Baidu now backing Uber's bid for Nokia maps

Less than two weeks after Uber kicked off the bidding war for Nokia's HERE maps unit, the price has escalated and the rumoured alliances have shifted. When the car-hire-app company's interest first emerged via the New York Times, the industry's deep throats reckoned Chinese Web outfit Baidu was bidding with the big three of …

[Waspy]

The last vestige of the old Nokia is going then

Real shame, but makes total business sense. I wish the new Nokia best of luck, they've managed to get out of a terrible market and make their business profitable again... Still doesn't stop me dreaming of a meego future and the latest descendant of the N9 though!

[Ryan Clark]

Maybe the new owners can explain why there is no traffic info for the Aston Expressway when there is for the M6 and A38 either side? Google maps has that traffic data.