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John Moe

John Moe is the host of Marketplace Tech Report and handles web content for the program.  Every day, he provides an insightful overview of the latest tech news using his witty and approachable style of reporting.  Moe began working for Marketplace in May 2010, when he took over hosting Future Tense, which became Marketplace Tech Report four months later. Before joining Marketplace, he hosted Weekend America and hosted and produced programs at KUOW, the public radio station in Seattle.  Prior to working in public radio, he was a senior editor at Amazon.com. Moe has lived most of his life in Seattle, a perfect location to feed his long-standing fascination with technology.  Over the years he has worked on projects for Microsoft and has even wrote scripts for video games.  Moe holds a bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts from Whitman College, but because he gained such a broad education at the small liberal arts college, he considers himself a degree-holder in the school of “Being Curious.” Moe is currently based in St. Paul, Minn. and enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife and three kids.  He is a widely published author, often focused on humor writings, and is the host of Wits™, a stage and radio series based out of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.

Latest from John Moe

  • Oct 6, 2011

    Tune your TV

    Spotify announced today that it's teaming up with hard drive maker Western Digital to bring its music streaming service to your television. Western…

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  • Remember back in 2008 when Microsoft tried to buy out Yahoo! for $44 billion? No? Microsoft sure does, and it's probably really glad the hostile…

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  • With the introduction of iOS 5 for iPhones, Apple will roll out an update to its iMessage feature. With this version, users will be able to send…

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  • It's a special channel dedicated to the 2012 election. This isn't all that innovative, it's the kind of thing YouTube has been doing for years at…

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  • That new $79 Kindle that Amazon just announced is ad supported, as befits a screaming deal. But if you just don't want to see the dang ads any more…

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  • It was a sort of quiz you filled out that would allegedly tell you if someone was gay. The app had come under heavy fire from LGBT groups for being…

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  • There are obviously many obit and memorials being written about Steve Jobs since the news broke last night. One of the most widely linked-to has…

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  • Apple rolled out Siri on Tuesday, the personal assistant program that uses a sort of artificial intelligence….

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  • I put that question mark in there because it's an article from USA Today which sometimes makes a trend bigger than it really is. Still, there is a…

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  • Everybody said it was a slam dunk, but there was no mention of Sprint in the iPhone announcements yesterday. Sprint has confirmed, however, that it…

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