Carmaker Porsche is reportedly considering integrating Google software into its vehicles. The deal would let Porsche drivers access applications such as Google Maps without having to connect their cars to an Android device, Reuters reported Thursday (Jan. 12), citing a source close to the German...
Chemical giant BASF expanded a 2-year-old Canadian plastics recycling pilot from British Columbia to Alberta June 1, bringing Edmonton and Calgary into “reciChain,” a blockchain-based project to help recyclers correctly sort plastics, which can only be recycled with like products. The move marks the latest...
It might make sense that the high-end, luxury vehicles are where we’ll see some torque in the development of the connected car. After all, someone somehow has to cover the scarcity cost of those hard-to-find computer chips that make the flows of information across solidifying ecosystems...
Today in the connected economy, Porsche’s CEO reveals the car maker and Apple had held talks about possible joint projects, including an expansion on Apple CarPlay. Also, Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM label makes landmark NFT purchase, and B2B payment service PayTrace becomes part of the...
October 27, 2017
“Click to subscribe!” The rally cry of YouTube personalities has now been appropriated by, well, pretty much everybody. In fact, subscription commerce seems to be the new “it” thing. It started with digital goods: Netflix, Adobe, Pay-Per-View. Then it moved into physical goods and real-world experiences: Stitch Fix, MoviePass and box-of-the-month clubs (for books, records, […]
January 12, 2023
Carmaker Porsche is reportedly considering integrating Google software into its vehicles. The deal would let Porsche drivers access applications such as Google Maps without having to connect their cars to an Android device, Reuters reported Thursday (Jan. 12), citing a source close to the German automaker. The arrangement is only being considered for Porsche vehicles, […]
March 18, 2022
Sports car maker Porsche and tech giant Apple Inc. talked last year about potential joint projects, Porsche Chief Executive Oliver Blume said Friday (March 18) during the company’s annual earnings...
March 15, 2022
In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, South Africa’s competition regulator is seeking to prosecute Facebook for abusing its dominance in the social media sector, and the United...
March 15, 2022
A boost in group operating profits for Volkswagen AG is likely to be the catalyst that drives a fourth-quarter initial public offering (IPO) for its profitable high-performance sports car division...
