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JohnAtkinson

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Love news & blogs, especially Tech & Biz. Spent years in Healthcare & Web IT before founding PimpMyNews.com, a free Web 2.0 "talking" newsreader on steroids w/ social news functionality. Runs on Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod or any ol' MP3 player.

Please check out www.PimpMyNews.com and tell me what you think!

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TechZulu Interviews PimpMyNews Founder view video

2 votes

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 18 days ago
- (http://pimpmynews.blogspot.com/20...)
Efren Toscano, CEO of TechZulu calls PimpMyNews, "One of the most useful companies for people on the go to come out of BlogWorld Expo." Amanda Coolong interviews CEO John Atkinson about benefits consumers and publishers are seeing.
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PimpMyNews User Spotlight: How Damien Howley Gets More Done view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 18 days ago
- (http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePl...)
"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..." Click to listen to the full story.
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Cincinnati Magazine Calls PimpMyNews "Brilliant" view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePl...)
pimpmynews.com — Let PimpMyNews trawl the Web for your news - and read it to you. TO ALL YOU DESK JOCKEYS who waste the company dime, by clicking through endless streams of Web-based info-tainment, ad nauseam: PimpMyNews.com could save your job.
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Robert Scoble & Fans Name PimpMyNews a Favorite iPhone App view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 6 months ago
- (http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePl...)
Scoble asked the 18,000+ early adopters following him on Twitter to chime in. In the "news" category, they named PimpMyNews their second favorite application. Second only to mega-popular Google Reader. "Another one that came up often was PimpMyNews.com...
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What the Hell's Wrong With You People? I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS! view video

4 votes

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 7 months ago
- (http://mikedoe.net/journal/2008/4...)
Funny movie clip from Office Space, where the Bobs, consultants who are hired to fire the deadweight, are interviewing the very desperate Tom Smykowski about his job duties, or lack thereof. (from mikedoe.net, web funny guy)
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See & HEAR the TALKING iPhone News App (Short YouTube Video) view video

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 7 months ago
- (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1gF8P7...)
PimpMyNews makes the Web's Top 1,000 news & blog sites TALK. Instead of being stuck at a computer reading blogs, you can *listen* on-the-go and get current anytime, anywhere. Check out the 5 minute clip. Works on iPhones, iPods, Macs/PC(or any MP3 player)
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PimpMyNews Voices More Blogs and Twitters About It | CenterNetworks view story

6 votes

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 7 months ago
- (http://www.centernetworks.com/pim...)
PimpMyNews has announced two product updates this morning: more available blogs and new Twitter integration. PimpMyNews takes a feed and converts it to audio using a computerized voice. Users can listen on computers, iPhones, iPods and other MP3 players.
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iPhone scores 79% in customer sat survey; RIM trails at 54% view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 7 months ago
- (http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePl...)
good news for Apple, mixed news for Research in Motion and terrible news for Palm. All three are from a survey of 3,597 high-end consumers conducted between March 17 and March 24.
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Blame Kevin Bacon for Jokes About How White People Can't Dance view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 8 months ago
- (http://mikedoe.net/journal/2008/2...)
Kevin Bacon starred in FOOTLOOSE, perhaps the corniest film of the 1980s, one which made permanent the notion that WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T DANCE. This in turn has led to tens of millions of unfunny jokes. Literally billions of people believe this sterotype...
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Apple ships beta version of iPhone SDK [Good Summary] view story

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- Submitted by JohnAtkinson
- 8 months ago
- (http://www.pimpmynews.com/SharePl...)
As predicted, the version of the long-awaited iPhone SDK being released today is still in beta. Jobs spelled out the terms by which iPhone programs will be distributed.