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does not have the google place door. in typical amazon fashion, they're creating their own parity bill custodio -- they build their own studio. look, hard-core gamers want to play hard-core games. they don't want to play -- they want to play bio shock, not mine craft. >> whether it is on gaming or something like imdb, which is a place where you find everything about actors in the entertainment business these days. jeff bezos made a big push on the idea when you're watching films or finding out who the actors to imdb, i don't know necessarily of people are using those services in a big way. >> bezos wasn't there today. would he think about that? >> they presented him these things every month. it wasn't even dave limp that handles all the events. it was pete larson. it is not going to get the attention that the kindle fire and the kindle e-readers have gotten in terms of big promotional holiday time launchers. >> what about the apple closed ecosystem versus this android open ecosystem. how big a difference does that make.
does not have the google place door. in typical amazon fashion, they're creating their own parity bill custodio -- they build their own studio. look, hard-core gamers want to play hard-core games. they don't want to play -- they want to play bio shock, not mine craft. >> whether it is on gaming or something like imdb, which is a place where you find everything about actors in the entertainment business these days. jeff bezos made a big push on the idea when you're watching films or...
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google and facebook said they are not vulnerable. what we don't know is if they were vulnerable before it was fixed or if they were never vulnerable in the first place. a lot of large organizations like banks were never vulnerable because they don't use opened ssl. there's a wide range of web companies that were either vulnerable before and have been fixed or were never vulnerable in the first place. we just don't know the answer. >> its interesting to me that the most threatening thing of all was the ability to see into any computer's ram. >> right, let me take a step back. i would not say that banks were not vulnerable, because you have to understand that ssl not only used on websites, but vpn and e-mail. atms, all of these used ssl. the question is, were they using a vulnerable version of that. to say that the fix has been put out, the fix has been put out by the open ssl foundation. in fact, i was on a flight last night. i was compiling at 10 p.m. to get your question, yes, you are actually looking at arbitrary data in the workin
google and facebook said they are not vulnerable. what we don't know is if they were vulnerable before it was fixed or if they were never vulnerable in the first place. a lot of large organizations like banks were never vulnerable because they don't use opened ssl. there's a wide range of web companies that were either vulnerable before and have been fixed or were never vulnerable in the first place. we just don't know the answer. >> its interesting to me that the most threatening thing...
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google is putting google glass on sale for the general public for one day only. it costs $1500 for access to the program will it is available only to adults living in the united dates. google has a patent application pending. i sat down with a partner at xl partners. thatptimistic you see google glass will go mainstream? glass is still in beta. when you talk about it-point, it is still intimidating to developers who want to develop applications. the reality is that you try the product and you read the reviews. it will be a while before becomes mass market. it is interesting to those of us who live in the valley. it is a while before mainstream adopt google glass as a product. someone from coastal ventures told me that it has zero chance of going mainstream. >> it is too early to predict. inn google bought android 2005, everyone thought that the idea of google moving into mobile was not. no one thought that it an american company would become a major player in operating systems. years,look back nine google executed that incredibly well. >> in terms of wearables in
google is putting google glass on sale for the general public for one day only. it costs $1500 for access to the program will it is available only to adults living in the united dates. google has a patent application pending. i sat down with a partner at xl partners. thatptimistic you see google glass will go mainstream? glass is still in beta. when you talk about it-point, it is still intimidating to developers who want to develop applications. the reality is that you try the product and you...
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, google, facebook. what wasn't known was that a lot of hardware also used this vulnerable software. cisco, some of their software. it is android phones. millions of them. it is an older version, but a lot of people still use them. millions of devices. the interesting part it is the responsibility of the handset makers to push out the patch. works, say you have a samsung phone. if google puts out a patch for android, samsung is responsible responsibleless is for pushing that out to you. socory stone got hacked -- it is phone gets hacked, samsung going to be on the hook for lawsuits? >> this is an area where it is a weakling. harder to attack a phone versus a website. it does mean that samsung and oneson, they are the responsible for fixing these devices. guys who arethe the guts of the internet. when there is stuff wrong with their devices, they need to be fixed quickly. >> how? >> you have to apply a patch. it is a similar situation. you have to do the patches one by one. one router has to download the
, google, facebook. what wasn't known was that a lot of hardware also used this vulnerable software. cisco, some of their software. it is android phones. millions of them. it is an older version, but a lot of people still use them. millions of devices. the interesting part it is the responsibility of the handset makers to push out the patch. works, say you have a samsung phone. if google puts out a patch for android, samsung is responsible responsibleless is for pushing that out to you. socory...
