Forza Horizon 2’s First Cars Revealed: 1973 Renault Alpine and 1945 Jeep Willys, Included
23 Jul 2014, 13:31 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Microsoft and Playground Games have unveiled a list of 100 cars of the just over 200 that will be featured in the upcoming racing video game. Among other gorgeous rides, a 1973 Renault Alpine A110 1...
Microsoft Challenges Apple CarPlay with "Windows in the Car"
7 Apr 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Quite a few car infotainment systems have been powered by Microsoft in recent years, including units made for BMW, Ford, Fiat, Kia and Nissan. But the software giant is stepping it up a notch with t...
Next-gen Ford Sync to Drop Microsoft, Use Blackberry QNX
23 Feb 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it Ford Motor Company won't base its next-generation Sync system on Microsoft's Windows, but turn to Blackberry's QNX, Automotive News reports. Quoting people familiar wit...
Ford CEO Alan Mulally Not Leaving for Microsoft
8 Jan 2014, 13:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford CEO Alan Mulally said he won’t be leaving the Detroit-based company to become CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, putting an end to recent rumors claiming the 68-year-old will replace Steve...
Ford Boss Alan Mulally to Become Microsoft CEO?
27 Sep 2013, 12:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford CEO Alan Mulally is the front-runner to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft, AllThingsD reports, quoting sources familiar with the matter. Credited with getting Ford back on track duri...
Ram 1500 to Gain Microsoft-Based Uconnect Infotainment
28 May 2013, 07:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After being fitted on the European-spec Fiat 500L, Chrysler’s Uconnect 5.0 infotainment software will become available in the lower-trim levels of the Ram 1500 pickup truck as well. Accordi...
BMW Is the World's Most Poweful Car Brand, Says Forbes
11 May 2013, 07:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Famous American business magazine Forbes says BMW is the most powerful automobile brand in the world. The German manufacturer ranks ninth in the "World's Most Powerful Brands" standin...
Nissan UK Goes Green with Nissan Leaf EV Purschase
1 May 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After careful deliberation of their options, the Nissan Leaf was chosen as the official green car by Microsoft UK, the first electric car o join its staff company car scheme. The Leaf will feel w...
Microsoft Creates New Real Halo Warthog on Hummer H1 Chassis
18 Jan 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Video games are big business, some of the earning more than Hollywood blockbusters in their opening weeks. Microsoft has struck gold with its Halo franchise of video games, which they might eventual...
Number of Sat-Nav Systems to Quadruple by 2019
13 Jul 2012, 13:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Sat-nav systems have been slowly gaining popularity in recent years, as the technology has become less cumbersome and less expensive, it is becoming more accessible to more people. According to a st...
Microsoft Magic Inside West Coast Customs Ford Mustang
23 Mar 2012, 13:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Microsoft has its software inside Toyotas, Fords, Chevys... you name it. But that wasn’t enough for them, because the company wanted to highlight its Windows phone, the Xbox and everything els...
Microsoft to Sponsor Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
29 Jun 2011, 06:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / With just a few days left until this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed kicks off, a new sponsor decided to use the event to promote its products: Microsoft. The company will use the Supercar R...
Toyota to Create Own Social Network
23 May 2011, 07:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The wonder called Facebook which has changed the world and aided an uprising or two has managed to become a gold mine for car producers. From about a year ago, when the power of the social network b...
Microsoft Partners With Volkswagen's Software Supplier
3 May 2011, 08:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new agreement between technology giant Microsoft and an automotive-related company was signed, one that is bound to offer Volkswagen Group's software supplier e.solutions access to Extended F...
Microsoft to Create New Telematics System for Toyota
7 Apr 2011, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Previewed on Wednesday by a short announcement made by Toyota, the birth of a new partnership between it and the biggest software companies in the world became a reality later in the day. The goal o...
Microsoft to Announce Partnership with Toyota
6 Apr 2011, 11:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A move of gargantuan proportions is in the making in the US and Japan this week, as two of the biggest companies in their respective field, Microsoft and Toyota, are about to announce a partnership ...
Hyundai-Kia And Microsoft to Enhance in-Car Infotainment
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group and the Redmond-based software giant Microsoft today announced a partnership with Korea's Institute for IT advancement for the development of new in-car systems suc...
Microsoft Windows Embedded Automotive 7 Gets Renesas Support
26 Oct 2010, 15:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The recently launched Windows Embedded Automotive 7 platform from Microsoft will use the R-Car ARM and SH-4A system-on-chip (SoC) series from Renesas Electronics, the company announced today. Using ...
Microsoft Launches Windows Embedded Automotive 7
20 Oct 2010, 12:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Microsoft had just announced availability of the Windows Embedded Automotive 7 to select automakers, a platform designed to support the development of new infotainment systems. Key features include ...
2010 SAE Convergence to Feature Ford and Microsoft
2 Sep 2010, 09:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s SAE International Convergence, to be held on October 19-20 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, will feature the Ford Motor Company and Microsoft as co-hosts of the event. The automotive...