Comments on: Vodafone Acquires Sweden’s WayFinder For €24 Million http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:26:17 -0800 hourly 1 By: Connected Services: The New Battleground to Own the Customer Relationship « Dashwire http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-3020098 Connected Services: The New Battleground to Own the Customer Relationship « Dashwire Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:42:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-3020098 [...] Vodafone acquired around synchronization of user content, social networking and location (Zyb and Wayfinder) to deliver mobile and web experiences. Another example of an operator strategy to differentiate is [...] [...] Vodafone acquired around synchronization of user content, social networking and location (Zyb and Wayfinder) to deliver mobile and web experiences. Another example of an operator strategy to differentiate is [...]

]]> By: December 9, 2008 | next media update http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2562711 December 9, 2008 | next media update Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2562711 [...] Vodafone Acquires Sweden’s WayFinder For €24 Million TECHCRUNCH The increasingly acquisitive Vodafone accounted the acquisition of Sweden’s WayFinder this morning in Europe for €24 Million. Last Spring they also acquired Danish mobile social network ZYB for €31.5 million. WayFinder develops mobile GPS-enabled location applications, including a GPS routing app called Wayfinder Navigator, a POI database called Wayfinder Earth, and an application called Wayfinder Active that helps athletes monitor their progress in outdoor activities. The applications are available for a wide variety of phones (including those running Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems) but requires a GPS-capable phone to work (users without integrated GPS can also use an external Bluetooth GPS unit if their phone supports it). Source> [...] [...] Vodafone Acquires Sweden’s WayFinder For €24 Million TECHCRUNCH The increasingly acquisitive Vodafone accounted the acquisition of Sweden’s WayFinder this morning in Europe for €24 Million. Last Spring they also acquired Danish mobile social network ZYB for €31.5 million. WayFinder develops mobile GPS-enabled location applications, including a GPS routing app called Wayfinder Navigator, a POI database called Wayfinder Earth, and an application called Wayfinder Active that helps athletes monitor their progress in outdoor activities. The applications are available for a wide variety of phones (including those running Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems) but requires a GPS-capable phone to work (users without integrated GPS can also use an external Bluetooth GPS unit if their phone supports it). Source> [...]

]]> By: kimbjo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561873 kimbjo Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:43:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561873 Vodafone is spunking money up the wall like there's no tomorrow. Kind of funny. Vodafone is spunking money up the wall like there’s no tomorrow. Kind of funny.

]]> By: redg http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561624 redg Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:40:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561624 Guess whose next on the LBS acquisition list. Guess whose next on the LBS acquisition list.

]]> By: Vodafone acquires Sweden based WayFinder for €24 million | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561605 Vodafone acquires Sweden based WayFinder for €24 million | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561605 [...] has acquired Sweden’s WayFinder, a company that develops mobile GPS-enabled location applications that allow [...] [...] has acquired Sweden’s WayFinder, a company that develops mobile GPS-enabled location applications that allow [...]

]]> By: Peter Urban http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561511 Peter Urban Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:04:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561511 somehow commenting doesn't seem to work anymore. This is my third attempt. somehow commenting doesn’t seem to work anymore. This is my third attempt.

]]> By: Peter Urban http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561510 Peter Urban Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561510 No wonder Vodafone is on a shopping Tour. Good ideas and execution lately come for a more reasonable price. Good job wayfinder (if it was the idea to sell early?) I recently saw a presentation of an app that does similar things for athletes at http://www.runningmap.com No wonder Vodafone is on a shopping Tour. Good ideas and execution lately come for a more reasonable price.

Good job wayfinder (if it was the idea to sell early?)

I recently saw a presentation of an app that does similar things for athletes at http://www.runningmap.com

]]> By: Peter Urban http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561507 Peter Urban Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:59:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561507 No wonder Vodafone is on a shopping tour. Good ideas and implementations lately come at a more reasonable price? Good job Wayfinder (if it as your intention to sell early) Just last week I saw a presentation of a pretty cool app that does similar things for athletes. It's called Runningmap. you can find it at http://www.runningmap.com No wonder Vodafone is on a shopping tour. Good ideas and implementations lately come at a more reasonable price?

Good job Wayfinder (if it as your intention to sell early)

Just last week I saw a presentation of a pretty cool app that does similar things for athletes. It’s called Runningmap. you can find it at http://www.runningmap.com

]]> By: Vodafone、スウェーデンのWayFinderを€24Mで買収 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561450 Vodafone、スウェーデンのWayFinderを€24Mで買収 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:38:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561450 [...] InformationWayfinderVodafoneInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） ShowListings("arc3"); ShowListings("arc2"); AddClipsUrl = [...] [...] InformationWayfinderVodafoneInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） ShowListings(”arc3″); ShowListings(”arc2″); AddClipsUrl = [...]

]]> By: Sven http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561321 Sven Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:47:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561321 Even Vodafone will be a small fish in the big LBS pond. Even Vodafone will be a small fish in the big LBS pond.

]]> By: ali http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561271 ali Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:09:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561271 l hate vodafone www.eskibirsaat.com l hate vodafone http://www.eskibirsaat.com

]]> By: Jessy Pieper http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/vodafone-acquires-swedens-wayfinder-for-e24-million/comment-page-1/#comment-2561239 Jessy Pieper Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:12:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32601#comment-2561239 Nice Buy Out in Europe - Congrats from the German based http://www.spirofrog.de Team Nice Buy Out in Europe – Congrats from the German based http://www.spirofrog.de Team

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