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>> the tax break and the protesting against google buses. protesting twitter in a week. yes. exactly. in the united states. again, i have left day to day operations so i do not have authority to speak on what twitter's responsibility is, that i am starting to look into this now. just personally. get involved with various tech industries. in a boom time when so many jobs are created, there is so much and if it is not, what can we do to fix that? solution.a weekend a lot of people have to get together and think long-term about how to make it work. it seems to me there has to be a way to solve the puzzle. questions from the jelly verse. -- responsess within seconds. argan asks when will you merge jelly with twitter? >> it is our it he working with twitter. we work with twitter and facebook. we blend the networks together and that is one way we can your answers. will youe is asking ever sell? >> jelly is the company we are trying to build and work on for the next several decades. this is what i am doing now. there is no sell date. >> what our current use cases, and what do you en
>> the tax break and the protesting against google buses. protesting twitter in a week. yes. exactly. in the united states. again, i have left day to day operations so i do not have authority to speak on what twitter's responsibility is, that i am starting to look into this now. just personally. get involved with various tech industries. in a boom time when so many jobs are created, there is so much and if it is not, what can we do to fix that? solution.a weekend a lot of people have to...
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he was director of product for google maps. you have a great consumer, what everyone would agree is a atderful consumer product scale on the ios and android platforms. daniel has been the ceo of a startup. i love the entrepreneurial spirit. what you will see is dana ali and tied to implement the strategy we have already laid out and bring the entrepreneurial spirit to the team and probably come up with a bunch of his own ideas. >> when you talk about getting users engaged, a lot of twitter is one way communication. to be fully engaged, you have to tweet. >> the majority of active users on twitter tweet. there have been some strange third-party reports that have gotten that wrong. the majority of active users tweet. we scale and continue to grow. users 14 million net new in the first quarter, it will likely be the case that more of those users will come to the .latform and be consumers we make no distinction as to whether someone does or does not have too tweet, nor do our marketers. it makes no difference whether they are consu
he was director of product for google maps. you have a great consumer, what everyone would agree is a atderful consumer product scale on the ios and android platforms. daniel has been the ceo of a startup. i love the entrepreneurial spirit. what you will see is dana ali and tied to implement the strategy we have already laid out and bring the entrepreneurial spirit to the team and probably come up with a bunch of his own ideas. >> when you talk about getting users engaged, a lot of...
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>> google wants what it gets sometimes, and he got this. google is coming in later now for this. google has a lot of users. it has to get more. it has to find more places to advertise so we will do whatever it can to get these kinds of companies to get access to all the folks all over the world so it can show more ads and sell services. googlegoal according to and facebook is to bring internet access to everyone. are these unmanned aircraft in use anywhere for this purpose on a large scale? or has this not actually happened yet? >> it has not actually happened yet. we did stuff like this when we worked with the army. as far as commercial ventures and widespread use, not so much. even knowhow do we this technology is actually going to come to fruition? is it too early? >> that is a big question. i think our guest knows more than this than i do. who will take the moon shots. they will spend the money and get the smartest people together. is doing this sort of effort as well and it is not just ringing and other people from nasa to other places. get these projects to work and they wi
>> google wants what it gets sometimes, and he got this. google is coming in later now for this. google has a lot of users. it has to get more. it has to find more places to advertise so we will do whatever it can to get these kinds of companies to get access to all the folks all over the world so it can show more ads and sell services. googlegoal according to and facebook is to bring internet access to everyone. are these unmanned aircraft in use anywhere for this purpose on a large...
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marketing, mostly dollars going to google, but compete with google. we will talk to priceline group ceo next. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. online travel is a crowded, competitive space. it is priceline's revenue that makes it the largest such company in the world. i spoke with priceline's group ceo darren huston. booking on mobile. >> we are investing very heavily in mobile. just to give you an example, we did $1 billion a looking's on mobile. 2012, $3 billion. billion booking on mobile. it is a very important channel for us in terms of acquiring new customers. it is also a critical part of the end to end experience. now that people are using tablets, mobile phones and other electronic devices along the whole journey, is giving us a great opportunity to enhance our product for our users. >> are you specifying for mobile apps? >> all five companies have apps for the ios platform as well as for android. we continue to evolve those products. they all have very high ratings from consumers. we have a ton of tra
marketing, mostly dollars going to google, but compete with google. we will talk to priceline group ceo next. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. online travel is a crowded, competitive space. it is priceline's revenue that makes it the largest such company in the world. i spoke with priceline's group ceo darren huston. booking on mobile. >> we are investing very heavily in mobile. just to give you an example, we did $1 billion a...
