and what is up with what is app? i bet you wish you came up with the world's simplest app and sold it for $18 billion. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money" ♪ >> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show, so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter , if you like facebook, facebook.com/ajrealmoney. natural gas prices are going way up. settling tait at $6.06 per btu. the same way we quote oil prices by the barrel. natural gas prices shot up nearly 43%. it is only february. obviously the winter weather has something to do with it. many americans use natural gas to heat their homes. in case you don't think you have anything to do with natural gas, 30% of all electricity used in the united states is generated by plants fuelled by natural gas. so it affects your electricity prices too. in recent years natural gas has become the energy source fuelling america's economic recovery. huge advances in horizontal drilling, combined with hydraulic infrastructures or frac-ing as you know i

what's app? i'll tell you what's app. somehow worth more than what major american companies are worth for dates. more than american airlines, also around $12 billion more than blackstone worth about $18 billion, worth more than fidelity and dee x-erox. there are old men crying into their finely aged scotch. i'm ali velshi, good night. >> opposition forces have been killed in fighting, there play be a break through. ukraine's president says a deal a deal has been reached to end the bloodshed and will be signed on friday. >>> an exclusive look inside the taliban fighting, taliban fighters outside of kabul. they're attempting to attack suicide fighters, but once they see overhead they preed. mohamed fahmy, peter greste and baher mohamed appeared in court on thursday, al jazeera says their charges are false and demands the immediate release of its staff. >>> demonstrators gathered outside seattle's fast food restaurants thursday calling for a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour. the fast foot workers and their supporters lab

dap elliot says, most apps collect data. wearables and apps have many other, video comment.ive a listen. >> i am concerned that a few small apps can actually be an opportunity for larger companies and multinationals to modify fied it. i'd like a workout to be a solitary affair. >> weight mile steps steps taken per day, sexual activity and even gps location. how can the users protect the their prierves from all this information given to corporations and or any porter third party? >> i think consumers should be concerned about it right? so for the most part this information is protected in the united states, they're, under the health forecast protect act. this is called hipaa. this protects your employer from knowing information about your weight, sexual activity and other juicy details that they would like to know and your insurance company also would like to know with you. you have to be careful with the forecast you choose, you may be ghifg up your accessing or your for example under the hip aa information. others like employers can get access to this information. >> psycho

and thes what app c.e.o. promised that face bok want going to put add ads insides what app. i think it is pore about owning one of their biggest competitors than troying to impose their aad sport on face bok. >> do you think it's coming not u.s.? >> that's a good question. and i don't think it is. i think that the u.s. market for messaging apps is really fragmented. and people use the app their friends are on. and everyone around the world that's beens what app but here it might be kik messenger t mighting facebook messenger, i phones are incredibly popular in the united states and i phones can text each other for free with i message. there is no reason to uses what app, like i was saying the reason people chose it is to save money on texting where in the united states text are cheaper. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and >> woodruff: by the way, facebook turned the ripe age of ten this month. so we looked back at some of the company's hits and misses from liking to poking. you can vote for your favorites on our website. >> ifill: three al jazeera television journal

or there are pushing apps, monetizing within the other apps through in-app purchases.re are a lot of ways to monetize through a messaging app. facebook's monetization is going very well. they have the luxury of continuing to push whatsapp growth and come back to it when they need to. i don't think they need to for quite a while. >> benedict, what's the biggest risk that facebook has right now? >> there's a case you can make that says that facebook is playing whack a mole. when they bought instagram, a lot of people are saying there is this unbundling problem. they bought instagram, problem solved. that was not the case at all. the same for snapchat, which has passed the volume of facebook. the question is, is the opportunity so big that it doesn't matter that they don't have all of it? 70%t ok for facebook to be of your smartphone socializing activity, spread across a bunch of federated applications, whether it is facebook home or messenger or whatsapp, or the next big thing they buy. the downside might be, they bought instagram and that was a great deal in a financial

