Waze app is a high-end navigation tool and also a social, fun experience that is free and completely user-generated. I had a chance to visit the Waze office in Israel and talk with the VP of Community and Operations, Fej Shmuelevitz, about how Waze has grown as a result of immense community engagement.
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We recently sat down with Sean Farrell from Trapster, a location-based driving application. The service allows users to enter information about speed traps, red-light cameras, road hazards and more, and while driving the application will alert you if any of these things are approaching. The applciation is currently at 6.3 Million users, and averages between 15,000 and 50,0000 new users a day. According to Trapster, there are more Trapster users than popular social applications Gowalla, FourSquare, and Loopt combined. Read the interview after the break.
