A Garmin GPS device with Navteq technology.
#7. Nokia Buys Navteq for $8.1 Billion
Chicago-based navigation-software maker Navteq is a big player in digital mapping — if you have an in-car navigation system, you're a likely user — and mapping is hot this year on the Web and in mobile phones. Nabbing Navteq was a pretty slick move because Nokia aced out other handset makers, and furthered its push into services, so as to be less reliant on hardware. (Motorola, take note.) It's one of two big deals in navigation: Dutch company TomTom bought Navteq's main rival, Belgium's Tele Atlas, for $4.3 billion.