next, what's up with what's app. i bet you wish you came up with a simple app. next in the world of messaging app. keep it here. al jazeera america. >> whats up, that's what everybody is asking when facebook announced they are buying the app. whatsapp is replacing the texting on the phone and sending the media and you just need access to a wireless service. 450 million monthly users and registering a million new users per day and the volume is equal to all the text sent worldwide. messaging is a big business these days and there are more apps that are cashing in. facebook's purchase caught the aword abuzz and for a giant looking to gain new users messaging apps are a smart bet and making up half of the top ten most down loaded apps worldwide outside of the games and offering the presence of the aging networks. whatsapp is found in emerging markets like mexico and south america and asia. we we chat dominating china. line is big in japan and talk with 133 million users saturates the the core ian market. the users pay a buck a year for the services. forgamers, play

it's an app, you give the app your girlfriend's number. the predetermined text. >> morning sweet pea, i hope you have a great day. thinking of you, fluff muffin. >> you can have it sent to your girlfriend from your number so it looks like it's coming from you. >> it will only message your girlfriend if it's safe to do so. bro app knows your girlfriend's house is a no-bro zone. >> oh, my god were this is evil, this is so evil. >> the whole time you think your boyfriend is thinking of you were, how sweet he's checking on my day and meanwhile he's having a beer with the boys and probably forgotten all about you. >> i wanted to see if it's a real thing and i used our camera guy's joey's android app and i put in the app where it asks, bro who is your girlfriend and i picked myself and sure enough i did get a text that said can't wait to see you tonight with a smiley face x-mouth which means i'm being naughty. it does, in fact, it's really a working app. >> whether you are lifting, gaming, or just hanging with the bros, bro app, maximizing your

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use the app and drive our community's discussions on live tv.ownload it now at aljazeera.com/ajm stream app. >> we need whatever you can find. get going. ♪ >> you are watching zombie's run, a popular fitness routine that turns your run into a race for your life. we love zombies around here. waj sometimes the pressure to impress online followers can lead to shady fitness practices. >> human beings never cheat, lisa. that is crazy zombie talk there. if you want to hack your fit bit, here is how you do it. check out this video. ♪ that is so shameless, okay. you can drive with it, use water. oh, my god -- this is beyond pathetic, but nothing is as shameless as this, people are putting their fit bit on the dog. that is so shameless but thank you for acknowledging it. and check this out. this is how you cheat and get more points lisa by doing ordinary stuff around the house. catch a bottle, or frying pan, dog or head phones. >> head phones. >> mp3 player, spent 10 minutes dancing to our favorite album. >> we are actually moving on that one, though. >>

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or there is pushing apps, monetizing within the other apps through in-app purchases. there is actually a lot of interesting ways to monetize through a messaging app. the bigger picture, facebook doesn't need to. facebook's monetization is going very well. they have the luxury, i think, of continuing to push whatsapp growth and come back to it when they need to. i don't think they need to for quite a while. >> that was ben thomson and benedict evans. well, tesla has set a goal to deliver 35,000 electric cars this year. we'll talk about that and their latest earnings in an exclusive conversation with c.e.o. elon musk. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. well, tesla is riding high on an increase in model x deliveries. they reported fourth quarter revenues of $615.2 million, up 101% year over year one thing missing from the report was details about a battery gigafactory. our "in the loop" anchor, betty liu spoke with musk about why they didn't disclose more details about that factory as part of their release. >> there just wasn't enough tim

which is very effective and monetizing with the other apps.here is a lot of interesting ways to monetize through messaging apps. facebook does not need to. facebook's monetization is going very well. they have the luxury, i think, of continuing to push app growth and come back to it when they need to. i don't think they need to for quite a while. >> what is the biggest risk that facebook has right now? you can make a case that says that facebook is playing whack-a-mole. they bought instagram and i thought problems solved and that was clearly not the case. whatsapp uses more photos being pace of everyday. -- being pasted every day. the question for facebook is -- is the opportunity so big that they don't need to have all of it? 60%t ok for facebook to be of your smartphone socializing activity? what will be the next big thing they buy? they bought instagram and that was a great deal in i financial sense that it did not do anything. it just got them a good photo properly and there are 50 others. them 450on has gotten million users. what happens

