Friday, January 8, 2010

Tweeting from behind the wheel expected in a year


John D. Sutter, CNN January 7, 2010    Ford says new technology will include Twitter feeds read to drivers. It also has a partnership with Pandora, Stitcher. Company says they are just taking what people already do "and make them safer" 

 The debate over distracted drivers ramped up a notch on Thursday as Ford Motor Co. announced technology to let computers read their Twitter feeds to them while behind the wheel.

The company has not formally announced technology to let drivers post tweets verbally from behind the wheel, but such an announcement likely will come in the next 12 to 18 months,
 
Continue reading here http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/ford.twitter/index.html