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Bogdan Popa

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Personal motto:

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow" - Jeff Valdez, Stand-up Comedian.

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Bogdan keeps an eye on how technology is taking over the car world, and more often than not, you’ll see him writing about the whole thing with a typing speed that a traffic camera could easily issue a ticket for.

He typically carries both an iPhone and Android device because there’s no such thing as the perfect phone, and he drives a car that some say is blue, others say is green.

His guilty pleasure is finding bugs in Android Auto (cc @Google, you’d better keep an eye on his reports, as these could actually help you refine the experience behind the wheel), and he occasionally tries out all kinds of weird gadgets that many people didn’t even know they exist.

His daily tech arsenal also includes a smartwatch and earbuds because that’s how geeks rock, as well as a laptop that has nothing in common with fruit.

Bogdan’s long-term goals are buying an 18-wheeler because he needs more space in the trunk for his kid’s toys, as well as convincing Google and Apple that Android Auto and CarPlay deserve at least as much attention as the phones that these two companies build.

When he’s not writing about cars, Bogdan’s probably trying to fit a bike in the 375-liter trunk of his car or posting tech stuff for autoevolution’s sister site Softpedia.
Android Is the Core of an Electric Car So Smart It Blows Your Mind
Android Is the Core of an Electric Car So Smart It Blows Your Mind

18 Feb 2020, 18:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android is becoming a more common feature of new cars, and today Polestar announced that Google’s operating system would also serve as the core part of a super-advanced system powering the upcoming Polestar 2 electric car. Android will thu...

 
Ferrari Scuderia XX Ultraveloce Smartwatch vs. Apple Watch: Beauty and the Beast
Ferrari Scuderia XX Ultraveloce Smartwatch vs. Apple Watch: Beauty and the Beast

18 Feb 2020, 17:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Apple Watch is hands down the number one smartwatch in the world, and recent statistics show that the Cupertino-based tech giant managed to outsell not only all its tech rivals, but also the entire Swiss watch industry as a whole. More speci...

 
Who Would’ve Thought Using Google Maps for 5 Minutes Would Get Us a Free Hotdog?
Who Would’ve Thought Using Google Maps for 5 Minutes Would Get Us a Free Hotdog?

17 Feb 2020, 19:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps is currently the number one navigation app that drivers launch behind the wheel, and those living in Dubai can now use the time they spend running it on phones and car HUDs to pay for goods. As weird as that may sound, that’s e...

 
This Truck Accidentally Found the Easiest Way to Become a Google Maps Celebrity
This Truck Accidentally Found the Easiest Way to Become a Google Maps Celebrity

17 Feb 2020, 18:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google is putting a lot of effort into refreshing its Maps imagery as often as possible, so the number of Google Maps cars capturing street-level photography is growing regularly. And because the Mountain View-based search giant sends so many ca...

 
This Ferrari FXX-K Is Generation Z’s Own Batmobile
This Ferrari FXX-K Is Generation Z’s Own Batmobile

17 Feb 2020, 17:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While many have previously attempted to create their own custom versions of a Batmobile, few have actually managed to create concepts that are worth a look, especially when these are based on actual car models. This digital version of the Ferrar...

 
Apple CarPlay 101: Easy Hack to Start Playing Music When Connecting an iPhone
Apple CarPlay 101: Easy Hack to Start Playing Music When Connecting an iPhone

17 Feb 2020, 13:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The experience with Apple’s CarPlay was designed from the very beginning to be as straightforward as possible, so when you plug in an iPhone, the car automatically detects it and launches the dedicated UI on the HUD. The default view is ac...

 
This Ferrari 788 Concept Looks Like Every Boomer’s Facebook Profile Picture
This Ferrari 788 Concept Looks Like Every Boomer’s Facebook Profile Picture

16 Feb 2020, 16:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Boomers have their very own way of taking a selfie, and more often than not, these pictures end up being used as profile pictures for social networks like Facebook and Instagram. And because boomers aren’t really part of a selfie-snapping ...

 
Ken Miles' Ford GT40 Paintjob Recreated for 2017 Ford GT in Gaming Rendering
Ken Miles' Ford GT40 Paintjob Recreated for 2017 Ford GT in Gaming Rendering

16 Feb 2020, 14:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you liked Ford v Ferrari, there’s a good chance you like this gaming project as well, as it brings an already iconic design to a modern car that you can still get today. What you see here is the paintjob originally used on Ken Miles&rsq...

