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MapQuest tops Apple App Store charts after refusing Trump's 'Lake America' change
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MapQuest, in a press release issued Monday, said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after the company confirmed on Thursday that Lake Ontario would remain on its apps.
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Mapquest, the original online navigator of the late 90s and early 2000s, is experiencing a resurgence thanks to its stance on President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” “We’re not changing it,” Mapquest said Thursday in posts across their social media pages.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — MapQuest rose to #1 in the Apple Store following its decision to retain the name "Lake Ontario." According to the Apple App Store, MapQuest was listed as the #1 Navigation App and the top eighth overall free app. It was also listed as #2 in the Canada Apple App Store.
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The most popular iPhone app in the US is one that few people have thought about since dial-up internet: MapQuest. The mapping service is making a comeback on US App Stores after refusing to change Lake Ontario’s name, following President Donald Trump’s executi…
MapQuest, in a press release issued Monday, said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after the company confirmed on Thursday that Lake Ontario would remain on its apps.
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. The MapQuest app surged to the No.
