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‘Qualcomm’s Concept Car’: Tech World’s Latest Strike

30 January 2023

Credits: Tom Strecker/ Unsplash

The new Qualcomm concept car, is a tall-riding fastback with suicide style doors opening up a typically plush and futuristic concept car cabin.
Cars using Snapdragon Digital Chassis will be heavily application based, with over-the-air updates key to keeping myriad online services.
This future will be highly personalized, reckons Qualcomm, using facial recognition and AI to detect each individual in the car and tailor their exact environment for them.

The...

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Premium Android Phones To Soon Get Satellite Connectivity

8 January 2023

Credits: Donald Giannatti/Unsplash

A new partnership between the satellite phone firm Iridium and chip giant Qualcomm will bring satellite connectivity to premium Android smartphones later in the year, reports BBC.

It means that in places where there is no mobile coverage, handsets can connect with passing satellites to send and receive messages.

Qualcomm’s chips are found in many Android-powered smartphones. Apple announced a satellite feature for the iPhone 14 in September 2022. The service is...

https://mfame.guru/premium-android-phones-to-soon-get-satellite-connectivity/

Industry leaders chart future of supply chain visibility

7 October 2021

At FourKites Visibility 2021, supply chain leaders gather to chart the future of visibility

Shopping has never been easier for the consumer. They can have products delivered within a few hours, the same day, the next day or in two days. They can shop in person, online and through marketplaces. They can pick up products in-store or have them delivered to their doorsteps.

All of this is fantastic for consumers, but it puts huge pressure on supply chains to meet those flexible expectations. Not only are supply chain professionals contending with the tall task of personalizing the delivery...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/industry-leaders-chart-future-of-supply-chain-visibility

FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Roberts Express created the surface expedited freight category

24 March 2021

A Roberts Express tractor-trailer sparkles in the sunlight. (Photo from a public forum on Expeditorsonline.com)

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Federal Express announced on October 6, 1997 that it was acquiring Caliber System, Inc. for about $2.4 billion in stock, expanding FedEx’s ability to compete with package delivery rivals. The acquisition was finalized in January 1998.

Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Caliber System’s subsidiaries included Roadway Package System Inc., which delivered packages between businesses; Viking Freight Inc., a regional less-than-truckload carrier serving the western U.S.; Caliber Logistics Inc., a...

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Vista eyes SPAC for another attempt at Omnitracs exit

11 March 2021

The blank-check firm Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (NYSE:APSG) is in talks to combine three of Vista Equity Partners’ auto technology companies to go public, according to a Bloomberg report. The portfolio companies — Solera Holdings Inc., DealerSocket Inc. and Omnitracs — are reported to be valued at $15 billion and could reach a deal within weeks.

The SPAC combination would be at least the fourth time Vista has tried to exit its investment in Omnitracs, and a merger with Vista portfolio...

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Career Tracks: Sherri Garner Brumbaugh elected ATA chair

9 November 2020

Garner Trucking President and CEO Sherri Brumbaugh talks with KSM Transport Advisors President David Roush during the FreightWaves Carriers Summit. They discussed freight networks and profitability.

The board of directors of American Trucking Associations (ATA) has elected Sherri Garner Brumbaugh as the organization’s 76th chair.

Garner Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Transportation Group of Findlay, Ohio, is only the second woman to chair the association.

“Despite the unprecedented challenges we face, I look forward to representing ATA and telling the country just how important and essential our industry is. The past seven months have shown just how much our country relies on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/career-tracks-sherri-garner-brumbaugh-elected-ata-chair

Tech battle: Omnitracs claims Platform Science infringed on its technology patents

29 May 2020

Omnitracs has filed a lawsuit against Platform Science in the Southern District of California, alleging that Platform Science has infringed upon its technology patents.

In the suit, Omnitracs LLC et al v. Platform Science Inc., Omnitracs alleges that Platform Science has violated seven Omnitracs patents. Omnitracs is seeking a jury trial. The suit was filed on Tuesday.

Omnitracs, the dominant onboard platform for the for-hire trucking space, has been fighting a number of new startups in recent...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tech-battle-omnitracs-claims-platform-science-infringed-on-its-technology-patents