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Uncrate appears to heavily feature gear, style, cars, tech, and more that you can browse on their website or app. via Uncrate.

NASA recently confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity using data from a 47-year experiment measuring the twisting of spacetime caused by Earth's mass. via kottke.org

FlowingData's 2011 post visualizes Twitter activity following the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death, showing the platform saw its highest sustained rate of tweets ever.

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FlowingData shared their most popular posts from April 2011, including topics like gas prices and sorting algorithms. via FlowingData.

Zappos used Amazon Mechanical Turk to proofread product reviews in hopes of improving review quality to increase sales.

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The weekly endgame study is not available, as the page returns a 404 error. via http://www.chessvibes.com/weekly-endgame-study/weekly-endgame-study-214/

Amazon has launched its own Android App Store, directly competing with Google's Android Market. The store features a "Test Drive" option that lets you try apps in your browser using emulated Android on Amazon's cloud.

We've calculated pi to over 6.4 billion digits, but you only need 39 to calculate the universe's circumference with atom-level precision. via kottke.org

TUAW is a website with news and reviews about Apple products and services. via The source of this content is TUAW.

Security research firm Vulpen hacked Apple's Safari browser in just 5 seconds at the Pwn2Own conference. Google Chrome and Firefox remained uncracked.

This profile from April 2011 discusses Dorsey's time as co-founder of Twitter and his then-new venture, a mobile credit card system called Square.

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Amazon Prime members can now stream around 5,000 movies and TV shows for free, though the selection doesn't include many new releases. via kottke.org