Ford is replacing the much-reviled MyFord Touch with a new infotainment system based on Sync AppLink, its more successful in-dash connected car platform. The new system will be called Sync 3,… Read more »
Slacker Radio was born in a dedicated portable music player, and it found its eventual home in the smartphone. But Slacker’s new CEO anticipates the streaming app will one day relocate… Read more »
Gracenote has big ambitions in the car. It wants to use its audio-fingerprinting technology to become a kind of meta-car radio, that can negotiate between all of the music sources in… Read more »
It will be a long time before every car dashboard has its own internet connection, but at the rate Pandora is going it will probably be capable of streaming music to… Read more »
If you bought a new 2015 Chevy, you’ve probably noticed it didn’t come with any of the streaming and infotainment apps GM promised. The reason? GM has decided to leave that… Read more »
There’s no American family name more associated with the automobile than Ford. In a wide-ranging interview, Bill Ford — Henry’s great-grandson and executive chairman of Ford Motor Company — says car… Read more »
Livio has developed in-car connectivity technology remarkably similar to Ford’s Sync AppLink system. Ford says that’s no coincidence. It plans to use Livio’s software to further its plans to build a… Read more »
Today GM’s connected cars don’t connect much. But this fall, we could be in for a surprise. It’s completely overhauling its telematics and infotainment systems and is promising a plethora of… Read more »
At Mobile World Congress, Spotify debuted in its first cars appearing in Ford’s already music-loaded Sync AppLink platform. Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas also told us that its graduate its first apps… Read more »
Gracenote is hacking the Ford Focus to tap into vehicle performance data, which it then feeds into the car’s infotainment system. The result: a car that plays different songs depending on… Read more »