Zitat des Tages von Noam Bardin:
Maps are living, breathing organisms that change on a daily basis: You see it in new roads, bridge closures, and demolitions.
If you do not have vision to where you want your product to go, you will never get there.
For a start-up company, it is all about the religion of the product's excellence - the success of the product - while for a large corporation, it is the brand. We chose to maintain our start-up image.
Our original plan when we founded Waze was to sell the data, and we could keep it ad-free that way.
Basically we've taken our data and packaged it for TV station, and in return, they use us on air, and we get distribution.
We struggle with this every single day - will third-party apps have room in the future of ecosystems?
Can we get the average person on his way to work to pick someone up and drop them off once in a while?
Larry Page, Brian McClendon, and the Google Maps teams have been following our progress closely and are excited about what we've accomplished.
Samsung and Apple seem to think that they're going to provide everything. Apple believes services will drive hardware, while Google wants to own each user regardless of hardware, so you have differing philosophies.
We discovered that there are actually fewer companies actually buying data.
We will continue to make a real impact on drivers globally, helping them save time and money while making everyone's daily commute a bit more efficient and fun.
Advertisers want to get to mobile, and they don't want banner ads.