Lexy lets you dial-a-podcast on-demand
Tue, Mar 10th, 2009 |
Lexy, a service that lets you hear on-demand short-form news and entertainment podcasts, called Quikcasts, on your mobile phone, just nabbed $1.25 million in seed funding from KPG Ventures. The San Francisco-based company says it aims to eliminate the time it takes for users to upload audio files to their phones.
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