Amazon Alexa in-car voice service now available in the Uconnect services for new Jeep Compass

The new Jeep® Compass now also offers Amazon‘s Alexa Voice Service on-board. A feature added to Uconnect Services suite of connected services enabled by Ubigi, Transatel‘s cellular connectivity solution for connected cars.

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Start-up support and plenty of new partner moves aim to make IoT work

In his latest ecosystem column, Antony Savvas charts a blockbuster first couple months of the year, involving both new companies and well-established ones.

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Blockchain-based distribution platform ALAX to allow app and game developers to reach tens of millions of ‘unbanked’ consumers

ALAX, a new venture between blockchain technology company DECENT and games distribution platform Dragonfly, has released a white paper outlining further details of its token structure and confirming that it’s TGE will commence on April 17th 2018.

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Connected car services vendor Bright Box expands into Europe

Bright Box, a vendor of connected vehicle services, is expanding into Europe. The company recently established an office in Budapest, Hungary.

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Can car makers resist Apple and Google’s bid to take the wheel and the centre console?

Executives from some car makers including BMW and Ford have no intention of allowing their vehicles to become Apple or Google’s latest device, and plan to keep ownership of their centre consoles.

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