Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams

Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams

Dec 8 (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. 9, in a bid to consolidate processes. The Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O)-owned company will integrate Waze, which it acquired in 2013 for $1 billion, into Google Geo, its portfolio of real-world mapping products that include Google Maps, Google Earth, and Street View, a Google spokesperson said. Waze CEO Neha Parikh will exit the company following a transition… Source link

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Yandex Taxi am and Yandex Eats am misled Armenian public

Yandex Taxi am and Yandex Eats am misled Armenian public

Yandex Taxi am and Yandex Eats am initiated legal proceedings against them for unfair competition and misleading the public, the Armenian Competition Protection Commission told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Violations were caused by the fact that the mentioned companies provided insufficient information about the actions of ordering and delivery of items and food. Source link

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Single-Game Preview for Brazil vs. Croatia

Single-Game Preview for Brazil vs. Croatia

Friday’s single-game Yahoo slate kicks off with a quarter-finals matchup between Croatia and heavily-favored Brazil (70 percent to win). The implied goal total sits at nearly three goals, so bettors expect considerable scoring action in most cases. Although the ultimate outcomes were the same, these teams experienced very different match styles during Monday’s Round of 16 games. While Brazil should be well-rested after dispatching South Korea by a score of 4-1, Croatia could conceivably… Source link

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Google combines Maps and Waze teams as pressures mount to cut costs • TechCrunch

Google combines Maps and Waze teams as pressures mount to cut costs • TechCrunch

Google plans to combine the teams working on its Maps product and on Waze, a mapping service that Google acquired in 2013. The merger comes as the search engine giant feels the pressure to cut costs and consolidate operations, reports The Wall Street Journal. Waze’s team of 500 employees will fall under Google’s Geo organization, which oversees Maps, Earth and Street View, starting Friday. Neha Parikh, Waze’s current CEO, will leave her role. Google told WSJ… Source link

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Google Combines Maps and Waze Teams Amid Pressure to Cut Costs – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal

Google Combines Maps and Waze Teams Amid Pressure to Cut Costs – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal

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GameStop, Rent the Runway, C3.ai, and more

GameStop, Rent the Runway, C3.ai, and more

GameStop (GME): The retailer missed on both the top and bottom lines as sales declined amid a gaming slowdown. Third-quarter net sales of $1.19 billion were down 8.5% from a year ago, driven by a 19% drop in software sales. GameStop reported losses of $94.7 million in the third quarter, its seventh quarterly loss in a row. Inventory was $1.13 billion, compared with $1.14 billion a year ago. Shares rose as much as 4% in extended trading on Wednesday. Rent the Runway (RENT): The company raised… Source link

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Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani sentenced to almost 13 years in prison

Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani sentenced to almost 13 years in prison

The judge who presided over the criminal fraud trials of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her co-defendant and one-time boyfriend, Theranos COO and president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, sentenced Balwani on Wednesday to nearly 13 years in prison plus three years of probation. “They misled investors, they misled patients,” U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila said during Balwani’s sentencing hearing in San Jose, California, according to NBC News. “I think it’s just that enduring… Source link

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle get $9 billion Pentagon cloud deal

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle get  billion Pentagon cloud deal

The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. Staff | AFP | Getty Images The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle received a cloud-computing contract that can reach as high as $9 billion total through 2028. The outcome of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, effort is in line with the U.S. Defense Department’s effort to rely on multiple providers of remotely operated infrastructure technology, as opposed to relying on a single company, a strategy promoted… Source link

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