bets on for my amazon alexa. emily: just a few hours to go and we are there. amazon bets executiv, good to have you here. coming up, holiday travel is in full swing. one company is looking to get you on board with its smart luggage. we will look at the founders of the away bag next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: 2-year-old smart luggage has made the unique expansion from online to brick and all over the country. they sat down to speak about this move and the disruption of the global luggage industry. >> we do not think about retail as just a box for suitcases. we think about a physical place that provides context around the travel stories we are trying to tell. if you walk into one of our retail stores, there are travel guidebooks. there are things you might want to bring with you on your trip. it is supposed to be an inspiring place to get you thinking about your next trip. providing that context to our biggest retail store and giving the community a place to gather. >> the story is hurt -- store is 30% devoted to products. it is about creating an experience. w

bets onill have my amazon alexa. emily: just a few hours to go and we are there at the holidays. ng, former amazon executive. good to have you here on the show. coming up, holiday travel is in full swing and one company is looking to get you on board with smart luggage. we will check in with the founders of the away bag, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ 2-year-old smart luggage company away credits success to a meaningful consumer experience, which is why they made the unique expansion for online to brick-and-mortar stores all over the country. emma chandra set down with the founders to just drop -- discussed their disruption of the global luggage industry. take a listen. you don't think about retail as just where luggage is, building ind we are the travel stories we are trying to tell. if you walk into one of our and it is just supposed to be a really inspiring place to get you thinking about your next trip. it's about providing that off-line contact to the biggest retail store, which is awaytravel.com. emma: the new york store is only 30% devoted to product? it's about creating an exp

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coming up, alexa is heading to the office. amazon have voice technology incorporated into the workplace. this is bloomberg. ♪ reachednstagram has another milestone. more than 25 million businesses have accounts on the social network. keep in mind it only had 15 million profiles. -- in july, it only had 15 million profiles. amazon's alexa technology could be coming to a workplace near you. the company announced its voice activated tool will handle common office tasks. will allow users to begin a videoconference or prudent documents among other functions. or print documents among other functions. do you make of alexa moving into the workplace? david: first of all, let us knowledge amazon's extraordinary ambition and continuing ability to execute in more places than we could possibly imagine. that said, i think it makes perfect sense. it's almost inevitable. the biggest battle in tech going intelligence assistance that is generally going to be voice controlled. alexa are too much to find the category. we have siri, of course. facebook i

's willion amazon alexa transmit was said indoors. smart refrigerators that alert you when egg is too old to eat. a fork that vibrates when you overeat. all of them are are you to download an app. for the egg timer, nearly one dozen pieces of personal information. >> we continue to integrate devices into the home for matters of convenience without any federal or state regulations or legal control over what the devices do with the information they collect. >> the roomba can map the dimensions of your home. the data that's collected on such a large scale, it's far more valuable than the performance of the product. >> this privacy attorney says it means hader for marketers. a prize others are willing to pay. far outweigh the concerns of my home being map. >> meanwhile, one woman keeps trying to make that meant -- wireless her home is free. autria: something to think about. take a look at this, a go pro recording its own final moments. this guide was giving a volcano to her when he set things -- set it down by a love of flow. the lava com

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. >>> amazon is expands its program alexa into the workplace. ed new features to make alexa a better get for the office including the ability to make calls and check security camera feeds. it could book a conference room or check out itinerary. >>> and snapchat has redesigned its app. it separates posts from users' friends. it's easier to consume. anne-marie? >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, diane. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, closing the books on a stormy year. a look back at the hurricane season which brought record damage. watch me. ♪ i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ♪ think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it... they're moving forward with cosentyx®. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk

if you haven't used an amazon alexa or a new show, it has video screen showing that off. use the deep pockets, plow that money back in and no end to where amazon will spread its tentacles, ana. >> should the department stores and the malls and these big box stores be worried or do the on-line sales cancel out what they're missing out on black friday? >> all of the experts i've spoken to say what they need to be successful these days is both a physical strategy space as well as an on-line strategy. you want to have both. they say that's folks like amazon and walmart, which have have acquired jet.com. those are the ones that look like they will be the most successful. >> samuel burke in london, thank you. >> straight ahead, north korea uses shovels to keep troops on their side of the border after a soldier defects. u.s. troops are using state-of-the-art fighter jets in case they get called into action. we'll get the view from 13,000 feet. stay with us. hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. ahhhhhhhh! you know what's easy? building your website wi

