Apps

  • GM's smartphone-based vehicle communication app

    Your car might already have an option to synchronize with your smartphone, but General Motors reckons the technology could offer so much more. Apps like Waze and Bump can be handy for avoiding traffic (or chatting if you're already stuck) but vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure systems incorporated into a smartphone app could help you avoid accidents by delivering early warnings. Information gathered from other vehicles and delivered across the network would let you know if a vehicle up ahead on the free was braking heavily long before you see it, or whether a car has broken down...

  • Silverlit Ferrari Enzo Bluetooth RC
    Ferrari Enzo Smartphone App

    A remote controlled Ferrari Enzo car that responds to smartphone.

  • The Cost2Drive app for iPhone. Image: C2G
    Cost2Drive App Shows What's Cheaper, Driving Or Flying

    A new iPhone app allows you to easily calculate the cost difference between driving and flying to a given location.

  • BMW ConnectDrive technologies
    Car Of The Future: BMW ConnectedDrive Practically Drives Itself

    BMW's ConnectedDrive will work to boost safety and commuting efficiency.

  • BMW ConnectDrive technologies
    Car Of The Future: BMW ConnectedDrive Offers Ambitious Infotainment Upgrades

    New ConnectedDrive in-vehicle technologies make the car more functional and intuitive than ever.

  • Real Racing GTI iPhone app
    Beat The Monday Boredom With These Five iPhone Car Apps

    It's the first day in a new week. You've probably just rocked up at your desk, powered on your computer and taken a long, deep sigh. Sounds like you have a case of the Mondays. Fear not! If you've got an iPhone sitting temptingly on your desk, set it to work downloading these car-related apps for a...

  • 2011 Audi A8 L

    Any carmaker worth it's salt has at least one mobile customer information point these days whether an iAd, app or mobile site for customers browsing on the move. Audi of America knows this, and has updated m.audiusa.com for mobile users to provide them with a new way of accessing information about Audi products and information. The facelifted site has been optimized for all mobile devices and uses the latest HTML5 technology. Audi says the site is fully interactive and includes downloadable product apps and tools to locate nearby dealers, browse their stock list and schedule test drives. It's...

  • 2012 Audi A6 live photos. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.
    Audi Launches New Mobile Features For U.S. Shoppers

    Audi is making it easier for new car shoppers by launching a range of new mobile features in its downloadable apps for cars like the A6, A7, and A8.

  • Parking Meter
    Streetline Inks Deal With IBM To Ease America's Parking Woes

    Start-ups aren't just judged by the sums of cash they've collected; they're also judged by the names and reputations of those investors. In the case of Streetline, the company recently upped its profile by landing a major deal with IBM, which could result in big improvements on the parking front...

  • A screen grab from Invictus' Race of Champions game.
    Want To Compete In The Race Of Champions? Here's Your Chance

    Racing game specialist Invictus will release a Race of Champions game for mobile devices, including the iPhone, IPad and Android.

  • Justin Bell drives the Boss 302 on 'The World's Fastest Car Show' from eBay Motors
    Video: eBay Motors Launches 'The World's Fastest Car Show'

    To promote eBay Motors and the eBay Motors mobile app, the site is producing a ten-minute weekly web show starring Justin Bell and billed as "The World's Fastest Car Show."

  • Car Accident Sidekick app from the American Lawyer Academy
    Car Accident Sidekick App Claims To Find Nearby Ambulance-Chasers

    Ads from ambulance-chasers make life worth living. Many are so outrageous, so ridiculous, so covered in schmaltz that viewers can't help but smile. But the times they are a-changin': a new app for accident victims could make such cheesy TV spots obsolete. The app is called "Car Accident Sidekick"...

  • Nokia Car Mode, using MirrorLink

    Last spring, we told you about Terminal Mode, a new protocol being pushed by GM, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Volkswagen, and other automakers, as well as handset manufacturer Nokia. Terminal Mode (now known as MirrorLink) promises to make smartphone integration in cars much easier, and during this week's Frankfurt Auto Show, Nokia is showing the world how it works. The vehicle (no pun intended) for this high-tech merging of cars and cell phones is a Nokia app called "Car Mode", which will be available for download in the fourth quarter of this year. If you have a Nokia handset that runs on...

