December 4th, 2007

Buzzwire Gets $8 Million For Mobile Streaming

Buzzwire is a Denver based mobile startup that streams multimedia content (mostly podcasts) to your mobile phone. They’ve just closed an $8 million series B from Sequel Venture Partners, and exiting investors Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. Earlier they raised an undisclosed A round. Buzzwire is using the round to deploy the service on major carriers in the U.S. and overseas, although the… → Read More

November 12th, 2006

Listen To Podcasts On Any Phone

We’ve been testing two new services, Fonpods and Podlinez, that allow users to listen to podcasts directly from any telephone. Unlike existing service VoiceIndigo, which requires users to listen to podcasts on a cell phone through downloaded software, both of these services require nothing more than the ability to call a telephone number and listen. Podlinez Podlinez is a dead simple service… → Read More