Google homes in on Israel's Waze in $1.3bn deal as it beats off Apple, Facebook and Yahoo

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Waze deal will add geographic personal information that Google can add to its - and, possibly, the NSA's - "uber-database"

Internet giant Google is closing in on Waze, an Israeli-based mobile app company that offers a free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation. Google looks to be beating off stiff...

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