As smartphones and tablets become more ubiquitous in our ever more mobile world, driving becomes an increasingly dangerous activity. Local and federal governments are trying to enact hands-free laws ...

Official documents published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday reveal that Apple has been granted a patent for a steering wheel remote control. The patent covers a device that clips on ...

The U.S. Patent Office granted Apple a patent for a steering wheel remote control that clips to the steering wheel, controlling the iPhone wirelessly. PatentlyApple discovered the new in-vehicle Apple ...

We have a 2007 Dodge Caravan with the factory audio system. It has no audio control buttons on the wheel, but it does have cruise control buttons: I have never used cruise control. I will never use ...

Autonomous cars are changing all of the rules, so ZF decided to go full "Pimp My Ride" by putting a 7-inch touchscreen with gesture control into a steering wheel. German automotive technology firm ZF ...

The device looks very similar to the click wheel that became the ubiquitous iPod symbol in the early days of this century Automakers are painstakingly working at developing new telematics systems that ...

Some of the older cars come with an AUX plug for you to connect your smartphone and play the music you want without carrying tons of CDs around. It’s one of the best third-party inventions and there ...

We all know that smartphones can be an addicting distraction, oftentimes drawing our attention away longer than may be considered safe. Team O6 by Fingertips Lab has created a wearable gizmo that ...

Continental, a leading German automotive company that specializes in tires, brakes, safety, and powertrain systems, is upping the ante once again. The latest project the peeps at Continental are ...

It's rare that an Apple patent application passes through the system completely unnoticed until it's actually granted, but such is the case with a patent for a wireless remote control for a car ...

PatentlyApple covered a number of Apple patents today that were recently published by the US Patent & Trademark Office. One of the 21 patents originally filed in Q1 2011 is for an iOS remote control ...