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<p>Six months after raising $4.7 million and less than three weeks after founder and CEO Jody Sherman committed suicide, Ecomom is liquidating. [<a href="http://pandodaily.com/2013/02/14/ecomom-is-liquidating-and-shutting-down-investors-are-stunned/">PandoDaily</a>]</p>
<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk got around to publishing the data he promised would show that a <em>New York Times </em>review of his company's electric Model S sedan was a "fake": "We were played for a fool and as a result, let down the cause of electric vehicles." [<a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive">Tesla</a>]</p>
<p><em>Times' </em>reporter John M. Broder answered Mr. Musk's post point-for-point, reiterating that he followed the instructions of Tesla employees throughout his test drive.  [<a href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/that-tesla-data-what-it-says-and-what-it-doesnt/">NYT</a>]</p>
<p>Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: "House of Cards now the #1 most popular TV show in the world, according to IMDb. And I still can't get (Neftlix Chief Content Officer) <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ted.sarandos?group_id=0">Ted Sarandos</a> to tell me how many millions are enjoying it on Netflix." [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/reed1960">Facebook</a>]</p>
<p>President Barack Obama hosted a Google+ Hangout. [<a href="http://www.dailydot.com/politics/obama-fireside-hangout-dftba-nerfighters/">Daily Dot</a>]</p>
<p>Stop calling it the Harlem Shake. Just stop, really. [<a href="http://gawker.com/5984092/dear-internet-you-are-not-doing-the-harlem-shake">Gawker</a>]</p>
<p>A meteorite struck Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring 400 people. [<a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/meteorite-hits-russia/">Mashable</a>]</p>
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<p>Six months after raising $4.7 million and less than three weeks after founder and CEO Jody Sherman committed suicide, Ecomom is liquidating. [<a href="http://pandodaily.com/2013/02/14/ecomom-is-liquidating-and-shutting-down-investors-are-stunned/">PandoDaily</a>]</p>
<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk got around to publishing the data he promised would show that a <em>New York Times </em>review of his company's electric Model S sedan was a "fake": "We were played for a fool and as a result, let down the cause of electric vehicles." [<a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive">Tesla</a>]</p>
<p><em>Times' </em>reporter John M. Broder answered Mr. Musk's post point-for-point, reiterating that he followed the instructions of Tesla employees throughout his test drive.  [<a href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/that-tesla-data-what-it-says-and-what-it-doesnt/">NYT</a>]</p>
<p>Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: "House of Cards now the #1 most popular TV show in the world, according to IMDb. And I still can't get (Neftlix Chief Content Officer) <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ted.sarandos?group_id=0">Ted Sarandos</a> to tell me how many millions are enjoying it on Netflix." [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/reed1960">Facebook</a>]</p>
<p>President Barack Obama hosted a Google+ Hangout. [<a href="http://www.dailydot.com/politics/obama-fireside-hangout-dftba-nerfighters/">Daily Dot</a>]</p>
<p>Stop calling it the Harlem Shake. Just stop, really. [<a href="http://gawker.com/5984092/dear-internet-you-are-not-doing-the-harlem-shake">Gawker</a>]</p>
<p>A meteorite struck Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring 400 people. [<a href="http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/meteorite-hits-russia/">Mashable</a>]</p>
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