MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The app's usage also jumped to roughly 50 times its normal level, according to MapQuest.
MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name.
The app's usage also jumped to roughly 50 times its normal level, according to MapQuest.
Here we are on Thursday and MapQuest still holds the #1 spot, ahead of ChatGPT, Vinted (never heard of it), "TikTok Pro.
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MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The app's usage also jumped to roughly 50 times its normal level, according to MapQuest. Here we are on Thursday and MapQuest still holds the #1 spot, ahead of ChatGPT, Vinted (never heard of it), "TikTok Pro.
The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would remain on its apps, despite Trump directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). By Monday morning, MapQuest had climbed to No. In Canada, which shares the lake with the U.S., the app reached No.
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