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they are saying that they are afraid of google and others. the fact is they are friendly -- frenemies. comcast is the one with the wire into peoples homes. that is the connection that gives comcast enormous power. >> susan in your book you make the pretty good argument that the monopoly law does not understand how these systems work in the new era and the geographic comparison does not work. what is the right way to look at monopoly law? >> comcast has such enormous buying power with this merger. it is going to be buying all of the programming, setting prices for it. it is going to be buying all of the devices consumers have in their homes. lookedwer has not been at as stringently. comcast will be shaping entire markets. everyone will have to do things their way at the merger goes through. i know the department of justice will be looking at this closely from that perspective. the fcc has an even broader edict, which is to look at the public interest part of the deal and again whether it is in the public interest. yes? >> quickly, susan, are t
they are saying that they are afraid of google and others. the fact is they are friendly -- frenemies. comcast is the one with the wire into peoples homes. that is the connection that gives comcast enormous power. >> susan in your book you make the pretty good argument that the monopoly law does not understand how these systems work in the new era and the geographic comparison does not work. what is the right way to look at monopoly law? >> comcast has such enormous buying power...
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how do you feel about that now that google is trying to do this and microsoft is trying to do this. that must be scary. >> we have been used to it. we have competitors in the early days. we have always had competition. that is nothing new for us. if you're going to solve a big problem, there are going to be a lot of people who want to do it too. how do we build great products? we want to make sure that what we are doing is different. >> dropbox ceo drew houston. venture capitalist get hundreds of pitches from startups every year. how do they decide which ones to bonds? we will take you inside a border to find out when "bloomberg west" returns. ♪ >> i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." it is time for our office hours segment. it features maynard webb. we asked startups to send in pictures. we will tell you how we vetted those pitches. >> i am maynard webb. in addition to my responsibilities, i have created a network investment effort. we are going to get your presentations. we see anywhere from 15-30 companies per week. the first thing we look for is industry focus. what w
how do you feel about that now that google is trying to do this and microsoft is trying to do this. that must be scary. >> we have been used to it. we have competitors in the early days. we have always had competition. that is nothing new for us. if you're going to solve a big problem, there are going to be a lot of people who want to do it too. how do we build great products? we want to make sure that what we are doing is different. >> dropbox ceo drew houston. venture capitalist...
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google buzz, google wave, google friend connect, all three social efforts by google that flopped. is google plus nexed? the head of google's social network is leaving the company after eight years. google says this does not signal the end of google plus. this has no i will pact or our google plus strategy. we have an incredibly talented team that will continue to build great experiences. michael kim joins us via skype from seattle. he worked with vick at microsoft to launch the cloud services and brad stone of bloomberg business week here in the studio who wrote in this week's issue a new story about google's and facebook's fight to control technology. why did vick leave? is google plus dying? >> google plus it continues to be important to google, photos, hangouts. those are growing products. they're being more integrated in android. the identity aspects are more in the seven. the original promise of google plus as a social network didn't work out. we know that. no one is spending time there. perhaps no coincidence, he is leaving after eight years of google. the promise that that
google buzz, google wave, google friend connect, all three social efforts by google that flopped. is google plus nexed? the head of google's social network is leaving the company after eight years. google says this does not signal the end of google plus. this has no i will pact or our google plus strategy. we have an incredibly talented team that will continue to build great experiences. michael kim joins us via skype from seattle. he worked with vick at microsoft to launch the cloud services...
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what does google have an stake? an attack on android, i should say. >> google has had this huge proxy battle all over the world. it has been dealing with. and google wants to see android protected and stay safe. it dominates the world. it has beat back the iphone. obviously apple is not going to go down without a fight and so google wants to win every battle it can and this is an important one. >> what is the next phase of this? >> that is the big question. some say no matter what happens it is a pr battle. apple wants to show we are the good guys. i think no matter what happens, it is going to be even more interesting because we've got a billion dollars or so from samsung in the first trial. if they get close to what they are getting, that would be really interesting. we do not know yet. it is very early. this could be big. >> we will continue to follow it closely. thanks so much. amazon prime subscribers consumed a binge watch episodes of "the sopranos." received jail to stream select tv show starting may 21. jon
what does google have an stake? an attack on android, i should say. >> google has had this huge proxy battle all over the world. it has been dealing with. and google wants to see android protected and stay safe. it dominates the world. it has beat back the iphone. obviously apple is not going to go down without a fight and so google wants to win every battle it can and this is an important one. >> what is the next phase of this? >> that is the big question. some say no matter...
