Whether you're exploring a new city or trying to find the fastest route to a new restaurant in your neighborhood, there are many apps to help you navigate. Depending on whether you'd prefer to arrive by bike, foot or car, you might prefer one app over another. Waze will help you navigate traffic via crowdsourcing, while Google Maps usually offers a few options on public transit, just in case you're not completely sure of your time of departure.
ParkatmyHouse is the sort of company that makes you wonder why you didn’t manage to come up with the idea first. It’s so simple, appeals to just about anyone with a car and, well, it solves a genuine problem....
Between work, leisure, travel, and everything in between, we've barely got enough time in the day to breathe, much less handle the little surprises life throws at us at the same time. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of iPhone apps are all about making your life easier, more organized, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away....
There’s no shortage of mapping and GPS apps for iOS, and in the fallout from Apple Maps’ disastrous launch last year, the spotlight was shone on a number of mapping alternatives. And Google Maps finally arrived on the scene too....
Finding a parking space next to your favourite café is always a lottery but Park Tag wants to change all that. The startup, which is exhibiting at Disrupt NY’s Startup Alley, wants to make parking social so it’s easier to find your next space. The Park Tag app lets users invite their neighbours and colleagues to form a community of drivers who can help each other out by posting parking spaces.
There are many reasons why you’d wish to avoid driving in cities – traffic jams and costly insurance are just two of them....
Before everyone had a smartphone in their pocket, a good road atlas was found in every car’s glove box, with many of those created by Rand McNally. A staple in the space for the past 90 years, the Atlas creator celebrated its 90th birthday this week with the release of an ebook version of its 2014 Road Atlas as well as an interactive iPad app.
