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==History==
==History==


News360 was founded in July, 2010 in [[Moscow]]<ref name="Audience" /> by a group of employees of Medialogia<ref name="Win8" />, a Russian B2B news analysis service. In November 2010, the first News360 iPhone app was released<ref name="1dot0">{{cite web|title=News360 delivers smarter news to your iPhone|url=http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/20/news360-funding-version-2-0/|work=VentureBeat|date=20 Dec 2010|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, followed by an iPad version in March 2011<ref name="iPad">{{cite web|title=DEMO: News360 takes personalized news feeds mobile|url=http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/demo-news360-takes-personalized-news-feeds-mobile/|work=VentureBeat|date=01 Mar 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>. In May, 2011 the company released News360 for Android tablets<ref name="Android Tablets">{{cite web|title=News360 now available for Honeycomb tablets|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/news360-now-available-honeycomb-tablets|work=Android Central|date=24 May 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, and in July - for Android phones<ref name="Android Phones">{{cite web|title=News360 for phones now available|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/news360-phones-now-available|work=Android Central|date=07 Jul 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>.News360 2.0 was released in November, 2011<ref name=News360 2.0>{{cite web|title=Personalized News Reader News360 2.0 Arrives On iPhone|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/personalized-news-reader-news360-arrives-on-iphone/|work=TechCrunch|date=01 Nov 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, adding an ability to create custom feeds. The next version, News360 3.0, was launched in July, 2012<ref name=News360 3.0>{{cite web|title=Improved News360 iPad App Learns Your News Habits, Wisely Consolidates|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/07/improved-news360-ipad-app-learns-your-news-habits-wisely-consolidates/|work=ABC News|date=10 July 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, introducing the News360 personalization engine and the "Home" feed, which merges all of the user's interests, custom feeds and sources into a single feed that uses behavioral analysis to get better at selecting the most relevant content the more the user uses the app. The release was generally well-received, with a [[New York Times]] reviewer saying "For a great news experience, the free app News360 has to be one of the better news-aggregating [apps] I’ve seen on any platform"<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web|title=Showing Off a Tablet's Graphical Powers, Android Style|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/technology/personaltech/apps-that-dart-and-delight-on-tablets-piloted-by-android.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|date=14 Nov 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>.In September, 2012 News360 announced the Publisher Partnership Program together with 30 brands, including the [[Chicago Tribune]], [[CNBC]], [[Fox Sports]], [[Business Insider]], [[Gigaom]] and others.<ref name="Publisher Program">{{cite web|title=News360 Offers Publishers a Branded Presence|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/09/21/news360-offers-publishers-a-branded-presence/|work=Wall Street Journal|date=21 Sep 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>
News360 was founded in July, 2010 in [[Moscow]]<ref name="Audience" /> by a group of employees of Medialogia<ref name="Win8" />, a Russian B2B news analysis service. In November 2010, the first News360 iPhone app was released<ref name="1dot0">{{cite web|title=News360 delivers smarter news to your iPhone|url=http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/20/news360-funding-version-2-0/|work=VentureBeat|date=20 Dec 2010|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, followed by an iPad version in March 2011<ref name="iPad">{{cite web|title=DEMO: News360 takes personalized news feeds mobile|url=http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/demo-news360-takes-personalized-news-feeds-mobile/|work=VentureBeat|date=01 Mar 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>. In May, 2011 the company released News360 for Android tablets<ref name="Android Tablets">{{cite web|title=News360 now available for Honeycomb tablets|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/news360-now-available-honeycomb-tablets|work=Android Central|date=24 May 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, and in July - for Android phones<ref name="Android Phones">{{cite web|title=News360 for phones now available|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/news360-phones-now-available|work=Android Central|date=07 Jul 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>.News360 2.0 was released in November, 2011<ref name=News36020>{{cite web|title=Personalized News Reader News360 2.0 Arrives On iPhone|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/personalized-news-reader-news360-arrives-on-iphone/|work=TechCrunch|date=01 Nov 2011|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, adding an ability to create custom feeds. The next version, News360 3.0, was launched in July, 2012<ref name=News36030>{{cite web|title=Improved News360 iPad App Learns Your News Habits, Wisely Consolidates|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/07/improved-news360-ipad-app-learns-your-news-habits-wisely-consolidates/|work=ABC News|date=10 July 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>, introducing the News360 personalization engine and the "Home" feed, which merges all of the user's interests, custom feeds and sources into a single feed that uses behavioral analysis to get better at selecting the most relevant content the more the user uses the app. The release was generally well-received, with a [[New York Times]] reviewer saying "For a great news experience, the free app News360 has to be one of the better news-aggregating [apps] I’ve seen on any platform"<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web|title=Showing Off a Tablet's Graphical Powers, Android Style|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/technology/personaltech/apps-that-dart-and-delight-on-tablets-piloted-by-android.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|date=14 Nov 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>.In September, 2012 News360 announced the Publisher Partnership Program together with 30 brands, including the [[Chicago Tribune]], [[CNBC]], [[Fox Sports]], [[Business Insider]], [[Gigaom]] and others.<ref name="Publisher Program">{{cite web|title=News360 Offers Publishers a Branded Presence|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/09/21/news360-offers-publishers-a-branded-presence/|work=Wall Street Journal|date=21 Sep 2012|accessdate=21 Mar 2013}}</ref>