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and companies like google that are not based in san francisco? >> they have the same responsibility that bg&e has. the same that wells fargo or bank of america has -- every aspect that people who produce would have. they need to give back and participate and have their employees live here. they need to pay them a good wage so they can live here. that is what they need to do. >> former mayor willie brown, thank you for stopping by and sharing your point of view. we appreciate having you here. we will be back with more, talking about disney next. ♪ >> look back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. disney is on a roll at the box office with films like "captain america" and "frozen." for one of the biggest drivers remained espn. they had investor day today and jon erlichman me now with more from l.a. give us a sense how important espn is to disney. it is like the crown jewel. >> it is. it is amazing. there's a lot to disney, with films, parks, products. when you look at the numbers, espn and the cable networks really blow everything else away. re
and companies like google that are not based in san francisco? >> they have the same responsibility that bg&e has. the same that wells fargo or bank of america has -- every aspect that people who produce would have. they need to give back and participate and have their employees live here. they need to pay them a good wage so they can live here. that is what they need to do. >> former mayor willie brown, thank you for stopping by and sharing your point of view. we appreciate...
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do these trends hurt google more than facebook? >> i think google is in a tough spot. they have a gigantic cash machine in search. they have really done well. investors believe in that strength. they have to keep that running and keep that printing money, and at the same time transition to an entirely new way of advertising and helping users buy and sell things. that is really hard for big, slower companies. younger startups are basically able to move much faster. google will be challenged in the next years to really continue the growth it has had. >> google has made a big acquisitions, facebook has also with oculus, and a drone company, google buying a drone company, a lot of robotics companies. paul, are the moon-shots and acquisitions hurting google's bottom line? >> when google became public, they said, listen, a certain percentage of our expenditures both and operating expenses will be for moon-shots. we will have speculative investments. larry, sergey brin have said that from the day one. some of these will pan out, some will not. google, it is part of their stra
do these trends hurt google more than facebook? >> i think google is in a tough spot. they have a gigantic cash machine in search. they have really done well. investors believe in that strength. they have to keep that running and keep that printing money, and at the same time transition to an entirely new way of advertising and helping users buy and sell things. that is really hard for big, slower companies. younger startups are basically able to move much faster. google will be...
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google made google glass for sale to the general public this week, but for one day only. it cost $1800 for axis to the program -- $1500 for axis to the program. we sat down to talk about who will could go mainstream. >> who will is still in beta at this point of and we talk about a $1500 price point it is still very much intended toward developers to experiment on applications. the reality is if you try the product, and he read the reviews it's probably going to be a while before becomes a mass-market hit. it is perhaps interesting to those of us who live here in the valley, we welcome new technology, but it will be a while before mainstream advice this in a broadscale way. >> i was told zero chance of having it going mainstream? >> it is too early to predict that. i would not make that prediction myself. when we saw the google by android in 2005, we saw them winning the -- put the operating system and everything of and without they were not spread into that google has executed incredibly well, so i would not count him out at this point. greg said terms of wearables in ge
google made google glass for sale to the general public this week, but for one day only. it cost $1800 for axis to the program -- $1500 for axis to the program. we sat down to talk about who will could go mainstream. >> who will is still in beta at this point of and we talk about a $1500 price point it is still very much intended toward developers to experiment on applications. the reality is if you try the product, and he read the reviews it's probably going to be a while before becomes...
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an update from google on its self-driving cars. the company says that cars have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles. google has been testing the cars around their hometown of mountainview, to improve their ability of driving in urban areas, but they say there are more problems to solve before the car starts driving in other cities. microsoft will begin rolling out its first original xbox tv shows in june, including a reality series called "every street united" which will cover local soccer teams, as well as coverage of the binary music festival. to our lead story. after the disclosure of the heartbleed glitch, there is another glitch affecting the internet explorer browser. this affects about 25% of browsers out there, looking at versions 6 through 11, although the most recent ones are mainly being hurt. the way it works, it gives the hacker the same level of access as the official user. people that still have microsoft xp, windows xp, are particularly troubled in this case. cory johnson, microsoft stopped providing security pat
an update from google on its self-driving cars. the company says that cars have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles. google has been testing the cars around their hometown of mountainview, to improve their ability of driving in urban areas, but they say there are more problems to solve before the car starts driving in other cities. microsoft will begin rolling out its first original xbox tv shows in june, including a reality series called "every street united" which will cover...
