Dive summary:
- Yahoo has announced a new iPhone app that will boast features from the recently acquired summarization tool Summly, developed by 17 year old Nick D'Aloisio.
- The app condenses news articles 400-character dispatches from the Summly natural-language algorithm; then the news articles are presented in Yahoo's endless newsfeed, originally featured on the homepage.
- According to CEO Marissa Mayer, the app will also include "better image and video search."
From the article:
"'We're thrilled to introduce this game-changing technology in our first mobile application,' said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. 'And, with the immersive imagery of our virtually endless newsfeed, the new Yahoo app has both great technology and beautiful design front and center.'"
