Toyota Reclaims Title of World’s Most Valuable Auto Brand from BMW

Toyota has ranked first among automakers in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study released by market research company Millward Brown. The Japanese carmaker has overtaken last year’s best ranks car manufacturer, BMW.

Toyota’s 2013 brand value rose 12 percent to $24.5 billion (€19.03 billion), mainly due to its significant inroads in the hybrid market, the study said. The Japanese automaker ranked 23rd amongst all brands, while came in behind at No.24. The German carmaker’s brand value lost 2 percent to $24 billion (€18.65 billion)) compared to last year, with the reason for this being the lack of new product launches compared with past years.

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Elon Musk Looking into “Autopilot” Systems with Google

So many leaders and outspoken voices from the automotive industry have expressed their opinion regarding cars which will require little or no input while driving/being driven – self-guided cars are coming and much quicker than we were anticipating but a few years ago.

Now, the CEO and co-founder of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, has announced that he too wants the future models built by his company to feature autonomous driving tech.

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Go-kart Racer Records Video Through Google Glass, Mario Would be Proud

The latest geek craze, or shall we say, one of the many latest geek crazes to hit the tech world is the Google Glass, the first examples of which started landing in the hands of their enthralled owners, who lost no time tinkering around and posting all sorts of videos, including one that we believe will capture the attention of our gearhead community. Read more »

This Google Maps Picture is Definitely Not What it Looks Like…

They say, "A picture is worth a thousand words", but we also know that looks can be deceiving, which is certainly the case with this Google Maps image from Dukes Highway in Keith, South Australia, that was discovered by Reddit forum member Corncorn01. Read more »

Google Admits its Street View Cars Violated People’s Privacy, Pays $7 Million fine

Did you think Google’s Street View cars only took pictures of your neighborhood? We did too, but as it turns out, they took a lot more than just photographs.

A three-year-long privacy investigation involving Google’s Street View cars revealed some disturbing information. Between 2008 and 2010, Google’s cars collected passwords, e-mails, medical and financial records and other private information from home wireless networks. Basically, Google’s cars sucked in all information available on unencrypted wireless networks…

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