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Google now in bid war with Facebook for mapping startup Waze

article published on 25 May, 2013

Two weeks ago we reported that Facebook was interested in purchasing Israeli mapping startup Waze for up to $1 billion. Today, it appears that Google is also now in the bidding, and that could up the buying price. Waze specializes in satellite navigation for mobile devices, and uses members' smartphones to generate maps and traffic data. More importantly, Waze collects user's traveling ... [ read the full article ]

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A5J4DX
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_ 		25. May 2013 @ 11:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hope Google gets it.
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Ryoohki
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_ 		25. May 2013 @ 15:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by A5J4DX:
 Hope Google gets it.
Google probably will get it. I seriously doubt they would force the developers to move to the US.
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pmshah
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_ 		9. June 2013 @ 01:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
Originally posted by A5J4DX:
 Hope Google gets it.
Google probably will get it. I seriously doubt they would force the developers to move to the US.
Why should they ? They have development centers across the world !. There probably is one in Israel too.
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