TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Ford Launches Program For Mobile App Developers

By TechTaffy Desk

mustang[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Ford has launched an open mobile app developer program, enabling software developers to integrate their apps with its SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API).

App developers can register at http://developer.ford.com to download the AppLink SDK. Currently, the three main categories of AppLink-enabled apps include  News and Information, Music and Entertainment, Navigation and Location, for Android and iOS.

Once a developer has incorporated AppLink code into the app, it will be submitted for review by Ford engineers. Once approved, Ford will work with the developer to provide a distribution license.

SYNC was co-developed by Ford and Microsoft. Since debuting in 2007 on the Focus, Ford has added features to SYNC including AppLink, 911 Assist, Vehicle Health Report and SYNC Services, a cloud-based service network featuring traffic reports, and turn-by-turn directions, among other things.

Just in

Series A

Tembo raises $14M

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Tembo, a Postgres managed service provider, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round.
Around the web

Raspberry Pi is now a public company — TC

Raspberry Pi priced its IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning at £2.80 per share, valuing it at £542 million, or $690 million at today’s exchange rate, writes Romain Dillet. 
Fundings

AlphaSense raises $650M

AlphaSense, a market intelligence and search platform, has raised $650 million in funding, co-led by Viking Global Investors and BDT & MSD Partners.
Around the web

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI — VentureBeat

Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, writes Shubham Sharma. 
IT

Capgemini partners with DARPA to explore quantum computing for carbon capture

Capgemini Government Solutions has launched a new initiative with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate quantum computing's potential in carbon capture.