PODCAST LOVERS TEST DRIVE NEW WEB TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AT UVIC
Exciting new podcasting technologies developed by UVic students now being tested on the web
Victoria BC, December 01, 2007 - UVic student startup company mPulse, launched a web product on Dec. 1 that the company hopes will help bring podcasting to the mainstream. The service was released in Alpha to a group of users who signed up to preview the site early on. The launch comes only three months after the company won $15,500 in prizes at the 2007 IDC Business Plan Competition in Victoria.
The service uses podcasts to provide personalized audio content for people’s morning routines. “This is a concept I’ve been dreaming of since I was 9 years old. It’s really cool to have the technology to do it now, and to actually be using it when I get up in the morning.” says mPulse CEO, Rian Bowden. The company plans to develop the service into a personalizable structured media channel to rival traditional broadcast media.
The company plans to open up the service to more users in future releases. “We are dealing with online media, and so there are a lot of bandwidth, storage, and scalability issues that we need to consider before releasing it to the general public.” says the company’s CTO, Lewis Sobotkiewicz. mPulse is currently being tested by a handful of users, and the company plans to release the next version in January, at which time it will allow more users to start exploring the site.
mPulse is a web company that is building innovative solutions that will help bring podcasting to the mainstream. The company was formed in the summer of 2007 as a student entrepreneurship project. After winning a $15,500 business plan competition, the business became the founding members’ full-time jobs.
For more information contact Rian Bowden at rian@mpulse.ca or +1250.885.5303. For details about the mPulse Coding and Design Challenge, visit the challenge website at http://challenge.mpulse.ca.