Microsoft has continued its high-profile acquisition spree by snapping up the UK online mapping company Multimap. The deal is likely to have produced a further windfall for its founder and majority ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US & Canadian companies news every morning. Sean Phelan, one of the UK’s prominent internet entrepreneurs, is set to be some £25m ($51m) ...

With the purchase of British online mapping services company Multimap, Microsoft aims to expand its services to provide more applications to the consumer and commercial markets and to surpass rivals ...

Mapping is a key app for any Web 2.0 player, and will become even more important as applications move to mobile devices. Today Microsoft strengthened its hand in the mapping game by buying UK-based ...

Multimap CEO Jeff Kelisky was also enthusiastic. "Partnering with Microsoft gives us a world of new opportunities to build our mapping services into new technologies and applications." "As one of the ...

- New features and functions available on www.multimap.com make the site even more user-friendly, and a superior tool to help people navigate their world Multimap, Europe's number one online mapping ...

Phelan’s Multimap sold to Microsoft on facebook (opens in a new window) Phelan’s Multimap sold to Microsoft on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...