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Playlist: Apple’s iCloud and the gao kao

Chau Tu Jun 6, 2011

Posted by Chau Tu

For Marketplace, Monday, June 6, 2011

Apple CEO Steve Jobs returned from sick leave today to announce the company’s new iCloud service. Controversy is growing in Bahrain as human rights groups plan to protest the Formula 1 Grand Prix racing event. Western pharmaceutical companies are cutting vaccine prices after UNICEF publicized what they’ve been charging around the world. California tries to reduce overcrowding in prisons. Environmentalists are trying to prevent Canada from exporting Alberta’s oil sands. And Kai and Marketplace’s China correspondent Rob Schmitz reported on the college entry test in China called the gao kao. And here are the songs we played:

  • Delicious Tears – Antn HrkwkBuy
  • Destination: Overdrive – ChromeoBuy
  • Love N Hate – MatlockBuy
  • Same Dream China – Gold PandaBuy
  • 21 Guns (Green Day) – The Chart Hit PlayersBuy

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