BuzzVoice Announces Real-Time Audio Platform For Publishers [Private Beta Launch]

Email Publishers@BuzzVoice.comNew Service Lets Bloggers and News Sites Offer Streaming Audio of Their Text Content To Engage Multitaskers On Their Sites & On The Social Web

Austin, TX,  March 15, 2010 – BuzzVoice today announced that it has entered private beta with bloggers and news sites for its new “Real-time Radio” service. By installing a simple widget on their sites, publishers can leverage the BuzzVoice platform to instantly offer a streaming audio channel of breaking text stories to their audiences.

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[Above: Mashable in the new widget. See other styles in our sidebar at right]

Through the voice-powered widget, visitors can listen to continuous stories while multitasking on the publisher’s site, post the widget to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other social sites, or listen on the go on iPhones, iPods, iPads, MP3 players and other mobile devices.

A team of social media and news industry advisors including Chris Brogan, Jason Falls, James Jackson of Enquirer Media/Gannett and others helped shape the new service, which helps publishers increase engagement while promoting their content on the social web.

According to Falls, the new service “allows your blog or news site to become a streaming radio station, of sorts. My community can now stream my content live, subscribe to it in iTunes, access it via the BuzzVoice iPhone app and even grab my widget to share on other sites.”

BuzzVoice CEO John Atkinson states, “We’re excited to give bloggers and publishers a new way to distribute their content and expand their presence on the social web. In addition to reaching busy consumers, our Real-time Radio service also allows publishers to make their content accessible to the visually impaired and people with dyslexia and other learning difficulties.”

*To request a private beta invitation and enter to win a free iPad, email your site’s URL to: Publishers@BuzzVoice.com

*See It Live: BuzzVoice will be demonstrating the new service at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin this week. To schedule a demo, email Press@BuzzVoice.com

About BuzzVoice

BuzzVoice makes your favorite news & blogs TALK – So you can listen to the stories you wish you had time to read – while you get things done.

- Listen on-the-go - on your iPhone, iPod, Mac, PC or any MP3 player
- Get current & multitask – in the car, gym, home, office – anytime, anywhere
- Express Yourself - share stories, create playlists & more

Media Contact:
John Atkinson
BuzzVoice Co-founder & CEO
Full Site: http://BuzzVoice.com
On The App Store
Email: Press@BuzzVoice.com
Phone: 513.754.0652

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johnatkinson, March 16th 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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BuzzVoice Will Run On Apple’s New iPad Tablet

The iPad featuring BuzzVoiceListen with BuzzVoiceAt the Apple Event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs unveiled the company’s long-awaited tablet named “The iPad.”

The 9.7 inch multi-touch device offers Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, weighs in at just 1.5 pounds, and sports a full 10 hour battery life.

And since the iPad runs the iPhone operating system, it will offer functionality similar to the iPhone and iPod touch, including the ability to run “most” apps from Apple’s App Store. 

When the iPad goes on sale in March- at a surprisingly low price of $499 - BuzzVoice will run on the revolutionary new device, allowing you to stream audio versions of breaking stories from the web’s top 1,400+ blogs and news sites.

Lastly, for development on The iPad, Apple announced the availability of a new software development kit that will allow us to optimize BuzzVoice for The iPad. Stay tuned for more exciting features!

Don’t want to wait for The iPad? Get BuzzVoice on the App Store now for your iPhone or iPod touch, or sign up on your computer on the BuzzVoice full site.

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For more news on The iPad, check out the indepth coverage on TechCrunch, Mashable, TUAW, Engadget and Gizmodo, and, be sure to add these great blogs to your BuzzVoice playlist, so you can listen to them in the car, at the gym – or anywhere.

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New Year’s iPhone App Sale: Save 50% On BuzzVoice

Get BuzzVoice for Half Price

Start 2010 smarter and more productive – by listening to the news & blogs you wish you had time to read on the go.

Stream TechCrunch on the beach…
Listen to Mashable in the car….
Hear Lifehacker at the gym….

Choose from over 1,400 of the Web’s top news and blogs to create your personalized playlist.

Get BuzzVoice On The App Store now for only $1.99 - and  hear why MacWorld calls BuzzVoice “a time-saver and a productivity enhancer.”

Hurry, Before the 50% Savings Ends

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johnatkinson, December 30th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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MacWorld Gives BuzzVoice iPhone App 4 Stars, “A Productivity Enhancer”

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MacWorld, a leading source on all things Apple and iPhone, recently reviewed the new BuzzVoice iPhone app. And, we’re very pleased with their 4-Star rating.

The following are a few excerpts from MacWorld’s review:

“BuzzVoice is a time saver and a productivity enhancer that lets you create playlists of news and blogs to listen to while on the go… The new news service launched in September, and it’s on sale for 2 dollars as of this writing.

The name isn’t the only big change. BuzzVoice gives you more options. You can now choose from among more than 1,400 news sites and weblogs. You can view any story’s original text, along with images and video. More important, BuzzVoice increased the number of feeds you can stream from 10 to 50.

And what was the app’s most appealing feature before, is now even more appealing: A personalized daily podcast, which once rounded up your 10 favorite news feeds in a short 10-minute newscast, now comes in an expanded 30-minute version with a monthly paid subscription to BuzzVoice’s “Pro” service. (Another benefit of going “Pro”: You can choose the sex of the robot voice that reads your news.)

A new “BuzzRadio” tab lets you stream news more or less continuously. Or, you can also browse your feeds and listen to stories one at a time.  These new features and improvements are arguably worth the $4 monthly subscription price.”
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We’d like to thank MacWorld writer Ben Boychuk for reviewing the new BuzzVoice iPhone app.

Please be sure to check out the full review on MacWorld’s website.

And, be sure to get BuzzVoice on The App Store to keep up with your favorite topics on the go, while increasing your productivity.

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johnatkinson, November 6th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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BlogWorld Expo Speakers Featured on BuzzVoice (NEW)

ElvisLives2Listen with BuzzVoiceWe’ll be out in Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo for the rest of the week,  and we couldn’t be more excited.

If you’re not familiar with BlogWorld, it’s the world’s largest “new media” conference, focusing on social media, blogging, podcasting, entertainment, video, radio and more. This year, the conference will host an unprecedented 298 speakers.

For everyone at the show, and for those of you unable to attend, we’ve just added 2 easy ways to keep up with what’s going on in Vegas with BuzzVoice:

1) We’ve added a new “BlogWorld Speakers” Category, with 30 of our favorite speakers’ blogs, so you can listen to them at the show, in the car, on the train, in the gym, or anywhere. To check it out, just log into http://BuzzVoice.com and click the “Categories” tab. If you have a favorite speaker to add, just shoot us an email at blogs@BuzzVoice.com

2) We’ve added a new BuzzRadio station for BlogWorld. To stream continuous updates from the BlogWorld speakers’ blogs on the go, just download the BuzzVoice iPhone app and tap the BuzzRadio button. You can also stream BuzzRadio on Twitter by following @BuzzVoice.

If you’ll be at BlogWorld, we’d love to meet you. To coordinate a time to meet up, just send a tweet to @JohnAtkinson, or email John@BuzzVoice.com. Don’t be shy – we might just have an extra BuzzVoice T-shirt for you!

Top 10 People We Hope To Meet In Vegas (David Letterman style)

#10) Steve Rubel
#9) David Armano
#8) Micah Baldwin
#7) CC Chapman
#6) Kara Swisher
#5) Brian Solis
#4) Guy Kawasaki
#3) Chris Pirillo
#2) Darren Rowse
#1) YOU

Thank you, thank you very much.

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