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TomTom donates devices to Emergency Workers

4. August 2009

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TomTom donates devices to Emergency Workers

On Saturday more than 5,500 cyclists participated in the 30th annual Pan-Mass challenge in America, a 192-mile charity bike-a-thon. To help the PMC’s on-call accident response team navigate to incident scenes efficiently, TomTom has donated portable navigation devices to the emergency workers. The donation of TomTom devices to equip PMC emergency response vehicles is an extension [...]

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TomTom and Teleatlas Split Denied

25. May 2009

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TomTom and Teleatlas Split Denied

TomTom and Teleatlas have been quick to deny the rumours that TomTom will be selling off TeleAtlas in order to meet loan payments. TomTom took a considerable financial gamble with the acquisition of mapmaker TeleAtlas following a bidding war with Garmin. TeleAtlas confirmed that there had been no discussion on a possible split [...]

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Teleatlas stabalises TomTom

10. February 2009

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Teleatlas stabalises TomTom

TomTom becomes a stable investment again through their meticulous new product development programme and recent purchase of Tele Atlas. Like other satellite navigation systems the share price of TomTom may have fallen recently, but now they are building a solid growth platform for the future. One of the main beneficiaries of the company's continued successes have been the many charities support by co-founder Pieter Geelen.

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TomTom GO 740 wins 2 awards

14. January 2009

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TomTom GO 740 wins 2 awards

The TomTom GO 740 LIVE has received industry recognition from two leading publications. CNET honoured TomTom’s first connected device with its “Best of CES” award in the GPS category. The TomTom GO 740 LIVE was also honored with LAPTOP Magazine’s “Best of CES 2009″ award. The GO 740 LIVE is TomTom’s first connected portable [...]

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TomTom Shares surge this week

12. December 2008

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TomTom Shares surge this week

TomTom surged 14% in Amsterdam trading after Vodafone agreed to buy Wayfinder Systems AB, a Swedish maker of wireless navigation systems. TomTom shares rose 53 cents to 4.47 euros.

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TomTom to Grow US workforce by 25%

2. December 2008

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TomTom to Grow US workforce by 25%

TomTom's president announced yesterday that they will be adding jobs in the testing and trade marketing departments, growing its US workforce by 20 to 25 percent next year.

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TomTom win ‘Best Car Gadget’ 2008

11. November 2008

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TomTom win ‘Best Car Gadget’ 2008

Pocket-lint has announced the winners of the 2008 Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards and TomTom has won the coveted title of ‘Best Car Gadget’ with the TomTom ONE. The awards, decided by the UK’s top technology and gadget journalists from online and print, are designed to let the consumer know what the best gadgets are. This [...]

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TomTom beats the credit crunch

31. October 2008

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TomTom beats the credit crunch

Despite the economically tough times affecting families across the world right now, gadget companies appear to be coming through the crisis relatively unscathed. TomTom CEO Corinne Vigreux responded to fears surrounding the sat nav company’s finances, by declaring that TomToms were still selling well and there hadn’t been any noticeable drop off. “Technology is still [...]

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TomTom founder is top Philanthropist

23. October 2008

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TomTom founder is top Philanthropist

Last year, the thirty most generous philanthropists in the Netherlands gave €132m to good causes, according to a list put together by a Dutch magazine and reported on dutchnews.nl. The most generous giver is TomTom founder, Pieter Geelen, who gave away €30m. These figures are mainly based on estimates, says the magazine’s editor Onno [...]

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Product of the Year Nomination for TomTom

15. October 2008

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Product of the Year Nomination for TomTom

Pocket Lint, in association with Vodafone, have released the nominees for their Gadget Awards 2008. TomTom have received two nominations – for Best Car Gadget and Product of the year. Surprisingly it’s the little TomTom ONE that is up for both awards, not their high-end gadgets that normally receive the recognition. The Pocket-lint [...]

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