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Does Amazon favor customers at the expense of shareholders?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 12, 2013
Some Amazon critics say the company’s razor-thin quarterly profits -- if there are any at all -- are evidence that CEO Jeff Bezos is running the company like a “charity” for the benefit of customers at the expense of shareholders.
MLB.com: America's pastime is higher tech than you think
David Brancaccio Apr 11, 2013
Baseball, with its passion for tradition, is higher tech than you think. MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman discusses live streaming and baseball's mobile strategy.
Fox and Univision threaten move to cable over Aereo's tiny TV antennas
Kai Ryssdal Apr 9, 2013
TV executives at major broadcasters won't likely leave the free TV airwaves soon. But a company that grabs their signal and beams it to your iPad or computer has the networks in a tizzy.
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.
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.
Cablevision-Viacom suit could change the way you pay for cable TV
David Gura Feb 27, 2013
Cablevision is suing content provider Viacom. The cable company says it shouldn't have to pay for channels that aren't popular with subscribers.
