AOL: MapQuest
MapQuest (Finally) Launches Street Views With “360 View”
We’re more than two years in with street-level photography, although Google was the only game in town for most of that time among the...
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...
What’s In A Brand? AOL Becomes “Aol.”
One wonders how much the branding consultancy Wolff Olins was paid to help create America Online’s new “brand identity.” Over...
Brad Garlinghouse To Run AOL’s Email, IM & Venture Units From West Coast
Brad Garlinghouse, who was previously an SVP at Yahoo, and the author of the now famous “Peanut Butter Manifesto,” is joining AOL as...
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: “The Model Is Disney”
It’s been roughly 100 days since Tim Armstrong was named CEO of AOL in anticipation of a spin-off/IPO of the company from corporate parent...
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,...
Hitwise: Google Maps Has More Traffic, MapQuest More Engagement
There’s already been considerable discussion of the passing of the maps traffic crown from MapQuest to Google Maps. Hitwise, comScore and...
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...
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...
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....
Google Maps Nearly Catches MapQuest: Hitwise Report
Google Maps and MapQuest are neck-and-neck in the fight to be the most popular US mapping site. A new report issued today from Hitwise shows the...
MapQuest: “We’ve Come Out Of Hibernation”
I recently had the opportunity to interview two senior level executives from Mapquest to find out what the longtime provider of online mapping...
AOL Launches Local Events Search: When.com
AOL is unveiling When.com this morning. It’s a local events site powered by Zvents. When.com deemphasizes the AOL brand but will become...
Google Maps: #1 In Features, Market Share Rising
As Google Maps continues to roll out new features that competing map services don’t have, web users are rewarding it with big gains in...
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...
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....
MapQuest Introduces New (Beta) Look, Features
AOL’s MapQuest remains the top brand in online mapping and is still the most visited mapping site, despite recent gains by Google Maps....
Google Maps Gaining On Market Leader Mapquest
Mapquest arguably “owns” the mapping brand online. It has been the dominant mapping site for years by a wide margin. But that...
MapQuest Rebuilds ‘From The Ground Up’
MapQuest has launched a new beta site, which represents a new and rearchitected site with a host of new features and capabilities. The new...
MapQuest Introduces New ActionScript API For Richer Maps
In the second mapping-related announcement of the morning, MapQuest has introduced a new, Adobe ActionScript API for third party developers to...