Viper SmartStart lets you control some of your car’s features with your smartwatch

Wish you could get more out of your fancy smartwatch? Viper SmartStart app for Android Wear and Apple Watch can help you out a bit with that. This app turns your smartwatches into a smarter device. It helps you locate your car when you can’t remember where you parked it by giving you turn-by-turn directions to get back to it. Once you locate it, it can unlock the doors for you. It can start your car remotely, lock it when you’ve arrived, and open the trunk. It can also send you alerts for things like low battery and notes and explains diagnostic trouble codes when your car gets into trouble. And yes, it can call roadside assistance if you need it. The service is compatible with almost all after-market vehicles.

Source: Viper | Via: Cult of Android

iOS 9 coming to iPhones and iPads tomorrow

iOS 9 is coming for free to iPhones and iPads tomorrow. Focusing on stability, user experience as well as bringing increased security features and improved multitasking and split-screen functionality for the iPad Air 2 (and upcoming iPad Pro). Updaters will welcome a number of new things about iOS 9. For one thing, it is a smaller download and should take up less time (and valuable storage space).

iOS 9 requires 1.3GB of free storage (instead of the 4.58GB of the previous version). iOS 9 is also supposed increase battery life on most devices (Apple promised 1 hour during WWDC). Having tested the public beta on an iPhone 5, iOS 9 does seem smoother and a tad bit faster. The new OS is expected to roll out tomorrow through the Software Update setting on their iOS devices.

Rogers subscribers can Roam like Home for $10 a day in 75 countries

Rogers has almost doubled the number of countries around the world where Roam Like Home service  is available. Starting today, Rogers customers can use the data and unlimited talk and text from their Share EverythingT plan when roaming in over 40 eligible countries in the Caribbean, Mexico and South and Central America for just $10/day.

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Ultimate Ears launches new and improved UE BOOM 2 bluetooth speakers

Ultimate Ears announced UE BOOM 2 to its colorful lineup of beach-, snow- and anywhere-you-go-proof wireless 360-degree mobile speakers. Designed to get wet, muddy and beat up, UE BOOM 2 blasts insanely great sound in every direction. Hit jump for all the details.

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