http://thekojonnamdishow.org Copyright WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 en-US The Kojo Nnamdi Show from WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio Kojo Nnamdi Show Technology Tech Tuesday WAMU NPR National Public Radio Computer Guys,WAMU,WAMU FM,The Kojo Nnamdi Show Tech Tuesday from WAMU,Washington,District of Columbia WAMU-FM webmaster@wamu.org WAMU 88.5 no http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/icon_510025.jpg http://thekojonnamdishow.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:58 -0400 A new study says even voice-activated texting and hands-free phone calls are distracting when you're behind the wheel. The electronics association disagrees, but has its own answers for safer driving. Tech Tuesday explores cognitive distraction and "inattention blindness" for drivers, and examines guidelines for automakers and apps for consumers to help reduce distracted driving.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:58 -0400 http://thekojonnamdishow.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510025/193320723/WAMU_193320723.mp3 A new study says even voice-activated texting and hands-free phone calls are distracting when you're behind the wheel. The electronics association disagrees, but has its own answers for safer driving. Tech Tuesday explores cognitive distraction and "inattention blindness" for drivers, and examines guidelines for automakers and apps for consumers to help reduce distracted driving.

]]> WAMU,WAMU FM,The Kojo Nnamdi Show Tech Tuesday from WAMU,Washington,District of Columbia 53:37 no WAMU-FM http://wamu.org If the uber-secret National Security Agency is poring through Verizon phone records and tapping Google and Facebook servers, what does that mean for you? Is there any privacy online? What happens when people start wearing Google Glass and recording your every move? The Computer Guys and Gal discuss privacy, social media and the future of gaming.

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:42:09 -0400 http://thekojonnamdishow.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510025/190771631/WAMU_190771631.mp3 If the uber-secret National Security Agency is poring through Verizon phone records and tapping Google and Facebook servers, what does that mean for you? Is there any privacy online? What happens when people start wearing Google Glass and recording your every move? The Computer Guys and Gal discuss privacy, social media and the future of gaming.

]]> WAMU,WAMU FM,The Kojo Nnamdi Show Tech Tuesday from WAMU,Washington,District of Columbia 53:37 no WAMU-FM http://wamu.org The government has the data and the private sector has the innovators. How can the two join forces to make us healthier and reform the nation's health care system? Tech Tuesday explores open data, public-private partnerships and how they could improve your health as Kojo broadcasts live from this week's Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C.

]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:12:53 -0400 http://thekojonnamdishow.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510025/188770178/WAMU_188770178.mp3 The government has the data and the private sector has the innovators. How can the two join forces to make us healthier and reform the nation's health care system? Tech Tuesday explores open data, public-private partnerships and how they could improve your health as Kojo broadcasts live from this week's Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C.

]]> WAMU,WAMU FM,The Kojo Nnamdi Show Tech Tuesday from WAMU,Washington,District of Columbia 52:43 no WAMU-FM http://wamu.org We book flights and hotels online, then yearn for free WiFi at 30,000 feet. We use Google maps to find tourist sights and Yelp to to pick restaurants in unfamiliar cities. When it comes to travel, the smart phone is travel agent and guidebook rolled into one. But the surging demand for free WiFi and greater bandwidth has airports, airlines and hotels scrambling to keep up. Tech Tuesday explores how technology is changing the way we travel and shaping our expectations when we're on the road.

]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 13:53:20 -0400 http://thekojonnamdishow.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510025/186923027/WAMU_186923027.mp3 We book flights and hotels online, then yearn for free WiFi at 30,000 feet. We use Google maps to find tourist sights and Yelp to to pick restaurants in unfamiliar cities. When it comes to travel, the smart phone is travel agent and guidebook rolled into one. But the surging demand for free WiFi and greater bandwidth has airports, airlines and hotels scrambling to keep up. Tech Tuesday explores how technology is changing the way we travel and shaping our expectations when we're on the road.

]]> WAMU,WAMU FM,The Kojo Nnamdi Show Tech Tuesday from WAMU,Washington,District of Columbia 52:43 no WAMU-FM http://wamu.org Online platforms like Facebook and Twitter gave people a place to connect and share ideas. And because they reach global audiences, the private companies that run them are at the center of an international debate over competing conceptions of free speech. Kojo looks at how these tech companies are shaping their content policies, and what those policies mean for interpretations of free speech around the globe.

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 00:24:38 -0400 http://thekojonnamdishow.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510025/185917245/WAMU_185917245.mp3 Online platforms like Facebook and Twitter gave people a place to connect and share ideas. And because they reach global audiences, the private companies that run them are at the center of an international debate over competing conceptions of free speech. Kojo looks at how these tech companies are shaping their content policies, and what those policies mean for interpretations of free speech around the globe.

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