Applications

Volvo to go keyless from 2017

If you’re a loyal Volvo buyer, prepare for something a little different next time you walk into your dealership. The Swedish carmaker is set…

messageLoud is the latest app attempting to tackle distracted driving

Cars and mobile phones are a disastrous combination and have only become more so as smartphones become the dominant form factor. While it’s pretty…

BMW i Remote app review: is it essential to the i3 experience?

Making the switch from a petrol- or diesel-powered car to an electric one requires a significant shift in mind-set. You see, with an electric…

Volvo joins the race to replace your keys with smartphone app

Losing your car keys is painful. Your car is as useful as a blind pirate and the gap in your memory where your key’s…

Merc’s Apple Watch app comes with door to door navigation

BMW may have been first out of the blocks when it came to launching an Apple Watch app, but it seem that Merc may…

BMW is the first car maker to build an Apple Watch app

Yesterday Apple held a launch event for its smart watch (with prices ranging from absurd to completely absurd), prompting a rush from a range…

This app wants to help you save cash at the fuel pump

The recent declines in the global oil price have been greeted with joyous celebrations by petrolheads the world over, but are motorists really getting…

If Apple has its way, your iPhone could soon unlock your car from your pocket

This is interesting. Apple has been granted a patent that could mean the end of the car key fob as we know it. The…

5 apps that every automotive pedant needs in their life

If you’re on this site, chances are you love driving. But that doesn’t mean you obsess over your car, buffing it every five seconds…

Cadillac’s CUE Collection appstore to rollout with 2015 ATS Coupe

Cadillac is all about the connected car with its new 4G vehicles coming soon, which will also benefit from an in-car appstore dubbed CUE…

5 Google Glass apps designed to add to your driving experience

Google Glass has a strange effect on people. You’re aware that it’ll make you look desperately uncool, but once you understand what it does,…

12 weird and wonderful apps for the connected driver

Quick! Your car or your smartphone? No, this isnâ€™t a poorly worded stick-up. We are merely asking which is more crucial to the smooth…

This Google Glass app wakes up snoozing drivers

This is definitely one of the better uses of Google Glass we’ve seen so far. It’s called DriveSafe and it’s designed to help prevent…

Truvolo turns to crowdfunding to bring its mobile vehicle monitoring platform to life

Connect Truvolo to your car’s data port and boom, you’re on the road to “safer and smarter driving,” says the startup’s founder and CEO,…

Check out this amazing motoring app…that you can’t have

This is the most insanely cool motoring app we’ve ever seen. Produced by Volkswagen and synth duo Underworld, Play the Road pretty much turns…

From smartphone to smart car: Nokia launches HERE Auto

Nokia’s latest ambition? That would be to be the companion on your dashboard. The Finnish mobile giant announced today that its HERE navigation system…

â€˜Automaticâ€™ is the monitoring app and hardware combo your car has waited for

While there are plenty of apps that measure fuel economy and help with remembering maintenance matters, there isnâ€™t one that actually tells you whatâ€™s…

Sony’s in-car receivers with App Remote make cables obsolete

Sony has just unveiled its new in-car receivers with an App Remote that connects to any smartphone and thus eliminates the need for cables….

Top 5 must-have Android car apps

Instead of watching other people in traffic having fun on their phones while you listen to the meaningless drab on the radio, why not…

Waze: the app that saves you from traffic and fines [Review]

Letâ€™s be honest: I drive a car. I hate traffic. I get lost a lot. So when I heard there was an app that…

Street Bump app detects potholes, couldn’t care less about your tyres

Pothole reporting apps are nothing Street Bump is different. Over in Boston USA, theyâ€™ve figured out a way to report potholes in their city…

TomTom delivers a world-class iPhone app and car kit [Review]

Last week, I received a mouth-watering package from the good folk at TomTom South Africa — an iPhone 4 and a Tom Tom car…

Google Photos will now let you search for text in your camera roll

YouTube to discontinue direct messages feature in September

Google ditches the desserts in its biggest Android rebrand yet

Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists?

Healthtech platform Hospitalia wins Seedstars Cairo

Here are the 12 startups that will pitch at today’s Seedstars Dar es Salaam

Apple’s next ‘Pro’ iPhones to feature improved cameras, shatter-resistant screen

New firmware updates available for Canon EOS R and EOS RP

Samsung Galaxy A30s, A50s feature better cameras, new colours

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals