Tag: CARS

When it comes to car-sharing service Zipcar, iPhone users get to have all the fun. But Android users -- who have thus far been relegated to using the mobile website for car reservations -- are about to get in on the app action. Zipcar has confirmed via Twitter that Android users can expect an app, and more details will be released soon. There's no expected released date for the app, yet. ...

Take a car. Put in a black box, hooked into the horn and the ignition. On the other end of the box, put a website (connected wirelessly). Let employees use the site to honk the car's horn remotely or prevent it from starting. Reads rather like a nerdy college prank, doesn't it? I'm afraid this is actually a commercial system, deployed on thousands of cars, used to "get the attention of ...

I never thought I'd be writing about Toyota, a major car manufacturer, here on Download Squad. While we've mentioned cars before, usually it's in the context of an on-board entertainment system or a goofy experiment. But it turns out that the accelerator problem that has prompted a massive recall of Toyota vehicles could be related to the onboard software the car manufacturer employs in these ...

Sleek, high-end cars have always been a favorite choice for desktop wallpapers. For those of you who happen to be running Windows 7 and love automotive sexiness, you've got to check out the Ferrari prototype themepack from WindowsZone (German). The pack is available to download from SkyDrive, and includes 5 awesome, high-resolution wallpapers. The theme utilizes the Verizon sound scheme and ...

I Love Traffic is a unique take on a flow-management game. In it, you play the part of traffic computer, turning lights green and red to control the flow of traffic. Some roads you have control over, while others are free-flowing. This means that to avoid accidents, you need to carefully manage which lights you turn green, and for how long. The game view is top-down, and while the graphics are ...

When I was working in downtown Cleveland 12 years ago, I remember this amazing traffic cop that used to dance in the middle of the rush hour craziness to direct the vehicles. The guy sure made traffic management seem like a lot of fun. Fortunately for all of us, anyone that wants to give it a go can do it by playing Crash rather than throwing on a bright orange vest, grabbing a whistle, and ...

Google is hot on the task of taking streetview pictures, and Gizmodo has pictures to prove it. Earlier this month a fleet of cars was spotted in the Googleplex parking lot with cameras attached to the roofs, so we knew it was only a matter of time before they were unleashed to the world. It looks like the Chevy Cobalts have finally been allowed to roam around the US taking pictures of major cities ...

When we think about Google, we normally think about search, so what's the deal with the entry into the auto market? Google is set to give out $1 million in grants to fund the development of technology for both hybrid and electric cars. They are doing this through their philanthropic Google.org. The search giant also has a request for proposals on the table with a $10 million pot for any company ...

parkingZone is a deceptively simple puzzle game in which you must maneuver each of the five cars into the like-colored parking space. It's a bit like one of those sliding tile puzzles, as there's only one empty space at any given time, and only cars which have a direct connection to the empty space can be moved into it. The trick is to move the cars around in the right order, and to do it before ...

What do you get when you take Google Earth and put it in a Volkswagen? Something like this. Volkswagen has partnered with Google and nVidia to create an in-car navigation system based on Google Earth that shows a driver's route in 3D. The touch-screen system is Internet-enabled and goes online to find real-time traffic and weather information as well as other travel information like gas stations, ...