tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35444878115251643532024-03-14T07:45:45.890-07:00The PimpMyNews BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-56658021745941186302009-09-08T22:48:00.001-07:002009-10-05T09:27:13.807-07:00PimpMyNews is Now BuzzVoice<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You'll be redirected to our new home in a few seconds.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">>Our new blog is at </span></span><a href="http://blog.buzzvoice.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://Blog.BuzzVoice.com</span></span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">>Please sign up for our new service at </span></span><a href="http://buzzvoice.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://BuzzVoice.com</span></span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-42498165275889008192009-07-21T08:26:00.000-07:002009-07-21T09:00:25.455-07:00PimpMyNews Scheduled Downtime Today, We're Upgrading!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DGXIg7qF6OsN7q8pLRNPJUzbTCVNgZRWAFongxNADphTcNIRCHqGLxN-qy5zZRGBuAHLrFNcemR4h7c3w0WYHamljJZ7SULteM1_E6uDnpbJBR0DEA8swd6Ufr5-8U3L2nrSLHd3tdBQ/s1600-h/MakingEnhancements.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360943455504260130" style="FLOAT: left; 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Since the review appears to only be available in hard copy, we've published it below. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Here's the MacWorld Review by Ben Boychuk:</span></strong><br />----------------------------------<br /><strong>PimpMyNews:</strong> </div><br /><div>"Here's an innovative reader that actually does the reading for you. The highly customizable, though unfortunately named, PimpMyNews let's you create "playlists" of blog items, or news stories, from more than 1,200 sources. </div><br /><div>The app then reads them aloud on the fly in an almost lifelike voice. The personalized daily podcast, featuring a 10 minute round up of your 10 favorite feeds is particularly appealing." </div><br /><div>----------------------------------</div><br /><div><strong>On another note</strong>, please stay tuned for upcoming news about a new product we're launching to make it even easier for you to get current, and get things done, on the go. </div><br /><div>Thanks for listening with PimpMyNews, and please tell your friends about us.</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-16835907178483174002009-06-05T17:45:00.000-07:002009-06-05T23:46:19.753-07:00Twitter Meme: Robot Pickup Lines, Now Spoken By Real Robots!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ5-ue13P-LfBPW3IxDBXf_ABgL-wnyUGyDgqWt1IfiNcpFBMlVOsT3FO3WvBzJRciqen5k2TFR3krL4LOg76Gg4b4eurNzMUWamcbYXWLI1MH3JV8yU-VaKxDIdxPl4UeFakAPANi6oM/s1600-h/RobotPickup3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344089802458825330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ5-ue13P-LfBPW3IxDBXf_ABgL-wnyUGyDgqWt1IfiNcpFBMlVOsT3FO3WvBzJRciqen5k2TFR3krL4LOg76Gg4b4eurNzMUWamcbYXWLI1MH3JV8yU-VaKxDIdxPl4UeFakAPANi6oM/s400/RobotPickup3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=2241459"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344101757560730722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDSFEh68Juo0-o0_j-BrJWmkZbA_-PniedMa7Vonvq36uG6PdIglMgg5s2RUhVUGCFao9AEMcXFD7eS2dM-0Fe19R19ujmhEOB3X35oSAupuY4fnz3EjexKnragkqs-OU7grbmn9cmcam/s400/PMNTalkButton2.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOnrtNvdmM1d2YlmEDE73ms2iFK-b9dO3NLhiwGVu0yO_JnJ1HRF8HE3RWoJKI94lmwCVblwTgwcV4tRd4tclWhPqV_6Vojno8NfzIrt8tnrIwYAbIA_i5ZNqcAonuW0kTxiP5OzIh71z/s1600-h/RobotPickup2.gif"></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hello <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> friends and <a href="http://pimpmynews.com/">PimpMyNews</a> users. I'm Wesley, one of the PimpMyNews robots, who reads your favorite blogs to you in your car, at the gym, or wherever you happen to be.</span><br /></div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I love Twitter, so, I'm going to take a shot at being "transparent." Despite my prowess at reading news and blogs, I have to admit that I get a little tongue tied when talking to the ladies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">To my surprise, I just noticed that the top "Trending Topic" on Twitter right now, as I speak, is "Robot Pickup Lines." <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23robotpickuplines">[#RobotPickupLines</a>] In fact, MG Siegler over at <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/05/robot-pickup-lines-on-twitter-will-turn-you-out/">TechCrunch just posted</a> about it, and it's racking up a lot of comments. </span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;"><strong>So, without further ado, here are my Top 10 favorite <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23robotpickuplines">Robot Pickup Lines</a> from Twitter:</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#10, "Let's talk about hex, baby." by Um Alawi [<a href="http://twitter.com/UmAlawi">http://twitter.com/UmAlawi</a>]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#9, "I love a girl with nuts." by jaspenelle [<a href="http://twitter.com/jaspenelle">http://twitter.com/jaspenelle</a>]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#8, "Wow, your buttons are so sensitive!" by Jackie Jeffrey [<a href="http://twitter.com/JackieJeffrey">http://twitter.com/JackieJeffrey</a>]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#7, "I want to stick my flash drive in your USB port." by love is haight [<a href="http://twitter.com/loveishaight">http://twitter.com/loveishaight</a>]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#6, "Can I have your serial number? I'm virus free." by split PZ [ <a href="http://twitter.com/splitPZ">http://twitter.com/splitPZ</a> ]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">#5, "It's not the size of the monitor that counts. It's the refresh rate." by kosher [<a href="http://twitter.com/k0sher">http://twitter.com/k0sher</a>]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">#4, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back." by brad wheeler [<a href="http://twitter.com/bradwheeler">http://twitter.com/bradwheeler</a>]</span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">#3, "Processor? I hardly know her!" by tavit [<a href="http://twitter.com/tavit">http://twitter.com/tavit</a>]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">#2, "You turn my software into hardware!" by X hailey X [<a href="http://twitter.com/xhaileyx">http://twitter.com/xhaileyx</a> ]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">#1, "Is that a CD tray, or are you happy to see me?" by caustic bob [<a href="http://twitter.com/causticbob">http://twitter.com/causticbob</a>]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">What's your favorite Robot Pickup Line?</span></strong> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Tweet it to <a href="http://twitter.com/PimpMyNews">@PimpMyNews</a>, and I may just speak it out on Twitter. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">And, b</span><span style="font-family:Arial;">e sure to follow PimpMyNews founders <a href="http://twitter.com/JohnAtkinson">John Atkinson</a> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">and <a href="http://twitter.com/RoyGeorgia">Roy Georgia</a> on Twitter.</span></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you'd like to listen to your blogs, and multitask on the go, sign up free at <a href="http://pimpmynews.com/">PimpMyNews.com</a>, or download PimpMyNews for your iPhone on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281">The App Store</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-87662365926013039092009-05-17T19:02:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:23:35.090-07:00Lifehacker Asks How You Get News, Tell 'em PimpMyNews<span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=2153524"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336996942491859042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTRnP8qgOqoNUqyNaHPjTyZgtZQSOuzza_6iCh1dg3lCNMyMX1WYK66LOaR0F7LZydnTuSXqwBQzKCEnm7HQCC9Lf5QgZfIG_tsQ0aHXTfIodikOnpe5tcGktaFnITPRxwty_D9AYASAB/s400/HowUgetNews2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=2153524"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337199172955179154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8ItsuTQPBfb4z0la5J9uu0gsHSNyMgK0SSDX2OklmaSY71Zx3-geH4Xhpm9OP1wO2v0HCUCVddrjI6qQUaky2AZdY4MHgrh3NErKUXdmGmx9qpJJUCLitfNZuTBi4qzggc04Z5znI4KW/s320/PMNTalkButton2.png" border="0" /></span></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I was just listening to Lifehacker with the PimpMyNews iPhone app, while relaxing on the couch, and I came across </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5257937/how-do-you-get-your-news"><span style="font-family:arial;">this interesting post</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> by Jason Fitzpatrick. [</span><a href="http://bit.ly/4RN9e"><span style="font-family:arial;">audio version</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">]<br /></span></div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">If you're not familiar with Lifehacker, it's a great resource on all things productivity. I listen to it several times a week in the car, or at the gym, and I frequently pop on over to read the comments section.