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South Africa, Johannesburg
– 02 September, 2010 –
TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces that a new update to the TomTom App for iPhone is coming soon. The new update demonstrates TomTom’s commitment to provide continued innovations and an enhanced navigation experience.
Now, TomTom users will [...]

With tourists making hundreds of millions of visits to National Parks in the United States each year, a new study by location and navigation solutions leader TomTom offers valuable insight on the traffic within these key summer destinations.
The latest TomTom study revealed average speeds of vehicles travelling through National Parks, based on anonymous user-shared data [...]

TomTom NV turned in a first-quarter net profit on higher services revenue but said it expects device sales to be flat this year.
The Dutch navigation-equipment maker posted a net profit of €3.1 million ($4.1 million), compared with a year-earlier loss of €37 million. Increased revenue from content and services helped boost sales 26% to €268 [...]

22 April 2010
Based on its recent analysis of the automotive navigation market, Frost & Sullivan recognises TomTom N.V. (TomTom) with the “2010 European Automotive Navigation Company of The Year Award.” Despite tough market conditions, TomTom has managed to perform consistently and is the market leader within Europe for portable navigation devices (PNDs). The company enjoys [...]

TomTom’s forty million users across Europe can now enjoy the voice of Billy Connolly as TomTom has added the voice of the comedian to its satnav range. His jocular voice will guide you safely on your car journey.
The Scottish comic’s dulcet tones now sit alongside other celebrity luminaries – Sven Goran Eriksson, Snoop Dogg and [...]

Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, 16 February 2010 
Tele Atlas the world leader in high quality digital maps and dynamic content, and TeleNav, Inc., one of the largest wireless navigation service providers in North America, have announced a renewed multi-year license agreement whereby TeleNav uses Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content to power a range of wireless [...]

There has been much discussion about the safety of football spectators coming to the World Cup hosted in South Africa. There have been ridiculous claims made about the need for safety vests and bodyguards etc. None of these were required for the 2009 Confederations Cup, the Lions Rugby Tour or the IPL20 in South Africa [...]

I have come across an interesting story of a Charlotte woman who claims to have been distracted by her talking GPS when she ran a stop sign and injured 9 members of a Midland family in Isabella county.
The story, appearing in the Saginaw News reveals that the motorist, distracted by her talking global positioning system, [...]

On the Road Safety Blog we have added many blog posts referring to safe travel and a few of these have also included discussions on navigation and safety. In recent months we also found that there has been a significant increase in the GPS market for TomTom.
But what do online searches tell us?
I decided to investigate [...]