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| From | "James Harris \(es\)" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: Summly |
| Date | 2013-03-27 19:55 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kivin8$ic4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <47493a42-e8cc-4a31-b4fe-c5cd882faa74@googlegroups.com> |
"bob" <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote in message news:47493a42-e8cc-4a31-b4fe-c5cd882faa74@googlegroups.com... > So, I guess Yahoo bought some app called Summly from some kid. > > Can someone help me understand this and what the app did? > > Did it really do any sophisticated AI? Or was there some ulterior motive > behind all this? Apparently it is a text mining application http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_mining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_D%27Aloisio (see the Summly section) The thing that surprises me is why a big company (with lots of clever people as resources) paid for the app rather than writing a competitor app itself. James
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Summly bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-03-27 08:28 -0700
Re: Summly "James Harris \(es\)" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 19:55 +0000
Re: Summly rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2013-03-29 09:30 +0000
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