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Apple Acquires HopStop Transit Navigation App to Improve its Maps

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The purchase of HopStop would allow Apple to offer navigation and transit guidance within its Maps app on iOS and iOS X. This is precisely the point where it falls short in its service as compared to...

Google to Outbid Facebook for Waze Acquisition

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While Facebook is reputed to be willing to cough up over $1 billion in cold hard cash for Waze, Google is not one of those wimpy companies to be left behind in the dust. Waze is a very lucrative...