Audio-tag the world around you with the new Broadcastr app

I’m starting to feel like there’s a social app based on each one of the five senses. Today,Broadcastrreleased a new app that creates a social media platform for location-based audio. The free app hit the Apple store today just in time forSXSWi. The app allows users to automatically create or stream stories about their surroundings in real-time then tag its location and share it on Facebook, Twitter and email. I can’t wait for the social sharing app so I can finally start smelling what other people are smelling and then share it over Facebook and Twitter....

5 min · 889 words · Jason Bray

Audioboo 2.0 for Android finally catches up to the iOS version

Audioboohas been one of those sleeper hits (readour intro to the servicehere) that has gathered a pretty massive following. The service, which allows you to record up to 5 minutes of audio (known as a Boo) and then send them to your network of other users, found some love from media sources when it was used during the hearings of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to give updates during court recesses. Oh, and there’s also the fact thatStephen Frywasan early adopter....

2 min · 322 words · Robert Shepard

Audioboo gears up to take on SoundCloud in the year of Social Audio

Social audio sharing is set to be one of the big trends online this year. As well-known VC Fred Wilson recently said when heinvestedinSoundCloud, “The Web should not be mute”. With big money going into the aforementioned German startup,Cinchmaking waves among US bloggers and audio comments being one of the more interestingfeaturesof Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily, the idea of sharing our thoughts online in the form of sound clips seems to be taking off....

4 min · 814 words · Stanley Odonnell

Audioboo goes freemium, launches new paid service for podcasters

Social audio platformAudioboohas launched a new paid service which offers users the chance to upgrade to 30-minutes of recording time and a host of additional benefits. Launched in March 2009, Audioboo allows users to record a near-unlimited snippets of audio, which they can share with friends or broadcast to the world. They can also add images, titles and tags and upload it to Audioboo.fm, complete with biographical and geographical information on where and when it was recorded....

4 min · 647 words · Melissa Arnold

Audioboo launches BooMail: You can now upload audio by email

Audioboo, the mobile & web-based platform that lets users record and upload audio, has announced the launch of a new service allowing users to upload files by email. The service, called ‘BooMail’, goes live today. As it stands, Audioboo allows users to record and upload unlimited audio clips via iphone, Android and some Nokia devices, as well as through the Audioboo website. BooMail will also allow BlackBerry users to upload audio content on the go, as well as giving web-users a new, faster route to updating their profiles....

3 min · 447 words · Tara Lewis
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