Feb 12, 2016

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, February 12, 2016

People aren't just using apps to find a date, they're using them when they're in relationships, too. Pixaby

This weekend, just in time for Valentine's Day, Marketplace Weekend host Lizzie O'Leary and Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson look into the apps designed for people in relationships, a pregnant woman tells us what it's like living in Brazil during the Zika outbreak, and actor and comedian Paul Reiser takes the Marketplace Quiz.

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The Marketplace Quiz

Paul Reiser takes the Marketplace Quiz

by Raghu Manavalan

Feb 12, 2016

Paul Reiser fills out our money-inspired personality questionnaire.

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What's your most memorable impulse buy?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff

Feb 12, 2016

Kind of like a hangover, the stuff that makes you cringe the next day.

Impulse purchases come in all shapes and sizes.

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Tech IRL: Apps for relationships and to mend a broken heart

by Ben Johnson

Feb 12, 2016

You know about apps to meet new people, but what about after the first — and last — date?

People aren't just using apps to find a date, they're using them when they're in relationships, too.

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A pregnant woman in Brazil shares her experience

by Lizzie O'Leary

Feb 12, 2016

Eleonora de Melo is living in Brazil in the midst of the Zika ourbreak

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This weekend, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Marketplace Weekend host Lizzie O’Leary and Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson look into the apps designed for people in relationships, a pregnant woman tells us what it’s like living in Brazil during the Zika outbreak, and actor and comedian Paul Reiser takes the Marketplace Quiz.

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