Facebook will be among the Internet services that can be accessed in new car models from Mercedes Benz. Facebook access is just one of the new features in the second generation telematics system, called “Mbrace2,” which will begin appearing in new Mercedes models this spring. Introduced at CES 2012 in Las Vegas Tuesday, Mbrace2 will connect to the Internet through any 3G network and runs apps tailored for it by the car maker. In addition to a Mercedes flavor of Facebook, Mbrace2 offers access to Google and Yelp, as well as the viewing of information like stock prices and news.
Another 'blinders on', headlong plunge into the technology enabled world of unintended consequences.
I really don't want to share the road with drivers busy with Facebook, Yelp, Twitter, etc., etc.
In a perfect world, no 'connected' device beyond 911 access would be enabled any time the vehicle was in motion and no entertainment device would be allowed to be audible or visible to the driver.
The fact that my neighbor's teenage daughter was killed by a driver who was 'just tuning her radio for a few seconds' undoubtedly influences my opinion.
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Facebook Riding Shotgun in New Mercedes Models
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 11, 2012 08:23 AMFacebook will be among the Internet services that can be accessed in new car models from Mercedes Benz. Facebook access is just one of the new features in the second generation telematics system, called “Mbrace2,” which will begin appearing in new Mercedes models this spring. Introduced at CES 2012 in Las Vegas Tuesday, Mbrace2 will connect to the Internet through any 3G network and runs apps tailored for it by the car maker. In addition to a Mercedes flavor of Facebook, Mbrace2 offers access to Google and Yelp, as well as the viewing of information like stock prices and news.
I really don't want to share the road with drivers busy with Facebook, Yelp, Twitter, etc., etc.
In a perfect world, no 'connected' device beyond 911 access would be enabled any time the vehicle was in motion and no entertainment device would be allowed to be audible or visible to the driver.
The fact that my neighbor's teenage daughter was killed by a driver who was 'just tuning her radio for a few seconds' undoubtedly influences my opinion.