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say he is now free of cancer. hello and welcome to the program. tributes are being paid to one of asia's most influential statesmen, lee kuan yew, who has died in hospital in singapore. he was 91 years old. let's take a look at the scene at the presidential palace. mourners there are laying flowers and tribute boards have been set up for people to pay their respects. well mr. lee led singapore's transformation from a small port city to one of the nationest nations in the world, although his authoritarian zero tolerance approach to crime attracted some criticism criticism. the prime minister says that singapore would not see another man like him. let's go live to our

correspondent, ali moore, she joins us from outside the presidential palace, and of course mourners there are gathering. >> reporter: they are, indeed kasia. it is the end of the working day here in singapore, and that steady flow of people who have come to pay their respects has really picked up in the last hour or so. i'm just outside of the gates of the presidential palace where earlier today the body of lee kuan yew went through these gates. the family is holding a private wake ahere for the next two days before the funeral which will be held next sunday. this country is now in seven days of official mourning. flags are flying at half-staff and there has been a steady stream of people who are coming young and old, to pay their respects. of course, the current prime minister, the son of lee kuan yew, has also paid tribute to his father and says his legacy needs to be preserved. >> i'm grieved beyond words at the passing of mr. lee kuan yew.

i know that we all feel the same way, but even as we mourn his passing, let us honor our present. let us dedicate ourselves as one people to build on his foundation and build on his ideals and keep singapore exceptional and successful for many years to come. >> reporter: singapore's current prime minister and the son of lee kuan yew paying tribute as so many others are today. of course, lee kuan yew was a charismatic figure but also a controversial one. he ruled singapore with an iron fist. >> reporter: iron willed sharp tongued, and quit-witted, lee kuan yew was a towering political figure in post-colonial asia and a great nation builder. he made the creation and survival of singapore a personal project.

as its prime minister for 31 years and as an influential adviser and commentator right up to his death. he was bourn into a fourth generation chinese family, in what was then the british colony of singapore. he lived through the japanese occupation in world war ii at one point narrowly escaping execution, and went on to study law at cambridge university. on returning home he entered the hectic political fray that proceeded independence founding the people's action party, which still governs the island today. he became prime minister in 1959 as an autonomous city state, that was then passed over as the newly independent federation of malaysia. but the friction between the chinese, the majority in singapore, and indigenous malays led to singapore being expelled from malaysia. a decision that mr. lee who feared the island state could not survive on its own, announced to his people in tears. >> the old aristocratic way, a

way. and i said to him, is there no other way? can't we sort of loosen up and unscramble, have a an agreement? and he said no the only way is out with thee. >> reporter: lee kuan yew's answer to this is instill himself and his party as the undisputed parties of the country, a kind of communism. >> i think it can become very ugly, much more ugly than south vietnam. singapore goes around saigon would be nothing to what could happen here. terrorism, violence. very unpleasant. >> he also set singapore on a path of rapid development, building modern infrastructure and education but attracting investments in technology and banking. under him, the city state became

one of the world's wealthiest societies and one of the most stable and reliable allies of the west. the price was a strict enforcement of laws backed by fines and corporal punishment and limits on freedom of expression. mr. lee turned the coin asian values. thrift, hard work and strong government, which he said were more relevant to the multi-ethnic singapore than the liberal individualism of the west. >> people have learned to mute or suppress their instinctive rivalries or group aggressiveness or abrasiveness. i think it would take a very very long time to paycheck one society, one nation out of many races. >> reporter: he continued to meet international dignitaries and speak out on issues that concerned him, from the rise of china to singapore's declining

birthrate, until the end of his laf. he remained fearful of his tiny country's international vulnerability. but the spectacular economic achievements he oversaw are a lasting legacy and an inspiration to other developing nations. jonathan head bbc news. >> reporter: the overwhelming message from the people here who have come to pay tribute is thanks, thanks to lee kuan yew for building a nation from a third world country to a first world country, in a generation. but of course he did do it by maintaining incredibly strict control. he used the courts to silence his critics. he talked of using a hatchet when it came to dealing with his opponents. and the question is was that tight control, was it worth the progress that was made? well sam lipski is a former australian journalist and i spoke to him recently about that very issue. he was in singapore in the early days of lee kuan yew when the country first became a republic. i asked him the question, was

the progress worth it request? >> this is a question that lee kuan yew and the people's action party, which has run singapore for 50 years paid the price. but they did it not mindlessly they did it deliberately. their argument would be that this was the only way that the average singaporean could achieve decent housing, a good standard of living and an aspirational future for children who could go on to education, university, become doctors and lawyers and entrepreneurs and be successful, look at it from the west from a western liberal democratic point of view. there are serious questions about not just lee kuan yew individually, but the group around him, which some would say have become almost crony like in some of their determination to keep opponents and dissent out.

