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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

  • Geekwire is reporting that there has been a settlement in a Microsoft case against Samsung. Microsoft charged that Samsung's use of Google's…

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  • Sep 28, 2011

    Are pigs flying?

    No word on when this will happen, but Reuters is reporting that cable companies are working on an ala carte plan. The golden chalice of cable…

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  • Big bucks, if you're a retailer trying to peddle your goods online. And a new Forrester Research report shows that shoppers using tablets are more…

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  • Sep 28, 2011

    Facebook caves

    A couple days ago, we reported on how, under Facebook's new arrangement, the company will track your activities online EVEN IF you've logged out….

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  • Sep 28, 2011

    OnStar Caves

    Remember a couple days ago, when we told you about OnStar's new policy to track and collect data from drivers, even if they had cancelled their…

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  • Yep, it's happening on October 4th (that's a big 10/4 buddy) (I wonder if the new iPhone will have CB capabilities!). The event will be held at…

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  • The Kindle Touch will go for $149 for 3G model, $99 for Wi-fi model. The regular old Kindle? $79. Again, we've talked about this before but a…

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  • Here's what Amazon is doing. Here's the top line. It's taking all of its entertainment content and making it available through one device. The Fire…

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  • I think we need a new category for stories here. Maybe a new segment on the radio. It's called "What are you up to?" We use it for stories about…

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  • If you want to be on Spotify, you're going to need to be on Facebook too. Go to Spotify now and you'll see this message: "You need a Facebook…

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