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The number of consumers using telematics smartphone apps with connected cars is about to increase over 40 times in the next five years. ABI Research today estimates that by 2016, 129 million people will use smartphone software that works with a vehicle, up from only 3.2 million consumers this year. Such forecasts could fuel new and innovative mobile apps specific to vehicles and travel-related activities.

Designing apps optimized for use in the car.

The company now boasts 175 million registered users. According to Pandora: Listener hours for Pandora during the month of December 2012 were 1.39 billion, an increase of 54% from 906 million during the same period last year. Share of total U.S. radio listening for Pandora in December 2012 was 7.19%, an increase from 4.71% at the same time last year. Active listeners were 67.1 million at the end of December 2012, an increase of 41% from 47.6 million during the same time period last year.

"William Gelner, executive creative director at 180LA, the agency behind the campaign, told Adweek, "For many, social media has become a way to brag or show off.  From posting images of expensive  meals or wine they've had to exotic vacations they're on, this is an epidemic, and it's running rampant.  This is weird, considering the economic climate we're in.  Mitsubishi, a car with great design but at a more down-to-earth price, felt compelled to make a statement in-line with their brand ethos." When you head over to MitsubishiUnpretentious.com you'll be redirected to the Mitsubishi Facebook page, where a photo from your most pretentious friend will get mowed down by the Outlander Sport.  You can then watch as Mitsubishi analyzes more of your most pretentious friends and mows them down too."

"Mobile shopping app Curbside, which lets users shop from their phones then pick up their purchases at a local retailer without getting out of their cars, has been growing quickly since its debut last year, and is now processing thousands of orders per week. And today, the company is announcing a rollout to several Best Buy locations in San Jose, San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area"

This article discusses the slow deployment of the iAd platform since its launch on July 1 and also discusses how difficult it is to find any apps using iAds. I highlighted the one guaranteed app, Tiptitude. Otherwise, the article is a sober, critical look at iAds, cutting through the hype/bullshit that typically accompanies Apple's products.

Honda is advertising in facebook game "Car Town" that was launched aug. 9 Do we still do anything for scion at all? That is a Zenith client, non? Could be a good potential vendor to keep in mind in case theres a new car movie coming out later or something... im just sayin.

meego in talks with LG- car integration, but is LG looking to integrate in smartphones too?

"Steve Yankovich, eBay's VP of mobile, said the average transaction on eBay's mobile apps runs between $30 and $45, in contrast to companies that sell 99-cent mobile games or virtual goods. On the high end, he notes that more than 9,000 cars are sold every week through the app, some of which are priced above $100,000."

Automatic is a device that monitors the car and transfers essential information in real-time to a mobile phone.

"Ultimately, [these technologies] may lead us to an autonomous vehicle, but there are a lot of things that have to happen. Society in general has to approve of all this. A trust has to be built with customers."

Plex + DropBox = cloudSync. Does this not already work like this? I feel like I already stream from Plex on the road. I guess not literally in my car, on the road, but I can over wifi when not at home. Hmm?