Yones

Yones (derived from “Your News”) is a daily news application for web browsers, Android and iOS devices,^[1] published by the Yones GbR located in Munich. The application helps users to find a way to deal with the large amount of content in news media. It provides readers with a personalized selection of news from different internet platforms, defined by their interests and using habits.^[2] The news feed is assembled by articles of news providers such as Spiegel-Online, sueddeutsche.de, tagesschau.de, welt.de and many others. Yones is offered in English and German language.

Technical background

The founders are supported by an intelligence system, called FaDIRa which was developed by the team in 2012. This AI-based system is able to learn and to recognize on the basis of many newspaper articles, what user prefers and what not.^[3]

Background

Yones was developed by Yones GbR in Munich. The three founders Christian Kulas, Mark-Felix Schütz and Marek Walasek have known each other since youth and developed their idea of Yones at University. In 2013 the founders were funded by EXIST, a service for start-up business promotion. Since then the beta-version of Yones is available on web browsers, Android market and the App-store.