It’s hard out there for a company making endangered gadgets. According to Reuters , flailing satnav maker Navigon could be acquired by none other than Garmin , which has struggled itself to maintain strong handheld navigator sales in the face of stiff competition from smartphones. The deal could be worth somewhere in the “mid-double-digit million” Euro range — a none-too-helpful estimate, but enough for us to understand that the personal navigator market is in such a state that Garmin could scoop up its rival for a pretty modest sum. Garmin, for its part, has been doing well, considering — it’s the top navigator brand in the US (a market Navigon has long since exited), and its profit nearly tripled in the most recent quarter. That’s largely thanks to those bestselling navigators, but also because the company’s been wise enough to reinvent itself as a purveyor of running watches and expand its boating and aviation businesses. In any case, if the Navigon brand is going bye bye, it looks like we could find out as soon as this month. Garmin in talks to buy Navigon? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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John Edwards Indicted on Felony Charges by Federal Grand Jury StateOfThUnknwn says: RT @foxnews : Federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate #JohnEdwards for using campaign cash to hide affair http://fxn.ws/mOXA2O
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Congressional resolution on Libya [CNN: 6-03-2011] Shaun Hawkins, Chief Diversity Officer, Eli Lilly Co. Response to Candice Huffine and the June Vogue ITALIA Cover Kimberelydari8 says: The folks at my place are groveling for this! http://bit.ly/mwQkYG Domenech #youknowyouuglywhen Cousins Razy Diversity Bill Cullen Fridays
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If it seems like people are putting up new stupid signage everyday, it’s because they are. Fortunately, alert Signspotters are there to capture these gaffes (and please keep them coming!). Here are the top 9 new uploads from May (plus 9 more great contenders that nearly made the list). Upload your own Signspottings and check out the new signs being posted everyday at Signspotting.com.
Continue reading …Maybe a little two-person best ball to decide the debt ceiling? John Boehner has accepted President Obama’s invitation to go golfing, reports Politico . The two avid duffers will head out June 18, though the remaining two in the foursome haven’t been announced. ( Rush Limbaugh probably won’t be one of…
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For her next big role, Halle Berry will be getting small. Berry, already an Oscar and Emmy winner, seems poised to hit the small screen this year, as she’s attached to star in a hot spec script titled, “Higher Learning.” Deadline reports that the Dreamworks-produced series is a hot commodity and is being pitched to subscription nets HBO and Showtime, with a pilot pickup imminent. The show would feature Berry as a college professor, with few details beyond that available at the moment. Recently cast in the big screen adaptation of the book “Cloud Atlas,” and scheduled to feature in the upcoming group rom-com “New Year’s Eve,” Berry has done limited television work in the last 20 years. She had a breakout with 21 episodes of the drama “Knott’s Landing” in the early 90′s, but since then, has nearly nothing when it comes to series: her only experience since then came when she voiced a room service maid in a 1998 episode of “Fraiser.” Berry has, however, done some television movie work, including the 2005 Oprah Winfrey-presented telepic “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” For more on the new series, click over to Deadline.
Continue reading …While much of the techno-savvy world screamed “WTF?” at a WHO panel’s announcement that cell phones might have something to do with cancer, Slate ‘s Farhad Manjoo simply LOL’d. “When you dig into this issue, the decision seems to be an over-cautious interpretation of the current understanding of cell phones…
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