Facebook in talks to buy Waze: report

TEL AVIV: Facebook Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup Waze for US$800mil (RM2.37bil) to US$1bil (RM2.97bil), business daily Calcalist reported on Thursday.

The deal, which would be Facebook's largest acquisition, would give the social networking company a mapping service and allow it to better compete with Google Inc and Apple Inc.

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