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Capture An Experience Of A Lifetime With Trip Journal: The Royal Wedding

28th Apr, 2011

On Friday the 29^th of April 2011, the whole world will have its eyes transfixed on Westminster Abbey and The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

The world will not only be watching — millions around the world will be capturing and sharing every moment of The Royal Wedding. They will be tuning in to the broadcast on the YouTube Royal Channel, sharing photos on the British Monarchy’s Flickr, posting on the British Monarchy’s Facebook Page, and following @ClarenceHouse on Twitter and sharing their own posts and photos with hashtag #rw2011.

Airlines like Virgin Atlantic and BMI are joining in this weekend’s Royal Wedding festivities by offering perks like in-flight street parties. Hotels and Heathrow airport are also joining in the celebration of this historic event with their own special offers.

If you happen to be one of the lucky folks that will be there in person, why not use Trip Journal to capture this once-in-a-lifetime experience! You can find the route on the official website. App Advice is reporting that “signal blocking technology” will be in place inside of Westminster Abbey to keep spectators from being able to use their mobiles inside the church but there will be plenty of great photos to capture during the procession.

We’re hearing this morning that both Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police are denying that signals will be blocked during the wedding. Apparently, it’s “rubbish,” according to Met police spokesman Eddie Townsend. h/t Paul Chaloner via mashable

The Royal Wedding procession will go past some of London’s most revered landmarks. As you know, Trip Journal will track your route and let you capture photos and videos. You can share your route, photos, and video easily from Trip Journal to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and tweet your location with Twitter.

And let’s not forget you can embed the entire trip to your blog.

Trip Journal is available for Android, iPhone, Symbian, and Bada.

iPad2 Winner Announced

26th Apr, 2011

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As you all may know, we had been hosting a User Survey from April 1-25 2011, so we could find out more from you and your travel habits. The Survey itself was not long, but we threw in an iPad 2 Prize anyways, to make your effort worth while.

Today, with the help of our unbiased friends from Random.org, we managed to select one lucky winner, from the total of 611 qualified participants (we needed to clear all duplicates).

The winning email ID is [ Bretta@windstream.net ]

The winner is hereby kindly notified to contact us with full name, shipping details and the preferred color of the iPad 2, which we will then make arrangements for shipping for.

To verify the authenticity of the drawing process and your status, please use the form below:

<br /> This drawing was held by iQuest Technologies SRL in a fair and unbiased manner, using RANDOM.ORG’s Third-Party Draw Service. For details, please see the <a href="http://www.random.org/draws/details/?draw=5896">drawing’s record</a>.<br />

Trip Journal Webby Awards Resources

19th Apr, 2011

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Since Trip Journal has been nominated for the Webby Awards as Best Travel app, we started receiving requests from all of you out there, wishing there were easy ways to show your support and encourage your website visitors and blog readers to vote for Trip Journal.

Because we listen and we are grateful for your support, we have prepared some banners that you can simply copy and place on your blog, forums or websites to help spread the news. See below for details.

If you require any help with these or have a specific inquiry not covered here, please use our contact form to ask for more info. Thank you!

Copy the HTML code located under each banner that you find suitable for your page:


<a href=”http://webby.aol.com/media_types/mobile-web?focused_on_category=885#cat_id_885″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.trip-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/125×125.jpg” alt=”Vote for Trip Journal in the Webby Awards 2011″ width=”125″ height=”125″ border=”0″ /></a>


<a href=”http://webby.aol.com/media_types/mobile-web?focused_on_category=885#cat_id_885″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.trip-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/300×250.jpg” alt=”Vote for Trip Journal in the Webby Awards 2011″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”0″ /></a>


<a href=”http://webby.aol.com/media_types/mobile-web?focused_on_category=885#cat_id_885″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.trip-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/468×60.jpg” alt=”Vote for Trip Journal as Best Travel App in the Webby Awards 2011″ width=”468″ height=”60″ border=”0″ /></a>

Trip Journal nominated for Best Travel App in the 15th Annual Webby Awards

15th Apr, 2011

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Trip Journal is pleased to announce today that we have been nominated for Best Travel App in the 15th Annual Webby Awards joining the ranks with fellow nominees, Kayak Mobile, TripIt, Airbnb, and Conde Naste Traveller City Guides. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

“Nominees like Trip Journal are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year.“

As a nominee, Trip Journal is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 28th, Trip Journal fans can cast their votes in The Webby People’s Voice Awards at http://webby.aol.com/media_types/mobile-web?focused_on_category=885#cat_id_885.

