Saturday 9 April 2011

Microsoft, Toyota team up on digital auto network

Microsoft Corp and Toyota Motor Corp unveiled a plan on Wednesday to work together on bringing Internet-connected services to Toyota's cars across the world.wholesale car accessories The world's biggest software company and the biggest automaker said they were investing about $12 million (1 billion yen) in Toyota Media Service Co, a Toyota unit that handles its digital offerings for customers.
Toyota is planning to set up a network based on Microsoft's Azure "cloud computing" platform by 2015, which would allow customers across the world access to Toyota's digital services, such as GPS, multimedia, and managing power on electric and hybrid vehicles.Wholesale Battery

One of the services Toyota is planning will monitor and integrate a person's power usage across the home and car to maximize efficiency.Wholesale Computers
For example by automatically charging electric cars when power rates are lowest can help maximize power use efficiency.LASER POINTERS
The chief advantage for Toyota is that it will be able to offer Internet-delivered services to customers in all 170 countries it sells in, through the use of one Microsoft cloud platform, rather than having to set up networks and data centers in each country.wholesale ebook reader
Toyota President Akio Toyoda traveled to Microsoft's headquarters near Seattle to announce the partnership alongside Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.
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