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New Tech Powers Car Buying As People Want Safety Most

Cool emerging technology options are increasingly driving new-car buying, and it turns out that people are more interested in active safety features like collision protection than connected-car communications features. For the latter, though, drivers clearly side with whatever their preferred mobile phone operating system is: Apple (AAPL) iPhone users would go for the Apple CarPlay telematics standard on their infotainment head unit and Google

Apple Watch called ‘silver bullet’ for wearables

With the Apple Watch set to begin sales on Friday, FBR Capital Markets sees buyer interest picking up for the new smartwatch. FBR analyst Daniel Ives on Wednesday raised his forecast for Apple (AAPL) Watch shipments this calendar year to 20 million from 17 million. “We are seeing evidence of stronger than expected demand for the highly anticipated watch based on our analysis/initial attach rates, as the company tries to keep up with the healthy appetite for its new device category from Apple devotees,” Ives said. “Although it remains in the very early innings for the watch, the longer-term consumer adoption curve for the Apple Watch remains a major ‘hot button’ question among tech investors as broad customer feedback is yet to be seen.” Ives estimates sales of over 2 million units during the two-week pre-order phase of the Apple Watch introduction. “We continue to view the launch of the…

Travel apps leading Apple Watch software

Travel apps will be the biggest category of software for Apple’s (AAPL) new smartwatch at launch, a new report says. Strategy Analytics says travel and local apps will account for 15% of Apple Watch apps when the device goes on sale Friday. That’s a big change from smartphones, where travel apps make up just 3% of apps, the research firm says. These include apps for hotels, airlines and online travel agents. News and entertainment apps will be the