MIT and Stanford will teach Ford’s automated cars how to dodge obstacles.

 

Google, Apple and Microsoft race to bring software to cars | Technology | theguardian.com.

 

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/disabling-a-cars-brakes-and-speed-by-hacking-its-computers-a-new-how-to/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57592188-94/app-store-in-the-drivers-seat-here-comes-your-next-car/

What would be the incentive for car makers to cooperate with each other? The value of the connected car is not so much the data downstream to the customer but the upstream data back to the maker’s commercial universe.

The Future of Internet & Cars | VentureFizz.

Agree that infotainment is just the tip – and, like the tip of iceberg, the most visible and obvious part at the moment.  But I don’t think cars will be less differentiated though – the cost will still be such that the brand, the style, the individuality you give your vehicle may yet say something about you and remain the focus of attention and anxiety in the same way that your home does.