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Now Any Car Is An Android Auto
The evolution of the car dashboard: It’s all some folks in radio want to talk about. Understandably, since such a large fraction of radio...
mramsey1
Nov 8, 2016
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Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To Explode
I have written a lot about the coming transformation of the auto dashboard and my belief that, in the long run, it will be the domain of...
mramsey1
Oct 11, 2016
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Radio: Why Connected Cars Don’t Matter
From Radio Ink: While the radio industry grapples with what it should be doing about the connected car, there may be some comfort in...
mramsey1
Aug 25, 2016
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If Radio Wants to Matter in the Cars of the Future…
Remember when buying a new car meant more than buying an entertainment system that also happened to contain wheels? In other words,...
mramsey1
Mar 23, 2016
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No AM Radio? Automakers Should Listen To Their Customers
Now I am as pro-technology as anyone you’ll find in the audio space, but the reason to be pro-technology is to be pro-consumer. Because...
mramsey1
Feb 8, 2016
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Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This Month
In a preview of CES, The Hollywood Reporter cuts to the chase – the most fundamental reason why the technology of the car dashboard is...
mramsey1
Jan 4, 2015
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The Nail in HD Radio’s Coffin – And What It Means For You
From Tom Taylor Now: A site named GMAuthority says among the changes for the [Chevrolet] Traverse, “HD Radio [is] removed.” There’s more....
mramsey1
Aug 27, 2014
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Chevrolet’s Plan for Built-In Wi-Fi In Your Car
There’s a tendency for some broadcasters to put too much faith in the idea that consumers will prefer traditional radio over the online...
mramsey1
Aug 13, 2014
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The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?
Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...
mramsey1
Jun 29, 2014
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Radio’s REAL Problem on the New Auto Dashboard
Yesterday I wrote that some auto industry analysts believe radio needs to be easy to find and use on the new auto dashboard because ease...
mramsey1
Apr 6, 2014
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Radio’s Spot on the New Dashboard – Time to Do a Deal?
This past week I had a conversation with someone knowledgeable in the auto technology space: “The dash is getting crowded and...
mramsey1
Apr 5, 2014
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What’s the Future of Radio in the Connected Car?
What does the crystal ball predict about the future of the so-called “connected car” and radio’s place in it? That was the purpose of my...
mramsey1
Nov 6, 2013
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Making Sense of the Auto Dashboard
It seems to me that radio is in a bit of paralysis by analysis when it comes to the “connected” auto dashboard. As we get lost in the...
mramsey1
Oct 29, 2013
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Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All Wrong
In the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker has described three “consumer Internet ‘white...
mramsey1
Sep 19, 2013
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How to Beat the New Car Dashboard
All this fretting over the evolving car dashboard is so much ado about the wrong stuff. Okay…. A flood of new content is coming. Lots of...
mramsey1
Jul 25, 2013
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Here Comes the New Dashboard
So what’s in store for the auto dashboard of tomorrow? It may not be whatever’s on the drawing board in Detroit (or in the picture...
mramsey1
May 29, 2012
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Radio’s Power on the Dashboard
There’s no doubt that technology is bringing new choices to an auto dashboard near you. Nor is there any doubt that consumers will...
mramsey1
Sep 21, 2011
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Pandora now “built in” to all 2011 BMW vehicles
Pandora is now available on all model year 2011 BMW vehicles – and it’s operated with the existing, familiar BMW controls. In other...
mramsey1
Apr 29, 2011
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Using an iPod in your car just got easier – and better
The ubiquity and ease of use of radio are two of its greatest strengths compared to all the techno-upstarts on the horizon. And, as I’ve...
mramsey1
Feb 9, 2011
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Toyota’s Entune raises the stakes for Radio Online and on the Road
Here’s a peek at Toyota’s new Entune in-dash entertainment system, which includes Pandora, iheartradio, local search, movie tickets,...
mramsey1
Jan 5, 2011
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