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A British teenager has become a [multi-millionaire / multiple-millionaire] after selling an app he created to web [monster / giant] Yahoo. The deal is reported to be worth up to $30 million and [includes / including] a position working on Yahoo's future [mobility / mobile] projects. Nick D'Aloisio, 17, started his Summly app when he was just 15. He was [studying / studied] for school exams and became frustrated [as / at] ploughing through lengthy online articles. He created the app to summarise long [report / reports] so people could more easily [ingest / digest] the content. Yahoo's boss of mobile content development Adam Cahan said: "It started with an [insight / unsightly] , that we live in a world of constant information and need new ways to simplify how we find the stories that are important to us, at a [glance / glanced] ."

Mr D'Aloisio started coding when he was 12 years old and developed the [bulk / hulk] of his Summly app in his bedroom. He [launched / launching] his app when he was 15 and it soon [attraction / attracted] over $1.5 million of investment, [including / inclusive] from Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry. The [acquisition / acquired] by Yahoo makes the British teen one of the world's youngest [self-created / self-made] millionaires. He believes his [tie-up / tie-down] with Yahoo is perfect, saying: "To me, Yahoo is the best company to be [joining / joint] right now because it's one of [them / these] classic Internet companies. With new leadership from Marissa Mayer, Yahoo has a strong focus on mobile and product, and that's the perfect [fitting / fit] for Summly."

 


 
 

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