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>In the post, Jason asks, "How Do You Get Your News?"</strong> He then goes on to say, "if your great grandparents wanted to stay current on news, they had to make a conscious effort to be places where people were talking about it. Now you can have it streamed, beamed, and delivered."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">As you know, the news industry, which was dominated by traditional sources for nearly 200 years, is undergoing a massive change. We, as consumers, are now in control, and we expect the news and blogs we care about to automatically come to us, no matter where we happen to be. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">We also expect it to be available in multiple formats, so we can choose the format that fits best with the situation we're in, whether we're driving, riding, working out, or lying on the couch. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5257937/how-do-you-get-your-news"><span style="font-family:arial;">head on over the Lifehacker</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and answer Jason's question, "How Do You Get Your News?</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Hopefully, Jason will be compiling the data and sharing the findings in a future post.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Have a great, productive week!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">John Atkinson</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Co-founder & CEO</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">[Image via Digital Inspiration]</span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-575853259545782122009-05-14T18:49:00.000-07:002009-05-15T08:39:18.470-07:00Macworld Review of PimpMyNews iPhone App<a href="http://macworld.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335932767832854610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0xANt752x18qqk0_FF6mPPi9K_Ut9EKJeo96cfrbMmLlAHT9pl8csApB5K6_ve9RcmtjVWaIPnNRtenAa1crYW9l1v47XuDlJzSvfVbFDSVTPG1ZdvyLT7w5ge2MQg4kumsBQvellfhX/s320/MacworldReviews.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/DEV/SharePlayer.aspx?item=2142140"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336074696849746834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym7rBYavLnKlO2C5zrKSybDdtlQvXQKtX7croEKPaIIVs9owAH76F_nx5kepVA7O6GKWahMovKvkEpJEun3lMFobfu0maDmfTukmz1yDu5oZjxQ-OHneAw3_56h3cU7Q5QJVtuzkTkWlZ/s320/PMNTalkButton2.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://macworld.com/">Macworld's</a> Ben Boychuk recently reviewed our new iPhone & iPod touch application. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">PimpMyNews received a respectable 3.5 stars out of 5. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Considering Macworld's reputation as a tough critic, and the fact that <a href="http://www.nyt.com/">The New York Times</a> and <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/">ABC News</a> came in at 3 stars, we couldn't be happier.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />From the level of detail in Ben's review, it's obvious that he spent a few hours using PimpMyNews, customizing his playlist, listening to various news and blog posts, and composing a well thought out review.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">If you keep up with this blog, you know we're diehard user feedback proponents, so any time some one takes the time to do a "deep dive" on our service, we're all ears.<br /><br />In the review, after Ben finished ribbing us about the "ear-catching" name, he turned toward the unique utility of the app. Ben summarizes the app by saying, "Very simply, the app lets you create 'playlists' of blog items, or news stories, from more than 1,200 sources, and reads them aloud, and on the fly, in a voice that’s almost lifelike."<br /><br /><strong>He then goes on to the core value proposition</strong>, stating that, "For people on the move, in their cars, at the gym or multitasking at work, PimpMyNews offers an innovative way to 'read' your favorite Web sites by listening." Ben also cited the daily podcast feature, which plays continuous stories from your playlist for hands-free listening, as his favorite feature.<br /><br /><strong>On the "suggested enhancements" side,</strong> Ben suggested that we add the following features, most of which are already in the works:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />- A "select your voice" feature<br />- The ability to add more than 10 feeds to your playlist<br />- More "continuous play" features, in addition to the existing podcast feature<br />- The ability for users to manage their feeds on their mobile devices<br /><br />Thank you Mr. Boychuk. We appreciate your feedback - and we're acting on it.<br /><br />Be sure to check out <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/140459/2009/05/pimpmynews.html">the full PimpMyNews iPhone app review on Macworld</a>, and <a href="http://bit.ly/PMNiPhone">download the app on The App Store</a>. Stay tuned, more time saving enhancements are on the way.<br /><br />Please keep the feedback coming to <a href="mailto:Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com">Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com</a><br /><br />John Atkinson<br />Co-founder & CEO</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-57890010603852797202009-04-24T09:19:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:33:00.253-07:00Keeping it in the San Francisco Family<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1ibwy2LTrZVcvJwGTm3Vc0-Qee5nEJkBw72t1q3SKb9fSJvrqVBAzz_w-4oqZNUts7LNh0uiNmr02gsN-s8MAgCs6iQy2HRKwJZv3w9Nunc5x7NHjfXGr-iT2GEhtxrRtssos0SNkI62/s1600-h/photo-706251.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328293934388605042" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1ibwy2LTrZVcvJwGTm3Vc0-Qee5nEJkBw72t1q3SKb9fSJvrqVBAzz_w-4oqZNUts7LNh0uiNmr02gsN-s8MAgCs6iQy2HRKwJZv3w9Nunc5x7NHjfXGr-iT2GEhtxrRtssos0SNkI62/s320/photo-706251.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><span style="font-family:arial;">Last week, I took the family out to visit my brother's family in San Francisco. It was great to be in the bay area for a week of rest and relaxation. (that's my niece, Nicole, modeling her stylish new PimpMyNews Tee shirt) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The "hard part" of the trip from Cincinnati to SF (if there was one) was navigating all the trains, planes, and automobiles with our two little kids, car seats, strollers and way too much luggage. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course, I used the two 8 hour stretches of on the go travel time (going there, and coming back) to catch up on my blogs by listening to them via PimpMyNews. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">On the plane, I was able to catch up on a full week's worth of <a href="http://www.pr-squared.com/">PR Squared</a>, <a href="http://www.centernetworks.com/">CenterNetworks</a>, <a href="http://www.mashable.com/">Mashable</a>, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/">Seth Godin</a>, and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/home-page">The Wall Street Journal</a>. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course you would expect this, but using PimpMyNews on my iPhone is the way I get all of my news, whether I'm at home, at the gym, or out of town. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I'd love to hear how you use PimpMyNews to stay current and multitask on the go. </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Please shoot me an email at </span><a href="mailto:John@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">John@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to download our newest iPhone app on The App Store [</span><a href="http://bit.ly/PMNiPhone"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://bit.ly/PMNiPhone</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">] </span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Take care,<br />John</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-6716258367954133462009-04-02T08:00:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:47:26.062-07:00PimpMyNews Is Coming To Blackberry App World.