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Kevin Li
| May 14, 2014
After Tencent invested 1.173 billion RMB to acquire 11.28% of Navinfo, the three giant Internet service providers-Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (so called ‘B...
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Roger Lanctot
| May 12, 2014
Auto insurers are desperately seeking a technology edge, which is why so much attention has been focused on usage-based insurance. Seen by many as a par...
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Roger Lanctot
| May 09, 2014
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Ride sharing services like Uber, Lyft and SideCar were supposed to make the process of hailing a cab easier, fa...
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Kevin Li
| May 05, 2014
Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) is being held from May 5-6, in Beijing. The main topics are focusing on mobile gaming, smart devices, mobile finance, m...
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Roger Lanctot
| May 04, 2014
This is like one of those chocolate/wine/marijuana (pick one) is good for you stories. It contradicts everything your mother ever told you - but that your ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 04, 2014
I am chairing the Telematics Update Content & Apps event in Munich on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8th & 9th, next week (http://tinyurl.com/6mssel...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 04, 2014
The European Union has voted to end wireless roaming a move that is guaranteed to deliver a severe jolt of revenue growth for wireless carriers and ease the m...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 02, 2014
Against the depressing tableau of General Motors and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives sub-committ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 01, 2014
It is somehow fitting that the day before April Fool’s Day, when GM’s CEO will be testifying before the U.S. Congress on the now 2M+ unit ignition s...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 28, 2014
Volvo is commencing a test of existing wireless networks to communicate road conditions. The brilliance of Volvo's strategy lies in its simplicity - usin...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 25, 2014
The auto industry, insurance industry and Northern California’s AAA organization saw a collision of their interests over a bill, SB 994, proposed in the C...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 22, 2014
A report in Automotive News this week noted the extraordinary lengths to which General Motors (GM) is going to prepare and support dealers taking on the recen...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 21, 2014
Volkswagen Chairman Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn used the made-up term “Datenkrake” when speaking at CeBIT last week to caution the converging comput...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 19, 2014
In what may have been the first CeBIT keynote by an automotive executive but hopefully not the last, Volkswagen’s Chairman of the Board of Management Prof...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 12, 2014
Apple’s CarPlay “introduction” at the Geneva Motor Show last week lacked all of the normal Apple trappings of a market changing event. ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Feb 04, 2014
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States has announced its plans to continue studying and investigating the use of dedicated shor...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jan 31, 2014
Two senior GM executives appear to be working and speaking at crosspurposes. This isn’t necessarily unusual, but given the fact that the focus of ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jan 24, 2014
The CEOutlook newsletter recently reported on a promotional campaign via which Best Buy is offering customers coupons for free pairing of their smartphone with ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jan 08, 2014
Car makers are diving head first into the app development arms race. This is leading to expensive decisions and decisions intended to avoid expensive outcomes. ...
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