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Marketplace Tech for Thursday, February 25, 2016

Feb 25, 2016

Episodes 2801 - 2810 of 4493

  • The Apple logo hangs on the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue on in New York City.
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    Airing on Wednesday, February 24, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll have conversations with CNET Executive Editor Roger Cheng at the Mobile World Congress; people rallying on behalf of Apple at the New York Apple store; and Rick Smolan, the executive producer of the PBS documentary “The Human Face of Big Data.”  

  • People walk outside the Apple store on the Fifth Avenue in New York on February 17, 2016. Apple's challenge of a court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers opens up a new front in the long-running battle between technology companies and the government over encryption.
    KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images

    Airing on Tuesday, February 23, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Fitbit earnings; we’ll have a check in from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; and we’ll have more on the Apple encryption debate.

  • The Tribeca Film Festival is inviting people to submit films made with Snapchat.
    LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images

    Airing on Monday, February 22, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about this coming weeks’ Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; the Tribeca Film Festival inviting people to submit films made with Snapchat; and the new font Operator, which is meant to make it easier to code.

  • Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    Airing on Friday, February 19, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about what the debate between tech companies and government over privacy means for innovation; look at the FCC’s decision to pass a proposal that would “unlock the cable box”; and play this week’s Silicon Tally with Sarah Kunst, the CEO of the workout app Proday.  

  • The relationships in the Star Wars universe, as mapped by Kirell Benzi. 
    Kirell Benzi

    Airing on Thursday, February 18, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Apple’s ongoing battle with the FBI over creating a “backdoor” into the iPhone; Apple launching its electronic payment system Apple Pay in mainland China; and the degrees of separation in the “Star Wars” universe.

  • On today's show, we'll talk about Mattel's new "smart" dreamhouse.
    Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    Airing on Wednesday, February 17, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Apple being ordered to unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino attackers; and Mattel’s new “smart” dreamhouse.

  • Competitors at cybersecurity tournaments like NetWars battle to see who is the best hacker.
    Ryan Poirier

    Airing on Tuesday, February 16, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about companies using cybersecurity competitions to find employees; and Google’s foray into virtual reality.

  • Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor engineer Fuminori Kataoka chats with humanoid robot Kirobo in Tokyo on June 26, 2013. On today's show, we'll talk about a different kind of robot that has a smart mouth.
    YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images

    Airing on Monday, February 15, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Shazam’s predictions for the Grammys; and a robot with a really smart mouth.

  • On today's show, we'll talk about Google expanding the "right to be forgotten."
    Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images

    Airing on Friday, February 12, 2016: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Google expanding the “right to be forgotten”; why certain tech jobs stay open for months; and my Webb, futurist and the founder of Webbmedia Group joins us for this week’s Silicon Tally.

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