Marketplace Tech for Monday, April 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Monday, April 13, 2015

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Airing on Monday, April 13, 2015: First up, we talk with Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan, about Google’s anti-spoiler patent. Next, we hear about a bill passed last week in Gerogia to renew tax credit for video gaming companies for another three years. WABE's Tasnim Shamma reports on why that's just one reason more and more gamers are choosing to call metro-Atlanta home. We'll also hear from Marketplace’s Meg Cramer about the circus at the Apple Store on the first day of Apple Watch try-ons. 

 

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Apple Watch: Day 1

Apr 13, 2015
What it's like to be one of the first to try out the Apple Watch.

Airing on Monday, April 13, 2015: First up, we talk with Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan, about Google’s anti-spoiler patent. Next, we hear about a bill passed last week in Gerogia to renew tax credit for video gaming companies for another three years. WABE’s Tasnim Shamma reports on why that’s just one reason more and more gamers are choosing to call metro-Atlanta home. We’ll also hear from Marketplace’s Meg Cramer about the circus at the Apple Store on the first day of Apple Watch try-ons. 

 

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