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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 26, 2014
Among actor Michael McDonald's more unusual credits is the role of "Stuart" on the television program Mad TV. Stuart is a precocious child of indeterminate ph...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 21, 2014
Okay, I'll admit it. I was one of many that praised Waze for its clever use of crowd sourced traffic information to create an application that attracted mil...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 17, 2014
At an International Motor Press Association luncheon in New York City today GlobalAutomakers President and CEO John Bozzella noted that questions were being r...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 17, 2014
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News are reporting rumors of a potential acquisition of Nuance Communications by Samsung and/or private equity investors. ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 15, 2014
American Honda Motor (AHM) is said to be investing “millions of dollars” in an effort led by a music industry “dream team” to launch a m...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 08, 2014
It has become fashionable in the auto industry to promise to protect customer privacy. Volkswagen’s Chairman of the Board of Management Martin Winterkorn ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 07, 2014
I just returned from Telematics Update 2014 in Detroit – the leading global event focused on vehicle connectivity – and I came upon a story on theca...
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Roger Lanctot
| May 30, 2014
Three years after I wrote this blog (Me, OnStar and Irene - http://tinyurl.com/n7sccck), and nine years after Katrina OnStar has notified all current and former...
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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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