DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results

Taken from DuckDuckGo’s press release earlier today.

“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, giving you a valuable combination of mapping and privacy. As one of the first global companies using Apple MapKit JS, we can now offer users improved address searches, additional visual features, enhanced satellite imagery, and continually updated maps already in use on billions of Apple devices worldwide.”

This is big and important news for consumers who care about their privacy. We use DuckDuckGo exclusively at Interlinked and highly recommend it to our customers. Having Apple as their mapping partner raises their profile considerably, and makes one wonder if Apple may be considering an acquisition to get into the search game.