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Ford opens up an API for your car
- Breakthrough 14y agoWow, this is brilliant. It would be awesome if in a few years, there was a standardized way to have "car applications" for various purposes (i.e. fuel economy tracker, Grooveshark in the car, a media player, so on and so fourth... the possibilities are endless). I'm curious to see if any other auto manufacturers would be willing to implement this standard, but I'm pretty hopeful as this appears to use a standard OBD-II port. Ford has always been good in the technical areas (I recall they wanted to be one of the first automobile manufacturers to totally get rid of CD players, instead replacing them with USB ports), and seeing this makes me even more proud to own one :)
- saym 14y agoFord, thank you for taking steps towards the future. This move certainly puts your company on the right path. As the son of a mechanic and a proud Ford owner, I am excited to see what I can bring home and show off to my family.
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- doublerebel 14y agoAnother underappreciated tech start in hardware. Appcelerator just announced their partnership with Denso during Codestrong. The Lit Motors C-1 is said to come with app integration. I sincerely hope more OEMs follow this lead, and I hope to be working with them more myself shortly.