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on the aereo side, lots of silicon valley players, facebook and google, support it. they say it is important for the future of cloud computing. dish network have the sling technology very similar to aereo. they wrote a brief in support of the company saying this is basically what we have which is we allow people to get broadcast content in whatever way they want. it is new technology doing the same old thing that a vcr used to do. >> you sat down for an exclusive interview with the aereo ceo chet kanojia. he talked a lot about what if the vcr never existed. what did he have to say about today? >> it is interesting he didn't want to say anything today. chet kenojia did sit down with us exclusively yesterday. he said he was optimistic that he will win. he said the law is on his side. >> this thing has been about making sure the consumers get the signal. it is not about making a couple of guys rich. in we come, a completely different technology. a technology based on the roots of broadcasting and antenna. none of them can dispute the facts because in this case they don'
on the aereo side, lots of silicon valley players, facebook and google, support it. they say it is important for the future of cloud computing. dish network have the sling technology very similar to aereo. they wrote a brief in support of the company saying this is basically what we have which is we allow people to get broadcast content in whatever way they want. it is new technology doing the same old thing that a vcr used to do. >> you sat down for an exclusive interview with the aereo...
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. >> speaking of google, google's executive chairman eric schmidt has a cameo in a party scene. you did get feedback from him on how authentic that was. what did he tell you? >> that was very encouraging when he showed up to shoot and looked around and said i have been to this party. that was great affirmation for us. >> there are references in the show to steve jobs. could you have done the show without making references to specific people? was that integral? >> yes, i suppose. everyone has macs and pcs. it is so everywhere, and there are pretend companies, too. we just kind of -- they coexist. it just seemed right. >> silicon valley creator, mike judge and executive producer alec berg were with jon erlichman. he brought us superheroes like iron man spiderman. we are talking to stan lee, the man behind marvel comics. ♪ >> welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. marvel's ninth film adaptation, "captain america - the winter soldier" hits theaters this weekend. "the avengers" was the third highest grossing movie of all-time. that is good news for disney. i
. >> speaking of google, google's executive chairman eric schmidt has a cameo in a party scene. you did get feedback from him on how authentic that was. what did he tell you? >> that was very encouraging when he showed up to shoot and looked around and said i have been to this party. that was great affirmation for us. >> there are references in the show to steve jobs. could you have done the show without making references to specific people? was that integral? >> yes, i...
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google says this does not signal the end of google plus. a spokesperson telling us this has no impact on our strategy. michael kim joins us via skype from seattle. he worked at microsoft to launch the dot-net cut services and also brad stone with me in the who wrote a new story about google and facebook's fight to control the future of technology. brad, what happened here? is google plus dying? googlee are elements of plus the continued to be very important to google. , hangouts. those are growing products. there being more integrated into android. i think the identity aspects are being closely integrated in the search. the original promise of google plus as a social network did not work out. we all know that. perhaps from an acquisitive, vick is leaving after eight years at google. the promise that product had, which you really staked his name and reputation to, did not work out. >> you worked with them at microsoft. what kind of guy is he? t was similar anywhere trying to get information about people into the cloud, right? >> yes, i had a
google says this does not signal the end of google plus. a spokesperson telling us this has no impact on our strategy. michael kim joins us via skype from seattle. he worked at microsoft to launch the dot-net cut services and also brad stone with me in the who wrote a new story about google and facebook's fight to control the future of technology. brad, what happened here? is google plus dying? googlee are elements of plus the continued to be very important to google. , hangouts. those are...
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amazon is taking on amazon and -- google and apple. the difference between all the competitors and you can watch a streaming on your phone, tablet, bloomberg.com, and fire tv. ♪ x you are watching "bloomberg west where a focus on technology and the future of business. amazon launched its new fire tv bringing them into even closer competition with the likes of apple and google. all three the tech giants now offer internet connected gadgets for streaming video to a tv and this also escalates its rivalry with netflix and other services delivering exclusive content. the big question is who will win the battle for your living room? joining us now is brad stone and the author of the book on amazon and our senior west coast correspondent jon erlichman. i know you have been working on this story for weeks if not months. what do you think now you have seen it officially unveiled? >> they have been thinking about a set top box since the end of 2011 so this has been a long journey. what are the big ideas going to be? how will raise the bar on a
amazon is taking on amazon and -- google and apple. the difference between all the competitors and you can watch a streaming on your phone, tablet, bloomberg.com, and fire tv. ♪ x you are watching "bloomberg west where a focus on technology and the future of business. amazon launched its new fire tv bringing them into even closer competition with the likes of apple and google. all three the tech giants now offer internet connected gadgets for streaming video to a tv and this also...
