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As part of its strategy to step further into services, Intel acquired Telmap, which we best know as a provider of white-label location-based services used by carriers around the world. Among their clients are some of the world’s largest mobile operators, including AT&T, Orange (France Telecom), Vodafone, Vodacom, SFR, Telefonica-O2, MTS, SingTel, OPTUS and others. Under the terms of acquisition, Telmap will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, reporting into Intel’s Software and Services Group.
Telmap will keep its multi-platform approach, with Intel saying that location-based services will span “devices, operating systems and CPU architectures.” In other words, we could see Telmap-based software running on everything from feature phones, smartphones, tablets and netbooks to fancy new ultrabook computers. What’s more, it’s kinda given Telmap-based navigation will be pre-loaded with the brand new Tizen OS, eventually helping the platform get some traction (which it needs badly).
AppUp developers on their end will soon be able to access Telmap APIs…
[Via: neultral]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
