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C3 Group Brings Connected Car Conversation to SXSW
March 25, 2015 – The interactive, music and film conferences collectively known as South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas each March has emerged over a quarter-century-plus as a must-attend technology and cultural event. Approximately 80,000 people converge at SXSW over nine days, turning Austin’s small downtown into a milieu of innovative ideas, indie-movie screenings and cutting-edge musical performances, […] [Continue Reading]
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on Innovation and Future Safety
March 19, 2015 – This year’s Connected Car Pavilion in Austin, Texas during SXSW featured the latest in automotive technologies, coupled with emerging new product categories that will aid in the advancement of transportation. Along with the coast-to-coast self-driving car and advanced aerial drone technologies on display, we were treated to a keynote address from NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind […] [Continue Reading]
NXP and Freescale Combine to Create an Automotive Chip “Giant”
March 12, 2015 – As consumers and markets warm to the idea of mobile payments, news from the semiconductor industry might just provide the technological tipping point needed to achieve mass market adoption in the auto industry. Last week’s announcement of NXP Semiconductor NV’s acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. will create a single company with chip manufacturing […] [Continue Reading]
BMW Hack Exposes Connected Car Vulnerabilities
February 6, 2015 – The vulnerability of connected vehicle systems has been a topic that has been marginalized by most automakers, who repeatedly refer to the issue as “having been responded to promptly” and no longer a concern. Far from being the only car company with system security issues, BMW recently found itself having to patch its ConnectedDrive system […] [Continue Reading]
Vehicle Surveillance and the End of Privacy
February 4, 2015 – Data privacy and security is top of mind for those in the connected mobility movement, and the use of technology to monitor human activity, intended and unintended, raises the issue of responsible stewardship of the information that is gathered. Law enforcement has been using technology to protect the public for years, and is now entering […] [Continue Reading]
FTC Urges Connected Device Makers to Focus on Privacy and Security
January 30, 2015 – From connected cars to connected appliances, the Internet of Things (IoT) is enabling new product capabilities and services that would not otherwise be possible. When even the most mundane of devices are connected, either to each other or to the cloud, the sheer volume of personal data being generated is almost incomprehensible. And given the […] [Continue Reading]
Biometrics In the Car Delivers Data Security, Privacy And No Distraction
November 26, 2014 – Data privacy and security have been hot topics in the automotive and tech industries, and the issues become much larger as data is imported, exported and exchanged continuously with devices inside and outside of a moving vehicle. Securing data with multiple passwords and authentications have been mostly effective, even if they have added complexity and […] [Continue Reading]