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a number of different folks. it was challenge of how do you get them to match the music. >> there was a you tube kmecomm at a timer who said still better than nickelback. there's there's an ios in the market system to write an app.b. there's there's an ios in the market system to write an app.s. there's there's an ios in the market system to write an app.b. there's there's an ios in the market system to write an app. the new version hasn't proven itself to say if this enough that i want to commit my time to. is that accurate? >> it's pretty accurate. there are spectrum of reasons why people get involved.
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we like to think three. hacker, entrepreneur and the corporate developer. the guy who works 9 to 5. the hammers wickers will come t platform because it's neat and cool and you can't do other things. >> what is that neat, new stuff that you can do with the blackberry platform? >> it's fully multitasking operating system. you can do all kinds of things with background processes. it has a new language for how you use the device which is different from the way people have been using smartphones. >> for instance, what kind of gesture? >> that swipe. when you go to look to see what new messages come onto your device you give it a pull up, pull up to the right and take a
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quick peek to see what you've received where there's device you have to push a button and get into the application. that's gone. >> scott mentioned e phone but the samsung galaxy. when you mention you might be losing sleep s, there are companies coming from all over. how does it complicate your job? >> that's true. there's a lot of competition in the marketplace. from the perspective of the developer coming to blackberry, we try to make it easier. you can build it natively. you can build with adobe air. you can build it with android, j
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java. we'll make it easy to realize the investment you've made back. >> you're talking to an english major here. when i'm an ios developer, what percentage of the way i'm going to develop for blackberry would i say i get that. it's 75% similar. like from french the spanish that's a good easy transition but french to russian is impossible. where would you put yourself in that spectrum? >> i can't answer the question directly. question have a person from greece he ported his application from ios to blackberry in three days. one man. >> what's the key app you don't
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have? what's the one where if i could say i'd make a phone call, as if i had that power, and say you really need to be on blackberry 10 operating system? >> there's a spectrum. >> i have them written down. netflix. >> not there yet. >> twitter. >> absolutely. >> facebook. >> absolutely. blackberry uses more social than on any other platform. we have a whole bunch of data to back that up. facebook integration is a critical part of our strategy. we have other solutions for streaming media. >> hulu. >> again, we've got great solutions. >> that's a no. >> evernote. >> absolutely. >> how have you done initially?
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i know it's too early but how is it selling so far. i want to point out a question about loyalty and how people in a certain bubble. >> we're very happy with the way it's gone. we sold a million in the first month of sales which is reported first quarter. that was in canada and the uk alone. we're now in 42 different countries. >> any reports from the u.s. yet? >> not yet. >> i used to be a loyal blackberry user and i was shamed to using an iphone. people would take photo offense me. s >> aren't you the tech guy from usa today. >> i was in europe and i saw blackberries everywhere. i didn't see a iphone. >> i think silicon valley is
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definitely different. we had lots and lots of loyal users especially in places where security matters or messaging is a big deal. those are all places where you find them. >> i'm curious from the development standpoint how do you reach those developers in those international markets where you have maybe this greater opportunity than in the u.s.? >> you go there. last year we ran our blackberry conference in orlando in the middle of may which kicked off the new platform. we started devices into hand of developers. today we've given away almost 40,000 to developers. it took the blackberry gem show on the road. we started out going to 17 countri countries. by the time we were done we been to 44. last year twice in a row i spent weeks at a time traveling from city to city.
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an print. it's a site run by former navy officer charlie moore. he's raised of tens of millions of dollars in funding for this legal start-up charging users as little as $10 a month to create legal documents, wills, leases even patents all examined by real life professional lawyers. >> charlie moore is a graduate of the u.s. naval academy. east a troo-- they examined thid it's true. unless he does not live then it goes to you and you're the executor of this will. >> you'll need a couple of
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witnesses. >> i listed those as well. this is a legal document. my wife might have some issues with it but this is a legitimate document that i made for $10 and this will hold up, right? >> absolutely. in fact, more than 100,000 wills like this are created every month on rocket lawyer. >> i think if people knew you could make a $10 will more people would do it. i'm surprised by the people that have homes cars and kids and they don't have wills. >> it's really a shame. more than half of americans don't have a will. even 70% of people who have children living at home with them don't have a will. i think it's changing. this month at rocket lawyer the wills are free. the wills are free.
