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DealPop by WhitePages: The Snapvine Legacy Lives On

It's been 2 years since Snapvine was acquired by WhitePages and most of the Snapvine team is still at WhitePages launching great new services and products including a Top 10 iPhone and Android application and now a new service called DealPop.  Snapvine founder/CEO Joe Heitzeberg helped with the business plan for DealPop and continues to advise us on this exciting new service.  We will be using many of the social media experiences we learned at Snapvine to promote our new offering on Facebook and Twitter.

DealPop is an online service that will soon offer great deals at the best places to eat, drink, and have fun-right in your neighborhood.

We're local. We're insiders. We know the town. We find the gems near you that you have been meaning to try, like that cozy little bistro, that awesome show or that one place that has every cool shoe in the universe.

Then we offer a great deal for you at one of those places-a deal that you just can't pass up.

We're launching in Seattle very soon. Sign up for our list to start getting our daily deals as soon as we go live!




The Seattle Times also just featured Dealpop in this article, and you can follow DealPop on Facebook and Twitter.  Here's a related blog post on DealPop. 

Snapvine to be acquired by Whitepages.com

Today we have reached a very exciting milestone with our company. We're proud to announce that we've decided to sell Snapvine to WhitePages.com.   

Over the past nearly 3 years, we've focused on a core mission of bridging the mobile world with the web and in the process we've created a very powerful technology platform and set of consumer services that are enjoyed by millions of users online. Also, we've built an incredibly talented and passionate team. 

By joining WhitePages.com, we'll be able to help their 40 million unique visitors per month not only find, but also connect, to the more than 180 million people on WhitePages.com. 

We have no immediate plans to alter the Snapvine brand or services, and we expect to have several very exciting announcements over the next several months.  Please read the press release or WhitePages.com's blog post about the acquisition.

Snapvine Launches Social Media API

Voice and viral sharing features available to over 7 million people through the Snapvine Publisher API

SEATTLE, WA (PRWEB) April 9, 2008 – Snapvine, Inc., a leader in enabling voice applications on the web, has introduced the Snapvine Application Programming Interface (API) (www.snapvine.com/api) allowing publishers to easily add engaging voice and viral sharing features to practically any website. 

The API, which is publicly available starting today, launches on nine websites including top 10 blog icanhascheezburger.com, and fast growing photo sharing sites My Photo Album and Picture Trail, providing voice and viral sharing features to over 7 million unique visitors per month.

The Snapvine API, now freely available at www.snapvine.com/api utilizes lightweight JavaScript that can be implemented in a minimal amount of time and gives website owners immediate benefits:

• Increased engagement by allowing users to add their voice to any photo or text element, through the mic on their computer or by dialing a telephone number from one of 15 supported countries.

• Viral distribution of content with a ‘share’ button for users to easily post photos and voice content to MySpace, Facebook, or other web sites.

• Increased site traffic and enhanced SEO (search engine optimization) via a branded link on all shared content that takes users back to the originating website.

• Quick and easy client-side integration with media hosting and bandwidth provided by Snapvine.

“The Snavpine API is extremely easy to integrate and allowed us to effortlessly add a new personalization and social media sharing features for our customers,” said Peter MacNee, My Photo Album’s President and CEO.

The Snapvine Publisher API is built on top of the same robust platform that powers Snapvine’s consumer offerings. The Snapvine Voice Player launched in 2007, has over 7 million registered users and is a top widget on MySpace.  Over 400 million audio plays and 20 million calls have been processed through the Snapvine data center.

Snapvine is initially releasing the API with nine launch partners including, icanhascheezburger.com, PictureTrail.com, MyPhotoAlbum.com, Musez.tv, Picture2Life.com, Floago.com.br, Saloneconnection.com, Shelfari.com and Simplebucket.com.

“We are very excited to share our technology and platform in an API that is as easy to use as Google Ad Sense, and lets website owners offer engaging voice and viral sharing features .” said Joe Heitzeberg, co-founder and CEO of Snapvine. “I’m looking forward to seeing the creative ways our technology will be used.”

For more information on the Snapvine API, please visit www.snapvine.com/api .

Media Contact
Lori Roth                   
Snapvine, Inc.
425-614-5500
pr@snapvine.com

About Snapvine:  Snapvine brings voice and mobility to the web and social networks.  Snapvine, Inc. was founded in mid-2005 by veterans of leading internet and mobile software companies. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and has an office in Palo Alto, California. 

Election 2008: Interviews with Top Bloggers

Check out the new 2008 Election Voice Blog Featuring Top Political Blogger's and experts. The most recent post features Brad Friedman who is a featured contributor to The Huffington Post and has written for Mother Jones, Salon.com, and has been appeared on ABC, CNN, and Court TV

He's broken many notable stories on The Brad Blog related to voting and election problems. The New York Times says he is "perhaps the most dogged critic of the electronic voting machine technology in the blogosphere".

