Difference between revisions of "Waze"
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| − | Israel | + | Waze, formerly known as FreeMap Israel, was first developed as a community project with the intention for users to generate a free map of Israel. <ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waze#cite_note-14/ Wikipedia] Retrieved 2016-2-14 </ref> The first round of funding came in 2008 from BlueRun Ventures and Magma Venture Partners, with a second round in 2010. After a third round 2011 from Horizons Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google bought Waze in 2013. <ref> [https://index.co/company/waze/acquirers/ Index] Retrieved 2016-2-14 </ref> |
=== Acquisition by Google === | === Acquisition by Google === | ||
| − | in 2013 | + | While Facebook, Apple, and others were interested in purchasing Waze, Google acquired Waze in 2013 for $996, 000, 000. <ref> [https://index.co/company/waze/acquirers/ Index] Retrieved 2016-2-14 </ref> <ref> [http://www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-said-set-to-shell-out-1-billion-for-waze/ Start-Up Israel] Retrieved 2016-2-14 </ref> The US Federal Trade Commission investigated the deal as Google was already a player in the mapping market. In the end, the antitrust challenge was not aggressive enough to impact competition, and the case was dropped. <ref> [http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/01/ftc-will-not-challenge-google-waze-acquisition/ FTC will not challenge Google's $1 billion Waze acquisition] Retrieved 2016-2-14 </ref> |
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Waze is an innovative GPS mobile application for smartphones and tablets that relies on crowdsourcing for its traffic data. The app offers turn-by-turn directions, traffic reports, location of police, gas prices, road closures, and the ability to chat with other users. Now owned by Google, Waze is the world's largest community based-traffic and navigation app. [1]
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History
Waze, formerly known as FreeMap Israel, was first developed as a community project with the intention for users to generate a free map of Israel. [2] The first round of funding came in 2008 from BlueRun Ventures and Magma Venture Partners, with a second round in 2010. After a third round 2011 from Horizons Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google bought Waze in 2013. [3]
Acquisition by Google
While Facebook, Apple, and others were interested in purchasing Waze, Google acquired Waze in 2013 for $996, 000, 000. [4] [5] The US Federal Trade Commission investigated the deal as Google was already a player in the mapping market. In the end, the antitrust challenge was not aggressive enough to impact competition, and the case was dropped. [6]
Overview
Make an account, e-mail, profile, mood, scoreboard, points, levels
Settings General Sound, can change voice and language, can connect to bluetooth Navigation preferences, toll roads, freeways
can connect with people you know, facebook, twitter
Inbox with advice from Waze
Messaging with users
How to contribute traffic, police, accident, hazard, gas prices, chat, map issue, place, camera, closure
Personalization Home, Work, favorites, sync with calendar, sync with Facebook
Security Risk
Distracting drivers
Government Interaction
Using Waze to collect data or for public services such as garbage collection
Ethical Implications
Police cannot enforce the law
