November 2, 2020

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BlackBerry Amazon team up on smart car software platform

BlackBerry Amazon team up on smart car software platform

BlackBerry and Amazon on Tuesday announced an alliance to create a cloud computing platform that cars could link to for services and insights based on data from vehicles and users..

Date: 2020-12-01

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