In anticipation of London Has Fallen, the follow-up to the high-octane actioner Olympus Has Fallen, Waze is prepared to make you the President. Starting Monday, February 22, and for a limited time in the United States, Morgan Freeman (in character as Vice President Trumbull from London Has Fallen) will be the voice of Waze, helping […]
Community-based traffic and navigation app Waze has received an update for its iOS app, adding a new widget for iOS 8 and a variety of improvements on existing features. Waze allows users to contribute to real-time traffic information in your local community, including reporting accidents, police road-side monitoring actions and other current incidents on the […]
Navigation and traffic app Waze has updated to version 3.8 for both Android and iOS, including a redesigned main menu and more integration between the app and a users’ contacts. With permission, the app can sync “Waze friends” with one’s contact list, which can be useful if a group of people in separate vehicles are […]
Waze has released a new version for iPhone and Android. This version features integration with your Calendar, allowing you to Waze to Calendar events with just one tap. Events with location info will automatically appear in your navigation list, two events featured at a time. Simply tap to activate the integration. To Disable If you’d […]
Waze is about to do an update for its 60 million strong community based mapping, traffic & navigation app on the Windows Phone platform. Waze for the Windows Phone, which came out last November, has had major complaints about fast battery drain on phones and causing some people’s phones to overheat. In response, Waze is making an […]
Google today announced that it has acquired Waze, a company that provides real-time data on traffic conditions. According to Google, Waze and its engineering team will remain in Israel for now, but its technology will eventually be added to Google Maps to help improve its live traffic features. A lot of Waze’s traffic data is […]
Search and mapping giant Google will reportedly scoop up Israeli social mapping startup Waze for roughly $1.3 billion, according to new reports. Google, according to Haaretz, is very close to sealing the Waze deal, which would keep competitors like Facebook and Apple from improving their standing in the burgeoning location services market. Critical to Google’s […]
Social-based navigation service Waze has released an updated iOS app, v3.7. The focus of the upgrade is on Facebook events integration; signing into Facebook will now automatically populates the navigation list with addresses for event RSVPs, saving the need to enter them manually. Along similar lines, the app can now also display friends headed to […]
Crowdsourced traffic and navigation app service Waze may be acquired by Facebook, according to a report. The discussions between Waze and Facebook come months after a possible acquisition offer from Apple and appears to be reaching the same financial levels as the billion-dollar Instagram deal in April last year. The report by Calcalist claims the […]
The iOS 6 Maps app will allow people to check-in through Yelp, according to developer material examined by Bloomberg. People should, more importantly, be able to check-in without leaving their current map and launching the dedicated Yelp app. The technology is hinted at in screenshots from the SDK given to developers earlier this month. Apple […]
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