Now Na Lada El Niño may say adios

Adios, El Niño. Forecasters have called off predictions for a wet winter in the West, finally acceding that ocean temperatures in the Pacific show no signs of the infamous El Niño phenomenon.
Weather experts at the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) first warned of developing El Niño conditions in June. An El Niño is the warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which results in major droughts in Southeast Asia and wet winters for the southwestern United States. In a boon for the battered Northeast, an El Niño would have meant less wintry weather there.
But in the following months, sea-surface temperatures failed to warm enough to shift global weather patterns. In early October, the CPC dropped the odds of an El Niño from 70 percent to 55 percent.
Finally, the CPC, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called off the El Niño forecast Thursday (Nov. 9). "The previous El Niño watch has been discontinued as the chance of El Niño has decreased," the CPC said yesterday in its monthly report.
While the chances of El Niño seem nil, the CPC said tropical ocean temperatures may still remain above average.
Instead of El Niño, NOAA predicts that the neutral phase of the El Niño/ La Niña Southern Oscillation (ENSO) index will prevail. Jokingly called "La Nada," it is the neutral middle ground between El Niño and La Niña (associated with cool water in the equatorial Pacific).
El Niño expert Bill Patzert first pegged the La Nada back in June. "The equatorial Pacific is neutral, with no El Niño developing... not even a hint," said Patzert, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in June. Even as ocean temperatures warmed slightly, Patzert said he maintained the call.

Source: Live Science

Death Spiral Corals send chemical SOS

When a killer seaweed touches a kind of spiky coral, the coral pushes a chemical panic button that brings small resident fish to the rescue.
Unchecked, seaweed algae can overrun a coral reef, as the community dwindles in “a descent into slime,” says marine ecologist Mark Hay of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. But within 15 minutes of contact with a toxin-making seaweed, an Acropora nasuta coral releases compounds that prompt goby fish to seek out and trim back the seaweed, Hay and colleague Danielle Dixson report in the Nov. 9 Science.
“We've lost about 80 percent of the living coral in the Caribbean and 50 percent in the western Pacific,” says coral biologist Nancy Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. “So a better understanding of what keeps corals healthy is essential.”
In reefs, corals and the seaweed algae that form lawns or shrubby thickets compete for light and space. As coral reefs decline from pollution, overfishing, climate change and other insults, biologists have seen swaths of seaweed take over. Lush seaweed intrusions repel or smother larval corals, accelerating what Hay calls the reef “death spiral.”

Source: Science News

Green agriculture with plastic

Plastic is usually considered to be a big threat to the environment as it is not usually degradable. But a lot of improvement has been made in recent years in the plastic sector and its use in agriculture is increasing very rapidly throughout the world. Bangladesh is no exception in this regard. Its use in agriculture, called plasticulture, in the form of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes for deep tubewell (DTW) and shallow tubewell (STW), buried pipe for underground water distribution system for irrigation, flexible PVC pipes for conveyance of water of STWs and DTWs, and polybags for raising seedlings became very common in Bangladesh. In protected agriculture, vegetables and small fruit are grown giving some kind of protection from adverse weather like rainfall, temperature, wind, diseases, insects, water logging, etc. all of which seriously affect crop yield. In this system, crops are shaded by plastic sheets put on top of structure made of bamboo or galvanized iron pipes. Summer tomato is grown commercially in this system. All these uses have made agricultural operations easier and cost effective.
The first use of plastics in agriculture was in 1948 to make cheaper version of glasshouse. By 1999 almost 12 million hectares worldwide were covered in plastic mulch. The majority of the growth of plasticulture has happened in China, Japan and Korea. In Middle East and Africa, areas are increasing at 15-20 per cent per year compared to 30 per cent in China. In southern Spain around Almeria, the driest area of Europe, plasticulture is growing very rapidly to grow different crops. The area, previously non-cultivable due to shortage of water, became green due to plasticulture.
Technologies developed for other uses of plastics are:
Drip irrigation: In research fields, drip irrigation method has been used in Bangladesh for increasing the water and fertilizer use efficiencies of high value crops like aubergine, papaya, banana, guava, lemon, orange, etc., for more than a decade. It is a technically suitable and economically viable technology. It saves 60 per cent urea and 46 per cent water. Tubes, drippers and water tanks for drip irrigation are made of plastics.
Row covers: For vegetable production, row covers are used as a protective covering to shield plants primarily from the undesirable effects of cold and wind, and also from insect damage. Polyethylene and polypropylene are commonly used, which are very lightweight, often placed on wire loops to form low tunnels. It is left in place for several weeks until crops are well established. Sunlight, rain and air can penetrate through the shading material.
High tunnels: It is a tunnel made of polyethylene and iron or bamboo structure, usually semicircular, square or elongated in shape. Its height is lower than greenhouse and higher than row covers. The interior heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil and others inside the tunnel faster than heat can escape. This heating aspect made high tunnels popular in temperate region. In Bangladesh, India and many Asian countries, it is used to grow tomato during rainy season.
Plastic mulches: It is used in similar fashion to other mulches, to reduce evaporation from soil surface and to suppress weeds and insects. Besides, use of drip irrigation in conjunction with plastic mulch allows one to reduce leaching of fertilizers. It keeps ripening fruit and vegetables out of soil that ultimately decreases rotting and keeps them clean. Also it reduces soil compaction and root damage, increases crop yield, and ensures early harvest.
More uses of plasticulture are waiting for Bangladesh. Research and pilot-scale study have recently been started on new types of use.

