Lightstone stamp on embassy opening

Safra Katz, the Israeli-born co-CEO of the Oracle high-tech giant, was being driven on May 14 to the opening ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem by a driver who was using the Waze traffic and navigation app. “You’ve arrived at the American consulate,” the electronic voice announced as they arrived at the proper location. Katz wasn’t happy about the inaccuracy, so she immediately phoned her friend, Larry Page, founder and parent company CEO of Google, which owns Waze. “You need to change this,” she told Page. So, by mid-afternoon of that historic day, the Waze voice had already been updated. “You’ve arrived at the American embassy,” it now announced. anecdote is related, with a chuckle or two, by Dr. Philip Lightstone of Denver […]