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Zipcar Leads Funding for Wheelz — a P2P Version of Itself

Liz Gannes in Commerce on February 22 at 12:00 am PT

Wheelz, a college campus-based service that matches car owners with borrowers, has raised $13.7 million in Series A funding. What’s particularly interesting is the lead investor: Zipcar.

A Device for When You’re Hurt, Lost or Feeling Scared

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on October 18, 2011 at 3:48 pm PT

The 5Star Responder from GreatCall Inc. is a 1.8-ounce gadget with a speaker, microphone and a large button that calls an always on-duty agent.

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Status Update: Getting Funny Looks Because I'm Talking to My Car

Voices in News on September 8, 2010 at 11:28 am PT

In the race to bring more voice tech to vehicles, Ford may have pulled ahead with its Microsoft-based Sync system, but it looks like GM is ready to make a run with a rebuilt OnStar. Bloomberg says the venerable in-car communication service may start offering some free features next year, reportedly including voice-to-text ability that would, among other things, let drivers update their Facebook pages as they jockey for the best lane on the freeway. Luckily, OnStar already includes accident assistance.

CES: Dude, Where's My Driverless Car?

John Paczkowski in News on January 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm PT

So General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner says the company expects to have driverless cars on the road by 2018. Now, I know the autonomous Chevrolet Tahoe SUV that GM developed with Carnegie Mellon University (pictured above) did win the Urban Challenge competition held last fall by the U.S. Defense Department’s research agency. And [...]

CES: Dude, Where’s My Driverless Car?