Posts Tagged: Waze
Waze Closes Carpool Service, Cites Changing Driving Trends
CTech - Not every good idea works in reality: the Israeli navigation application Waze, owned by Google, announced the closure of its ride-sharing service, which...
Israeli Waze CEO on His Decision to Leave Google: ‘I Was Just Worn Down by the Nature of the Beast’
CTech - Less than a month after retiring as CEO of Waze, Noam Bardin published a post today about the reasons for the decision —...
Waze Launches New Carpool Feature in Israel
CTech - Google-owned mobile navigation app developer Waze announced on Monday the release of a new carpooling feature in Israel. Drivers will now be able...
Navigation App Waze to Add Female Pronouns Option in Israel
CTech - Alphabet-owned navigation app developer Waze announced on Monday two new features to be rolled out in Israel. The first is the addition of...
As a People, We Must Dedicate Ourselves to Lives of Purpose
Smartphones can do amazing things -- few more amazing than Waze, the Israeli-designed satellite navigation system acquired by Google in 2013. But there is one thing...
Israelis Win ‘Best App’ Award at Prestigious Competition in Spain
Two Israelis behind the Fansino app won first place at a prestigious smartphone app competition held in Barcelona last week. Haran Wolfovitz Yaffe and...
Using Comedy to Combat Hamas: Free Shows for Israelis Under Fire
There's been a lot of Facebook posting lately. Anti-semites are having a field day with propaganda - a big world for "lies." The uninformed in...
Netanyahu Meets Waze Leaders in Israel, Ahead of Yahoo and Google Meetings at Davos
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the heads of Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up recently acquired by Google for over $1 billion, and held...
Israeli High-Tech Exits Reach $6.64 Billion in 2013; 10-Year High for Venture Capital Investors
The combined value of Israeli high-tech start-ups that were sold in 2013 reached $6.64 billion in 2013, with the component from venture capital-backed companies, $4.21...
Israeli Government, Google Sign Collaboration Agreement to Modernize Bureaucracy
The Jewish State and internet search giant Google signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to increase the implementation of its technology across government systems...
Start-Up Nation: Israeli Hi-Tech Exits at $4 Billion So Far in 2013
The year 2013 has proven to be lucrative so far for high-tech and life sciences companies in Israel. According to Globes, 20 such companies at...
Barclays Capital: Israel Could See Several Billion-Dollar Deals in Coming Year
Israel could be the beneficiary of several multi-billion dollar deals in the coming year, Barclays Capital technology M&A manager Richard Hardegree told Israel's Globes. "It's possible that...
Report: Samsung Expresses Interest in Israeli Companies to Boost Mobile Division
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, one of the world's largest cell phone providers, is interested in acquiring two Israeli companies to help it take on its...
Technion Wins Record $130 Million Grant to Build Chinese JV, Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology
Jerusalem Post - The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on Sunday received a $130 million grant to build an academy called the Technion Guangdong Institute of...
