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...
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mramsey1
Jun 16, 2016
Radio’s Future in a Self-Driving Car
Estimates vary, but the consensus seems to be that we’ll see a meaningful number of self-driving cars replacing the human-powered ones by...
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mramsey1
Feb 8, 2016
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...
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mramsey1
Jan 4, 2016
Look Out! Ford will Support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto by 2017
Ford is going all-in on bringing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to the auto dashboard: Ford is making Apple CarPlay and Android Auto...
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mramsey1
Sep 29, 2015
The New Auto Dashboard Isn’t as Scary as Radio Thinks
Every time there’s some new innovation out there which enhances the choice set available to consumers who want to hear audio...
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mramsey1
May 6, 2015
How Many Cars will be Dashboard-Powered by Google and Apple?
There’s much interest and much consternation about the entry of Google and Apple into operating-system extensions for the car dashboard...
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mramsey1
Jan 4, 2015
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...
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mramsey1
Aug 27, 2014
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....
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mramsey1
Aug 13, 2014
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...
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mramsey1
Apr 6, 2014
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...
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mramsey1
Apr 5, 2014
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...
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mramsey1
Oct 29, 2013
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...
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mramsey1
Sep 19, 2013
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...
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mramsey1
Apr 5, 2012
Surprise! Advertisers want Results and Tracking!
That’s the lesson from the vivid interview just posted by Radio Ink with a New Jersey car dealer. Much credit goes to Radio Ink for this...
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mramsey1
Mar 29, 2012
What Wins in the New Radio Dashboard
A huge proportion of radio listening happens on the mobile devices known as automobiles, especially during the aptly-titled “drive...
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mramsey1
Sep 21, 2011
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...
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mramsey1
Dec 11, 2010
5 Reasons Sirius/XM does not need to fear Pandora
Pandora and other online radio pure-plays want to be in the car, and that will mean trouble for Sirius/XM, right? After all, Pandora et....
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mramsey1
Sep 14, 2010
The Danger to Terrestrial Radio posed by Internet Radio in Cars
One third of radio listeners would listen less to local radio if they had easy access to Internet Radio built into their cars. That’s one...
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