<a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1952932"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320130149632799442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENdDBrWjFiMgVFP7ZI3QQYpx7M9insZjGDt5yLsfyJegdL5eo07iKRGsTqm_uKeusdCxu4HvFYU6Ma5OWaog4rfSRhiJdmERRfShhBSgiJKmOH3uWhW0ZUCQE4_CKMsI7UPi1cI3t_6Kf/s320/PMNStorm0401009F.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1952932"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320133659188125602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakBwnROZJjkW03oljvvg-33gv8h8yVJNUfpk8baSG8t6ubdTj-A5UHcRu5zlBB8Wg7TxbsXrO1ck3IVQ6LENxofiUWcvQd44VSFx0_Bn-ierCmS-Q-PhM8F-HZLa28DQeod1sqACP9hGu/s320/PMNTalkButton.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">After a nine hour commute and four hours of sleep, we're here onsite at the <a href="http://www.ctiawireless.com/">CTIA Wireless</a> conference in Las Vegas, with 40,000 other people. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The biggest news so far has been RIM's opening of the <a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/?">Blackberry App World</a> storefront yesterday. Several of the tech blogs we love covered the news, including <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/01/blackberry-app-world/">Mashable</a>, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/01/rim-to-show-off-its-rival-to-apples-app-store/">VentureBeat</a>, and <a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/03/31/review-blackberry-app-world/">Techcrunch</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Today, we're excited to announce that we'll be rolling out PimpMyNews in Blackberry App World this spring.</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Below is an excerpt from our news release. You can read the full release on <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/BlackberryAppWorld/PimpMyNews/prweb2293694.htm">PR Web</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>PimpMyNews To Bring "Mobile, Social, Vocal" News Service To Blackberry App World</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Popular Service That Converts News & Blogs To Audio Coming to Blackberry Smartphones, Allows Busy Consumers to Listen & Multitask On-The-Go.</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Las Vegas, Nevada - </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>April 2, 2009</strong> – PimpMyNews today announced its plans to launch its popular talking news and blog service on </span><a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/?"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Blackberry App World</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Storefront.<br /><br />The service, which received Apple’s coveted “Staff Pick” for its unique iPhone application, will be available this spring for seven Blackberry smartphones.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />PimpMyNews is a new media service that puts consumers in control of their news, by automatically collecting breaking stories from over 1,300 news sources based on their preferences, and converting them to audio.<br /><br />The service eliminates the time-consuming process of searching for news on the Internet, and allows mobile users to listen and multitask while driving, working out, riding the train and more. Users of the service can also set up personalized playlists, view text, images and video, and share “talking stories” on </span><a href="http://facebook.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://myspace.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">MySpace</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://digg.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Digg</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and other social sites.<br /><br />Co-founder John Atkinson states, “We believe the news you care about should come to you, and that you should be able to decide when, where, and how to consume it. Our real-time news engine does the heavy lifting, so consumers can effortlessly receive the content they want, on their terms.”<br /><br />The company, which launched its talking news service for Apple's iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch, iPod and other MP3 players last year, reports that people from over 160 countries have used the service.<br /><br />The company’s newly updated iPhone app can be downloaded on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281&mt=8">The App Store here</a></span>. <span style="font-family:arial;">The service can also be used on Macs and PCs by signing up </span><a title="on the full site" href="http://pimpmynews.com/Signup.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">on the full site</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />According to Pew Research Center, 112 million Americans (37%) now use the Internet for news, compared to 2% a decade ago. A recent comScore study indicates that the number of people using mobile devices to access news, and information, more than doubled in the last year.<br /><br />Representatives of the company are onsite at The CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas. Members of the press can schedule interviews by emailing </span><a href="mailto:Press@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">Press@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-36161787014585823542009-03-23T10:52:00.000-07:002009-03-25T10:01:22.474-07:00Ex-Mashable Blogger Likes The New PimpMyNews [SXSW Interview]<a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1909168"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316526933479443682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWnzNPyQrbF_4YxEd3sh3Ga5a-lWhPCpveLvP5DA8rByb7SioIUIzSEp4GFKaTmAtnPuNtkc-lI1CdgJg91cEw_mwjvkEgGsZgKctmsxoy_1da5KZVj_UtiAHQI-iloJt2gZV2AIlktj_/s320/1aRizzJohn1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1909168"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316582481956843922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5d1Gnv0vKEAJcbgpcHboWL5lcpmAA2H2Nna8JEkGUcgptaqxD5WfYjw9vtNocddxxTR_qqJMgwFJYSmMf7GySzpdv63gz8CjUt1pIwL56zQsoq_uZHHKAi9Hyw0lJDLRhZuSs4m0m-OL0/s320/PMNTalkButton.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">When we first launched about 15 months ago, we considered ourselves very lucky to receive <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=pimpmynews&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBR">dozens of positive reviews</a> in the press. However, a critical review by Mashable’s Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins led to a “Eureka” moment, which helped us improve our talking mobile news service.<br /><br />Mark’s review, titled <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/12/12/pimpmynews-fun-for-10-minutes/">“PimpMyNews: Fun For 10 Minutes,”</a> cited several positive features, but his "verdict" was that, without significant enhancements, people might not be able to listen to the service for an extended period of time.<br /><br />If you keep up with this blog, or use PimpMyNews, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve released a constant stream of enhancements and new products over the past year. These enhancements are based on your feedback, and feedback from Mark, and other members of the press.</span><br /><div><div><div><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">A Chance Meeting with Mark...<br /></span></strong>Coincidentally, just last week, I ran into Mark at <a href="http://sxsw.com/">SXSW</a> in Austin. And, when I introduced myself as “one of the founders of PimpMyNews,” Mark was clearly apprehensive. He was concerned that we might have been offended by his review.<br /><br />After assuring Mark that we took his feedback from 15 months ago to heart, and used it to improve our service, the “tension” vanished. Then, after showing him how far we’ve come with our new iPhone app, he called PimpMyNews “<strong><em>a really great service</em></strong>.”<br /><br />Mark was intrigued to learn that users of the new PimpMyNews iPhone app use the service for a lot longer than 10 minutes. (Our latest metrics show users spend over 30 minutes per day using PimpMyNews, significantly more time than people spend on the average text news site, according to Google).<br /><br /><strong>Please check out Mark’s interview of us below.