Ford Sync

Recently, Ford and Microsoft made an announcement about teaming up to help people who charge their vehicles, allowing them to do so when it has the least impact on the grid, and hopefully at a time that saves each user money. Hohm is a Microsoft sponsored program that lets people identify…

There’s a great preview of the new 2012 Ford Focus over at Crave, which features Ford’s SYNC infotainment system, powered by Windows Embedded Auto. If you’re not aware of Ford SYNC, it’s Ford’s next generation in car entertainment and communication system, which includes in car 3G Wi-Fi (via USB…

At CES, Ford CEO Alan Mulally unveiled a new version of the SYNC technology. Although SYNC has been around for awhile, the newly upgraded version now includes features like personalized news, traffic reports, and turn-by-turn directions that use the vehicle’s audio and radio system. SYNC also works…

Microsoft Hohm, the energy monitoring and management software, will soon be integrated into Ford vehicles, starting with the Ford Focus Electric. In the coming years, it will be made available on the company’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), too. …

Ford SYNC, the in-car voice activation technology created by Microsoft is getting a big update – it now understands more than 10,000 voice commands. That’s up from 100 in the first generation of the product. 10,000, wow! According to the news release, you can now tell the car anything from “Call…

Ford SYNC, an in-car communications and entertainment technology developed by Microsoft and Ford based on the Microsoft Auto platform, is currently available in a number of Ford vehicles including the Focus, Edge, Explorer, Taurus, and others, including a few from Mercury and Lincoln. However, 2011…

This was by far the best part of the Bill Gates keynote for me and probably the highlight of the show overall. Microsoft Auto showed of 2 new great technologies to make all of our driving experiences more pleasant with a focus on the Sync My Ride technology. I can't wait to get this…

Sure we're all very excited for the consumer launch of Windows Vista. Whether you love or hate the next version of the OS, we think you'll agree it'll be nice to stop hearing, "it's coming!" Some interesting stories are starting to push through about what's around the next corner.Two…

Ford and Microsoft had a recent announcement where we're teaming up to help people who charge their vehicles to do it when it has the least impact on the grid, and hopefully at a time that saves the user money. Hohm is a Microsoft sponsored program to let people identify where their power is…