I remember being at the Facebook weekly Q&A session when this was announced and Mark definitely stated it quite differently than the author's perspective. Basically that the Facebook deal was already "done" and just pending final signatures when Google swooped in at the 11th hour and stole the acquisition.
I still think it's a shame that there isn't a second major tech company with a serious mapping product. Apple Maps has always seemed laughably inferior even to what Waze offered 10 years ago.
I still think it's a shame that there isn't a second major tech company with a serious mapping product. Apple Maps has always seemed laughably inferior even to what Waze offered 10 years ago.