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News360
News360 was a personalized news aggregation app for smartphones, tablets and the web. It attempted to learn a user's interests by analyzing their interaction with news stories on the app and using semantic analysis and natural language processing to create an Interest Graph and construct a unique feed of relevant content for each user. The app claims an audience of more than 4 million users. Initially released for iPhone in late 2010, News360 was eventually available for all major mobile platforms, with versions for the iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and the web. In August 2019, News360 was acquired by PressReader. As of August 2022, News360 ceased operations. History News360 was founded in July, 2010. In October 2010, the first News360 Windows Phone 7 app was released. In November 2010, the first News360 iPhone app was released, followed by an iPad version in March 2011. In May, 2011 the company released News360 for Android tablets, and in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PressReader
PressReader is a digital newspaper distribution and technology company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada and offices in Dublin, Ireland and Manila, Philippines. PressReader distributes digital versions of over 7,000 newspapers and magazines in more than 60 languages through its applications for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and various e-readers as well as its website, and operates digital editions of newspapers and magazines for publishers, including ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Globe and Mail''. History Founded in 1999 as NewspaperDirect, the company started as a service for printing physical copies of newspapers, aimed at travelers who wished to read their home newspaper while staying in a hotel abroad, and launched a digital product in 2003. In 2013, the company rebranded as PressReader. In 2017, the company opened an office in Dublin, Ireland. In August 2019, the company acquired News360, makers of the News360 personalized news app and Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |