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Now on YouTube! First video of QNX technology concept car
Yesterday, some friends from Texas Instruments dropped by our CES booth for a demo of the new QNX concept car. The cameras were rolling, and here's what they caught. Mark Rigley, head of the QNX...
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Two QNX customers, Chevrolet and Garmin, shortlisted for 2013 Best of CES awards
Who doesn't love to win an award? Last year, for example, we were absolutely thrilled that our QNX CAR application platform drove home with a Best of CES award. Heck, I'm still excited!But here's the...
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Full-duplex in the car? Who even knows what this means?
I know lots of people don't understand full-duplex. Hell, I think most people have never even heard of it. Unfortunately, these same people have repeatedly experienced its poor cousin — half-duplex —...
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QNX-powered Chevy Mylink drives home with 2013 Best of CES award
Congratulations to the infotainment team at Chevrolet! Their next-generation Chevy MyLink system has just won a Best of CES award, in the car tech category. The competition judges were particularly...
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Day two of CES - QNX, Harman, and Vipers, oh my!
Day two came and went very fast. It felt as frantic as day one. I did manage to leave the north hall though... only to find the center hall to be just as intense. Maybe even more so. It had booths the...
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QNX at 2013 CES: The media's take
The show ain't over yet, but already, media coverage of the QNX concept car at 2013 CES is pouring in faster than my modest brain can handle. I'm still catching up, but here, in no particular order,...
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Day three of CES: Almost too exciting
Day three was interesting in that we had too many VIPs to see the Bentley at the same time: Tanner Foust, Thorsten Heins, and high-level execs from both Mercedes and Porsche. All had a good long look...
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Day four of CES: The home stretch
We all thought that day four would be a lot less busy and it was, however, we still had people waiting for a demo up until the dying minutes of the show.The day opened with a video shoot by Brian...
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Okay, time to get technical
Have glossy photos of the QNX concept car left you hungry for more? Dig into a technical whitepaper with our friends from Texas Instruments.By now, many of you have seen photos and videos of the new...
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Our best CES yet
Anecdotes and observations from the QNX booth at 2013 CESAs a wrap-up to last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, I would love to regale you with all the cool technologies and nifty gadgets that I saw....
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Meet the QNX concept team: True Nguyen, UX designer
We continue our spotlight on the QNX concept development team with True Nguyen, the team's user experience designer.We interviewed True just prior to CES 2013, and she was hoping that people's...
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The 10 qualities of highly effective hands-free systems
The first time I saw — and heard — a hands-free kit in action was in 1988. (Or was it 1989? Meh, same difference.) At the time, I was pretty impressed with the sound quality. Heck, I was impressed that...
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Designing interfaces from the outside in
User interfaces are a pet peeve of mine.I’m one of those people whose VCR always blinked 12:00. Not because I couldn’t figure it out but because I resented that I had to.Basically, I have neither the...
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First look: HTML5 SDK for the QNX CAR platform
Whenever I hear the word “ripple,” I think of ice cream: butterscotch ripple, chocolate ripple, lemon ripple, and (yum) strawberry ripple. Well, the video I'm about to show you isn’t about ice cream,...
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An (info)graphic look at self-driving cars
If I were in the insurance industry, I'd be following the development of autonomous cars with keen interest. Think about it: all those cars will have to be insured, but they will probably get into...
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Making your car a first-class citizen of the Web
Tina JeffreyAnyone who follows the latest ongoings of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) may have heard today’s news: the launch of the Automotive and Web Platform Business group. We live in a...
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Creating HTML5 apps for the car
Adding a downloadable app capability to the car isn't just a matter of bolting consumer-grade technology onto an automotive hardware platform, dusting your hands, and calling it a day.Apps should be...
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Making the growing number of connected cars continuously better
Guest post by Yoram Berholtz, Director of Market Adoption, Red Bend SoftwareMore and more car manufacturers are implementing over-the-air software updates as a way to improve functionality, fix...
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Pandora interview: Using HTML5 to deliver content to the car
At CES this year, our own Andy Gryc had a chance to sit down with Tom Conrad, CTO at Pandora, a long-time QNX CAR platform partner. Pandora is already in 85 vehicle models today and continues to grow...
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Hello, Bentley: Using Sensory speech technology to create a natural user...
By Bernard Brafman, Sensory Inc., and Justin Moon, QNX Software SystemsIn-vehicle infotainment systems are becoming more and more complex, and integral to the overall driving experience. As this trend...
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