Google Maps Beams Driving Directions into Ford SYNC-Enabled Vehicles

Ford and Google have just made things a whole lot easier for the directionally-impaired with the "Send to SYNC" service--a feature that allows drivers to beam directions from Google Maps to Ford SYNC-enabled vehicles.

The service, set to launch later this month for 2010 and 2011 SYNC-equipped cars, allows users to send destinations from Google Maps to their vehicles using a "send" menu on the Maps site. Ford and Google use traffic information to calculate the optimal route in the cloud...