but i think everything is on balance and compared to what -- compared to almost anything else in asia i would say the price was probably worth paying. if i were a singaporean, i think i would have been prepared to pay it. >> there are those who say, singapore will die with lee kuan yew. it won't degenerate is and decay. >> i disagree with the notion that there is no future for singapore. the country, i think, the greatest tribute that one could pay to lee kuan yew is he did make sure his succession some would disagree with how he went about it but there is a succession, there is a new elite, there are new leaders in singapore, and he has built well. lee kuan yew, look about him. and you'll see what he has achieved. >> reporter: the former australian journalist there, sam lipski, who was here in the very early days of singapore as a republic. of course, people will continue to pay their respects over the coming days in the lead up to

the state funeral on sunday. and the legacy of lee kuan yew is well established. many people do ask if he needed to be so tough. but today is a day to look back at his achievements and the people who are lining up here to say condolence books really lining up to say thank you, kasia. >> yes, indeed ali moore from singapore, thank you very much. and ali touching upon those achievements. aaron is here with a look at those achievements. because they were vast and great. >> huge numbers and a great success story. let me explain. hello. as you've been hearing, the founding prime minister of singapore, lee kuan yew, has died. and during his three decades in power, he masterminded his country's transformation from a small fishing port a regional financial and technology powerhouse. let's just take a look at some of these numbers. in 1960 singapore's gross domestic product, its gdp, was less than $1 billion. in 2014 it was just under $300

billion. in 1960 the country's gdp per capita was $427 per person. take a look at this because in 2013, it was over $55,000 per person. by any measure, this is an astonishing success story. so how did he do it? we've been hearing some of highlights. business-friendly economic policy, easy regulations, and low taxes which helped to attract massive investment. we're going to have a lot more and go live to singapore coming up on the world business report very shortly. how about this one, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras is meeting german chancellor angela merkel in berlin for his first visit to germany since he took power. all of this among mounting power that greece is once again running out of money. the two sides have been at odds to renegotiate the terms of its international bailout.

the "financial times" reports that mr. tsipras had warned miss merkel that greece could not meet debt payments without new aid. but germany is digging its feet in and says there will not be more money without reforms on this. in china has received a critical endorsement for a proposed new asian infrastructure investment bank. 27 nations have already signed up but the u.s. has urged caution and raised questions about the government of the new bank. now the head of the imf international monetary fund christine lagarde, has pledged cooperation with the new lender. she's just wrapped a four-day visit to china. we'll have more the rest of the day on twitter. follow me on twitter. you can get me @bbcaaron. more business report coming up in about 17 minutes. i'll see you then. thanks kasia. >> aaron, good to see you. thank you very much. aaron coming back very shortly. now turning to other news, it is a grim statistic. in the years since the first

death from the ebola outbreak in west africa it was confirmed that more than 10,000 people have been killed by the disease. well the charity medecins sans frontieres says there is no slowing. it blames a global coalition of inaction at the start of the outbreak for making things worse. our global health correspondent reports. >> reporter: slowly and very cautiously, life is returning to some degree of normality. schools have reopened in liberia after six months of children being told to stay away. but at the height of the outbreak guinea liberia, and sierra leone were under siege. our bbc team watched as patients were turned away from full treatment centers. this man, frances semika later died. in a damning report the medical charity msf said the world ignored its call for help early in the outbreak. it's particularly critical of

the world health organization for not declaring an international health emergency much sooner. >> it increased the spread because we weren't able to mobilize enough resources to jump on isolated outbreaks, then the mobility of the west african population meant that people were moving huge distances and we weren't able to react quickly enough. >> reporter: the world has come a long way since the peak of the ebola outbreak. back in december there were more than six new cases a week. now it's fewer than 60. liberia had managed a few weeks without a new infection, but now it's reported one fresh case. and look what's happening in guinea. after infections fell sharply, they're gradually creeping up again. until there is zero cases recorded in all three countries for at least six weeks, this outbreak will not be considered over.

this is a timely reminder of the global threat the virus continues to pose. a british military health worker is still being treated for ebola after being flown home from sierra leone. she will receive the best possible treatment with potential access to experimental drugs. but for those who have been fighting this outbreak since the start, many challenges still lie ahead. >> the biggest mistake we can make now is to see ebola decline and think, the job's done. the ripple effect of this outbreak has been enormous. surgical services are down vaccinations the ability to access a skilled midwife when you need to deliver, all of these have been dramatically affected, and it's a top priority at the moment to get those services back online. >> guinea liberia, and sierra leone have lost hundreds of health workers to ebola. there are urgent calls now for their decimated health systems to be rebuilt, to help ensure an outbreak this deadly can never return to west africa.

