With Nissan releasing its earnings following the company’s announcement that owners of its electric car, the ‘Nissan Leaf,’ will pay the surprisingly low price of $5,500 for a replacement battery, we look at how Nissan managed to keep the price so low, and if the move will pay off. Plus, we talk to Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about social media apps and other ways Muslims use technology during Ramadan.  Finally, we talk to Chiara Atik about voyeurism on Venmo, a mobile banking app.

FIrst up, we look at  a new, open source privacy tool for developers who want to embed embed easy-to-understand privacy notices in their apps. The notices let users know what data the app collects and how it’ll be used. Plus, Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of Space X, joins us for our Big Thinkers series. Finally, how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? It’s time for Silicon Tally! This week, Ben takes on Marketplace Weekend host Lizzie O’Leary.

First up, Melissa Parrish, an analyst at Forrester research, stops by to talk Facebook earnings. Then, Thorin Klosowski, a writer for LifeHacker and Amazon super user, talks Amazon’s new Fire Phone and its real-world product identifying feature Firefly. Finally, as part of Marketplace’s Big Thinkers series, we talk to Tessie Guillermo, CEO of Zero Divide, an organization that provides technology adoption services for non-profits.

It may surprise you to know that Blockbuster stores are still alive and well… in Mexico. That’s because so few Mexicans have an internet connection. Jeff Tyler explores Neflix’s new “gift card” strategy to take over the Mexican market, and further international expansion. Then, Dan Clements, president of IntelCrawler, talks about malware and cyber-theft within Iraq. Finally, Molly Wood, New York Times Tech Columnist, stops by to discuss easy encryption and whether or not people should encrypt ordinary emails.

First up, Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of Reviews at CNET, talks about Verizon’s new rewards program that gives customers deals in exchange for data about where and how they use their phones. Then, Stephen Cobb, a security researcher at ESET, stops by to talk about canvas fingerprinting, a new, hard-to-detect way for websites to track browsing habits without using cookies. Finally, we discuss with Nilay Patel about what Taylor Swift gets wrong about how the internet is changing the music industry.

With the online sports network ESPN 3 will carried a $10 million gaming contest in Seattle, Leoneda Inge takes a look at competitive gaming hitting the big time. Then, Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services, talks about the Apple IBM partnership. Plus, Sep Kamvar, LG Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT and the Director of the Social Computing Group at the MIT Media lab, stops by to talk about 100 maps that show only one thing.

First up, Andrew Frank, an analyst at Gartner, on Google earnings. Then, a new study from Columbia Business School says three quarters of mobile phone ads have no impact. So what about the 25% of ads that people actually pay attention to? What a little nudge from your phone might actually get you to buy. Finally, how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? Julia Turner, who was just named editor-in-chief of Slate.com, joins us to play Silicon Tally, our weekly quiz on the week in tech.

First up, Jeff Roberts of GigaOm joins us to discuss a potential settlement stemming from Apple’s e-book price-fixing case. Then, reporter Leoneda Inge explores a new deal Facebook has made to begin tracking how its subscribers watch television content on mobile devices as part of a deal with ratings-agency Nielsen. Then, Ish Sanchez, a student participating in NASA’s microgravity research program, talks about running experiments in near zero gravity.

First up, Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group, talks about the Apple IBM partnership to sell mobile devices to businesses for their employees. Plus, more on Yahoo’s earnings and why the company’s online ad rates are down 24 percent. Then: to political candidates, e-mail is extremely important. Campaigns spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to maximize the effectiveness of those e-mails. They want us to vote, but they also want us to give – early and often.  David Gura explores the science of the fundraising e-mail.