The writer is former DG, BARI

Nokia continues its downward slide, now at No 7

According to the Gartner's report, "Nokia, which is still the No 1 mobile phone manufacturer in India, is struggling in the worldwide Smartphone market. The Finnish handset company has now slipped to No 7 position from its earlier No 3 ranking in last quarter itself, i.e. in just three months".
This is regardless of a better than expected sales of Asha series of phones which in fact helped the company lessen the market share loss which otherwise would have pushed Nokia out of number 10 rankings.
As per the report, "Globally sales of mobile phones declined 3 per cent in third quarter of 2012. At the same time, Smartphone sales increased 47 per cent compared to last year. Smartphone sales accounted for 39.6 per cent of total mobile phone sales; however the growth could be hampered by the rise of tablets in the subsequent quarters ".
For Nokia, this change in choice of phones means that the segment in which it is best-selling - i.e. feature phones with its Asha series of full touch phone, is actually fast decreasing. Smartphone’s segment, where Nokia holds very small market share is actually increasing very fast. Presently Nokia has 19.2 per cent market share as compared to 23.9 per cent last year.
On the other hand, Samsung has increased its lead further in Smartphone’s and has overtaken Nokia in overall sales in last couple of quarters. Overall it has 22.9 per cent market share while in Smartphone space Apple contributes 46.5 per cent sales.
As stated by the analyst in Gartner, "Smartphone’s continued to fuel sales of mobile phones worldwide with sales rising to 169.2 million units in the third quarter of 2012. The Smartphone market was dominated by Apple and Samsung. "Both vendors together controlled 46.5 per cent of Smartphone market leaving a handful of vendors fighting over a distant third spot".
He further added, "RIM moved to the No 3 spot with HTC not far behind, at No 4. "Both HTC and RIM have seen their sales declining in past few quarters, and the challenges might prevent them from holding on to their current rankings in coming quarters.”
As per the Gartner analysts, “There will be a lower-than-usual boost from the holiday season. Consumers are either cautious with their spending or finding new gadgets like tablets, as more attractive presents.”
Samsung's mobile phones sales continued to pick up the pace, adding up almost 98 million units in the third quarter of 2012, up 18.6 per cent year-on-year. Samsung saw strong demand for Galaxy Smartphone’s across different price points, and it further widened the gap with Apple in the Smartphone market, which sold 55 million Smartphone’s in the third quarter of 2012. Samsung commanded 32.5 per cent of the global Smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012.
In the third quarter of 2012, Nokia's mobile phone sales declined 21.9 per cent, but overall sales at 82.3 million were far better than Gartner's early estimate, largely driven by increased sales of the Asha full touch range.
This as bad quarter for the Nokia with Smartphone sales as they went on the No 7 position worldwide with 7.2 million Smartphone’s sold in the third quarter. The arrival of the new Lumia devices on Windows 8 should help to stop the decline in share in the fourth quarter of 2012, although it won't be until 2013 to see a noteworthy improvement in Nokia's position.
Apple's sales to end users added to 23.6 million units in the third quarter of 2012, up 36.2 per cent year-on-year. As per the Gartner analysts, “With iPhone 5 launching in more territories in the fourth quarter of 2012, including China, and the upcoming holiday season, it is expected that Apple will have its traditionally strongest quarter.” Gartner report also mentioned that Android continued to increase its market share, up 19.9 per cent points in the third quarter of 2012. Although RIM lost market share, it climbed to the No 3 position as Symbian is nearing the end of its lifecycle.
Gartner analysts expect that with the launch of iPhone 5 iOS’s share will grow strongly in the fourth quarter of 2012 because users held on to their replacements in many markets ahead of the iPhone 5 wider roll out. Windows Phone's share weakened quarter-on-quarter as the Windows Phone 8 launch dampened demand of Windows Phone 7 devices.

