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Waze is a GPS -based geographical navigation application program for smartphones with GPS support and display screens which provides turn-by-turn information and user-submitted travel times and route details, downloading location-dependent information over mobile networks . Waze was developed in Israel , funded by early-stage American venture capital firm Bluerun Ventures , and was acquired by Google in 2013. Waze won the Best Overall Mobile App award at the 2013 Mobile World Congress , beating Dropbox , Flipboard and others. On June 11, 2013, Google completed the acquisition of Waze for a reported US$ 1.3 billion. As part of the deal signed, each of Waze's 100 employees will receive an average of about $1.2 million, which represents the largest payout to employees in the history of Israeli high tech. Waze supports Android , iPhone , Symbian , Blackberry 10 (except Blackberry Q10), Windows Phone 8 and Windows Mobile from version 5. In July 2013 Waze said that they were planning to support both iPhone and Android, and would consider supporting new platforms. As older platforms (Symbian, WM, Blackberry) do not support either a full native UI or other APIs they rely on, they could not support them, although existing versions would continue to work. "Google buys Israel’s Waze to protect mobile maps lead." Jewish Journal . Type "Windows mobile" in search box. Also Symbian and old Blackberry. Type "Future waze versions" in search box. Shows "Future waze versions and operating systems". States that current versions for WM, BB and Symbian will continue to be available.1
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Waze is a free turn-by-turn GPS application developed by Waze Ltd. for mobile phones. It currently supports iOS , Android , Windows Mobile , Symbian , and BlackBerry . Waze differs from traditional GPS navigation software as it is a community-driven application and learns from users' driving times to provide routing and real-time traffic updates . It is also free to download and use, as it gathers map data and other information from users who use the service. Additionally, people can report accidents, traffic jams, speed traps, police and can update roads, landmarks, house numbers, etc. Waze is available for download and use anywhere in the world, but some countries have a full basemap, whereas other countries still require users to record the roads and edit the maps. Currently Waze has a complete base map in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Israel (claimed to be the best map for that country ), Ecuador, (parts of) Argentina, and Panama, but the company has plans to make it available in other countries in Europe and elsewhere . In addition to turn-by-turn voice navigation, real-time traffic, and other location-specific alerts, Waze simultaneously sends anonymous information, including your speed and location, back to its database to improve the service as a whole. This crowdsourcing allows the Waze community to report navigation and mapping errors and traffic accidents simply by running the app while driving. Waze uses cupcakes and other gaming conventions to further engage users, allowing users to drive over icons of cupcakes and other road goodies located in certain locations to earn points. The mini-games encourage more user involvement and competition, and that means more valuable road information for the users and the database where those details are otherwise slim or lacking . CNET News - Waze iPhone app provides real-time, crowdsourced traffic data YouTube - Community car GPS navigation - WAZE - at DEMOfall09 waze Blog - Waze now available internationally – put your country on the map! waze Forum - European Maps Schedule Update Waze in a New York Times blog
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Mobile GPS navigation app This article is about the GPS navigation software.Waze ( / w eɪ z / ; formerly FreeMap Israel ) is a GPS navigation software app owned by Google .It works on smartphones and tablet computers that have GPS support.It provides turn-by-turn navigation information and user-submitted travel times and route details, while downloading location-dependent information over a mobile telephone network .Waze describes its app as a community-driven GPS navigation app, which is free to download and use.The Israeli company Waze Mobile developed the Waze software.Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar and Uri Levine founded the company.Two Israeli venture capital firms, Magma and Vertex Ventures Israel, and an early-stage American venture capital firm, Bluerun Ventures, provided funding.Google acquired Waze Mobile in June 2013.The app generates revenue from hyperlocal advertising to an estimated 130 million monthly users.
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Mobile GPS navigation app This article is about the GPS navigation software. Waze Mobile Ltd , ( / w eɪ z / ; ) doing business as Waze ( ), formerly FreeMap Israel , is a subsidiary company of Google that provides satellite navigation software on smartphones and other computers that support the Global Positioning System (GPS).In addition to turn-by-turn navigation , it incorporates user-submitted travel times and route details while downloading location-dependent information over a cellular network .Waze describes its application as a community-driven initiative that is free to download and use.The software was originally developed in Israel by Waze Mobile, a company founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine .Funding for the initial project was provided by two Israeli venture capital firms, Magma and Vertex Ventures Israel, as well as by an early-stage American venture capital firm, Bluerun Ventures.In June 2013, Waze Mobile was acquired by Google for US$1.3 billion.The application generates revenue through hyperlocal advertising to an estimated 130 million users."Google buys Waze map app for $1.3bn" . the Guardian .
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Mobile GPS navigation app This article is about the GPS navigation software. Waze Mobile Ltd , ( / w eɪ z / ; Hebrew : ווייז מובייל בע"מ ) doing business as Waze ( Hebrew : ווייז ), formerly FreeMap Israel , is a subsidiary company of Google that provides satellite navigation software on smartphones and other computers that support the Global Positioning System (GPS). In addition to turn-by-turn navigation , it incorporates user-submitted travel times and route details while downloading location-dependent information over a cellular network . Waze describes its application as a community-driven initiative that is free to download and use. The software was originally developed in Israel by Waze Mobile, a company founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine , veterans of the Israeli intelligence unit 8200 . Funding for the initial project was provided by two Israeli venture capital firms, Magma and Vertex Ventures Israel, as well as by an early-stage American venture capital firm, Bluerun Ventures. In June 2013, Waze Mobile was acquired by Google for US$1.3 billion. The application generates revenue through hyperlocal advertising to an estimated 130 million users.
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