Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, and arrives at the end of a year that saw voice AI integrated into more and more...
TomTom, a Dutch navigation and mapping company, has sold its telematics unit to Bridgestone Europe for €910 million ($1,033 billion). Telematics is a service that helps companies manage fleets in real time, and lets them know the location of each vehicle along with a look...
Microsoft and Baidu announced plans Tuesday (July 18) to partner to drive adoption of self-driving cars around the globe. In a press release the companies said that as part of the Apollo alliance, Microsoft will provide global scale for the Apollo alliance outside of China...
Once known for GPS devices, TomTom is looking to embrace the driverless-vehicle trend, full speed ahead. Navigation system company TomTom, which is based in Amsterdam, has steered to an acquisition of Berlin-based, self-driving startup Autonomos. While the numbers spent on the purchase of the company...
December 19, 2023
Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, and arrives at the end of a year that saw voice AI integrated into more and more applications. “Drivers can converse naturally with their vehicle and ask […]
January 22, 2019
TomTom, a Dutch navigation and mapping company, has sold its telematics unit to Bridgestone Europe for €910 million ($1,033 billion). Telematics is a service that helps companies manage fleets in...
July 19, 2017
Microsoft and Baidu announced plans Tuesday (July 18) to partner to drive adoption of self-driving cars around the globe. In a press release the companies said that as part of...
January 18, 2017
Once known for GPS devices, TomTom is looking to embrace the driverless-vehicle trend, full speed ahead. Navigation system company TomTom, which is based in Amsterdam, has steered to an acquisition...
