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MapQuest

4 articles stable

MapQuest has appeared in 4 articles since 2009-02. Coverage peaked in 2026Q3 with 2 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside AOL, Verizon.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-09-01
MacRumors 35 related

MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US App Store, after refusing to change Lake Ontario to Lake America

MapQuest is in the spotlight this week after refusing to change “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” on its map following an executive order issued …

2026-08-31
MacRumors 123 related

MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario to Lake America

a company that everyone forgot even existed — to start offering “woke” maps so that shitlibs can read “Gulf of Mexico” and “Lake Ontario” on the GPS of their Subarus instead of having to melt down in ...

2019-10-07
Search Engine Land 1 related

As Verizon sells off MapQuest for a pittance, a look at the long, slow decline of the once dominant online mapping site which AOL bought for $1.1B in 2000

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land :

2019-10-06
Search Engine Land 1 related

As Verizon sells off MapQuest for a pittance, a look at the long, slow decline of the once dominant online mapping site which AOL bought for $1.1B in 2000

Once the dominant mapping site, the decline of Mapquest is a story of disruptive competition and corporate complacency.

2016-11-17
TechCrunch 2 related

Verizon acquires mapping startup SocialRadar to improve MapQuest, provide more accurate location data for businesses

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :

2015-10-23
Android Police

MapQuest Updated To v3.0 With Improved Maps, Multi-Stop Route Optimizations, And More

Okay, MapQuest still exists.  I know, now that I've completely blown your mind, I can also tell you the MapQuest Android app has been updated to v3.0, and there are some substantial improvements. Twee...

2010-07-09
Digits

AOL's MapQuest Looks to Wikipedia Model for Mapping

MapQuest, the No. 2 Internet-mapping service after Google's, is taking the first steps toward a Wikipedia-like model — in which users would generate the maps themselves and combine the results for eve...

2009-02-11
Hitwise Intelligence 1 related

Google Maps Edges Closer To MapQuest

A few weeks ago I thought I was onto something very hot.  I was getting ready to announce that Google Maps had caught up to MapQuest in share of US Internet visits.  I decided to wait a week to be sur...

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 15 tech news articles mentioning MapQuest, dating back to November 2005. The biggest stories include MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US... and MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US.... Frequently covered alongside AOL, Google Maps, Google, and Verizon. Coverage has increasingly focused on consumer themes.

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