"navigation-device" Articles & Blogs:
The Apple iPad: What Does It Do, and Why Would I Want One?
| The author holding an Apple iPad at today's event. A couple of days ago, I wrote a short piece for this site about what I expected the then-mythical Apple “tablet” to be. In a nutshell, my prediction was that this would be not an earth-shatter...[Read on] |
How technology makes auto travel safer and more efficient
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It’s easy for many of us to take for granted how much technology contributes to making driving safer and more efficient than ever before. At the same time, it’s hard for many of us to comprehend what improvements technology will bring us in the fut...[Read on] |
iPhone Software Update Will Address Creepy Location-Tracking Mechanism
| Last week we were concerned about the creepy way our iPhone was tracking and storing our locations. Would the iPhone reveal to a friend, perhaps via a rogue text message, that we were not “on the way” to the restaurant across town at eight p.m., but i...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Go with the wind
| (Editors Note: Composer – and good friend – Eve Beglarian recently embarked on a year long odyssey kayaking the length of the Mississippi River from its source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. This is one in a series of journal en...[Read on] |
A Non-Nerd's Guide to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference
| Apple’s iPhone 3G S. You don’t have to be a developer to appreciate Apple’s seasonal unveiling of new products. Here are five takeaways any Mac user can understand:
There was no Kindle-crushing Apple “tablet” or oversized iPh...[Read on] |
Another Must-Have from Apple: The iPad
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Amidst all the glitz and bedazzled glamour that was last week’s Grammy Awards, one small item made its way to the stage, in the hands of comedian Steven Colbert, and stole the show from some of the entertainment world’s biggest stars. This small item ...[Read on] |
Rugged racing women motor across Morocco in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles
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This year, the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles celebrates its 20th anniversary and its successful and unique history. The rally is the only all-women's off-road rally in the world and strictly forbids competitors from using GPS, support teams, cell phones,...[Read on] |
Minivan moms can be pretty high-tech
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I am a high-tech Mom and here's the proof: I purchased my first CD burner in 1989 and used it to create holiday music mixes I gave to friends at Christmas. I was one of the first people I knew to sign up for broadband internet in 1998. I opted for a DV...[Read on] |
Women Only Pink Cabs Provide Safety and a Beauty Kit In Mexico City
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No, this pink car has nothing to do with Breast Cancer Awareness. Instead its intended to keep women safe in a different way but I’m not sure if this is an incredibly sexist or incredibly smart idea. Mexico has figured out a way to curb sexual haras...[Read on] |
7 Greener Gadgets and Services For Saving the Environment
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This week is officially the Greenest week of the year for us. On Wednesday we headed over to the Greener Products Expo to scope out the latest tech to help you keep stay environmentally aware. And today, there is the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York...[Read on] |
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day - an international celebration of women in technology.
Who was Ada? The daughter of poet Lord Byron and the Countess of Lovelace, Ada Lovelace (b. Dec. 10 1815) is considered the world’s first computer programmer. She was one ...[Read on] |
Don't forget to set your car clocks forward!
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I was on my way to LAX airport last Fall when I glanced at the clock in my car and discovered in a panic that I was going to be much later than I had expected. It was an early morning flight, and I thought I had left enough time to stop and get gas on th...[Read on] |
Follow Santa's Christmas Travels With Help from OnStar
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Santa Claus is getting a technology upgrade this Christmas season: For the first time ever, OnStar subscribers can follow Santa's Christmas Eve journey around the world using the OnStar system in their vehicle, thanks to a new partnership with The North ...[Read on] |
So Cal Mom Auto Review: The Family-Friendly Ford Flex - The Coolest Car on the Road
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This is another in a series of posts Donna Schwartz Mills is writing about her search for a new car to replace her current leased Volvo, which she has to give up in July.
Catch up with the entire series here.
Can two middle-aged mothers and four twee...[Read on] |
The Politics of Peeing: Test-driving a Go-Girl
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The instant I found out about the newly rebranded female urination device (FUD), Go-Girl, I jumpe...[Read on] |
Fun car stuff we found while traveling
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With all our Female Friendly training visits, and new vehicle introductions, sometimes it seems like AskPatty staffers are on a plane practically every week.I don't know about you, but I love to read the inflight magazines, and am especially entertained b...[Read on] |
Ford Teams up with Martha Stewart to give away "Warriors in Pink" Taurus
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Ford Warriors in Pink, now in its 15th year of support for breast cancer health, recently joined forces with Martha Stewart to focus on breast cancer treatments and awareness with a special Warriors in Pink episode of her television show.
For many year...[Read on] |
GM Rolls Out Impressive Hybrid Pickup in 2009
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As green technology becomes more popular, vehicle manufacturers are expanding the limits on what can be accomplished with hybrid technology. Once considered most conducive to coupes, small sedans, and hatchbacks, hybrid technology is now being utili...[Read on] |
Chevrolet Engineers show that quality control can be fun
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Chevrolet is launching a new web series featuring their quality control engineers from Department 180. The short clip shows the real engineers seemingly having a blast freezing, heating, crashing cars, and performance testing their products.
Those wa...[Read on] |
Think video games are for lazy bums? These will get you in shape
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Working out can be the dullest and most frustrating activity on the face of the earth. It is necessary to be active to keep our lovely figures fit and trim, but sometimes getting started can be downright impossible.The prospect of running on a treadmill o...[Read on] |
Designing Santa's Ultimate Toy Delivery Vehicle?
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What would Santa drive if you were creating the ultimate toy delivery vehicle, and could rely on more than reindeer power to propel it? The scientists at GE Global Research have made it a tradition each year to showcase the latest and greatest technology...[Read on] |
OnStar to go mobile for Chevy Volt owners
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OnStar released a new mobile application at the Consumer Electronics Show this week that will allow owners of the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt to have 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and certain OnStar features - via their smart c...[Read on] |
When the Web Knows Too Much: Cyberstalking
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With Facebook and MySpace status updates, mobile tweets, blogs and IM away messages, the Internet makes it easy to stay in touch. But what happens when staying in touch goes too far?With the increased activity on the Internet, cyberstalking is become more...[Read on] |
Yoga Like a ... Rock Star?
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When I hear the term “rock star,” automatic associations are conjured in my head: Bono, perhaps, but more likely metal bands from a time when I listened to metal, names that will remain nameless so as to keep some personal integrity intact. A “rock ...[Read on] |
Casting calls begin for Ford Focus Rally: America
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Ford is teaming up with the Emmy Award-winning creators of The Amazing Race – Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri – to create the first interactive real-time road rally featuring the new 2012 Ford Focus.
The five-week program, Focus Rally: Amer...[Read on] |
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