Apps
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The mobile app Trapster, which lets users mark and share the locations of speed traps to avoid tickets, announced today that its 10 million user accounts may have been exposed by an attack by hackers. Trapster isn't sure if the accounts were compromised, but is advising users change their passwords as a protective measure. A compromised Trapster account might not seem like a big deal if you're good about keeping your usernames and passwords separate for important accounts like online banking, email, and shopping. But if you've gotten a bit sloppy, you might want to change all of your...
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Smartphones Are Taking Over Your Car -- And The Planet
Over 3 million of today's smartphone users use telematics apps -- apps ranging from navigational services like Waze to streaming music players like the now-ubiquitous Pandora. That figure is expected to rise dramatically over the next five years; in fact, ABI Research estimates that by 2016, it...
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CES 2011: Ford Launches MyFord Mobile App For Focus Electric
The Volt has its app, the Prius has one too. Now the Ford Focus Electric has joined the party with the MyFord Mobile app. Offering smartphone users the ability to monitor and control their vehicle remotely, the app also packs EV-specific features. Like what, you ask? Like "value charging," which...
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MINI Enlists Pandora To Develop New Apps For MINI Connected
If the words MINI Connected sound alien to you, you’re probably not a heavy smartphone user… or a MINI fan. MINI Connected is MINI's latest smartphone-controlling, Internet-enabled connectivity system, paralleling parent BMW's system of the same name. This week MINI has announced that...
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CES 2011: MINI Connected Gets First App: Pandora
MINI's Connected system, borrowed and reworked from corporate parent BMW, and its Pandora and Twitter app capabilities, were announced back in August, but today at the 2011 CES, we've learned a few more details. Unfortunately, what we learned is that it's a slower process than you might expect...
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2012 Ford Mustang Gets SYNC AppLink Voice Control For Mobile Apps
Smartphone junkies now have another reason to look up the new 2012 Ford Mustang as the car is next in line to receive the latest SYNC AppLink system, which allows voice and button control of smartphones with apps like Pandora and Stitcher. Already announced for the Fiesta, in an interesting move...
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Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, apps in the car? That's the formula for Toyota's new Entune multimedia/app system, announced today at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. From iheartradio's 750 local radio stations to movie tickets, real-time traffic, and more, the Entune system delivers mobile connectivity to Toyota vehicles. The system also relies on a conversational voice recognition system to help reduce the distraction all this functionality produces. Two of the best additions, in our eyes, are Bing for Mobile and Bing Maps. With Bing for Mobile, drivers can search and...
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Ford's SYNC Goes Nostradamus, Predicts Best Departure Times
Using navigation just to get to your destination is so 2009. Now your car can tell you when you should leave your origin point to cut transit time as short as possible. You'll need a SYNC-equipped and Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI)-capable Ford car, though. The new features, announced...
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Martha Stewart Designs Her Dream 2011 BMW X3
Updated: The video segment from The Martha Stewart Show showing the new BMW X3 has been added to the story. Original: Last month we reported on a new online tool developed by BMW to help promote the arrival of the all-new X3 SUV and featuring a special built-to-order program that allows customers...
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Video: Hyundai Launches Equus Owner's Manual App For iPad
As you already know, the 2011 Hyundai Equus is basically the nicest iPad case on the planet. Now it gets its own app, in the form of a virtual owner's manual, and a video showing off its multimedia glamor. Putting printed content on the iPad is a burgeoning business at Apple's App Store, but...
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Future Tech: Smartphone App Custom-Tailors Your Seat Settings
If you're blaming your vehicle's seats for your achy back or painful neck, consider this: You might not not be properly adjusting your seats, and you could be in a seating position that's simply wrong for your body type. High end seats, which bring fine-tuned support for backs and thighs, can bring...
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Order Your Next BMW With New User-Generated iAd
BMW has launched the first-ever user-generated iAd to promote the arrival of the all-new 2011 BMW X3. For anyone not in tune with the latest tech, iAd is Apple's new mobile advertising network and has the potential to reach millions of iPhone and iPod touch users. The focus of the iAd is BMW's...
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Automakers launching new smartphone apps seems to be all the rage these days, with virtually every major label including Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and BMW all launching at least one piece of software designed for smartphones. Now it’s Audi with the latest and greatest offering, announcing at this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas a new vehicle monitoring app designed for the Apple iPhone. Audi’s new iPhone CarMonitor app allows users to monitor, analyze and store key performance characteristics for their vehicle, whether it be for pure performance, eco-friendly driving or simply...
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Lexus Launches New Enform Mobile App
Just over a year ago Lexus launched its new Enform in-car connectivity feature, offering drivers a diverse assortment of features ranging from information and convenience capabilities to up-to-the-minute weather reports. Now Lexus is taking its connectivity feature a step further with the launch of...
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Beyond Posh: Land Rover Taps More Celebs To Tout The New Evoque
Over the next 12 months, Land Rover will launch an all-out offensive to get its new Range Rover Evoque front and center of the cool kids. Borrowing some marketing techniques from Land Rover's former parent company, Ford, as well as General Motors, the Evoque is being handed over to 30+ "global...
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Cobra Offering iPhone-Based Radar Detector
Can't keep your thumbs off your iPhone while you're driving? Tend to get too many speeding tickets? Cobra may have your answer: a radar detector that uses your iPhone for a multifunctional display. Aside from killing your bad behind-the-wheel texting habits, it can help keep you sharp when driving...
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Andy Rooney Still Alive, Still Kvetching
As we understand it, Andy Rooney is still alive. We haven't personally verified those shocking allegations, but like certain terrorist masterminds we could mention, Rooney appears on TV at regular intervals, and he references enough current events to make us think he's still breathing. Andy Rooney...
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Augmented Reality iPhone Driving App Detects Obstacles In Real Time
The imaGinyze app is available now for the iPhone 3GS.
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The new technology puts GM's OnStar closer to par with Ford's SYNC system.
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Motor Authority Launches iPhone App -- Get It Now!
Motor Authority has unveiled its iPhone app, which lets you take the best performance and luxury car coverage on the go.
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2011 Ford Fiesta Rocks Out With Voice Control For Pandora
How would you like to choose between personalized Pandora stations, or select from the programming in your Stitcher custom channels, while keeping both hands on the wheel?
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New York Auto Show To Launch iPhone App
The new app will be the first-ever smartphone app made specifically for keeping up with an auto show.
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Video: BMW Road Tests M Power Meter App With X6 M
The BMW M Power Meter iPhone app lets you measure your vehicle's performance for free.
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