so amazon's alexa is way ahead of apple in this particular area.>> this fight for your living room and -- neil: none of these can talk to the other, right? there is no "justice league" of speakers yet? >> you know what, neil? you need to fire off a message to silicon valley to pitch it as such. neil: they have me on speed dial i'm sure. thank you, deirdre, thank you very much. >>> speak of "justice league," it opened to so so reviews and so-so performance. any movie that opens with $100 million it didn't happen as other dc movies. i have to pick the brain of -- kevin mccarthy. kevin, what happened? that is not a bad number. not the boffo number they were expecting, right. >> good afternoon, neil. thanks for having me on your show. it is very interesting we live in a world 96 million-dollars estimated opening for a movie is disappointing. i saw a word dismal in certain ads or articles for this film. here is why it's a bad number, first of all, compare it to the avengers, which is the d.c., marvel equivalent, made $207 million in the opening weekend.

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big savings on electronics and toys, can you even guest a jump on shopping sunday evening on amazon with alexa. >> cyber monday is not just on the monday after thanksgiving, you will see deals as late as thursday and friday. >>> this cyber monday could be a record breaker, digit insights say that online retailers could do $6 billion in sales, a 6% increase over last year. >> a lot of packages will be coming. >> tonight police in auburn said a scammer showed up at a door with flowers and wine and then demanded a delivery verification fee, he said it was necessary to prove that the delivery as left with d was left with an adult. then he asked for a credit card and $4,000 was drained from the victim's account. >> there are plenty of scams to watch outfor when you are shopping online tomorrow. >> shopping online is more convenient and popular than ever but is become more dangerous with thieves finding new ways to steal your information, try to limit the numbers of places you type in your credit card details, apple pay and visa check out let you pay across multiple sites. >> it keeps your credit ca

in-house chip production, those chips will go into aphone starting next year according to the nikkei, amazon alexawants to trans form your workday this half an hour strong economy in tax reform, the senate vote on tax overhaul plan could come tonight the bill expected to add 1 1/2 trillion dollars to the deficit, but will republicans believe the tax cuts will spark expansion and encourage growth 3 .3%, joining he right now chairman of ubs axel weber good to see you thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> how would you characterize things surprised to see 3.3% growth. >> no i think pretty much goldilocks environment good as it can get best environment we have seen 10 years after crisis we are in late cycle, so the economy, is very strong unemployment is at very low level, inflation, that has been sort of subdued for a while, is starting to pick up, we are going to see more of that coming out in next one or two years. >> isn't it interesting to see it that is not just u.s., there is a sin conized globally story going on right now, you've got firmed goldman sachs barclays talking about 4%

. >> you can talk to the robot as if you are talking to amazon ale alexa, it's looking for people's space then it just took a picture. >> the alpha one pro sells for $600. they're hoping regular computer games will encourage children to learn. >> they move around mine craft world and explore different changes that show them how to build hardware. >> the piper computer kit sells for $299. i want to hear from you. 10 to 2, monday through friday. you can reach me on my facebook page and through abc 7 news.com. >> i really like that you have to do certain tasks before you can get to the games. >>> as you well know the bay area is a beautiful place to be. >> check out this fall color shot that adrian captured, gorgeous contrast, green and oran orange. she used the #abc7now. which helped us find it. >> how do you like my picture. i'm features this right now. mostly clear skies with a few broken thin clouds. what are our rain chances? >> slim to none. we have 10% chances of rain, that's about it. we'll have mainly clear skies, chilly in in the inland valleys. near the bay and the coast we'll hav

. >> you can talk to the robot as if you are talking to amazon ale alexa, it's looking for people's spaceight now and then it just took a picture. >> the alpha one pro sells for $600. they're hoping regular computer games will encourage children to learn. >> they move around mine craft world and explore different changes that show them how to build hardware. >> the piper computer kit sells for $299. i want to hear from you. 10 to 2, monday through friday. you can reach me on my facebook page and through abc 7 news.com. >> i really like that you have to do certain tasks before you can get to the games. >>> as you well know the bay area is a beautiful place to be. >> check out this fall color shot that adrian captured, gorgeous contrast, green and oran orange. she used the #abc7now. which helped us find it. >> how do you like my picture. i'm features this right now. mostly clear skies with a few broken thin clouds. what are our rain chances? >> slim to none. we have 10% chances of rain, that's about it. we'll have mainly clear skies, chilly in in the inland valleys. near the bay and the coa

apple delays the launch of its highly-anticipated smart speaker that was supposed to take on amazon's alexasteel page match this holiday shopping season that's not going to happen now it's unusual for apple to announce a delay like this not unprecedented, though. what is going on inside apple and erwhe does this hot stock go from here? opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. your insurance on time. tap one little bumper, and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. >>> welcome back to "power lunch. we are keeping an eye on apple, the tech giant, delaying the launch of its sma

