Washington, D.C.:Voice of America (VOA) has unveiled a new Web application that will allow users in Iran to download and send content to VOA’s Persian News Network with their iPhones.
“This new application gives Iranians a unique opportunity to get the latest news on their mobile devices and to share with the world the news as it happens in their country,” said Acting PNN Director Alex Belida. “It is a groundbreaking way to expand our reach inside Iran and deepen our relationship with a key VOA audience.”
The application will enable users of Apple iPhones and Android phones to get the latest news from PNN and, with a single click, to send links to VOA stories via Facebook and Twitter pages and email accounts. The application will be available shortly in Apple’s online store, PNN’s Web site (http://www1.voanews.com/persian/news/) and on PNN’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The application, designed by the Washington-based company Intridea, also gives Iran’s “citizen journalists” the opportunity to use their iPhones and Android phones to send video and still pictures taken on their devices to a secure Web site where VOA’s PNN editors can download the images and review them for possible broadcast use and Web posting.
“This Web application empowers Iranians at a time when the government is staging a crackdown against opposition protesters,” Belida said. “As with the disputed elections earlier this year, VOA’s Persian service continues to be a leading source of news and information for Iranians.”
VOA has the largest combined radio and television audience in Iran of all international broadcasters, with one in four adult Iranians tuning in to a VOA program once a week. PNN broadcasts seven hours of television daily, repeated in a 24 hour format, and five hours of radio. Programming is also available around the clock on the Internet.
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I appreciate PNN for such a great support for iranian people, it would be useful for Iranian iPhone users to have this app. But there are many people inside the country that have no idea about “iphone”, as you read the above responses. Although there are a considerable increase in this mobile device usage and it is going to be popular in a very near future, as typically young people inside Iran are very interested in the latest fashion.
So please let me know, what is the name of the application and when would be revealed?
I can’t believe I still do not have the Iphone. One of these days I will have a need to enter the 21st century. These things appear like they are completely amazing.