==Technology==
==Technology==

Revision as of 23:09, 23 April 2013

News360

News360
Developer(s)News360 Ltd.
Initial release2010
Operating systemiOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone
PlatformiPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Android devices, Windows 8, Windows Phone
TypeNews Aggregator, Personalization
Websitenews360.com

News360 is a personalized news aggregation app for smartphones, tablets and the web.It attempts to learn a user's interests by analyzing his behavior and activity on social media and using semantic analysis and natural language processing to create an Interest Graph and construct a unique feed of relevant content for each user[1]. The app has an audience of more than 2M[2] users and is made by a Russian-American team with offices in Sunnyvale, CA and Moscow, Russia[3].

Initially released for iPhone in late 2010, News360 is now available for all major mobile platforms, with versions for the iPad[4], iPhone[5], Android[6], Windows 8[7], Windows Phone[8] and the web[9].

History

News360 was founded in July, 2010 in Moscow[2] by a group of employees of Medialogia[7], a Russian B2B news analysis service. In November 2010, the first News360 iPhone app was released[10], followed by an iPad version in March 2011[4]. In May, 2011 the company released News360 for Android tablets[11], and in July - for Android phones[12].News360 2.0 was released in November, 2011[13], adding an ability to create custom feeds. The next version, News360 3.0, was launched in July, 2012[14], introducing the News360 personalization engine and the "Home" feed, which merges all of the user's interests, custom feeds and sources into a single feed that uses behavioral analysis to get better at selecting the most relevant content the more the user uses the app. The release was generally well-received, with a New York Times reviewer saying "For a great news experience, the free app News360 has to be one of the better news-aggregating [apps] I’ve seen on any platform"[15].In September, 2012 News360 announced the Publisher Partnership Program together with 30 brands, including the Chicago Tribune, CNBC, Fox Sports, Business Insider, Gigaom and others.[16]

Technology

News360 uses a semantic analysis engine, developed in-house by the company, to analyze content aggregated from over 100,000 sources around the web. After performing named-entity recognition, classification, and cluster analysis, News360 uses a complex formula to rank stories, taking in the influence of the source, author, text quality and complexity, size and velocity of the story cluster and many other metrics[17]. The system then takes the clustered and ranked set of stories and identifies a personalized selection for each user, based on their interest graph[18]. The Interest Graph is initially constructed by collecting, with permission, user data from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Google Reader or Evernote[18]. As the users uses News360, additional data is collected from their behavior - as he reads stories and gives feedback, the interest graph becomes more and more accurate and attuned to their real interests, making the personalization more effective[6].

See also

References

  1. ^ "News360 is Changing the Content Delivery Game". Scobleizer. 01 Sep 2011. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Russian-American startup 'News360' honored at Abu Dhabi's World Summit Award". East-West Digital News. 13 Feb 2013. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  3. ^ "News360 Crunchbase Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013.
  4. ^ a b "News360 Revamps Its iPad App: New Look, New Home Screen, New Reading Scores". TechCrunch. 10 Jul 2012. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013. Cite error: The named reference "iPad" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Thanks to an update, the News360 iPhone app is now as sleek as it is smart". Digital Trends. 29 Nov 2012. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013.
  6. ^ a b "News360′s Roman Karachinsky Shows Off Revamped Android App, Hints At Plans Beyond News". TechCrunch. 03 Mar 2013. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Interview: We chat with the CEO of News360 for Windows 8". Neowin. 04 Nov 2012. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "News360 Is the Wikipedia of News Apps". Windows Phone Daily. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013.
  9. ^ "NEWS360 2.0 BRINGS WEB APP, UPDATES FOR IPAD AND HONEYCOMB". BGR. 10 Aug 2011. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013.
  10. ^ "News360 delivers smarter news to your iPhone". VentureBeat. 20 Dec 2010. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  11. ^ "News360 now available for Honeycomb tablets". Android Central. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  12. ^ "News360 for phones now available". Android Central. 07 Jul 2011. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Personalized News Reader News360 2.0 Arrives On iPhone". TechCrunch. 01 Nov 2011. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Improved News360 iPad App Learns Your News Habits, Wisely Consolidates". ABC News. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  15. ^ "Showing Off a Tablet's Graphical Powers, Android Style". New York Times. 14 Nov 2012. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  16. ^ "News360 Offers Publishers a Branded Presence". Wall Street Journal. 21 Sep 2012. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013.
  17. ^ "The Long Quest for Personalization". News360 blog. 05 Apr 2011. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ a b "NEWS360 3.0 NOW AVAILABLE FOR IPHONE AND ANDROID SMARTPHONES [UPDATED]". BGR. 01 Nov 2011. Retrieved 21 Mar 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Cite error: The named reference "Interest graph" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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