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MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump’s ‘Lake America’ change

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 company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would…

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MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump’s ‘Lake America’ change
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