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Dash Mobilizes
Dash is on-site in San Francisco today at the GigaOm network’s inaugural Mobilize conference:
Mobilize is a one-day conference from GigaOM designed to bring to you the future of the broadband mobile web. Using the existing industry as a platform, we will examine emerging ideas and emerging markets.
Our very own Ken Kershner, VP of Engineering, is [...]
Dash at IET’s Intelligent Environments and GeoWeb 2008
After getting the API updates out I am taking it to the road.
First, I’m attending the IET Intelligent Environments conference in Seattle on Monday and Tuesday (today). This academic-focused event presents numerous papers focused on:
Intelligent environments are spaces in which computation is seamlessly used to enhance ordinary activity. One of the driving forces behind [...]
Telematics Awards: The Best Portable Navigation System
I’m at the Telematics Detroit 2008 conference, which officially starts tomorrow,and just got back from the “Global Industry Awards Dinner” where Dash won the “Best Portable Navigation System” award for 2007-2008. Now I have to figure out how to pack this delicate lucite award in my carry-on without breaking it. Seriously though, it was great [...]
Read More..>>“DashApps” - Third Party Services enabled by our open content platform!
Tomorrow morning at O’Reilly’s Where 2.0 conference we’ll be announcing another first for the GPS category. We’re opening up our service to enable other companies and developers to provide timely and relevant Internet content to the car. Our goal is to get drivers the answers they need every day. We call these [...]
Read More..>>Dash talking at Mobile Monday event tonight
For those of you in the Bay Area, we will be talking tonight at the monthly “Mobile Monday” event. The talk will focus on our APIs for third party services. Here are the details (from Mobile Monday Silicon Valley)
* What: March 2008 Mobile Monday (Automotive)
* When: March 10th, 2008 7:00pm
* Where: Google, Tunis [...]
Getting your web content in the car!
This morning Rob Currie and I demonstrated an open content platform that will allow consumers to get the content they want into the car. We showed support for GeoRSS and KML, which allows Dash users to bring all the great web map mashups into the car. We also showed API level integration with [...]
Read More..>>Web2.0 update
While the Web2.0 Summit didn’t swing into full gear until 3pm today, the first day of the conference seemed to be all about platforms and helping consumers get the important information they need when they need it. Myspace announced their platform, while Facebook talked about the developments they have seen in their exiting platform. [...]
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