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google putting google glass on sale to the general public today. plus tax for00 access to the explorer program, the same price that developers pay. it is available only to adults living in the united states. this, as they have a patent application pending for tiny cameras in bedded and contact lenses. for more, i bring in a partner at excel partners. hosting a fireside chat with the cofounder of secret, today invite only conference. bringing together the top 180 executives in mobile. earlier executives and facebook. many mobile hits. good to see you. always great to have you here. talking about google glass. thatptimistic are you something like this can go mainstream? isthe way it goes mainstream. glass is still beta at this point. it is still very much intended for developers. i think the reality is you try the product. probably going to be a while before it comes a mass architect. perhaps interesting to those of us who live in the valley. i think it will be a while before main street really adopted in a broad street way. >> zero chance of google
google putting google glass on sale to the general public today. plus tax for00 access to the explorer program, the same price that developers pay. it is available only to adults living in the united states. this, as they have a patent application pending for tiny cameras in bedded and contact lenses. for more, i bring in a partner at excel partners. hosting a fireside chat with the cofounder of secret, today invite only conference. bringing together the top 180 executives in mobile. earlier...
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i think there is a side story were apple and google -- google change things up with the different share classes. apple is intensely competitive with google. in some ways, they are trying to juice up some of the returns. i could understand why someone would say this is un-apple like. i like the fact that tim cook is being aggressive in doing something like this. >> we do know that tim cook had a meeting with carl icahn. icahn backed down. he said that he agreed with apple's increased buyback and extremely pleased with the results. many analysts failed to understand the company. cory, i know you'll agree with the last part of the statement. do you think icahn knows more about the products that are coming than the rest of us? >> to back down or stop rattling his saber, his holding in the company. i think that is the point. is it un-apple like to not be a growth company? yeah. it is un-apple like to split the stock, going through a buyback. the increase in the buyback is the size of 3m. it is an incredible amount of it is a different kind of company than it has been in the past. >> we are g
i think there is a side story were apple and google -- google change things up with the different share classes. apple is intensely competitive with google. in some ways, they are trying to juice up some of the returns. i could understand why someone would say this is un-apple like. i like the fact that tim cook is being aggressive in doing something like this. >> we do know that tim cook had a meeting with carl icahn. icahn backed down. he said that he agreed with apple's increased...
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the protests against the google busses. people say there is a widening disparity between the haves and the have-nots. >> in the united states. again, i left the day-to-day operation, so i do not have authority to speak on their policy. i am starting to look into this now, just personally. i'm trying to get involved with leaders in various industries and some of the nonprofits that are trying to work in this space. it seems to me when so many jobs are being created and there's so much energy and life happening, it should good for everyone. if it is not, what can we do to fix that? it is not a weekend solution. there are a lot of different people who have to get together and think long-term. it seems to me that there has to be a way to solve this problem. it should not be a bad thing. >> a question about jelly. i got 15 responses in seconds. when are you going to merge jelly with twitter? >> it is already working. we work with twitter and facebook. we blend the two networks together. that is one of the ways that we get answer
the protests against the google busses. people say there is a widening disparity between the haves and the have-nots. >> in the united states. again, i left the day-to-day operation, so i do not have authority to speak on their policy. i am starting to look into this now, just personally. i'm trying to get involved with leaders in various industries and some of the nonprofits that are trying to work in this space. it seems to me when so many jobs are being created and there's so much...
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google news. but i don't think that people feel like they are getting a voice that they would get on, let's say, bloomberg, or any of the news channel. at the end of the day, you need someone who will do that final duration and described a story. there are the facts and then there are someone's feelings about the facts and how they talk about the story. that is what happens at that final level of duration. -- curation. the kind of view that as the machine is figuring out all of the stories that are useful and valuable. and then the editor is making the final call in reflecting the voice of the news outlet. >> and just in our last 10 seconds, when it comes to stories on, let's say, sports or celebrities, what do you find the greatest amount of content being generated and then ultimately making its way onto television, where is that coming from? >> that is hard to answer. if you think of breaking news that is happening all the time everywhere, sports is the same and entertainment is the same. they a
google news. but i don't think that people feel like they are getting a voice that they would get on, let's say, bloomberg, or any of the news channel. at the end of the day, you need someone who will do that final duration and described a story. there are the facts and then there are someone's feelings about the facts and how they talk about the story. that is what happens at that final level of duration. -- curation. the kind of view that as the machine is figuring out all of the stories that...