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get your own liquid gold. go on, git! there's gold in them thar shells. liquid gold. you're watching bbc world news. i'm kasia madera. our headlines this hour. tributes are being paid to singapore's founding father, lee kwan yew kuan yew which has died. early calls for help for ebola were denied by the world health organization. coming up in sports in just an hour, it wasn't a classic, but barcelona are camped at the top. in spain, suarez is on hand as they beat rial madrid. 50, not out. it's not the cricket world cup,

not yet. it's novak djokovic to win the masters. and i know this doesn't look exciting, but it will be. better than the quarter finals anyway. there are only four left at the cricket world cup. south africa and new zealand are first up later. it's all coming up for you in 30 minutes. >> it does look exciting. let's stay on the sporting theme. an indian sprinter who has been banned from competing against other women after failing a gender test is right this moment appealing against the ruling in switzerland. dutee chand says that the current rules are discriminatory and the science behind testing is actually flawed. let's talk to the bbc sports news reporter alex castic. this is taking place right now, this appeal. remind us what condition she has, what is she being charged with or why she failed this test. >> yes dutee chand and her legal team are in the court of

arbitration. the hearing started a few hours ago and expected to last around four days. the reason she's there, she failed this gender test last year. she was 18 years old and had just won the 100 to 200 meters gold medal at the asian juniors championships. and concerns were raised by we don't know another competitor or an official, so she was forced to take a gender test a gender test that was introduced back in 2009. she failed it because her testosterone levels were too high. this is naturally produced testosterone. there was no question of her doing a doping offense or anything like that. this is something her body produces naturally. she was offered the opportunity to take therapy hormones suppressing therapy, or even surgery. she declined. she said she was happy with her body, she didn't want to change it and she thinks that she should be able to compete as a woman against other woman, as she is. >> and she says that the science behind the test is flawed. >> she says there's no proof

that this does cause -- this does increase the levels of performance. she's also said that it's discriminatory, because there was no similar test for men. so that is the argument that was put before the tribunal in switzerland. the iwf, on the other hand they will say they took a long time to come up with this test after the casper semenya controversy. they have to have a level for men and women and that's why they came up with this testosterone test and a similar one that the international olympic committee has as well for the olympic games. so they'll be defending their test. as i said, it will take four days but we probably won't get a judgment for weeks, perhaps even months. >> alex thanks very much for bringing us up to date. alex capstick. let's turn to france where the far-right national france has had a strong showing. the party led by marie kapens

has pushed the socialist into third place. but a second-round runoff could mean that the national front struggles to translate that support into victories. from paris, hugh schofield reports. every election in france it's the same these days how well will the far right do? marie la pent went in void by polls suggesting the national front could come first. in the event it didn't, but still nearly a quarter of the vote, a very strong showing. >> the national front has managed in the local elections to surpass its european election results. this massive vote for the national front, which is putting down deeper roots, election after election shows that the french want to regain their freedom. >> official results with the count nearly complete puts the national front at almost 25% of the national vote. that's some way behind the mainstream opposition led by the ump, which scored just under 30%. and in third place, the

socialists and their allies at a little over 21%. they were hit badly by the government's poor reputation, but also by rivalists from the far left. afterwards, ump leader nicolas sarkozy made a brief statement acknowledging his party's success. the changeover of national power, he said, is coming. but for the government, prime minister vall s said there should be satisfaction that the national front had not done as well as it hoped. >> even if support for the far right was too high it's not the biggest party. i'm content with that because that was my personal campaign goal. >> reporter: but they can't conceal the fact that it was a miserable day for the french left. next sunday the second round of voting and in many constituencies, it will be a runoff between the right and the far right. hugh schofield, bbc news paris. the british parent who is

sparked an international manhunt last year when they defied doctors to take their 5-year-old child overseas for cancer treatments say that their son is now free from the disease. they said they feared their son, asher, would die if he continued to be treated in the uk. he eventually received experimental therapy in the czech republic and his doctors say he will soon be allowed to go home. lisa hemply reports. >> reporter: asher king a very different-looking little boy than last summer when he was suffering from brain cancer and his parents took him abroad for treatment, not available to them. now they say he is free of cancer. >> the main thing i found, i was so relieved inside because we saw him making physical improvements, but we weren't sure of what was happening inside. so we now know that that was good news as well. >> they told the sun newspaper the results justify everything they did and if they'd left him with the nhs, they don't think

