Women may be underrepresented throughout the tech sector, but they're still building some incredible startups, apps, and products.

The folks over at Product Hunt have created and curated a collection of the best startups and products founded by inspiring women. VCs, entrepreneurs, and Product Hunt members have all weighed in on their favorites. 

From uBeam's innovative wireless charging technology to Hopscotch's program for teaching kids how to code, the products women are making are changing the world.

Luzme

Rachel Willmer had just bought an e-reader before going on vacation in 2008, but she quickly stumbled across some problems while trying to load books onto the reader. Some stores didn't carry the right format for her e-reader; some were too expensive; and others wouldn't sell her a book because she was in a different country. 

Luzme solves e-book woes by letting you sign up for the books you want from the stores you want, and then emailing you when the price drops on books you want. Luzme hasn't raised any funding money yet. 

Hitlist

Hitlist lets you build wishlists of places you want to travel to. When there are fare deals for those places, Hitlist will send you an alert so you can buy tickets cheap. There's a social aspect to Hotlist too: you connect via Facebook and can see where your friends are planning trips.

Founded by Gillian Morris and built by her startup TripCommon, Hitlist competes against apps like Kayak and HotelTonight.

Fittr

Whether you're a gym rat with an everyday regimen or a couch potato looking to get some exercise, Fittr wants to help you reach your goals. You tell Fittr how in shape you are and enter tags like "apartment" or "lifting" to let the app know how much equipment you're working with.  Fittr is available in the App Store — you'll get a free 5-day trial, but you'll have to pay $11.99 for the full version of the app. 

Fittr raised an undisclosed seed round of funding in August from nonprofit Tampa Bay WaVE.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will be closing its futures pits after 117 years.

The closure will usher in a completely electronic era for one of the most iconic exchanges in the world.

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Managing personal finance can get stressful.

But a number of apps are taking a swipe at making it a lot easier.

These smartphone apps will help you track your expenses and save lots of money.

Mint

Perhaps the most widely used personal finance app, Intuit’s Mint gives you a real-time, complete look into all of your finances, from bank accounts and credit cards to student loans and 401k.

It automatically tracks your spending, categorizes it, and alerts you when/if you approach your budget limit. You can even ask for custom savings tips within the app.

Everything is shown in simple, intuitive graphs and charts, making it one of the most popular personal finance apps in the world.

Download: Android/iPhone

Acorn

Acorn is an app that helps you invest your spare change in low-cost ETFs.

Once you connect your checking and credit card accounts to it, Acorn automatically rounds up every purchase to the next dollar, and invests the difference in a portfolio of your choice. For example, if you spent $2.25 for coffee, it will invest $0.75 for you.

Acorn says users invest $30 to $180 a month on average in “round ups” alone. But if you want, you can also invest a lump sum amount up to $30,000. 

Download: Android/iPhone

Level Money

Level Money calls itself the “mobile money meter.” Once you connect the app to your bank account, it automatically calculates your income and recurring bills, and then suggests what your daily, weekly, and monthly spending should be.

It also comes up with the amount you should be saving every month and subtracts that from your monthly budget. You can set up an auto-save amount too, and any cash left unspent from your budget will rollover to your savings account.

It tracks your spending in real time, so you can easily see what you’ve spent and how much you can spend within a given period.

Download: Android/iPhone

People in Hong Kong love their supercars... and their vanity plates. Just watch this. (This is also one of my favorites.) So why would the employees of Goldman Sachs be any different? Good news, they’re not.

We spent five minutes (literally one lap) last week driving through the parking garage at Cheung Kong Center, home of Goldman Sachs Asia, and here are just a few of the highlights.

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Spring is almost upon NYC, so, foodies, step aside, Wall Street will be coming out in full force.

Prepare for a deluge as the luckiest of them depart Miami and return home to the city that never sleeps.

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Asia's richest man just made yet another massive splash after the company he chairs, Hutchison Whampoa, bought the UK's second largest mobile operator, O2. It already owns Three, and the merger of the two will forge the sector's largest UK mobile firm.

Li Ka-Shing's life story is an amazing rags-to-riches tale. He's gone from poverty in southern China to become one of the world's top plutocrats, with an estimated net worth of $31.7 billion, according to Bloomberg.

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When you have the right tech skills, you can command a great salary.

But the hot tech one year is not the next.

Job site Dice.com recently published its 2015 Salary Survey, which named the highest-paying tech skills right now.

And many skills pay more than $110,000, as we recently reported. But there are plenty more skills that can net you a six-figure salary.

Of course, skills alone won't always lead to a high salary. Work experience counts, too.