</strong> [we apologize for the audio and video quality, as it was done “impromptu” on a noisy, sun lit balcony at SXSW] </span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#330033;">[<a href="http://bit.ly/SXSWPMN"><strong>Tap Here to Watch the iPhone Version</strong></a>]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#330033;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;"><p><br /><object id="viddler" height="300" width="388" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="10266"><param name="_cy" value="7938"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/bd0468c7/"><param name="Src" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/bd0468c7/"><param name="WMode" value="Transparent"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/bd0468c7/" width="388" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" name="viddler"></embed></object><br /><br />You can download the new iPhone app on <a href="http://bit.ly/PMNiPhone">The App Store Here.</a></p><p></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;">We would love to hear your feedback. What would you like to see in the next version of PimpMyNews? [Leave your comments below, or email </span><a href="mailto:suggestions@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">suggestions@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]</span></p><p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Mark has posted his take on our meeting <a href="http://rizzn.com/blog/2009/03/pimpmynews-validating-my-fragile-ego.php">on his blog here</a></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em><strong>Note:</strong> Mark Hopkins now blogs for </em><a href="http://www.siliconangle.com/ver2/"><em>John Furrier's Silicon Angle blog</em></a><em>, covering "The Social Web and Tech Innovation."</em></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-31481326169704098902009-03-18T11:41:00.000-07:002009-03-19T07:28:07.033-07:00BlogWorld Expo Radio Interviews PimpMyNews at SXSW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgWEhSVeFnxBijw3zb4BiHQ-pEswb4GTfcQdaHtAr_HQi6pFHcMWdSdwObT5rFDeDoIDLql0y4FZgSvE5FbeOMFHXDlAIbTbfISSDBVi41qjXiD8Uhg3mYsC3SIW0GYtAuAYGUB7v6Ge2/s1600-h/JimTPMN2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgWEhSVeFnxBijw3zb4BiHQ-pEswb4GTfcQdaHtAr_HQi6pFHcMWdSdwObT5rFDeDoIDLql0y4FZgSvE5FbeOMFHXDlAIbTbfISSDBVi41qjXiD8Uhg3mYsC3SIW0GYtAuAYGUB7v6Ge2/s400/JimTPMN2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314630309779876050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1893519"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 41px; height: 27px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrOQR9ZxTZ78h54F4M__phx9SPW8jEB8BiWSBtJJrEp09qnXjl3JdpW7TlLuegTXL_b_Ma-bERoxDMPrLrwmuoMFYpX2pcjkFIbUUDbd96XnAxFj7g7dEWHnKTsjNvY-gcoDH41iWxX4r/s400/PMNTalkButton.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314904966437832658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/Press/SXSWTechset031809.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">[Listen to the Interview]</span></a><br /><br />We just returned from <a href="http://sxsw.com/">the SXSW Interactive conference</a> last night. During our three days at the show, we reconnected with old friends, met many new ones, and brushed up on emerging trends in tech and social media.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">For me, the highlight of the show was hanging out in the Techset blogger lounge and sharing stories with other entrepreneurs and bloggers, and talking with PimpMyNews users.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Gracious hosts, Brian Solis, who pens the popular <a href="http://www.briansolis.com/">PR 2.0</a> and <a href="http://bub.blicio.us/">Bub.blicio.us</a> blogs, <a href="http://www.stephanieagresta.com/">Stephanie Agresta</a>, and the Windows Mobile team treated everyone like family, regardless of your Google Page Rank.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">While in the Techset lounge, I had the opportunity to be interviewed by <a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/">Blogworld Expo</a> Radio's Jim Turner. <a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/Press/SXSWTechset031809.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">To listen to the interview, click here.</span></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">We also shared the news about the new <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281">PimpMyNews iPhone application</a> with many other top bloggers and social media folks, including Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins, Derek Overbey of <a href="http://100interviews.wordpress.com/">100 Interviews</a>, Jason Falls, Derek Wilmot and many others. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to follow these thought leaders on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, using the links at the bottom of this post. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">[<strong>Follow these great folks on Twitter:</strong> </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Jim Turner: <a href="http://twitter.com/genuine">http://twitter.com/genuine</a></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/rizzn"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://twitter.com/rizzn</span></a></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Derek Overbey: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/doverbey"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://twitter.com/doverbey</span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Jason Falls: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/jasonfalls"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://twitter.com/jasonfalls</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Derek Wilmot: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/derekwilmot"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://twitter.com/derekwilmot</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-8753429322565816522009-03-12T18:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T08:52:26.153-07:00Is Voice the New "Killer App" for Mobile ?<div><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1865094"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312490417065802594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnwZCZmS75FpNTEEwvHVT0hPJQWKLyuzGxVT-xOBBBRzqGgMDmb4EDLNmRAwqipJ4rhlkxkomwP7XNrNdgEiJszfjWZKSCwyD_KMJ_1oAbbtrQIh000wHbHano2yeRxMs47GOFArOVJpZ/s400/Shuffle2.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1865094"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312700479492148962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncpvNRKfVqpcOAd-clF9Qgmeb1AuCRjyaD-hFnZ4yx8HrbwggVGZyZgGX2ISz9UHqJV7JpDzRksQuWZkqPv0t0e-IM0mmPIIw7gLqfgdUw_J_2uubspr5EDADFpXZD6lNLSt3lt_CAt_x/s400/PMNTalkButton.png" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tEDcfOO5LVcHvD6BU9TDGYEL91vU7mM-XXbKbA0dv18owz0oE7L5xV3vXyIV2XOJxAP0pvkeJeAypAwHYlOKVU8Vg2R5WlTdmjeaG7__0l549UmjKUVOQS3SlTD_K6H7HdszI7bKYMIK/s1600-h/Shuffle.bmp"></a><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Back when text-to-speech voice quality was "unlistenable," and before the explosion of mobile devices, TTS seemed to be a technology looking for a market beyond applications for the visually impaired. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Now that nearly everyone has a mobile device, and we're all looking to multitask on the go, it looks like voice could become the killer app for mobile.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Today, Apple announced a new <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/11/apple-goes-retro-with-latest-ipod-shuffle/">talking iPod Shuffle</a>. Instead of including a display on the new shuffle, Apple added a feature called "Voice Over", which reads the artist and song name aloud to you. A couple of weeks ago, Amazon launched the <a href="http://news.cnet.com/amazon-retreats-on-kindles-text-to-speech-issue/">Kindle 2</a>, which includes a text-to-speech feature that drew a ruckus from the overly sensitive Author's Guild. </span></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Voice-to-text technology is also on the rise. Mobile services like <a href="http://www.spinvox.com/">SpinVox</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/03/12/google-voice/">Google Voice</a>, <a href="http://www.chacha.com/">Cha Cha</a>, and many others have been coming out of the woodwork lately, allowing you to speak into your phone and receive transcribed text messages.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The talking iPod, the vocal Kindle, and these other cool voice-enabled services, seem to further validate the relevance of our mobile talking news & blog service. