Rand McNally’s parent company TELEO Capitol strengthened its connected vehicle ambitions with this week’s acquisition of Australia-based Fleetsu. The parent company will merge Fleetsu with Rand McNally’s fleet business.
The merger will allow the companies to offer platform, data, and analytics...
Probe originated in late 2020
The U.S. Justice Department is stepping up a Google Maps probe to see if the company is promoting monopolistic practices in its mapping business that hampers third-party apps.
According to published reports, DoJ is looking whether Google’s Android Automotive, which requires...
A new Consumer Watchdog report may ruffle feathers in the industry as it says that California is developing rules to battle consumer privacy issues from connected cars and location technology.
The new rules will be part of Prop 24—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which “should...
Monimoto has published a report detailing the challenges of using Apple's AirTag to secure a motorcycle versus a GPS-based tracking device such as its Monimoto 7. Monimoto, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, says that AirTag has recently been criticized for its use in stalking...
Company Says 300,000 Miles of Roads To Be Mapped by 2024
At its GTC conference last week, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang launched Drive Map, a mapping platform tailored for self-driving cars that will map more than 300,000 miles of roads in North America, Europe...
Septentrio has launched three new products: mosaic-CLAS, AsteRx-m3 CLAS and AsteRx SB3 CLAS, which support Japan’s high-accuracy Centimeter Level Augmentation Service (CLAS), the company said. These multi-frequency GNSS receivers, developed with integrator CORE, support CLAS on a single device as they receive the L6 signal, which...
Verizon Connect has announced it recently migrated its entire Verizon Connect Reveal offering to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Verizon Connect, a fleet management software platform, now uses the AWS multiple Availability Zone (AZ) architecture.
Verizon, which is using AWS for data analytics and machine learning services, believes...
Portland, Ore.-based PreAct Technologies has partnered with ESPROS Photonics, a Swiss company that makes time-of flight chips and 3D cameras, to develop flash Lidar technologies for automotive, trucking, industrial automation and robotics.
The collaboration combines PreAct’s flash Lidar and the versatile and time-of-flight...
Partnership Builds on 2019 Automotive Agreement
More Android smartphones will benefit from location through Trimble and Qualcomm Technologies’ announcement this week that they are integrating Trimble RTX GNSS technology into Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 Mobile Platforms.
Integrating the Trimble RTX technology with Snapdragon Mobile Platforms...
Amazon Location Service this week added two new HERE Technologies map styles for developers, HERE Explore and HERE Explore Truck. With HERE Explore, developers have a new global map that features roads, buildings, landmarks, and water features, including a fully designed map of Japan, the...
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