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Waze is a navigation app used by millions of drivers around the world. Waze was founded in 2008 by Ehud Shabtai who was tired of sitting in Tel Aviv traffic, so set about creating navigation system that was smarter and more adaptable with routes planned using real time traffic conditions. This led to the development of the Waze app, which Google bought for $966 million in 2013.

Google is the dominant search engine in the UK with a market share of 85%. This means that it can sometimes be easy to forget that there are other search engines out there such as Bing, Yahoo!, MSN, Duck Duck Go and Ecosia to name a few.

HubSpot recently announced a new feature which will allow users to track and optimise their LinkedIn Ads from within the HubSpot platform. This new feature will be available in the Professional and Enterprise tiers of the Marketing Hub as part of the HubSpot Ads tool.

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Google Maps is without question the most popular navigation app, with globally 67% of people using Google Maps, compared to 12% using Waze and 11% using Apple Maps. Because of this, Google is constantly looking for ways to further improve its navigation app for users to stay ahead of its competitors. That’s why they’ve taken steps to address a common issue with navigating around cities.

In a further development of Apple looking to take the high ground in protecting consumer privacy in the face of the actions of other tech companies, it seems to have blocked Google's developer license over Screenwise Meter. This has meant that not only early versions of some apps like Gmail and Hangouts have stopped working, but also Google's employee apps such as for travel and on-site catering no longer function.