Seventeen-year-old Nick D'Aloisio's Summly app summarises news stories from popular media companies.

BBC: Technology

Seventeen-year-old Nick d'Aloisio, who dreamed up the idea for the content-shortening program when he was studying for his exams, said he was surprised by the deal.

NPR: British Teenage Whiz Strikes Deal With Yahoo

This week, 17-year-old Londoner Nick D'Aloisio sold his app called Summly - which offers summaries of existing news stories published on the net - for what was reportedly millions of pounds.

BBC: Telegraph extends paywall to UK readers

Summly -- the brain child of London-based boy genius Nick D'Aloisio -- delivers automated snapshots of news stories to its users on mobile devices and formats articles for the small screen.

CNN: Yahoo! to buy teenager's brain child