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Big Data creates big industry for storing data
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 4, 2013
Every purchase, online web search and even cellphone call generates data that companies hope to use to boost sales. But storing all that data is becoming a big expense, and it has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry.
The SEC gives social media a thumbs up
Dan Gorenstein Apr 3, 2013
In a move that could change the way companies communicate with their investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that company executives can use sites like Twitter and Facebook to release market moving news.
Welcome to Walmart, would you deliver a package for us?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Mar 29, 2013
Walmart is reportedly considering using customers at its brick-and-mortar stores to deliver packages to online customers.
Spotify's future streaming plan: Less Pandora, more Netflix?
David Weinberg Mar 27, 2013
Music streaming hasn’t turned out to be the big money maker Spotify hoped for. So now the question for Spotify is what else it could stream. Videos are a proven way to get people paying for content.
Apple acquires WiFiSLAM to navigate the great indoors
David Brancaccio Mar 26, 2013
Apple has just acquired an indoor mapping company. How will indoor mapping be used and should we be concerned about our privacy?
Retail, Tech, Shipping: Amazon is all in
Gigi Douban Mar 21, 2013
The CIA has reportedly recruited Amazon to develop a private cloud for American intelligence gathering. So is there any sector Amazon isn't involved in these days?
Shopping Enhancer: Online shopping made equal
David Brancaccio Mar 20, 2013
A new web service called Shopping Enhancer aims to restore parity to online shopping by getting around Google's pay-to-sell system.
Netflix offers $100,000 prize in cloud competition
David Brancaccio Mar 15, 2013
Netflix is waving around $100,000 dollars in prize money for people with the best ideas to tune up and improve Netflix's data cloud. Netflix cloud systems director of architecture Alex Cockcroft joins Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to talk through the challenges of managing the company's remote data.
Will the new Samsung Galaxy continue chipping away at Apple's cool?
Queena Kim Mar 14, 2013
Samsung’s revealing its new Galaxy S4 phone today in New York. The smartphone is getting a lot of buzz because it’s the first phone set to challenge Apple’s 'cool.'
Why a senator shouldn't eat spaghetti with the president, and 9 other tips
Adriene Hill Mar 13, 2013
President Obama sat down for a meal with Republican leaders to talk about the budget. So what do you eat, when you're working while eating?
