3pointD on May 14th, 2006

Posted Sunday, May 14th, 2006, at 3:18 pm Eastern by Mark Wallace

Both Facebook and Google Talk are going mobile, according to stories in Red Herring and the Wall Street Journal. CNet flags the Journal story, about Google teaming up with Finnish cell-phone company Nokia to offer its Google Talk instant-message service on a Wi-Fi enabled device similar to its Nokia 770 Intertet Tablet, rather than over a cellular network. (An announcement is expected Tuesday.) Meanwhile, Red Herring reports that Facebook is building a WAP site that will let its 7 million members browse their friend networks from mobile devices. (more…)

Posted Sunday, May 14th, 2006, at 2:48 pm Eastern by Mark Wallace

Telcontar, which provides location-based software solutions to companies like Yahoo! and Rand McNally, among others, has announced an interesting new API designed to facilitate development of AJAX-based mapping apps. FWIW.


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