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if amazon does come out with a set top box, they will be competing with apple tv, with google's chromecast. talk about the competitive landscape and where amazon fits in. >> you have to be frienemies. i watch the amazon videos and use their service through roku so they have to maintain that relationship. a lot of people have wondered if you do see a box, will netflix be available on it? if it wasn't available on it -- netflix is one of the most streamed services out there so i think amazon has to realize that you can have a box and a business tied to that and you could also build out your streaming service which i think they have been doing for a few reasons. it helps their prime offering which obviously allows -- you get the free shipping. another factor is people are buying fewer dvds these days. from amazon's side, if you can get a robust service like the video service they have been building, maybe that is a way to save a business that arguably has been in decline because people don't necessarily go to amazon.com to buy as many dvds. they are more likely to get digital downloads. >> la
if amazon does come out with a set top box, they will be competing with apple tv, with google's chromecast. talk about the competitive landscape and where amazon fits in. >> you have to be frienemies. i watch the amazon videos and use their service through roku so they have to maintain that relationship. a lot of people have wondered if you do see a box, will netflix be available on it? if it wasn't available on it -- netflix is one of the most streamed services out there so i think...
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i just got my own google glass. what do you think of google glass? this is the version with the glass frames. >> i used to -- i saw a robert brenner. he would google these headphones to get beyoncÉ. it's kind of like the position in technology matters. it would be much cooler than it is now. >> someone told me i was not allowed to wear them in public because i would be a social pariah. you are saying that it doesn't have to do with how it looks. >> it is how it is introduced. if beyoncÉ was wearing it, you would be wearing. how do we and culture technology? >> what about this? >> that is another example of you can't tell time with it. it doesn't display anything. it is a trend. >> that was john maeda. coming up, can you stop hackers from looking through the devices in your home. this will be our next installment of security 101. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. new technology means new security threats. smart coffeemakers and washing machines are constantly collecting data about our habits. how can you be secur
i just got my own google glass. what do you think of google glass? this is the version with the glass frames. >> i used to -- i saw a robert brenner. he would google these headphones to get beyoncÉ. it's kind of like the position in technology matters. it would be much cooler than it is now. >> someone told me i was not allowed to wear them in public because i would be a social pariah. you are saying that it doesn't have to do with how it looks. >> it is how it is introduced....
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most of it went to google. is that a strategy you expect to we have great websites and they convert tremendously well. we continue to look to google as well as two other source of is kayak orher it trip advisor. there are other places where we go and buy our demand. we continue to buy from most channels as long as the returns are there. we are seeing that our returns on all the channels are great. the day we would love our customers to be more direct. we use google and other sources of demand to find customers and show them how wonderful our products are. >> google is making more aggressive moves in your territory. obviously, they bought ita. how big a competitor g you expect them to be going forward? as angle respects us advertiser. they rely to get more of my money. codeecent acquisition of from room 77, that is not the biggest thing that has happened. google has been working on hotel price as for years. they want to continue to make that better. i think the biggest issue we face competitively is not google,
most of it went to google. is that a strategy you expect to we have great websites and they convert tremendously well. we continue to look to google as well as two other source of is kayak orher it trip advisor. there are other places where we go and buy our demand. we continue to buy from most channels as long as the returns are there. we are seeing that our returns on all the channels are great. the day we would love our customers to be more direct. we use google and other sources of demand...
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google stock is down in after-hours. is the chairman of ad exchange, and paul, your immediate reaction, cost per clicks are down, but clicks are up. is this all because of mobile? >> it is. google, like most other companies come is trying to manage his business from the desktop to the mobile environment. as the usage moves to mobile, two things happen. number one, the actual usage of the site goes up. as you mentioned, clicks were up 26% at google. the flipside of the coin is advertising pricing on mobile devices comes at a lower price point than the desktop. in the case of google, the cost per click pricing was down nine percent. of mediaike a lot companies, needs to manage the pricing on the ads versus the actual number of ads themselves. >> how serious is this? doesn't matter that cost per click is going down? >> it is relatively serious for google. to keep in place the growth, they need to start winning in mobile. it will take a real serious effort for them to put in place the technology and the people and things tha
google stock is down in after-hours. is the chairman of ad exchange, and paul, your immediate reaction, cost per clicks are down, but clicks are up. is this all because of mobile? >> it is. google, like most other companies come is trying to manage his business from the desktop to the mobile environment. as the usage moves to mobile, two things happen. number one, the actual usage of the site goes up. as you mentioned, clicks were up 26% at google. the flipside of the coin is advertising...
