By Roy Choi |
Tuesday, Chevrolet announced that 2013 Sonic and Spark vehicles with Chevy’s MyLink will be able to integrate with Siri more intelligently. Last summer, Apple announced Siri integration with automobiles and soon after GM announced that Sonic and Spark vehicles would have Siri enabled technology in…
By Adriana Lee |
Apple mentioned last June that it was working on a new Eyes Free mode, explaining that it was working with various car companies to bring Siri voice command to automobiles. And now it seems GM is at the head of the line, as it just…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s iOS 6 is less than a week away from release, but there is a way you can upgrade now. With the golden master in developer hands, the OS has found its way onto a few download sites for public consumption. Lifehacker has a full…
By Killian Bell |
Apple has finally seeded its iOS 6 Golden Master to registered developers ahead of next week’s launch. The software comes more than a month after the final iOS 6 beta, and it brings the new panoramic camera feature to the iPhone 4S, and quashes all…
By Mike Perlman |
Adding to the deluge of recent car safety technologies, GM aims to bail out jaywalkers with its development of Wireless Pedestrian Detection Technology. This system will rely on Wi-Fi direct, a peer-to-peer wireless sharing system that can connect with other devices from up to 656…
By Mike Perlman |
Word on the street is that Apple is conspiring with several automakers to put Siri inside your next car. Toyota, GM, Mercedes, BMW, Honda, Audi and more manufacturers have all partnered with Tim Cook and company to make this happen. The proposed technology will be…
By Todd Haselton |
GM recently confirmed it has decided to pull its $10 million annual ad campaign from Facebook. The automaker typically spends about $40 million per year getting its brand onto Facebook, The Wall Street Journal explained, but the company will continue to pay the difference for management of its…
By Mike Perlman |
Call it the USB of the auto world. Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and Volkswagen have jumped on board with the SAE on a new universal charging interface for European and American electric vehicles. This charging system will be showcased next week at…
By Mike Perlman |
The emergence of an automobile department on a tech blog like TechnoBuffalo may seem baffling to some readers. After all, Mr. Lakers got his start unboxing MacBooks and smartphones and we as a site have focused mainly on mobile technology since the incipience of TechnoBuffalo.…
By Mike Perlman |
Up until the release of the highly intuitive Cadillac Cue driver user interface, automobile dashboard technology had been quite lackluster. Resistive screens, reliance on too many menus, and limited compatibility with peripherals are a few primary illnesses that have been plaguing the auto industry for…
By Mike Perlman |
Electric vehicle technology is nothing new. The earliest carriage manufacturers began toiling with battery-powered cars around the 1830s and in 1899 the Belgium-built “La Jamais Contente” set the land speed world record at 66MPH. But two years prior to that in 1897, the first commercial…
By Mike Perlman |
Have you ever heard of Ford SYNC? In a nutshell, it’s the car manufacturer’s friendly version of OnStar. Up until today, the Microsoft-powered Ford SYNC service was capable of providing on-screen navigation, hands-free calling, mobile entertainment, driving efficiency data and more via its touchscreen command…
By Mike Perlman |
Jon Rettinger and I recently flew to GM’s stomping grounds in Detroit for hands-on demos of the new Chevy Cruze and Chevy Sonic compact cars. But what we experienced far exceeded our base expectations, which consisted of taking the automobiles for a brief spin throughout…
By Jack McGrath |
While one might expect that a company such as General Motors would be focusing on ensuring the success of short-term endeavors, the Detroit-based company decided to show its long-term plans by introducing us to the EN-V, a prototype vehicle built for use in urban settings.…
