Google works with engineers from Twitter and their new acquisition, SayNow, to allow Egyptians, who don't currently have Internet access, to tweet by speaking into their mobile phone.
SwipeGood rounds up all of your credit card purchases to the nearest dollar (and then charges the total at the end of the month) allowing you to donate the difference to the charity of your choice.
Three bottles of Mackinlay's scotch whisky, abandoned in the Antarctic ice by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, have returned home to Scotland. Despite the bottles being frozen solid at minus 30 degrees Celsius, the whisky inside was still liquid. Wonder how it tastes?
Interesting way to visualize what it would be like if you lived in another country. IfItWereMyHome compares your part of the world with another to see how you life would differ. (EXAMPLE: If you lived in Afghanistan you would 4x more likely to be unemployed.)