Category: curation

Apple reportedly bought the topic-based podcast app Scout FM

[ad_1] Apple has purchased Scout FM, an app that makes it easy to find podcasts tailored to your tastes, according to Bloomberg. Rather than just letting you choose individual podcasts, Scout FM curates them based on your listening history. Much like YouTube or TikTok, its AI algorithms adjust to your preferences over time, removing things […]

Netflix test brings human-curated ‘Collections’ to streaming

[ad_1] The company is only testing the feature in its iOS app so far, and stressed that there’s no guarantee Collections will be widely available. They “may or may not become permanent features,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch. Netflix’s disc-based service already has a similar Collections feature, although it clearly doesn’t have the instant gratification of […]