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April 7, 2011 04:19 am GMT

Microsoft And Toyota Team Up To Create Next-Gen Telematics Platform

The battle for the in-dash system is just starting to heat up, as we leave the era of half-hearted in-house interfaces and enter a period where your car will be as powerful and accessible as your smartphone. Ford's been leading this charge with Sync, and Tesla has a new approach as well, and now Microsoft and Toyota are putting their heads together to make a new platform, and like everything else these days, it's in the cloud.The announcement is a bit short on details, but it's clear that this isn't just a new GPS system using Bing. Microsoft is hoping to position itself as the connective tissue between people and their cars.

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