October 5, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Automotive
The business and technology that put the zip in Zipcar
September 29, 2009 by Ryan Cloutier
Filed under Gadget features
Make your iPhone louder without battery drain.
July 1, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Science and Technology, Website profiles
The company hopes to make bike-sharing as common in Boston as it is in Europe
March 3, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Electronics, Gadget features, Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology
You have another reason to fear the robot revolution.
Navigon, maker of some of the more attractive GPS devices available is releasing an even more intelligent GPS navigator. Granted, most of the drivers in the world who use GPS devices already trust their lives to a small piece of machinery that’s just one [...]
November 1, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Car Tech Reviews, Reviews, Science and Technology, The Issue, The Magazine
Magellan continued its pattern of “please just get me there accurately” with the widescreen Maestro 4250. [...]
September 22, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Car Tech Reviews, Reviews, Science and Technology, The Magazine
We teamed with Boston.com to review eight new GPS units
September 19, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Car Tech Reviews, Reviews, Science and Technology, The Magazine
Blast teamed with Boston.com and tested nine of the latest, greatest portable car GPS units recently to see what the easiest way was to get from point A to point B. The results surprised us and will be available on Boston.com in the coming days.
We tested the Garmin Nuvi 880 and TomTom Go 930. We [...]
March 28, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Car Tech Reviews, Electronics, Gadget features, Reviews, Science and Technology
Harman/Kardon has been busting out plenty of consumer electronics lately, and their GPS models, if priced right, are seeming like they serve up a viable alternative to the big two brands.
The “Guide+Play” GPS-510na is a widescreen choice that handles navigation, traffic with a built in TMC receiver, text-to-speech instructions and audio/video playback with SD and [...]
March 24, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Gadget features, Science and Technology
Garmin announced Monday that it will provide GPS navigation to Kenwood’s 2008 lineup of in-dash car electronics.
“We have been very pleased with Kenwood’s success in selling Garmin-equipped units since we started our partnership in 2006, and we’re expecting even greater things in 2008,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. ”We have developed [...]
January 30, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Automotive, Life
Like a dachshund with a German shepherd’s bark and a dalmatian’s bite, the 2008 Volkswagen R32 is a small dog, but it’s fast and packs a punch.
I had the opportunity to spend some time with the 3.2L, 250 horsepower R32 last month, and it left me checking price quotes and option packages.
By the way, $32,990 [...]
January 9, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gadget features, Science and Technology
California-based uPlay is launching a new handheld golf GPS rangefinder with advanced graphics and capabilities they are billing as “the iPhone of golf GPS technology.”
Now if that’s not a hell of a statement, I dunno what is.
“The uPro distance measuring device … gives golfers the best of both GPS and laser technologies in a small, [...]
January 4, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gadget features, Science and Technology
The latest generation of Garmin GPS devices being unveiled next week at CES show three distinct characteristics: first a logical progression to speech recognition, then a clearly strong partnership with Microsoft, and finally a sense that smaller isn’t always better.
The Garmin nüvi 800 Series models are the new kings of the field. They build [...]


