According to a February report on The Capitol Forum, the FTC is considering bringing legal proceedings against CDK and Reynolds & Reynolds for anti-competitive conduct. The FTC issued CDK a Civil Investigative Demand in June 2017, and according to the report the investigation has since progressed. This excerpt on our podcast is from our February 7th airing of AutoConverse "On Air."

News last week that used car site Vroom is laying off 25%-50% of its staff nationwide as it halts Dallas and Indiana operations sparked a conversation during AutoConverse "On Air" last week with Host Ryan Gerardi and Guest Frank J Lopes. Do these moves signify that the market for consumers that don't want to "kick the tires" is not as large as venture capitalists like to think?

Extended interview with Trey Coutney, Mood Media Global Chief Product Officer discussing strategies dealers can implement to create a better customer experience inside the dealership through the use of sight, sound, scent, social, and mobile technologies.

Interview with 'Sh*t Sandwich" Author Steve Stauning about what is wrong with today's mainstream success model and how Millennials and everyone can benefit by eating a few sh*t sandwiches.

Enjoy this week's edition of AutoConverse "On Air" with Mat Koenig, Chris Speer, and Big Tom LaPointe. Mat and Chris are the purveyors of the Rockstar Auto Conference. Big Tom is a regular co-host of AutoConverse "On Air," a weekly broadcast we conduct on Facebook Live featuring various guests and covering a multitude of subjects.

Interview with Semcaasting CEO Ray Kingman about Acquisition of Transparency AI. The acquisition gives Semcasting more of a direct play in automotive, giving the firm a stronger presence with several of the online publishers such as CarGurus, Autotrader and Cars.com.

In this edition of the AutomoBuzz we recap yesterday's Valentine surprise that Cars.com is set to acquire Chicago-based automotive retail technology firm Dealer Inspire and its digital advertising agency Launch Digital Marketing (LDM). The acquisition, which is expected to close this month, is the first for Cars.com since it became a stand-alone company after completing its public spinoff from media giant Tegna last June and the first since its 2016 acquisition of DealerRater.

May 2017, Experian Automotive announced it would be acquiring the 12 year-old data analytics firm based in Newton, MA. The acquisition cements a relationship that began in 2014 when Experian Automotive’s Auto Market DNA℠ demographic and behavioral information’s was integrated with String’s business intelligence platform, the Dealer Positioning System (DPS).

This is the very first episode of the all-new Future of Mobility Podcast. At AutoConverse we explore at a macro level the most progressive ideas and technologies we can find, and practical contemporary tools and resources people need and use to get around, now and in the future. This is where you want to be to learn about all these amazing things going on in the world today that affect how we “get around.”