News roundup on Nuvifone, Microsoft Bid for Yahoo and OS’ OpenSpace

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It was a big week for news from a variety of sectors. Our editors take a look at Garmin's announcement of its nav-phone, the Nuvifone, Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo! and the Ordnance Survey's opening of its API for developers, OpenSpace.

ChicagoCrime Retires

• In memory of chicagocrime.org (Holovaty.com blog)
• Another Hyperlocal News Site (All Points Blog)

Nuvifone

• Navtalk - Garmin's dicontinued phone
• The Garmin nuvifone: Another Attempt at Designing the Perfect Converged Device (Telematics Journal)
• Garmin gets official with its nuvifone (Engadget)
• Garmin executives unveil 'our future' - the Nuvifone (Kansas City Star)

Microsoft/Yahoo!

• Yahoo Offer Is Strategy Shift for Microsoft (New York Times)
• Yahoo Deal Is Big, but Is It the Next Big Thing? (New York Times)
• Yahoo Sale Could Be Bad for Minnows (New York Times)
• Google Works to Torpedo Microsoft Bid for Yahoo (New York Times)
• Example of Yahoo Real Estate with Yahoo Maps

Ordnance Survey's OpenSpace API

• OS OpenSpace - open to all (press release)
• OpenSpace
• Developer Agreement