 
Aston Martin DBR9 Coming to Gran Turismo Is Like a Late Christmas Gift
Aston Martin DBR9 Coming to Gran Turismo Is Like a Late Christmas Gift

16 Feb 2020, 13:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Gran Turismo Sport will be getting a brand-new car, according to an official announcement this week, as the Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 will finally be added in a future update. The news, which was shared on the official Gran Turismo TV channel, doesn...

 
Watch a BMW M4 GT4 Being Chased Like an Impala by an AMG GT4 in Assetto Corsa
Watch a BMW M4 GT4 Being Chased Like an Impala by an AMG GT4 in Assetto Corsa

15 Feb 2020, 19:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you’ve never played Assetto Corsa, you really should because despite the fact that this game launched back in December 2014, it continues to be one of the best racing simulators ever. And living proof is none other than the video you se...

 
This Ferrari Testarossa Looks So Real You Can Almost Touch It
This Ferrari Testarossa Looks So Real You Can Almost Touch It

15 Feb 2020, 18:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you ever played Forza, you probably know that this game was so ahead of its time at the moment of launch, so the level of details for each car is impressive, to say the least. This is one of the reasons so many people keep playing it today, a...

 
This 2017 Martini Porsche 911 Is Your Dream Car But With Computer-Generated Rust
This 2017 Martini Porsche 911 Is Your Dream Car But With Computer-Generated Rust

15 Feb 2020, 14:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While most of us love the shiny look of a new car, others believe that the older it is, the more special it gets, and for this people, a little bit of rust here and there isn’t the end of the world. But at the same time, there are cases wh...

 
Lexus LFA Supercar Looks Like a Perfect Getaway Car in This Insane Gaming Video
Lexus LFA Supercar Looks Like a Perfect Getaway Car in This Insane Gaming Video

15 Feb 2020, 12:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We’ve said it before and we’re going to say it again: the Lexus LFA is a monster, so it’s really not a surprise that so many people drool over it every time one of the 500 units ever manufactured shows up. It goes without sayin...

 
Apple CarPlay Quietly Updated with a Feature You May Not Even Notice
Apple CarPlay Quietly Updated with a Feature You May Not Even Notice

15 Feb 2020, 09:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Apple releases further refinements for CarPlay every once in a while without any official announcements, and by the looks of things, such an update was quietly shipped sometimes this month. As many CarPlay users probably noticed, iOS 13 introduc...

 
This “Recreated” Dodge Dart Looks Almost Too Good to Be True
This “Recreated” Dodge Dart Looks Almost Too Good to Be True

14 Feb 2020, 18:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We live in a technological age, so if you’re trying to bring an old car back to life, maybe the easiest way to do it is to create a digital version that you can customize just the way you like it. This Dodge Dart drag car is the best examp...

 
Lexus LFA Looks Like a Missile in This Gaming Rendering
Lexus LFA Looks Like a Missile in This Gaming Rendering

14 Feb 2020, 18:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Lexus has finally returned to Forza Horizon 4 thanks to the Series 19 update after someone at Playground Games had the brilliant idea of bringing us the Lexus LFA. The 2010 LFA is now available in Forza by completing 50 percent of the Summer Fes...

 
This Is the Ford Focus RS PO So Many People Are Drooling Over
This Is the Ford Focus RS PO So Many People Are Drooling Over

14 Feb 2020, 17:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Valentine’s Day brought Forza players an unexpected surprise, as Playground Games decided to launch a new Forzathon sale that includes several models including… the Ford Focus RS PO Edition. As one of the most popular PO models, the...

 
Android Auto Now Supports These 70 New Cars, Including 3 Ferrari Models
Android Auto Now Supports These 70 New Cars, Including 3 Ferrari Models

14 Feb 2020, 17:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has just added over 70 new car models to the list of vehicles officially supported by Android Auto, including three different 2019 Ferraris. The search giant adds more cars and brands to this list every once in a while, as manufacturers e...

 
This Ferrari 599XX Evoluzione Parked on Top of a Pillar in Forza Looks Sexy
This Ferrari 599XX Evoluzione Parked on Top of a Pillar in Forza Looks Sexy

13 Feb 2020, 18:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While the glitches that we come across in software and games are annoying, to say the least, not the same thing can be said about the ones that we occasionally discover in Forza. If you ever wonder what can go wrong when attempting a stunt in Fo...

 
Add Wireless CarPlay to Your Old Mercedes with This Cheap Aftermarket Kit
Add Wireless CarPlay to Your Old Mercedes with This Cheap Aftermarket Kit

13 Feb 2020, 17:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There are a lot of aftermarket kits out there that let you add wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to an older Mercedes model, but if you want something that doesn’t cost a fortune, this unit might be worth a look. This particular syst...

 

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