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{{Short description|Defunct social news aggregator}}
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| founder          = {{unbulleted list|Mircea Paşoi|Cristian Strat}}
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'''Summify''' was a social [[news aggregator]] founded by Mircea Paşoi and Cristian Strat, two former [[Google]] and [[Microsoft]] interns from [[Romania]].<ref name="techvibes.com">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Rob |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Vancouver's Summify filters the social web and raises a seed round |url=http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouvers-summify-filters-the-social-web-and-raises-a-seed-round-2011-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401203903/http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouvers-summify-filters-the-social-web-and-raises-a-seed-round-2011-03-30 |archive-date=April 1, 2011 |work=TechVibes}}</ref><ref name="summifyteam">{{Cite web |title=Summify Team |url=http://summify.com/team/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108170839/http://summify.com/team/ |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |website=Summify}}</ref> The service emailed its users a periodic summary of news articles shared from their social networks based on their relevance and importance.<ref>Brillson, Leila. [http://www.switched.com/2011/03/31/summify-distills-your-news-into-five-bites-of-personalized-net Summify Distills Your News Into Five Bites of Personalized ‘Net Goodness] ''Switched''. March 31, 2011.</ref> The platform supported [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], and [[Google Reader]] accounts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gastall |first=Tom |date=April 4, 2011 |title=Summify launches, receives first round of Funding |url=http://www.startupgazette.com/2011/04/summify-launches-receives-first-round-of-funding/ |website=StartupGazette |access-date=July 4, 2011 |archive-date=April 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408093233/http://www.startupgazette.com/2011/04/summify-launches-receives-first-round-of-funding/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
In 2009, Paşoi and Strat created ReadFu, a plugin that provided a contextual summary and statistics of the target page of a hyperlink.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2009 |title=Hello World! |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/284721711/hello-world |website=Summify}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}</ref> In January 2010, ReadFu was accepted into the [[Vancouver]]-based start-up incubator Bootup Labs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Boris |date=December 18, 2009 |title=New Companies for Jan 2010 |url=http://blog.bootuplabs.com/2009/12/18/new-companies-for-jan-2010/ |work=Bootup Labs |access-date=July 4, 2011 |archive-date=December 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219230655/http://blog.bootuplabs.com/2009/12/18/new-companies-for-jan-2010/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On March 20, 2010 the service was renamed to ''Summify'' and a private beta began.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Rob |date=2021-11-29 |title=Bootup's Summify renames and launches beta - 25 invites available |url=http://www.techvibes.com/blog/bootups-summify-renames-and-launches-beta-25-invites-available |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402200311/http://www.techvibes.com/blog/bootups-summify-renames-and-launches-beta-25-invites-available |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |access-date= |website=TechVibes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ReadFu becomes Summify |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/459896262/readfu-becomes-summify |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401073004/http://blog.summify.com/post/459896262/readfu-becomes-summify |archive-date=April 1, 2010 |website=Summify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Summify in Private Beta |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/469721962/summify-in-private-beta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403011646/http://blog.summify.com/post/469721962/summify-in-private-beta |archive-date=April 3, 2010 |website=Summify}}</ref>
On August 11, 2010 Paşoi and Strat announced a new direction for the service. It would become a real-time social news reader that aggregates incoming news from social networks and displays articles by importance using social reactions.<ref>Lewis, Rob. [https://brainstation.io/magazine/summify-pivots-into-social-new-reader Summify pivots into Social News Reader] ''TechVibes''. August 25, 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hold on, Summify is back! |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/938300069/hold-on-summify-is-back |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815061526/http://blog.summify.com/post/938300069/hold-on-summify-is-back |archive-date=August 15, 2010 |website=Summify}}</ref><ref name=venturebeat>Cosinschi, Eugenia. [https://venturebeat.com/2010/08/24/social-news-reader-summify-raises-funds-to-solve-information-overload/ Social news-reader Summify raises funds to solve information overload] ''VentureBeat''. August 24, 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 27, 2010 |title=Sprouter Weekly |url=http://sprouter.com/weekly/2010-10-27 |work=Sprouter |access-date=2011-07-04 |archive-date=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075340/http://sprouter.com/weekly/2010-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After some feedback that the users preferred article digests by email more than the real-time news reader version, Summify discontinued the news reader version.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
