Featuring Facebook CTO Bret Taylor, Mobile World Live Extra is a special session heading up the Mobile Application stream. This session will be broadcast on Mobile World Live TV and on www.mobileworldlive.com.  Bret will discuss how Facebook is working to enhance the distribution and discovery of applications across mobile platforms.

The GSMA Mobile World Congress and Mobile World Live are proud to host the Ford Motor Company’s executive chairman Bill Ford Jr. in the first of the 2012 Mobile World Live keynotes. During 2011, Ford unveiled a number of prototype and concept technologies that demonstrated the company is already on the path to achieving its vision of the connected future.

Bill Ford’s presence at the 2012 Mobile World Congress will mark the first time Ford executive chairman has delivered a keynote technology speech in Europe. Join this special session to discover how Ford is working towards improving the motoring experience through technology innovation and ubiquitous connectivity and share in Bill Ford’s vision of the connected future.

In 2010′s inaugural Mobile World Live Keynote, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt famously proclaimed Google’s new strategy of putting “Mobile First!”

The following year saw Eric Schmidt return to give an update on the meteoric rise of Android and emphasised the importance of LTE and cloud computing to the future of new mobile services and innovative technologies.

Make sure to once again join Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt for what promises to be another excellent and thought-leading contribution to the Mobile World Live keynote programme.

When Ericsson President and CEO Hans Vestberg predicted in 2010 that the number of internet connected devices would reach into the tens of billions, the claim was met with a degree of scepticism. As more and more vertical sectors begin to realise the incredible value embedded mobile technology can bring to their business and operating models however, the mobile industry appears ever closer to realising this incredible potential.

How will these billions of connected devices impact our broadband networks, both fixed and wireless, and what investments in ICT infrastructure will be required to insure a smooth transition to the connected economy? How will all of these new devices affect our everyday lives and how will people be able to interact with the “internet of things”? What new platforms and services will these devices enable?

In the final Mobile World Live keynote of the 2012 event, Hans Vestberg will provide a tantalising glimpse into the future of the mobile industry.

The sleek Model X is projected to have a range of 220 to 270 miles when fully charged and is expected to make its debut on the showroom floor sometime in 2014. Though no official price tag has been set, it will likely range from $60,000 to $80,000, and will definitely have a place for your Starbucks cup. If price is of no consequence and you’re worried about peak oil, Tesla is currently taking reservations. Just put some money aside for that first electricity bill.

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Although Panasonic is still in the process of prototyping the WiGig-enabled SD card, the company demonstrated how it will be possible to transmit videos, photos and other local data from a wireless controller such as a tablet, to the displays mounted in the passenger seats of a car. At gigabit speeds, it will be possible to wirelessly transfer a full DVD video in one minute.

The tablet can also connect with the car’s computer, so the user can easily see relevant information such as battery capacity and tire pressure.

Panasonic’s WiGig implementation uses the 60GHz spectrum to transmit data at gigabit speed, but it is limited to a range of 1-3 meters. Due to this limited range, it will not take over from the current Wifi standard, but Panasonic is coming up with a range of situations where it can be used effectively.

Panasonic also plans to design a directional antenna, which will allow radio waves to be transmitted from the SD card slot, to effectively transmit data wirelessly. It is aiming for the commercialization of WiGig SD cards for in-vehicle use in summer 2013.

(Source: Dig Info)

Utilizing a combination of cameras and radar-based sensors, the vehicles in the platoon can travel up to 55 miles per hour while maintaining a 20-foot gap between each other. An electronics-packed truck takes the lead and handles driving for all the vehicles in the group, meaning there’s still at least one driver in control.

By the end of this year, the SARTRE team hopes to have up to six vehicles rolling in line, with the potential to reduce fuel consumption, congestion and – naturally – driver error in the future. So when’s it coming to market? That’s up to automakers, governments and the rest of us to decide, so we’re still quite a ways out.Make the jump for more details and to see the system in action.

(source Autoblog)

Remember you can take over manual anytime you want. This hints at the movie I-Robot with Will Smith.

• Sunday, Feb. 13, noon EST: Samsung Unpacked; Sony Ericsson
• Monday., Feb. 14, 4 a.m. EST: LG press event (other non-Android events include Microsoft keynote with Steve Ballmer; Twitter keynote)
• Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2:30 a.m. EST: HTC press event; 10:30 a.m. EST: Eric Schmidt keynote
• Feb 26th – something happens…..

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