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Romanian IT company wins Google award for “Trip Journal” application

Romanian Times

Romanian - German IT services company iQuest has won a 100,000 dollars award from Google for the "Trip Journal" application at Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC2), it was announced today (Thurs).

iQuest is the first prize winner in the "Travel" category.

Google launched the Android Developer Challenge, which gives awards for great mobile applications built on the Android platform, in order to support developers in their endeavours to create cool applications that surprise and delight mobile users.

The winners were among 200 finalists competing in 10 categories based on results aggregated from 26,000 Android user ratings.

Their votes accounted for 40 per cent of the final score, whereas the votes of the panel of judges appointed by Google accounted for 60 per cent.

"Trip Journal" is a trip-tracking, recording, documenting and sharing solution that is currently available for Android-powered smart phones and iPhones.

Users can document their vacation experiences and share them with friends and family. The most important features include tracking the travelling route, recording way points, photos and notes and attaching them to trips, trip statistics and Google Maps, KMZ and Picasa Export.

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