SAY IT LOUD TANGO

Sometimes text just isn't enough to let folks know how you feel.

Tango is one of my favorite bloggers, because he uses his voice to express himself on everything from politics to sports, Dr. Phil, and Eminem.

Here is a recent post he made on the New Hampshire primary election:

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His other voice blogs push the edges and will make you laugh, wonder, and think (warning, mature content). Hear Tango's Voice Blog at: http://www.snapvine.com/tangomega

Did you notice Tango has his own Snapvine personal URL?
They are going quick, and if you are currently a Snapvine registered user, claim your personal URL by going to:
http://www.snapvine.com/user/edit

Keep on Snapvining Tango!

Make Your Holiday Photos Talk

Ok, so I'm sure you took a lot of pictures over the holidays.

With Snapvine's new Talking Photo's feature, you can add your own voice and quickly post them on your blog, Myspace, or Social Media Pages.

Click here to make your own Talking Photo

Here's a talking photo that Joe recently created from his trip to Antarctica:

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What if you don't have any pictures?

Erikka, Rob, and the Snapvine team recently launched an offer with Bling Cheese that allows you to add your voice to thousands of pictures and graphics. So click here to add some voice to your cheddar.

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Another Great Holiday Song From Down Under

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Celebration of December Holidays

Share the joy and reflection of the season with Snapvine. Whether you celebrate Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Christmas, Boxing Day, or Bohdi day -- your voice is special.

Email me at kevin@snapvine.com and I just may post your holiday message on our blog. Check out these beautiful voices and thoughtful posts.

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Are you a Snapviner?

It's time to familiarize yourself with the Snapvine Glossary!  (Thanks, Kathy!!!)

Snapvine Glossary

• Snapviner or Snappah -- anyone who uses Snapvine to keep in touch, meet people and discuss and find out what's being talked about all around the internet
• Snapaholic -- anyone who is addicted to Snapvine (beyond cure)
• Snap -- anytime you communicate with others using Snapvine, you're sending a Snap
• The Snapstah / SnapDaddy -- friendly term for "mr jones", the emcee of Snapvine
• Snappies -- people who work at Snapvine and intermingle with the Snapvine community
• Snappy Dawg -- Snapvine's mascot dog, Cameron
• Snapper -- anyone who helps make Snapvine a better place by reporting inappropriate content
• SnapHole -- if you are not a good Snapper, you may be one of these
• Snap-fu -- when you find a bug in Snapvine, that's a Snap-fu!
• Snappin' -- hanging out on Snapvine, mingling with people and talking about stuff
• SnapFlap / SnapSmack -- a come back to one of your posts / disagreement
• Snaptastic - when something or someone is shows high degrees of awesomeness
• Snap-Happy - blogging at night when you're crazy tired and silly
• Snap Cub - a Snapvine newbie
• Snap-Zzzzz's - catching up on sleep after using Snapvine
• Snap Giggles - uncontrollable giggling in the middle of a post

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Here's a few things you wanted

Snapvine let's you connect in more personal, expressive and powerful ways than anywhere else.  Our widgets let you take that experience anywhere on the web.

Today we're releasing a host of improvements that you Snapviners asked for in recent weeks.

Voice Blog Widget
More than a blog, Snapvine voice blogs help you keep up with friends and gives you a place to express yourself and feel a sense of freedom.  And starting today, you can add your voice blog to your MySpace page, your TypePad or Blogger blog or practically any other online site where your friends are.  Get a voice blog widget 

Friend Search & Invite
Snapvine is more meaningful when you can use it with people you care about.  Now, you can find your friends, add them to your Snapvine and "say it out loud" together.  Find your friends

Privacy
Sometimes you don't want the whole world to hear what you have to say.  As of today, you can set your Snapvine to "friends only" so that only your friends have access to your profile, your voice blog and your comments.  Privacy settings

Better Mobile Blogging
Since so many of you are voice blogging while away from your computer we decided to improve that experience by adding the ability to listen to and interact with your subscriptions and blog replies from your phone.   My mobile

New widgets
Now anyone can express themselves and get a taste of Snapvine more easily than ever.  Anyone can create a Talking Photo or a Voice Drop in about 2 seconds and post nearly anywhere on the net.  Check out the new widgets  

 
Community Policing
You made it clear that you'd like ways to report inappropriate content and help protect younger Snapviners.  Today, we're launching "flag" links so that everyone can help us uphold basic standards and rid the community of inappropriate content such as harassment and porn.  "Mature content" warnings weren't quite ready yet, but they're coming soon.

Tons of other goodies...
We've made lots of other improvements such as new share buttons, added support for RSS/i-tunes and the ability to remove subscribers.  Surf around and see how many you can find.

p.s.  please let us know what you think -- we're listening.