Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Aug 4, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, August 4, 2015

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Airing on Tuesday, August 4, 2015: The Congressional Black Caucus will visit Silicon Valley to advocate for more hiring of minorities by tech industries. We look at which companies the caucus is visiting and what its goals are. We'll also talk with Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan and author of The Television Will Be Revolutionized, about the AT&T DirecTV bundle that will let customers watch TV on any of their devices, from anywhere. And  Nidhi Kalra, Information scientist at the RAND Corporation, explains mapping software in connected vehicles.

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Airing on Tuesday, August 4, 2015: The Congressional Black Caucus will visit Silicon Valley to advocate for more hiring of minorities by tech industries. We look at which companies the caucus is visiting and what its goals are. We’ll also talk with Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan and author of The Television Will Be Revolutionized, about the AT&T DirecTV bundle that will let customers watch TV on any of their devices, from anywhere. And  Nidhi Kalra, Information scientist at the RAND Corporation, explains mapping software in connected vehicles.

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