRIUS XM radio's "SIRIUS Everything" package. The service's 130+ channels of music, talk, and news ordinarily cost $12.95 per month, but they'll now be...
OnStar Turn-By-Turn Is Free On Friday (To Current Subscribers)
Remember when HBO and Cinemax used to offer free weekends, just to show non-subscribers what they were missing? Well, General Motors' OnStar has taken half a page from that... November 24, 2009 by Richard Read
MIT, Audi Develop Onboard Robot For Road-Trips & Guilt-Trips
Here at TheCarConnection.com, we see a lot of gadgets designed to enhance the driving experience. Like the Mercedes-Benz mbrace system we mentioned yesterday, most are... November 18, 2009 by Richard Read
Mercedez-Benz's 'Mbrace' Puts Luxury In Your Lap
The intersection between technology and daily life became slightly more seamless yesterday with the launch of Mercedes-Benz's new "mbrace" telematics system. It features a... November 17, 2009 by Richard Read
GM’s Post Bankruptcy Results, New Mercedes-Benz Mbrace: Today’s Car News
The results are in and by the looks of things GM is doing alright since emerging from bankruptcy back in July. The revitalized company may have posted a net loss of $1.2... November 16, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Today In Tech: The Aha Mobile App For iPhone
First, the good news: technologically speaking, the Aha Mobile traffic app is at the front of the pack. It pairs the iPhone's built-in geolocation capabilities with data from... November 12, 2009 by Richard Read
Cell Phone Vehicle Control: Coming Soon To Sync And OnStar?
The iPhone-remote-controlled "Spirit of Berlin" Dodge Grand Caravan that we posted about just earlier today is pretty wild. In case you missed, it you'll want to check out... November 4, 2009 by Bengt Halvorson 1
Video: LTE Connected Car May Be The Future Of Telematics
Over the past couple of weeks, we've mentioned several systems that bring home computer-like services to automobiles. We've discussed proprietary systems like Ford's... November 4, 2009 by Richard Read
Rumor: Hyundai Developing Telematics To Rival OnStar, Sync
Rumor has it that Hyundai is working on its own telematics system to rival GM's OnStar and Ford's Microsoft Sync. The news comes via a memo from Hyundai's manager of brand... November 3, 2009 by Richard Read
Ford Wants Cloud Computing, Social Media On Sync System
"The Cloud" is hot news these days: it gives people the ability to upload data to the web -- spreadsheets, movies, music files -- and access them from anywhere. That's... October 30, 2009 by Richard Read 1
General Motors Takes OnStar To China
In what could be one of General Motors' smartest moves in recent years, the company has announced plans to roll out its popular OnStar system in China. This marks the first... October 29, 2009 by Richard Read 1
Mini Releases First-Ever Roadside Assistance App
So you ran over a log with your new Mini and you're stuck at the side of the road with nothing but your iPhone and a bag of Cheetos? Yeah, there's an app for that. Mini has... August 20, 2009 by Nelson Ireson 1
New Audis To Get Old Technology
So you're driving down the highway, and this song comes on, and it reminds you of someone special -- maybe an old girlfriend or boyfriend, or maybe your Aunt Doris -- and you... August 3, 2009 by Richard Read
Enform Infotainment Features Launch In 2010 Lexus HS 250h
Yesterday TheCarConnection.com brought you a first drive of the new 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid. To give you a brief recap, we’re positively impressed but not completely... May 27, 2009 by Bengt Halvorson
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