Smartphone apps are becoming a key selling point to car buyers in North America as well as in Europe, according to a report that {complink 9171|Frost & Sullivan} released this week. For electronic component suppliers, there will be more demand for in-car consoles that can display smartphone apps. Last year, 25 percent and 23 percent…
{complink 7426|Gartner Inc.} forecasts that the iPad's operating system will dominate tablets during the next few years, which says something about what {complink 379|Apple Inc.} is doing right. The research firm forecasts that the iPad's OS will dominate the tablet market during the next few years. It also details how Apple is delivering more than…
The world's largest graphics processing unit (GPU) suppliers are split over what central processing units (CPUs) to combine with their graphics devices for mobile applications. While {complink 103|Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD)} backs the performance and compatibility features that x86 designs offer, {complink 3926|Nvidia Corp.} is packing low-power {complink 444|ARM Ltd.} cores with its graphics…
OEMs began making broad promises about a new age in communications and data applications for cars over a decade ago. But aside from in-car technologies that a few luxury-brand automakers offer, the vast majority of models remain devoid of anything resembling the pie-in-the-sky apps most cars were supposed to have by now. However, Ford, Toyota,…
A subplot in the ongoing WikiLeaks saga involves hackers targeting attacks against companies, governments, and politicians they deem hostile to the Website. Hackers in the other camp are also attacking WikiLeaks because they consider the release of hundreds of thousands of classified communications and thousands of diplomatic cables an act of war against the United…
French startup Jolicloud is launching a netbook that it says offers {complink 2657|Intel Corp.}'s Atom dual-core n550 in a box that retails for less than competing PCs. The netbook is cheaper because it does not run Windows as its operating system, which Jolicloud has replaced with a very elegant-looking Linux-based OS that offers free access…