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Waze is an innovative navigation mobile application that relies on crowdsourcing for its 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. <ref> [https://www.waze.com/] Retrieved 2016-1-12 </ref>
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Waze is an innovative [[wikipedia:GPS|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 [[wikipedia:Google|Google]], Waze is the world's largest community based-traffic and navigation app. <ref> [https://www.waze.com/ Waze.com] Retrieved 2016-1-12 </ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 16:09, 12 February 2016

Waze
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"Waze" [www.waze.com Waze]
Type GPS Software
Launch Date 2006
Status Active
Product Line 4.0 (IOS);

3.9.9.0 (Android);
3.7.4.5 (Windows Phone 8);
2.1.99 (Symbian);
2.0.2.304 (BlackBerry);
2.1.99.114 (Windows Mobile 6.x); / 25 November 2015; 2 months ago

Platform iOS, Android, Blackberry 10, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Symbian, Maemo
Website [www.waze.com Waze Official Site]


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]

History

Acquisition by Google

Overview

Security Risk

Government Interaction

Ethical Implications

External Links

See Also

References

  1. Waze.com Retrieved 2016-1-12

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