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If you heard the sound of a thousand distant screams yesterday, it wasn't an ebbing in The Force, it was the anguished moans of college freshmen, learning that Apple had pulled DriversEd.com's free "Driver's License" app from the company's App Store. In an instant, fake IDs became minimally more difficult to manufacture. The Driver's Licence app offered license templates for all 50 states, allowing app users drop in their own photos to create personalized ID images on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. According to the company's website: Download our Drivers License App and find out how you...
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Vacation Planner: Toyota Has A Road Trip App Just For KidsAt a time when most major manufacturers are scaling back and focusing on core products, Toyota has added a brand -- and along with it, a new toy to keep kids occupied on road trips. The brand in question is ToyToyota, and its first product is an app called Backseat Driver. Backseat Driver is...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS Accessorizes With Apple iPad App
Automotive apps are all the rage, but it's a special kind of car that gets an app all to itself. The luxury 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class four-door coupe is just such a car, and a free app available through the Apple App Store allows owners and potential owners to access information about the car...
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Better Driver Chat App Than Ever: BUMP.com Acquires BumpChat
For those who can't get enough of chatting to strangers in traffic, the experience can now be enjoyed more widely than ever with BUMP.com's acquisition of BumpChat. The 'social network for your car' allows you to contact other drivers and chat to your heart's content, all the while fine-tuning the...
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Homer Simpson Squeezes Into TomTom's App For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Given the vast number of free navigation apps available for Apple, Android, Blackberry, and Windows handsets, we've been more than a little skeptical about the future of satnav makers like Garmin and TomTom. After all, why should consumers shell out for a fairly limited piece of hardware when they...
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New 'EVolve' App From BMW Decides Whether You're Ready For An EV
Electric vehicles and other alt-fuel rides are big news these days. Tech fans and green enthusiasts can't wait to get their hands on 'em, while others think that hybrids and their eco-friendly kin are part of a vast communist conspiracy. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, there are many...
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They say that the simple things in life can bring the most pleasure. Though not everything simple automatically brings happiness to your life, there's certainly a joy to be had from machines and gadgets that operate with economy of movement. A recent survey by Accenture has revealed that more than half of American and British consumers would prefer simpler devices that worked better. As our lives fill with more and more electronic gadgets of increasing complexity, the ones that stand out are often the simplest to use. We recently warned about the dangers of increasingly complex devices in...
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Renault Wants Consumer Tech Influence In Car Interiors
Designing an effective car interior isn't easy. Car companies need to think about the design, the features, and the ergonomics. After all, you spend more time in there driving your car than you do staring at the exterior. If you've ever driven a car with a particularly poor interior, you begin to...
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Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000 Turns The iPod Into An Xbox Kinect
Let's assume you're a safe driver. You keep your eyes on the road, your hands and 10 and 2, and Big Gulps in the oversized cupholder. You enjoy listening to tunes on your iPod and/or iPhone, but you'd never look down to fiddle with the controls. Still, you wish there were a way to safely...
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Video: Tired Of Plywood And Duct Tape For Your iPhone/iPad Mount? BMW Has An Answer
Aftermarket solutions for mounting iPhones, iPods, and now iPads abound, but as anyone that's used many knows, they don't all work as well as advertised. Doing it yourself can be even trickier, as this video illustrates. But BMW has the solution for those without the stick-to-it-ive-ness to...
Nelson Ireson
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