Last month Yahoo bought publishing start up, Summly from a 17 year old British entrepreneur, Nick D’Aloisio for $30 million. D’Aloisio’s app scanned the internet for news, and summarized the main points of almost any article using a custom algorithm designed by the teen. It has been a month since the acquisition, and this is what Yahoo have done with the app.

The new app was released on Monday and is obviously still based on the same premise, with short story summaries are displayed to users.

Users turn on the summary option by tapping on the three bar icon on the top left of the app and then switching the toggle for “visual” form “Off” to “On.” Once this is done, users will see headlines and photos for news stories, including a short synopses of the piece. If users wish to read the full news story, they simply tap on the screen.

This is the first look at Summly’s technology since the app was pulled from the iStore last month. The company said in a blog post on Monday:

Beautifully designed with smaller screens in mind, the new Yahoo is all about delivering the best of the Web — right on your phone.

Apart form the added stories summaries, the app is now able to better predict the type of news stories that the user is more interested in.

[Source: Los Angeles Times]