To our excitement, Amazon just reached out to us to tell us they’re now featuring BuzzVoice on the front page of the Amazon Appstore. Apparently, Amazon sees the “Siri-like” goodness that BuzzVoice brings to busy mobile news consumers.

As a special promotion, you can get BuzzVoice for Android for HALF PRICE right now on the Amazon AppStore.

Don’t miss this opportunity to keep up with your favorite news and blogs on the go – the fast, safe and fun way.

Get BuzzVoice at a great price now, before the sale ends!

In this post, BuzzVoice user Chris Weber shares how he uses it on his smartphone just about every day. So, listen up – You might just pick up some time saving tips. And, stay tuned for tips from other BuzzVoice users.

BuzzVoice User Chris Weber: Programmer

“It’s a great app for the car. I use BuzzVoice nearly every day. I load up new stories in the garage, hit the play button, then start my commute.

Before BuzzVoice, I probably wasted about 15 minutes at the start,  and the end of my work day, tuning into the news and catching up with things.

Now, I utilize the time I’m already wasting during my commute to do that.”

How are you using BuzzVoice in the wild?

We would love to hear how other BuzzVoice users use the service in the comments below, or via email at Feedback@BuzzVoice.com. If we use your story, we’ll upgrade you to BuzzVoice PRO for free for 30 days.

>Get BuzzVoice for iOS on the App Store Here

>Get BuzzVoice on The Android Market Here

Earlier this summer, we launched an all new version of BuzzVoice for iPhone with 6 major new features, which Apple featured on the front page of the App Store. And, more recently, we launched BuzzVoice for Android, which received rave reviews.

Now, We’re Excited to Announce 4 Great New Things… Check out the fun video and see the features below

1) Background Audio Streaming:(New for iPhone) Now, you can double your productivity and listen to BuzzVoice “in the background” while you run other apps. So, go ahead and stream BuzzVoice while you play Angry Birds, or check Twitter, Facebook and email.

2) Control BuzzVoice with your Earphone button! (New for iPhone) Now, you can pause the audio and skip to the next story without looking at your device, just like on your iPod and Pandora. So, if you’re jogging or driving, just squeeze and you’ll be pleased.

3) Add Your Own RSS Feeds (New for BuzzVoice PRO Users on iPhone & Android): Don’t see one of your favorite blogs in BuzzVoice? No problem – the new “Add Feed” feature lets you add ANY RSS feed to your playlist.  To try this, and all of the other great PRO features for free,  just tap the “More” button in the app.

4) BuzzVoice is Now FREE! To allow everyone to enjoy the productivity and safety benefits of BuzzVoice, we’ve eliminated the “cost barrier.” And, we’re confident you’ll love it because it’s definitely not a scaled-down “Lite” version - The new, free BuzzVoice includes all the great features as previous paid versions, and more.

Get The New Versions of BuzzVoice for Free Now:

>Get BuzzVoice for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch device on the App Store here

>Get BuzzVoice on the Android Market by tapping this link on your Android device, or by scanning the code below.

**Watch for Special Promotions On BuzzVoice PRO!

We’re giving away free BuzzVoice PRO subscriptions in partnership with some of the web’s top blogs, so watch for exciting BuzzVoice contests as you surf the web! [If you're a blogger and would like to run a BuzzVoice contest, please email Publishers@BuzzVoice.com - a limited number of subscriptions are available, so please hurry]

If you’re not familiar with BuzzVoice yet, it’s a magical real-time service that lets you *listen* to the web’s top news and blogs everywhere. It’s sort of like “Pandora for news and blogs.”

To date, people have streamed over 2 million breaking stories from 1,600+ popular news sources on BuzzVoice in cars, trains, gyms and everywhere else. Now, after months of feedback from users and publishers, we’ve reinvented BuzzVoice for the iPhone, iPod touch & iPad, and we’re excited to say…

The All-New BuzzVoice 3.0 Is Here!

BuzzVoice 3.0 is packed with 6 Major New Features. And, it’s over 60% faster with our own “In-App Multitasking.” It’s never been easier, or more fun, to keep up with  your favorite topics, while boosting productivity.

>Launch Sale: Get BuzzVoice 3.0 Now for 50% Off [Get It On The App Store]

Watch The Fun Video (updated) – Can You Find The 6th “Hidden” Feature?

BuzzVoice 3.0 Features Include:

1) Playlist Manager: Choose from 1,600+ sources & personalize it with 20 of your favorites
2) Custom Streaming Player: Listen to breaking stories, while viewing text, images & video
3) Hands-free Continuous Listening: New BuzzRadio features, plus ”Auto-Stream” for PRO users
4) Saved Searches: Track your favorite topics, whether it’s “Lady Gaga, bacon, or astrophysics”
5) Trending Topics: Hear what’s trending right now on the web’s top sources
6) Batch Select: Build custom playlists of all the stories you care about on-the-fly

Get BuzzVoice 3.0 On The App Store and stream TechCrunch, Mashable, or Huffington Post in the car. Hear Gizmodo, Wired, or Perez Hilton at the gym.  Listen to Boing Boing, New York Times and over 1,600 other great sources, anytime, anywhere.

We would love to hear what you think of the all new BuzzVoice 3.0 at Feedback@BuzzVoice.com – or in the comments below.

New 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.

[Mashable - Spoken by BuzzVoice]

[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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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.

To make it easy to keep up with what’s going on at Web 2.0 Expo from a far, we’ve created a “Web 2.0 Expo Speakers” station on BuzzVoice.

If you’re not familiar with BuzzVoice, our service converts breaking stories from the Web’s top blogs to audio in real-time, so you can *listen* to them on the go. It’s sort of like “Pandora for news and blogs.” People use BuzzVoice to keep up with their favorite topics in the car, at the gym, on the train, and just about everywhere else. 

2 Easy Ways To Listen To The Web 2.0 Expo Speakers’ Blogs on BuzzVoice

1) On the BuzzVoice iPhone App:  Tap the “BuzzRadio” icon, then scroll down and tap the “Web 2.0 Expo Speakers” station.

2) On Twitter: Just follow @BuzzVoice, and click the links titled “Web 2.0 Expo Speakers.”

Who’s your favorite Web 2.0 Expo speaker? What blogs would you like to listen to on BuzzVoice?

Let us know in the comments below, or shoot us an email at Blogs@BuzzVoice.com

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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.

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.

Whether you’re an A-List blogger, or just getting started with social media, you should be at the BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, October 15th to the 17th, 2009.

…And, You Could Get into BlogWorld for FREE!

We’re Giving Away An ”Exhibits & Parties” Pass (Worth $225)

Get special access to the TechSet Party, and the Opening Night Party. See the Keynotes, including Guy Kawasaki, Brian Solis, Kevin Pollak, Anthony Edwards, Chad Vader & more, and, mingle with thousands of other attendees and vendors in the exhibit hall. Plus, attend all of the great, free tweetups & other parties!

HOW DO I ENTER, YOU ASK?  2 Easy Ways

-For 1 Entry:      [Click Here to] Tell Your Twitter Friends about the contest

-For 5 Entries: [Click Here to] Get BuzzVoice On The App Store - THEN – [Click Here to] Tell Your Twitter Friends

That’s It…    1 Click for 1 Entry…  2 Clicks for 5 Entries!  Start Clickin’.

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Contest Rules:
-Contest ends at 11:59 PM on Sunday, 10/11/09. The winner will be chosen randomly.
-The winner pays for travel, hotel, and everything else in Vegas.
-Want formal rules? see Guy Kawasaki’s contest. (he has a lawyer).

What Are You Waiting for?  Start Clickin’ Up There!

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