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>> i'm curious how big is that market and what are the legal implications from then offering that online? >> that's a great question. one of the first things i did when i started the company, being a lawyer i practiced here, we didn't want to replace lawyers. there were some things out there that were alternative and marking themselves as that. i didn't think it was the right approach. i think people can and should get competent legal help from licensed attorneys. we can use technology to make that more affordable and simpler for them. that was a corner stone. we got a patent on a process that vovrs the lawyers in it from day one. it's been really fun to see lawyers embrace this way of practicing law online. >> that's really the business model, isn't it? it's the up sale, $10 legitimate will. if you're happy with that,
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fantastic. now that i've got you under the tent, if you'd like some legal help, click here and i'm not saying it's hidden or anything but that's the up sale much like evernote says you can have a free account but if you'd like some extra features pay us $9 a month that would be great. that's fundamentally your business. >> it's to connect people with attorney, legal plans that are affordable for either family or increasingly for businesses because if you're in business you have legal issues. >> is there a document that i can't, you suggest i not produce through your service? is there a limit? >> you can. >> that's another great question. you can. one of the things i think is also fun is you've been talking a lot about mobile. you can use your phone. you can use your phone to ask a
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question of an attorney. we really encourage folks to do the things that they can do themselves but with the assistance of an attorney. >> it's very similar to legal zoom. you're competing with them? >> i would never say that. >> explain why? >> i wouldn't because legal zoom is a competitor of ours that's been in the market for about 15 years. we've been around for about four years. rocket lawyer we've been really fortunate with our users to see this explosive growth that we've experienced where about twice as many people are using rocket lawyer every month than legal zoom. why do i think that is? we really worked hard to make the lawyers an integrated part
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of the process. back to what should you do yourself and what should you not do. there are common ailments, if you have a cold or a cough you might go and get over the counter medicine but if you need surgery, go get a doctor to help you with that. it's the same as if you're going to sue scott. let's get a lawyer to help you. >> i don't think you ought to be giving him legal advice as the executor of my will. there's some litigation and limitations as to what you can say but there is. okay. you've been writing about it. >> i have. >> i don't want to dwell on it but is there something you need to bring into the conversation. >> legal zoom sued rocket lawyer last fall for a few, there were a few issues but it was for misleading advertising and
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trademark infringement. some of those charges have been dropped. i think the speculation is that there's a competitor suing another competitor and there's a threat there. rocket lawyer is growing fast. >> a lawyer said that the law firms, a bit like blockbuster and netflix. you're the netflix of legal because law firms that buy these enormous wood panel offices, et cetera, are doing the same things you're doing but they're paying rent. there's a blockbuster of this model. that's a fair assessment. you can be a good lawyer and not have a panel room with a receptionist and everything else, you can do it entirely online. >> i'm a big fan of netflix and a netflix user. i couldn't mind that comparison at all. the attorneys who practice with
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rocket lawyer are independent attorneys all around the country. i think what they find is they're able to do it in a more affordable way because they may not need the wood panel office and that kind of thing. we have facilitated a way for them to work with people using sma smartphones and doing some of the stuff themselves. >> is a young lawyer watching this saying there's going to be lawyers on headsets and skype and kansas city competing with me. what area of law would you go into today that's protected from you? >> that's a great -- would you mind if i pivoted a little? i don't think there's an area protected from innovation. if i was going into practice for the first time today and i have talked to law students about this, i would use the best available tools today.
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i would do a lot of social networking because that's how i'm going to get my clients. i would use virtual techniques of practicing where i don't need that big wood panel. >> let me ask you one last legal question. if i do this, this negates there will, so he doesn't get my stuff. >> i think you're off the hook. >> thank you for being here. you can have this. >> thanks. >> up next when mark zuckerburg asks you to walk up, we'll take a look at his management style when "press here" continues.
