Bicycle Thieves Beware of GPS Tracking! If you have ever been the victim of bicycle theft, the new SpyBike Covert Bicycle GPS Tracker might be just the product for you. Even with a bicycle lock, according to the National Bike Registry, an estimated $200 million worth of bicycles get stolen annually. This new product helps […]
Home Monitoring Vendor’s Reliability Questioned After Shooting In 2009, Raven Wyatt, then only five years of age, was struck by a stray bullet fired by a juvenile offender, Lamont Davis, who was supposed to be at home, as monitored by a iSECUREtrac Inc.’s ankle GPS tracking system. During Davis’ trial, iSECUREtrac’s service flaws were exposed, raising doubts […]
Wireless Fleet Management Helps AT&T Reduce Costs AT&T credits their wireless fleet management solution, targeting commercial trucks and van fleets, as a key part of its going green initiative. Wireless fleet management has helped to reduce drivers’ idling times, better manage their daily miles driven, improved route planning, and reduced travel time, thereby reducing AT&T […]
Florida Drivers May Soon Pay Mileage Taxes Based on GPS Tracking The State of Florida is considering a novel idea. Florida is considering using a GPS tracking device to track the miles driven by each vehicle. Currently, whenever one refuels at a gas station, a portion of the gas per gallon price is a tax […]
Having a known modus operandi since at least 2006 for robbing Dunkin’ Donuts shops and being suspected in more recent burglaries was enough for the Boston Police Department to issue and receive a warrant to secretly install a GPS tracking device on the vehicle of Edward Nugent, 49. Within just a few days after the […]
Rand McNally Offers WiFi Enabled GPS Device Rand McNally just introduced a new 7” GPS device, IntelliRoute TND 720, designed specifically for trucks. Their new GPS device offers WiFi connectivity to provide real-time weather updates and rugged casing to make it easier to hold, video input for third-party back up cameras, and a brighter screen […]
Microsoft was the first major software company to make major headway in the telematics space with its Sync product. Now Apple is trying to make in-roads by using a rather different approach.
Coming Soon: TiE South Coast M2M Panel Discussion On June 26, 2012, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), will be hosting a panel discussion about M2M applications and the technology’s future. One of our own, Magda Remillard, Director of Business Development at FieldLogix will be one of the panel moderators. The TiE panel discussion will be about […]
Employees Busted While Driving Personal Vehicles, Because of GPS Like social media, following your employees with GPS tracking devices has major implications for the world of work. Whether driving a company vehicle or your own personal vehicle, GPS tracking is changing the rules. Some employees are finding that out the hard way. Court cases have confirmed that, […]
Trolley GPS Tracking Eases Travels In mid-April, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock launched a GPS tracking system allowing students, faculty, and staff to track the campus’ Trojan Trolleys as the traverse their routes. The new tracking system allows riders to know exactly where the trolleys are located as the make their rounds.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) announced today that they are acquiring Hughes Telematics Inc. (HUTC) for $612 million in cash. This is a big move for a US wireless carrier to enter the Machine to Machine communications space as an end to end application provider. Verizon will pay $12 a share in the acquisition, which is […]
