Transportation Tech Category

The marriage of the smartphone and the automobile is one that’s not nearly explored enough, I’d say, and that was why I was abundantly happy to find in my inbox today a tip from our friends out at the Max Borges Agency, who dropped us a line about recent updates [...]

It seems like it has been a while since we last mentioned anything in terms of the Viper SmartStart system. In fact, the iOS app was updated to version 2.2 way back in April of this past year. And well, it looks like version 3.0 will soon be available. And [...]

One thing’s for sure, it was a big year for Ford, much bigger than you might expect. And while showing off their latest version of the Ford Sync system out at the 2012 CES event in Las Vegas, Ford let drop some exciting plans for their future expansion as well [...]

Some users just got the most expensive taxi ride of their lives this New Year’s Eve, with Uber’s dynamic pricing. As a result, the company is refunding some users who paid too much after hiring a car through their iPhone and Android app.

Uber has made the concept of calling a cab obsolete, as it lets users hire a car with an iPhone or Android application. But this New Year’s Eve, Uber opted to price rides based on market forces of supply and demand, and users have complained of exorbitant prices.

It’s pretty much common knowledge–sufficiently so to be included in pop culture–that getting a cab in New York can be difficult, and is often not a very environmentally friendly choice. But considering plenty of people are afraid of what’s going on in the underground labyrinth of tunnels and warrens known [...]

There’s been a lot of furor of late about distracted driving–driving while talking on cell phones, while texting, while surfing the web (yes, some drivers out there are actually checking their Facebook pages while they drive)–but now, the folks out at OnStar are looking to ratchet the distraction possibilities clear [...]

Admittedly, not every car is designed to offer a whole lot of extra value for those who are fully connected as far as tech goes. Even something that should be simple, like charging your phone via USB connection, can be difficult and require a ton of adapters to do properly, [...]

Apple has introduced a new version of Bluetooth dubbed “Bluetooth Low Energy” in its MacBook Air, Mac Mini and now the iPhone 4S. While there have been no iOS apps supporting this protocol before, a new app that promises to help find cars lost in the parking lot is the [...]

The concept of the auto-drive system has been around for some time now. Personally, I remember catching a glimpse of it back in the 1993 release of Demolition Man, and for a young man looking forward to driving for the first time, well, that’s a pretty exciting concept. And the [...]