Nokia announced today that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence solutions.

MetaCarta’s technology will be used in the area of local search in Location and other services.

MetaCarta Inc. provides powerful technology for finding anything written about any place. MetaCarta unique technology combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location in internal and exte… .. .

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Nokia acquires MetaCarta & completes acquisition of Novarra – full story

Mainly for the benefit of those who don’t read our forum section frequently we are trying to select and highlight the best themes on the front page on a weekly basis, with the great help of our very active theme building community!

So, every Sunday, we’ll choose one theme, host it on the SF servers, provide a direct links for easier download and link it to appropriate discussion over at forum section so you’ll be able to suggest improvements and report problems if something went wrong.

Anyway, theme of the week 16 is simple but still attractive and nice looking Wood Theme for 5th edition devi… .. .

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‘Wood’ For 5th Ed by Dont_Be – full story

Nokia Chairman, CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was recently interviewed by Om Malik on the Gigaom technology blog.

During the interview Olli-Pekka offered his thoughts on where Nokia is headed and the importance of mobile services. He also hinted at some of the developments and features that will come with future Nokia mobile devices.

Despite the company’s big plans, Nokia does face an uphill battle against its pretty well-entrenched competitors for survival that gets steeper every day. “We have been transforming the company from a hardware company to a more value-ad… .. .

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Interview With Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo – full story