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Elon Musk’s Starlink was Ukraine’s most downloaded app last Sunday

Teslarati

This past Sunday, the Starlink mobile app, which allows users to connect to Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, became the most downloaded application from the Apple App Store in Ukraine. Mariupol, which has experienced heavy attacks, was reportedly without internet connectivity for a week as of March 9, 2022.

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Hyundai, Kia join China’s Baidu to develop connected cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well. The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well, they added.

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Starlink broke top 100 most downloaded iPhone apps on Wednesday

Teslarati

On Wednesday, the Starlink app was the 54th most downloaded iPhone app for users in the U.S. The Starlink app, which is free to download, helps customers set up and use the hardware to receive internet service. It also monitors the connection and the speed. Its largest markets by installs are the U.S. Teslarati is now on TikTok.

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Semiconductor company Mindgrove launches India’s first commercial MCU chip – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The chip is designed to provide programmability, flexibility, security and superior computing power for controlling applications on a wide range of connected smart devices, it said. The company said it is the only Indian chip that is commercially available in this segment.

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Rising disposable income giving a thrust to connected cars in India – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Car variants that are connected feature-rich contribute as much as 45% of sales of a particular model, according to industry estimates. Connected cars are becoming the mainstream choice for many new car buyers in India fuelled by rising disposable incomes and an influx of new models. They are aware, tech-savvy and aspirational.

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Volvo Cars’ connected safety technology can alert drivers of accidents ahead – ET Auto

Baua Electric

With our new Accident Ahead Alert, we introduce another pioneering connected safety feature in Volvo cars : for the first time, cars can alert drivers of accidents ahead directly using real-time data from a traffic management centre. As you calmly decelerate and come around the next curve, you see a crashed car in your lane.

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Qualcomm announces Gigabit-class LTE for next-gen connected vehicles; Snapdragon X16 LTE Modem

Green Car Congress

has introduced a new variant of its connected car reference platform using the flagship Gigabit Class Qualcomm Snapdragon X16 LTE modem to help car manufacturers deliver the high-speed, high-quality and reliable connectivity required for advanced telematics and connected vehicle services—supporting peak download speeds up to 1 Gbps.

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