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Beacons help Waze users navigate Pittsburgh's tricky tunnel exits

by Erika Beras
Apr 17, 2017
The $30 gadgets are meant to solve 'tunnel blindness' and prevent accidents.
The Waze app indicates a tunnel is on the route and prompts you to use Bluetooth so the app continues working.  
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Final Note

Waze is doing away with the crazy left turns

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2016
Playing it safe.
They finally got it right.
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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

Show us your commute's #WeakLink

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 15, 2015
In a collaboration with crowdsourced navigation app Waze, we're looking at weak links in transportation.
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Tech IRL: Dynamic maps and how we get directions

by Eliza Mills
Nov 19, 2014
Free digital maps are changing the way we get around, but is personal data the price?
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Waze: A volunteered, social sort of surveillance?

by Queena Kim
Jun 10, 2013
Google scoops up the crowd-sourced social mapping app, where users volunteer their location and traffic details. How does volunteer surveillance data compare to the PRISM/NSA variety?
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