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Pickups

SafeCell Stops Distracted Driving

New App Helps Drivers Stay Safe SafeCell Enterprise has designed an advanced mobile App to prevent dangerous driving behavior of employees by recording and reporting violations, and in some cases blocking text/SMS, phone and email while driving.  The app runs automatically in the background of smart phones, engaging when traveling over 5 mph, and is […]

May 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

The French Connection 2013: A car chase for the ages

Where’s Popeye Doyle when you need him to jump behind the wheel of his police car and chase the No. 7 train through Brooklyn? Still around apparently. Doyle’s manic and nail-biting car chase in the multi-Academy Award-winning French Connection (1971) is a legendary piece of cinema. The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture […]

April 19, 2013

Technology

Behind the B15: The design process of Caterpillar’s rugged smartphone

Just a couple of weeks ago, Caterpillar launched a pretty surprising new product. Not a dozer or an excavator, but a phone. A very rugged smartphone. And to much excitement, I might add. The phone received copious amounts of coverage from mainsteam outlets and the consumer technology outlets alike at its debut during the Mobile […]

March 13, 2013

Technology

Contractor smartphone use surges; social media use sees modest gain

Contractors are dinged for being slow technology adaptors, but according to the 2013 Equipment World Internet Use and Social Media Survey, some of you are definitely starting to catch up. The survey was based on 302 mailed and emailed responses from contractors across the country. We did a similar survey in 2011, and quite frankly […]

March 4, 2013

Safety

AEM expands library of safety manual e-books on Apple’s iBookstore

The Association of Equipment Managers recently published its fourth safety manual to Apple’s iBooks e-book platform for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The latest manual deals with industrial/agricultural mower safety. Safety manuals on hydraulic excavators, aerial work platforms and agricultural sprayers are also available. The manuals are all priced at $3.99. The association says […]

February 25, 2013

Technology

Do you use tablets or smartphones on the jobsite?

Tablets and smartphones are becoming more and more common staples of our lives. We read books with them, watch movies with them, play games on them. And a lot of us do work with them. Of course, you can’t hammer a nail with a smartphone and you can’t drive an excavator with a tablet. Yet, […]

January 9, 2013

Gear

GEAR: Powerocks Stone3 charges phone, tablet simultaneously

Never be left with a dead battery with the Powerocks Magic Cube and Stone3 portable power bank products, which will be introduced next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Magic Cube and Stone3 are light-weight, portable back-up power chargers for smartphones and tablets, e-readers, MP3 players, GPS devices, LED lights, digital […]

January 2, 2013

Technology

12 Days of Construction Gifts: rugged smartphone cases

If you take your smartphone to the jobsite, you need to protect it. Keep your iPhone safe from water, dirt, snow or shock with a Lifeproof case. Lifeproof cases are designed to meet or exceed Military Standard 810F-516 (MIL STD 810 F), which protects from relatively infrequent, non-repetitive shocks; and the IP-68 classification of the […]

December 22, 2012

Safety

Walter Surface Technologies releases safety app for iPhone, iPad

Improve metalworking safety on the jobsite with the Walter Safety App, available now for the iPhone and iPad. The new app provides a range of easily accessible safety information, including an abrasives speed chart that provides maximum rpm for abrasives discs based on diameter; grinding angles; a drill bits speed chart that provides optimal […]

November 15, 2012

Pickups

Speaker System for iPod, iPhone and iPad

Kicker’s new High-Performance Audio System doc is designed for iPhone, iPod and iPad. Available at shop.kicker.com, www.samsclub.com, www.costco.com, and various Costco Roadshow events.

October 8, 2012

Technology

Apple rolls out iOS 6 software update for iPhone, iPad

Around noon, Apple pushed the iOS 6 update from its servers to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. If you haven't gotten a push notification notifying you of this over the air update (no need to plug into a computer running iTunes) here's how to download the update yourself:

September 19, 2012

Construction Equipment

Apple unveils the iPhone 5; thinner design with a larger, 4-inch screen and 4G LTE

The iPhone 5, unveiled by Apple during an event in San Francisco Wednesday, features a new 4-inch display a thinner design and 4G LTE wireless data connectivity. Pre-orders for the new device will begin Friday, Sept. 14 starting at $199 for 16 gigabytes of storage. It will be available at AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Wireless.

September 18, 2012