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Mapquest Gets A New Look And Logo

Mapquest has introduced a new look and a new retro-chic, 1970s-style logo. The changes are part of a series of upgrades begun prior to the...

Greg Sterling | Sep 16, 2015 at 1:33 am ET

MapQuest’s New Commute App Helps Optimize Drive Times

MapQuest has introduced a new app for Google Play and iOS: “Commute.” Just as the name suggests, it’s a stand-alone app...

Greg Sterling | Sep 24, 2014 at 1:18 pm ET

MapQuest Aims For Reboot With New Content, Partners, UI

A few years ago, while others were investing in their mapping platforms, AOL was coasting with MapQuest. AOL’s sustained neglect of the...

Greg Sterling | Apr 9, 2014 at 11:43 am ET

 

MapQuest Aims For Revival With New Mobile App

Once the leader and innovator in online mapping, MapQuest has fallen pretty far from that perch. While the brand survives and the site is still...

Greg Sterling | Nov 15, 2013 at 12:43 am ET

Mapquest Debuts New Local-Social Mapping Site “MQ Vibe”

People have been speculating about it for weeks and now it’s live: MapQuest Vibe. With the launch of the new neighborhood-discovery site...

Greg Sterling | Oct 13, 2011 at 6:51 am ET

Mapquest Takes On Google Navigation With Free Android App

Following the success of its iPhone app, Mapquest has released a free, voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation app for Android handsets. The new...

Greg Sterling | Feb 16, 2011 at 12:14 am ET

Mapquest Introduces New Look, New Capabilities

You might not have thought of it this way but the old MapQuest was mostly about driving directions. The new Mapquest (launching today) is about...

Greg Sterling | Jun 29, 2010 at 7:54 am ET

AOL Returns As Independent Company, Search Decision Looms

Yesterday was the first day of trading for the “new” AOL, an independent company with a market cap of $2.5 billion dollars. When AOL...

Greg Sterling | Dec 10, 2009 at 9:27 am ET

MapQuest Launches iPhone App With Innovative Local Search Features

AOL’s MapQuest has been in mobile mapping longer than any of its rivals, but it’s playing catch up when it comes to the iPhone,...

Greg Sterling | Jun 15, 2009 at 10:27 am ET

MapQuest Launches Enhanced Biz Locator, Puts Brands On The Map

MapQuest has beefed up its business locator tool. A scrolling vertical bar now appears on the upper right of every map allowing users to...

Greg Sterling | Mar 3, 2009 at 9:40 am ET

MapQuest Launches Mobile Personalization

As part of a wave of new features, MapQuest late last year introduced My MapQuest, a personalization tool for the PC side of the business. It...

Greg Sterling | Feb 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm ET

ComScore To Report Google Maps Now Number 1

Forthcoming January traffic data will reportedly show that Google Maps has taken the lead from MapQuest as the top mapping site in the US....

Greg Sterling | Feb 14, 2009 at 11:12 am ET

BlackBerry Mobile Bonanza: Microsoft Launches Live Search, Google Introduces New Search Client & AOL Launches MapQuest 4 Mobile

At the CTIA wireless trade show today Microsoft announced an extension of its existing relationship with BlackBerry maker RIM. Previously...

Greg Sterling | Sep 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm ET

AOL Unveils MapQuest Local, Video Search For Mobile (WAP)

MapQuest has recently stepped up development efforts, rolling out a new and improved “beta” site just a couple of weeks ago....

Greg Sterling | Sep 10, 2008 at 9:40 am ET

AOL Acquires Sphere & Creates Search Interface For iPhone

Sphere, software that connects contextually relevant content to your content, has been purchased by AOL. The Sphere Blog confirms the...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 15, 2008 at 12:26 pm ET

AOL’s Big Mobile Push

Yesterday at the mobile trade show CTIA in San Francisco, AOL made a slew of mobile product announcements. The arguable centerpiece of that was...

Greg Sterling | Oct 24, 2007 at 9:35 am ET

AOL Relaunches WAP Portal, Starts Broader Mobile Push

AOL is quickly and quietly moving on a number of fronts in mobile to establish itself as a leader. Not long after the relaunch of rival...

Greg Sterling | Sep 26, 2007 at 9:11 am ET

AOL Introduces ‘Platform A’: Integrated Ad Targeting

AOL has moved its corporate headquarters to New York to be at the center of the U.S. ad and media universe and has introduced what it’s...

Greg Sterling | Sep 17, 2007 at 11:38 am ET

AOL Launches Improved Mobile Search

AOL has improved its mobile search capability, especially for Windows Mobile devices. Earlier I had incorrectly reported that there had been a...

Greg Sterling | Aug 14, 2007 at 11:22 am ET

AOL Buys Third Screen Media Ad Network

Seemingly in parallel with the land grab going on online, mobile M&A is heating up. Earlier this month, Microsoft acquired EU ad firm...

Greg Sterling | May 15, 2007 at 3:03 pm ET
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