[vxNsr]

NOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!

This is a competitor to google's maps, the only thing they'd do is shut it down (or at least not make anymore updates, ah-la sparrow) and not integrate the ideas into Gmaps.

From the founders standpoint this makes total sense, though, it's obvious this was the end game because they had no money-making business model.

[mcmire]

Yeah, I'm bummed to hear this news too, I've been rooting for them since the beginning. Granted Google Maps is way better than Waze, but, I think the whole crowdsourcing angle that Waze takes is interesting, and I think it's impressive how far they've gotten with a small team comparatively.

[ronreiter]

Don't worry, Google isn't that type of company. You won't even feel it.

[polarix]

Uh, hah? Haha?

[gcb0]

actually, as user of google Navigator, i'm dreading the moment waze will show up as a replacement for navigator (as hangouts now replaces gtalk) and I will not be able to get directions without a google+ account and publishing my location to my friends all the time.