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Molly Wood

Host and senior editor

SHORT BIO

Molly Wood is the former host and senior editor of "Marketplace Tech," a daily broadcast focused on demystifying the digital economy, and former co-host of "Make Me Smart," where she and co-host Kai Ryssdal would try to make sense of big topics in business, tech and culture.

What was your first job?

Grocery store checker (but I also drove an ice cream truck once).

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Time, the most precious thing of all.

What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?

A pet!

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My electric fireplace! It is both cute and cozy.

 

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Old Spice goes viral

Jul 16, 2010
We speak to the team behind the amusing viral ads taking over the Internet and social networking.

Who owns the information you put online?

Jul 15, 2010
When a social networking website goes out of business, what happens to the personal information of the users? Apparently, it can be put up for sale.

Go to Mars from your computer

Jul 14, 2010
NASA and Microsoft team up to give us earthly humans a chance to see into space.

Like lots of people, Google shells out money for Farmville

Jul 13, 2010
Google may be taking a step toward a more aggressive push into social media with a new gaming site.

The I.T. Guy Who Knew Too Much

Jul 12, 2010
Many IT workers have admitted to using their administrative powers to get information that otherwise is confidential or sensitive.

NSA builds Perfect Citizen to protect infrastructure

Jul 9, 2010
The National Security Advisory works on a classified project involving putting sensors on computer networks.

The horrifying hellscape of the future, as seen by The Onion

Jul 8, 2010
The satire news publication makes its first foray into paid content with an extended newscast about the future.

Are you paying for apps you didn't want to buy?

Jul 7, 2010
Hackers took over the iTunes apps store during the holiday weekend and charged unknowing customers for random apps.

An eye exam on a smart phone

Jul 6, 2010
Some at MIT are developing a smart phone app where one can evaluate someone's eyesight using a little plastic eye piece.

ElenasInbox.com reveals Kagan's emails

Jul 5, 2010
A group has uncovered Elena Kagan's emails during her time in the Clinton administration, and have published them all online.