Posts Tagged: Waze
Israeli Charities Profit from Google’s Waze Acquisition
Google's recent acquisition of Israeli navigation app Waze is a coup for the country's tech community and, now, its underpriveleged. Waze contributed options to Tmura, an...
Which Waze Next for the Brand of ‘Start-Up Nation’ Israel?
JNS.org - Google's $1.3 billion acquisition of Waze, the Israeli-developed traffic crowdsourcing app that has won the hearts of 50 million users in 193 countries, is...
The Future of High-Tech Warfare and Israel’s Role Within It
JNS.org - JERUSALEM—As technology grows by leaps and bounds, leading thinkers gathered last week at the 2013 Israeli Presidential Conference to discuss the future of warfare....
Report: Google-Waze Deal May Be in Jeopardy
The celebration surrounding the high profile buyout deal between internet giant Google and Israeli social mapping application Waze may be short-lived, The New York Post...
Waze Could Give Google a Social Network to Rival Facebook
JNS.org - The idea of Israeli-developed Waze was great, the execution was excellent, the name was catchy, and the application worked. Fifty million drivers using...
Report: Google to Acquire Waze for $1.3 Billion
Google is set to acquire the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start-up Waze for a whopping $1.3 billion, Globes reported Sunday. It had recently been...
Report: Facebook Talks to Acquire Waze Collapse After Staffers Refuse to Leave Israel
Waze has not had its day, at least not yet. According to Allthingsd.com, talks with Facebook to acquire the Israel-based social mapping and navigation startup for...
Israeli Mobile App Waze Wins Prestigious International Award
The Israeli social-media navigation app Waze won the prestigious prize for Best Overall Mobile App on Tuesday at the GSMA Mobile World Congress...
Study: Israeli Social Network GPS Waze Helps Prevent Traffic Accidents
Researchers from the social networks IT security group at Ben Gurion University of the Negev showed that GPS navigation systems, especially location-based social networks such...
Israeli Startup Gets Boost from Apple’s ‘Maps’ Debacle
With millions of Apple users frustrated over bugs and errors associated with the release of the "Maps" feature, Apple CEO Tim Cook is encouraging them...