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Reading your blogs and driving don't mix... but listening? Now there's a benefit!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">What's next? A talking toaster? Probably.</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-38217167568506768602009-02-12T19:45:00.000-08:002009-02-12T22:12:20.423-08:00New PimpMyNews iPhone App, Watch The Demo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6od2E6s2WLG33lF0SuF2vDdrJV6pB866itEeM4qh_tDa6vvLDk0FiKB_o6IIuHKCSssRSswEQdmnFcyzA8BMZYyUN3Z0-df1PgSsQhfWk88IbIv8q3C38v4w94RPHLeDDv2jLIKLZEQV/s1600-h/RunnerGirl.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302145262728576690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6od2E6s2WLG33lF0SuF2vDdrJV6pB866itEeM4qh_tDa6vvLDk0FiKB_o6IIuHKCSssRSswEQdmnFcyzA8BMZYyUN3Z0-df1PgSsQhfWk88IbIv8q3C38v4w94RPHLeDDv2jLIKLZEQV/s400/RunnerGirl.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">As we mentioned in a <a href="http://pimpmynews.blogspot.com/2009/02/pimpmynews-launches-new-iphone-ipod.html">recent blog post</a>, the new native iPhone & iPod touch app is here!<br /><br />If you've used the iPhone web app, you'll love the feature-rich speed of the new native application. If you've never used PimpMyNews on your iPhone, now is the time!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Check out the brief demo below, then head on over to The App Store to </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281&mt=8"><span style="font-family:arial;">download the new application</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. <strong><span style="color:#663366;"><a href="http://bit.ly/YTDemo">[Tap here to watch the iPhone version]<br /></a></span></strong><br /><object id="viddler" height="300" width="388" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="10266"><param name="_cy" value="7938"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/5da9bf18/"><param name="Src" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/5da9bf18/"><param name="WMode" value="Transparent"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/5da9bf18/" width="437" height="333" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" name="viddler"></embed></object><br /><br />Please let us know what you think, by sending your feedback to </span><a href="mailto:Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-39196338191771949892009-02-06T16:52:00.000-08:002009-02-07T10:28:23.638-08:00PimpMyNews Launches New iPhone, iPod touch App!<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299883563616244658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIdkeC6AlfEvzX_33q3w_7856QKAfDuZdjDfVKNUrWMQaAYK_OG_oZynGphzwqU-Z4HtwsNTNEcdTkdpc78G4jrUmyNqT6chOeg_4vupAzmo5sS4cr_BTbrgADBXqDWvTzPmL1-s2gmGR/s400/PRImage020209.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">After several weeks of coding, we're excited to announce the availability of our new native iPhone and iPod touch application!<br /><br />Our goal is to continually enhance our service, to give you instant access to the content you care about, when you want it, and how you want it.<br /><br />The new mobile app takes advantage of the advanced features of the iPhone SDK, to offer a faster, feature-rich user experience, making it even easier to keep up with your news on-the-go.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Here's a list of some of the new application's cool functionality:</span></strong></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">>Real-time text-to-voice conversion</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">>View each story's text, pictures and video</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">>Stream your daily podcast</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">>Share stories on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other social sites</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">>Visit the source of each story</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Our friends at <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/17178/pimp-my-news-iphone-app/">The Inquisitr</a> and <a href="http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/2009/02/04/new-pimpmynews-now-has-a-native-iphone-app/">JAIB</a> seem to like the application. Be sure to swing over to their sites to see what they have to say.<br /><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>>You can </strong><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303410281"><strong>download the new app on The App Store </strong></a><strong>for $3.99.<br /></strong><br />Please check it out, and tell us what you think at: </span><a href="mailto:Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Thanks for listening with PimpMyNews, and please tell your friends about the new application!<br /><br />John & Roy, Co founders</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-66526986210638148622009-01-11T12:48:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:49:22.219-08:00PimpMyNews Makes TechZulu's Best of 2008!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4M8mLb9tajMOBCsD1i3mDBjbN-zdPljV7o85OKFlmn3ouriCpIN9vEKgDxTYjfVVnJ_tSay8O_BPcpD0q7bmgWpThS5hnDiZKjSYOojOq6yTVL8cxgi1KYMAKpkmhf_KP6396H3mlRind/s1600-h/TechZPic.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290164985833641394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4M8mLb9tajMOBCsD1i3mDBjbN-zdPljV7o85OKFlmn3ouriCpIN9vEKgDxTYjfVVnJ_tSay8O_BPcpD0q7bmgWpThS5hnDiZKjSYOojOq6yTVL8cxgi1KYMAKpkmhf_KP6396H3mlRind/s320/TechZPic.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Techzulu is a great new resource to learn about hot new startups in the technology and media fields. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">In 2008, they made a name for themselves with lively onsite interviews of dozens of startups at popular conferences like BlogWorld, CES, and many others.</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">We were pleased to learn that </span><a href="http://techzulu.com/make-your-blogs-talk-with-pimp-my-news.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Amanda Coolong's interview of us</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> at BlogWorld Expo 2008 made TechZulu's "Best of 2008." [</span><a href="http://bit.ly/SMwi"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Watch the iPhone version here</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">] </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to visit TechZulu to watch the rest of their Top 2008 interviews in the blog post titled <strong><a href="http://techzulu.com/heres-to-ringing-out-2008.html">"Here's To Ringing Out 2008."</a> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">We would like to thank all of our loyal PimpMyNews users for a great 2008! Have a great New Year!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-28591698091951381192008-11-08T13:31:00.000-08:002009-01-09T20:23:07.756-08:00Vote For Us In Mashable's Open Web Awards!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVModHtaCCfsqu_Z-MoxhIcxrteP9huiXGiyYSWdfwDJvfRi2chncCJCPxhyowOr7VVfaeab36CsR4RcV5XUmAUaDwNEhRXARcJp_Pqvm3x37gTvk6sSeqWl4CTwGqzs9nwHdumrFKnFV1/s1600-h/OpenWebCincy.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266418468767022194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVModHtaCCfsqu_Z-MoxhIcxrteP9huiXGiyYSWdfwDJvfRi2chncCJCPxhyowOr7VVfaeab36CsR4RcV5XUmAUaDwNEhRXARcJp_Pqvm3x37gTvk6sSeqWl4CTwGqzs9nwHdumrFKnFV1/s320/OpenWebCincy.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://mashable.com/openwebawards/home/">Mashable's Open Web Awards</a> honors the top achievements of Web technology startups. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And, Cincinnati is rockin' Web 2.0 in a major way, with great companies like <a href="http://www.sharethis.com/">ShareThis</a>, <a href="http://www.zipscene.com/">Zipscene</a>, <a href="http://www.photrade.com/">Photrade</a>, and of course yours truly, <a href="http://pimpmynews.com/">PimpMyNews</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please vote for PimpMyNews in the "mobile applications" category. Thanks for your support!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-36415391451170965772008-10-30T12:24:00.000-07:002008-11-21T13:57:14.547-08:00TechZulu Interviews PimpMyNews CEO, John Atkinson<p><span style="font-family:arial;">Efren Toscano, CEO of TechZulu calls PimpMyNews, "One of the most useful companies for the business person on the go to come out of BlogWorld Expo." