Awesome!<p>Hi guys, I'm the creator of TextTeaser API that was used by Bit of News. :) I first thought that bitofnews is just a bot in Reddit. I'm really surprised that this is now a full blown website/app.<p>Thanks for Bit of News for using the TextTeaser API.
Really impressive automatically generated summaries.<p>Of course, there are some funny parts as well. One of the bullet points for "Russia halts adoptions to Sweden over gay nuptials" is just<p><pre><code> • "It's terrible.
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Very frank :D.<p>I certainly agree, but I imagine a person summarizing the article would not have used this phrasing.
auto-generated? if so, that's pretty impressive. [edit] huh, so that's TextTeaser? <a href="https://www.mashape.com/mojojolo/textteaser#!documentation" rel="nofollow">https://www.mashape.com/mojojolo/textteaser#!documentation</a> - i had no idea that summaries of that quality were now commodity apis.
This is great. I'm trying to make <a href="http://thetechblock.com" rel="nofollow">http://thetechblock.com</a> a destination for tech articles and news that matter. Would love any feedback.
I'd love to see a site like this specifically focused on business news. Keeping up with the latest news in business is important, but I've found most business papers are so full of useless fluff stories that it drowns out the ones that are most important.
It sucks that that first article right now is about that woman who got shot at the capital building. Will this news ultimately matter? Probably not. The other articles seem to be about more impactful things so other wise good job
I like the simplicity, but how can it deliver it every morning without asking for your time zone? The confirmation says it'll deliver at 9am. UTC?
What does this have to do with Ivy League schools? Is that just total fluff or is there any sort of meat behind those words?<p>Does the author attend an Ivy league school? If so, why does he/she feel that he/she can or should speak for all the other Ivies? What am I missing?
Very well done!<p>Now trying to get over the horrifying news that someone poured gasoline on themselves and tried to burn themselves to death in self-immolation near the white house. What the heck is going on in DC
This is pretty cool, but does it have some feature to select the sources? or at least what type of news you are interested in? That would make things so much better!
Bit of feedback: It seems quite US centric. I'm not sure how the selection is done, but maybe you could add a 'Rest of the world' section?
Nicely presented application of textteaser. A little put off by the focus on the "ivy experience" though. Is that some sort of marketing play?
The first story of the woman driver shot to death is the rotten apple in the barrel. The rest of the stories are better, and with broader appeal.<p>Just so you know, I'll probably never visit this site again because of that godawful story. It didn't enhance my life or my understanding of the world. It did the opposite.