infoUSA.com, (Parent: infoUSA, Nasdaq:IUSA) the leading provider of proprietary online business and consumer databases and sales and marketing solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Vindigo, the leading developer of personal navigation applications for mobile devices. The agreement enables Vindigo to integrate infoUSA.com's POI (Point-of-Interest) database of select businesses in major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Canada into applications for handheld computers and Internet-ready mobile phones.
Vindigo's first product, also called Vindigo, is a location-based service, freely available to anyone with a Palm OS(R) device or an Internet-enabled cell phone. Currently available for twenty major markets, Vindigo enables individuals to find the best and closest places to eat, shop, and play. It can be downloaded free-of-charge from the company's web site at www.vindigo.com.
As part of the agreement, Vindigo users can access infoUSA's most current location-based information on select consumer "SHOP" services including, apparel retailers, banks, office supply stores, book stores, music stores and sporting goods stores, to name a few.
"Over 500,000 registered users routinely rely on Vindigo to help them find places to go and things to do in major cities. Our relationship with infoUSA ensures that we're providing our users with the most reliable information about stores and services in their vicinity," said Jason Devitt, chief executive officer for Vindigo.
Vin Gupta, Chairman and CEO, infoUSA, commented, "infoUSA's proprietary compilation and verification process ensures that all of our business listings contain the most current and accurate information available. In fact, infoUSA's database changes by over 60% annually, and our listings are updated daily. Making this valuable and timely infoUSA data available to Vindigo users gives them the most reliable and comprehensive information with which to make important destination and purchase decisions."
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