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Business

BigRoad logging app on iPhone

The company’s owner-operator/fleet version, available at $15 per month, likewise added IFTA functionality with state mile reporting.

August 16, 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

More ‘loads 2.0’

Tech company Kaazing is building an online-communications enhancement to brokerage Allen Lund Co.’s management software to streamline/enhance shipper-broker-carrier communications and load negotiation/selection.

May 13, 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

Business

Load by phone: An automated future for online load selection?

New online marketplace-based load-booking engines, some say, portend a streamlined future for load selection and payment.

April 17, 2013

Business

Load by phone: Legacy boards add access tools

Owner-operator access to Internet-based load boards continues to streamline with many operators now using smartphones to access one or another of industry-leading online freight resources.

April 11, 2013

Business

Hotels4Truckers integrates with DAT app, inks more chain partnerships

The online directory of truck-parking-friendly hotels, featuring discounts on many, is offering free memberships (normally $9.95/year) at its MATS booth #67140.

March 23, 2013

Business

Great Dane booth features mobile app, innovations

A new smartphone app and hands-on exhibits of Great Dane’s most innovative technology and are among attractions at the company’s booth. The app will enable users to easily locate the nearest company branch, dealer or authorized parts and service facility. It will also include the ability to access the company’s AdvantEDGE fleet services network, which […]

March 21, 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

Channel 19

Loads on your phone: More board, broker apps

Details of three more smartphone apps — CHRW Trucks, BulkLoadsNow, and Fikes’ Logistics’ custom app — for finding freight in your pocket.

March 4, 2013

Channel 19

Owning your data: Trend toward usage-based insurance pricing

If 10n2 and other companies’ predictions come to fruition, it might not be long before it’s possible to utilize real-time operational data to negotiate rates with your insurance company.

February 26, 2013

Channel 19

Load tracking tools, for the right price

Detailing the new “Where you @?” app from the makers at Otter, likewise the Trucker Tools app’s relatively new “Load Track” functionality.

February 14, 2013