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how do you feel about that now that google and apple is trying to do this? it must be scary. we had competitors in the early days. we have always had competition along the way. it is nothing new for us. if you're going to solve a big problem among there will be a lot of other people who want to do it. how do we build really great products and make sure that what we are doing is different from what everybody else's? drewopbox ceo june houston. how do they decide which startups to fund and not fund? we will take you inside the boardroom to find out. ♪ >> i'm emily chang and this is bloomberg west. it is time now for our office hours segment, featuring the abu chairman. -- featuring the abu chairman. we want to show you just how they handle those pitches and what happens inside those rooms windows make or break decisions get made. addition to my other responsibilities, i have created a network called the web investment network. many of you have sent ideas for us to look at. we will go over those presentations. from 15-30here companies per week. the first thing we look for is i
how do you feel about that now that google and apple is trying to do this? it must be scary. we had competitors in the early days. we have always had competition along the way. it is nothing new for us. if you're going to solve a big problem among there will be a lot of other people who want to do it. how do we build really great products and make sure that what we are doing is different from what everybody else's? drewopbox ceo june houston. how do they decide which startups to fund and not...
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democratization of information by google. democratizeg to design. this whole thing, that horses out of the barn and will continue. there is nothing we can do to stop that. being achieved evangelist at apple, not a lot of places you can go. not easy to talk that. because itanva is in the business of democratizing design. do you do not have to buy expensive software to create your own graphics. i had a wonderful time to try to democratize computing with apple. the second time i have been achieved evangelist in my career. we want to make it so that people who could not use graphics before can now do this. that is a huge opportunity and a huge challenge but a very enchanting challenge. >> any of the startups on your ?adar caps on >> it is a most too hard to keep track of. if you are in silicon valley they are popping like how corn all the time. basically everything you ever wanted to do, probably somebody else has wanted to do it, too. that is a very good development. andlook at these apps ,ocial media and you say wow that is something i just wanted to
democratization of information by google. democratizeg to design. this whole thing, that horses out of the barn and will continue. there is nothing we can do to stop that. being achieved evangelist at apple, not a lot of places you can go. not easy to talk that. because itanva is in the business of democratizing design. do you do not have to buy expensive software to create your own graphics. i had a wonderful time to try to democratize computing with apple. the second time i have been achieved...
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we have the same infrastructure whether it is google or amazon or netflix or yahoo! or microsoft or aol all looking at original content. looking at 10 episode shows that might cost anywhere from 700,000 to a few million dollars per episode. search.go toward now going to this original content business and what it might mean. >> can you only watch online? >> the success that netflix has had drawing customers, we want some of those same people and we have the cash to spend. >> netflix has produced a number of hits. single we can't name a one. let's bring in jon erlichman that got a look inside of microsoft xbox entertainment studios. they are making its own original series with the likes of steven spielberg. pretty fascinating story. i year-and-a-half ago, microsoft hired a very well-known person for her work at cbs and before that at warner bros.. everyone has been asking the question, what is the xbox team working on? they have not said much until now. we got an exclusive look of what we have been doing behind the scenes. inside this low-key office building, microsoft
we have the same infrastructure whether it is google or amazon or netflix or yahoo! or microsoft or aol all looking at original content. looking at 10 episode shows that might cost anywhere from 700,000 to a few million dollars per episode. search.go toward now going to this original content business and what it might mean. >> can you only watch online? >> the success that netflix has had drawing customers, we want some of those same people and we have the cash to spend. >>...
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you look at the developments in the google system. then you look at china, which is trying to bring on cos, which will be an alternative to apple. you look at the smartwatch coming out of samsung, which they are looking at moving away from google, to have a different operating system which they may bring into their smartphones. so apple is saying to the rest of the ecosystem, look, i own these features, these are mine. if you want to compete, you have to come up with something different. that is the conversation i think is going on. >> apple is asking for $40 for every samsung device that infringes on these patents. is that anywhere near realistic? >> that is huge. i believe microsoft has been reported to be getting about $10 for all of its patents on software, architecture, and everything else, from samsung, five dollars from htc. so, $40 is almost a shutdown price. it disrupts cost of goods sold, disrupts margins to the point where it is very difficult to move on. that is partly a consideration of the google operating system being f
you look at the developments in the google system. then you look at china, which is trying to bring on cos, which will be an alternative to apple. you look at the smartwatch coming out of samsung, which they are looking at moving away from google, to have a different operating system which they may bring into their smartphones. so apple is saying to the rest of the ecosystem, look, i own these features, these are mine. if you want to compete, you have to come up with something different. that...