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Training Webinars: New in the Wolfram Language and Mathematica 11

3D printing. Audio. Machine learning. Neural networks. There are 555 completely new functions, major new areas of functionality and a vast deepening of core capabilities in Version 11 of the Wolfram Language and Mathematica. Continuing a three-decade tradition of aggressive innovation, Version 11 is filled to the brim with cutting-edge technology, and we're excited to share with you how to put all these new features to use. Join us for a special two-part webinar event, New in the Wolfram Language and Mathematica Version 11, on August 23, 2016, from 2--3:30pm EDT (6--7:30pm GMT) and August 30, 2016, from 2--4pm EDT (6--8pm GMT). Take the opportunity to explore the new features in the Wolfram Language and Mathematica with experts at Wolfram Research, then engage in interactive Q&A with the developers after the presentations.
Zach Littrell, Technical Content Writer, Technical Communications and Strategy Group
Best of Blog

Finding Pokémon GO’s Shortest Tour to Compute ’em All!

There's a Computed Pokémon nearby! Here is a Poké Spikey. This will help you catch ’em all! In this blog post I will share with you several data insights about the viral social media phenomenon that is Pokémon GO. First I will get you familiarized with the original 151 Pokémon that have now invaded our real world, and then I'll show you how to find the shortest tour to visit your nearby gyms.
Bernat Espigulé-Pons, OSW Operations
Announcements & Events

Today We Launch Version 11!

Note: There have been additional updates to Mathematica. Read about the updates in Version 11.1, Version 11.2 and Version 11.3 I’m thrilled today to announce the release of a major new version of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language: Version 11, available immediately for both desktop and cloud. Hundreds of us have been energetically working on […]

Stephen Wolfram
Design & Visualization

Celebrate National Coloring Book Day with Wolfram (and Four Crayons)

Happy National Coloring Book Day! When my coworkers suggested that I write a blog post celebrating this colorful occasion, I was, frankly, tickled pink by the idea. Coloring is a fun, therapeutic activity for anyone of any age who can color inside the lines—or occasionally just a little outside, if they're more like me. And as the newest member of the Wolfram Blog team, I wanted to see in what fun ways I could add a little color to the Wolfram Blog. While looking through Wolfram|Alpha's massive collection of popular curves, from Pokémon to ALF to Stephen Wolfram, I realized that all of the images built into the Wolfram Knowledgebase would be great for coloring. So, I figured, why not make my own Wolfram coloring book in Mathematica? Carpe colores! Each of the popular curves in the Knowledgebase can be accessed as an Entity in the Wolfram Language and comes with a wide variety of properties, including their parametric equations. But there's no need to plot them yourself—they also conveniently come with an "Image" property already included:
Zach Littrell, Technical Content Writer, Technical Communications and Strategy Group
Products

Introducing Wolfram|Alpha Add-ons for Google Drive

Wolfram|Alpha answers a ton of computational and factual questions every day---through our website, mobile apps, APIs, and from within the Wolfram Language itself. Now we would like to introduce a new way to harness the power of computation with the Wolfram|Alpha Add-ons for Google Drive. These free add-ons for Google Docs and Google Sheets enable you to bring up a Wolfram|Alpha sidebar next to your file or get Wolfram|Alpha results instantly, all without interrupting your workflow. To install these add-ons in your Google Drive, click the buttons at the top of our support page.
Stephanie Oh, Education Software Technology Manager
Best of Blog

Finding the Most Unhygienic Food in the UK

The UK, like many other countries, runs a food hygiene inspection system that tries to ensure that establishments with poor hygiene standards improve or are shut down. As is often the case, the data collected for operational reasons can provide a rich source of insight when viewed as a whole. Questions like "Where in the UK has the poorest food hygiene?", "What kinds of places are the most unhygienic?", and "What kinds of food are the most unhygienic?" spring to mind. I thought I would apply Mathematica and a little basic data science and provide the answers. The collected data, over half a million records, is updated daily and is openly available from an API, but this API seems to be targeted at performing individual lookups, so I found it more efficient to import the 414 files from this site instead.
Jon McLoone, Director, Technical Communication & Strategy
Education & Academic

Wolfram Language Books around the World

The population of Wolfram Language speakers around the globe has only grown since the language's inception almost thirty years ago, and we always enjoy discovering users and authors who share their passion for Wolfram technologies in their own languages. So in this post, we are highlighting foreign-language books around the world that utilize Wolfram technologies, from a mathematical toolbox in Japanese to an introduction on bioinformatics from Germany.

Zach Littrell, Technical Content Writer, Technical Communications and Strategy Group
Products

Comparing Apples and Oranges with the Wolfram Language

We've all heard the phrase "You can't compare apples and oranges." Well, the "impossible" can now be done within the Wolfram Language. With the help of new features and new data, you can finally compare the two fruits from the inside out. Along with a variety of interactive visualizations, the real difference between apples and oranges---or between frozen and chain pizzas, or even food-related Pokémon---is just a few lines of code away.
Andrew Steinacher, Lead Developer, Wolfram|Alpha Scientific Content
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