10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning
Feb 10, 2014, 17:51 IST
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- Flappy Bird flaps no more. The creator of the hit iPhone game, Dong Nguyen, removed it from the App Store over the weekend. "I cannot take this anymore," was the only reason he offered.
- Why did Nguyen take down Flappy Bird when it was generating $50,000 per day? Some speculate it was for legal reasons (although Nguyen says it wasn't). Others think it's because of how controversial the app was. The founder received a lot of death threats following his decision to yank the game.
- Tim Armstrong has reversed his decision to change AOL's 401K plan. He blamed high health care costs, particularly two employees' "distressed babies" who cost the company "a million dollars," for the initial change. The mother of one of those "distressed babies" has written a heartfelt piece in Slate about her daughter and the controversial statement.
- The CEO of hot new anonymous app Secret reveals how the app secures personal information and chooses which posts to show your friends.
- The family of Rob Ulbritcht, the man allegedly behind Silk Road and six ordered assassinations, has shared family photos that portray Ulbritcht as a nice, innocent guy.
- It looks like Comcast may have hushed and minimized a serious hack, so you should change your password if you're a user.
- 20-something eBay employee Jack Abraham took a huge risk on a new homepage design. He booked an unauthorized flight for himself and five eBay employees to Australia to reimagine eBay, and the end result ultimately turned the troubled company around.
- Supercell, a $3 billion startup, rakes in $654,000 per day with just one of its hit gamex, Clash of Clans. Here's how to play.
- Ads may be coming to Quora's evergreen answers pages very soon. Quora is a Q&A site co-founded by early Facebook executive, Adam D'Angelo.
- Where are they now? Meet the ultimate cool kids, Facebook's first 20 users.