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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Oct 7, 2015

Episodes 2901 - 2910 of 4493

  • Airing on Tuesday, October 6, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Microsoft’s newest phones; news that Jack Dorsey will serve as Twitter CEO; and a possible bus strike in San Francisco.

  • Airing on Monday, October 5, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Netflix teaming up with airlines to offer streaming on certain flights; new tech used to date 170,000 year old fossils; and we’ll take a look at digital breadcrumbs possibly left on 4chan by the Oregon gunman.

  • Airing on Friday, October 2, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about the data train of ads when viewing news sites on mobile; and Ina Fried, senior editor at Re/code, joins us to play Silicon Tally.

  • Airing on Thursday, October 1, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about the challenge of running two companies at once; why Google wants its cars to drive less perfectly; and why Michelin stars are a great honor, but not as helpful to the average diner as Yelp.

  • Airing on Wednesday, September 30, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll have a look at two new Nexus phones; we’ll talk about experiencing tech-savvy art IRL at Bitforms Gallery in Manhattan; and we’ll hear from Andy Weir, author of “The Martian.”

  • Airing on Tuesday, September 29, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about Tesla’s Model X; an artist whose work confronts surveillance in tech; and the photo technology known as HiRISE that allowed scientists to determine there is briny water on Mars. 

  • Airing on Monday, September 28, 2015: On today’s show, we’ll talk about lobbying in Silicon Valley; how the VW emission scandal could have been avoided; and we’ll talk with Kevin McCoy, artist and founder of the app Monegraph.

  • Airing on Friday, September 25, 2015: U.S. policymakers get a message from the EU’s chief digital regulator; Blackberry transitions from smartphone to software company; and WNYC’s Movie Date co-host, Kristen Meinzer, tries to stump Ben on the latest tech news for this week’s edition of Silicon Tally. 

  • Airing on Thursday, September 24, 2015:  The heroes and villains of human rights online; mystical belief trending among techies; and  5.6 million federal employee fingerprints stolen by hackers. 

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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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