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Marketplace Tech for Thursday, March 17, 2016

Mar 17, 2016

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  • Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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    Airing on Wednesday, March 16, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about how ride-hailing companies are transforming transportation; chat with 23andMe’s first Privacy Officer, Kate Black, about the future of genetics; and explore the intersection of art and technology with Sree Sreenivasan, the Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.     

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  • On today's show, a series of conversations from SXSW.
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    Airing on Tuesday, March 15, 2016: On today’s show, a series of conversations — we’ll talk with Andy Puddicombe, co-founder of Headspace, William Hurley of Honest Dollar, and Colin Angle, CEO and founder iRobot (maker of the Roomba).

  • On today's show, we'll talk about building a city of the future in the age of self-driving cars.
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    Airing on Monday, March 14, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about an Austin-based tech studio; and a contest to win $40 million from the federal government to build a city for the future. 

  •  Kurdish refugee boys from the Syrian town of Kobani sit near their family tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa.
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    Airing on Friday, March 11, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about educating Syrian refugees with massive open online courses; and Wells Dunbar, social media host for KUT’s Texas Standard, joins us for this week’s Silicon Tally.

  • A South Korean Go game commentator (R) watches as a big screen shows the second game of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match at a hotel in Seoul on March 10, 2016. 
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    Airing on Thursday, March 10, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about what’s being discussed at SXSW when it comes to online harassment; we’ll talk with Luna Malbroux, comedian and creator of the EquiTable app; and we’ll cover what goes into winning a game of Go.

  • On today's show, we'll talk about a robots-only hotel in Japan.
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    Airing on Wednesday, March 9, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about travel guides from Google; our Marketplace education correspondent, Amy Scott, joins us from SXSWEdu, to talk about the use of tech in the classroom; and the first robot-only hotel in Japan.  

  • On today's show, we'll talk about the FCC settlement with Verizon over supercookies
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    Airing on Tuesday, March 8, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about the FCC settlement with Verizon over supercookies; and we’ll talk with Gary Vaynerchuk, author of #AskGaryVee.

  • On today's show, we'll talk about using software to save for retirement.
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    Airing on Monday, March 7, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about universal basic income; putting software in charge of how to invest for retirement; and how tech is transforming the political landscape for women.

  • One recent Oscar winner inspired quite the flurry of Tweets.
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    Airing on Friday, March 4, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Google’s collaboration with UNICEF to combat Zika; and Heben Nigatu of BuzzFeed’s Another Round joins us for this week’s Silicon Tally.

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