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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Oct 26, 2016

Episodes 2401 - 2410 of 4268

  • Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the NBA’s partnership with the company NextVR to broadcast games in virtual reality; a startup called Phone2Action, which aims to connect smartphone users to their lawmaker via app; and how we should look at AT&T as a company amid news it plans to purchase Time Warner. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Monday, October 24, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll look at how Americans feel about voting online; a Politico report that predicted the media could be vulnerable to cyber attacks on election night; and a new study that shows the share of women in tech is declining. 

  • The co-founder and CEO of Emotiv, Tan Le, speaks onstage during the New Yorker TechFest 2016.
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    On today’s show, we’ll interview the CEO of Emotiv about the company’s EEG headsets, a type of hardware that could one day be used  for everything from teaching better focus to controlling robotic limbs. Plus, we’ll also play this week’s Silicon Tally with Greta Johnsen, the co-host of the Nerdette podcast and a reporter and anchor at WBEZ.

  • Marketplace Tech for Thursday, October 20, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the possibility that Kodak will release a smartphone; interview Janet Murray,the interaction designer and director of Georgia Tech’s experimental television lab, about the future of television; and raise the question of who’s winning the hardware debate: Apple or Google? 

  • Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about a new tool from MIT that has the capability to analyze tweets about the election; review Google’s new flagship smartphone, the Pixel; and look at the meaning of the term “autopilot” and whether the car industry is using it accurately.

  • Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the end of Apple’s ambitions to build an electric car; a protest by Instacart workers against the company’s plans to replace tips with service fees; and Netflix’s higher-than-expected earnings this past quarter. 

  • Pokemon Go players meet at a Sydney Opera House. 
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about rumors that Disney may want to acquire Netflix; the credibility of online polls; and the possibility of a Pokemon Go update that will include rare Pokemon you can’t catch in the current version. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Friday, October 14, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll chat with the Washington Post’s Caitlin Dewey about what she learned investigating Facebook’s trending topics section; play this week’s Silicon Tally with Ashley Esqueda, senior editor at CNET; and talk about Elon Musk’s promise that he’ll deliver a Tesla product announcement on Monday.

  • Marketplace Tech for Thursday, October 13, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the release of the PlayStation VR and what that means for competitors like Oculus; look at President Barack Obama’s vision for colonizing Mars; and recap all the plans that currently exist to get humans to the Red Planet.

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Every weekday morning, Marketplace Tech demystifies the digital economy. The radio show and podcast explain how tech influences our lives in unexpected ways and provides context for listeners who care about the impact of tech, business and the digital world.

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