Yago Paramo

Automotive Entrepreneur

Month: February 2017

Auto dealers be aware of Ransomware

Image Credit NBC News, KACPER PEMPEL / Reuters Now that we are over the fact that US auto dealerships will pay a little bit more in 2017 for DMS (Dealer Management system) access due to security reasons you must make yourself familiar with Cryptolocker (ransomware) so you can ask the right questions when protecting your dealership files. I should add…

AD VS landing page, a failed relationship

I was recently reading automotive articles on Flipboard https://flipboard.com (iPhone version) and clicked in an Amazon ad (the screenshot is of the actual ad), rather than continuing with a browser open request it offered to open the Amazon app. I clicked open and the App Store opened form a brief second, then phone automatically refreshed as if it knew that…

Parking difficulty now on Google maps:

Google just announced https://blog.google/products/maps/know-you-go-parking-difficulty-google-maps/ that it will display parking difficulties on its next update. The system will only be available at this time in 25 metro areas in the US. Look at the P(arking) icon in the maps screen shot. It should be a dealer’s concern that if this expands into businesses the same way busy times show now on Google places…