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Trimbleâs 3G hardware-recycling partnership
Trimble customers that upgrade to new devices in 2019 and 2020 as 3G networks sunset will be able to ship their uninstalled Trimble equipment to the Cobalt company free of charge, for safe and secure disposal of the hardware, recycling any components when possible.
April 22, 2019
Business
New push-to-talk cellular radio on way from Motorola
After hearing feedback from customers, Motorola will be releasing the WAVE TLK 100 push-to-talk radio as a bundle with cellular service and software.
August 14, 2018
Business
The other side of the ELD pancake
âItâs been a rough week for some, but just like Dr. Phil says, âThereâs always another side to the pancake, no matter how thin it is.'â
December 22, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Hacking trucks: Cybersecurity and the ELD mandate
With hundreds of thousands of big rigs about to tack on internet-connected ELDs, some people see a major security threat.
September 7, 2017
Business
Building the gremlin wall
âEngine trouble is straightforward with our Detroit. Itâs the dang electrical gremlins that baffle and make us crazy. Those and the black hole that sucks socks and lighters into itâŚ. Sometimes, itâs hard to build walls. Even for gremlins.â
January 27, 2017
Business
Powerfully connected with tiny cords
The magic and the wonder of a solar battery pack for a phone: âIt doesnât get hot, it doesnât make my phone hot, and it charges with the energy of the freaking sun. ⌠Is my phone still tethered to something all the time? Yes. Yes it is. But that something can move with me, and no matter how many times I drop it, it wonât die.â
September 9, 2016
Voices
ELD Mandate, with equipment headaches, presents âtough callâ for one owner-operator
Weighing the costs of maintenance, truck purchase and operation in the face of the ELD mandate with one owner-operator.
May 3, 2016
Business
Take an interactive stroll through two vaping devices
Owner-operator Jan McCarterâs Innokin iTaste personal vaporizer is among the more advanced vapes on the market, though it shares common attributes with simpler devices.
February 13, 2015
Business
The soundtrack of our lives
âI never realized just how important being able to listen to the music we want to listen to is until we werenât able to.â Important to Wendy, at leastâŚ
December 22, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Change thinking, not oil
Using oil analysis can save you money in new oil, oil disposal and overall maintenance â and can alert you to emerging engine problems.
July 29, 2013
Business
Preventing Roomba suicide
Clean, clean, clean: âYou see, no matter how easy technology makes things for us, we are still a necessary part of the equation.â
June 21, 2013
Voices
Reader: âIâd drive naked!â â More on in-cab facial video monitoring
Readers respond to the question âWould you drive if your carrier had a camera pointed at your face or the road?â Sound off yourself here.
December 6, 2012
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