. >> if you've been considering buying one of amazon's alexa devices today may be a good day to take g the deals the echo 20% off and will cost you $80. the savings are even larger on the echo dot at 40% off costing only $30. >>> all right. 8:50 right now. a different kind of black friday sale in the las vegas area. that's right. dispensary celebrating their own big sales they dubbed green friday for the first time in nevada history offering black friday bargains. they're opening friday sales help the excitement around ther. ♪ >> it's a fearful thing to love what death can touch. >> where are all the men at. >> dead. >> took them. >> how has the town faired without any men around? >> someone has got to look after things around here. >> a town full of ladies. >> bang bank. >> right for the wick. >> frank griffin has been looking for roy good. >> he's going to kill anyone roy good loves or cares about. >> good people of creed let him walk their streets. now they don't have no streets. >> all right. that's a clip from the new netflix limited series godless tells the story of a ruthless o

next the echo show basically amazon's alexa with built in screen you can see the videos. you name it let's you connect with friends. i feel like i'm on the show right now. next buffalo h jammies. whole familiar confidential dress in matching pj's and ma matching ba nan danna for your dog. the paddle collection vodka serving set with 12 shot glasses and ice bucket on a solid okay paddle oprah calls elegant and the perfect excuse to throw a party. >> thanks oprah. >> it's pretty wordy, wasn't it. >> visuals would have helped. >> i like your deliver row. >> thank you. i want to see what the cheapest thing is on the list and try get that. >> probably sadly the dogs. hi, tuck. >> i didn't understand that. is that like a real list. >> yeah she comes out with her favorite things. >> people go buy them. >> she used to do it on the show. now she does it on her magazine. blah, blah, blah. >> 60 in washington. mid to upper 70s. you saw the live shot with anne and mike. we'll get clouds this afternoon and maybe a scattered shower. this cold front it will bring us a big change in air m

. >> alexa voice assistant is heading to your office. amazonss as soon as today. it would work similar to alexa in homes through amazon's echo or other devices. it would allow to you control temperatures or lights in a conference room. you could access customer data or even remind you when you should leave for a business trip. alexa, get me guac. >> tell me why, reggie. >> guac typically costs extra but it can pay you back in ways money cannot. >> a look at more than 350 million messages to find out the most commonly mentioned food who scored dates successfully and that word is guacamole. the survey finds people who mention guac on their profile or in their messages 1 1/2 times the number of messages as an average profile. the food you should never mention they say, yams. >> that makes sense. >> doesn't that make sense? more than brussel sprouts or anything else? >> the guac thing is ridiculous. yams, if you see that doesn't it make you think what kind of weirdo are you? >> why are you mentioning that in your profile? >> why are you obsessed wi

amazon is expanding its voice activated assistant, alexa into the workplace. e e-commerce giant introduced amazon for business today. that's wusa9 news at 5:00. we're all lit up for the news at 5:30, which starts right now. >>> 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> with that, we have the lighting of the national christmas tree. never gets old. president trump and first lady in lana trump are participating in that event right now, on the this country for 95 years. it first took place during the calvin cooledge administration. >> entertainers at the event include kathie lee gifford, and the u.s. navy band. the president is expected to give his christmas message pretty soon. >>> people in maryland are just days away from legally being able to buy we'd for medicinal purposes. five years after pot was legalized for medical use in the state. >> when you look around, you can see that this is not a typical pot shop. >> reporter: it's called rise. >> you told me the goal of this store is to remove the stigma associated with medical marijuana use. >> yes, so this facility is a medical fa

say look book the conference room alexa, let's set up the meeting for you -- with blah blah blah, you know, the question is how compatible is this in the office amazonbaiting big that it will be and beat up alexa unit with the hiring hundreds of engineers because they are really pushing into the office space if you like with this device, and interesting to see whether it, you know, takes on or not. >> what two themes of the show today 24,000 on the dow we've got that. the other one i'm very interested in this is there going to be a rebounding for big technology stock which has suffered mightily this week. can you put them on the screen please because i don't think we've got much of rebound we've shaved a lot of money, out of the big five, yesterday and the proceeding days of the week. we're not adding it back. look at this. facebook is up a become but at 176. amazon is way shy of 1200 per share and microsoft up a fraction and alphabet actually losing more ground now this. new jersey senator bob menendez taking a shot at the president over taxes. roll that tape. >> now, some have speculated it that this tax bill was designed to punish american who is

