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Channel 19
In the huddle with football, fleet stats
GPS tracking/analytics software provider Fleetmatics’ “Huddle Up” infographic riffs on answer to this question: “If fleets were football teams, how would they fare?”
February 5, 2015
Huddle up infographic
Business
E-log software, hardware alliance
The BigRoad provider of logbook apps and other software and NexLink Communications, a distributor of wireless devices, are teaming up to launch the “Open Truck Alliance.”
November 6, 2014
BigRoad recently announced “improved support for full-screen and specific screen layouts on iPad” for its fleet and driver logging and other software, likewise “a number of small changes to better support iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus” with the new hardware releases. The improvements “take full advantage of the higher definition displays on these devices.” Find more about the updates on the BigRoad blog.
Electronic Logging Devices
KeepTruckin plans to offer free ELD to its pre-mandate e-logbook users
That is, should the mandate take effect. With FMCSA hoping for a 2016 compliance date, KeepTruckin says it’s developing the hardware to satisfy the ELD mandate now.
April 16, 2014
You can find information about the KeepTruckin software via this link to the company website.
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
To use the CoopsOpen weigh station status alert app, download the iPhone or Android version via your phone’s app marketplace, then register, likewise free of charge, via CoopsOpen.com. Then use the created login and password combo to sign in to the app.
Business
App for certified doctor search
TeamCME’s free app for iOS, Android offers quick search capability for certified DOT physical providers in the company network.
February 18, 2014
Follow this link to download the TeamCME app for iPhone, and this link for the Android version.
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
Sylectus TMS users can download the new iPhone app via this link. Android users, follow this link.
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
Readers with Android phones can take advantage of the new weigh-station alert functionality of the Drivewyze PreClear app via this link.
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
Download the Double Coin locator mobile app for Android via this link and for iPhone via this link.
Business
New shipper-carrier connection tool
The Go By Truck online freight management application bills itself as “automated freight brokering” — the company also offers a referral-bonus program for any user of the system.
January 23, 2014
Any driver, shipper or carrier signed up with GoByTruck.com who recommends the freight-management platform to a new user gets rewarded every time that user makes a transaction, the company says. Drivers can find out more about the referral program via this page.
Business
New logging app/dispatching platform seeded by Google Ventures
The new KeepTruckin smartphone app for Android and iOS and web-based dispatching application is a computer-assisted log with much other functionality besides.
December 12, 2013
The app is currently available in a free download for Android-powered devices. Click through the image to download. (Follow this text link for the iOS version.)
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
Trucker Path reps with Shark Tank biz start-up competition show actor Robert Herjavec.
Channel 19
Trucker Tools in the gray lady; Channel 19 getting quieter?
The decline of the CB via the profusion of trucking smartphone apps and the phones themselves gets treatment in the NY Times, and readers weight in on why Channel 19 gotten quieter lately…
August 19, 2013
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