TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Nokia Launches Here Drive+ Location Cloud For Windows 8 Smartphones

By TechTaffy Desk

Nokia_Here_Drive

Nokia is releasing the Here Drive+ for all Windows Phone 8 smartphones.  Here Drive+ is a cloud-based locational navigational system from Nokia that provides access to voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation. It features offline maps as well. 

The Here Drive+ introduces My Commute, a feature providing personalized commute recommendations based on current traffic conditions. It also comes with the option to upgrade the navigation license from local to global coverage from within the app.

A new releases of Here Drive+ and Here Transit will be available for download from the Windows Phone Store soon, says the company.

[Image courtesy: Nokia]

Just in

Series A

Tembo raises $14M

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Tembo, a Postgres managed service provider, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round.
Around the web

Raspberry Pi is now a public company — TC

Raspberry Pi priced its IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning at £2.80 per share, valuing it at £542 million, or $690 million at today’s exchange rate, writes Romain Dillet. 
Fundings

AlphaSense raises $650M

AlphaSense, a market intelligence and search platform, has raised $650 million in funding, co-led by Viking Global Investors and BDT & MSD Partners.
Around the web

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI — VentureBeat

Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, writes Shubham Sharma. 
IT

Capgemini partners with DARPA to explore quantum computing for carbon capture

Capgemini Government Solutions has launched a new initiative with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate quantum computing's potential in carbon capture.