Archive for the 'Dash Express' Category

Search Along Route Expanded

Posted by Dave Zatz on August 22nd, 2008 filed in Dash Express, Developer

As a follow-on to the June08 Dash Express update, we’ve recently expanded our popular Search Along Route™ functionality. Initially, Search Along Route enabled customers to pinpoint Yahoo! Local destinations anywhere along their route – between the origin and destination, presented with both absolute distance and deviation off the route. Now, in addition to identifying Yahoo! [...]

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DashApp Spotlight: Trapster… Reloaded

Posted by Dave Zatz on August 14th, 2008 filed in Dash Express, Developer

Trapster®, an inaugural DashApp partner developer, has incorporated community feedback and leveraged our June software update to implement a new free service. Previously, Dash Express customers had access to a real time speed trap exchange system including a growing database of nearly 40,000 static enforcement points, such as known hot [...]

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Dash API Enhancements

Posted by Dash Navigation on July 11th, 2008 filed in Dash Express, Developer

After a lot of great feedback from the community and our developers we’ve just updated our Dynamic Search API for DashApps (PDF). Today we introduce several enhancements including a larger result sets, various user experience improvements, Search Along Route ability, and custom icons. But that’s not all…
The most exciting improvement may be facilitating in-car text [...]

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The Dash Express June08 Update

Posted by Dave Zatz on June 30th, 2008 filed in Dash Express

Just about three months after launch, we’re fired up to release the Dash Express June08 update – it contains literally hundreds of modifications, many straight from forum and blog feedback. It’s also several firsts for us… and the industry. Our first software update. The first automotive GPS software update via WiFi. And the first GPS [...]

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Welcome to the (Mobile) Social

Posted by Dave Zatz on June 23rd, 2008 filed in Dash Express, Developer

We’re not your average, every day automotive GPS company. In fact, we’re somewhat reluctant to even use the “GPS PND” label in describing the business given our unique philosophy… We’re running on a community-developed operating system. We’re crowd-sourcing real-time traffic data. And we’ve got an open API that’s being used to tap into online social [...]

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Dash Express Now $299.99

Posted by Dave Zatz on June 20th, 2008 filed in Dash Express

After seeing such outstanding results from our partners’ recent Dads & Grads promotion, we’ve decided to lower the price of the Dash Express. Hitting the $299.99 price point makes the Dash Express affordable for even more customers - accelerating the growth of the Dash Driver Network.
Being early adopters ourselves, we’ve witnessed our fair share of [...]

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Does Your GPS Tweet?

Posted by Dave Zatz on June 17th, 2008 filed in Dash Express, Developer

As the title asks, does your GPS tweet? If you’ve got a Dash Express, it sure does!

We opened our API just a few short weeks ago and the response has been amazing - with a couple dozen applications already built. Mike Tuckman and Michael Muni have been leading the Dash customer application development charge and [...]

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