iOS 10 represents a “huge release for developers,” according to Federighi

Source: www.fiercedeveloper.com

Not much mention of CarPlay, I suppose the claim will be that all these innovations transfer to your car seamlessly without need to buy a new car if you have CarPlay.

Meeting with CEO Mary Barra at the World Economic Forum, I made the case for investing in Canada

Source: safecarnews.com

I guess this a good example of NAFTA at work, big US company helping giant Canada with 1000 jobs over the years.

This avoids the creation of a near infinite number of “if, then, else” statements, which is impractical to code when trying to account for the randomness that occurs on the road

Source: safecarnews.com

It’s hard to believe there is no other industry that has not already resolved this programming dilemma.

Researchers from Pen Test Partners say they found minimal security measures on the vehicle and easily tapped into the onboard Wi-Fi to access features controlled by the infotainment screen

Source: blog.caranddriver.com

The reality is that Infotainment systems are not designed with security features because nobody wants to pay for the software development or take the performance hit on the hardware.

Bluetooth 5 will be able to double the range and quadruple the speed of low energy Bluetooth transmission

Source: www.foxnews.com

Every standards org wants to get into the IoT game, improved wireless performance and robustness will help a lot. Free networks like Bluetooth will play a big role as long as they are trouble free.

“We use it as a scouting lab as well as a lab to try new things out,” said Tinskey, who serves as Ford’s global director of vehicle electrification and infrastructure.

Source: analysis.tu-auto.com

Talent in software moves to Silly Valley and the automakers try to bring them back to Detroit, a city in Germany or Japan hoping their culture changes. Ford seems to be the only one that gets it, Bill Ford made a difference and it helps they turned down the bailout.

Intel will gain some modem revenue at Qualcomm’s expense (though the amount of revenue at stake here likely isn’t enough to have a meaningful impact on the fortunes of either company), the real winner here, in my mind, is Apple

Source: www.fool.com

This is highly visible for Intel, I hope the modem works. Imagine the crisis if calls drop due to “Intel Inside”

The company has since paid the required registration fee for three manufacturer’s plates and shown proof of Michigan no-fault insurance.

Source: www.digitaltrends.com

It’s hard to keep a secret about who is testing autonomous cars anymore since the State DOT has to make it public record. Kurt Steudle probably gets a memo each time they buy that special plate. I wonder who is providing the proof of insurance certificate and who is the owner? A chip maybe?

If updates or security patches for things like firewalls, operating systems, electronic mapping and journey planning systems haven’t been successfully installed in the vehicle within 24 hours of the owner being notified by the manufacturer or software provider, subject to an increased policy excess

Source: safecarnews.com

This one caught my attention; does it tell much about the basic car insurance rates for a self-driving car, or disclose the surcharge if you don’t keep your software current? OTA is the new normal.

I work on a 2011 model Mac Pro, running OS 10.8.5. There have been three major operating system upgrades since I purchased this machine. But today, and for the future, I’m frozen in computer time

Source: www.star-telegram.com

I’m sorry, but while Mr. Wallace makes a few good points about how hard it is to develop new features in cars, he totally loses me when he reveals he has no appreciation for the hard efforts in software as proven through 3 updates to OSX he has rejected. With Windows I would agree, but Apple software is nearly flawless – what is he expecting, a perfect car too?