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Channel 19

New: Minimizer mobile site

Minimizer’s new mobile-friendly tool offers users a streamlined experience on mobile phone browsers.

January 5, 2013

Channel 19

New mobile scanning integration from Prophesy / Drive Axle

The Drive Axle app allows you smartphone’s camera to be turned into a document scanner/creator — it’s newly integrated with Prophesy’s Trucking Management Software solutions.

December 10, 2012

Business

PSP 2.0 expands access to driver records, introduces iPhone app

Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program crash/inspection violation history reports are now available to companies involved in hiring decisions beyond just interstate motor carriers.

November 29, 2012

Channel 19

Mobile trends: Has your smartphone replaced your GPS?

Survey results from uShip’s annual mobile technology survey showed a majority of operators either relying on their smartphones for navigation more than their GPS units or recognizing that potential.

November 12, 2012

Channel 19

Option for crowd-sourcing weigh-station status

New Scalechek app provides a directory and alerts for open/closed status of weigh stations across the U.S. and Canada.

August 31, 2012

Business

Weigh station bypassing — there’s an app for that

The PreClear bypass system is the first bypass system to supply driving-record information to enforcement personnel to help determine whether to bypass.

August 24, 2012

Business

Xata now XRS, new platform

The new mobile-centric XRS platform of trucking software combines Xata Turnpike’s RouteTracker EOBR solution with reportedly robust business data management and analysis software.

August 13, 2012

Channel 19

New BigRoad app offers hours, nav, messaging

BigRoad’s driver/owner-operator smartphone app for Android offers log capability, messaging, navigation/maps and other functionality, such as the ability to send and receive documents from within the app.

August 4, 2012

Channel 19

New Android app provides IFTA assist

Owner-operators packing an Android-powered smartphone can use a new free tool to track fuel purchases and drive miles by state — right on your smartphone. The SimpleIFTA app makes doing so relatively easy, taking paper out of the process (click through the image to download if you’re reading on a smartphone, scan the QR below […]

June 9, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Want a chance to win free breakfast for life?

Denny’s restaurants’ 50-state-challenge kicks off with proprietary mobile applications for Android and iPhone — participants get a chance to win free breakfast for life.

June 5, 2012

Channel 19

iPhone or Android? Titans neck and neck among drivers

It’s neck and neck between the two smartphone giants among fans of Overdrive’s Facebook page weighing in on a proposed choice between the iPhone or one among many of Google Android-powered devices (Motorola Droid Razr pictured) available today. “This one I want to follow,” the very first commenter noted when we asked the “iPhone or […]

May 19, 2012

Channel 19

New hotel-search iPhone app from Booking.com

Need a hotel last-minute on the road? The new free Booking.com Tonight app for the iPhone taps into the Booking.com website‘s global listings for more than 200,000 hotels and other accommodations and offers some built-in price discounts for many, the company says. The app’s geared toward last-minute bookings and thus may be particularly useful for drivers. Simple, […]

April 15, 2012