July 2011
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International Business Data with Wolfram|Alpha
How much does it cost to start a business in India, Mexico or another country? What are the export costs for Brazil compared to Argentina? Wolfram|Alpha makes finding international business data easy with data collected by a World Bank project called, “Doing Business”.
By comparing the export costs for Brazil and Argentina, you can clearly see how the costs in Brazil have jumped up...
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Today’s deep thought:
The old saying “the best thing since sliced bread” has been around for 83 years! July 7, 1928 was the first time sliced bread was sold in stores.
What did people say was the best thing before sliced bread?
Certainly the best thing before sliced bread was not on the same list as the highest carbohydrate foods, right?
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Your Daily Double:
Answer: The Republican Party, George W. Bush, Nancy Reagan, Dalai Lama, Sylvester Stallone, 50 Cent and Merv Griffin.
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Question: Who’s was born on July 6th?
Talk about quite the group.
Use Wolfram|Alpha to find who you share a birthday with and other fun facts about any date!
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Take to the Streets with Wolfram|Alpha
Walking the entire length of Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, California could easily seem like you’ve walked across town. In fact, you’ve only walked 1.9 miles. This new Wolfram|Alpha feature lets you map out computations or comparisons of some of the world’s most famous streets.
Even though it’s 1.9 miles, that’s 1.9 miles that can do some major damage to your bank account.
Learn more...
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June 2011
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Asteroid poses no threat to planet Earth, say...
guardian:
Artist’s impression: Denis Scott/Corbis
A lump of space rock the size of a small house will hurtle past Earth on Monday evening in a close encounter that poses no threat to the planet, astronomers said today.
Using our best estimations for the size and speed of the asteroid (much is still unknown about this asteroid), Wolfram|Alpha can calculate what the asteroid impact would...
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Password Generation with Wolfram|Alpha
The Wall Street Journal posted an article describing the need for internet users to protect themselves with stronger login passwords.
“PayPal says two out of three people use just one or two passwords across all sites, with Web users averaging 25 online accounts. A 2009 survey in the U.K. by security-software company PC Tools found men to be particularly bad offenders, with 47% using just...
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