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Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, July 1 2014

Jul 1, 2014

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  • First up, April Glaser, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about what’s next in the ongoing discussion about Net Neutrality. Plus, Marketplace Tech reporter Tracey Samuelson has more on the banking technologies coming out of Fintech – an innovation lab in New York that helps financial service startups develop new products. Finally, we speak to Dayo Olopade, author of The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa.

  • With the U.S. Marshal’s office auctioning off bitcoin seized in its Silk Road investigation, we take a look at what it means when the U.S. government starts trading in the virtual currency. Plus, how well have you kept up with the week in tech? It’s time for Silicon Tally, our quiz on tech news from the week. Host Ben Ben Johnson takes on Jim Garrison, founder of Garrison Architects, in his post-disaster urban housing prototype in Brooklyn. 

  • The videocamera maker GoPro has its IPO today, and it’s the largest IPO by a consumer electronics firm in decades. GoPro is popular among the skateboarder and snowboarder set, but what are its growth opportunities? Nancy Marshall-Genzer takes a look into the future of the business. Then, Tim Stevens, editor at CNET, talks news from the Google I/O conference. Plus Sam Gustin, a Vice correspondent covering technology policy for Motherboard, stops by to discuss the Supreme Court’s Aereo ruling.

  • The Google developer conference opens today in San Francisco, and the company is trying to boost gender and racial diversity by offering scholarships to the event. We take stock of this and other broader initiatives designed to make the coding world more diverse. Plus, Brian Solis, principal analyst with the Altimeter group, talks about Nest and building software for the Internet of Things. Finally, Mike Billings, who covers tech and venture capital for the Wall Street Journal, stops by to talk about MonkeyParking – a pay-to-park app that’s been banned in San Francisco – and the regulatory challenges facing transportation startups.

  • There’s a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the AT&T/DirecTV merger today. Executives from AT&T and DirecTV will argue why their proposed $48.5 billion deal should pass antitrust muster. Mitchel Hartman reports on what arguments they’ll make. Then, Ben talks with Chelsea Clinton about what’s at stake when it comes to getting girls on track for careers in science and technology.

  • First up, we talk to Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos, on the proliferation of cyber extortion. Plus, as the World Cup enters into another week, a look at some of the new technology making its debut on the field in Brazil. Also, Marketplace’s Krissy Clark talks about the failed Silicon Valley entrepreneur behind @hiddencash – an account with half a million followers that tweets out the location of bundles of money hidden around California – and around the world.

  • First up,Jason Schultz, Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director of NYU’s Technology Law & Policy Clinic, talks about this week’s Supreme Court ruling on software patents. Then Will Oremus, Senior Tech Writer at Slate, chats about why an app that only does one thing – send the message “Yo” to another person who uses the app – is so popular. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? Host Ben Johnson plays Silicon Tally with Marketplace’s Sabri Ben-Achour.

  • With the expected Supreme Court ruling on Aereo, we look at what could happen if the online TV service loses. Plus, John and Bonnie Raines, two of the activists who broke into an FBI office in Media, PA on March 8, 1971 and uncovered evidence of domestic surveillance that led to the formation of the Church Committee, talk about the first time the US Government investigated its own intelligence agencies. And finally, emails come with all kinds of attachments – this week, a Harvard professor unveiled one with smell attached. We take a closer look at the technology that makes it possible.

  • First, Ben talks with John Rossman, a former Amazon executive and author of The Amazon Way, about how Jeff Bezos runs the company, and how a 3D smartphone fits in with Amazon’s long term plans. Plus, Molly Wood, technology columnist at the New York Times, talks about YouTube’s new music service and its move to block content from artists who don’t sign on. Finally, we check in with Dag Spicer, a computer historian and senior curator at the Computer History Museum, about an early prototype of the Microchip that’s being auctioned this week.

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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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