BlackLine’s President & Co-founder, Patrick Rousseau, interviewed today with CNBC’s Sue Herera on their Power Lunch TV program. Check out what Patrick had to say about our GPS Snitch® vehicle security and tracking solution here!
Tags: BlackLine GPS, GPS Snitch, Vehicle Security, Tracking, GPS, CNBC, Power Lunch
Simon from BlackBerry Cool interviews our President, Patrick Rousseau, in their Episode 18 Podcast. Simon and Patrick speak about our Blip™ for BlackBerry geo-social interaction application™ and our GPS Snitch® vehicle tracking and security product.
Click here to visit BlackBerry Cool’s site and listen to the interview.
Brendon
The well-connected folks at Pinstack.com are helping to send out the message to the BlackBerry world that a new level of geo-social interaction is available for GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. And the message is Blip™. We appreciate their interest and be sure to review the great comments that follow their post.
Check out their blog here and if you have a GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone, don’t hesitate to pick up Blip here. Share Your Where™!
If you’d like to get some more information about Blip, please visit our corporate page here.
Brendon
Tag: BlackLine GPS, BlackBerry Smartphone, BlackBerry, Tracking, GPS
We are pleased to introduce a new release of our FREE Blip for BlackBerry software. Get it Over-The-Air from your phone at http://gps-snitch.com/blip/
Blip has many new features since the last release and the original beta version.
Blip is still fully integrated with GPS Snitch allowing you to track and share your Snitch as well.
We have also introduced the Map Last Location feature on the gps-snitch.com website.
BlackLine is also now a RIM Alliance Partner.
Tags: , gps snitch, gps, blackberry, 8800, pearl, rim, gps tracking
CALGARY, AB & LOS ANGELES, CA - BlackLine GPS Inc. (“BlackLine”), a leading global positioning service company, announced today that a private equity group led by Cody Slater and Clark Swanson, agreed on terms and conditions to complete a strategic, undisclosed investment to acquire a minority stake in BlackLine.
Mr. Cody Slater and Mr. Clark Swanson join BlackLine’s board of directors as Chairman of the Board and Director, respectively. Mr. Slater participates as a key non-executive officer of BlackLine GPS in their ongoing operations. In addition to joining the board, Mr. Swanson, based in Los Angeles, CA will also provide business development assistance to BlackLine, leveraging his business experience within the global marketplace.
“Cody brings a wealth of business and manufacturing expertise to our company. As one of Canada’s widely recognized entrepreneurs, he built BW Technologies (“BW”) from a start-up to one of the world’s leading gas detection companies. Cody provides incredible value to BlackLine and we’re thrilled to welcome Cody and his team to the company,” says Mr. Brendon Cook, BlackLine’s Co-Founder and Executive Vice President.
BlackLine is also pleased to announce that it has attracted additional talent to the company, filling out its executive team. “Mr. Neil Campbell joins us as Vice President Sales and offers considerable experience in the tech and commercial sector having spearheaded the creation of BW’s international distribution channel. Mr. Kirk Wankel has accepted the role of Chief Financial Officer and shares a successful history with BW, having served as their Vice President Finance. Completing our senior team is Mr. Barry Moore, Vice President Product Development. Barry’s experience with BW as Vice President Product Development will be instrumental in executing BlackLine’s device strategy,” says Mr. Patrick Rousseau, BlackLine’s Co-Founder and President. “We look forward to their contributions as we continue building our brand and competing successfully in the global marketplace.”
BlackLine’s position in the market has attracted a group of notable high net-worth investors including two members of the Fortune list of the 500 wealthiest people. One of those, the King family, is widely known for their success in the television industry stemming from the family-owned business, Kingworld CBS, previously Kingworld Productions. The second includes Mr. Daryl Katz who founded The Katz Group, one of North America’s most successful drug store operators. Among other ventures, Mr. Katz is well-known for his pursuit and pending acquisition of the National Hockey League’s Edmonton Oilers franchise.
“Brendon and Patrick made this investment very easy for our group,” said Mr. Slater. “They have achieved enormous gains in their business over a short period of time and on a well-managed budget. BlackLine is well positioned with a management team who possesses vision and quality of execution, and the capital required to fuel incredible growth. I’m extraordinarily excited about BlackLine’s future, as are our investors.”
About BlackLine GPS Inc.
Based in Calgary, AB, BlackLine GPS Inc. engineers exceptional customer experiences that couple GPS and wireless technology. BlackLine works diligently to lead the market in location-based awareness and tracking by providing high-value, practical, and easy-to-use products and services. BlackLine markets products under the brands of GPS Snitch, Loner GPS, and Blip. BlackLine owns end-to-end solutions that encompass dedicated wireless devices, smartphone application software, back-office server infrastructure, billing systems, and convenient user interfaces.
For more information, visit www.blacklinegps.com.
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Work for the best in LBS (location based services)!
We have posted a number of positions within our organization on our Web site (here) and are looking for skilled people to complement our team. If you are interested in a position with BlackLine GPS in Calgary, AB and know you have the qualifications and personality that we’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to apply. Email a cover letter, resume, and portfolio (as applicable) to us before everyone else.
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Some of the Blackline crew is at the Performance Racing Industry show in Orlando Florida this week. Lucky them getting away from the snow and cold at our Calgary head office.
Come down and visit us in Booth 4915 to learn more about FUEL, Our high performance data acquisition system.
Also don’t forget to ask about our consumer tracking products like GPS Snitch.
Tell the guys in the booth that Jeff and Yves say hi !
Tags: gps, racing logger, lap timer, data acquisition, PRI, Performance Racing Industry
We have made some changes and added some new items.
‘Last Seen’ is now ‘Last Position’, this is the last reported position from the device.
Some language and terminology updates to make the site easier to understand.
New Icons to use for your devices, including a nice BMW and a Minivan if you are into that.
And we have added Blip functionality to the site. Blip is our Blackberry 8800 series tracking software. Look for another post with more info.
Jeff
Tags: , gps snitch, gps, blackberry, 8800, gps tracking
It’s always great when GPS Snitch is able to assist a friend in a new endeavor! Sean Blanchette and his team (Team Lucy) just competed in the 24 Hours of Adrenalin this past weekend in Canmore, Alberta. For those of you unfamiliar, the 24 Hours of Adrenalin is a mountain bike relay race. The baton is passed from one rider to the next on the completion of each lap for 24 continuous hours.
Sean was competing in the race for the first time and seeking insight; questioned some experienced participants. Sean found that “the recurring issue was the wait time for the next rider. If a rider was slow, or had a flat tire, the waiting rider could end up standing for over half an hour.” This was unacceptable for Sean and with his knowledge GPS Snitch, sought BlackLine out to assist him and his team in this endurance competition.
Since the Race was held in the Kananaskis, “there was no power for devices like laptops.” Sean needed a mobile & power smart solution for viewing and requesting of GPS Snitch location data. Luckily the team here at BlackLine GPS has been hard at work on some very new Snitch Beta software for the BlackBerry Pearl. With the new software, his BlackBerry Pearl and GPS Snitch, Team Lucy and Sean were able to pass the baton and Snitch each lap and “never waited more than 5 minutes at the waiting area.”
Sean was also pretty happy with the post mission analysis, “As an added bonus, once the race was over, we were able to check the GPS history and take a look at things like course length, speed and elevation using Google Earth.”
BlackLine would like to send congratulations out to Sean and Team Lucy for competing and finishing this endurance race.
Watch out for BlackLine on your back tire next year!
Jim
Tag: BlackLine GPS, 24 Hours of Adrenaline, GPS Snitch, BlackBerry Pearl, Tracking, RIM