Fiber Channel is worth $104,438

Fibre Channel is a technology that connects computer storage devices together.

Pay for Fiber-Channel-related jobs has climbed nearly 6% over last year, Dice says. It has nearly 1,600 job listings for it.

Scrum is worth $105,189

Scrum is a method for managing complex projects.

It was created for software development projects, but the folks at Scrum Alliance say that people are now using the method to manage any big project.

Pay for Scrum-related jobs has climbed 2% over last year, Dice says. It has nearly 4,500 job listings for it.

Ruby is worth $105,714

Ruby is a modern and very popular web programming language.

It's claim to fame is simplicity, making it easier to learn than other languages, yet it is still powerful.

Pay for Ruby-related jobs has climbed 13% over last year, Dice says. It has over 2,900 job listings for it.

Smithsonian.com has announced the finalists for its 2014 photo contest, in categories such as natural world, travel, people, Americana, altered images, and mobile.

The competition saw more than 26,000 entries this year from 93 countries. It is the 12th year of the contest.

The Smithsonian is also running a reader's-choice contest where people can vote on their favorite image.

The winners of this year's awards will be revealed on March 31.

Women sew their fishing net in a village near Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam.

President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House on October 7, 2014.

Light refracts through the curves of a breaking wave in New South Wales, Australia.

Photographer Michelle Frankfurter had traveled to Mexico, the US-Mexico border, and Central America for years, working first as a photojournalist and then as a human-rights worker. During her travels, she heard about a particular route that hopeful migrants take to reach the United States. In 2009, she set out to follow it.

Following the path described in Sonia Nazario's award-winning book "Enrique's Journey," Frankfurter headed to southern Mexico and followed the path north. In six journeys, she rode the treacherous El Tren de la Muerte (The Train of Death), came into contact with the drug cartels, and befriended numerous migrant families, many of whom never made it to the US.

Frankfurter has shared some of her photos with us here, but you can check out the rest at her website or in her book "Destino," available now.

The first step of the journey for Frankfurter and thousands of migrants is crossing the Suchiate River between the Guatemalan border town of Tecún Umán and the Mexican town of Hidalgo in the southern state of Chiapas. Migrants ride rafts made of tractor tires across the water.

After crossing the river, migrants hike 150 miles on foot to avoid Mexican migration checkpoints and reach Arriaga, a city in Chiapas. Here, a Salvadoran woman feeds her 18-month-old son at a migrant shelter in Chiapas after making the trek.

Frankfurter began the most significant part of her journey in Arriaga. Here, most migrants catch a freight train illegally to start their trek north.

Steve Jobs was known for his bold vision, but that kind of success doesn't come without taking any risks.

Jobs co-founded Apple and brought the company back to life after he briefly left, saving it from crashing. That meant making hard choices and going with decisions he wasn't sure were going to work out.

Jobs' history at Apple is full of them, and Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli document them well in their new book "Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader." 

He went with his gut and hired John Sculley.

Jobs made plenty of hiring decisions that didn't work out, but his big bet on John Sculley might have been the riskiest. Jobs convinced Scully to come to Apple in 1983 and believed he would be the right Fortune 500 executive to help him lead the company. But, despite Scully's experience at PepsiCo, it turns out there were a lot of things Scully didn't understand about Apple's business, as Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli write in their book. It didn't end well. 

Then he tried to get Sculley fired when things didn't work out. Ultimately, that move backfired on Jobs.

When Jobs' relationship with Sculley didn't turn out like he had imagined, he planned to get him fired. He told his closest confidants that he intended to oust Sculley over Memorial Day weekend while Sculley was in China. But Jean-Louis Gassee, Apple's director of European  operations at the time, ratted on Jobs. The whole board turned against him.

He created a commercial for the Mac that was so controversial that it only aired once.

Apple's "1984" commercial may be one of the most famous ads in history. Jobs didn't even let Apple's board see the ad until the day before the Super Bowl in 1984, and they were horrified, according to Schlender and Tetzeli's book. They even sold one of their ad blocks so that the commercial only appeared once. 

It seems like there are only two options when it comes to choosing a career: We can either pursue a meaningful job and make next to nothing, or we can pull in a pretty penny working insanely long hours in an uninspiring, high-pressure role.

Turns out there's a third option.

According to a new report from Payscale, there are plenty of jobs that offer both a fat paycheck and satisfying work.

We sifted through Payscale's data to find the 20 most meaningful jobs that pay $70,000 or more a year, on average.

Click here for more on the methodology. 

20. Nuclear Engineers

Median pay: $85,000

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

71% of employees say this job is highly satisfying. 

