BlackBerry Leads in Connected-Cars Market Google Covets
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BlackBerry Ltd.’s share of the global smartphone market has tumbled below 1 percent, crushed by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. The Canadian company says it’s determined to keep its lead in the race for the connected car.
BlackBerry’s QNX operating system, used to power its BlackBerry 10 phones, has become the technology of choice for mapping, communication and entertainment systems in cars from Ford Motor Co. to luxury German brands Porsche and BMW.