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Listen in for a discussion from Skift Global Forum featuring Waze CEO Neha Parikh in conversation with Skift Research Senior Analyst Seth Borko.
Jason Clampet | 3 months ago
Transport
Waze, owned by Google, has huge potential to change the way cities move, as they place a renewed focus on mobility and community. Watch CEO Neha Parikh explain why the technology is much more than a navigation app.
Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
Online Travel
Grab emerged as a leading superapp because of conditions specific to Southeast Asia. Don't look for U.S. and European copycats to get traction.
Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago
Google is all grown up now and won't take chances on integrating Waze's reports about police speed traps into Google Maps. That takes some of the life and authenticity out of the Waze community.
Dennis Schaal , Skift | 9 years ago
News of the other acquisition this morning was a relief for anyone struggling to get good information from their iPhone using Apple's maps. The addition of fan favorite HopSpot should improve matters even more.
Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago
Unlikely the deal will get tripped up in anti-trust, Waze is too small to have ever become a material competitor, and its elimination from the market doesn't change much from competitive scenario.
Brian Womack, Bloomberg | 10 years ago
Google's Waze purchase will be scrutinized closely from a number of angles, but the most important one in the long run may likely be sceptical users wondering just what they're doing with all that data about their movements.
Skift | 10 years ago
In this new world, multi-brand strategy is clearly how big Internet companies want to operate, partly to not mess with the DNA of the startups they're buying.
If accurate, it's good news for Waze. Especially since the app's appetite for data and battery power has become a turn off for many of the early adopters.
Hagai Golan and Tzahi Hoffman, The Globes | 10 years ago
Google Maps already holds such a dominant position that it would be such a shame if it is able to buy Waze. Could you imagine the Justice Department weighing the antitrust implications of a maps/navigation acquisition? That would be another sign -- as if we needed it -- that mobile is playing such an important role in our lives.
Reuters | 10 years ago
