Marketplace Tech for Thursday, July 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, July 31, 2014

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First up, Leoneda Inge reports on Sony's earnings. Plus, Katie Notopoulos of Buzzfeed talks about her push to unfollow men on Twitter. Also, today's ambulance is based off a design from the 1970's and in dire need of a redesign. A fully outfitted ambulance can cost up to $160k. Budgets are tight, whether ambulances are provided by local municipalities or private companies. So updating the fleet could be really costly and slow.

 

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On Twitter, addition by gender subtraction

Jul 31, 2014
What one Twitter user gained when she unfollowed men on the social network.

First up, Leoneda Inge reports on Sony’s earnings. Plus, Katie Notopoulos of Buzzfeed talks about her push to unfollow men on Twitter. Also, today’s ambulance is based off a design from the 1970’s and in dire need of a redesign. A fully outfitted ambulance can cost up to $160k. Budgets are tight, whether ambulances are provided by local municipalities or private companies. So updating the fleet could be really costly and slow.

 

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