Xbox adds new on-demand content
Kai Ryssdal: We had a spirited conversation at our morning news meeting this morning about the Xbox and about an announcement about it today. Not about its share of Microsoft’s revenue or the latest...
View ArticleHow the cost of college could be lowered
Steve Chiotakis: Meanwhile, President Obama meets at the White House today with a small group of university and college presidents on how to reduce the cost of higher education. But what can the...
View ArticleTV is the next consumer electronics battleground
Steve Chiotakis: Microsoft is revamping its XBox Live today. Trying to turn what began as a gaming console into a premium cable box to compete with the satellite and cable companies. Apple’s planning...
View ArticleZynga gets ready for IPO
Kai Ryssdal: Word is that Zynga, the online gaming phenomenon, is gonna go public this week. When it comes to IPOs, you never know almost ’til you know. But Wall Street seems to think the stock...
View ArticleFile-Sharing Site Sues Universal Music Group over takedown
You read that right – It’s the bizzarro world edition of the copyright suits – a file-sharing site suing a record company.The file-sharing site in question is Megaupload. It created a snappy...
View ArticleTeen Mobile Data Tsunami
Yesterday my editor was complaining that her 17 year old daughter refused to get a driver’s license. So what do you do when your teenager would rather be driven around LA than get a car herself? I...
View ArticleTwitter gets royal treatment
Kai Ryssdal: Big news for Twitter today, which is going take more than 140 characters to set up. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal — the nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulla and one of the richest men...
View ArticleTaking your friends and followers to the bank
Kai Ryssdal: I’ve been known to Tweet every now and then, but I’m nothing compared to the power users. There are people out there who put in hours everyday on Facebook and Twitter. And as it turns out...
View ArticleThe economic divide in Silicon Valley
Jeremy Hobson: When you hear the term “Silicon Valley,” what do you think of? A really futuristic oasis where geniuses ride down the streets on their Segway scooters? A place where every other...
View Article2011 in review: The changes in Silicon Valley
Jeremy Hobson: If I had to pick one bright spot for the U.S. economy in 2011, it’d probably be the one about 350 miles up the California coast from where I am right now, in Silicon Valley. Despite the...
View ArticleKodak earnings worse than expected
Kai Ryssdal: There’s a line to be had here about nobody taking my kodachrome away, but it escapes me at the moment. Kodak, the pioneering photography company, missed earnings estimates by a mile today...
View ArticleBerlusconi breaks news on Facebook
Bob Moon: Before Silvio Berlusconi became the prime minister of Italy, he was a billionaire media mogul. So when he wanted to announce today that he wasn’t stepping down as prime minister, he used...
View ArticleLatest ‘Call of Duty’ could be most lucrative video game ever
Steve Chiotakis: Today’s a big day in the entertainment world. Not a new movie — or TV show. Not even a Kardashian wedding. Instead, video game publisher Activision releases Modern Warfare 3, the...
View ArticleZynga wants employee shares back
Kai Ryssdal: You go to work for a startup in Silicon Valley, one of the unspoken perks — actually, it’s spoken quite a bit — is a chance to get rich off stock options. Which makes a development at the...
View ArticleFacebook privacy rules could cause ripples
Stacey Vanek-Smith: Facebook is watching you, but maybe a little less closely. The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are nearing a settlement over major changes Facebook made to its privacy...
View ArticleTechnology’s haves and have nots
Kai Ryssdal: We’ve got a whiz-bang new website here at Marketplace. We’re on Twitter and Facebook and all the rest — you kind of have to be these days. Big consumer products companies have digital...
View ArticleIs Angie’s List ready for its IPO?
Jeremy Hobson: Another online company goes public today. This time, it’s Angie’s List, which lost $40 million last year. The company is a hub for consumer reviews for plumbers, lawyers and the like....
View Article‘Dynamic pricing’ spreads beyond airline flights
Tess Vigeland: Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone. Hope your travels went smoothly — especially because in all likelihood you paid through the nose for those airline tickets. Anyone who’s booked...
View ArticleWill Facebook get serious about online privacy?
Kai Ryssdal: We can debate all day long whether there’s any such thing as real online privacy in this digital day and age, but we do like to believe there is. Which is why we tend to get upset with...
View ArticleWhat remains of Napster
Steve Chiotakis: Napster is going the way of eight-tracks and cassettes. The music file sharing service was bought by Rhapsody, and by tomorrow will be completely merged into it. It’s been more than a...
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