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An unofficial Tesla Google Glass mashup brings remote control of the coveted electric car to Google’s wearable computer, with GlassTesla bringing unlocking, location, and auto-climate control to the head-mounted display. The app, handiwork of Sahas Katta, can show current charge status of the Model S as well as offer control over starting and stopping recharging, and it’s even possible to pop the charging port itself from the headset.

If you’re away from your Model S, and careless enough to lose it in an oversized parking garage, GlassTesla can pinpoint it on a map and offer you directions. There’s also remote horn and headlights control, central locking, and sunroof control, all from Glass.

A security summary, meanwhile, shows the status of the car’s doors, trunk, or sunroof, as well as what the temperature is both inside and outside. Tesla’s automatic climate control can also be triggered remotely, getting the car either warmed up or cooled down before you get to it.

However, because of the safety limits Tesla applies, some of the functionality isn’t supported while actually on the move. According to Katta, it’s not possible to sound the horn or flash the headlights while the car is in motion, though opening the sunroof is permitted. There’s also no ability to see current speed, since Glass isn’t designed for real-time dynamically changing cards.

As Venn Diagrams go, the overlap between Tesla Model S owners and Google Glass Explorer Edition owners is probably a small one. However, GlassTesla is already getting some high-up attention, with Google’s Vic Gundotra (who does happen to have both) flagging up the app, though not confirming whether or not he’s actually tried it out himself.

If you don’t have Glass, but you do have a Model S in the garage, then Tesla does offer a remote control app for iOS which offers the same functionality.

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We may still be looking for excuses to wear Google Glass in the office, but the headset’s peripheral display is becoming more and more appealing in the garage: someone just made a Tesla Model S Glass app. The simply named GlassTesla is an unofficial suite of headgear accessible controls for the electric sedan, allowing users to start and stop charging, check battery levels, remotely lock doors and monitor and adjust the vehicle’s temperature controls. More features are on the way too — Sahas Katta, the app’s creator, told Engadget that he’s working on voice control (“ok glass, unlock my car”), charge completion notification and real-time vehicle tracking. Not bad, if you happen to own both a Tesla Model S and Google Glass. All three of you can find the app at the source link below.

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As we stand on the precipice of the shutdown of Google Reader the search for replacement RSS clients is more frantic than ever, and now Digg has opened access to its app for any users interested. Currently available on the web and as an iOS app (Android coming soon), importing ones Google account is just a few mouse clicks away. The experience as it exists now is pretty barebones, and Digg says it plans to add a “View unread items only” option, “Mark as unread” button and the always crucial “accurate” unread counts for feeds and folders in the near future. Hit the source link below to give it a shot, and then let us know if it’s a contender for the throne.

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Silvio Rizzi made the iPad and Mac versions of Reeder free to use in the wake of Google’s plans to shut down Google Reader, but he left the iPhone app at its usual $3 price — and its fate in the air. Existing users can now rest easy, as Rizzi has pledged ongoing support for the smaller screen. The current edition of Reeder for iPhone is now free to use, and an already-submitted 3.2 update will bring support for alternative news services like Feedbin, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and Fever. Anyone using the iPad and Mac editions will have to be patient, however. Both apps will eventually get the additional news sources, but Rizzi is taking down the existing releases on July 1st to minimize confusion while he works on updates.

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