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Googling the flu and going high speed cable in China
David Brancaccio Jan 14, 2013
Is this a regular flu season or one for the record books? It depends a bit on whether your metric is the official numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or Google. In China, the government is requiring each new home close to necessary infrastructure to get a fiber optic cable hookup.
The future of driveless cars at CES, Google to provide Wi-Fi to Manhattan neighborhood
David Brancaccio Jan 9, 2013
Amid the tablets and the smartphones at CES, Toyota is showing off a robot car, called the Lexus LS460. In New York's Chelsea neighborhood, they turned an old elevated rail line into a public park. Now that part of town is getting another amenity with no admission charge: Free Wi-Fi courtesy of Google.
Less biz from Hollywood has some L.A. companies scrambling
Aaron Schrank Jan 9, 2013
With more and more movies being filmed outside of Hollywood, Los Angeles businesses that once solely depended on the movie industry have to find new ways to make money.
Action figures for 'Django Unchained'
Kai Ryssdal Jan 8, 2013
Quentin Tarantino's new film has some possibly controversial merchandise.
'Downton Abbey' and the spoiler problem
Beth Teitell Jan 7, 2013
Commentator Beth Teitell talks about the spoiler problem with T.V dramas.
A CES 2013 preview from a startup, and a mysterious Google security breach
David Brancaccio Jan 7, 2013
The CEO of a Boulder, Colorado startup previews the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and Google.com suffers an 18-month security breach from a mysterious source.
After FTC win, can Google keep up search success?
Dan Bobkoff Jan 4, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission has decided that Google is not being anti-competitive when it promotes its own services in search results.
FTC finds no evidence Google violated anti-trust laws
Jeff Tyler Jan 3, 2013
After a 19-month investigation, the Federal Trade Commission says it found no evidence Google violated anti-trust laws. The company has agreed to license essential patents for rivals' products.
Another Silicon Valley perk -- free shuttle service
Queena Kim Dec 26, 2012
Silicon Valley tech companies are known for their posh employee benefits. Among the latest, free shuttle bus service from SF to the Valley is transforming life for tech commuters.
Put your money where your mobile is
Queena Kim Dec 21, 2012
What would it take for us to become a completely cashless society? Marketplace's Queena Kim takes us on a test drive of the Google Wallet app and talks about the efficacy of technology that's designed to make paper money a thing of the past.
