Google buys mobile mapping app Waze

[jes]

Google buys mobile mapping app Waze

Google has bought Israeli mapping startup Waze, acquiring an online real-time mapping service

 

[Valerion]

Finally, we can use Google Maps with Waze. And I assume Google can also benefit from crowdsourced map updates.

 

[House]

It was inevitable!

 

[JimboBob]

Holy crap, previous owners of Waze must be smiling...

$1,300,000,000

 

[tsume]

Hopefully Google maps will get the same functionality of reporting accidents & traffic cops