47% of employees say this job is stressful.

19. Internists

Median pay: $192,900

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

71% of employees say this job is highly satisfying. 

82% of employees say this job is stressful.

18. Detectives and Criminal Investigators

Median pay: $70,400

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

75% of employees say this job is highly satisfying. 

69% of employees say this job is stressful.

Margot Robbie left jaws on the floor after her breakout performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street."

You know the scene. Pink dress. Long legs. Seductive purr. Leonardo DiCaprio hits the floor at the sight of her.

Since then, the Aussie actress has captured roles in major blockbusters set for release over the next two years. In honor of Robbie's newfound success, we're looking back at how she became a Hollywood star.

Born in 1990, Margot Robbie grew up on her grandparents' farm on Australia's Gold Coast. A business-savvy child, she would make up magic tricks and put on shows, charging anyone who wanted to learn her tricks.

Big bro ❤️ #tbt

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She bought her first surfboard at a garage sale when she was 10. "I'm happiest when I'm surfing or out on the farm hunting wild pigs ... or riding around on motorbikes," she said in a 2008 interview.

Sunset surf in San Juan del Sur

A photo posted by @margotrobbie on Apr 24, 2014 at 8:54pm PDT

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As a teen, she worked as a subway artist at a Subway in Melbourne. (Six months after Robbie landed her first major acting role, Subway hired her for a commercial. "I got paid like 20 times the amount I ever earned there," Robbie says.)

Many of the world's most famous brands have a military heritage.

Some brands proudly display their backgrounds in their logos, websites and marketing, while others would rather consign their early beginnings to the history books.

Either way, a surprising amount of brands started off by supplying products to the armed forces or discovered the products that made them famous during times of conflict.

The original Jeeps went into production in 1941, purpose-built for the military. Willys MB Jeeps became the most commonly-used 4-wheel drive vehicles of the US army during World War II.

Mars invented the recipe for M&Ms during the Spanish Civil War, when Forrest Mars Sr. saw soldiers eating pieces of chocolate covered in a candy coating, which prevented them from melting in the sun. He was on his visit behind the lines with a member of the Rowntree family, which went on to make Smarties — a candy very similar to M&Ms — sold outside of the US.

Vodafone began its life in the 1980s as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics, the UK’s largest military radio technology producer at the time. Racal was also once the third-largest British electronics company. Here's Vodafone's first mobile phone, the Mobira Transportable, which weighed 11 pounds.

In 2006, University of California at Davis psychology professor Dean Simonton completed a comprehensive study examining the "intellectual brilliance" of 42 US presidents.

The top 15 who appear on this list were compiled by Libb Thims— an American engineer who compiles high IQ scores as a hobby — using the results of Simonton's study.

Because IQ scores weren't available for all of the presidents, Simonton estimated their scores based on certain personality traits noted in their biographies that would indicate a higher-than-average level of intelligence, such as "wise,""inventive,""artistic,""curious," sophisticated,""complicated," and "insightful."

Simonton then gave each president a score based on his personality traits, which he then interpreted as a measure of the chief executives' "Intellectual Brilliance."

15. Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president and served between 1853 and 1857. By Simonton's estimates, Pierce had an IQ of 141. 

After graduating from Bowdoin College, Pierce was elected to the New Hampshire legislature at the age of 24 and became its speaker two years later.

14. John Tyler

John Tyler served as the 10th US president after his predecessor, William Henry Harrison, died in April 1841.

Tyler attended the College of William and Mary and studied law. Although he had an (estimated) IQ of 142, his peers often didn't take him seriously because he was the first vice president to become president without having been elected.

Despite his detractors, Tyler passed a lot of positive legislation throughout his term, including a tariff bill meant to protect northern manufacturers. 

13. Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore was the 13th president and the last Whig president.

He had an IQ of 143, according to Simonton's estimates, and lived the quintessential American dream. Born in a log cabin in the Finger Lakes country of New York in 1800, Fillmore became a lawyer in 1823 and was elected to the House of Representatives soon after.

When Zachary Taylor died, Fillmore was thrust into the presidency, serving from 1850 to 1853.

On Sunday, HBO's explosive new documentary on Scientology, "Going Clear," premiered on HBO.

The Alex Gibney-directed documentary is based on author Lawrence Wright's controversial book "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief," which grew out of a New Yorker profile on former Scientologist, director Paul Haggis.

In the doc, Gibney takes aim at Scientology's most high profile members, like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and addresses why the actors would have such a hard time leaving the religion.

But Cruise and Travolta aren't the only celebrity Scientologists.