  • 2012 Ford Mustang equipped with SYNC AppLink
    Ford SYNC Hacked To Incorporate Spotify: More Of That, Please

    Last week, a certain alarmist antivirus software manufacturer made headlines when it tried to raise concerns about the hacking of on-board computers in automobiles. In contrast, folks at the TechCrunch Hackathon calmly demonstrated some much more viable -- and interesting -- tweaks to the Ford SYNC...

  • SignalGuru
    SignalGuru Uses Crowdsourcing To Time Stop Lights & Save Gas

    Stopping is inefficient. When a vehicle comes to a complete stop, it wastes energy, frittering away gas while idling, and consuming even more to get moving again. This is in part why we're seeing stop-start technology become commonplace in today's greener vehicles. But what if drivers didn't have...

  • Chadwick Martin Bailey study on smartphone & tablet usage habits, May 2011
    Taps For TomTom: The Standalone GPS Unit Is Dead

    The lightbulb killed the gas lamp. The DVD killed the VHS tape. And now, the world is preparing for the death of another invention past its prime: the standalone GPS device. We've been expecting this funeral for some time. Google Maps' debut on smartphones was a bad omen, and each new travel app...

  • HP Touchpad with WebOS
    We Were Right To Be Dubious: HP Effectively Shuts Down WebOS

    On Tuesday, we wrote about Hewlett-Packard and about how some at the company were hinting that HP's mobile operating system, webOS, would soon come to dashboards. We expressed a heavy dose of doubt about that -- and it turns out that we were right to raise an eyebrow. Today, HP indicated that it...

  • HP Touchpad with WebOS
    HP Wants To Bring WebOS To Your Dashboard (UPDATED)

    UPDATED: Click here. Remember webOS? We don't hear much about Hewlett-Packard's mobile operating system these days -- mostly because it's busy being overshadowed by Android, Apple, Blackberry, and even Windows (now that Microsoft inked a sweet deal with Nokia). But webOS is alive and quietly...

  • Parking lot

    Along with standing around at a gas station watching your last paycheck click away before your eyes, parking has to be one of motoring's less pleasurable pursuits. Just like filling your car though it's a necessary evil, so in the absence of doing away with it completely, anything that makes it easier is certainly worth a look. A new app by San Francisco-based startup Streetline could do just that. Streetline's system is a form of "smart parking". Using technology that can be fitted to parking spaces, sensors can tell when a car is occupying the space, allowing the system to track empty and...

  • BMW "The Ultimate Drive" app
    BMW: The Ultimate Driving... App "Social, Mobile Experience"

    Some carmakers would have you believe that it's no longer enough to simply drive around in their product, that driving is now a connected experience and one to share with a wider audience than just your passengers. To this end, BMW's new mobile app, "The Ultimate Drive" lets you discover the best...

  • Nissan Carwings App for Android OS
    2011 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Finally Gets Android App

    2011 Nissan Leaf owners are right on the cutting edge of car technology, but so far only Apple iPhone users have been able to enjoy the full experience of controlling the car's climate control and charging timer functions from a mobile device. No longer. Android smartphone users are now privy to...

  • Citroën DS4 giveaway
    Citroën Sponsors Nationwide Game Of Hide-And-Seek For The DS4

    U.K. readers: how'd you like a brand new car? Well as it turns out, Citroën is running a nationwide game of hide-and-seek, and if you play your cards right, you could drive off in a Citroën DS4. To participate, all you need is a computer, Android, or iPhone and a heaping helping of...

  • Fiat Source iPad App
    2012 FIAT 500 Apple iPad App Is A Source Of All Knowledge

    The 2012 FIAT 500 is one of the most distinctive cars on the road. The car has been on sale in Europe for a few years now and they're already everywhere, and early impressions are good in America too. If you've seen a few on the road and want to know more, what better way than "FIAT Source"? It's a...

  • Backseat Driver app from ToyToyota
    Vacation Planner: Toyota Has A Road Trip App Just For Kids

    At 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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