Njuice mines Twitter and Facebook to surface trending stories

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Njuice is the latest news aggregation service to hit the market, launching this week in open beta.

The Swedish startup’s platform constitutes a website and iOS app, scanning Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms in real-time, tapping predictive algorithms that surface trending stories before they break.

“We built Njuice to help navigate the ever-increasing flood of news out there,”  says Andreas Thorstensson, founder and lead developer of the service. “By using Njuice, the articles you care about find you instead of the other way around, it’s truly addictive.”

Dropbox Admits To User Data Theft, Bolsters Security

News updates all day from Fast Company.

Dropbox has confirmed that a security breach has resulted in a number of users’ log-in details–including username and passwords–being stolen by hackers, possibly by accessing a third-party website and then using that data to login to Dropbox. One of the affected users was actually a Dropbox employee, and this person’s account contained a list of users’ email addresses. It’s this specific hack that’s being blamed for email spam attacks affecting some Dropbox users beginning in mid-July. The site has contacted those of its clients it believes to have been affected, and has also instigated a stricter security regimen, including an automatic suspicious behavior detector and a two-step log-in.

How I Lost 100 Pounds [Health]

I’ve struggled with my weight for nearly my entire life. I went from being chubby in elementary school to overweight in high school to obese in university. At my biggest, I was almost 280 pounds (I’m 5’6″). Finally, around 5 years ago, I got a spark of inspiration that ultimately led to me dropping a total of 110 pounds and counting. Here’s how I did it. More »








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