Nexus S & Motorola Xoom not getting Android 4.2 JB, to remain on Android 4.1.2 November 15 by kashyap 15. November 2012 16:11 Google’s Nexus devices have a great future when it comes to upgrade to any new OS that is introduced by Google. But this is not forever and the same is now being experienced with the launch of the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. The Samsung Nexus S and Motorola Xoom were the two device which firstly got the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade and now it appears that it is the end of road for these devices. Although Motorola Xoom is not Nexus branded, it is now owned by Google as the search engine giant bought Motorola and was thus provided with the Android 4.1 upgrade making it the first tablet to receive the upgrade. The confirmation about the Nexus S and Xoom that it will not be upgraded to the latest iteration of Android OS comes to light straight from Google’s AOSP lead Jean-Baptiste Queru who stated "There is no support for 4.2 on Nexus S and Xoom. Those devices should continue using 4.1.2. I can’t comment about the future of Nexus S and Xoom, sorry". While it might seems as Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is just “dot” upgrade from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean this decision might have been taken considering the hardware compatibility of the devices with the new OS. There might be lots of new codings inside the OS which is not permitting Google to take the new OS to the older devices and it is also to be spotted that the devices have got a much longer support from Google than they deserved and now the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 are out, it was time for Google to pull the switch. Now, if users own the Nexus S or Motorola Xoom, Android 4.1.2 is all that Google has got for them. Source : Mobigyaan More Sharing ServicesShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printShare on gmail Share Be the first to rate this post Currently .0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5 Tags: E-mail | Kick it! | DZone it! | del.icio.us Permalink | Comments (0) | Post RSSRSS comment feed Leaked Nokia presentation slide confirms Windows Phone 7.8 features November 15 by Munish 15. November 2012 15:11 Now the Windows Phone 8 OS has gone formal, the focus has shifted to the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade for the older devices. For now, users only know that the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade will carry a few new features from the Windows Phone 8 to the older devices which include the new start screen. But now an alleged slide has leaked which was used in a Windows Phone 7.8 presentation unveils the features that are coming with the new upgrade. The leaked slides include features such as new Start Screen that will come with three Live Tile sizes which users can customize. Users will be able to use twenty themes and they can also customize them with their Windows Phone Smartphone’s. With the help of this new upgrade, users can edit MP3 files and can use those files as a ringtone, while the Internet Explorer has security updates and fixes. Yet we have no idea that when the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade will roll out for users previously it has been heard that the upgrade will roll-out, once the marketing for the first batch of Windows Phone 8 Smartphone ends along with other Windows Phone 8 features such as Rooms and Xbox Music. Source : Mobigyaan More Sharing ServicesShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printShare on gmail Share Be the first to rate this post Currently .0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5 Tags: Nokia E-mail | Kick it! | DZone it! | del.icio.us Permalink | Comments (0) | Post RSSRSS comment feed Nokia continues its downward slide, now at No 7 November 15 by kashyap 15. November 2012 14:11 According to the Gartner's report, "Nokia, which is still the No 1 mobile phone manufacturer in India, is struggling in the worldwide Smartphone market. The Finnish handset company has now slipped to No 7 position from its earlier No 3 ranking in last quarter itself, i.e. in just three months". This is regardless of a better than expected sales of Asha series of phones which in fact helped the company lessen the market share loss which otherwise would have pushed Nokia out of number 10 rankings. As per the report, "Globally sales of mobile phones declined 3 per cent in third quarter of 2012. At the same time, Smartphone sales increased 47 per cent compared to last year. Smartphone sales accounted for 39.6 per cent of total mobile phone sales; however the growth could be hampered by the rise of tablets in the subsequent quarters ". For Nokia, this change in choice of phones means that the segment in which it is best-selling - i.e. feature phones with its Asha series of full touch phone, is actually fast decreasing. Smartphone’s segment, where Nokia holds very