Dash Navigation layoffs: innovation loses, commodity GPS wins

Dash Navigation layoffs: innovation loses, commodity GPS wins

Dash Navigation has laid off two thirds of its employees and plans to stop making the hardware behind its Dash Express car navigation devices. That’s a shame. Chalk it up as a victory for commodity products, and a loss for innovation. It’s a reminder that… Continue Reading

Dash Navigation enhances its GPS device with software update

Dash Navigation enhances its GPS device with software update

Unlike other car navigation devices, the Dash Express has built-in wireless networking so that it can update its software with new features. Today, Dash Navigation is announcing its first update, which will make the device much smarter.
The two-way global positioning system (GPS) device will… Continue Reading

Dash Navigation launches developer platform

Dash Navigation launches developer platform

Can a GPS device really be a platform for developers? Dash Navigation, a Silicon Valley company that offers a GPS-enabled technology for your car, is betting so.
And that’s bringing some cool Web-based applications to the automobile.
The company launched its vaunted Web 2.0-style global… Continue Reading

Dash Express debuts as Web 2.0 meets GPS navigation

Dash Express debuts as Web 2.0 meets GPS navigation

Navigation 2.0 arrives today with Dash Navigation’s Dash Express GPS navigator (global positioning system). The gadget represents a new generation of smarter car navigation devices because it has two-way communication between Dash and the user.
One-way GPS systems from the likes of Garmin, Mio Technology,… Continue Reading

Roundup: Dash Navigation, Flock, Greenspan’s tell-all, and more

Roundup: Dash Navigation, Flock, Greenspan’s tell-all, and more

Here’s the latest action:
1) Dash Navigation opens platform
2) Flock releases new browser, with Facebook in sidebar
3) Patriots successfully sue ticket scalper, StubHub
4) Google’s great quarter: Net income up 46 percent
5) Brad Greenspan’s tell-all essay on MySpace
6) Microsoft releases Popfly,… Continue Reading

Dash fills coffers for Web-connected car navigation

Dash fills coffers for Web-connected car navigation

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Dash, the start-up offering the first car navigation device designed to be permanently linked to the Internet, has raised $25 million in a second round of funding.
The Mountain View Dash will launch its device in the Bay Area in late April, and nationally… Continue Reading