forget what's app.e want to know what is likely to be the next tech start up on a shopping list so we sent joline kent, the venture capitalists -- everyone has dollar signs in their eyes. >> so many companies to watch the facebook stocks for a moment hitting a new all-time high north of $69.50, that is something to know. who could be next in terms of acquisition? the other hot messenger services people are talking about. we chat which is $0.10 from china, take and tango, facebook not interested in these but major competitors being held by the crown jewel, all of those could be well acquired and i have been talking with venture-capital lists and analysts all day and overall sentiment is facebook's move with what's app was very smart. someone said facebook is trying to make sure they are the next facebook, 50 million new users plus 1 million more every day. you see why 44 analysts who cover facebook out of those 27 have a strong buy rating on the stock according to thompson reuters. no one is saying so on

now let's look at my second app.it which credit cards you carry and then when buying an item walaby will tell you which card to get the most money back orie ward points. >> you know how cards give you points for gasoline, this quarter and the other for movie tickets, this keeps track of all of that. >> that's fantastic. >> are you a point person. >> yes, and i don't have that many cards. >> that's my hobby. >> that's great. it is a wonderful idea. you don't have to research anywhere else. >> you are buying where you are buying, but you are getting the most points for it. >> next stop, fisherman's wharf. show you the app that keeps track of the programs you have signed up for that offer rewards. here i have a b of a and a hilton honors and my health insurer and best buy and costco. now let's say i want lunch. who will offer me a deal? the rainforest cafe. 10% off because of the aarp card i carry. it keeps track of deals on-line and off. >> all three of the apps are free. red laser and wallaby are available on android.

of it is also allowing apps like facebook and other apps to simply use less data while delivering the same capability. >> yes. >> you did that with your own android app. >> let me go through all the pillars. the first one, decreasing the cost of the overall internet, you get open computer and there, making it so that servers and switches and things people need with infrastructure are cheaper to use by making the stuff open source. you get policy work to make it so you can use different parts of the spectrum and licensing fees are less overall. there is work going to help make smartphones cheaper. all of those things are things widely going on across the industry. >> $25 smartphones. >> this is a lot what we are working with. folks like samsung and media tech who are internet.org founding partners, they're trying to do. that is delivering the internet more affordably. the second pillar is using data more efficiently. this is where we have actually gotten all the way there toward the kind of improvement i was talking about. a year ago, the basic facebook app, the average person used abo

it has officially purchased what's app for $19 million.re not familiar with the app, users can send messages and photos to one person or even a group and share their locations but without paying the standard text fees. why is it so valuable to facebook? it adds a million new users a day which each user paying a $1 prescription fee. the users are younger and tend to be more active in the social networking than the average facebook account holder. as for average consumer, they love the app because of the company's pledge to protect their privacy. the co-founder is a ukrainian immigrant who says his experiences growing up caused concerns about his privacy. he vowed that his company would never sell ads or share data. his family arrived in the u.s. when they were just 16. they used to pick up food stamps from around the corner from where the what's app headquarters are located. he signed the $19 billion facebook deal on the door of the welfare office his family visited growing up. the newest members of the billionaire boy's club are now trying

there will be meet me, latin america's whats app and blackberry has its own messaging app.nt holdings, china's answers to whats app and we've got a nice gain up 12% for meet me and blackberry up 4%. here is tech watcher shana with social radar. come in and explain to me why you think that facebook paid 19 billion for a messaging company? >> hi, stu, it's good to be here. it's a great win for facebook, it's expanding their usage base in areas where they are looking to, you know, further increase users. they've seen some saturation in the u.s. and this is getting them the users abroad they've been trying to get and a lot of data about the usage patterns. stuart: so if your judgment, shana, this is a smart move? by the way, i've got to tell you when the move was announced facebook dropped 2% and new it's come back and on the upside ever so slightly. your conclusion, cheit's a smar move. >> it's going to drop a little because of the inherent risk of a deal. in general, this is getting more users, more abbictive users. something like 19.6 billion messages sent a day on whats app

