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SocialRank
SocialRank is a Twitter analytics service that tells you more about who your Twitter followers are. In addition to offering monthly reports on all followers, SocialRank also identifies your most valuable, most engaged, and best followers on Twitter. The service also offers a paid option that produces daily and weekly reports, plus demographic and geographic data.
Wolfram Language
The Wolfram Language is a highly symbolic, knowledge-based programming language that Stephen Wolfram has been developing for the past 30 years. Although the complex language has not been fully released, you can check out Stephen Wolfram's preliminary version or his video to learn more about it.
Should I Use a Carousel?
According to the authors, the answer to this question is no. Check out ShouldIUseACarousel.com for stats and other reasons why they believe carousels are not a good idea for your site.
Mooshimeter
Mooshimeter is a "smart" multimeter that works as a wireless extension of your smartphone. For anyone not familiar with the term, a multimeter is an electronic measuring tool that is a combination of an ammeter, voltmeter, and ohmmeter. They're used to measure electrical quantities like frequency, capacitance, and temperature. The Mooshimeter is a step up from traditional multimeters since it publishes its readings directly to your phone, creating graphs and displaying quantities as it goes.
ArnoldC
ArnoldC is a programming language based on the one-liners of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In ArnoldC, basic keywords are replaced with quotes from different Schwarzenegger movies; for example, "False" becomes "I lied" and "MinusOperator" is "Get Down". And, of course, "Return" becomes "I'll be back."
Waygo
Waygo is an iPhone app that allows you to instantly translate Chinese. Unlike the Google Translate app, you don't have to have an internet connection for Waygo to work. You just point your phone at whatever needs translating and Waygo shows you the translation and pronunciation of the Chinese symbols.
Selfiecity
Selfiecity is a study of selfies in five different cities around the world (Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York, and São Paulo). The study displays the demographics of people taking selfies, along with their poses and expressions; this includes an analysis of head-tilt angles and the degree to which people smile.
RandomUser
RandomUser is a free API and Photoshop extension that generates random user profiles, complete with photo, name, and email address. All photos are copyrighted under a Creative Commons license, and are legal to use as placeholders in web mockups.
Things that are cheaper than WhatsApp
In light of the $19 billion Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp, someone created a Tumblr full of things that are cheaper than WhatsApp. This includes the Large Hadron Collider ($6.5 billion), the Burj Khalifa ($1.5 billion), and the American Revolution ($2.4 billion, adjusting for inflation).