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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Aug 19, 2015

Episodes 2711 - 2720 of 4268

  • Airing on Tuesday, August 18, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about the financial relationship between the NSA and companies like AT&T; Republican presidential hopefuls in Silicon Valley; and how the TV show Mr. Robot has wooed the hard-to-please hacking community.

  • Airing on Wednesday, August 17, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Uber’s China arm going public; Kasbersky’s alleged fake malware; and as part of our Noise Makers series on music technology, we’ll talk to Money Mark about hacking gear. 

  • Airing on Friday, August 14, 2015: On today’s show, the new Samsung phone, vertical videos on mobile devices, and Silicon Tally, our weekly quiz on the week in tech.

  • Airing on Thursday, August 13, 2015: Golf tech, e-sports, and cutting the breaks on a Corvette.

  • Airing on Wednesday, August 12, 2015: Why Wall Street cares about Google’s restructuring, Android devices vs. HTC, and teaching computers to recognize humor.

  • Airing on Tuesday, August 11, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Molly Wood, Marketplace’s Senior Tech correspondent, on Google’s new structure.  We’ll also hear from Max Wolff, Chief Economist at Manhattan Venture Partners, about Alibaba ahead of the company’s earnings report on Wednesday. And, Tim Draper, founding partner of DFJ,  discusses his new ABC reality series: Startup U.

  • Airing on Monday, August 10, 2015: Demo day for 500 Startups, and how a group of Ariana Grande fans uncovered a catfishing scheme.

  • Airing on Friday, August 7, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos, about the Def Con hacking conference and collaborations between government and the security industry. We’ll also hear from Amanda Lenhart, associate director of research at the Pew Research Center, about teens who take online friendships IRL. And stay tuned for this week’s installment of Silicon Talley with Dave Pell, a startup investor who writes the Next Draft newsletter.    

  • Airing on Thursday, August 6, 2015: First up, we’ll talk to Frank Gillett, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, about General Electric’s investment in the industrial Internet of things. Plus, New York Times Magazine staff writer Jenna Wortham joins us to talk about Travel Noire, an online community for black travelers that grew out of Instagram. And in the latest installment of our Noise Makers series, we’re joined by Yo La Tengo’s James McNew.

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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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