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2 secrets to Buzzfeed's success according to CEO Jonah Peretti
David Brancaccio Mar 14, 2013
Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed, Jonah Peretti, shares his take on finding the right balance of silliness and seriousness on the social web.
Google Glass: The end of privacy?
Jonathan Zittrain Mar 14, 2013
Sure, Google Glass acts mostly as a wearable display screen, but it also works as a video and audio recorder. Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain explains Google's privacy problem when it comes to the high-tech spectacles.
Chinese province offers 'clean air tourism' to suffering urbanites
Rob Schmitz Mar 13, 2013
China's southeastern province of Fujian enjoys some of China's cleanest air. Provincial officials have launched a 'clean air tourism' campaign to court Chinese who live in cities like Beijing, where pollution levels have been at record highs this year.
Caught in the cross fire? Coca-Cola accused of illegal mapping in China
John Sudworth Mar 13, 2013
The government of the Yunnan province in Western China is going after Coca-Cola. Officials say the company has been illegally mapping the province with GPS devices.
@Mayor: Cory Booker on the power of technology
David Brancaccio Mar 13, 2013
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks to Marketplace Tech about his new social media start-up and why he tweets so much.
Chinese consumers hit tough times
Julia Coronado Mar 13, 2013
Global markets are mixed this morning after China reported that inflation hit a ten-month high in February and consumer spending came in worse than expected.
Is China's one-child policy on the way out?
Rob Schmitz Mar 11, 2013
China's government has announced plans to remove power from the agency that oversees the country's controversial
one-child policy. Observers say this could spell the beginning of the end for the rule.
It's Patch Tuesday! Party time!
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 11, 2013
For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.
EU slaps Microsoft with $732 million penalty
Christopher Werth Mar 7, 2013
The EU says Microsoft abused its market dominance by making Internet Explorer the default browser on its Windows operating system.
Twitter and public opinion: Can't see the forest for the tweets
Will Oremus Mar 6, 2013
According to new research from the Pew Research Center, Twitter is a bad way to predict public opinion.