i wanted to do an app that was not meant to be used for that purpose.ught about making the phone move. i did some tests and i wrote an app or i could change the vibration on different surfaces. as soon as i was able to do a 360, i thought it would be fun. >> you have been in your company. >> we are working on other apps. we just launched one called selfie 360. >> how is it working with the app store and get it approved? >> we were afraid it would be difficult. >> you set the phone you press start. it will do a 180. >> how does it turn like that? >> it is the vibrator in the phone. at the end it just puts all the shots together. >> we do it at 40 megapixels, which is really high. >> halloween working on this? -- how long have you been working on this? >> about a year. the hands-free is just for the iphone 5 s. we have a full-blown suite. >> is this done? can you show us? >> turn it so the camera can see it. >> that is wild. >> i want to understand the programming. programming the vibration think, what is the science behind that? >> i saw them i nokia pho

it could be spies have been tracking you through these leaky apps. even workout apps could put your private health information at risk. >> reporter: kpix5 executive kela is a health fanatic and a techie. these keep her healthy. every bite she eats. >> and i don't have to write it down. it tracks it automatically. >> reporter: but it turns out the apps are not the only ones tracking your data, more than a third of all apps are sharing our selling your health information. >> that is way too invasive. >> it is my information. it shouldn't be sold. >> if most consumers knew what was going on, they would be really scared about using those apps. >> reporter: consumer health information is big business and the law surrounding health app data the murky at best. they found day that is often shared via unincrypted networks sharing sensitive and embarrassing data and it is not protected leaving your information up for sale to the highest widower no expiration in diet. >> there is the use of the data today and there is what happens potentially in the future. >>

so i am not unduly concerned. >> paid apps generally have better privacy policies than those free appyou want to read them carefully and assume any information you provide is being shared. remember f you have a consumer problem, give us a call 888-5- helps you. >> maybe start writing it down again. >> yeah. keeping that log, right? >> . >> they help you stay in shape, but. >> know what you are getting into. >> all right, julie. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tonight: the drought unearthing a disturbing sight.. about a thousand tires dumped into a lake that's th >>> i am ken bastida in the kpix 5 room. new at 6:00, the draught unearthing a disturbing site. about a thousand tires dumped in a lake that is the source of bay area drinking water. why environment allen martinnist are being blamed for this mess. >>> and, how you could find the bay area home of your dreams with help from a drone. we'll have those stories and much, much more tonight at 6:00. >> we will see you then. thanks, ken. thanks for watching us at 5:00. the cbs evening news with scott pelly is up next. >> pelley

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now let's look at my second app. tell it which credit cards you carry and then when buying an item walaby will tell you which card to get the most money back orie ward points. >> you know how cards give you points for gasoline, this quarter and the other for movie tickets, this keeps track of all of that. >> that's fantastic. >> are you a point person. >> yes, and i don't have that many cards. >> that's my hobby. >> that's great. it is a wonderful idea. you don't have to research anywhere else. >> you are buying where you are buying, but you are getting the most points for it. >> next stop, fisherman's wharf. show you the app that keeps track of the programs you have signed up for that offer rewards. here i have a b of a and a hilton honors and my health insurer and best buy and costco. now let's say i want lunch. who will offer me a deal? the rainforest cafe. 10% off because of the aarp card i carry. it keeps track of deals on-line and off. >> all three of the apps are free. red laser and wallaby are available on an

because they founded what's app.t allows users to send unlimited text messages anywhere in the world for free. at least the few eyres. >> it's actually twice the size of wait per . >> facebook is paying $13 million more for what's app than they did inthat cram. if you havened heard of what's a, your kids probably have. and that may be the point. >> facebook hack facing a lot of flook for losing ou on a younger demographic. they've already gone after other companies including snapshot. 450 million people are using it and a million more are signing up every day. he's connected people of the world. if there's a company that's doing that and might be doing that a little bit better than facebook, he seems to be going after them. >> just last month, the co-founder spoke about his success. >> we're so overwhelmed by growth. it's kind of mind boggling. the simplicity of our product is really what drives us. >> he and co-founder poured their life savings into what's app growing it and catching the eye of facebook found per. >