how amazon and other companies are trying to use technology and embrace the technology to make cyber monday easier. jenny blackburn is joining us to talk about that. people are familiar with alexa devices and now amazon is reaching out trying to make sure that is how people are shopping on cyber monday. >> yes, one of the things that is so great about alexa is interacting with them is as simple as talking to alexa and with voice shopping we are trying to make all of amazon products available to you by asking. >> is it easier to do or harder to keep track of what you have ordered? i kind of need to see the stuff in front of me to see what i ordered. >> voice shopping works for things you know you need them when you run out of them and you're doing something else. maybe you are washing your dishes you can say alexa, order more hand soap. and when you make the order it will work like any other amazon shopping. you get a confirmation and you can cancel the same way. every thing you purchase with voice has free returns. >> can you ask for deals? i know people are looking for deals. can you ask the device what kind of deals there are?>> you can say what are the deals and alexa will t

eating even get a jumpstart shopping with amazon tonight if you use the alexa voice assistant. news, you'reabc 7 back to work forecast, taking a live look outside. call now, but weather changes on the way. brian breaks down what you need to know, when we return. former president george h.w. bush can check another milestone off of his list. he is the longest living president in u.s. history at the age of 93 years old and 166 days. the 41st president and among living presidents, jimmy carter is not far behind, clocking in at 95 years old and 55 days. we did not realize they were so close in age. >> we still see them at events and concerts. if only we could be like this. [laughter] to 90 we did make it survey weatherwise. if you were outside the breeze, it was not a horrible afternoon, but if you like milder air, a nice stretch of weather for you. pretty quiet through thursday. take a look at our trend. average temperature is 54 degrees for this time of year. it will start to adjust as we go. notice how the forecast high is above average for the next few afternoons. 57 degrees for

. >> meet alexa, amazon echo will be huge this year, huge gift and right new today on cyber monday it0 bucks off. walk in your condo, apartment, just say hey play some music and it will, coup it up for you. >> do you still use your alexa , mike. >> it is sitting over here. i haven't used tonight over a year. it was so fun for the first few months and now i don't even use it. >> it is a big one. amazon will move a lot of these at toms day. it is a good deal. 79.99. last within through this segment everything is 15 percent off at target. >> everything. >> everything store wide. might be some exclusions but basically 15 percent off everything that is a good one if you just want to find a few things without worrying about the best price. >> okay, thank you. >> we will keep checking in with you. >> let us know when you hear stuff. >> i bought some underwear at target the other day. >> you bought underwear from them. >> why would that be weird, they have underwear, they have underwear, socks, pants, shirts. >> but underwear at target. >> what? >> i don't know, they looked good, they came in

amazon bouncing back as it brings alexa to the workplace. ch stocks and amazon, colin sebastian joins us from baird along with mike olson who covers can piper jeffrey. welcome to you both. thank you for being with us. mike, real quickly on amazon, how significant is this announcement of alexa going into the workplace? >> well, this is just part of amazon continuing to push into new markets. if you think what they've done with grocery and aws in general over the last couple years, they've added more than a trillion dollars of new addressable market this is another example of that. >> colin, what do you think the significance of all the announcements we've heard this week ultimately will be? >> well, even though amazon is already the largest cloud platform in the market, they're still playing offense. and i think what's most impressive is a rapid pace of innovation particularly moving from some of the core infrastructure services into more advanced technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence that's going to help drive more ad

virtual assistants, whether it is siri or google assistant which powers the messaging app or amazon echo run by alexat in india which is increasingly full of not only first-generation internet users but people learning to read for the first time. people who do not speak english as their first language and people who would rather talk to their computers than typing to them. carol: it sounds like you in a world where more things are being individualized and customized that it makes sense that these virtual assistants would be more customized to the market they are selling into, but this is still an unusual move. >> the companies involved, particularly amazon, moving into germany a year ago. for the first time shipping these smart speakers to india in a real way and this is after they put in the effort to use linguists and speech scientists to help developers train it to among other things speak a blend of hindi and english which was challenging to develop for because it is a test that ai has not gone through before. blending two languages in a way that you can combine the spelling and grammar in each t