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running out of money. alexis tsipras and angela merkel they meet in berlin as greece struggles to meet imminent debt payments. and the end of an era. we're going to take a look at the economic legacy of the founding father of singapore,

lee lee kuan yew. hello, everybody. back from holidays and raring to go. let's go take a fascinating and exciting look at all the latest in the world of business and money. and let's start with the great prime minister alexis tsipras, is meeting the german chancellor angela merkel in berlin today, of course amid melting concerns that greece is running out of money. the two countries have been at odds over the newly elected government's efforts to renegotiate the terms, of course of its international bailout. the "financial times" reports that mr. tsipras had warned miss merkel that they cannot meet new debt payments without new aid. but germany is digging in its heels and said that there would be no new money without reforms. let's get more. so there is many mr. tsipras' first visit, actually on german

soil, since he became prime minister. is this just another round of discussions, or could this be make or break? >> well it could be but i don't think it will be. i think there's a game of theater being plaid here political theater, tsipras had to be radical. merkel and the creditors of greece have to be quite strong and demand reforms in exchange for the refinancing of the debt. that's what it boils down to. we've seen that story before. >> we have. and about a month ago, just before i went away it was greece, greece greece and it's going to continue isn't it? but greece backed down. europe agreed to give them yes, another chunk of bailout money, and they did that because the government -- the greek government kind of backed down on a lot of their rhetoric if you are, anyway. the promises to the greek voters. since they've done that, i'm wondering wondering, does that change the balance of power. can europe now go they'll do it once, they'll do it again if we stay tough. >> i think that's exactly the

phrase i would use. i think the balance of power has tilted. it's not completely shifted, but tilted to berlin and to the creditors. and that is, because, as you say, once this has already happened once, it's also because since the crisis first broke in the eurozone in greece in 2010 europe has put in a lot of fire bricks. there's the money from the ecb that could come to a country that's in trouble, the omt, as it's called. there's money where the eurozone together borrows from the markets and lends. it's all part of this -- there's an alphabet soup of these mechanisms. that's called the esm. so there are these various tools the eurozone has now given itself to prevent the threat of a problem like this in greece becoming a systemic problem -- >> contagion, we're talking about? is that working, though or has that worked so far? they have these new tools in place. >> there is some but much less than there was before. one of the interesting things is that there's much less

solidarity than you might have expected and there was between the other countries that are in trouble and greece. right? spain and italy and others are putting in a very hard line because some of them have done a lot of reform and judgment as well, and are towing the creditor's line. so i think greece is manifestly in a weaker position than it used to be. >> i've got to wrap this up but in five seconds, is greece running out -- how tough is the situation? >> i think it's very tough. there's deposit flight the budget is in trouble. they're going to need -- either they're going to need europe to help them to stump up some refinancing in exchange for this reform or there's going to have to be some other judgment that greece makes, maybe capital controls. >> we'll keep an eye on that and no doubt we'll talk to you again. arnab talking greece. the founding prime minister of singapore lee kuan yew has

died. he absolutely masterminded this country's transformation from a small fishing port into a regional, financial, and technology powerhouse. we put some numbers together. take a look at this. astonishing. in 1960, singapore's gdp, gross domestic product, was less than $40 billion. in 2014 take a look at this around $300 billion. in 1960 the country's gdp per capita was $427 per person. in 2013 it's the big red figure right there, $55,000 per person. by any measure, of course this is an astonishing success story. so how did he do it? well business-friendly economic policies, easy regulation and low taxes all helped to attract some massive investment. let's go straight over to our business hub in singapore. mariko, great to see you. you've been talking, i believe, to a lot of people in the business community in singapore about his legacy.

