Privacy is complicated, but it shouldn’t be. If a tech company says that it’s not tracking your location, it shouldn’t be tracking your location at all. If you opt out of being tracked, it’s clear what your intention is; it’s not an invitation for the tech company to find ways around your intention. With the help of a few industry experts, I put TomTom’s approach to privacy under the microscope and found it has a refreshingly unique and progressive approach to data privacy.

Web3 is Silicon Valley’s latest darling. It’s more than just a technology, it’s a technopolitical movement intent on reinventing the World Wide Web as we know it. Web protocols that form the backbone of many Silicon Valley technologies have sought to ‘disrupt’ age old industries such as travel, hotel bookings, communications, TV and media and more. But what happens when those web protocols themselves are ‘disrupted’? And is there anything we can learn from it?

Providing drivers with the best route possible is no simple task. Routing algorithms that take care of directing a driver from A to B rely on immense amounts of map data that needs to be up to date, accurate and contextual. As one instance in Finland shows, if map data isn’t up to scratch, drivers can be put in unnecessary danger.

TomTom’s driving companion app, AmiGO, is constantly evolving, and the company is continually working on new features suggested by the community. One of the latest to be rolled out to the app is vehicle personalization. It helps you get to your destination faster with personalized searches.

At CES this year we saw screens everywhere, on the cluster, on the dash, in front of the passenger, on the central stack and even on front headrests for backseat passengers. It’s a sci-fi dream for vehicle occupants, but carmakers are faced with the challenge of making it all work.

Given their growing popularity and government legislation that bans internal combustion vehicles, electric vehicles are unsurprisingly in plentiful quantity at CES this year. With more than ever on offer, drivers have never had more choice and there’re options across a range of vehicle categories. Here are our favorites.

It’s January and we should be at CES in Las Vegas city’s convention center right now. Unfortunately, coronavirus had other plans and TomTom, along with many other companies, has decided to exercise maximum caution and not attend in-person. CES is still going ahead though, albeit with reduced attendance and a host of virtual presentations. But we’re not going to let anything stand in our way, here’s the low down on what’s hot at this year’s CES in automotive.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the raging Omicron variant, CES is unable to go ahead exactly as planned this year. While the event is still happening, in-person and virtually, many well-known tech companies, TomTom included, have decided not to attend. But we’re not letting that get in the way of our coverage of the event!

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an active safety system that automatically controls the acceleration and braking of a vehicle. It is activated through a button on the steering wheel and cancelled by driver’s braking and/or another button.

The automotive industry is constantly evolving and developing new technology to make driving a more intuitive and enjoyable experience. If current trends are any indication, augmented reality (AR) could be the next big thing to help car manufacturers create the next generation of innovative navigation solutions that bring human-like perception to vehicles.

The best journeys are made together – and when you go with TomTom navigation apps, you go with the power of half a billion drivers. Read on to learn how the AmiGO app uses real-time community updates – plus online routing, live traffic info and speed camera alerts – to get people where they’re going faster and safer.

When it comes to auto insurance, drivers are looking for providers that offer reasonable rates based on fair estimates of risk, but classic insurance models don’t always allow for this. LOOP thinks there is a better way. It uses location data to understand driver behavior and road risk, and offer individualized and fair premiums.