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Initiative rallies fans, industry and partners to reach one million salutes to military members...
Initiative rallies fans, industry and partners to reach one million salutes to military members...
21 minutes ago
When drivers take to the track for the NASCAR Nationwide Series HISTORY 300 on Saturday, May 25, they'll be racing for more than just the bragging rights that come with winning at NASCAR's home track. Rick Dale of HISTORY's American Rest...
When drivers take to the track for the NASCAR Nationwide Series HISTORY 300 on Saturday, May 25, they'll be racing for more than just the bragging rights that come with winning at NASCAR's home track. Rick Dale of HISTORY's American Restoration® has designed a one-of-a-kind trophy that will be awarded to the winner of the 300-mile race.
21 minutes ago
BMW
After South Korea made BMW’s life easier by passing certain laws to help reduce the price of European vehicles, another law in Asia might do the opposite. China is set to implement a new law that will increase the taxes of luxury c...
After South Korea made BMW’s life easier by passing certain laws to help reduce the price of European vehicles, another law in Asia might do the opposite. China is set to implement a new law that will increase the taxes of luxury cars. Said law will affect cars that wear a price tag of over [...]The post China might be taxing luxury cars appeared first on BMWCoop | BMW Blog, BMW News, BMW Reviews.
24 minutes ago
Following an announcement made last month, Michael Schumacher has driven a Formula 1 car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Following an announcement made last month, Michael Schumacher has driven a Formula 1 car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
27 minutes ago
Remco M. has envisioned the upcoming SW variant of the recently introduced 2014 Peugeot 308.
Remco M. has envisioned the upcoming SW variant of the recently introduced 2014 Peugeot 308.
27 minutes ago
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are the stars of the latest Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG ad.
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are the stars of the latest Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG ad.
27 minutes ago
Plans for BMW I-4, Toyota platform
Plans for BMW I-4, Toyota platform
31 minutes ago
It can be very impressive for a car’s driver to be able to give it commands using his voice ala Siri, like you can do with certain cars in Malaysia like those from Ford, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Giving commands using your voice inste...
It can be very impressive for a car’s driver to be able to give it commands using his voice ala Siri, like you can do with certain cars in Malaysia like those from Ford, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Giving commands using your voice instead of fiddling away with a control knob or a touch screen is certainly safer for the driver as his vision would not be taken away from the road. But of course, one would have to splurge for one of these cars, and of course it would be hard to retrofit such a system to a last generation car. But soon, you might be able to enjoy voice commands in a car if you have a Clarion head unit with Smart Access, as Clarion and Google have announced an agreement to incorporate Google services such as voice recognition and search into Clarion’s Smart Access automotive cloud service. At the announcement ceremony in Japan, Japanese publication Responsejp noted that an example voice search query to look for “good ramen restaurants”, yielded pretty usable search results even though the request was ambiguous and did not refer to a specified location. Check out a demo video above by another Japanese publication Car Watch. Very cool! Other Google services that will be available for use through Clarion Smart Access is Google Places for point of interests, as well as Send-to-Car, which will allow you to plot a route or a destination on your computer using Google Maps prior to your journey, and have the same info ready to be used in your car when you begin your journey. Send-to-Car is currently available for various car makes that use Google Maps in certain versions of their in-car navigation systems such as Audi, BMW, Infiniti, Kia, MINI, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota. Now it can possibly be available for any car that has a Clarion head unit with Smart Access installed as well. The post Clarion Smart Access now with Google voice search appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News. Related posts: smart fortwo BoConcept signature style – more, again Nissan Almera (or Proton Preve?) tops Google Zeitgeist Malaysia 2012 trending searches for cars Google Maps – Traffic layer now offers real-time traffic condition updates in Penang, Ipoh and Melaka smart forjeremy – the fortwo electric drive wings it MRT: Access to Jln Bulan from Jln Bkt Bintang closed smart forstars Concept – a dazzler that’s Paris-bound AD: Celcom First Voice – one simple rate Prodigium Mobile opens infogo.com Music Store: coming to Clarion Android car stereos soon! Clarion launches Smart Access Cloud Telematics Service to provide in-vehicle information solutions Apple to license TomTom’s maps after ditching Google
31 minutes ago
Unique headlamp has a removable miniature 90-degree flashlight with 3 power levels.
Unique headlamp has a removable miniature 90-degree flashlight with 3 power levels.
38 minutes ago
We’re going to bug you with our newest feature. Bug you. Get it? Because it’s a picture of a… ahh, okay, forget it. That was lame. Seriously, though. New feature. We’re going to call it…ready…”Photo of the Day!...
We’re going to bug you with our newest feature. Bug you. Get it? Because it’s a picture of a… ahh, okay, forget it. That was lame. Seriously, though. New feature. We’re going to call it…ready…”Photo of the Day!” But not every day. Not at first. For now, this semi-regular feature will jump into our photo [...]
about 1 hour ago