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A New Social Network Exclusive to Toyota Owners

There's Twitter. There's Facebook....LinkedIn... Athlinks?. Buzznet...And now, with the help of Microsoft, Toyota is setting up their own social networking site. Drivers can interact with their car as they would on... say... Facebook or Twitter. Also helping launch the new social networking site coined "Toyota Friend" is San Francisco-based Salesforce.com.

"Toyota Friend" was recently demonstrated in a Tokyo showroom. An owner of a plug-in Prius received a message from his hybrid, named "Pre-boy", advising him to charge his car overnight. After plugging in, the "Pre-boy" responded, "The charge will be complete by 2:15 a…

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