Top Stories of the Day // August 8, 2014

Friday, August 8, 2014 Posted by bloggerdaddy
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Today's Top Stories // Aug 8, 2014

‘Survivor’ Creator Conrad Riggs Hired To Produce A ‘House Of Cards’ For Amazon Prime

To fight Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video needs must-see TV you can't get anywhere else. That's why a source confirms that Amazon has hired Conrad Riggs,... read more

Paper USB Business Card Lets You Track Usage

The humble business card still hasn't been killed off by digital alternatives. Being handed a piece of dead tree with contact details printed on it in ink... read more

Russian Hackers Probably Have Your Passwords. Now What?

By now you've seen Tuesday's New York Times report that a security firm found a Russian hacking ring had pilfered 1.2 billion user name and password... read more

This Guy Tracks Everything About Himself And Puts It Up Online For Everyone To See

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Disrupt Winner Vurb Raises $8 Million To Steal Mobile Search From Google

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Bikanta’s Tiny Diamonds Find Cancer Before It Spreads

Y Combinator-backed biotech company Bikanta wants to find and stop cancer at its source by inserting tiny, fluorescent diamonds inside your body. The brainchild... read more

Web App WikiWand Raises $600,000 To Give Wikipedia A New Interface

WikiWand has raised $600,000 from angel investor Saar Wilf to give users of Wikipedia an attractive new interface for the popular site. Though Wikipedia is one... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Inside Bitcovery, The App For Finding Your Next Favorite Book, Movie, Or Album

 With the digitization of books, music and movies, there is no doubt that content discovery has changed. The... read more

Dive Into Fates Forever, Startup Battlefield's First MOBA Game

 When Jason Citron launched Fates Forever in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield, it was impressive... read more

Hands-On With The Revamped iOS App For We Heart It, The Feel-Good Social Photo Site

 We Heart It, the Pinterest-meets-Tumblr social image sharing platform that’s attracted a large and... read more

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