Nokia has bought Zurich and Berlin-based social networking service Plazes. It will become part of Nokia’s Services & Software unit.
Plazes provides a location-based social activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given time, whether in the past, present or future. Nokia will integrate this service into its own handsets.
Nokia has been expanding its presence in social media via a slew of acquisitions such as social networking and media services over the last year such as Twango, Enpocket, More»

Labels: Mobile, nokia, social media

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told investors that company would like to act “more like an internet company” than a “traditional manufacturer”. Translation - we have a Google Strategy and an iPhone Strategy.

The company has been on a buying bing very much like AOL has been. However instead of buying into new markets like AOL, the company has been making acquisitions that extend its core products in new markets.
Google StrategyNokia has More»

Labels: iPhone, nokia, web strategy