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Mobile Minutes: Cost of mobile convenience; Reddit borrows from Netflix; YouTube’s VR plan; Bitcoin frenzy redux

Say hi to Reddit, the budding Netflix wannabe
A cuddlier, friendlier Reddit is taking a page out of the Netflix script.
Read more on CNET

YouTube’s grand plan to make VR accessible to everybody
It’s a rare sunny day in Seattle, Washington, and I’m standing in the grass outside a nondescript office building with engineers in hoodies strolling nearby. One of them, weirdly, is riding a unicycle.
Read more on Wired

Bitcoin frenzy back as epic bust fades
The bitcoin casino is open again. The price of the digital currency has climbed as much as 50 percent this week, re-creating scenes from a manic 2013 run that took it from $13 to a high of $1,100 before it crashed.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal