Google Public Data Explorer - Adding search power to Public Data

Google introducing the Public Data Explorer tool. Together with their data provider partners, they've curated 27 datasets including more than 300 data metrics. You can now use the Public Data Explorer to visualize everything from labor productivity(OECD) to Internet speed (Ookla) to gender balance in parliaments (UNECE) to government debt levels (IMF) topopulation density by municipality (Statistics Catalonia), with more data being added every week.

The Girl Effect

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Google Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication For Everyone. You Should Use It.

Given how much data we’re trusting to online sites these days — email, search history, even voice calls — the repercussions to having our account passwords phished, hacked, or guessed are worse than ever. Unfortunately as far as consumers are concerned, account security has been stagnant for years: nearly every service requires a username and password, and that’s it. Cue the scary music and a Dateline special on having your identity stolen.

14 Proven Side Effects of Sitting All Day

It should come as no surprise that sitting around and not moving all day isn't really good for your body, but many may not be aware of just how many problems can be caused by such a sedentary lifestyle. Whether you choose to sit all day or are required to by the logistics of your job, you may want to take a new approach to your workday after learning just what health effects sitting can have on the body. It could impact not only your health, but the lives of your loved ones and expenditures towards healthcare.

The Google Art Project Makes Masterpieces Accessible to All

Google has announced its new Art Project, in collaboration with 17 international art museums, to bring a new world of art online. Featuring collections from the Tate Britain, Museo Reina Sofia and Van Gogh Museum, Google has used its Streetview technology to help bring the museums to life.

http://www.googleartproject.com/

How to Train Your Brain

In our imaginations we fancy ourselves possessors of the wit and skill at repartee of a Robin Williams. Until we stand tongue-tied over cocktails. But it's not entirely a flight of fancy. It's entirely possible to think a little faster, a little smarter, a little wittier.

Think of it as cross-training your brain. It's not all that difficult, insists Joel Saltzman, author of Shake That Brain. Conventional wisdom holds that we use a mere 10 percent of our brain cells. Why not put the rest of your head into gear?

The Most Fun You Can Have With Boiling Water [Video]

Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really.

Ever been confused at a restaurant in a foreign country and wish you could just scan your menu with your iPhone and get an instant translation? Well as of today you are one step closer thanks to Word Lens from QuestVisual.

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