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so to a police officers and restaurant waiters. southwest does hire people from other airlines but not as often as you think. katrina walker has written about southwest and other companies unusual hiring practices. her new book is think like duck. the five business secrets of facebook's brilliant ceo. thanks for being with us. i know apple did that as well. job jobs studied calligraphy and brought in artists. there's engineers that have the dual talents. >> absolutely. it's interesting you look at the successful companies, that's what they do. they're mantra is hire for attitude. skills can be taught but passion can't. that's the principle that jobs and zuckerburg use to look at
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the best candidates. look, i hire people from the street because they come in and say we'll mop the floors and do whatever wp we love your brand. we want to do whatever it takes to get you to that next level and they grow with the company. >> that protects the culture. >> if you don't have that culture and people that share that same vision that you have and want to do so badly what you want to do, forget everything else. >> are there certain businesses that this works for better? you have to think at a law firm you need the skills. you can't just judge on attitude. >> you can do both. with you need engineers, i think it's both. that's what he looks for. we're looking for people who
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will are passionate. we don't care what they are passionate about as long as they are passionate. we still have to look for it. >> who are the people that facebook are hiring? what types of professions? >> i think people from all over the world. people who have been historians and in politics. really all walks of life. it's really amazing to see that culture. >> there are certain kpacompani that don't do a good job of that where they have recycled people. >> a lot of big ones. i can't say for sure. here's the resume and that's how we judge the person. >> you meet some of those in the airline industry. >> united. >> the latest one is no more resumes. >> you're talking about like the
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numeric score. >> nobody even know what it's all about. i think it's using both. it's looking at the person and maybe to some extent the skills. look that person doesn't know something they can learn. the fact that they care and in my vision and my purpose we'll have to build the right culture. >> what makes a teacher such a good employee at southwest or other companies? what is that trait that they have? >> several things. one of the things is they see students learn with them all the time and they think open to that idea. that's why dyson and a lot of other cultures learn something. figure out some things unconventional. that look of curiosity the totally fine. it's okay to have the right questions. jobs favorite question is why.
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>> we've had a number of guests that said had i known i couldn't do that, i couldn't have tried but then accomplished to do that. >> there's the book about finding the next steve jobs and the whole premise about taking risks and being creative and not trying to go by company blueprint. >> i did tease this mountain thing. mark takes you up a mountain. explain that. >> i think he borrowed that from steve jobs. it's a bit of drama with a bit of personal time to have uninterrupted time with a person. >> he literally hike his employees up a mountain. >> yeah. he says look this is why i want to do this, how i want to change the world. are you with me? the top of the mountain when the hike is over and you see this amazing view, it's a metaphor too is do you want to be that. do you want to be on top of the
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their shutout. their goalie brian elliott has three in a row. now he's home to face the last guy to score on him, patrick kane of the plaqblackhawks. two fierce rivals, two hot teams, two weeks left. the nhl on nbc, blues/blackhawks, after this update. >> doc, thanks so much. we'll break down the blackhawks and blues in a moment. with 14 days remaining in the regular season, the postseason push is getting frantic. playoff atmosphere last night for the rangers and the islanders. scoreless, late in first period. thomas hickey turned aside by lundqvist. >> this is lundqvist at his best. the islanders came on a heavy charge against the new york rangers, but he held them off. >> second period, ryan cal athan with the open net. and in overtime, derrick
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broussard for the goal. and lundqvist gets the first shutout of the year. lightning/caps, out to a quick start, leading 2-0. alexander ovechkin, seven goals in the last five games. he leads the league with 27. tampa is trailing 5-4. there was a back hander to force overtime. then it was washington in overtime. >> mike green ends up blasting away. and makes up for that. continues to be red hot. with another snipe for the caps. >> sharks/stars. dallas up 1-0. ray whitney tipped in by alex chasen. six goals in six games. the stars are streaking. the final 2-1. a peek at the west standings shows that dallas jumps to the good side of the dividing line. the red
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