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Technology vendor Cadec Global said it is now offering its TempTracker temperature-monitoring system with its PowerVue fleet management platform.

XRS Corp. said it has started selling the NXT, a mobile trucking telematics tablet that uses the company’s software, a tablet from Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless’ 4G data network.

The opening days of the sad soap opera being played out on Capitol Hill apparently did little damage to the nation’s freight distribution system, according to what industry executives told our reporters last week.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mack Trucks introduced the GuardDog Connect service package aimed at expediting vehicle repairs by improving communications among drivers, fleets and dealers.

Asset-tracking provider Orbcomm Inc. said it has acquired Comtech Mobile Data Corp.’s Satellite-Enabled Notification System.

Faulty driving directions to Fairbanks, Alaska International Airport have been disabled by Apple after two people drove onto a runway, the Associated Press reported.

Equipment-leasing provider Ryder System Inc. has selected Orbcomm Inc. to provide a trailer-tracking system for its fleet of more than 30,000 dry van, refrigerated and flatbed trailers, the technology vendor recently announced.

Omnitracs Inc. said it has launched a Android application for truck drivers to complete the proof-of-delivery outside of the truck on a smart phone.

TMW Systems Inc. said its TMWSuite transportation-management software now can work with software systems produced by XRS Corp. and MacroPoint.

DETROIT — Daimler Trucks North America announced a pair of significant expansions in its telematics offerings here, unveiling the first factory-installed computer tablet for its trucks and a new communications package to seamlessly provide services over that tablet.