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Microsoft wants to become key player in auto software

May 9, 2013 06:01 CET
Having reshaped a big piece of the world's economy around its Windows software, Microsoft now wants to do the same thing in the car business. What the Seattle giant sees there says as much about the future of cars as it does about itself.... Read More »

 

Microsoft wants to become key player in auto software

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Having reshaped a big piece of the world's economy around its Windows software, Microsoft Corp. now wants to do the same thing in the car business. What the Seattle giant sees there says as much about the future of cars as it does about itself.... Read More »

 

How cars will get more helpful

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Technologies already exist that will allow cars of the future to perform new tricks to wow consumers. The first challenge, according to auto technology companies such as Microsoft Corp. is to refine their execution... Read More »

 

Dominion expands Microsoft ties

4:31 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
Dominion Dealer Solutions is expanding its Microsoft ties to entice auto dealers to switch to Dominion's new dealer management system. Dominion, which teamed with Microsoft to launch the industry's first major new DMS offering in years, intends to sell various Microsoft software and services as it calls on dealers, Dominion is expected to announce Saturday.... Read More »

 

Dealers get new management system option

3:00 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 2, 2012
Dominion Dealer Solutions, a major dealership software company, is launching a dealership management system to challenge heavyweights ADP Dealer Services and Reynolds and Reynolds. The product, built on Microsoft's newest business and accounting platform, is the first significant new DMS offering in more than a decade.... Read More »

 

Ford aims to turn Detroit into auto industry’s Silicon Valley

12:26 pm U.S. ET | May 31, 2012
Ford Motor is working to transform Detroit into a Silicon Valley for the auto industry, Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said today. The automaker announced two initiatives today to increase entrepreneurship.... Read More »