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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by omellet on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @02:57PM (#5445316)
The article's main point is that the founders didn't do anything really noteworthy, technologically speaking, and so Yahoo overpaid for the talent in question.
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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by snaky on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @03:12PM (#5445407)
>the founders didn't do anything really noteworthy

1M+ downloads for an app with licensed technology is noteworthy.

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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by flyosity on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @03:27PM (#5445515)
A million downloads of a free app is not really that noteworthy. My friend made a simple, free iPhone game in a weekend where you tap on a soccer ball and keep it from dropping and routinely gets 10s of thousands of downloads a month with absolutely no marketing.
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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by badgar on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @06:08PM (#5446386)
Your friend is a genius and might be the next pg.
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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by 31reasons on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @03:21PM (#5445465)
1M downloads with 1M+ dollars in investment is not noteworthy. You can basically pay for that much downloads. Not to mention its a FREE app!
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Re:What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly by nilkn on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @03:25PM (#5445502)
They got that through marketing, not technology. Have you seen the launch video for Summly?
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