small market share is actually increasing very fast. Presently Nokia has 19.2 per cent market share as compared to 23.9 per cent last year. On the other hand, Samsung has increased its lead further in Smartphone’s and has overtaken Nokia in overall sales in last couple of quarters. Overall it has 22.9 per cent market share while in Smartphone space Apple contributes 46.5 per cent sales. As stated by the analyst in Gartner, "Smartphone’s continued to fuel sales of mobile phones worldwide with sales rising to 169.2 million units in the third quarter of 2012. The Smartphone market was dominated by Apple and Samsung. "Both vendors together controlled 46.5 per cent of Smartphone market leaving a handful of vendors fighting over a distant third spot". He further added, "RIM moved to the No 3 spot with HTC not far behind, at No 4. "Both HTC and RIM have seen their sales declining in past few quarters, and the challenges might prevent them from holding on to their current rankings in coming quarters.” As per the Gartner analysts, “There will be a lower-than-usual boost from the holiday season. Consumers are either cautious with their spending or finding new gadgets like tablets, as more attractive presents.” Samsung's mobile phones sales continued to pick up the pace, adding up almost 98 million units in the third quarter of 2012, up 18.6 per cent year-on-year. Samsung saw strong demand for Galaxy Smartphone’s across different price points, and it further widened the gap with Apple in the Smartphone market, which sold 55 million Smartphone’s in the third quarter of 2012. Samsung commanded 32.5 per cent of the global Smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012. In the third quarter of 2012, Nokia's mobile phone sales declined 21.9 per cent, but overall sales at 82.3 million were far better than Gartner's early estimate, largely driven by increased sales of the Asha full touch range. This as bad quarter for the Nokia with Smartphone sales as they went on the No 7 position worldwide with 7.2 million Smartphone’s sold in the third quarter. The arrival of the new Lumia devices on Windows 8 should help to stop the decline in share in the fourth quarter of 2012, although it won't be until 2013 to see a noteworthy improvement in Nokia's position. Apple's sales to end users added to 23.6 million units in the third quarter of 2012, up 36.2 per cent year-on-year. As per the Gartner analysts, “With iPhone 5 launching in more territories in the fourth quarter of 2012, including China, and the upcoming holiday season, it is expected that Apple will have its traditionally strongest quarter.” Gartner report also mentioned that Android continued to increase its market share, up 19.9 per cent points in the third quarter of 2012. Although RIM lost market share, it climbed to the No 3 position as Symbian is nearing the end of its lifecycle. Gartner analysts expect that with the launch of iPhone 5 iOS’s share will grow strongly in the fourth quarter of 2012 because users held on to their replacements in many markets ahead of the iPhone 5 wider roll out. Windows Phone's share weakened quarter-on-quarter as the Windows Phone 8 launch dampened demand of Windows Phone 7 devices. 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Google’s Nexus devices have a great future when it comes to upgrade to any new OS that is introduced by Google. But this is not forever and the same is now being experienced with the launch of the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. The Samsung Nexus S and Motorola Xoom were the two device which  firstly got the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade and now it appears that it is the end of road for these devices.
Although Motorola Xoom is not Nexus branded, it is now owned by Google as the search engine giant bought Motorola and was thus provided with the Android 4.1 upgrade making it the first tablet to receive the upgrade.
The confirmation about the Nexus S and Xoom that it will not be upgraded to the latest iteration of Android OS comes to light straight from Google’s AOSP lead Jean-Baptiste Queru who stated "There is no support for 4.2 on Nexus S and Xoom. Those devices should continue using 4.1.2. I can’t comment about the future of Nexus S and Xoom, sorry".
While it might seems as Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is just “dot” upgrade from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean this decision might have been taken considering the hardware compatibility of the devices with the new OS.
There might be lots of new codings inside the OS which is not permitting Google to take the new OS to the older devices and it is also to be spotted that the devices have got a much longer support from Google than they deserved and now the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 are out, it was time for Google to pull the switch. Now, if users own the Nexus S or Motorola Xoom, Android 4.1.2 is all that Google has got for them.

