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They can report traffic jams, speed and police traps, hazards, accidents update maps with roads and landmarks and contribute driving routes. Unlike other GPS navigation software, Waze combines map data with information from people on the road. Waze first started as an open source project called FreeMap Israel. Providing voice navigation commands is a way to promote Ride Along to Waze’s community of 50 million users. Hart acted on Real Husbands of Hollywood, a comedy-improv parody show on BET and is in an upcoming movie with Ice Cube called Ride Along, which opens in January.

It was the largest payout to employees in the history of Israeli high tech. Its community grew like crazy and Waze sold to Google for a rumored $1.3 billion earlier this year. Friends and travelers around you post updates to create an accurate, real-time picture of road conditions. Waze is a popular app that crowdsources traffic and navigation data.