AMD’s Zen man switches to Tesla
Jim Keller finds a new role
The bloke who helped create the chip which will either finish AMD or give it a renaissance has a new role working for Tesla. Ironically it really will involve him working on Nvidia gear.
Qualcomm announces a Snapdragon for cars
Snapdragon 820 Automotive family puts mobile under your bonnet
Qualcomm has told the assorted throngs at CES about a new Snapdragon 820 Automotive family of products. It will come in two flavours – a standard 820A and an 820Am that adds an LTE modem.
HTC wants Vive in cars
Forunately no one is giving them to the drivers
HTC has been planning big things for its Vive virtual reality gear and word on the street is that it has plans to flog it to car makers.
Tame Apple Press called out on Android motoring story
Who lets the truth get in the way of an Apple Advert?
The Tame Apple press ran a story claiming that its favourite toymaker had been chosen by Porsche to run its systems because Android Auto was phoning home too much data.
Apple hopes car will replace gadgets
Car on agenda as iPhone dies
It is starting to look like the fruity cargo cult Apple is banking on the car industry to be the next big thing after the world loses interest in iphones and ipads.
Apple plans to make BMW i3 its car
It is dull, ugly, pointless and German let's make it even more expensive
The Apple rumour mill was all a whirl after word leaked out that Apple is choosing BMW for its first electric smart car.
Nokia flogs maps to Germans in big cars
At least it is not Uber
Nokia's ex-boss Stephen Elop might have sold the company's soul and IP to Microsoft but the outfit still has a few tricks up its sleeve.
Google staff was aware of WiFi snooping
At least two other employees knew
$300 version of Dirt 3?
To include professional R/C car
Parrot demos Asteroid, a connected car media solution
CES 2011: Drives with Android