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.”

10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week

Here are the most read stories this week from Fast Company, Co.Create, Co.Design, Co.Lead and Co.Exist.

Someone somewhere once wrote that celebrities, they’re just like us. Artist Danny Evans took the adage to its most literal extreme in what became the most popular story of the week on the Fast Company network. See Co.Design’s story below to find out what Jennifer Anniston, Jay-Z, and other stars would look like as hefty, middle-aged common folk. 

Also this week, a captain of a nuclear sub gave us tips on leadership language; we went deep inside an office built for people who’d rather be outside; and awarded street artist Banksy the gold medal for graffiti. Here’s the full rundown of what you might have missed.