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Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs at the ‘right price’: No-monthly-fee e-logs explored
In the crowded ELD market, a few companies set themselves apart with systems requiring no monthly fee. Who they are, and considerations of support, availability and utility.
October 20, 2017
Business
New mobile app from C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson announced the release of Navisphere Carrier, a mobile app designed with greater levels of automation to support carriers working with the 3PL.
August 12, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Cat’s back (with another phone)
Owner-operators haven’t been able to spec a new Caterpillar-powered truck in nearly a decade, but they can spec a new piece of Cat equipment of a smaller variety: The company’s second take on a rugged smartphone built for users who work in industries like trucking and construction.
February 22, 2016
Channel 19
BulkLoads board buys CoopsOpen app
The CoopsOpen app allows users to simply update station statuses as they pass scales — joining ScaleChek and Overdrive’s own Trucker Tools with similar functionality.
February 27, 2014
Business
Sylectus launches iPhone app
The app enables automated tracking of loads in near real-time and offers new image capture and indexing capabilities.
February 7, 2014
Business
Drivewyze: Free weigh-station alert function for app
The PreClear weigh-station bypassing service is out in a new version, PreClear 3.0, which includes a feature available to app users without a subscription — a free nationwide weigh station and inspection site alert service.
January 30, 2014
Business
New app from Double Coin
Manufacturer Double Coin Tires and marketer CMA have launched a new smartphone application for iPhone and Android platforms. The free Double Coin Tires mobile application uses GPS (Global Positioning System) to enable the ability to search for Double Coin dealer locations within a user’s geographic location as well as within a specified radius or along a route. […]
January 29, 2014
Channel 19
Trip-planning / service locator app bags prize; hours hearing vid
Another play in the trucking smartphone-apps landscape, with a robust trip-planning function; and full video of this week’s House Small Business Committee’s hours of service hearing.
November 23, 2013
Electronic Logging Devices
Keller launches e-log tablet
The tablet is a 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 operating on Verizon’s 4G network — built for exclusive use with Keller E-Log system for hours of service recording and other compliance functions.
August 29, 2013
Channel 19
Plum phone deal for Verizon customers
The Droid Razr M is currently being offered by Verizon in a free-with-two-year-contract deal — I took advantage recently, and can attest the device has been a good one, at least thus far.
July 30, 2013
Channel 19
Roundup: Strange bedfellows, scale-house burger, Android barker
Legislation can make for odd bedfellows among supporters, Wendy Parker orders a cheeseburger — at the wrong drive-through, and Mack Trucks’ Bulldog magazine gets new digital distribution.
May 9, 2013
Channel 19
Breath test: More things to do with your phone
“Given how easy it is to get over the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving, it was only a matter of time before someone took the personal-breathalyzer concept to the phone…”
March 16, 2013
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