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U.S.-Bound News Reading App SmartNews Gets $36M

  • Re/code, Friday, August 8, 2014 11:47 AM
SmartNews, the Japanese news-reading app, reportedly just raised $36 million from Atomico, mobile-social gaming company Gree, and others. “It uses learning algorithms to surface trending news stories, much like Flipboard, and connects to Twitter to figure out what people are talking about,” Re/Code reports. “Former Wall Street Journal editor Rich Jaroslovsky is reaching out to Western media in advance of an American version of the app, planned to launch this fall.”
 

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