Govt. receives bids worth just Rs.9407 crore as 2G auction ends

In February, Supreme Court of India cancelled 122 licenses which were granted to nine carriers by the telecom minister A Raja in 2008. At that time the Government was ordered to conduct fresh auctions at the present price which has been going on for the last couple of days and the results are out.
The fresh 2G spectrum auction has fetched the government just Rs.9,407 Crore whereas it was expected by the government that they might earn Rs.40,000 Crore from it. Unfortunetly this amount is a little less than the Rs.9,500 Crore that was fetched by the previous auction conducted by A.Raja.
All the 22 telecom circles ry have been put by the Govt. on auction but the response was lukewarm. Important circles such as Delhi and Mumbai did not get any bids as the operators felt that the base price for the spectrum in these circles were too high. Also circles such as Karnataka and Rajasthan also did not see any bidders. The Government had decreased the approximation earning from Rs.40,000 Crore to Rs.20,000 Crore when it cancelled the CDMA auctions as the only two bidders move back from the auctions.

Share direct download links of Android app with Google plus

A new functionality has been added by the Google into its Google Plus service. This new feature permits users to share installation links of all available applications of Play Store on the social network. By just clicking on the shared links of the apps users can install those apps without having to follow the link and go to the Google Play store manually.
Still the applications will be governed by geographical limitations and their usability would not be affected by this new inclusion. With the help of this new feature, users can simply share any application with their circles on Google plus right form within the Google Play store on both the Android as well as through the internet browsers.
The application link will come out as a ready download and when user selects the download button  for this application he/she would directly be redirected to the permissions page following which the application will be made available on the linked device.
However the addition is not a very large but certainly in terms of utility and accessibility it goes a long way helping users share useful apps with other users will get easier access. This new feature has already been enabled for all the users and anyone can access this new feature with the help of  a Google account.

