Marketplace Tech for Monday, February 18, 2013
Thirst Labs has created an app that CEO Anuj Verma says could revolutionize the way we take in news and other data online. But will it? Also -- telephone companies aren't worried about competition from Skype, which by some estimates now accounts for one-third of the international calls market. Why not? Hint: there's more money in data plans. And, the guys from "Wedding Crashers" go to Google.
Thirst Labs has created an app that CEO Anuj Verma says could revolutionize the way we take in news and other data online. But will it? Also — telephone companies aren’t worried about competition from Skype, which by some estimates now accounts for one-third of the international calls market. Why not? Hint: there’s more money in data plans. And, the guys from “Wedding Crashers” go to Google.
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