Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B for its car division

Re:Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B f... by 303space on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:24PM (#23061591)

Also the article claims “800 million riders” which is astounding for an app that is currently #36 in the navigation category (iOS App Store). Unless this app is more popular than TikTok everywhere outside of the US they’ve gotta be playing fast and loose with those usage statistics.

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Re:Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B f... by aeyes on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:34PM (#23064006)

Moovit is for public transportation and that is pretty much why it isn't big in the US. Here it is #3 in navigation after Google Maps and Waze.

I couldn't live without it anymore, the city has probably around 500 bus lines. Making 3 combinations isn't unusual and it works to the point where I don't worry about researching a new route. Whenever you aren't commuting it is your best option to finding a route.

Sometimes I spend a weekend in smaller cities I don't know well. They have bus lines which you can't find online anywhere. But everything is on Moovit. This has saved me so many hours, I feel like I should be paying for it.

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Re:Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B f... by bhouston on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:56PM (#23063799)

From what I can tell they are providing a lot of data via partnerships to other apps and clients. At least that is what Wikipedia states.

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