TomTom powers MapQuest’s core map data with new partnership

TomTom announced a multi-year partnership with AOL Inc. to power its core mapping services for AOL’s MapQuest, Inc. MapQuest users will now have access to TomTom’s extensive digital map database, across all digital platforms including MapQuest.com and its smartphone and tablet iOS and Android apps. 

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TomTom: Vancouver, Toronto are most congested cities in Canada

TomTom released its fourth global Traffic Index. This year’s Traffic Index showed that traffic congestion on secondary roads is worse than main roads, and commuters around the world are spending an average of eight working days a year stuck in traffic. In fact, it is revealed that traffic shortcuts drivers take to avoid congestion are actually ‘long cuts’, adding 50 per cent more travel time to journeys. 

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Contest! Win a TomTom USA & Canada app plus a $100 gas card!

We're giving away one Android or iOS TomTom USA & Canada app plus a $100 gas card! All you have to do is go on Twitter and follow @Creviewer and @TomTomCanada on twitter and tweet the message "I'd love to go to___________with a $100 of gas and a TomTom app from @Creviewer and @TomTomCanada!" fill in the blank telling us where you'd like to go! Easy peasy!

A winner will be picked via Twitter this Friday, December 13th. Open to all residents of Canada and kindly note that the TomTom apps work on iPhones and Android devices. Thanks and best of luck to all the participants!

Review: TomTom US & Canada App for Android

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In the age of free mapping and navigation apps from the likes of Google, Nokia, Microsoft and Apple, paying good money for a standalone GPS or even a GPS app may seem unnecessary but an App like Tom Tom US & Canada for Android does have its merits, I check it out.

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