Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, has agreed to buy navigation specialist Navteq, a deal that Nokia says will help it expand its business into location-based Internet services. The ...

Nokia on Friday said it will acquire MetaCarta, a privately-held company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in finding content for location-aware services. MetaCarta’s technology bridges ...

You know how your GPS doesn’t work unless you have a direct view of the sky? Uh huh. Well that makes GPS pretty useless when you’re trying to find something or somebody (or make it easy for someone to ...

Nokia’s Nearby location app has exited beta testing, and is now available in the phone maker’s app store, as it continues to push location services across its range of phones. Nearby is a free ...