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 done an impressive job of building a useful array of driving-related tools onto its core mapping program. The site can guide you to your destination, help you avoid traffic entanglements, ...

It's been a good couple weeks for BlackBerry users. First came Google's new Mobile App, and now there's MapQuest 4 Mobile, a new app that brings the eponymous mapping service to BlackBerry devices.

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 ...

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 local search and an expanded range of capabilities and ...

We’ve all been there before. No, not lost on the road trying to figure out where you are, but rather seated at your computer, looking at driving directions, and wondering how to transfer the maps into ...

Remember MapQuest? To me, that name invokes happy memories of printed-out directions in 2006 and playing navigator for my parents from the backseat. Two printed sheets show a list of MapQuest driving ...

Mapquest arguably “owns” the mapping brand online. It has been the dominant mapping site for years by a wide margin. But that dominance may now be slipping under pressure from Google. Hitwise reports ...