Google is reportedly laying off an unspecified number of employees at its mapping app Waze. The tech giant, which acquired Waze in 2013, is consolidating the unit with its own map products, Seeking Alpha reported Wednesday (June 28). Google did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment. A...
Google is reportedly merging two of its mapping teams under pressure to reduce costs. The tech giant will combine the team overseeing its mapping service Waze with workers handling its Maps feature, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Dec. 8). The move comes near the...
Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. When drivers pull into participating stations, they will see a notification on Waze prompting their Android or iOS device to securely pay through...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating acquisitions made by big tech firms in the past 10 years and has a special focus on Google’s $1.1 billion purchase of mapping app Waze, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. 14). In June 2013, the FTC approved...
July 02, 2023
June’s over, and thus far, two quarters in, the year’s been notably strong for the CE 100 Index. All indices were in the black, again, this past week, continuing a string of positive performances. And it was the Move sector, this time around — with a sanguine outlook on travel spending — that, well, helped […]
May 25, 2018
As the unofficial start to summer, Memorial Day inspires many Americans to spend time with friends and family – and the extra day added to the weekend enables them to...
April 27, 2017
No direction home, sang Bob Dylan, who never had Waze, and never had a Dunkin’ on the Waze way, we’d guess. Tongue-in-cheek aside, Waze has debuted an “order-ahead” feature with Dunkin’ Donuts...
April 03, 2017
Though April Fools’ Day is behind us, the mishaps of last week’s news haven’t quite gone away. While we had our own share of April Fools’ fun here at PYMNTS, there...
June 28, 2023
Google is reportedly laying off an unspecified number of employees at its mapping app Waze. The tech giant, which acquired Waze in 2013, is consolidating the unit with its own map products, Seeking Alpha reported Wednesday (June 28). Google did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment. A company spokesperson told Seeking Alpha: “In order to create a […]
December 08, 2022
Google is reportedly merging two of its mapping teams under pressure to reduce costs. The tech giant will combine the team overseeing its mapping service Waze with workers handling its...
August 13, 2020
Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. When drivers pull into participating stations, they will...
February 16, 2020
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating acquisitions made by big tech firms in the past 10 years and has a special focus on Google’s $1.1 billion purchase of...
