TechCrunch Disrupt: Arianna Huffington Loves MapQuest

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Catching up with some news from TechCrunch Disrupt, we find that AOL (do not use the term America Online around AOLers, by the way), Chief Editor and Huffington Post Founder Arianna Huffington was interviewed by TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington this morning, and out of that, came some provocative, if not news-worthy, quips.

Foremost among, them is Arianna's claim that MapQuest is better than Google Maps.

Thankfully, Arriington called her on it, saying "You never used Map Quest." Because if she had, Arianna would know about MapQuest's famous problem of making a route map that takes the user to a different place than they expected to be.

This has happened to me, my Mom, and friends over the years. That's why none of us, especially myself, use MapQuest. And while my Mom's on AOL, and I can't get her off it, she will use Google Maps over MapQuest.

What Arianna should have said is, MapQuest is really improved, you should try it.

If she tried it.