train for your new coworkers could be alexa and amazon pushing for businesses to use this assistant in the office. "fbn:am" starts right now. cheryl: 5:01 a.m. in new york. thursday, november 30th. lauren: good to see you appeared on lauren simonetti. cheryl: a lot of good news that the senate is putting it into gear. senate republican leaders to open the floor debate that there may be some changes at the textile to persuade the bigger gop holdouts. here's what they are considering whether to set the corporate tax rate about 20% to 21, maybe 22. another are unresolved issue, what to do with the state and local tavern detection. saint charles kucera yesterday rejected democrats claim that the tax bill would benefit the rich. >> this is going to cost me a fortune this thing, believe me. this is not good for me. i have some very wealthy friends not so happy with me. i keep hearing schumer say this is for the wealthy. if it is, my friends don't know about it. >> the only people don't like the tax-cut bill are the people who don't understand it or the obstructionist democrats that know how

. >>> still ahead, amazon is eyeing your office more on the push to bring alexa into the enterprise.le announcing another investment in health on the same day the fda approves a different company's device for heart monitoring we'll talk to the ceo behind that product and the crypto currency craze making its way into real estate when "squawkll" merit ck aeycos gh >>> amazon is making a push to bring alexa into your office we'll see how comfortable people are with this. the idea is to let alexa book conference rooms, set up meetings, perform other work functions. details will be announced today at reinvent. that's amazon's annual conference for its cloud unit. of course, there's a lot of corporate information that would end up getting sent to amazon servers in this scenario, so we'll see what adoption is like. but it's not just the office amazon also has a new product. this is a hardware product specifically designed for developers it's a camera called deeplens. it's got artificial intelligence computing built into the camera. amazon wants developers to use this to code up new services

but here's the alexa dynamic which alexa, from amazon, is going to change everything. id that alexa is a search engine where you could sit on your couch or look in your pantry and say i need milk, i need sugar, is and iowa lex sa will -- alexa will take care of it for you. as much as, yes, people need to go to stores and the grocery, that's why amazon bought whole foods. you still need to buy groceries, but alexa will change everything, and people need to know that where you could literally sit on your couch, look around and just -- ashley: tell alexa. >> -- say what you need, and all of a sudden it'll show up. ashley: next one, jeff, 21 trading days until christmas. does the dow can, do you think, hit 24,000 by christmas? >> here's what i think and, no, i don't think it's going to hit it unless, unless the congress makes significant progress. we're up against this deadline. this market has been very dependent on us getting these tax cuts. if we get tax cuts or definitive progress -- ashley: then we could. >> you know, i've said it all along, don't underestimate the inc

amazon books in walnut creek. opened second brick and mortar location today. emphasis on books but echo and alexahere with array of tech gadgets. amazon says creating space for customers to browse books and test drive technology. >> focused on helping customers discover new products. amazon books is built to be a great place to discover book, devices and other products. >> walnut creek's broadway plaza. 13th amazon books to open and retailer says more are coming. >>> now the company is looking to hire hundreds of holiday workers in the bay area. >> jonathan bloom attended job fair in richmond packed with eager applicants. >> reporter: back when most holiday shopping done at sears and k-mart, also the plays you went for holiday job. >> extra money. >> gifts. >> with so many gifts ordered online, only makes sense these applicants want to work during the holidays. >> heard it's easier and time goes faster than working at stores, macy's and target and stuff like that. >> reporter: looking to hire 800 employees in the bay area to work in sorting centers. at job fairs, could get hired on the spot. >> n

amazon going into the season. what has changed versus last year is people use alexa a lot more they are willing to buy more than they comfortable online even more so than last year. are we going to see that in amazon's numbers >> first, this is probably the best set up for amazon, at least for the holiday shopping season that i've seen in the 15 years we've covered the stock. >> basically ever. >> ever, right best setup driven by alexa echo devices, as well as mobile devices, which i think amazon has a very, very strong position in typically e-commerce and mobile, the rate of acceleration in fourth quarter increases significantly. mobile penetration, e-commerce penetration in the fourth quarter. this quarter is no exception particularly for amazon, when i took a look at the downloads this year, they had the highest number of downloads, ebay coming in second, of any company within the u.s. i took a look at activity yesterday, thanksgiving, amazon had the highest usage of any pure online retailer that i've seen ebay also coming in, walmart, target, as well. but they had the best performance in terms of mobile activity

