Mentor Blogs

  Those who drive into urban areas every so often, or every day, might appreciate this: INRIX® launched a parking navigation service at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. The service provides information on more than 18,000 off-street parking locations in North America and a total of 42,000 spaces in 36 countries in Europe. Information includes the current cost to … Read More

ParkMe, Kenwood, Parkopedia, CenNavi, Excelon DNN770HD, 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Twitter, IBM, INRIX, Excelon DNN990HD, Faceboook

Telematics Update sponsors some worthwhile webinars and I just sat in on one, the topic of which was “Harnessing Telematics Data to Provide Value for Automaker & Customer.” There is a lot of data being harnessed. An executive from INRIX spoke about the 70 million or so data points in North America and Europe – devices, drivers, and infrastructure – from which it can aggregate information. The industry … Read More

INRIX, mbrace telematics system, connected car, WirelessCar, Mercedes-Benz USA, Telematics Update

Roger Lanctot, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, has lavish praise for Zypr™, a cloud-based, voice-powered web API (application programming interface) recently launched by Pioneer Corp. “Zypr has the most ambitious connected vehicle vision, ‘mashing up’ multiple social networking resources for a seamlessly integrated connected experience,” Lanctot said. “The product represents the kind of solution … Read More

Strategy Analytics, Slacker Radio, Tuner2 Radio, application programming interface, Yelp, Zypr, Facebook, AccuWeather, Twitter, Pioneer Corp., VoiceBox, Roger Lanctot, Wcitie, Google, xAd, INRIX

It’s hard to imagine that anyone enjoys getting stuck in traffic. It’s a colossal waste of time, not to mention a waste of fuel, and millions of people endure it routinely. When companies like INRIX say they provide real-time traffic information, I wondered, does it make a difference? This week INRIX announced that Audi selected INRIX XD Traffic to provide real-time traffic information and traffic-powered … Read More

Clear Channel Radio, INRIX, Audi