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Lunch Seminar 2013.06.11
Post Crash - Saving lives and Rescue People
Speakers: Heero (eCall) project, SOS Alarm, SAAB Security and Safety Management
 

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M2M Forum 2013
Milan May 14

 
Munich June 18-19:th

Telematics Detroit 2013
Detroit June 5-6:th

M2M For Real
Stockholm June 18:th

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Amazon Opens Appstore in China - By Zacks Investment Research The world's largest online retailer, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has recently announced the launch of its Appstore in China, giving Chinese customers access to Amazon's broad selection of Android mobile applications (apps).

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aiming to strengthen its business relationship with Pioneer Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with Pioneer, under which Mitsubishi Electric will invest approximately 4

May 13, 2013 DOCOMO to Form Business and Capital Alliance with Pioneer to Enter Intelligent Transport Systems Business TOKYO, JAPAN, May 13, 2013 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC.

One of the first things Dan Akerson did as chief executive officer of General Motors Co. (GM) in 2010 was dive into the automaker’s telecommunications business to get more profit from that in-car connection.

SHANGHAI May 10 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce firm, is set to take a 20 to 30 percent stake in Chinese digital mapping and navigation firm AutoNavi Holdings Ltd, local media reported, as it aims to boost its competitveness by beefing up its product lineup.

Pioneer will soon launch a new car navigation system in Japan that uses dashboard cameras to scan the road ahead for approaching street signs and other cars, and will share images of road conditions with other vehicles.

Although Sirius XM Radio considers that radio is still a good business, it plans to focus on the in-car services such as automated safety, as this brings more opportunities.

Italian car maker Alfa Romeo has launched the MiTo Live, a new 250-unit limited edition model, which its maker claims combines safety and technology with a passion for music.

Verizon on Tuesday announced a new Dropbox-like app for Android devices that lets users back up and access their files in the cloud. The app, dubbed Verizon Cloud, will begin rolling out for smartphones and tablets in the coming weeks, the wireless carrier said.

With experts agreeing that it's better not to accept hands-free calls for safety reasons, maybe fleets should consider banning the practice outright. Rachel Burgess reports Hands-free mobile phone use while driving remains legal, after hand-held use was banned in 2007.

Isotrak, Inc., a global provider of GPS vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Intermec, a workflow performance company, to deliver a seamless transportation and logistics solution that converges all relevant data in the entire transportation orga

TomTom has created a new section of its web site where it flags up partner solutions that it describes as ready for integration with its Webfleet platform.

TomTom, the Dutch maker of vehicle navigation systems, on Tuesday published a 13 percent drop in first quarter sales and said it was diversifying its product line to counter a market now saturated with portable navigation devices.

(Before It's News) A mass blackout of Internet sites has begun in protest of CISPA, as the controversial law makes its way to the US Senate. Hacktivist group Anonymous urged support for the blackout, storming Twitter with calls for action.

Verizon iPhone sales tumble 33% Either iPhone customers are growing savvier, or they’re starting to tire of Apple’s smartphone. Verizon’s iPhone activations fell 33% in the first quarter, compared to the fourth quarter.

TomTom today announces that it will continue to provide connected navigation to Mazda for the all-new Mazda6 models across Europe. The Mazda Navigation System NB1 is seamlessly integrated into the car's dashboard, offering TomTom's LIVE Services including the award winning HD Traffic.

xml search 4/18/13 The New Movie-Making Mercedes At a Shanghai Auto Show after this month Mercedes-Benz is introducing a latest judgment car with a small eye-catching features.

Chinese “app store” 7659.com is using Apple’s own bulk enterprise licensing technology to distributed pirated apps to Chinese iPhone and iPad users, completely free.

noodls : (Source: JD Power and Associates) Date Published: 04/09/2013 Fast Facts: Sport wagon version of S60 sedan Styling and interior updates mirror those on the S60 New Sensus Connected Touch infotainment system New Cyclist Detection with Full Auto Brake technology Available performance-tuned R-D

In an email about tech pet peeves, a reader wrote in asking about "Wi-Fi calling," a way of making phone calls without using a wireless carrier's cellular network.

Today, Facebook announced its Home for Android, their next-generation client software for Googles mobile OS, which will be avaliable for download shortly on April 12.

WASHINGTON - The social network site Facebook is releasing a software that intends to capture your Android phone screens. The software 'Facebook Home' will act like a "wrapper" and puts feeds from the social network on the home page of Android phones.

Audi and T-Mobile Partner to Launch the Industry's Most Competitively Priced In-Vehicle Data Plan New Plan Offers Real-Time Content and Secure Internet Access for as Little as $15 per Month HERNDON, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 4, 2013) - Audi of America and T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Verizon may jump on the device financing bandwagon too if customers want it. With T-Mobile breaking away from the traditional contract scene that leaves customers tied to the company for all eternity, copycats are now starting to talk about their own versions of a contract-free agreement.

USA-ORBCOMM (orbcomm.com), a global satellite data communications company specializing in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) marketplace, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the GlobalTrak division of System Planning Corporation (GlobalTrak) and Mobi

Plagued by high entry costs, data challenges, and intellectual property concerns, telematics has been a struggle for midsized carriers to deploy. But with insurers and vendors working to solve those problems, user-based insurance may finally be nearing its much-anticipated breakthrough to the mainst

As it enters a highly competitive market, Tizen will need to find unique ways to make itself useful. Tizen is clumsily positioned directly against Android and iOS.

The Galileo satellite will provide more accurate positioning data than GPS Photo: AFP Most people think that working in the space industry is an inaccessible dream, but this exciting sector is throwing open its doors to capitalise on recent successes.

Research In Motion Ltd., once written off as dead amid fierce competition from more modern mobile devices such as the iPhone, surprised Wall Street Thursday by returning to profitability and shipping more BlackBerry 10 phones than expected in the most recent quarter.

Verizon is rolling out Networkfleet on the Verizon Wireless network. The fleet-management solution provides a variety of monitoring and management capabilities for increased productivity and improved customer service.

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MEMBERS NEWS

Available positions at Volvo Group Global
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Volvo Car Group will use Ericsson's  Connected Vehicle Cloud in order to allow drivers, passengers and the car to connect to services available in the cloud.

NEW MEMBERS 2012 

Redtail Telematics -  Redtail Telematics Corporation is a global manufacturer of GPS tracking products for fleets, as well as a strategic Data Warehouse supplier to the Insurance Telematics industry and other enterprise-level customers in both the U.S. and Europe.

Huawei - Huawei is a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider with headquarter in China and sales as well as R&D in Sweden.

Novoco Value Innovation - Novoco is a business consultant that focus on delivery of Value Innovation Leadership through improving their customers business offerings.

SWECO - SWECO offer consulting services with a high knowledge content throughout the client’s project chain, from feasibility studies, analyses and strategic planning to engineering, design and project management

Mediamobile Nordic - Mediamobile Nordic are experts on Traffic and Travel Information and the leading traffic information supplier in France, Poland, Sweden, Finland and Norway with premium traffic informaiton over RDS TMC.

Pelagicore - Pelagicore AB is a technology and product development company that focuses on applying Open Source software in the automotive infotainment industry.

PROJECTS
Car to Car communications

To read about the project and watch the video of "Hazard warnings over cellular networks" click here .

MEMBERS NEWS
Ericsson outlines vision for connected future

Flexible charging solution puts electric cars in the fast lane

LTE suited for traffic applications, research project conclude

SMSC Acquires Bridge

SMSC to supply entertainment system to Mercedes

CybercomGroup - Cybercom develops infotainment system with Saab

Collaboration News Members - Vecho selects Idevio for geofencing