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Hurricane Florence won’t stop the Sound!

by Sean McKenna | Sep 20, 2018 | News, Updates

We were hit in our area pretty hard by Hurricane Florence if you haven’t heard. And STILL are dealing with the flooding as hurricanes can be so much more than just wind. I (Sean) did document a good bit of this and working on a video but I wanted to share some...

Alexa Voice Service Expands to France; Sowee, Boulanger, Sonos Announce Alexa-Enabled Products for France

by Sean McKenna | Jun 11, 2018 | News

Alexa’s reach is continuing to grow! This may or may not be your target market but it’s great to see that your briefings and skills have an opportunity to reach more people around the world! Here’s an article from Developer.Amazon.com explaining this...

Introducing Podcast Skills

by Sean McKenna | May 21, 2018 | News, Updates

When we started SoundUp Now we knew that only creating Alexa Flash Briefings couldn’t be our stopping point. A few weeks ago we added podcast hosting for everyone at no additional charge. And now we continue our roadmap with custom Alexa Skills, starting with...

The 30 Best Alexa Skills for Professionals

by Sean McKenna | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Tips & Tricks, Updates

If you own an Amazon Alexa device, you can use Alexa Skills to be more productive; keep track of your day, finances, and calls; make travel easier; hear the news you care about and more. Alexa Skills are built-in capabilities activated by your voice. New ones are...

Podcast hosting at no additional charge is on the way!

by Sean McKenna | Mar 28, 2018 | News, Updates

Podcast hosting is here… ? Well, almost! We are in our testing phase and will be adding podcast hosting to your memberships at no additional charge in April. We will have all your standard features from the start and then something really awesome for the first...

Why Alexa Flash Briefings?

by Chris Ward | Mar 13, 2018 | News

Why Alexa Flash Briefings? Why Alexa Flash Briefings? It’s simple. Alexa is the most popular voice controlled device currently in the marketplace. Alexa devices, when compared to Google Home, Apple Home Pod, and Cortana, have more users than those 3 combined...