MapQuest Downloads Soar After Service Refuses 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?
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Google renamed Lake Ontario. MapQuest refused — and surged to the No. 1 app in Canada. Its parent's stock jumped 18% in a day

In an unexpected digital revolt, legacy mapping service MapQuest has catapulted to the top of mobile app charts in Canada and the United States after publicly refusing to rename Lake Ontario. The ...
Yahoo

MapQuest on Trump's order renaming Lake Ontario: ‘We're not changing it'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America at the White House on Thursday. MapQuest is ...
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MapQuest No. 1 in Apple App Store amid Lake Ontario name response

MapQuest rose to the No. 1 spot on Apple's App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario's name to Lake America on its platform following President Donald Trump's executive order on the matter. The ...
TechCrunch

MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards. The “OG of online mapping,” as the company calls itself, announced on Thursday that it would not change the name of ...
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order

Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’ A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake ...