Ford Increases Investment in China

China has long been an important market for General Motors; indeed, the company chose to save Buick instead of Pontiac during its bankruptcy reorganization in part because Buick sells so well there. Now it's Ford's turn to make deeper inroads in China, as it attempts to catch up to cross-town rival GM, as well as Volkswagen.

Pasta Meter, Paperless, and What Apps are Hot

Everybody loves apps. We have them on our phones, on our computers, and maybe someday we'll have them wired directly into our brain. Until then, we'll just have to make do with having them on our devices. Here's our weekly look at the top apps, as well as a few cool apps that we recommend.

Atomic Movies, Creepy Kids Say, Beyonce Demands, and More

If you thought claymation was cool, you obviously haven't seen the movies produced by IBM Labs made not from miniature clay models, but from actual atoms. The movies were made using a tool that allows researchers to move single atoms on surfaces. The film, "A Boy and His Atom" is composed of images that had to be magnified 100,000,000 times. Check it out.

Hey, You're That Guy: Actor Fred Melamed

Fred Melamed is an actor's actor, who has built a solid reputation for his stage and film work, having worked with such cinema giants Woody Allen and Joel and Ethan Coen. He's played a host of supporting roles on TV, including Larry David's psychiatrist on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and has appeared in such Woody Allen classics as Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Shadows and Fog, Husbands and Wives, and Hollywood Ending. But Melamed is perhaps most recognizable for his memorable portrayal as the home-wrecking Sy Ableman in the Coen Brothers'film A Serious Man.

New Technology is Posing Distractions for Drivers

There are certain things that just don't seem like a good idea to be doing while driving a vehicle - reading, texting, or trying to do your nails come to mind. Right up there, though, would be watching TV. I'm not talking about backseat TVs for entertaining kids on long car trips, but TVs right on the dash for drivers to watch. This seems to be a new phenomenon in Japan, where people are watching TV on their GPS devices. Apparently Japanese citizens are so busy that their commute is the only time they have to catch up on current events, or find out which Real Housewife is having the latest meltdown.All kidding aside, there are obvious dangers with this, and they're starting to manifest in rising accident numbers.

Will Airline Fees Come Down to Earth?

It's no secret that air travel has gotten more expensive lately. Airfares continue to climb and airlines now charge extra for things that were once free. Recently, Samoan Airlines introduced a new policy by which air fares are based on passengers' weight. Are airlines gouging customers, or simply trying to keep their planes flying during difficult economic times?

The Problems of Being Connected

Why do things that seemingly make our lives easier end up ruining them?Woody Allen's character Alvy Singer in Annie Hall said, "Everything our parents said was good is bad: sun, milk, red meat ... college."The same can easily be said about the now ubiquitous hand-held devices--Droids, iPhones, and Blackberries.

Anthony Foxx to Become New Transportation Head

He hasn't been confirmed yet, but Anthony Foxx is President Obama's nominee to replace outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. Foxx, currently the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, doesn't have a nationally known name, but he does have experience with public transportation. He worked to extend Charlotte's light rail system and bring a streetcar system to its downtown, while also expanding the airport.

AAA Study Shows Cost of Owning a Car Increases

In 1950, when AAA first released their "Your Driving Costs" study, the cost of driving and maintaining a car was just $900 a year, with gas selling for 27 cents a gallon. Now in 2013, AAA estimates the cost of owning a midsize sedan is 10 times that, with an average expense of $9,122 per year based upon 15,000 miles of annual driving.

Live Below the Line so Others Can Rise Above It

Hunger - a feeling that I have never truly experienced. Sure, there have been times when I felt hungry, nosing through the pantry for something to nosh on, or maybe felt a little nauseous from skipping a meal. But to truly feel hunger - where your body is in a continually weakened condition due to a lack of nutrients - that is something I have not endured. Like many everyday comforts, food is something I take for granted. So this week I decided to challenge my assumptions about food, and my eating habits, by joining thousands of others in the Live Below the Line challenge.

What's Trending: Jason Collins, NFL Draft, Michael Jordon

Web2Carz.com is keeping you up to speed! Here is our weekly roundup of what's trending in the news and on the internet. Today we're talking about all the sports news of the week, including Jason Collins, the NFL draft, Michael Jordon's wedding, plus a sober bar in Illinois.

New Stuff From !!!, Akron/Family, Dead Can Dance, Stooges

With every band in the world out touring the festival circuit, hot new releases are on the wane. That's why this week brings us new albums from a couple of bands that have been around for over a decade, and a few more from some newly reunited old-timers. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Will the Real Aimi Eguchi Please Stand Up

Meet Aimi Eguchi. She's a Japanese teenager from Saitama, a city north of Tokyo, who works as a research assistant and enjoys track and field-at least, according to her online profile. The doe-eyed, porcelain-skinned Aimi was the latest addition to Japanese pop group AKB48. The all-female group is known for its ridiculous number of members-currently around 80-holding the Guinness World Record for the Largest Pop Group. But don't let this beauty fool you, like she almost did millions of fans. She's not au natural, but rather entirely computer generated.

40 Years Ago: Faces Release "Ooh La La"

In order to truly appreciate how great Faces were, one has to forget about everything Rod Stewart did subsequently. It's not an easy task, but it's worth while because in his day, Stewart was one of the greatest rock singers around. And from 1969-1975 he fronted one of rock's most legendary bands.

Toyota Prius C is America's Fastest Selling Car

If you guessed that the fastest-selling car in America during March was a small, slow hybrid that is being marketed on its low sticker price, well congratulations, you're right. Toyota's Prius C, presented by the company as a less-expensive alternative to its popular Prius hybrid, doesn't hang around dealer lots long, according to Edmunds.com. The Web site says that Prius Cs are sticking around for only eight days or so, far below the industry average of 53 days.

What Does Apple Have In Store For Its Next Products?

As usual, there are multiple rumors being floated about what Apple has in store for 2013. Aside from talk of a new product-the iWatch-there is much speculation about what the company planned for the next versions of its most popular products, the iPhone and the iPad.

Volkswagen, Apple team up on iBeetle

Apple continues to take steps to further integrate iPhones into cars. It started with iPod and iPhone docking systems, continued with Bluetooth integration, and recently Apple's Siri voice-recognition system has found its way into cars. Now comes the iBeetle, which uses a docking station and an app called the "Volkswagen Car Net the Beetle" (was something lost in the German-to-English translation?) to integrate smartphones further into cars.

Don't Be an Idiom: In One's Wheelhouse

Since this phrase contains the words "wheel" and "house," it's fairly obvious thatthis wildly overused phrase is a baseball term. Okay, maybe it's not that obvious, but the popular use of the term "wheelhouse" does come from the sport. It refers to the part of a batter's swinging range in which the best contact with the ball is made.

Sponsorships Sometimes Bring Heat

Ever since the Sandy Hook shootings last December, every move made by the National Rifle Association (NRA), has come under intense scrutiny due to the increasingly heated gun-control debate. So it should come as no surprise that when the NRA announced in March that it would sponsor an April NASCAR race, it would face significant backlash from gun-control advocates.

What Does It Take to End a Career in Politics?

Anthony Wiener and Mark Sanford might be from different political parties, but they have one thing in common: after being disgraced by sex scandals, they're both back in the running for high office. Wiener resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress after it was discovered he was using Twitter to send sexually explicit messages to women who weren't his wife, while Sanford disappeared from his post as the Governor of South Carolina.