Nokia Feeling the Sat-Nav Pressure
Posted 21/01/2010 – 13:40 in: Hardware, InternetNokia has announced a free map service for it’s handsets. It’s previous mainstream service only allowed basic information and they charged for additional features. This was one of the things that turned me away from Nokia. But their new Ovi map service offers this and turn-by-turn navigation for free. They even claim that developers will [...]
No Comments | Tags: gps, mapping, mashup, nokiaOracle buys Sun Microsystems
Posted 20/04/2009 – 12:30 in: Hardware, IndustryOracle has stepped up and bought Sun Microsystems after IBM walked away last week. Although the $7.4bn price seems quite cheap for Sun. But I guess they’re not what they used to be.
The move has been pitched as the first company to provide a full application to disk integrated system. Oracle in a box basically. [...]