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Waze 2.0 Combines Enhanced Gaming Elements with Smart Algorithms to Improve Global Driving Maps

Published in Health Business Week, December 11th, 2009

Waze, the first free provider of driver-generated maps and real-time road information, announced a new version of its free navigation app to include fun gaming elements in addition to smart algorithms, so that waze maps all over the world are updated even quicker. The consumer application is available on the Apple AppStore and the Android Market Place and can be downloaded from the waze web site for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.

The new version adds more capabilities to waze's already popular 'munching' game that encourages users to validate road driving directions as they drive around. The game will now be upgraded to munch 'road goodies' - cherries, hammers and...

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Source: Health Business Week (2009-12-11)

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