Orbcomm, the low earth orbit messaging satellite company, specializing in two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that its ReeferTrak platform has been selected by seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics companies. ReeferTrak enables customers to proactively monitor, manage and remotely control their refrigerated transport assets. By leveraging the power of ReeferTrak’s temperature, fuel [...]

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Speaking at the NAB conference, Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam was bullish on the future of mobile TV. He said half of Verizon Wireless’ traffic was video, and the percentage will increase in the next few years. Smartphones are getting bigger. The Galaxy Mega has a 6.3in 720p display while the 5.8in screen Mega has [...]

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Canada’s Radarsat 1 satellite stopped communicating with Earth in late March, and officials fear the satellite may be lost for good, the Canadian Space Agency announced Tuesday. Controllers last heard from the spacecraft March 29, when engineers noticed Radarsat 1 was in safe mode, a semi-dormant state in which the spacecraft conserves energy, according to [...]

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Researcher IHS says both wired and wireless networks are coming to cars. Backseat entertainment, infotainment systems, traffic displays, and safety applications are expected soon. An automotive version of Ethernet might soon be available with support from key auto companies, IHS writes. The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net), wants to create a standard for connecting the various [...]

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The SATELLITE 2013 conference (twitter) kicked off Monday, March 18 with a pre-conference focusing on the industry’s latest technical and engineering challenges. The 32nd annual conference will be held March 18-21 in Washington, D.C. This year’s annual event will attract more than 12,000 delegates from 75 countries and features more than 350 exhibiting companies plus [...]

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A small Russian spacecraft appears to have been struck by remnants of a destroyed Chinese satellite, reports SpaceDaily.com. It’s just the second time in history that an active spacecraft has collided with an artificial object while in orbit. The collision took place between Russia’s Ball Lens in the Space (BLITS) spacecraft and China’s Fengyun 1C [...]

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