Dell is not just PC seller Says country head

Dell, a progressive 60 billion dollar US hardware company, has started its operations in Bangladesh as Dell Bangladesh.
Sonia Bashir Kabir heads Dell Bangladesh and is the only female who is leading a multinational technology business in not just Bangladesh but also in South Asia.
In a recent interview with The Daily Star, Kabir spoke about Dell's products, solutions, services, market positioning and its plan for Bangladesh.
End-to-end hardware solution provider
Most of the people have this misconception that Dell only sells desktop and laptops. But Dell is an end-to-end hardware solution provider - which means that Dell also sells servers, switches, routers, storage and peripherals also which includes projectors, batteries, printers, monitors and more. Dell's competitors are IBM, HP, Cisco and EMC. Dell goes head to head with all these major brands in the Bangladesh market and is ramping up speed to get more aggressive.
“For your hardware solution if you take storage from EMC, servers from IBM and switches from Cisco and if something goes wrong, which vendor do you go after? My pitch to my clients is they focus on their core competency and let Dell take away their pain points. Dell is a one-stop shop - all you have to do is just make one call to Dell to solve the problem. It's like using one arrow to shoot and kill.”
Number 1 in South Asia
According to a just released IDC (a market research, analysis and advisory firm specialised in information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology) report, Dell is now number one in the South Asia.
“We are doing very well in this region,” Kabir said.
In Bangladesh Dell's biggest customers are the Financial Services Industry (FSI), the Government of Bangladesh and Telcos. Dell is now eyeing the Small and Medium Business (SMB) and has worked out an impressive “Go to market strategy” which they rolled out early this month.
Dell's mission is to touch every customer's lives from home user to corporate. Dell has its products classified into two segments consumer and commercial. Dell plans to invest heavily to tap into the consumer market.
“We are betting on the consumer market of 160 million people and we are seeing growth in every quarter,” she said.
Dell is number one in the South Asia in both the consumer and commercial segments.
Cloud computing
Like other companies, Dell is also focused on moving towards the cloud.
“I think it's very important for Bangladesh. We don't really need stand alone software or hardware here. It's an over kill at some point.” She said everything is moving towards a service now. “Infrastructure is a service, software is a service and so is the platform.”
However, Bangladesh has to wait for some time for the cloud computing to kick in, because business models have to be rolled out.”
Service drives future sales
Dell is providing after sale service for desktop and laptop PCs through Computer Source Ltd.
“Dell is playing in the server, storage and switch space, we are dealing with the mission critical applications. If a bank faces a problem with our product, they don't have the time to wait for Dell to provide delayed service. Instant support is needed to solve the problem. We will be investing in DSP (Dell Service Provider) for our enterprise products - there will be a team of service technicians and inventory /spare parts to provide 24x7 service. Stay tuned, as Dell's best is yet to come.”
Dell's plan for Bangladesh
“We are working with the Ministry for Women and Children affairs and Ministry of Science and ICT. Our plan is to engage in meaningful CSR projects where a difference is actually made in people's lives. Cannot comment much as we are in the early stages of formulating projects but we will get the help of media to share what we will be doing.”
“Our corporate headquarters team is constantly looking into acquisitions to complement our line of products and investing in R&D. I am confident we will continue to grow aggressively and give all our competitors a run for their money as we go after market share. “
Bangladesh has no legacy issues and morphs to state of the art technology. We are a nation known to leapfrog and acquire the best. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to make our Prime Minister's dream of Digital Bangladesh come true. Dell will be by her side.”
When asked, Kabir did not comment on the size of the business in Bangladesh but informal market estimates indicate Dell is well positioned as a USD $100m per year business in Bangladesh.

Samsung plans no settlement with Apple

A top Samsung executive said Wednesday that the South Korean electronics giant had no plans to follow Taiwanese firm HTC in seeking a settlement over its patent disputes with arch-rival Apple.
Samsung and Apple are currently embroiled in patent lawsuits in 10 nations including the United States and Germany, accusing each other of stealing design and technology.
HTC, which had been locked in similar suits with Apple around the world, announced Sunday that the two companies had reached a deal to end all outstanding litigation and sign a 10-year licensing agreement over patents.
"We have no such intention," J.K. Shin, the head of Samsung Electronics' mobile unit, told reporters when asked if Samsung would seek a similar settlement.
Samsung -- the world's top mobile and smartphone maker -- was ordered by a US jury in August to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for illegally copying iPhone and iPad features for its flagship Galaxy S smartphones.
It has appealed the ruling.
Since then, two separate rulings by courts in Japan and the Netherlands have dismissed Apple's claims of patent infringement.
Shin also said Wednesday that Samsung expected fourth-quarter smartphone sales to be as strong as the third quarter, when its newest Galaxy S3 device became the world's top-selling smartphone.

Nokia to offer free maps app, service for rival handsets

Nokia has unveiled plans to offer a free maps app on rivals' devices.
Maps will initially be released on Apple iOS devices offering downloadable street plans for offline use, and audio-based directions for pedestrians.
Nokia is also developing a version for Mozilla's forthcoming Firefox operating system, and will release software tools to allow third parties to make use of its data on Android devices.
The move is designed to help the firm compete against Google's rival product.
Nokia already powers maps available on Windows Phone handsets, Amazon's Kindle tablets, Yahoo services including Flickr, Garmin sat-nav kits, and about four out of five cars with in-built map displays. Last month Nokia also unveiled a deal with Oracle that will see the business software firm make use of its location services in its products.
Nokia claims more than 20 years of expertise in the area thanks to its acquisition of Navteq for $8.1bn (£5.1bn) in 2007.