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Marketplace Tech for Friday, June 20, 2014
Jun 20, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Friday, June 20, 2014

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First up,Jason Schultz, Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director of NYU's Technology Law & Policy Clinic, talks about this week's Supreme Court ruling on software patents. Then Will Oremus, Senior Tech Writer at Slate, chats about why an app that only does one thing – send the message “Yo” to another person who uses the app – is so popular. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? Host Ben Johnson plays Silicon Tally with Marketplace’s Sabri Ben-Achour.

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Silicon Tally: YO YO YO

Jun 20, 2014
How well have you kept up on this week's tech news?

First up,Jason Schultz, Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director of NYU’s Technology Law & Policy Clinic, talks about this week’s Supreme Court ruling on software patents. Then Will Oremus, Senior Tech Writer at Slate, chats about why an app that only does one thing – send the message “Yo” to another person who uses the app – is so popular. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? Host Ben Johnson plays Silicon Tally with Marketplace’s Sabri Ben-Achour.

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