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<title>Verizon, BMW, Toyota, other automakers form 4G alliance</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/08/verizon.five.automakers.form.4g.venture.forum.for.connected.cars/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339167927_teslascreenin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A number of major automakers and telecommunications provider Verizon have joined together to form the 4G Venture Forum for Connected Cars. It aims to develop open standards that will bring 4G LTE systems into vehicles. Car builders who have signed up include BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, and Toyota, with North American companies conspicuously absent....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota uses Nintendo DS as an in-car GPS system controller</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/17/nintendo.ds.works.with.toyota.in.car.navigation.for.control.more/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1337266295_toyotadsgpsin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[At a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, Toyota showed off its upcoming Estima Hybrid minivan. At the same time, equipping the van with an aftermarket Smart Navi NSZT-W62G GPS head unit will let a Nintendo DS control the GPS system of the car, 4gamer reported. The DS needs to have a Kuruma de DS (meaning Use DS in the car) cartridge inserted, which allows the portable games console to communic...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Intel looks to embed Atom processors in union with Toyota</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/10/intel.and.toyota.announced.tech.union/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/intel_toyota_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Intel and Toyota have announced a joint research venture to investigate new usage models of mobile device connectivity in cars. With connected cars now comprising the third-fastest growing technological device behind smartphones and tablets, the companies are working together to create an integrated solution. Intel will work with Toyota to embed its Atom-family of processors in vehicles in order t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ford, Toyota to share in-car tech standards</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/toyotaentune-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ford and Toyota made a rare alliance for in-car technology on Monday.  The two will collaborate on telematics and "Internet-based services" to help establish common standards.  Both will keep developing their existing systems, which include Ford Sync and Toyota's Entune....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota creates augmented reality passenger windows </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/26/enables.passengers.to.interact.with.scenery/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/toyota-augmented-reality-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Motor Europe's Kansei1 Design Division, working with the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID), has developed a prototype interactive display that enables a car passenger to interact with the passing scenery. The technology, called "Windows to the World," transforms a side window into a transparent touchscreen that can magnify, track or even audibly name a passing object. The passenger...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japan finds rare earth supply that may ease tech shortages</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/yttrium.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japan's Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has made a discovery that could end technology shortages and reduce dependence on China.  A total of 78 very large deposits have been found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii, that equate to about 80 billion to 100 billion metric tons of material like yttrium (pictured).  The material should be easy to get out and is even low on t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota plans car social networking, demos Entune phone link</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/toyotaentune.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Toyota and Salesforce on Monday teamed up on a social network for cars.  Nicknamed Toyota Friend, it would put out micro updates similar to Twitter either between fellow drivers or even updates from a car.  An electric or plug-in hybrid car could automatically post when it's low on battery, Toyota gave as one example....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota to use Microsoft Azure for in-car media, GPS</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/06/toyota.microsoft.deal.uses.azure.for.in.car.cloud/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/toyotaprius.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft and Toyota preempted their own special event with word of their plans for in-car cloud technology.  Toyota's cars, starting from its 2012 electric cars and plug-in hybrids, will use Windows Azure's cloud services to improve in-car telematics.  The upgrades should extend to anything from managing the car battery to music playback and GPS navigation....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft and Toyota plan April 6 event, hint new car tech</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/toyota-akiotoyoda.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft and Toyota late Tuesday organized a special event for April 6 at 4PM Eastern.  The two said little about what it would involve but alluded to a "collaboration" between them.  It was important enough that Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer and his Toyota equivalent, Akio Toyoda, would both be present....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple pressure forces Toyota Scion promo off of Cydia</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/scioncydia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Toyota's Scion theme for jailbroken iOS devices has been pulled from Cydia as a result of pressure from Apple, according to a report.  The theme was created by Velti, an ad agency working on behalf of Toyota.  In asking for the Scion theme to be pulled, a contact from Velti is claimed to have explained that the order came from Toyota, which in turn had been pushed by Apple to remove the theme and ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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