Mapquest was there in 1996, almost a decade before modern-day Google Maps. It is the world’s first online mapping and turn-by-turn direction service. The name Mapquest was synonymous with finding ...

MapQuest has stopped Google Maps' market share gains for the time being. But Google Maps increasingly benefits from Google search results. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today integrated traffic and road condition cameras into their maps and directions. Now available in over 100 ...

Whether you prefer Google Maps or Waze, there is a wide range of apps that provide driving directions these days — and they will often give real-time traffic and accident updates, alternative ...

We all have different needs when it comes to the apps we install on our heavily used smartphones. Some value privacy, while others require offline, GPS-only functionality for frequent international ...

If you’re leaving, it helps to know where you’re going, right? Over the past decade, the Internet has nourished a number of free map providers, which will furnish you with customized information to ...

If you were born after 1990, you will have to imagine this (the rest of us actually lived it)... In the past, if you wanted to drive to an unfamiliar location, you'd need to get a physical map, use a ...

GPS is available on most smart phones, which is all well and good unless you drive out into a place with weak service. Unless you want to go into the before-time and buy a standalone GPS (and try to ...

Google Inc.’s Maps application is making headway against the No. 1 map Web site, MapQuest, according to an analyst from Hitwise Pty., which examines Internet usage data. A year ago, the number of U.S.