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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Wi-Fi at the airport

Dec 14, 2009
Google is set to sponsor free Wi-Fi at several major airports around the country.

Can life be a little more like the Jetsons?

Dec 11, 2009
Where are our flying cars?

Where does AOL go from here?

Dec 10, 2009
The company once known as America Online and which depended on dial-up Internet service -- now long outdated -- starts over.

Who's up to date on your Facebook updates?

Dec 9, 2009
Facebook updates its privacy features, but how private is your information really?

9/11 as told by pagers

Dec 8, 2009
The website Wikileaks has posted over 500,000 messages that came through pagers on that day, reportedly from officials of the Pentagon and FBI, as well as citizen New Yorkers.

GPS users map the nation's most congested cities

Dec 7, 2009
The Tom Tom GPS company has ranked 30 U.S. metropolitan cities in order of their traffic congestion rates.

Tech that really grinds our gears

Dec 4, 2009
Technology offers easy convenience, but it can also provide easy annoyances. Consumer Reports looks at what annoys us most.

What are the basics of computer literacy?

Dec 3, 2009
What are the essential bits of information you need to know about computers to navigate our digital world?

E-book readers: lousy gifts?

Dec 2, 2009
Is the Kindle really the ideal holiday gift?

Using Twitter to stop gang violence

Dec 1, 2009
Gangs -- just like everybody else -- are reportedly using Twitter to conduct their business, but one Harlem pastor may been trying to use the social networking site to stop them too.