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Re:Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor by gaius on Monday February 02, 2015 @05:39PM (#8987536)
Killer quote:

which gives Google a fire hose of data about transportation patterns within cities

It seems that their investment in Uber was about getting someone to gather the data for them, perhaps it was cheaper than doing it themselves!

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Re:Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor by deeviant on Monday February 02, 2015 @05:42PM (#8987572)
I don't think the quote was saying that Uber is providing said fire hose of data, but rather that Google Maps gives Google a fire hose of traffic data which in turn Uber utilizes to create efficient routing.
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