Last month, Apple announced it was sunsetting its plans to enter the electric vehicle space. Now, the company’s CarPlay offering has become the tech giant’s sole hope of making an impact on the automotive market, Bloomberg News argued in a report Sunday (March 17). As that report...
Last month, General Motors tapped Google to help create electric vehicle infotainment systems. Google, but not the company’s Android Auto, or Apple’s CarPlay. This decision, the focus of a Sunday (April 16) Wall Street Journal report, is one that surprised the auto industry and marks...
Bucking the trend of trimming back loyalty programs and digital innovations could help restaurant chains retain customers. Inflation has affected consumers’ dining habits, leaving both fine dining and quick service restaurants (QSRs) scrambling to make ends meet. Although PYMNTS’ research found that the rate of...
Fast-casual chain Panera Bread, which has more than 2,100 bakery-cafes in the United States and Canada, is looking to drive digital orders by extending drive-thru ordering opportunities beyond the restaurant into consumers’ own cars. On Tuesday (Sept. 6), the company kicked off a partnership with...
April 21, 2017
Everyone’s talking about it. Apple looks to have joined the race to develop self-driving technology. Though, as is typical with Apple projects, details are vague at best. Lest we forget the quintessential uttering by CEO Tim Cook at a company shareholder meeting last month: “future stuff [we] can’t talk about.” At the time, “future stuff” […]
July 09, 2024
Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July 9) that it spotted the feature being available to iPhone users in India last week and that Google confirmed Tuesday that the feature will be […]
March 17, 2024
Last month, Apple announced it was sunsetting its plans to enter the electric vehicle space. Now, the company’s CarPlay offering has become the tech giant’s sole hope of making an impact on...
April 16, 2023
Last month, General Motors tapped Google to help create electric vehicle infotainment systems. Google, but not the company’s Android Auto, or Apple’s CarPlay. This decision, the focus of a Sunday...
June 30, 2022
When the next version of Apple’s CarPlay rolls out this fall, drivers will be able to buy gas directly from their car’s dashboard. That’s according to a Thursday (June 30)...
