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Yahoo prodigy Nick D’Aloisio ponders future

D’Aloisio was 15 when he created what would become the popular iPhone app Summly from his London home, 17 when Yahoo spent $30 million to buy the news summarization technology, and 18 when he transformed his concept into Yahoo News Digest.

The part-time Yahoo product manager who became a full-time Oxford University student this fall remains at the vanguard of CEO Marissa Mayer’s mobile development team nearly two years after the acquisition. His startup was one of dozens Mayer swallowed up as she seeks to transform Yahoo from a stale Web pioneer to an agile mobile competitor with appeal to D’Aloisio’s youthful peers.

By Matt O’Brien

Full Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27218754/yahoo-prodigy-ponders-future

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