What happened summly app?
SHARE THIS POST: News aggregation app Summly, created by UK tech entrepreneur Nick D’Aloisio and sold to Yahoo for $30m, is shutting down. Created by then 17-year-old D’Aloisio after he taught himself to code, Summly was once widely considered to be the epitome of success.
How much did summly sell for?
$30 million
Yahoo! has picked up the pace on pretty much everything since Marissa Mayer became CEO, especially mobile acquisitions. Today, it announced the acquisition of mobile news gathering and delivery startup, Summly. AllThingsD reports that the acquisition price was somewhere close to $30 million.
Who invented Summly app?
Nick D’AloisioSummly / FounderNicholas D’Aloisio is a British computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He was the founder of Summly, a mobile app which automatically summarises news articles and other material, which was acquired by Yahoo for $30M, according to allthingsd.com, but the price wasn’t officially disclosed. Wikipedia
What happened to Yahoo Digest?
Yahoo has announced it is shutting down its award-winning News Digest app at the end of this month. It was launched in 2014 and is based on a technology developed by a British teenager that compressed other news outlets’ reports into shorter articles.
Who is Nick D?
Nicholas D’Virgilio (born November 12, 1968) often referred to as NDV, is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock’s Beard….
| Nick D’Virgilio | |
|---|---|
| Instruments | Drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar |
| Years active | 1992–present |
How old is Nick Aloisio?
26 years (November 1, 1995)Nick D’Aloisio / Age
How was summly made?
Summly uses a more abstract method, starting with a special algorithm that extracts text from a web page using HTML processing. The app analyzes the text and regurgitates selected, condensed portions of the article as bullet points.
Where is Nick D’Aloisio now?
Oxford University
He is also currently a student at Oxford University, where he graduated from the BPhil Programme in Philosophy in July 2021 and now is undertaking the PhD (DPhil) course. D’Aloisio has also had seven papers accepted for publication or revision & resubmission in peer-reviewed journals.
Why did Nick D Virgilio leave Spock’s Beard?
On November 18, 2011, D’Virgilio announced that he had left Spock’s Beard, because of his work with Cirque du Soleil, “It is very hard for me to write this, but as all good things come to an end at sometime or another, unfortunately I have to tell you all that my time with Spock’s Beard has come to a close.”
What is Nick D’Aloisio worth?
D’Aloisio was more recently the founder of a startup called Sphere that was acquired by Twitter in October 2021 for an undisclosed sum, and received $30M of venture capital investment from Index Ventures and Mike Moritz….
| Nick D’Aloisio | |
|---|---|
| Education | King’s College School, University of Oxford |
Where is Nick D Aloisio?
He is also currently a student at Oxford University, where he graduated from the BPhil Programme in Philosophy in July 2021 and now is undertaking the PhD (DPhil) course. D’Aloisio has also had seven papers accepted for publication or revision & resubmission in peer-reviewed journals.
Where was Nick Aloisio born?
London, United KingdomNick D’Aloisio / Place of birth