The Latest in IT Security

Hack Pauses Netflix for Sleeping Fitbit Users

28
Feb
2014

Perhaps youre some kind of superhuman with an adamantine will, but the rest of us mere mortals have all fallen asleep while marathoning Netflix at some point. A team of enterprising programmers decided to save you from losing your spot by syncing up Netflix with a viewers Fitbit fitness tracker to pause programs when the user conks out. The idea comes from programmers Sam Horner, Rachel Nordman, Arlene Aficial, Sam Park and Bogdan Ciuca as part of Netflix Hack Day.

Comments are closed.

Categories

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments