Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of navigation firm Waze will be reviewed by the U.S. The FTC has contacted Google about its recent acquisition of mapping firm Waze, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Google has reached an agreement to buy navigation app maker Waze in a deal believed to be valued upwards of $1 billion, beating rivals Facebook and Apple, which were also rumored to be mulling a bid for the startup.
This is one place Facebook could drive a wedge in local (not to mention Waze). Since looking at Facebook's moves in local search last month, much more has come to light. In an effort to continue courting SMBs – the lifeblood of local search...
You can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," he said.
And this is new territory for Apple, which is now cobbling together a silo'd list of local content partners like Yelp and Waze.iOS Developers I've heard from have even confirmed that mapping result sets seen in beta versions have been somewhat...
