http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/keep-it-in-the-family-plazes-acquired-by-nokia/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:31:22 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/keep-it-in-the-family-plazes-acquired-by-nokia/#comment-364319 Travel sites wake up: Nokia to offer €8 mobile Lonely Planet guides Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:39:22 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1419#comment-364319 [...] This perfectly fits into Nokia’s plans to become a service company. To honor this strategy, the Finnish company earlier acquired Navteq ($8.1 billion) and geo localization social network Plazes (undisclosed) [...] [...] This perfectly fits into Nokia’s plans to become a service company. To honor this strategy, the Finnish company earlier acquired Navteq ($8.1 billion) and geo localization social network Plazes (undisclosed) [...]

]]> http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/keep-it-in-the-family-plazes-acquired-by-nokia/#comment-364318 Microsoft to buy Portugese mobile data company MobiComp Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:29:04 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1419#comment-364318 [...] With the mobile service industry growing fast thanks to new developments in the hardware and mobile internet access space, Microsoft is evidently looking to expand its services on the Windows Mobile smartphone platform as well as the Windows Live Web services division. The deal also reminds us of another European acquisition earlier this week, with Berlin-based Plazes being snapped up by Nokia. [...] [...] With the mobile service industry growing fast thanks to new developments in the hardware and mobile internet access space, Microsoft is evidently looking to expand its services on the Windows Mobile smartphone platform as well as the Windows Live Web services division. The deal also reminds us of another European acquisition earlier this week, with Berlin-based Plazes being snapped up by Nokia. [...]

]]> http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/keep-it-in-the-family-plazes-acquired-by-nokia/#comment-364317 .: On Tokyo Time :. » Nokia acquisitions: Navteq, Plazes and Symbian Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:12:33 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1419#comment-364317 [...] first heard of Plazes back in June 2006 from Laurent Haug. The basic idea at the time was to have members report their [...] [...] first heard of Plazes back in June 2006 from Laurent Haug. The basic idea at the time was to have members report their [...]

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