Marketplace Tech for Friday, May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Friday, May 9, 2014

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On today's show, the latest news from the Comcast Time Warner hearings. Plus, Adrienne LaFrance, an editor and technology reporter at The Atlantic, joins us for our weekly quiz on the week in tech, Silicon Tally. Finally, Rekha Malhotra, a.k.a. DJ Rekha, who is credited with bringing Bhangra music to the United States talks to us about combining traditional folk music of India with modern dance beats, and how the technology involved in DJ-ing has evolved.

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The tech of DJ-ing with DJ Rekha

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How the VCR played a part in bringing Bollywood and Bhangra to the U.S.

On today’s show, the latest news from the Comcast Time Warner hearings. Plus, Adrienne LaFrance, an editor and technology reporter at The Atlantic, joins us for our weekly quiz on the week in tech, Silicon Tally. Finally, Rekha Malhotra, a.k.a. DJ Rekha, who is credited with bringing Bhangra music to the United States talks to us about combining traditional folk music of India with modern dance beats, and how the technology involved in DJ-ing has evolved.

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