if what's app had an ipo. what's app, which facebook bought for $19 billion in cash and stock, at $30 billion, given the valuation they're current giving for yelp. facebook is getting a faster-growing company for $32 per each subscriber, while twitter with a $31 billion valuation clocks in at $142 per user. more important than zuckerberg, who's 29, is more in touch with what others his age and younger are doing online than anyone else in the internet business. he knows mobile is the future, which is how he's taken facebook from zero to 50 and soon 60. i'm talking about 60% of traffic going mobile, which everyone knows is the fastest-growing market. facebook wants to dominate social mobile to cloud connectivities. you heard him say. which means zuckerberg needs to block google at every turn. i bet google wishes it had struck first. has a lot going for it more than any deal google has done. facebook can monetize what's app with higher fees. it can integrate with high-quality ads, and use it to what's app is even

so the mail app, the calendar, some of the other apps on the mac os will be honorable to this issue.ctly does this mean for me as a user? >> do you know the lock icon you see when you login to your bank or e-mail? that is supposed to protect the communications and e-mails, your passwords and bank information from eavesdroppers. whether it's someone at the wi-fi cafÉ or the nsa. what researchers have demonstrated is the protocol doesn't actually work for apple devices and mac computers. desktop isedge, did still vulnerable. if you are using the computer at a wi-fi cafÉ, someone can hijack your communication and monitor it and all of your e-mails and passwords, etc. reaction to this been different from other companies and could they have done anything better? surprising they released emergency updates without releasing it for the mac operating system. given the sophistication of people working on this issue and the current climate -- you just had mike rogers speak -- given the current climate it is surprising they would not think to patch the system immediately rather than just trickle

now let's look at my second app. tell it which credit cards you carry and then when buying an item walaby will tell you which card to get the most money back orie ward points. >> you know how cards give you points for gasoline, this quarter and the other for movie tickets, this keeps track of all of that. >> that's fantastic. >> are you a point person. >> yes, and i don't have that many cards. >> that's my hobby. >> that's great. it is a wonderful idea. you don't have to research anywhere else. >> you are buying where you are buying, but you are getting the most points for it. >> next stop, fisherman's wharf. show you the app that keeps track of the programs you have signed up for that offer rewards. here i have a b of a and a hilton honors and my health insurer and best buy and costco. now let's say i want lunch. who will offer me a deal? the rainforest cafe. 10% off because of the aarp card i carry. it keeps track of deals on-line and off. >> all three of the apps are free. red laser and wallaby are available on an

right now we have, i see precalculus, app statistics, app calculus whether there is more to offer in the future maybe some sort of applied math and multidisciplinary. i won't -- wonder what that landscape looks like as students get to apply their math skills and how that feels with the level of choice we want to give our high school students. >> certainly those options are open. we put the primary courses that students do now. that is not a limiting factor. i certainly want to be ills -- illustrative of what students are doing. >> also the enrollment program and to expand opportunities for many of our students that are doing the enrollment program and we are looking at various options within that that makes it more accessible to more students and through on our line math sequencing that is available that will provide students with a broader array of courses they can take. >> any other comments? commissioner wynns? >> thank you. i actually also really understood what you were getting to buy -- by reading the paper and looking at this. i think it's accessible to us therefore probably e

the app is currently free and the apple app store.spective here, $19 billion, that is worth more than you a nighted airlines, sony or gap. >>> what's app founders, brian akton and jan koom will become instant millionaires, obviously. both worked at yahoo before starting what's app. coom went to mountain view high school and dropped out of san jose state. acton is a stanford graduate. >>> no deal has been reached, the pleasant yon based company s been under pressure to improve its bottom line. >>> we have a lot more to get to on 7 news at 9:00 for you. imagine internet access a hundred times faster than what you have right now. will your town be next to get the high speed google line? >>> also, a list of dos and don't for google glass users. what you need to know before you slip a pair on. >>> spencer christian is up on the roof with the weather. yes, i am indeed, dan. still looking at clear skies, in sech of rain. i will let you know if there is i will let you know if there is any rain coming our hey! hi! ladies, how are you? let's ta

