About Electronics & Gadgets: Details on Apple CarPlay

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Apple has finally revealed the details of its new CarPlay system that brings iOS (and most of your media assets) into the car. CarPlay, which uses touchscreen, tactile control, and steering wheel inputs, will be available on select models beginning this year. Read on for more. Also this week, Apple iWatch rumors, a speaker-cable test, and much more. The Full Run-Down on Apple CarPlay Last year Apple first introduced the concept of its iOS mobile operating system and iPhone connectivity as "iOS in the Car." That prototype has been refined and reborn as a production-ready system dubbed CarPlay. For the many iPhone users, this connection promises to be the holy grail of car connectivity, as well as a great way to leverage their investment of time and money in learning, using, and buying media for the Apple iOS environment ...Read more Search Related Topics:  apple  iphone  carplay Hottest Apple iWatch Rumors Apple's next big product, if the rumors can be believed, is the iWatch (for lack of a better name; that may or may not be the name the product launches with). Depending on what you believe, this device may be poised to transform how we interact with mobile devices and mobile data, or it may be simply another gimmicky piece of wearable tech ...Read more Search Related Topics:  iwatch  ios 8  healthbook How to Find and Read Hidden Information in Digital Photos With a digital photo, all of the data about the settings used to create the photo is stored as part of the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data, which is saved along with the image data as part of the photo file. EXIF data includes the model of camera used, the shutter speed, the aperture, the ISO speed, the focal length, the white balance setting, GPS if available, time and date of the shot, among other items....Read more Search Related Topics:  advanced camera modes  digital camera technologies  Do Speaker Cables Make a Difference? In tests, stereo expert Brent Butterworth measured the effects of different high-end cables in 10- to 12-foot lengths and compared them to the measurement with generic 12-gauge speaker cable. Because the measurements were in most cases so similar, he presents them three at a time, with two high-end cables vs. the generic cable ...Read more Search Related Topics:  speaker cables  audiophile  high-end audio Related Searches Apple Cases Mobile Electronics Apple Gadgets Apple IOS MP3 Apple Featured Articles All About the New Apple iOS 7.1 Review: Rapoo E6300 Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Canon's New Photo Printer Use Web Browser to Listen to Spotify South Park: The Stick of Truth Review (X360) Best Games of the Start of the PS4 Generation   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement