Industry News: Toyota Adopts Ford's SmartDeviceLink Software; Other Automakers, Suppliers Join to Accelerate Industry Standard

Some manufacturer collaboration news. Toyota Motor Corporation is adopting SmartDeviceLink, Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software. Aside from this major tie-up,  automotive suppliers QNX Software Systems and UIEvolution are also adopting the technology, with plans to integrate it into their products. 

Ford advises us how to beat stress with a car's features and technology

According to Ford, we Asians spend a lot of time in our cars. 1,000 hours in total yearly and some, like those in India spend at least 12 hours in their cars every week. That's a whole lot of time. On average, I think that the average Malaysian who lives and works in the Klang Valley spends as much time too due to traffic jams. In fact, as I write this, Subang Jaya is now suffering from flash floods due to the heavy rain.