G+_Craig Sotelo Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Facebook 'in talks to buy' Israeli crowdsourced navigation app Waze http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10046653/Facebook-in-talks-to-buy-Israeli-crowdsourced-navigation-app-Waze.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cole Brodine Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I hope not... I use Waze all the time. I imagine they'll ruin it or kill it like Gowalla or the other stuff they've bought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dan Phillips Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Not sure if they will sell. Apple offered to buy them a year ago and they turned it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cole Brodine Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 That was what I was thinking. I'm not sure how much Apple offered them though. A billion would probably be pretty tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dan Phillips Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'm sure a bulk of the offering was stock. Even though Apple's stock is slowly declining, its still wayyyyyy more than FB stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cole Brodine Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I know which stock I'd rather have :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tim Tipton Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 i'll be uninstalling Waze if this goes through, what a tragedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Brown Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 No, no, please no. Don't let the monster gobble up the app that saves my morning commute. I will never use Waze again if this goes through, because I don't want FB to own my movement data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_E Turek Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I would be forced to find a new favorite GPS app...very sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_murph nj Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Looks like I'll be deleting my account tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dan Phillips Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Looks like they are willing to pay 1 instagram for them. http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/9/4316158/facebook-reportedly-in-talks-buy-waze-for-up-to-1-billion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cole Brodine Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'd hold off deleting any accounts just yet. Waze hasn't been reported as accepting the offer anywhere that I've seen. They've turned down buy out offers before. Somebody else could jump in and out bid Facebook too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dean McNeill Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Bad news. I really like Waze but would stop using it in a heartbeat if it meant that Facebook now had access to my movements. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cyril Rickelton-Abdi Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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