APM: Marketplace Tech Report
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Podcast Description
The Marketplace Tech Report with John Moe is your guide to the modern world.
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02-24-12 Marketplace Tech Report | There's been a lot of talk recently about privacy protection on the web. The White House announced what it called a Privacy Bill of Rights, and then a group of web companies, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL, announced broad implementation of a Do Not Track system. Now, this all sounds very nice, right? But don’t get any fancy ideas that privacy worries will all be magically lifted away. Also, advice on how to make your tweets stand out. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-23-12 Marketplace Tech Report | If you own a phone, a television, a radio or a tablet computer, you really need to understand spectrum. Companies like AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon want to get access to as much of the spectrum as they possibly can in order to build networks, get customers and make money. That effort to acquire spectrum was at the heart of the failed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. And it’s at the heart of a proposed deal between Verizon and a consortium of cable companies. Also, IKEA releases a series of web videos, complete with sing-alongs. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-22-12 Marketplace Tech Report | The advertising arm of Google is getting a lot of heat lately about tracking people who use Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browsers. Safari does allow for some cookies to be placed on users but only from the site that they’re actually visiting, and Safari is not supposed to accept advertising cookies. There’s now a class action lawsuit against Google from a group of Safari users. Also, another installment of Tech Report Theater. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-21-12 Marketplace Tech Report | A medical breakthrough in Belgium could provide for new possibilities in cosmetic medical work. A patient had a severely infected jaw and it had gotten so bad it needed to be replaced. Dr. Jules Poukens tried an alternative approach: 3D printing. It’s a relatively new technology that has been making great strides recently. Fundamentally, it’s just like regular printing except instead of an image, you make an object. Also, taking a look at the PlayStation Vita. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-20-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Congress is debating a cybersecurity bill that would make the Department of Homeland Security responsible for evaluating and regulating companies that are considered critical to American infrastructure. But the bill has a lot of critics. Also, we hold a three-part tech funeral for technologies that have passed into the spirit realm. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-17-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Scientists working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully tested a system to deliver medicine into a patient's body thought an implanted chip. This means that the patient doesn't have to worry about filling a prescription or remembering to take medicine at the right time -- it's all done for them. A timer in the chip knows when to release the medicine or can even be set up to sense when the body needs a new dosage. Also, another edition of the Robot Roundup. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-16-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Apple has announced that it will change the policy on apps and will require the app developers to get user permission before grabbing data off the device. That means that an app like Twitter has to get your permission before it looks through your address book to find out which of your friends is also on Twitter. The rules were changed because some apps were exporting the data to servers, where the info could remain for months. Also, the U.S. Senate has introduced a cybersecurity bill aimed at protecting computer networks in the U.S. from attack. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-15-2012 Marketplace Tech Report | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is offering a free online class and everyone's invited and admitted. The class, Circuits and Electronics, is a full-strength MIT course and the first in what is intended to be an ongoing educational effort called MITx. At the end of the program, successful students will get a certificate. Not an engineering degree, mind you, but still something. What does this mean for education? Also, a deeply weird and highly entertaining video game on YouTube. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-14-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Remember MySpace? Not all that long ago, it was out on the bleeding edge of social media. It had 76 million users, everybody loved it, musicians flocked to it, it was the place to be, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. paid nearly $600 million for it. And then -- crickets. But now, MySpace is showing signs of life. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-13-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Windows still runs more than three-quarters of the world's PCs. And the upcoming Windows 8 is about Microsoft using that existing heft to power its way onto smaller screens too. Online opinions differ wildly on whether consumers will dig it, but one thing is for sure: Windows 8 looks dramatically different from the Windows that you're used to today -- Microsoft is trying to reinvent Windows for post-PC era. Also, we construct a boffo campaign speech from nothing but the titles of songs in President Obama’s Spotify playlist. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-10-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Imagine if your car insurance company and your in-car navigation device started talking to each other. Progressive and other insurance companies in the U.S. have been playing with this general idea of tracking you while you drive -- and it's already happening in the U.K. Also, The Pew Center for the Internet and American life says adults are mostly happy when they’re using social networks. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-09-12 Marketplace Tech Report | A confession right up front: Apple has not confirmed that it is, in fact, working on an Apple-branded television. Maybe it's not. Maybe all the rumors and reports we've heard are just hogwash. But on the other hand, when you see a whole ton of those reports coming in, you begin to think there's some fire underneath all that smoke. What could be in store? Also, Google has a new focus group program. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-08-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Path is a relatively new social network that has garnered a lot of critical praise. But it turns out the iPhone app has been gathering up a user's address book information and transmitting it, unencrypted, back to Path. And Path isn't the only app in the world to use your information. Also, the booming app economy is a jobs bonanza. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-07-12 Marketplace Tech Report | We already have a company that offers streaming movies and TV shows as well as offering DVDs and Blu-Rays. It's Netflix. So why, then, is Verizon and Redbox teaming up to offer the same thing? Also, some Girl Scout troops are trying out mobile credit card payments for Girl Scout cookie sales. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-06-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Wael Ghonim's memoir, "Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater than the People In Power," arrives about a year after the uprisings in Egypt. Ghonim was a Google marketing executive when the Egyptian uprising began, and he took to the Internet to call Egyptians to action. He tells his story of what happened in that tumultuous time. Also in this program, shipments of smartphones surpassed shipments of PCs last year. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-03-12 Marketplace Tech Report | You might want to keep an eye on a site called Pinterest. It had 4,000 percent growth from July to December of this year and currently boasts 2.5 million members even though it's still invitation-only. This is a meteoric rise reminiscent of the early days of, well, Facebook. Also in this program, Purdue University scientists are working on a way to harness the power of hip-hop bass beats to power medical devices. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-02-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Facebook has finally filed to become a publicly traded company. So how does a publicly held Facebook act different than a privately held one? Big web companies have traditionally had a hard time sticking around. And there’s the issue of balancing privacy and profitability when the business model depends on getting users to share information. Also in this program, The Robot Roundup: Animal Edition. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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02-01-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Facebook is expected to file paperwork for its IPO as soon as today. The company may be valued as high as $100 billion. The way Facebook makes money, remember, is from advertising to you. And the more they know about you, the more they can tailor those ads. Also on the show, the enormous pile of presidential campaign money, and the technological ways the candidates are using to get more. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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01-31-12 Marketplace Tech Report | Facebook Timeline is rolling out to all users. A new report indicates that people aren't real excited about the change. Some of that discomfort might stem from the fact that Timeline is becoming mandatory rather than opt-in. And remember the old saying about free services like Facebook: If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer -- you're the product. When it comes to Facebook, it's always useful to look at what's in it for advertisers. Also in this program, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips releases a new song with backing vocals by Siri. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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01-30-2012 Marketplace Tech Report | When you want to buy something online, you always check the customer reviews, right? But can you trust what you read? Amazon.com recently deleted a lot of reviews for a particular brand of protective case designed to fit the Kindle Fire tablet computer. Turns out the makers of the case were paying people to write positive reviews. That's illegal according to the Federal Trade Commission. So what can you do to make sure what you're reading is the real scoop? Also in this program, a new tech vocabulary word: Likejacking. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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