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    Waze expands it carpooling experiment across California

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    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    05.31.2017

    Alphabet's Waze Rider carpool offering is expanding its service area in California. Now, no matter where you are in the Golden State, you'll be able to grab a ride, TechCrunch reports. Prior to this, it was limited to cities in the Bay area and Israel. As we've previously written, Waze Rider isn't supposed to compete directly against ride-hailing platforms.

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    Google's ride-sharing platform is now live in San Francisco

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    Andrew Dalton
    Andrew Dalton
    09.29.2016

    Waze Rider, the ride-sharing version of the popular Google-owned navigation app, is now open to the general public in the Bay Area. After several months in private beta, the Wall Street Journal reports that Google is ready to open up its casual carpool competitor to Uber and Lyft.