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Bosch SoftTech, deCarta, Priori Data and TomTom Join the Auto App Challenge

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The Auto App Challenge, a competition born to foster innovation in the connected car industry is welcoming TomTom, Bosch SoftTech, deCarta and Priori Data as partners

Brussels (PRUnderground) November 13th, 2014

The Auto App Challenge, a competition born to foster innovation in the connected car industry is welcoming TomTom, Bosch, deCarta and Priori Data as partners and prize contributors.

Now in its second year, the Auto App Challenge was created to offer an international stage to developers willing to showcase their innovations in the field of in-car infotainment and connected services.

The Auto App Challenge is opened to all developers whose companies are not older than four years and whose products and services are not yet commercially available from a car manufacturer. Made of a two pages application and a video the submission process is very simple and lightweight. The submission period will end up on December 11th, 2014.

https://www.autoappchallenge.com

Supporting quotes from partners:

Priori Data
“At Priori Data, we see automotive as one of the most exciting and innovative verticals in the app economy. The Auto App Challenge is great facilitator of promoting new companies and ideas in this space, and we proudly partner around that initiative,“ stated Patrick Kane, CEO at Priori Data.
https://www.prioridata.com

TomTom
“We are looking forward to the creativity of the App developers in this challenge with respect to the connected car. Using TomTom Telematics’ platform, open APIs and SDKs, developers can focus on creating innovative applications utilizing vehicle performance and driving parameters,” said Thomas Becher, VP Business Development at TomTom Telematics.
https://www.tomtom.com

deCarta
“deCarta has been a key enabler of geo-spatial platform technology for almost 20 years. We helped enable vibrant app developer ecosystems in the 2000’s in Carrier based app ecosystems and now in the 2010’s with Smartphone based app ecosystems. This is why we are pleased to be participate in the Auto App Challenge because we believe that the nurturing of a vibrant developer community is crucial to the adoption of the next generation of Connected Automobiles,“ stated Michael Cottle, Vice President, Worldwide Sales at deCarta
https://www.decarta.com

Bosch SoftTec
“mySPIN is the new and secure link between the two (electronic) companions -car and smartphone- and it has much more potential than what has been tapped so far. There are plenty of more ideas out there – and Bosch SoftTec does not claim to have the best in-house, and we know that there are many people out there with brilliant ways to add value to the concept of “your smartphone connected to your car – to any car,“ explained Kay Herget, Global Head of Marketing and Product Management at Bosch SoftTech.
https://www.bosch-softtec.com

Learn more: https://www.autoappchallenge.com

A picture illustrating the Challenge is available here:
https://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/docs/auto_app_challenge_in_car_large_final.jpg

About Auto App Challenge

The Auto App challenge is a start-up competition organized by GPS Business News to promote innovation and excellence in mobile services dedicated to the driver. The three finalists of the Auto App Challenge will be invited to ConnecteDriver, a conference taking place in Brussels on January 28-29, 2015 and gathering professional stakeholders in the connected car industry. They will present their services and the conference attendees will select the winner that will be offered prizes from partners: Bosch, TomTom, Priori Data, deCarta and GPS Business News.

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