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Google Maps for iOS, Android gets real time traffic reports from Waze
- Roughly two months after spending a reported $1 billion to acquire Waze, Google has begun incorporating some of its community-driven functionality into its own mapping application. Specifically, when Waze users report road incidents that may cause traffic delays, they will…
It's official: Google confirms acquisition of Waze
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Following weeks of speculation, Google has now officially confirmed the acquisition of Waze. No financial details were given but previous reports put the figure at $1.3 billion with a requirement to keep the company a separate entity, based in Israel, for at least three years.
Google may also be considering a Waze buyout
- Recently, we heard that Facebook was deep in negotiations to purchase Waze for around $1 billion. According to a report from Bloomberg, it looks like Google might be throwing its name in the hat as a possible buyer. This could lead…
Facebook deep in negotiations to acquire Waze
- Facebook is in advanced talks to purchase Israel-based navigation app Waze. The deal is reported to be in the same $800 million to $1 billion range the social network paid for Instagram, and is seen as another opportunity to bolster…
Apple may acquire Waze, the popular crowdsourced GPS app
- Multiple sources have been cited in this report, claiming Apple is engaged in acquisition talks with Waze, a popular crowdsourced GPS app capable of providing turn-by-turn voice navigation. One pot hole in the road though is Waze's asking price of $750 million…
iOS 6 upgrades soar 29% following debut of Google Maps app
- According to data furnished by MoPub and mulled over by TechCrunch, the number of iPhone users running iOS 6 jumped by 29 percent between December 11 and December 15. MoPub tracks over one billion ad impressions daily across many carriers and apps.
Apple ditched Google Maps over voice navigation quarrel
- Apple's controversial replacement of Google Maps with its own in-house mapping solution may have left some users scratching their heads, but journalists at AllThingsD believe they know why: the absence of voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions.
Wikipedia ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMaps after price change
- Citing synergistic principles with OpenStreetMaps and an end to Google's free ride for high-volume map users, Wikipedia has dropped Google Maps. The foundation has instead turned to OpenStreetMaps for its mapping needs, a UK-based, open source mapping website which has…
Google Maps gets real-time traffic, crowdsources Android GPS data
- Although traffic data has been available on Google Maps for quite some time, the traffic information delivered by the popular mapping service was frequently stale or incorrect. In fact, estimated arrival times with traffic were so frequently incorrect, Google actually…
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