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MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
Source: TechCrunch
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The mapping app has jumped to #1 on Apple’s U.S. App Store after it refused to adopt Trump’s proposed “Lake America” name. It captured over half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days. The article frames the response as a demand-driven political naming backlash helping the app’s distribution momentum, with limited evidence of broader market-wide impact.
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