From "Mad Men" stars to "Orange Is The New Black" actors, see who else is part of the controversial religion.

With additional reporting by Ashley Lutz.

Actress Kirstie Alley

The former "Cheers" star says the religion helped her overcome a cocaine addiction. 

"I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them," Alley says of Scientology. "To me it's so normal, and probably 90% of the crazy stuff I hear isn't true. I've been a Scientologist for over 30 years. I think a lot of things are sensationalized."

In 2010, rumors swirled her weight loss program, Organic Liaison, was a front for Scientology, a claim the actress vehemently denied. 

Actor Danny Masterson

Masterson is best-known for his role on "That '70's Show." He defended Tom Cruise for the actor's leaked Scientology video back in 2008. 

In an interview with Paper Magazine in 2009 he explained the religion as follows:

"The definition of Scientology is 'the study of knowledge,'"said Masterson. "Obviously, the more knowledge you have in a given field, such as life, the more confident you are as a person."

Actress Bijou Phillips

Indie actress Bijou Phillips, most recently known for her role on "Raising Hope," is daughter of the "Mamas and Papas" singer John Phillips.

Bijou is married to Danny Masterson and the two frequently go to Scientology events together. 

For 115 years, the New York Auto Show has been where the world's leading car makers come to show off their latest and greatest offerings. The 2015 show will be no different.  

There will be the requisite lineup of eye-catching supercars and stylish, concepts as well as some more conventional models at the show.

Have a look at the hot cars we are excited to see at the 2015 New York Auto Show, which opens to the public on April 3 and runs through April 12.

The most hotly anticipated reveal of the 2015 show will be McLaren's new 570S – the first offering in the company's new Sport Series.

Along with the 570S, McLaren's 205-mph 675LT will be making its North American debut.

Aston Martin's insane Vulcan hypercar will also make its North American debut in New York.

Facebook employees have started moving into the main building at the company's new headquarters.

The new building is an expansion of Facebook's current headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Designed by noted architect Frank Gehry — who also designed Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall and Spain's Guggenheim Museum — the new building is a massive project several years in the making. 

"Mark Zuckerberg and I met three years and a handful months ago, and with incredible speed for this size of construction project, he’s moving into his building this month," Gehry said in a statement provided to Business Insider by Facebook. "From the start, Mark wanted a space that was unassuming, matter-of-fact and cost effective. He did not want it overly designed."

Employees officially began the move today, and though it's not yet complete, we've gotten our very first look inside. 

MPK 20 is the first building on Facebook's new campus to open for business, though it will take some time for employees to move in.

Totaling more than 430,000 square feet, it's a massive structure that will ultimately hold about 2,800 people.

One of the highlights of the new building is a nine-acre roof garden.

What did LinkedIn look like the first time you visited the site in 2003?

How ugly was Yahoo! in 1994?

We found the earliest versions of some of the most visited websites today, like Facebook, Google and Buzzfeed.

Here's what the sites looked like then, and what they look like now. Web design has come a long way — oh, and the ads have gotten a lot fancier. 

Wikipedia: Then (2001)

Wikipedia: Now

Weather.com: Then (1996)

Most visitors would like to take home a piece of Versailles when they visit the palace. Interior designer Slatkin decided to make his own.

He bought two apartments in an Upper East Side co-op building and spent nearly two decades renovating it to become his own "homage to Versailles,"according to the New York Times.

Slatkin is selling the home for $10 million as it's now “a finished canvas."

Nikki Field of Sotheby's International Realty has the listing.

The Brisbane House at 1215 Fifth Avenue is a Central Park-facing co-op building in the Upper East Side area brokers are increasingly calling "Upper Carnegie Hill." (Though it would more traditionally be referred to as East Harlem.)

The entire apartment was completely redone to mimic the opulence of Louis XVI.

Though this entrance hall isn't quite as grand as the Hall of Mirrors, it's probably the most similar you'd find this side of the Atlantic.

Jay Z is getting in on the streaming music game. Sure, Dr. Dre got there first with Beats, but Jay Z wants his own streaming service. 

On January 30, news emerged that Jay Z had bid $56 million to buy Aspiro, the Swedish company behind the WiMP and Tidal streaming sites.

On Monday, he officially re-launched it at a star-filled event. 

We decided to give Tidal (the version of WiMP that's available in both the UK and US) a try.

You'll need headphones to properly enjoy Tidal, as the app's intro screen subtly indicates.

Tidal streams music in a high-quality format by default. If you listen to Spotify on your phone, you're only listening to 96 kb/s.

Even on a fast internet connection, you'll see loading icons instead of play buttons sometimes.