In March 2011, Summify completed a [[Seed round]], with investors including [[Rob Glaser]], [[Accel Partners]], and [[Stewart Butterfield]].<ref name="techvibes.com" /><ref name="summifyteam" /><ref name="morefunding">{{Cite web |title=Less Stories, More Funding! |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/4211150644/less-stories-more-funding |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402151028/http://blog.summify.com/post/4211150644/less-stories-more-funding |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |website=Summify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewsi |first=Rob |date=August 24, 2010 |title=Vancouver's Summify lands seed round from W Media Ventures |url=http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouvers-summify-lands-seed-round-from-w-media-ventures |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210307/http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouvers-summify-lands-seed-round-from-w-media-ventures |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |work=TechVibes}}</ref><ref>Cook, John. [http://www.geekwire.com/2011/exmicrosoft-google-interns-launch-summify-cash-rob-glaser Ex-Microsoft and Google interns launch Summify, with cash from Rob Glaser and others] ''GeekWire''. March 30, 2011.</ref>
Summify received coverage from various news and media outlets such as [[TechCrunch]]. It was also featured in various news platforms, such as ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', [[Mashable]], [[VentureBeat]], [[Gizmodo]], [[Lifehacker]], and The Next Web.<ref name="venturebeat" /><ref>McMillan, Graeme.[https://techland.time.com/2011/03/31/exhausted-by-social-media-let-summify-read-the-internet-for-you/ Exhausted by Social Media? Let Summify Read the Internet for You]''Time Techland''. March 31, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Friesen |first=Joe |date=July 7, 2011 |title=Immigrant tech stars face hurdles in quest to start business in Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/immigrant-tech-stars-face-hurdles-in-quest-to-start-business-in-canada/article2090504/comments |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711134145/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/immigrant-tech-stars-face-hurdles-in-quest-to-start-business-in-canada/article2090504/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kessler |first=Sarah |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Overwhelmed By News? Summify Picks The Top 5 Articles You Should Read |url=http://mashable.com/2011/03/30/summify/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423021402/http://mashable.com/2011/03/30/summify/ |archive-date=April 23, 2011 |website=[[Mashable]]}}</ref><ref>Chan, Casey. [https://gizmodo.com/5787325/summify-gives-you-5-articles-to-read-a-day-based-on-your-internet-habits Summify Gives You 5 Articles to Read a Day Based on Your Internet Reading Habits] ''Gizmodo''. March 30, 2011.</ref><ref>Gordon, Whitson. [http://lifehacker.com/5787962/summify-sends-you-the-days-5-most-important-stories-based-on-your-reading-habits Summify Sends You the Day’s 5 Most Important Stories, Based on Your Reading Habits] ''Lifehacker''. April 1, 2011.</ref><ref>Hussey, Tris. [https://thenextweb.com/news/catch-up-on-the-news-with-summify-we-have-invite-codes Catch Up On the News With Summify. We Have Invite Codes!] ''The Next Web''. October 24, 2010.</ref>
Summify released a free app on the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] on July 8, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summify Launches iPhone App |url=http://blog.summify.com/post/7381180505/summify-iphone-app |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711133747/http://blog.summify.com/post/7381180505/summify-iphone-app |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |website=Summify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Rob |date=July 8, 2011 |title=Summify launches iPhone App but will its founders stay in Canada? |url=http://www.techvibes.com/blog/summify-launches-iphone-app-but-will-its-founders-stay-in-canada-2011-07-08 |work=TechVibes |access-date=2011-07-09 |archive-date=2011-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713045902/http://www.techvibes.com/blog/summify-launches-iphone-app-but-will-its-founders-stay-in-canada-2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The app allowed users to read their web summaries from [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]] mobile devices.
Summify was acquired by [[Twitter]] on January 19, 2012. The service shut down soon after, on June 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bishop|first=Bryan|title=Summify going offline June 22nd; accounts tied to Twitter will receive daily summary emails|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/24/3041983/summify-going-offline-june-22nd|publisher=The Verge|accessdate=17 July 2012|date=24 May 2012}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.summify.com official website]
* [http://blog.summify.com official blog]
* [https://twitter.com/summify Summify on Twitter]
* [http://www.facebook.com/summify Summify on Facebook]
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