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Marketplace Tech for Monday, September 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Monday, September 16, 2013

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Smartphone apps are released all the time, but here's one that could be a first. It's a new app that asks users to help identify and thus apprehend sexual predators and other criminals. It's built by the Homeland Security Investigations unit within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. 

Segments From this episode

Want to catch a criminal? There's an app for that.

Sep 16, 2013
A new app built by the Homeland Security Investigations unit is designed to catch criminals through crowd sourcing.

First there were MOOCs, now come the SPOCs

Sep 16, 2013
Small Private Online Courses could change the way brick and mortar classrooms use digital teaching materials.

Grand Theft Auto 5 ships to some Amazon customers before release date

Sep 16, 2013
The company behind the game is not happy about the break of embargo.

Smartphone apps are released all the time, but here’s one that could be a first. It’s a new app that asks users to help identify and thus apprehend sexual predators and other criminals. It’s built by the Homeland Security Investigations unit within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. 

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