amazon echo. you can use alexa through this to control smart home environment or just ask questions and next yeart will work with google assistant. it sounds fantastic. >> reporter: c-net has other suggestions including tech gifts under $50. for ailing to their 2017 holiday buying guide visit cbs philly.com. reporting for on your side i'm jim donovan. be sure to start your day rahel, katie, meisha and me right here on cbs-3 at 4:30 a.m. >>> that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> at 6:00 searching through ruble. crews return to the massive site of the fire in west chester looking for possible vice tim and clues and why they feel the heroics may not have been enough. >> also, the eagles, inch closer to the playoffs, after a dominating performance in dallas. why history may be on the bird 's side. also this. >>> all i can say she was our angel. >> that family has a nurse to thank for their healthy little girl. hidden defect the nurse spotted and how she knew something was just wrong. katie? >>> well, it it has been a blustery couple days, i'll tell you when win calms down and what you are

amazon books in walnut creek. opened second brick and mortar location today. emphasis on books but echo and alexaarray of tech gadgets. amazon says creating space for customers to browse books and test drive technology. >> focused on helping customers discover new products. amazon books is built to be a great place to discover book, devices and other products. >> walnut creek's broadway plaza. 13th amazon books to open and retailer says more are coming. >>> now the company is looking to hire hundreds of holiday workers in the bay area. >> jonathan bloom attended job fair in richmond packed with eager applicants. >> reporter: back when most holiday shopping done at sears and k-mart, also the plays you went for holiday job. >> extra money. >> gifts. >> with so many gifts ordered online, only makes sense these applicants want to work during the holidays. >> heard it's easier and time goes faster than working at stores, macy's and target and stuff like that. >> reporter: looking to hire 800 employees in the bay area to work in sorting centers. at job fairs, could get hired on the spot. >> not looking

amazon wants to bring alexa to the offices.t will make it easier to use that assistants device, i guess it's called a voice-activated virtual assistant and to use that in the workplace. partners have developed specific apps for business customers. alexa will be able to do a thing such as book conference rooms and set up meetings. >> i'm thinking about the possibility for workplace pranksters >> you scare me so much, i'm afraid to scare it on the air now. >> the amazon echo, doesn't answer to that >> if you said, you know, turn off the lights or call the police >> remember, we have the -- >> play christmas carols >> but we had the co of polycome on yesterday, right. and this was the issue if everybody is going to have devices that have microphones in them, you know, will they be -- >> who controls them >> and will they be able to do conference calls these big -- so these sort of purpose-built things sort of change >> and think about the times like we've played practical jokes on each other. you leave your computer logged on and

we have a deeper engagement with microsoft, and we actually have some concepts with amazon and alexa.tart my meeting, and your polycom video conference will start up >> how much of the business is a hardware business versus a software and services business given that there are companies that use blue jeans, for example, or any of these others or even just a google hang-out >> right these end points are a great combination of hardware and software there's a lot of intelligence, actually machine learningthat goes into these devices. they can balance the sound out, know who to focus on in terms of speaker. it's really a system, not just a piece of hardware. autocould it be that everyone sits around a table and has ear phones in? >> you want to have good interaction with participants in the room as well as with the people sort of participating remotely >> every participant has their own personal microphone on them effectively, and sound will this -- you see where i'm going? i'm sorry. >> no, no, no. the array of microphones in the room does the balancing and knows and links into the video

amazon echo. you can use alexa through this to control smart home environment or just ask questions.nd next year it will also work with google assistant t sounds fantastic. >> the cnet has lots of other suggestions including tech gift under $50 for link to their 2017 holiday buying guide, visit cbsphilly.com. reporting for "3 on your side ," i'm jim donovanment be sure to start your day with rahel, katie, meisha and me, starting 4:30 a.m. right here on cbs-3. >> now that the colder weather is moving in, parents are looking for fun places to take the kids that are inside. one of those places, is the garden state discovery museum. that's where meteorologist, lauren casey got first-hand look at some high flying fun. >> i'm here at the garden state discovery museum. in the kid-fit gym, where kids are working out, getting their sweat on, working out all of the energy. i'm here with the founder every kid fit, brian hurley. so tell us about what kid fit is all about. >> well, kid fit south jersey latest and greatest kid fit hero. superhero classes, little bit of gym that is particulars, fie

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