can you find romance through an app?find out. >> lauren doesn't need to go further than the smart phone. >> she meets hundreds at once. >> it's fun. i haven't found prince charming yet >> been on ten dates >> drew davis is searching for love. >> drew and they're turning to dating apps to meet someone new >> all the rage now. because it's a huge business. singles counselor says it's my greating to smart phones and apps, booming. sales reached $200 million last year. we found 2500 dating apps in i tunes store alone. they had names like plenty of fish and coffee meets bagel. lauren using an app called tinder. >> he has a lot of tattoos. good to know. not for me. >> she swipes left to reject and right if interested. when two people like each other, they can set up a date. >> you don't know a lot about the substance of the person >> drew says it's hard to judge based on a photo.. >> i thought she was beautiful. we had shared interests. >> he found a woman, they met at a coffee shop. >> before i had a clans to speak she starts

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they book appointments through their web and mobile apps.yer is with us in the studios. tell us a little bit more about what you do? >> we do all the services that enable you to live a better life. we are talking about personal trainers, nutritionists, so once you go to. these are all the kinds of businesses we serve. >> what does the funding enable you to do? >> this will enable us to accelerate our development of web and mobile products. we have assembled the largest network of health and beauty product for petitioners in the world, and more than 100 countries. these folks are doing about 25 million sessions a month, worth about half a million dollars a month. we are marketing and bringing out a set of consumer apps. you will see mind-body connect. it will enable you -- if you go to yoga, you can manage your schedules, as well as the hair salon you go to, the day salon. perhaps you want to engage a personal trainer. >> i found that some of the smaller businesses have been slower to be by new technology. do you feel there is a real opportun

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you saw what happened with what's app.ur story but how does this morph into something bigger? >> we only hit a part of the vision. the goal is to get to enter into the hands of everyone who is single and in a position to form a new relationship. we have only scratched the surface. with the desire to meet its new people we are continuously pushing the limits to help users get there in a more efficient manner. you will see that while we have done a very effective job helping you to meet people and has created a problem so what do they do with all those connections and get to know them better? you will see advancements with the tinder app. liz: that is breaking news and of course, you hope -- put up with the fox show with a strategic partnership square they see more of those relationships it is the perfect target. >> that was a fun experiment for us. we are constantly experimenting finding ways to add value. of one of those is to connect them with interesting content to match with not just people but those who might have inte

it was the top app in the apple app store.ain where you navigated and it was similar to super mario brothers. a simple game and very easy graphics. it was ridiculously hard. it was one of those games that people were addicted to the suddenly took off this year. it has been around since 2013. >> the guy said he was making $350,000 per way. >> aren't games supposed to be hard? >> it's one of those games where it is really hard. you can buy your way through on these free games. >> it's like life. >> exactly, you could not. you make your way through this game and there was no way to buy currency or by any cheats to help you through the game. >> in addition to the game being too hard, he was criticized for copying other game makers? >> there were some rumors that nintendo is planning to sue them. nintendo denied that. we don't think that's true as far as we know. designing games. activision can spend $100 million developing game over 2.5 years and it can be ready and or this thing it or other things it's about gameplay. a this game

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it was the top app in the app store. >> flappy bird basically was a game where you navigate a bird through. it was very similar to nintendo's super mario brothers from years and years ago. very simple game, very easy graphics. was ridiculously hard. it was one of those people -- one of those things that people were addicted to. >> the guy said that he was making $350,000 a week. >> aren't games supposed to be hearty echo >> -- to be hard? >> it is really hard. the one thing that is interesting with most of these buy games, you can your way to happiness. >> just like life. but in this game, you couldn't. you make your way through this to buyhere was no way currency or any cheats to help you through the game. >> he was also criticized for copying other game makers? thatere were rumors nintendo had sent a cease and desist letter to them. nintendo denied that pretty hotly. they have denied it up and down to every news outlet thas o of two and a half years and make it really pretty. but this thing or tamagochi, space invaders, it's about gameplay. ofis guy develops this ge in the co o a couple

