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Google And TomTom Team Up

by Darren

TomTom and Google are two companies you wouldn’t instinctively assume make good partners. But it turns out the two companies have teamed up on a new business to business offering.

TomTom, which makes navigation devices for cars and mapping software for handheld computers, said in a statement its users would be able to search for business addresses on Google Maps and transfer them to their TomTom device.

“This cooperation represents a major step for TomTom in meeting the growing demands of our customers for personalized content for their TomTom devices,” said Eric Pite, vice president for product management at TomTom.

Shares of TomTom were up following the announcement.