so now i'm pleased to welcome adam lashinsky and kara swisher to the stage. [applause] >> did you like meeting everybody? anyway, i'm glad you made some friends. are we ready? >> kara posted a photo of me on twitter. >> we have a lot to talk about so we are going to start with this and then move on to a company that's been in the news as of late. hello, everybody. welcome to the program at the commonwealth club wednesday executive editor and host of baby code podcast and it is my pleasure to be talking with my friends a veteran journalist currently the executive editor at fortune author of inside apple here to talk about his latest book diving deep into the crazy world, "wild ride," uber . quest for world domination. >> executive editor, i didn't know that. >> so, let's start with the news of yesterday and then i want to get into the book. it is interesting that preclude all of the history and people can care about what is happening now. yesterday was a super busy day down to the wider travi wire trd to leave after a lot of pressure. he was the ceo in the cou