Worst Commutes Revealed by GPS Data
26 Mar 2011, 15:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’ve ever been stuck in a traffic jam, and chances are you have, then you were probably thinking that it’s one of the worst in the world. Well, now you can know for sure, as a The D...
TomTom Launches Speed Cameras
24 Mar 2011, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For years now, TomTom has striven to become a friend of the drivers around the world. Its products, better or worse than those of its competitors, have managed to catch on on a large scale, while To...
Distracted Driving to Be Eliminated with Technology
22 Mar 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After years of efforts proved that there is little the authorities can do to force drivers into not texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new approach might be tried later in the year, pr...
The UK Could See Major Satnav Crash
10 Mar 2011, 17:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Great Britain is so dependent on GPS satellite navigation systems that a failure could result in deaths, a recent The Telegraph post writes. A study from the Royal Academy of Engineering says that j...
No More Bus Races! Shanghai to Install GPS to Prevent Speeding
17 Feb 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There are some people out there who have to show their special affinity for speed regardless if they're driving a race car, a street-legal vehicle, a tractor or a... bus... And it appears that ...
Passport IQ Integrated Radar Detector and GPS Nav Showcased at 2011 CES
3 Jan 2011, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Some aftermarket gadgets are very nice things to have around, but adding a multitude of accessories will make the interior of a vehicle a crowded place. This is why Escort, a manufacturer of automot...
GPS with Feelings Under Development
30 Dec 2010, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GPS, or satellite navigation, has changed the way travel looks and feels. You can now go anywhere without getting lost, can find any point of interest without pulling over and asking somebody and yo...
NavFree Launched in the US
27 Dec 2010, 21:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The gazillion iPhone and iPad GPS navigation applications have been joined this week by a new system, developed by Navmii. The company announced the launch of the NavFree USA app intended for the tw...
TomTom Map Share Moves to iPhone
27 Dec 2010, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another good news for those lost trekkers who own an iPhone: navigation solutions provider TomTom announced last week it had made the TomTom Map Share service a part of the TomTom app for Apple'...
NAVTEQ Traffic Patterns Reaches Brazil
20 Dec 2010, 15:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How would you like to stop spending hours of your life standing still behind the wheel of your car, stuck in the middle of a traffic jam of biblical proportions? You'd love it, we know, and if ...
Cobra Mini Coyote V2 GPS Radar Alert System Introduced
19 Nov 2010, 13:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / So, you really enjoy the time spent behind the wheel and you’re happy every time a roadtrip enters your site. It doesn’t matter if your ride is tuned creation, a go-fast vehicle or a ma...
GPS Sends Driver Stuck on Goat Trail
29 Sep 2010, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We have grown accustomed by now to seeing drivers with no lack of orientation of their own getting stung by the GPS systems they have come to rely on so much. Truth be told, in most cases we even en...
Car Black Boxes, Coming from Intel
9 Jul 2010, 13:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The safety concerns caused by Japanese manufacturer Toyota's huge recall from late 2009-early 2010 has prompted US authorities, as you already know, into asking for technologies similar to the ...
BMW Pathfinder, Navigation 3.0
15 Jun 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The good-old GPS, as it has come to be known, is evolving at fast pace thanks to the endeavors undertaken by those players in the automotive industry which rely on high-tech gadgets for the cars as ...
Magellan Launches 2010 RoadMate GPS Nav Line
26 May 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Magellan yesterday launched its new RoadMate series of portable vehicle navigation devices. The entire lineup boasts the exclusive OneTouch personalization feature, as well as spoken street names, 6...
TomTom Presents GO LIVE 1000
28 Apr 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Navigation solution provider TomTom presented yesterday a device which it calls "the first in a whole new generation of navigation devices." Dubbed GO LIVE 1000, the gadget is the first in...
TomTom Releases New Map Pack
17 Mar 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The TomTom Netherlands-based GPS and auto satnav producer has released its latest map update package. The pack includes over 100 new or updated maps, covers three new countries and over 100,000 k...
Sat-Nav to Receive ISO Standard
12 Feb 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As GPS and satellite navigation systems used in cars get more and more common, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has decided to start the work on a global standard to be appli...
Must-Have Motorcycle Gadgets
5 Feb 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A motorcycle is far from being just a means of transportation, but it’s a pride and passion and sometimes even more. Simply put, it becomes a way of life. However, believe it or not, there are...
FIA Asks Teams to Pay for New GPS System
1 Feb 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) looks set to improve the stewarding system in Formula One, starting the very 2010 season. Apart from the inclusion of former Grand Prix drivers in the s...