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TomTom Financial Community Richard Piekaar +31 20 757 5194 ir@tomtom.com or Public Relations Scott Johnston +31 20 8500851 scott.johnston@tomtom.com Logo: http://www.tomtom.com TomTom NV (TomTom) announced a new structure to its portable navigation (PND) division. Corinne Vigreux has been appointed managing director, Ken McAlpine will join as senior vice president product design and Alex Batchelor will join as executive vice president marketing. "These appointments reflect the...
Company Delivering Data via Automakers, Portable Navigation Systems, Broadcast Media, Wireless, and Internet-Based Services Brainerd Communicators Scott Cianciulli, 212-986-6667 cianciulli@braincomm.com or Jennifer Gery, 212-986-6667 gery@braincomm.com Logo: http://www.clearchannel.com Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) today announced that half a million people are now signed up for the company's real-time traffic service, where they are receiving the data from a...
By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Jul. 9--Just when record-high gasoline prices are stressing out drivers more than ever before, one company says its technology will help them find the lowest price more easily -- and help them determine the best way to get there. The Dash Express, a $300 GPS device from Dash Navigation of Sunnyvale, Calif., connects directly to the Web and delivers real-time traffic information to motorists, said Robert Acker, the company's senior vice...
By Roger Yu Doreen Rosimos of Marlborough, N.H., brought along her Rottweiler, Zelda, when she went on an assignment in Kentucky. When Zelda became sick one day, Rosimos, who heads a firm that funds micro-enterprises, quickly typed "veterinarian" into her car's global-positioning device (GPS), and found one nearby within minutes. The emergency surgery saved Zelda's life. "I never would have found it without the GPS," she says. Rosimos is one of a growing number of travelers who...
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, today announced that Google(TM), a top web property in all major global markets, has signed a long term license agreement with the company that gives Google access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world. The agreement spans Google's current and future map-based services and...
Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cad313/gps_a_path_to_new has announced the addition of the "GPS: A Path to New Applications on Mobile Devices" report to their offering. This report analyzes how GPS technology drives innovative, location-based content development and navigation services. Besides highlighting the technology development and market trends for the major portable navigation platforms, this report analyzes the adoption of GPS-enabled value-added...
In a surprising announcement made Tuesday, personal navigation device maker TomTom NV warned its profits would be less than expected due to pricing power weakness and European retailers stocking fewer of its products.The company's devices, which provide turn-by-turn voice directions to drivers, have seen continued strong demand but are under pricing pressures from established competitors like Garmin Ltd and other Asian suppliers such as MiTac International in Taiwan.Additionally, Nokia Corp....
Makers of navigation devices like to joke that their products can save marriages. Buyers need never fight with a spouse over whether to stop and ask for directions. The navigation-device industry could use a little saving of its own. Companies like TomTom and Garmin that build navigation devices are facing a barrage of competition from cell-phone makers and slumping demand from consumers who are putting off purchases as the economy falters. For some, weakness in the U.S. dollar is adding to...
BARCELONA -- When U.S. regulators, responding to the September 11 attacks, required that mobile handsets carry an electronic beacon giving the user's whereabouts, they handed telecoms and technology companies a hot new business opportunity. Sprint Nextel and Verizon are already using the technology to help companies locate employees who are on the road and to aid travelers planning a weekend trip, charging up to $15 a month for their services.But Google Inc. and other Web services firms are...
