Ford contributes AppLink to the GENIVI Alliance

Ford Motor Company will contribute the software for AppLink™, the Ford-developed in-car smartphone app interface, to the GENIVI Alliance. It is the first U.S. automaker to contribute proprietary source code from one of its products to an open-source project. The AppLink software enables apps from connected smartphones to be controlled using the vehicle interface, including available voice recognition and audio buttons.  Read more...

Telematics: app opportunity – Part II

 

 

 

In the second of a two-part series, Telematics Update’s Jan Stojaspal explores how the telematics value chain is trying to monetize the connected car:  Read more...

Ford to showcase Roximity app at 2012 CES

The Roximity smartphone app, winner of the Ford SYNC App Developer Challenge, will be one of five apps showcased in Ford’s exhibit at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).  Read more...