TomTom today announced its first customer in the telematics insurance market. United Kingdom-based insurance broker Motaquote will use TomTom technology for Fair Pay Insurance, a product that rewards good drivers with lower premiums.

“Our entry in the insurance market with our proven fleet management technology puts us at the forefront of...

Speedcam warning vendor Coyote System has announced today to have reached 1.5 million paying users in its driver community.

Members of the Coyote community exchange alerts about speedcam locations, road hazards and road congestions.

Users are spread across various platforms: dedicated devices, mobile applications and partner devices (PND...

Harman International Industries has released today its financial earnings for the second quarter of their fiscal year 2012 (ended December 31, 2011). In its infotainment division the tier one automotive supplier posted revenue of $600 million, up 20 percent against the same quarter last year.

The operating margin in this division was 8....

Last week, Persistent Systems, a company that specializes in software development outsourcing, announced the acquisition of the location business from Openwave Systems. The financials of the transaction were not disclosed.

Openwave’s location business unit was providing commercial and emergency (E911/E-112) location-based service...

The number of smartphones sold worldwide in 2011 has outnumbered the number of PCs and tablets, said market research firm Canalys in a research released last week. According to the British firm, 487.7 million smartphones were sold in 2011 against 414.6 million client PCs (encompassing desktops, notebook, netbooks and tablets/pads).

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Based on research from The NPD Group, Apple became the best-selling U.S. handset brand in the fourth quarter of 2011, the iPhones outnumbering sales of competitors Samsung and LG.

In a quarter that featured the launch of the iPhone 4S and the addition of Sprint as wireless carrier, Apple’s three available models combined have captured 4...

According to a new report by Frost & Sullivan, there is a revenue opportunity for vehicle manufacturers to deliver applications to their customers if they can develop the right eco-system.

According to the report, “Smartphone interface technologies such as Ford SYNC Applink, Nokia MirrorLink and several other concepts have given VMs th...

MapQuest last week announced it integrated traffic and road condition cameras into their maps and directions in over 100 U.S. markets, featuring more than 11,000 cameras. These camera feeds are coming from traffic provider INRIX which distributes the service from traffic camera aggregator Vizzion. To date Google Maps is not offering this kind o...

This week Panasonic and Nikon have both announced new digital cameras featuring built-in GPS capabilities.

Panasonic has announced the LUMIX ZS20 ($350), a slim Digital Camera with a 20x optical zoom lens.

Map data can be installed onto the LUMIX ZS20 via a bundled DVD, giving the camera detailed worldwide maps of 82 countries/regions on...

TomTom this week announced that its fleet management service, TomTom Business Solutions now has over 180,000 vehicles and 15,000 customers in 21 countries.

The Dutch company is currently building a network of local reseller partners able to locally offer vamue added services such as product installations, first-line support, training or syste...

A French commercial court has found Google guilty of abusing its dominant position with Google Maps to erase the competition. The court ordered Google to pay €500,000 in damages and interest to the plaintiff and a €15,000 euro fine. Google said it would appeal.

This ruling is the outcome of a two years battle launched by French online mappin...

According to a consumer survey commissioned by BITKOM, the German Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, 11 million Germans have shared rides either as a driver or passenger, in 2011. Around 7 million citizens are car pooling with their work colleagues, but already two million Germans are using the web t...

Safely, a division of Location Labs, today announced that its premium Safely Family Locator has enabled more than one billion family safety location checks since inception. “These “locates” have been initiated by Family Locator subscribers across millions of child phones on three Tier 1 US wireless carriers,“ said the company which provides suc...

Dutch GPS navigation vendor tomTom today announced an agreement with General Motor where they will sell their Personal Navigation Devices (TomTom VIA 1405 or VIA 1505) as an option to Chevrolet vehicles buyers at the dealership.

Chevrolet dealerships are offering these PNDs to customers who purchase a 2009 or newer Camaro, Colorado, Cobalt...