这次Google史上最贵的收购,有机会改善公司内部众多产品,将给导航、位置相关的一系列服务带来较大提升。2013年6月11日,Google宣布以13亿美元的高价格收购以色列公司Waze。谷歌是在击败了Facebook和苹果的竞价之后,才完成了其公司历史上金额最高的收购。Waze是一家做众包型地图的以色列创业公司,它们的地图应用在短短五年时间内积累了4700万用户,被看作地图市场的后起之秀。 This Google’s most expensive acquisition, the opportunity to improve many products within the company, navigation, location-related services will bring a greater increase. On June 11, 2013, Google announced the acquisition of Waze, an Israeli company, for a whopping $ 1.3 billion. Google defeated Facebook and Apple’s bid before it completed the company’s history, the highest amount of acquisitions. Waze, an Israeli startup that makes crowdsourced maps, has seen its 47 million subscribers in just five years as a rising star in the map market.