Yahoo App Update Makes Use of Technology Acquired With Summly
An update of Yahoo's eponymous news app released today boosts image and video search functionality and incorporates the news-summarizing technology the company obtained in its highly publicized acquisition of the iOS app Summly last month.
An update of Yahoo’s eponymous news app released today boosts image and video search functionality and incorporates the news-summarizing technology the company obtained in its highly publicized acquisition of the iOS app Summly last month.
The update makes use of using “Summly’s natural-language algorithms and machine learning to deliver quick story summaries,” Marissa Mayer wrote on the company’s blog.
With the update, Yahoo’s eponymous news app also allows the user to identify select which news topics s/he wants to follow.
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