Do you jump from one website to another for news from Nigeria?
Do you like apps like Flipboard, News Republic, etc but mad that you can’t get Nigerian content on those?
What if you could choose what Nigerian news you read, which news site or blog?
What if you could choose what interests you and get your news based on those interests?
Chill….
Catchup tries to solve these problems using AI to generate your news feed based on specific news sources or interests you choose.
Try out the Android app for free on Google Play.
your feedback, questions, suggestions and criticisms are definitely welcome
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Quick question: How does the AI powered news differentiate your app from other new aggregation apps (from a user perspective)?
Thanks
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Eskus mi sir . What exactly is powered by AI here? Are you using Bayesian networks to predict the likelihood that the user will like a story and then making corrections as they interact (or not) with the stories? Neural networks? Where did you get the reading data to train it with?
Or are you just tagging stories and arranging them by popularity in a feed from the categories the user selects? Because…
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With Catchup, you get to choose whether you want to ‘catchup’ on all news or just your interests and sources you follow.
Catchup reads and processes news for content and content-interest relationships.
I think you missed the point of the question…
Could not install on my Samsung Galaxy.
What could i be doing wrong?
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Did you get any error messages?
nke_ise
January 17, 2017, 1:12pm
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Does not even give the option to install
Oops, sorry what’s your OS version?
The app supports Android OS 4.0.3 and later.
nke_ise
January 17, 2017, 5:16pm
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Its an S6 running 6.01.
Did you restrict it by geography?
I am not accessing it from Nigeria
Yes, it was Nigeria only before.
It’s now available world-wide
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Get the latest news in Nigeria, stay informed about current trends, politics, entertainment and events happening around Nigeria.
Catchup keeps you updated with news from major newspapers and blogs in Nigeria all in one app.
- Customize your news...
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Great!
Please me know if and when you would like to catch up to discuss it a bit more.
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