With the Apple iOS 6 upgrade launch, the company's first turn-by-turn navigation program, simply called "Maps," is now available for iPhone and iPad and included with the iPhone 5. Full of promise, Maps has been subject to much criticism ...
US carmaker Ford motors has unveiled the new 2013 Ford F-150 pickup truck featuring new driver controls technology. The new pickup truck is offered with several powertrain options, which include a 3.7litre four-valve Ti-VCT V6 engine ...
Tags: Ford, pickup truck, six-speed automatic transmission, EcoBoost engine
Romanian car manufacturing firm Dacia has partnered with satellite navigation system maker Garmin to launch a new sport utility vehicle (SUV), Duster Garmin limited edition, at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. According to the company, the new ...
Tags: Dacia, Motor Show, SUV
Garmin, a developer of consumer, aviation and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System has introduced CARWINGS MINI Telematics PND (Personal Navigation Device) for Dongfeng Nissan vehicles in China. CARWINGS MINI will ...
Tags: garmin, new navigation device, dongfeng nissan vehicles
Citizens Band (CB) radios and GPS navigation systems manufacturer Cobra Electronics has introduced a new professional GPS navigation system, Cobra 6000 Pro HD, which meets the needs of truckers. The company claims that the new navigation ...
Tags: navigation systems, cobra electronics, Cobra 6000 Pro HD, truckers
TomTom, in a joint venture with AutoNavi Holdings, has signed a seven year agreement with Chinese car-maker Qoros Auto to supply traffic information for its cars from next year. As per the deal, the HD Traffic will be installed on Qoros ...
Tags: TomTom, Qoros Auto, traffic information, HD traffic fusion engine
Navigation technology provider TomTom today announced developer tools and a platform for location-based services(LBS)in the cloud to help in the rapid creation of apps for finding locations that are used by truck fleets and other ...
Tags: Amsterdam, TomTom, Location-Based App, LBS, cloud
that will give Oracle customers access to Nokia mapping software and services. The deal,to be announced today at the Oracle OpenWorld 2012 show in San Francisco,California,will enable Oracle to embed Nokia's Navteq mapping technology into ...
Tags: Nokia, Oracle, mapping software, Navteq mapping technology
GPS navigators are to blame for the majority of bridge-strike accidents caused by trucks too tall to safely pass, according to information released by U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). The Senator is calling on the Department of ...
Tags: GPS navigators, GPS, bridge-strike accidents, D-NY, federal standards
With new products, it is easy to be lulled into believing that each updated model will be better than the one before. That's not what we're seeing in our portable GPS navigation tests. Our latest test group features eight models, spanning ...
Tags: GPS navigation, entry-level, full-featured, Garmin Nuvi 3550LM
Editors note: The following review is part of Macworlds GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac ...
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Apple has given Dutch satnav firm TomTom a boost by using the firm's mapping technology to replace Google's in the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6. Industry analysts believe the move could help revive TomTom, which ...
Tags: Apple, TomTom, mobile operating system, satnav apps, Google Maps