{{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.}}<\/p>\n
The app, called Summly, was designed by 17-year-old Londoner Nick D’Aloisio, and has received more than $1m in funding from investors.<\/p>\n
High-profile supporters include Stephen Fry, Tech City CEO Joanna Shields and Newscorp owner Rupert Murdoch.<\/p>\n
However some early reviewers have described the app as “confusing”.<\/p>\n
“Navigation unclear,” wrote Oliver Devereux on the app store’s review page, while another described it as “quite unintuitive”.<\/p>\n
But the app is still rating an average score of four out of five possible stars from users overall.<\/p>\n
Mr D’Aloisio took time off school to develop his idea for a smartphone application that offers summaries of existing news stories published on the net.<\/p>\n
The free-to-download app uses algorithms to process news stories into summaries which users can then swipe to see in full if they wish.<\/p>\n
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