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Chrysler to offer in-car Internet connectivity, other tech 'firsts' in '09 models

Chrysler is hoping that a technology offensive will lure customers back to its brand with the unveiling of a number of connectivity and safety features that it claims are industry firsts. Most notably, the company yesterday unveiled details of an in-vehicle wireless system, which will combine Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity to turn its vehicles into mobile hotspots. According to the company, the new wireless technology will be available in future model-year vehicles and as an aftermarket option through Mopar, Chrysler's service arm, by the end of this year.

Other technologies announced by Chrysler for its 2009 models include:

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EPISODE 49

Caroline McCarthy joins us to summarily rick roll the living crap out of us. We talk ghosts and social networks, SXSW, Major League Baseball 2K8. And we even get a little personal...What? Caroline McCarthy + Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales? What? We didn't say that...see the question marks?

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Cross-blogging link: Ace Reporter Caroline McCarthy's cool, hip, in-the-know, up-to-date, above-average, exceptional, adept, and witty blog, the Social.

GenieTown helps you find a fixer

GenieTown, a new services matchmaking service, launched yesterday. It helps you find service people. CEO Hassan Chafi told me that he built the company because, "acquiring services is harder than acquiring products."

There are dozens of services directories and finders, so I was curious to understand how GenieTown will differentiate. Chafi told me that he wants his site to go after the "long tail" of service providers, the same way eBay went after the odds and ends people have in their attics. To be more precise, he hopes that GenieTown will be where the part-time, semi-pro … Read more