Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 21, 2013

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The domain name mutualfunds.com is scheduled to be auctioned off tonight. And you might have to cash in some of your mutual fund to even take part. The minimum bid starts at one million dollars. We look at the lucrative domain name business. Plus, we talk a lot on our show about new materials we're discovering and experimenting with, and how those materials might help us take big leaps forward when it comes to new technology. Today we look closely at one of those materials -- graphene. 

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For sale: the domain-name mutualfunds.com. Asking price: $1 million or more.

Nov 21, 2013
At auction tonight, the domain name won't break 2013's record unless it fetches more than$4.7 million.

Graphene: OMG! The magic material that an elephant standing on a pencil couldn't break

Nov 21, 2013
Graphene is a material that could revolutionize microprocessing

Can Zuckerberg's FWD.us help immigration reform?

Nov 21, 2013
At the DREAMer Hackathon, Silicon Valley joined with undocumented immigrants to try to move immigration reform forward.

The domain name mutualfunds.com is scheduled to be auctioned off tonight. And you might have to cash in some of your mutual fund to even take part. The minimum bid starts at one million dollars. We look at the lucrative domain name business. Plus, we talk a lot on our show about new materials we’re discovering and experimenting with, and how those materials might help us take big leaps forward when it comes to new technology. Today we look closely at one of those materials — graphene. 

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