MapQuest Local Turns One (Month)
One month ago we launched MapQuest Local, bringing you an easy-to-use dashboard of local activities, events, and other information to give you some “what” and “when” to go with your “where.” Two weeks...
View ArticleMapQuest Widget Upgrade
Current users of the MapQuest Widget are seeing something new in the places they’ve embedded it. We’ve just upgraded the features and functionality to make it even more useful and easier to use. We’ve...
View ArticleMapQuest Local Adds AddThis
This morning we updated MapQuest Local with some enhancements and bug fixes to make using Local more useful and make it easier to share information. AddThis To anyone familiar with blogs, AddThis...
View ArticleMapQuest Local Gets More Social with Twitter; Adds Jobs
Twitter When our team set out to build MapQuest Local, we wanted it to be very different than the “local experience” found historically online. One of our early objectives was to make MapQuest Local...
View ArticleMapQuest Earns 3 Hitwise Top 10 Awards
You may think of MapQuest just as a maps site, but with all the features we’ve added over the last year, we’re branching out to be a travel resource for millions of consumers. Users are finding...
View ArticleDude! I Love Your Band!
I’ve been making plans for the annual pilgrimage to Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive. Austin is also the “Live Music Capital of the World.” Being a former resident, I can attest to this. So to help me...
View ArticleThe Blog Post Where We Solicit for 2010 SXSW Interactive Panel Votes
One of our favorite events of the year is the SXSW Interactive festival. Austin, Texas is a great town to assemble thousands of creative and technical people from all over the world. The conference...
View ArticleMapQuest Send to OnStar Integration Video
Did you know that you can send locations to your OnStar-equipped car using the aptly named “Send to OnStar” feature on MapQuest.com? The OnStar Channel at YouTube has a short video demonstrating and...
View ArticleMapQuest Share to Facebook
Sharing is a big part of being connected on the Web. We share links over IM, tweet random thoughts on Twitter and share a little bit of everything on Facebook. Today we’re sharing that we have added a...
View ArticleIntroducing Route Planner and More Ways to Share Maps and Directions
The Web is a constantly evolving place. People communicate and share in different ways now than they did just a few years ago and they have more tools and complex needs for the services they use. In...
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