Winners will be announced on May 3rd, 2011 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 13th where they will have an opportunity to deliver one of the Webby’s famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners – and their speeches – include Al Gore (“Please don’t recount this vote.”), Stephen Colbert (“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”), and Michel Gondry (“Keyboards are full of germs.”) For a full list of last year’s five-word speeches, please visit: http://www.webbyawards.com/press/speeches.php.

This year, the Webby Awards will also be broadcast live to a global audience through a new partnership with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive division of Major League Baseball. In addition to social media and multiple stream integrations, viewers will have the ability to share in-progress highlights, interact on multiple screens using custom developed mobile phone and tablet apps, and experience a tricked-out video stream that provides not just a front row seat to the ceremony, but also the ability to participate and shape the event as it unfolds.

The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, “Simpson’s” creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

There are over 300,000 passionate travelers in over 70 countries on Android, iPhone, Symbian, and Bada, who are tracking and sharing their travel experiences with Trip Journal.

So please vote for us today:

About The Webby Awards

Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 15th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Expression; Aol; YouTube; Pepsi; Aquent; Yahoo!; Corbis Images; Tribal DDB Worldwide; East Media; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail; Museum of the Moving Image; Behance; Business Insider; Time Out New York; paidContent and The Guardian.

About Trip Journal

Trip Journal is an award-winning travel app and the ultimate mobile companion offering the best trip tracking, recording, documenting and sharing features currently available for iPhone, Android, Symbian, Bada and Facebook. Trip Journal allows you to document vacation experiences and share them with your friends and family.

About iQuest

iQuest is an IT solution provider, delivering a broad portfolio of consultancy and customised IT solutions. We are a privately owned company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, employing 350 people in seven European offices and two development centres in Romania. Our delivery model covers the full project life cycle, combining a vast industry, technical and business process knowledge.

iPad2 Survey extended

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Dear Trip Journal fans and travelers,

due to popular demand we have decided to extend the deadline for the iPad2 Survey and we added 10 more days.

SO go ahead and participate before April 25th 2011 and be the lucky winner of a brand new iPad 2.

Fill the survey and get enlisted to win!

How Does the New Trip Export-Import Feature Work?

11th Apr, 2011

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After releasing our latest Trip Journal 6.0 versions for iPhone and Android, many users have asked us if we can explain, even more than we did it in our release blog-posts, how does this feature work. So we considered it as being our duty to further explain with a specific post.

We will be very specific, taking you step by step through both export and import processes. Screenshots are also provided to guide you.

Trip export:

1. Go to the Share Trip screen and select Email Export.

2. Make sure that you have a recipient selected. To do this press “Select Recipients” from Mail Export screen. Add a recipient or select an existing one from Recipients screen.

3. Press export from the Mail Export screen, and press send from the Mail Screen.

Trip Import:

1. Have an email account set up on your device (the recipient’s email account).

2. Check for the new email.

3. Select the e-mail, and check the attachment at the end.

4. Selecting the attachment, a menu appears showing the applications able to open the file. If selecting “Open in Trip Journal” the trip will be imported into the archived trips of the Trip Journal application. That’s all.

Note: When selecting “Open in…” you will see a list of applications able to open the attachment. In our case Trip Journal and Trip Journal Free.

Select one of the applications and the trip will be imported into the selected application’s archived trips.

Trip Journal 6.0 for iPhone now available

10th Apr, 2011

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Spring is almost here and travelers around the world start preparing their travel destinations agendas and we’re here to help you document and share your trips with launch of Trip Journal 6.0 for iPhone.

We’re bringing you lots of goodies besides the fixes and additions that we include in every new release. As part of our commitment to continuously improve Trip Journal, we have included new features that we believe will simplify and improve the way you start up and share your trips with friends and family.

For starters, we’d like to introduce a much requested export feature. You now have the possibility to export trips directly from Trip Journal, by email, to any Trip Journal user within your contacts list. The recipient will then be able to import the trip to their Trip Journal app and enjoy the travel memories you shared with them. What a great way to share vacations, pictures and travel comments for all those marvelous locations you’ve visited.

We’ve also made it quicker to start a trip in mere seconds. You can now started a trip just by adding the initial waypoint on the map or by using the detected location.

Last but not least, to help you report any issues, send us feedback or give us suggestions, we’ve added access to the Trip Journal Users Community within the app. Now every support request or message sent to the community will be posted online instantly.

Install the new update and enjoy all the new features. You’ll see this note displayed within the app the first time you use it after the upgrade is completed:

‘Export and Import your trips to/from another device via email! Creating a New Trip is now improved with a Map view, for a better User Experience. Send us feedback with the new Get Satisfaction component and see what the community is thinking.’

Come on over to the Trip Journal Users Community and let us know what you think about these new iPhone app additions. Happy travels!