Ingrid Lunden
Sep 30, 2011 6:42 AM
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it’s showing us the money, too. The company has announced that it is buying Israel-based mapping and location-based services company Telmap. The move comes as there are signs…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 29, 2011 6:27 AM
No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK)—currently the world’s largest handset maker—is one big ship. Today the company announced that it would be downsizing its manufacturing, as well as its mapping and commerce divisions, which will result in job losses totalling 3,500.
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 27, 2011 9:08 AM
Location, location, location: it’s the time-honored mantra of real-estate agents and retailers, but could just as well be applied to Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which is ramping up the functionality of its mapping service with realtime results from Inrix.
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Ingrid Lunden
May 26, 2011 7:05 AM
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paring down its operations big-time in the lead-up to using Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS for its new portfolio of smartphones. One thing that is staying behind, though, is the company’s mapping division, which is actually getting more work, as it becomes the default mapping and navigation…
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Ingrid Lunden
Dec 13, 2010 6:12 AM
Update: A spokesperson for Navteq has confirmed that the digital mapping division of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has bought Reach Unlimited Corporation, owner of the crowdsourced traffic data app Trapster, for an undisclosed amount. This means that Navteq has also acquired the other two less well-known location-aware apps detailed in the…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 28, 2007 3:06 PM
[by Blake Robinson] Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile. Of particular note to the release is the inclusion of a beta technology dubbed “My Location.” The feature uses cell towers to approximate the locations of mobile users to help them determine…
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