WaveMarket Makes Money on Location – wirelessweek.com

By Maisie Ramsay  The future of geofencing is bright, but it’s not in advertising. So says Tasso Roumeliotis, founder and CEO of WaveMarket, the company behind the family locator services at AT&T and Sprint. “Geofence-based marketing has to have massive utility to the user or be part of their passion,” he says. “It will not… Read More

Mobile phones and Veriplace enable uShip Tracking – thewherebusiness.com

uShip.com has built a precise and up-to-date shipment tracking platform enabling uShip customers to monitor the location and activity of their transportation service providers (TSPs) and track their shipments in transit. TSPs can offer tracking services using the applications available in the uShip Tracking platform to provide customers shipment location information. Options vary from manual… Read More

How Business Models Determine Success – WebProNews.com

Determining what it is that makes a business successful is difficult, especially in this economy. Is success measured in numbers or profitability? As Matt Chasen ofuShip explains, many businesses take a backward approach to finding success. When he started uShip 6 years ago, he says he was very focused on proving out their business model. Unfortunately, a lot… Read More

uShip Set to Offer Truck Drivers Real-time Location Updates to Improve Driver Safety and Offer Better Customer Service – – VentureLoop

by Tim Ruiz on April 13, 2010 Without a doubt, the big change that motor safety advocates and politicians alike are pushing is the elimination of texting while driving. One statistic attributes one out of six fatal traffic accidents to texting while driving, and a new public service announcement campaign eerily echoes the “Just Say… Read More

From New York to Texas, a Seinfeld Odyssey – NYTimes Wheels Blog

By DANIEL MCDERMON, March 12, 2010 Otis Raring with his 2008 Honda Odyssey Touring.Trisha Raring Otis Raring with his 2008 Honda Odyssey Touring edition. When Otis Raring began searching for a new car, he had some specific needs. He and his wife, Trisha, have two young children and are expecting a third. A minivan seemed like… Read More