{"id":1787003,"date":"2019-01-15T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787003"},"modified":"2019-01-15T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:09:02","slug":"duckduckgo-now-uses-apple-maps-in-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/duckduckgo-now-uses-apple-maps-in-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"DuckDuckGo Now Uses Apple Maps in Search Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google integrates its maps into its search results: synergy! What, then, is scrappy upstart search engine DuckDuckGo<\/a>, which makes a point of not tracking its users,<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to do in response? Answer: use Apple Maps<\/a>. “We’re excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple’s MapKit JS framework<\/a>, giving you a valuable combination of mapping and privacy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google integrates its maps into its search results: synergy! What, then, is scrappy upstart search engine DuckDuckGo, which makes a point of not tracking its users, to do in response? Answer: use Apple Maps. “We’re… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,114],"tags":[83,1324,646,1323],"class_list":["post-1787003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","category-web-mapping","tag-apple-maps","tag-duckduckgo","tag-privacy","tag-search-engines","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789572,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/duckduckgo-adds-directions-to-its-search-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787003,"position":0},"title":"DuckDuckGo Adds Directions to Its Search Results","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 October 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, which added Apple Maps to its search results in early 2019, has taken the next step and added walking and driving directions to those maps. 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