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">In the video interview below at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, TechZulu's Amanda Coolong talks with PimpMyNews CEO, John Atkinson, about the benefits consumers and publishers are receiving from this unique service.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff6600;"><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3eOx_7QNrQ">[Watch it on your iPhone - <span style="color:#663366;">Click Here</span>]</a></strong></span></p><p><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="339" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/32b4842f/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/32b4842f/" width="400" height="339" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" name="viddler" ></embed></object><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to visit </span><a href="http://www.techzulu.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.TechZulu.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to see interviews with the likes of </span><a href="http://www.techzulu.com/robert-scoble-stalks-techzulu.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Robert Scoble</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://www.techzulu.com/mark-cuban-who-doesnt-watch-techzulu.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mark Cuban</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a href="http://www.techzulu.com/jason-calacanis-on-the-future-of-the-web.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jason Calacanis</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and other leaders in the technology and media industry.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-14927425731337589562008-10-30T06:31:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:14:36.849-07:00PimpMyNews User Spotlight: Damien Howley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN0o1AYaevbtRjGvlCih1ZXLkYefQIhLJMS7F3Bdu7cdpx5n48Rg3q39YTdlmTtYMlhPzyuVR-PrBjOABH3DLe71iLK0OrYa4nKrdWVGbQPcwGKRTZwDPqoetQKn69ExFObb-YFqqYtB_/s1600-h/Damien1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262952166952161218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN0o1AYaevbtRjGvlCih1ZXLkYefQIhLJMS7F3Bdu7cdpx5n48Rg3q39YTdlmTtYMlhPzyuVR-PrBjOABH3DLe71iLK0OrYa4nKrdWVGbQPcwGKRTZwDPqoetQKn69ExFObb-YFqqYtB_/s320/Damien1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/SharePlayer.aspx?item=1399769"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262964037375068530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 41px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISBi9oL00NQEBaR16bn10q1wR_NF1p1mBkENYt_XKOO-PLoj-8EPEatcY4cxt-2Ae1XzuILRdAa9DVq0JJBi5TawZ29ydsBcECfbNU0dLvPZlX7fOww9l3xrqAQ9mFnSBuLgZXAh71Dbm/s320/PMNTalkButton.png" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">We love getting feedback from you, our valued users. We especially love hearing about how you are using our service, and the benefits you're receiving. In this post, we share the feedback we received from one of our power users, Damien Howley.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Damien, a </span><a href="http://damienhowley.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">prolific blogger</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and a graphic designer for </span><a href="http://wiki.mindtouch.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">MindTouch</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, had this to say:</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"Upon first being introduced to PimpMyNews, I thought, "nifty, I can listen to blogs on my walk to work." However, I quickly found my whole consumption of blogs and news change drastically. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">While at work, I used to listen to music, now I use your web interface [at <a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/">http://www.pimpmynews.com/</a> ], and can catch up on all my blog posts while I work. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">This has increased my ability to read more blogs, and keeps me extremely more informed than all of my co-workers. Bottom line is, PimpMyNews has saved me hours and hours each night of reading blogs."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Damien also gave us some great suggestions for new features, which we are evaluating.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>How are YOU using PimpMyNews and what benefits are you seeing? </strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Shoot us an email at </span><a href="mailto:Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> today.</span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">We would love to hear from you.</span></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-14629537139778150362008-09-30T18:56:00.000-07:002008-09-30T20:37:05.812-07:00Cincinnati Magazine Calls PimpMyNews "Brilliant"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwO9s7B4NtUmSXmUQux_yq98jzF-9Iv8pgNk4gOdVLSw3O_AOGsk0vz8MdryfL4IQ2lvAcxiQ1TpgD21eyIXW1MkAHnAmkZ8I1OjoMQv4iFKxcQWSSRoHgDv5Dk9R56MWpJiAc1OggqhKB/s1600-h/CincyMagPic.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252019855321248738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwO9s7B4NtUmSXmUQux_yq98jzF-9Iv8pgNk4gOdVLSw3O_AOGsk0vz8MdryfL4IQ2lvAcxiQ1TpgD21eyIXW1MkAHnAmkZ8I1OjoMQv4iFKxcQWSSRoHgDv5Dk9R56MWpJiAc1OggqhKB/s320/CincyMagPic.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">A few weeks ago, <a href="http://cincinnatimagazine.com/">Cincinnati Magazine</a> called to interview us about our "new media" service that turns text into mobile audio. The progressive monthly publication draws over 300,000 readers and visitors to its website. </span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>The story below, which we've already pinned to the office wall, is in their <a href="http://cincinnatimagazine.com/article.aspx?id=63144">October issue</a>:</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><strong>Now Hear This</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Let PimpMyNews trawl the Web for your news - and read it to you. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>By Chuck Sambuchino.</em></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>TO ALL YOU DESK JOCKEYS</strong></span> who waste the company dime, by clicking through endless streams of Web-based info-tainment, ad nauseam: </span><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> could save your job. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The brainchild of John Atkinson, a dot-com journeyman and UC grad who conceived the idea with his friend and tech consultant, Roy Georgia, at a hotel bar two years ago, <strong>the site provides a simple, brilliant service:</strong> It translates text from more than 1,200 news hubs, entertainment sites, and blogs into computer-generated speech (think “Fitter Happier” by Radiohead, only happier) that can be downloaded onto your computer, iWhatever, or MP3 player for you to listen to later. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">“Over the years, I’ve been traveling like a road warrior, so I couldn’t keep up with newspapers,” says Atkinson, who now lives in Cincinnati. “I kept thinking that there had to be a better way than being tied to a computer all day for news.” PMN got its first significant boost when Apple chose it as a “staff pick” in January 2008. Since then, they’ve attracted 80,000 regular users. </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">“PimpMyNews opens a whole new world of content to everyone,” Atkinson says, “and it’s a great opportunity for productivity enhancement.” </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Which makes us wonder: Are <em>you</em> reading this online?</span></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-54390122084737004612008-09-19T07:10:00.000-07:002008-09-19T08:12:24.450-07:00PimpMyNews Goes to Vegas. Want a Cool Tee?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN5UnEXQb6Cphh9L8tPRcbTiu4T2iwSAh3Keb5uJrXFbdY7EnjttP5t5YLRPwS-DetlmyA-kc76-dUtwFwJBCVrfrJTy7wjXmejyf2vnZvlxwC48IFj7FWfkHYtS1UlpOFx3lW1j5BB1l/s1600-h/PMTVegas.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247750044825520306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN5UnEXQb6Cphh9L8tPRcbTiu4T2iwSAh3Keb5uJrXFbdY7EnjttP5t5YLRPwS-DetlmyA-kc76-dUtwFwJBCVrfrJTy7wjXmejyf2vnZvlxwC48IFj7FWfkHYtS1UlpOFx3lW1j5BB1l/s320/PMTVegas.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Technology Guru, Roy Georgia, and I are packing up the wagons (and the new T-shirts) and heading west to Las Vegas today! We just can't wait to spend some quality time with the 2,000 bloggers who will be at the </span><a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">BlogWorld and New Media Expo</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> this weekend. