Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 21, 2014

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With Yahoo posting its third quarter earnings today, company CEO Marissa Meyer looks set to provide new information on how the company will evaluate possible acquisitions and cost cutting measures. Meyer has come under increasing pressure of late. What does Meyer need to do to keep her investors happy and is her strategy working? Plus, Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of Reviews at CNET, on low-end smartwatches. Finally, Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard & Co-Founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, joins us to talk about domain name speculation and Ebola.com.

 


With Yahoo posting its third quarter earnings today, company CEO Marissa Meyer looks set to provide new information on how the company will evaluate possible acquisitions and cost cutting measures. Meyer has come under increasing pressure of late. What does Meyer need to do to keep her investors happy and is her strategy working? Plus, Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of Reviews at CNET, on low-end smartwatches. Finally, Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard & Co-Founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, joins us to talk about domain name speculation and Ebola.com.

 

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