MapQuest tops U.S. App Store after rejecting lake rename order
MapQuest said its app saw over 1. 5 million downloads in a week after it kept the traditional name Lake Ontario despite a presidential order to rename it, propelling the navigation app to the No. 1 spot among free iPhone apps in the United States. Apple later changed the lake’s label to “Lake America” in its Maps app for U. S.
users after a request from the White House, following a similar update by Google Maps that had already switched to the new name after the Interior Department officially renamed the lake in the U. S. geographic naming system. The rename was prompted by President Donald Trump, who asked Apple to adopt the “Lake America” label amid rising trade tensions with Canada.