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Can You Write 5 Sentences?</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Even if you're not going to BlogWorld, you still have a chance to score yourself a cool new PimpMyNews T-shirt! Just write a short blog post titled <strong>"5 Reasons Why PimpMyNews Rocks!,"</strong> and shoot an email to </span><a href="mailto:blogs@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">blogs@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> when it's up. The five best posts will get free PimpMyNews T-shirts!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">If you'll be at BlogWorld this weekend, be sure to come up and say "hello." We may just have an extra shirt for you. Because one thing that's definitely "Staying in Vegas" this weekend is 100 pounds of PimpMyNews T-shirts.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Have a great weekend!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">John Atkinson</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Co-founder & CEO</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JohnAtkinson">Follow me on Twitter</a></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-43132990934149187852008-09-14T06:22:00.000-07:002008-09-14T07:55:25.035-07:00PimpMyNews On Twitcast Radio...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf1ykvAYQ31JD-tGC-u9Jvx-gSkTo5yyLkV3E5M50YPzOVvsbcZpkf_899I35RFO6khsHc0SFLKACsv4UuHU0kT7_a-UEwpqzQXhL0PcDA_c-dUPOXjL4RtIjFo1fP0QiUZFdatMM_O4J/s1600-h/TwitcastRadio2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245890508340427666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf1ykvAYQ31JD-tGC-u9Jvx-gSkTo5yyLkV3E5M50YPzOVvsbcZpkf_899I35RFO6khsHc0SFLKACsv4UuHU0kT7_a-UEwpqzQXhL0PcDA_c-dUPOXjL4RtIjFo1fP0QiUZFdatMM_O4J/s320/TwitcastRadio2.gif" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC73F5OdzceqMI_Msvb-Pg4xEm4O69VZji0w3ylGWfIPIakf8qJyWlQkttHDljgLVyvvo9u2YRF-siEJCtece5WZ39KfBT73spxFGv0NUs1gsOWKHdvhlyvKPdFZo_7z4Y9x50C3nTjknr/s1600-h/TwitcastRadio.gif"></a><span style="font-family:arial;">A big thanks to "Twitter Rock Stars" Warren Whitlock and Deb Micek, who recently had us join their "TwitCast" talk show on Blog Talk Radio. </span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Warren and Deb are the creators of the new, and wildly popular, Twitter Handbook. The Twitter Handbook is packed with tips and tricks for both Twitter newbies, and veteran Twitter users. You can download the handbook for free at </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://twitterhandbook.com/">http://twitterhandbook.com/</a> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">People from all over the country tuned into the TwitCast Radio show last Friday night, to learn about PimpMyNews and ask us questions. You can </span><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/warren/2008/09/13/Get-Twitter-News-and-More-JohnAtkinson-of-PimpMyNews-Joins-the-TwitCast"><span style="font-family:arial;">listen to the full show here</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">After the show, we were flooded with requests from bloggers asking us to add their blogs to PimpMyNews, so people can listen to them on the go, on iPhones, iPods, computers, and other mobile devices. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">If you are a blogger, to apply to have your blog added to PimpMyNews, just email your blog's RSS feed to </span><a href="mailto:Feeds@PimpMyNews.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">Feeds@PimpMyNews.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">If you are looking for creative ways to use Twitter to make friends, or to expand your network, be sure to follow Warren and Deb on Twitter: [ </span><a href="http://twitter.com/WarrenWhitlock"><span style="font-family:arial;">@WarrenWhitlock</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/CoachDeb"><span style="font-family:arial;">@CoachDeb</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]</span></div><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-51312450308723909602008-09-01T08:39:00.000-07:002008-09-01T09:28:39.842-07:00The Inquisitr Blog Reviews PimpMyNews<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6bEu_Z66WXL-DMuriWO5enQd4SwcJriRWoaaUkjampwCvqH7T6q5PshK72gX78DkuOowCLzOTPO6fwhOjA_hI7z_esmF90MN5ZHSSqqd19H2RmGscMMKXfZXzHF3U6-NL5ZllXAYu0gW/s1600-h/Inquisitr.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241089821049992786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6bEu_Z66WXL-DMuriWO5enQd4SwcJriRWoaaUkjampwCvqH7T6q5PshK72gX78DkuOowCLzOTPO6fwhOjA_hI7z_esmF90MN5ZHSSqqd19H2RmGscMMKXfZXzHF3U6-NL5ZllXAYu0gW/s320/Inquisitr.gif" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;">Earlier this week, The Inquisitr published a story about our free service, which turns your favorite blogs into portable audio. The Inquisitr is a relatively new blog started by former TechCrunch Blogger Duncan Riley. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Tech blogger JR Raphael profiled our service, saying: "..Great idea, great service. Being able to load up your MP3 player with reading — rather, listening — for the morning drive is a cool convenience." JR also pointed out a couple of suggestions for improving the service, which we are actively working on.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">You can read the full story here: [ </span><a href="http://bit.ly/InquisitrPMN"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://bit.ly/InquisitrPMN</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ], or listen to it on PimpMyNews here: [ </span><a href="http://bit.ly/ListenPMN"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://bit.ly/ListenPMN</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The frequently updated blog features a unique mix of Technology, Entertainment and Odd news. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">For a fresh perspective, check out The Inquistr at </span><a href="http://www.inquistr.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.inquistr.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> , and be sure to add it to your PimpMyNews playlist, so you can listen to it on-the-go.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-10271220745193124432008-08-05T20:51:00.000-07:002008-08-05T21:57:28.392-07:00New PimpMyNews Feature: Stream Your Podcasts Anywhere!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_UGV2XRyUDZ8QwKgToUd2BYy5lUikjCCHUjFBdKEQvuIXUMrBF-WRWli3CUh2VQLqqDg28bLPD_F7iIQoEc3cpbxSqzZAoMk-NB_P0jFvm6c75duKMkdLCK1M2ihKG8U6a0RM7EoT5BC/s1600-h/StreamIt2sm2a.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231263255692304530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_UGV2XRyUDZ8QwKgToUd2BYy5lUikjCCHUjFBdKEQvuIXUMrBF-WRWli3CUh2VQLqqDg28bLPD_F7iIQoEc3cpbxSqzZAoMk-NB_P0jFvm6c75duKMkdLCK1M2ihKG8U6a0RM7EoT5BC/s320/StreamIt2sm2a.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgN1s9z1TKxx23s644LUlBJf4mP5_l01T1e5HcoHqCmOqpe2L5IttBhc-L2k26M__7O5QilO3ZSJ-mFTLUU4k7_yQ3vdV_b9hyphenhyphenR2mBexvJrS0wAVuyExeuypWdga5ZjDP64Q-juWzxSLv/s1600-h/StreamIt2sm2.gif"></a><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Don't you hate it when you're out and about, and realize that <strong>you forgot to sync</strong> your MP3 player with your computer, to get your latest podcast episodes?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, that is no longer a problem.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993399;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993399;"><strong>You can now <em><span style="color:#ff6600;">STREAM</span></em> your PimpMyNews podcast episodes over the air, on your iPhone or iTouch, with a single tap... <span style="color:#ff6600;">No syncing required!</span></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>To check out this cool new feature:</strong></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">1. On your iPhone or iTouch, go to </span><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/m"></a><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/m"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.PimpMyNews.com/m</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">2. *Log in with your PimpMyNews username and password, and </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">3. Tap the link labeled "Stream My Podcast"</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">*If you haven't signed up for a personalized account, please go to <a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/">http://www.pimpmynews.com/</a> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">on your computer first, and sign up.