Soda stream disrupts beverage industry waste

SodaStream’s Banned Ad Helps Home Carbonation Company Hit It Big
Rachel Tepper, huffingtonpost.com

An ad for SodaS­tream, a home car­bon­a­tion prod­uct, has been mak­ing the rounds world­wide. In it, bot­tles of soda seem to com­bust spon­ta­neous­ly every time some­one uses the SodaS­tream else­where in the world.

The take­away: why pay for…

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When will someone invent a usable pellet stove?

(via The Pellet Stove That Actually Looks Like It Was Made in the 21st Century)

Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist

Data: Bringing Hidden Healthcare Data Into the Open
Sarah Mitroff, wired.com

Self-described health IT hack­tivist and author Fred Trot­ter has hatched a plan to bring hid­den health­care data into the open.

http://flpbd.it/ncJYs

Mitt Romney Facebook page loses fans

(via Mitt Romney’s Facebook page is losing fans by the minute.)

Klout and other ways to measure your influence

Beyond Klout: Better Ways To Measure Social Media Influence
Adam Popescu, readwrite.com

Mea­sur­ing social influ­ence online is becom­ing a more sophis­ti­cat­ed, refined and gran­u­lar process. While the much-maligned early leader in the mar­ket, Klout, has scooped up a lot of head­lines over the past few years, there’s a bet­ter…

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After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting
Arik Hesseldahl, allthingsd.com

Hold­ing an elec­tion is com­pli­cat­ed. Hold­ing an elec­tion eight days after a his­tor­i­cal­ly sig­nif­i­cant dis­as­ter? Prob­a­bly expo­nen­tial­ly so. This is the cir­cum­stance in which the state of New Jer­sey will find itself…

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