Enjoy, a tech device set-up and delivery service, aims to make reading indecipherable instruction manuals a thing of the past. An Enjoy "expert" delivers the purchase, unpacks and sets up the device, then helps the client learn about it, in up to an hourlong visit.
August 9, 2016Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics
Another 9,000 Trailers Recalled Due to Bendix Defect
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall of more than 9,000 additional trailers because of a defect with the Bendix SR-5 spring brakes that the manufacturer believes could affect up to 194,410 trailers in total.
August 11, 2016Business, Technology
Tech Startup Enjoy Delivers Your Product, Teaches You How to Use It
Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Letters: Mandate Technology, A Modest Proposal
Mandate Technology That Boosts Collision Avoidance
August 8, 2016Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Commercial Vehicle Group to Close Three Midwest Facilities
Cab-related products and systems supplier Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. announced that it would close three U.S. facilities in the Midwest beginning in the third quarter of the year in connection with a cost-reduction and restructuring plan it announced in 2015.
August 4, 2016Business, Technology
Google's Project Wing Delivery Drone to Be Tested at US Site
Google’s Project Wing drone delivery services will be tested at a U.S. site, the White House announced as part of an initiative to push research and safety measures for unmanned flight.
August 2, 2016Business, Technology
LiveOnWeb Replay: Top 100 For-Hire Carriers and Disruption in the Industry
On the heels of the release of our 2016 TT Top 100 For-Hire Carrier rankings, our July LiveOnWeb program focused on regulatory issues and the potential for disruption in the industry. Watch the replay of the July 27 program.
July 28, 2016Business, Technology
Capital Goods Orders Rise for First Time in Three Months
Orders for business equipment rose in June for the first time in three months, eking out a small gain that shows companies are in no rush to significantly ramp up investment, according to a report July 27 from the Commerce Department.
July 27, 2016Business, Technology
Blue Tree Launches Fleet Analytics Platform
Truck and trailer telematics provider Blue Tree Systems has launched FleetManager.com, a new analytics platform designed to help fleets extract insights from their data.
July 26, 2016Perspective, Business, Government, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Opinion: Transportation Investment in Idaho Pays Off
Idaho’s Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle program, or GARVEE, recently wrapped up, after a decade of investment in the state’s roads and bridges. Along the way, the GARVEE program transformed the state’s infrastructure in a way we haven’t seen since the interstate system was built through Idaho in the 1960s.
July 25, 2016Fuel, Business, Technology
Teletrac Navman Launches New Unified Telematics Platform
Fleet-tracking companies Teletrac Inc. and Navman Wireless announced a new telematics platform that combines their two product lines into one offering for customers.Â
July 19, 2016