Mapquest sees surge in app downloads after refusing to rename Lake Ontario
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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…
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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…
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