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Re-activateDash Navigation, the company that developed the first portable GPS navigation devices with Internet connectivity, has laid off 65 percent of its employees and announced it will no longer produce devices for retail customers. Instead, Dash plans to license its technology for use in built-in automotive navigation systems, mobile telephones, PDAs, and other electronic devices. In this way, the company hopes to expand the reach of its services and traffic reporting abilities, without the development and marketing costs of manufacturing.
Dash Express units provide traffic information both through conventional sources and a unique system that enables their devices to report vehicle speed data to a central processing center, from where it is sent out to other Dash users. In this way, each Dash device becomes a provider of real-time traffic information for the network.
While Dash will no longer produce its own units, a representative said the company will continue to support owners who purchased a Dash Express since their introduction earlier this year.
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