Waze wants to connect riders with drivers who are already headed in the same direction. The company has said it aims to make fares low enough to discourage drivers from operating as taxi drivers. Waze’s current pilot program charges riders at most 54 cents a mile—less than most Uber and Lyft rides—and, for now, Google doesn’t take a fee.
Source : Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service – WSJ
Google has used similar tactics for years on its homepage to convince Internet Explorer users to switch to Chrome, and with a search task bar it supplied for IE users to install in their browsers.
Source : Microsoft’s war against Chrome battery life now includes Windows 10 notifications | The Verge
Google has started to increase the fees that it charges for the use of Google Maps, presenting concerns about whether it might raise prices further in future.As Uber prepares to spend $500m on its mapping ambitions, the programme follows earlier investments in mapping that include the acquisition of an imagery collection team from Microsoft’s Bing last June. Last year Uber also acquired deCarta, a mapping company that developed the turn-by-turn directions behind GM’s OnStar software.
Source : Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project – FT.com
According to Pirate Bay’s founder, more innovation and decentralization is required. ipfs There are already plenty of new technologies that could make torrent sites more decentralized. Zeronet and IPFS, for example.
Source : Pirate Bay Founder: The ‘Piracy’ Scene Needs Innovation – TorrentFreak
As an entrepreneur, if you have the opportunity to build both Amazon and Alibaba at the same time, you’d be crazy not to try.
Source : Uber China merges with Didi Chuxing – Business Insider
After breaking off talks with Space Data, Google allegedly began work on Project Loon, which Space Data claims has hurt its business and damaged its reputation “among potential and existing customers, business partners, investors, and in the industry in general.”
Source : Google Sued By Space Data Corp. Over Project Loon Balloon Project – Fortune
Since so many people are already using Waze to get to work, why not help a fellow commuter heading in the same direction? That’s what Waze Carpool is all about.
Source : Waze Carpool
The former president of Motorola, who left the Lenovo-led handset maker last month, has been hired by Google to run a new division to unify the company’s disparate hardware projects
Source : Google is building a new hardware division under former Motorola chief Rick Osterloh – Recode
Market share for mobile, browsers, operating systems, search engines and social media. Mobile market share and desktop market share data.
Source : Market share for mobile, browsers, operating systems and search engines | NetMarketShare
Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition chief, said the European commission had taken the preliminary view that Google had abused its dominant position, following an initial one-year investigation. “What we found is that Google pursues an overall strategy on mobile devices to protect and expand its dominant position in internet search,” Vestager said.
Source : EU accuses Google of using Android to skew market against rivals | Technology | The Guardian
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