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AT&T has released a new "DriveMode" app to help combat distracted driving, joining lawmakers, consumers, and other major carriers in the fight to educate drivers and increase safety.

Valeo has created a new app designed to remotely park a car, another effort to capitalize on both smartphone popularity and common parking anxiety.

A free iPhone app lets users see how city streets used to look by integrating photographs from the past to give users a now-and-then perspective.

SignalGuru aims to help drivers cut fuel costs and avoid traffic congestion by using smartphones to crowdsource conditions, another effort to make driving more efficient using mobile technology.

Google has added new function to Maps for Android devices as mobile Maps usage approaches that of the desktop version, underscoring the increasing importance of smartphones and tablets.

Getaround, a new peer-to-peer app, aims to make car renting easier, joining a growing spate of mobile apps hoping to make transportation more convenient and environmentally friendly.

Ford today unveiled an app that monitors and alerts the car when the driver is in danger of health issues -- like asthma, diabetes and congestive heart failure -- bridging the gap between human and machine.

Apps are an increasing way for a person to go green, or become more environmentally conscious.

A new app keeps track of where you've been and where you want to go to build an anonymous database, which could eventually lead to ads or coupons from popular merchants.

Local deal service 8Coupons has joined the crowded mobile coupon market with its iPhone app, using augmented reality to show a user on a map exactly where the nearest deals are.

A new version of Google Earth for Android 3.0 tablets includes many features from the desktop version, hinting at the encroachment of tablets on PC territory.

A new app is helping smartphone users find employment on the go by leveraging location-based technology to bring job-seekers and job-posters together.

State Farm Insurance has developed a new app geared to battle distracted driving, joining a growing group of software aiding motorists on the road.

Microsoft and Toyota will be first to bring cloud computing to the road, announcing a $12 million partnership to equip vehicles with Windows Azure cloud software.

An experimental music group has created a location-based album as an iPhone app, with songs that sync up with sites at the National Mall in D.C., highlighting the creative possibilities of geolocation, music and mobile technology.