This Nokia spinoff could make Web surfing on mobile phones obsolete. The company's mini Web applications, like widgets, deliver blog feeds, news updates, Flickr photo streams, traffic updates and much more directly to mobile phones. There are more than 1,400 free widgets available and the company boasts close to 98 million downloads around the world. Next up? WidSets wants to develop interactive widget services with social networking and content sharing sites.
CEO: Olli Pekka Kallasvuo
Location: Espoo, Finland
URL: widsets.com
Launch: 2006
Funding: Nokia
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