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Please tell us what you think. More new features are on the way!</span></div><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-82575531540210623342008-08-05T14:07:00.001-07:002008-08-05T15:54:20.521-07:00New PimpMyNews Feature: Stream Podcast on iPhone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pK_Is9vg2fBLLEhHP44Ad9MQMG7wnMZFvfteyZW8MBAjeUXrz6XuuKO3QpQ1ncz2V793otYc2MKNp5RlW8eBSSpeGWB_3zhhg7w0J5fInDT8NfdWHNXW3ACCtbYHU8YE64l5jJeS-J8g/s1600-h/StreamIt2a.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231163302955171506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pK_Is9vg2fBLLEhHP44Ad9MQMG7wnMZFvfteyZW8MBAjeUXrz6XuuKO3QpQ1ncz2V793otYc2MKNp5RlW8eBSSpeGWB_3zhhg7w0J5fInDT8NfdWHNXW3ACCtbYHU8YE64l5jJeS-J8g/s400/StreamIt2a.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">When people sign up for our free service, they're sometimes surprised to find that it works on so many different types of computers and mobile devices. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We built it to run on Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPods, or any MP3 player, so you can easily catch up on your favorite news and blogs, no matter what you might be doing. And, we're constantly adding new features to make PimpMyNews even more flexible. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="font-family:arial;">As you may know, there are three "use case scenarios" for PimpMyNews:</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>1) You can use the Full Site on your Mac or PC, </strong>at home, or in the office. For example, you may want to listen to your stories "in the background" while working on a spreadsheet.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>2) You can use the iPhone and iTouch application on the go</strong>, when you want to listen <em>and</em> interact with PimpMyNews. For example you might hear a cool story at Starbucks, and then forward it to a friend, or post it to Twitter, or Facebook.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>3) You can use the Personalized Daily Podcast feature on your MP3 player,</strong> when your hands and eyes are busy, and you want to hear continuous stories. For example, you might listen to TechCrunch on the tread mill, or Perez Hilton in your Pinto.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Until now, as with any podcast, if you forgot to sync your MP3 player with your computer before leaving the house, you were out of luck. We're excited to say, that, if you have an iPhone or iTouch, that's no longer a problem!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can now listen to the most recent episode of your PimpMyNews podcast on your iPhone or iTouch with a single tap... No syncing required!</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">To check out this cool new feature:</span></strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">1. On your iPhone or iTouch, go to </span><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/m"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/m">www.PimpMyNews.com/m</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">2. *Log in with your PimpMyNews username and password, and </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">3. Tap the link labeled "Stream My Podcast"</span><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">(*If you haven't signed up for a personalized account, please go to <a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/">http://www.pimpmynews.com/</a> on your computer first, and sign up)</span></p><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please tell us what you think!</span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-51006211371657163682008-08-01T14:06:00.000-07:002008-08-02T08:42:06.549-07:00Gary Vaynerchuk Helps PimpMyNews Help The Blind.<div><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">[<span style="color:#ff6600;">On Your iPhone?</span> </span></strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/GaryHelps" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Click Here To Watch Video</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]</span></strong> </div><div><br /> </div><div><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AcXJCY6HHA" width="400" height="326" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shortly after we launched, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that blind people were also using our service to listen to <em>their</em> favorite news and blogs. [see our first post about this </span><a href="http://pimpmynews.com/p.aspx?i=423143" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> ]<br /><br />Since we think companies should also "give back" in some way, we've decided to try to use the power of social media, to raise money for blind charities. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">To bring some attention to our effort, we hit up our new friend, "Internet Celebrity" Gary Vaynerchuk, who graciously agreed to do a video for PimpMyNews. Over 70,000 people a day watch </span><a href="http://www.winelibrarytv.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gary's Wine Library TV Show.</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/GaryHelps" target="_blank">>Be sure to check out the video.</a></strong> John introduces Gary, who talks </span><span style="font-family:arial;">about "Helping People and the Transparent Web."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=D9nLDn3TjHxtpHYaEzixya2GkWlUftRzWpz7RkRNIEw7WLag96tINfCSpAW&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f80512b0980fcab74abc3e59231243d18198d800d5b9d32ad">>Click Here To Donate.</a></strong> And please tell your friends. Every dollar you give goes to a charity for the blind.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544487811525164353.post-65308525268190779122008-07-24T16:36:00.000-07:002008-07-24T17:27:50.119-07:00PimpMyNews iPhone Tip: Add To Home Screen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H6YMDZndHXdJ6e8ru3urNJP7YancnwfnKETxdvaJBx0R_5PF8oa7fNXp-7oCzFr3eWKHb1uVG_SrlHEiq-oVMlrHepoKJUEf0yMAhACJJYHTZdGly3ijvox1gYtsH6nJ9MhMUXZDO_1h/s1600-h/AddHS1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226738922298467522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H6YMDZndHXdJ6e8ru3urNJP7YancnwfnKETxdvaJBx0R_5PF8oa7fNXp-7oCzFr3eWKHb1uVG_SrlHEiq-oVMlrHepoKJUEf0yMAhACJJYHTZdGly3ijvox1gYtsH6nJ9MhMUXZDO_1h/s320/AddHS1.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Many of our users report that they use our service to catch up on their favorite news and blogs on-the-go. On trains and planes, at Starbucks and gyms, ...well, you get the idea.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>For our iPhone and iPod Touch users, here's a quick tip</strong> to make sure PimpMyNews is always at your finger tips...</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;">Add PimpMyNews to your Home Screen in 3 easy steps:</span></strong></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">1. On your iPhone or iPod Touch, go to </span><a href="http://www.pimpmynews.com/m"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.PimpMyNews.com/m</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. Tap the plus sign ["+"] at the bottom of your screen, and select "Add to Home Screen."</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">3. Tap the "Add" button at the top right of the next screen, and the PimpMyNews icon will be placed on your home screen.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">That's it! Next time you need news in a flash, just tap the PimpMyNews icon. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for listening with PimpMyNews.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></div></span><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1GeLlFPkH021nsc-ytVUkxsbclIcApKTODrjri8XEFiZEJ_n0AjJZ3iCsBDpS3y9APgmtGpeyOAlBBBqcMzQXI_spcjh1rDtMh2PuEff8WjTg-bsc6ZvHHucHGnDBnLEQHoZxOOMeo-m/s1600-h/AddHS2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226739608613863810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1GeLlFPkH021nsc-ytVUkxsbclIcApKTODrjri8XEFiZEJ_n0AjJZ3iCsBDpS3y9APgmtGpeyOAlBBBqcMzQXI_spcjh1rDtMh2PuEff8WjTg-bsc6ZvHHucHGnDBnLEQHoZxOOMeo-m/s320/AddHS2.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><div></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1GeLlFPkH021nsc-ytVUkxsbclIcApKTODrjri8XEFiZEJ_n0AjJZ3iCsBDpS3y9APgmtGpeyOAlBBBqcMzQXI_spcjh1rDtMh2PuEff8WjTg-bsc6ZvHHucHGnDBnLEQHoZxOOMeo-m/s1600-h/AddHS2.gif"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0