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Red Hat announced today its plans to deliver a predictable, functional, safe, certified, evolving Linux operating system for the automotive industry.

Global dash cam manufacturer, Nextbase, launched its premium 622GW 4K model in Australia last month - and this may well be the ideal Christmas gift for the motorist in your life, if not yourself.

Global application development and digital experience technologies provider Progress has announced that its flagship application development platform OpenEdge is at the core of Revolution Software Services’ dealer management business that was recently acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia.

An initiative aimed at developing an enhanced audio-visual experience for motor vehicles and to capitalise on the latest advances in connectivity and multimedia technologies has been launched by the International Telecommunication Union.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement and regulatory agency, The Commerce Commission, has knocked back the acquisition of Motorcentral, a Christchurch-based supplier of motor vehicle dealer management (DMS) software, by Trade Me, an online marketplace and classified advertising platform.

Advertising in Australia is increasingly moving online, but despite the Internet leading the way for shoppers looking for purchases, other media — including good old fashioned catalogues — are still a favoured medium for many Aussies shopping for some categories of products.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has launched an "internet car" — the Car’OS RX5 — the first vehicle incorporating its YunOS operating system, in collaboration with China’s SAIC Motor Corp.

Western Australia-based listed IT services provider Empired has secured a contract with Toyota in Australia to provide Managed Services across the Microsoft Stack.

Logicalis has just completed a company-wide deployment of its cloud-based backup-as-a-service for Toyota Australia (TMCA) designed to give the motor company a whole new range of operational efficiencies and risk mitigation.

Adelaide-based global connected vehicle technology leader Cohda Wireless is poised to become a major beneficiary of a US Department of Transportation decision to green light ‘talking cars’ on American roads.