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A smartphone app which provides summaries of news stories soared to number nine in Apple’s app store just two hours after its release in the US. The app, called Summly, was designed by 17-year-old Londoner Nick D’Aloisio, and has received more than $1m in funding from investors. High-profile supporters include Stephen Fry, Tech City CEO Joanna Shields and Newscorp owner Rupert Murdoch. However some early reviewers have described the app as “confusing”. ”Navigation unclear,” wrote Oliver Devereux on the app store’s review page, while another described it as “quite unintuitive”. Read the full story at The BBC.
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