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MapQuest back from dead to claim top spot in Apple App Store

MapQuest back from the dead to claim top spot in Apple App Store after taking stand on Lake Ontario name change

MapQuest, the mapping service long associated with stacks of printed driving directions, has found its way back to the top of the technology world after it refused to change Lake Ontario’s name in its app after President Donald Trump renamed the body of water.

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‘We’re not changing it.’ MapQuest downloads soar after it refuses to rename Lake Ontario

Opinion

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MapQuest Tops App Store After Rejecting ‘Lake America,’ Can the Comeback Last? | Techopedia Consumer Report

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Lake Names and Streaming Games: The Week in News

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‘In poor taste’: Canadian, U.S. Indigenous leaders denounce Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario

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MapQuest expands to Android Auto as viral popularity brings drivers back

Early adopters on Reddit note that the rollout is still visibly unpolished.

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Donald Trump’s shallow renaming of the Great Lakes

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Is renaming Lake Ontario a treaty violation? | READER COMMENTARY

MapQuest Downloads Soar After Company’s Refusal To Rename Lake Ontario

Legacy online mapping service MapQuest has shot to the top of the App Store in the U.S. and Canada. But will customers engage with the modernized product long term?

CNET

MapQuest Acts Fast With Its Revived Fame, Adding Android Auto Support

In addition to basic navigation, the MapQuest app is trying out a crowdsourcing feature on Android Auto. Drivers and passengers can report accidents, road closures and activity by police and other first-responders on the app so that other drivers might know what’s coming up for them on the roads.

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Google Maps was dethroned by this free alternative navigation app

Following Trump's decision to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, an old navigation app has raced to the top of charts, knocking Google Maps off its perch.

Tech Digest

What is MapQuest and why are people turning to it from Google Maps?

With Google Maps renamed Lake Ontario for US users, rival MapQuest has seen a massive rise in usage for opting not to follow suit