As seen with the success of companies like Foursquare, the market for location-based mobile services is heating up. And while Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Nokia (NOK) have robust mapping services, this is certainly not the case with Apple (AAPL). It looks like this will change soon, though. Apple has purchased Poly9, which is a Quebec-based Internet mapping company. There are sketchy details on the deal as the site is no longer operational and it appears that the company's employees are now in Silicon Valley.
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