what sort of things have they been telling you? >> i think we've been talking about some of his critics criticizeing about his tight grip on power. but i think his economic legacy is much less controversial and not many would disagree that what he has achieved is an economic miracle, because he oversaw almost every aspect of the economy from keeping the tax low, as you mentioned, to track foreign investor to education, where he's really promoted english as the business language. and that really made singapore stand out in the region because it meant that multi-national companies could come here and start hiring local talents almost immediately. and business leaders have been paying tribute. jenny chu was the general manager at ruffles hotel just behind us and she said singapore wouldn't have been the same without lee kuan yew. >> in this case in singapore's case, a few good men and a few good women led by mr. lee caused

things to happen. they were very focused. they led by example. >> and we've also been hearing from business leaders in malaysia. frances yew is the leader of the malaysian conglomerate and he mr. yew on many occasions and said his legacy had been felt across the region. >> hose built a legacy and a krl which has been left behind. which is so awesome and so difficult to do. everybody wants to do what lee kuan yew do. >> we were just talking about the astonishing gdp numbers. so a lot achieved no doubt about that. but boy, it came at a price, right? he was run tough cookie wasn't he? >> yes, indeed.

his restrictions of press freedom, civil liberties have been criticized. and also alienate years, as well in the economy as well a lot of especially young singaporeans have been voicing concerns about the cost of living, after all, singapore's economy has done so well it's become the world's most expensive city. others have been voicing their concerns a very large number of foreign workers as well as ex-pats who work here almost a quarter of singapore's population are now foreigners. it's singaporeans questioning what this country has been for. so, of course, there are going to be challenges ahead for the current prime minister lee hsien loong, the son of mr. lee kuan yew, but today many paying tribute to the economical miracle that mr. lee has achieved. >> thank you, marika joining us

from our singapore hub. let's take a look at the market board. i haven't seen them for two weeks. i've been on holiday! they're not all that different from when i left. they are down a little from the greek and german meeting. tweet me i'll tweet you back. if you like a bit of sports it's coming up right now. see you soon. bye-bye.

hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport center. coming up for you, no classic, the barcelona are at the top in spain. suarez is on hand as they beat rial madrid. 50 not out. it's not the cricket world cup, it's novak djokovic. he beats federer to win the indian world masters. and i know this doesn't look exciting, but who is going to steamroller themselves to the title? there are only four left in the cricket world cup. south africa and new zealand are first up later. reynaldo scores messy doesn't, but barcelona win el classicco. hello, this is sport today. ten games to go and it is

advantage barcelona. they won by two goals to one. barcelona in front in the first half that was following a messy cross, chrissal doe reynaldo then scored his 42ened gold of the season but it wasn't to be for the men in white. it was louis suarez who scored the decisive second for barcelona. he is becoming their top scorer. it was feisty. 11 players booked. and what is this? no goal for messy? no but plenty to celebrate for him and his teammates. barcelona's 18th win in 19 matches. >> translator: in the second half, it started better for us and we were able to see the

problems. we went up 2-up and we could have easily scored another goal but even though i think we've seen a complete performance from both teams, to be honest. we created a lot of chances at goal to score and it's been a really good performance and to give our fans all fans this great feeling for the rest of the week that's really good. but it's not by any means a decisive result in terms of the league. >> translator: i think two very high-quality teams faced each other tonight. i thought we played really well for an hour after the second goal. after that the match became much more complicated. but we'll take away from this a very good first half. we played very well. we were playing against a good rival, who were very solid in the back. at the end of the game i think maybe we were missing just that little bit of coolheadedness and a long ball was the way they got behind us for that winning goal and that's what we're really sad about, because for an hour we played really well and for 30

minutes, not so well. >> so as you can see here it is barcelona in the driver's seat with ten games left. they now appear to be in a commanding position to lift the title. 50 career titles for this man, novak djokovic. he successfully defended his indian wells title, as he beat roger federer in three sets in california. john watson watched the action. >> reporter: a year on and the world's top two were back to contest another title in california. a successful defense for the serbian and equals federer's four titles here. and in the first set, he looked determined to do just that. breaking to go 4-2 up on his way to taking the first set. in the second federer set about imposing himself on the australian open champion using power, poise, and precision. he forced a tiebreak his serve

and volley proving effective this time to level the match. in the third, the world's number one stole an early break as djokovic matched federer's cute touch on court. sensing victory, the serb won the last four games in a row to win a fourth indian wells open crown in the california sun. now after some rather predictable quarter world finals, let's hope the cricket world cup can serve up two classic semifinals. australia played indy on thursday, but before that new zealand meets south africa at eden park in oakland. on tuesday, lee james is in australia for us. >> we are looking forward to two potentially great semi-finals here at the cricket world cup. we have four teams remaining who have consistently been the best around the tournament.

