Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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In this week's installment of embarrassing NSA leaks: European leaders are not happy and the Obama administration is scrambling. There's news of the NSA sucking up information on 60 million phone calls in Spain and there's the awkward question about whether President Obama knew about the agency spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone. But what about our online devices? Oh, you mean you didn’t know October was Cyber Security Awareness Month?

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It's Cyber Security Awareness Month. Are your devices safe?

Oct 29, 2013
October was Cyber Security Awareness Month, and what an October it's been for cyber security.

$4bn for Pintrest? Is social media a bubble waiting to burst?

Oct 29, 2013
It might be an understatement to say that investors are pumped up about social networks and other tech companies.

Higher iPhone sales don't equal higher profits for Apple

Oct 29, 2013
A look at Apple's quarterly earnings.

October: Not a great month to be a hacker

Oct 29, 2013
This month has seen two high profile cases of young men being caught hacking.

In this week’s installment of embarrassing NSA leaks: European leaders are not happy and the Obama administration is scrambling. There’s news of the NSA sucking up information on 60 million phone calls in Spain and there’s the awkward question about whether President Obama knew about the agency spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone. But what about our online devices? Oh, you mean you didn’t know October was Cyber Security Awareness Month?

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