Friday, February 28, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // February 28, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 28, 2014

Awesome Netflix/Fitbit Hack Detects When You've Fallen Asleep, Auto-Pauses Your Movie

At an internal Netflix hackathon last week, a Netflix employee built an awesome hack: by using data from a Fitbit, it's able to detect when you've fallen asleep... read more

Apple Explains Exactly How Secure iMessage Really Is

Millions and millions of people use iMessage every day. But how many people know exactly what happens to a message once you send it? Maybe a handful. Up... read more

UPDATED: Mt.Gox Files For Bankruptcy Protection, Says 850,000 Bitcoin Lost

Mt.Gox has filed for bankruptcy protection and has outstanding debt of about $63.6 million, a lawyer for the bitcoin exchange said today during a press... read more

Microsoft Said To Be Considering A Free Version Of Windows 8.1

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Zero-Commission Stock Trading App RobinHood Kicks Off Private Beta

Soon, RobinHood will let anyone buy and sell stocks for free instead of having to pay E*Trade or Scottrade $7 per transaction. Today RobinHood begins inviting... read more

No, Google’s Sundar Pichai Didn’t Say Android’s Openness Makes It Less Secure

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What Can Indian Startups Learn From The Facebook Acquisition That Didn’t Happen

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TOP VIDEOS

Keen On… Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers In The Age Of (Nearly) Perfect Information

How do we decide what to buy? According to Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen, the authors of Absolute Value: What... read more

One Week With Whistle's New Activity Tracker For Dogs

Considering we humans now have a slew of gadgets, apps and products at our disposal that allow us to track and... read more

Gravity's Amit Kapur Says Personalization Is Going To "Explode" This Year

Following AOL's acquisition of content personalization startup Gravity last month, co-founder and CEO Amit Kapur... read more

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