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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Nov 16, 2016

Episodes 2611 - 2620 of 4493

  • Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about Facebook’s fake news controversy and the role it may have played in the election; whether H-1B visas will continue under the Trump administration; and Lyft’s decision to take off its pink mustache. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Monday, November 14, 2016
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    Our country voted not only on a new president last week, but also on various marijuana initiatives. Massachusetts, Nevada, Maine and California each passed measures legalizing the substance. We’ll talk with Carter Laren, co-founder of the weed startup Gateway, about what this could mean for business. Plus: We’ll chat with Pixar’s former CFO Lawrence Levy about his new book, “To Pixar and Beyond,” which chronicles the rise of the animation studio.

  • Marketplace Tech for Friday, November 11, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk with the president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation about what Trump’s tech policies might look like; play this week’s Silicon Tally with Marketplace’s Raghu Manavalan; and look at what makes Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” a high-tech cinematic experience. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 10, 2016
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    Amid Tuesday night’s surprising election results, Upworthy founder Eli Pariser joins us to talk about why social media isn’t necessarily representative of the rest of the world. We’ll also talk about Trump’s promise to bring back jobs to the U.S. and create new ones — jobs that have already been automated or are likely to become automated.

  • Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about how Donald Trump will approach tech policy as president, including issues like where tech workers should be based. Plus, in non-election related news, we’ll look at a machine-vision algorithm that can determine a book’s genre by looking at its cover.  

  • Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about a tool called RoboVote that aggregates users’ opinions and preferences to help them make the best decisions; the Christian Science Monitor’s “15 under 15” list of top young hackers; and a home security system that’ll dispatch a drone. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Monday, November 7, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about whether smartphones are hurting the larger gadget market; Instagram’s new “shop now” button; and the riskiness of online voting. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Friday, November 4, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the business model behind that clickbaity suggested links section you see on websites; look at Google’s rejection of an antitrust complaint from the European Union; and play this week’s Silicon Tally with Jackie Kashian, the podcast host of both “Dork Forest” and “The Jackie and Laurie show.”

  • Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 3, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about a new report from ProPublica indicating that Facebook allows buyers to target their advertising toward, or exclude, certain racial groups; the expansion of a startup called Hollar, which is aiming to be the online version of your dollar store; and Google’s announcement about a key vulnerability in Windows’ operating system software.

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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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