but who will come out on top. with me is elise perry, who has won the cricket world cup for australia and competed at the women's football world cup. elise, what have you made of tournament? as a baller yourself it's been a little difficult at times, hasn't it? >> it has. fantastic performances the from all the teams involved, not just the big teams of world cricket, but also the associate nations have really been so engaging to watch. i think there's been a lot of fantastic batting performances both team and individual. but probably what stood out for me as well as being a baller, is the effectiveness of a lot of the left arm quick ballers. if you watched the other night, so there's been something there for the ballers and the spinners have been effective again. so all-around it's been a wonderful world cup to watch. >> the first semifinals sees is new zealand take on south africa. what do you think will make the difference here? >> i think possibly the home

conditions in new zealand. they've played all their matches there for the world cup so far. they've been in some fantastic form with both the bat and the ball. they've got some wonderful strike power, skpo so i think playing there with a home crowd and just that they've had the experience and the success there is going to make them really hard to beat. but if any team can do it it's probably south africa. >> and i know you would love to see australia in the final, potentially taking on new zealand. >> i would love that so much. it would be so fantastic to see. an australian/new zealand final at an australian/new zealand world cup, that would mean a lot, i think historically and culturally between our two countries and the wonderful rivalry that we share. but having said that look india probably the team of the tournament in terms of the results and the consistency they've played at. and south africa they're due, aren't they? they haven't managed to have success at a world cup, so maybe this year is their year.

>> of course elise would love it to be australia in the final, but will that happen? the first semi-final is between new zealand and south africa on tuesday. >> okay. you can keep up to date with the cricket world cup on our website. and you'll find news about a beat for slayna. also more on el classico. it wasn't a classic. louis henrik is trying to tell you there's a lot to play for in spain. but barcelona, now four points clear at the top over rial madrid after they beat them 2-1 at the camp. get it all here. that's our website, bbc.com/sports. i'm chris mitchell. that for you is "sport today." hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh!

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world. but this is the place for trend spotting emerging technologies too. everything from virtual reality to robotics. more than anything though southby, with a crowd of tens of thousands has become a human petri dish a place to nurture connections, both out and about and in the hundreds of panel discussions. this man should know, tim ferris had his first self-help guide before our workweek rejected by 26 publishers. but thanks to networking the book was picked up and along with others has become an international smash hit. >> if you're not trying to be the craft network, who's doing this looking for the next mark if you're not being that guy if you do it properly i firmly believe you'll never have to network again, ever. and you could take your product from unknown to worldwide with the domino that you tip at south

by southwest. >> that was certainly the case for this entrepreneur who came here back in the day with a start-up you've probably now heard of. >> for me personally south by southwest, march of 2007 was the point at which i stopped thinking of twitter as something that was just fun, and started thinking of twitter as a very important new communication invention. and that was because i heard the story about a guy who was at a pub, and the pub was too loud. he wanted to talk to his friends and colleagues about what they were working on. that's why they have gathered and he tweeted, let's move to this torreother place that's quiet. and when he got there, in the eight minutes it took him to get there, there was 800 people there, a line out the door. and when i heard that story, i got chills. because i realized he sent us a tweet, it got retweeted and so forth, and i thought, my god, one idea can go to hundreds of

people within seconds or minutes. and i thought, this is it. we've got to make a company out of this. >> that was a lightbulb moment? >> it was huge. >> and now a new app, live video streams over the social media network. clearly, in the right hands, it has potential. though many streamers are broadcasting so much nauseating wobble cam, it makes youtube look positively high production. the fledgling service is already experiencing growing pains, fixing security problems and it faces challenges from twitter itself, which has just bought a rival service called per scope and it's now stopped mere kat from automatically notifying followers of their live broadcast. and the official south by app itself is using a stir. it uses blue tooth eye beacons, strategically placed. >> this is the largest beacon deployment ever done at an

event. there are over a thousand beacons. when you come in range of one of these beacons, the device hears that beacon identification and knows that you've entered a very specific zone. this works independently of gps, so indoor ifs you walk into a specific room we know you are there. we look at your interests, your expertise, and compare them against that attendee database to automatically make recommendations on people that you might want to meet. >> most people here though seemed happy to leave things to chance encounters of all varieties. they'll have a shot at going back to the future next year and who knows. by then maybe we'll all be able to lyeive stream the party. .

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