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Big Contest Still Open . . . And an Inside Look Into TeleNav

Sep 24th

Posted by Todd Witkemper in Everything Else

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Time is ticking away for you to win one of the biggest prizes we’ve ever given away here on the TeleNav Blog. You only have four days left to enter to win a full year of TeleNav service for you and a friend. The season of giving is quickly approaching, so why not get a head start and hook one of your friends or family members up with GPS navigation on their mobile phone. Just think, they’ll never be able to blame getting lost as the reason they missed your wedding again.

So how do I enter you ask? It’s very easy. All you have to do is click on THIS LINK and visit the original contest post. Leave a comment as to why your friend deserves (or in most cases NEEDS) TeleNav’s GPS navigation application on their phone and we’ll select the best five entries. As I mentioned above, the winners get a year of service for themselves and the friend or family member they nominated. To all of you couples out there, this is your chance to finally end one of the arguments that has plagued humankind for centuries.

But wait, there’s more. As part of our extended 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, we thought it would be great to give readers of our blog an inside peek into what life is like inside the friendly confines of the TeleNav offices. So, we took some time to visit with employees in our Seattle and Sunnyvale offices to shoot a brief video and ask them a few questions about what it’s like being part of the TeleNav family. Oh, and keep an eye out for a special edition of “TeleNav Idol” with our own versions of Randy, Paula and Simon (we later had our own Ellen announce that she was replacing Paula). We hope you enjoy this short video on life at TeleNav and if you want to see more, you can view some fun pictures of BBQs, team outings and other events at TeleNav here. Now go enter that contest!

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TeleNav Celebrated its 10th Birthday This Week!

Sep 11th

Posted by Todd Witkemper in TeleNav News

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I’m not sure how many of us who’ve now grown far beyond our childhood days can remember our 10th birthdays, but I’d bet that at the time, it was probably a big milestone for everyone. The first year you hit double digits, you had officially lived an entire decade and could now accurately make the statement “remember the 80′s (or 70′s, 60′s, you name it).” I’m sure my 10th birthday consisted of ice cream cake and a new Nintendo (yes, the original NES) game.

Well, this past Wednesday, on 09/09/09, TeleNav turned 10 years old and just like a little kid, we certainly see this as one of the major milestones in the history of the company. A few people have joked that in tech company years, we’re probably closer to 70 years old, but we’d like to think we still have the energy and passion of a young kid.

We celebrated internally with a great lunch and a chat with our CEO, HP Jin. HP talked about the early days of the company and recalled some of his first presentations that made reference to TeleNav having a strong team of 16 or 17 people. We now employ more than 800 people globally. Things have certainly changed in 10 years.

It was a great celebration and we all had a wonderful time, but we don’t want to keep the celebrating all to ourselves. We’re extending our birthday celebration into next week and will be posting videos (with cameos from some of your favorite tech journalists), interesting bits of information on the mobile industry and last but not least, one of the biggest contests we’ve had on our blog to date.

So, stay tuned and be sure to visit the blog often next week and join in our celebration of a great 10 years. We’re certainly excited for the next 10.

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