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Edmunds.com Buys Hackathon Winner CarCodeSMS

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Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com said Tuesday that it has acquired CarCodeSMS , a developer of mobile service to allow car shoppers to engage in one-on-one text messaging with dealers. CarCodeSMS had won won Edmunds'' second annual Hackomotive challenge last February. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Hack This: How Edmunds.com's Hackathons Are Inspiring Outside Innovation

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Are developers willing to invest their time and energy in building solutions around your products, company, or organization? They had to apply to become part of the process, but then, they came into the building, rolled up their sleeves, and got involved during a three day period to develop their idea. It was a great event.

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Gina Callari Of RelayCars: Using VR And AR In Automotive Sales

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For today's interview, we talked with Gina Callari , the COO of RelayCars (www.relaycars.com), a unit of a larger company called EVOX Images, which has developed virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software which lets consumers view and experience automobiles using things like Magic Leap and even just smartphone.

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