dagen: what's app. that is how you are supposed to say it.onnell: some mixed reviews from the analysts. >> $19 billion is what facebook is paying for what app. according to early investors -- what's app adds 1 million users every single day. the stock is actually down 2.2%. they see a higher costs and delivering engagement. they're taking a more positive stance. the strategic rationale is sound. here is something i loved researching. he tweets hear all about it. it is amazing how things change. >> it is. tac is something a lot of people are talking about. we bring michael bloch in. good to see you. what is your first reaction? >> my first thought is i am not a what's app user. i do see that there could be merits here. you are right. sometimes we are out of it on these types of things. >> it is a lot of money. it is money that they do have. they have time warner and aol merging. connell: remember that big news conference that they had. right now we are not looking at valuations that are overstretched. time will tell if that makes sense. connel

i can my app it, let's app it with a whole group of people? >> right. and internationally also. that -- you know, you're not paying to text someone in london, you might be paying a different amount. it's all over the web. >> there is a revenue stream attached to this. >> what is it? >> it's free for the first year but at the year end they charge you $1. that's a nice little revenue stream that we're talking about. >> the whole thing seems to me by the time i learn one of these things it's not cool. you talk about my space but you have now instagram is hot. there was something else. i can't remember the name of it before instagram. then that might go away. $19 billion is not a fad kind of thing. >> right. true. look, no one uses the phone anymore. i just had my birthday. >> happy 39th. >> i got one phone call. it's the 14th anniversary of my 29th birthday. >> i got 1 phone call annbut i 177 messages. >> it reminds me it's your birthday. >> it means you have to spend more time talking to people. that's why i'm on the left. >> to stacy black, the one person who called me, to everyb

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other areas of the world whats app. growing mobile application in history. 450 million users, when facebook buys this, it sort of completes zuckerberg's vision for trying to connect everyone in the world to internet. and 450 million users in facebook's back pocket makes that instagram deal a year ago look like a steal for a billion dollars. stuart: it's closing in on $70 a share, facebook. >> if you look at the valuation of it, i'm not the stock by, but look at twit ter twitter 256 mi users and look at whats app, i think they got it for a steal. charles: they have a straight up you pay for it. per year. the whats app they say took 33 billion in revenue away from the phone companies. in 2016 it will be 54 billion. a fraction of that to the bottom line for facebook justifies the price. stuart: what about this, robert scovel, the tech guy on this program, he says whats app is full of spam so he deleted it, got rid of it. a lot of junk stuff coming at him. >> look, that's facebook, talk about the spam and the amount of ads

and incorporate that into my app.ded to put together an algorithm and a competitor or the algorithm. servereeded to back end to help support all of it. >> did you do all the coding yourself? >> yes. >> why do you think there are not enough women coding? they're trying to attract women. why do more women not want to code? >> in our country we have a major issue of making computer science excessive bowl. it is only taught one out of every 10 high schools right now. is a lot of fun. i challenge anyone who does not think it is fun. there is an interface that will allow you to make your own program. it is super important right now. computer science jobs are growing twice as fast as the average job in our country. the fact that we have so few women and people of color involved is a huge detriment to our society. >> our thanks to the model, coder. an olympic medal could be worth more than its weight in gold. it could. >> we know that olympic athletes get fame and glory by competing in the games, especially if they do well. w

i think this is a reminder that this is a business area of isting-based apps which totally exploding. think what becomes complicated in all of this was obviously google's interest in them, as behind theat happens scenes, we do not know for sure, but people are spending an awful lot of time on texting-based apps. first of all, you can keep your bills down if you're focused on using these apps, and as people communicate in this way in a bigger way, then you are spending less time than with a service like facebook, so i watch the rapid rise of a lot of these different apps. snapchat was one that certainly facebook's eyes. they were not interested in so this story is continuing, even with big price tags of no value to a company like facebook. if you have got a lot of money to play with and it is a fast-moving business. >> weigh in on this. this is a lot of money. >> it is crazy. if you are in silicon valley, what you need to do is get google interested in your company and then go to facebook, or get facebook interested in your company and then go to google. that is my advice for startups.