Marketplace Tech for Thursday, February 27, 2014
Feb 27, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, February 27, 2014

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The Oscars are this weekend and we thought it was a good chance to talk about technology in the movies, and how the movies often get it wrong when depicting the future or even the present. Plus, this week the House of Representatives passed a cell phone unlocking bill that would let mobile customers take their phones to other countries or other carriers.


The Oscars are this weekend and we thought it was a good chance to talk about technology in the movies, and how the movies often get it wrong when depicting the future or even the present. Plus, this week the House of Representatives passed a cell phone unlocking bill that would let mobile customers take their phones to other countries or other carriers.

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