Is Waze a Billion Dollar Company?
Waze is back in the acquisition rumor mill. In January, it was a rumor about Apple (propagated and debunked on successive days by TechCrunch). Today, the rumored buyer is Facebook. The one constant...
View ArticleBlocking Strategies: Why Google Bought Waze
June 12, 2013: After weeks of rumors, Google finally won the Waze Dot Race, paying an estimated $1B for the Israeli-based traffic start-up. Since Google already has traffic, maps and a team, the move...
View ArticleBeating the Block: How to take on Google Maps
June 17, 2013: In November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, symbolically ending the Cold War. Two years later, the Soviet Union dissolved, leaving the United States as “the world’s only superpower”. In...
View ArticleWaze, the FTC and Google’s Map Dominance
Waze is turning out to be the media gift that keeps on giving…I was asked to comment on Bloomberg West about the rumored FTC review of Google’s acquisition of Waze; my fourth Waze related interview....
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