Chapter Overview

Abstract

The way people read the latest news has changed through the Internet but the way people find interesting news is still by browsing headlines. Systems capable of recommending news to users just start to become popular for online news providers, BLOCKIN BLOCKIN but BLOCKIN BLOCKIN for BLOCKIN BLOCKIN mobile BLOCKIN BLOCKIN users BLOCKIN BLOCKIN they BLOCKIN BLOCKIN are BLOCKIN BLOCKIN still BLOCKIN BLOCKIN at BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the BLOCKIN BLOCKIN start, BLOCKIN BLOCKIN especially BLOCKIN BLOCKIN for BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the BLOCKIN BLOCKIN Swiss market. This thesis describes the implementation of such a news providing service that uses several news publishers as content providers and is able to recommend news to users, all through an iPhone application. A detailed introduction BLOCKIN BLOCKIN into BLOCKIN BLOCKIN state BLOCKIN BLOCKIN of BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the BLOCKIN BLOCKIN art BLOCKIN BLOCKIN recommender BLOCKIN BLOCKIN systems BLOCKIN BLOCKIN implements BLOCKIN BLOCKIN a BLOCKIN BLOCKIN prototype and suggests improvements based on the results of the test phase. A highly modularized server structure is presented, which supports the content provisioning of the iPhone application. Introduction Kicks off the discussion about current web based or mobile newsreaders and the need for a recommender system that would make suggestions to users about articles they would be interested in. Related Work Presents main advantages and disadvantages of solutions that are already on the market. Both web based or mobile newsreaders are presented and also their ability to recommend news based on the users interests is analyzed. Solution Debate Consists of a non-­‐technical discussion about the main features a mobile newsreader BLOCKIN BLOCKIN has BLOCKIN BLOCKIN to BLOCKIN BLOCKIN provide BLOCKIN BLOCKIN and BLOCKIN BLOCKIN what BLOCKIN BLOCKIN reasons BLOCKIN BLOCKIN encouraged BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the BLOCKIN BLOCKIN main BLOCKIN BLOCKIN architectural decisions. The principle of the server is briefly presented together with the main features of the mobile application. Architecture While the Solution Debate chapter sketches the structure and functionality of the application, the Architecture chapter goes into details and presents the technical solutions used for constructing the system. Split in two parts, the chapter presents the main problems that arose while implementing the server and client sides.