Marketplace Tech for Thursday, October 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, October 23, 2014

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Today, we take a look at Amazon's earnings through the lens of their competition with Google over search tools. Then, Chester Wisneiwski, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, talks to us about medical device security. Finally, Amar Toor, Reporter at the Verge, joins us to chat about the chatabot "Sweetie" that was used to catch and convict an online sex offender in Australia.


Today, we take a look at Amazon’s earnings through the lens of their competition with Google over search tools. Then, Chester Wisneiwski, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, talks to us about medical device security. Finally, Amar Toor, Reporter at the Verge, joins us to chat about the chatabot “Sweetie” that was used to catch and convict an online sex offender in Australia.

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