

Earlier this month, Soma launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000 for a new water filter to rival those offered by Brita and other companies. The campaign raised $50,000 in just 36 hours, but that proved to be a mixed blessing for the team running it
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What was on the minds of Black Friday shoppers? This infographic details the top-tweeted words on Black Friday.
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November 16, 2012 by Annie Colbert Like+1SharePin ItShareThe Twinkies’ spongey, beef fat-reinforced exterior may be able to survive a nuclear holocaust, but it looks like the iconic dessert can’t survive a labor strike.Hostess Brands Inc. announced plans to shut down on Friday, 10 months after filing for bankruptcy for the second time in...

November 7, 2012 by Anita Li Like+1SharePin ItShareAlong with the nightly news, NBC anchor Brian Williams delivered an Election Day diss to one Donald Trump, on air.While covering the U.S. election Tuesday night, Williams reluctantly reported on Trump’s Twitter tirade after President Barack Obama won re-election. “Donald Trump, who has driven well past...

November 6, 2012 by Fran Berkman Like+1SharePin ItShareIf watching the blue and red map on TV for hours is making you feel like the nation is cracking apart, try following the presidential election on Twitter — it’ll have you cracking up. Twitter comedians have been practicing for months. They’ve had three debates to...

Like+1SharePin ItShareIt was shaping up to be a classic ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ scenario. In one corner, we had Nate Silver, the stats whiz whose algorithmic models have correctly called everything from baseball rankings to the 2008 and 2010 elections. In the other, a pundit class with little on their side other than gut...