A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast station for its users. The service, called PodcastOne, is available on the web and via mobile apps in more than 20 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and the The new service is designed to use Amazon's Alexa voice-activated assistant as an interface, asking the user questions about their preferences to tailor the content accordingly. It then fine-tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly skipped.
A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast station for its users. Scout.fm was founded last year by a team whose experience includes working for tech companies such as Google and Twitter, and media sites such as Medium and Politico. The new service is designed to use Amazon's Alexa voice-activated assistant as an interface, asking the user questions about their preferences to tailor the content accordingly. It then fine-tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly skipped.