Idle Chat, a live, online tool for driver recruitment, has been announced. Idle Chat agents monitor carrier websites and social media recruitment pages to communicate live with driver visitors.
Read More →IronPlanet, an online auction for used heavy equipment, has a new iPad application that it said improves its patented and guaranteed equipment inspection reports. The app helps field inspectors do reports using step-by-step instructions for gathering key data for the type of equipment being inspected.
Read More →Wright Media LLC, the trucking industry’s largest producer of mobile apps, recently launched its Fuel DAWG app, part of the Trucker Grand Central Network of mobile products for the transportation industry. Fuel DAWG is a new mobile and Web-based application designed to give truck drivers the vital information they need while out on the road.
Read More →Stuck in traffic? Have a cell phone? Here’s your chance to turn your wasted breath into a digital complaint that could actually get something done. Building America’s Future, a bipartisan coalition dedicated to reinvestment in infrastructure, today introduced a new mobile phone app that gives motorists a direct link to their elected representatives.
Read More →Skybitz and Pana-Pacific announced a partnership agreement that allows Pana-Pacific to market and resell SkyBitz trailer tracking and management products to the transportation and logistics markets.
Read More →PeopleNet, a provider of fleet mobility solutions that reduce cost per mile, improve safety/compliance and enable profitable growth, announced that the U.S. Patent Office has granted a patent to the company that enhances data delivery to meet customers’ mission-critical communication needs.
Read More →Omnitracs Inc. announced the availability of its Vehicle Maintenance application on the Mobile Computing Platform 50. Vehicle Maintenance captures important engine and vehicle diagnostic information and sends it to drivers and fleet managers so that service can be proactively scheduled to reduce repair costs.
Read More →EBE announced its partnership with TruckOp.com to offer a combined solution aimed at reducing the costs of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts for carriers and improving the management and control of these purchases.
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Blue Tree Systems Inc., a provider of reefer monitoring, trailer tracking and in-cab fleet management solutions, announced it has completed implementation of new software updates to its HOS Advisor tool to reflect new driver Hours-of-Service regulations, which came into effect on July 1.
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Pilot, the largest truckstop chain in the country with more than 650 outlets and $29 billion in annual revenues, is being investigated for allegedly defrauding customers by withholding fuel rebates and discounts.
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