there's an app for that. our national investigative correspondent jeff rossen shows us how parents are using new tools to take control in tonight's "rossen reports." >> reporter: kids leading secret lives. on their phones. but now three smartphone apps designed to help you monitor their every move. perfect for the totolis and their two teenage kids. >> we've downloaded the apps on your kids' phones. we can monitor everything from your laptop right here. >> reporter: first net nanny. >> the cool thing is you can choose the exact websites that you want blocked on your kids' phones. but it goes a step further. you can block the type of website. so dating sites. nudity. pornography. tobacco. you can block those. >> super helpful. >> it goes a step further than that. suicide, for example. you can set it to warn mode so you will get a warning if your kid type jooltds suicide" in. >> that's super helpful i think because of the cyber bullying and everything that happens in the teens' lives that's so common today. >>

why neighbors are embracing certain apps to keep them safe. >> and the grocery app taking hold byshoppers >>> welcome back. you'll notice a big change if you're heading outside today. so long to that mild weather. >> he's already saying bye bye. >> so sad, chuck. >> you said something about a couple more chances of snow? that is music to my ears. >> erin doesn't ever have to favor of snow flakes. >> it does feel more like wintertime than it has the last couple of days. we made 61 degrees yesterday. we will not be anywhere near that today. windchills are in the 20s for the most part even though air temperatures are upper 30s and low 40s and for later on today, a chance you could see a quick passing snow shower today. keep your winter coat, your hat and your scarf ready for today. a b plus for today. snow flakes always keep your optimism up just a little bit. we've got that ten-day coming up in a few meainutes. and we have me cislissa right n. >> all lanes blocked right now. just talked to police. it l l better. that could disappear couple of minutes. northbound 295 after benning northeast,

caroline: and what about app dynamics and looking at market size?this a place that we should be looking at, productivity, developer tools? ethan: this is a place that is near and dear to my heart. we invested in a lot of companies with similar dynamics to app dynamics. it is, these that make developers on the infrastructure teams more productive, more successful in their jaws. as a result, they did you what technology gets adopted, which is a change in the past when you had top-down decision-making around tech. these are -- built for engineers and using to make their velocity faster. caroline: i look at some of the startups and your portfolio and there are a lot of m&a, twitch to amazon, periscope to twitter. we have just seen twillo being sold in a peer to peer m&a space. ethan: the two 10 tw-- tend to mirror each other. i think wall street understands the power of that business model . dynamics which sells a big enterprises does not have that characteristic but a lot of other companies, they do not have to spend as much on sales and marketing. and

the apps you can download to save big at the supermarket check out. one mom says she's saving $5,000 a year. >>> also, experience over youth. the older set of tennis stars showing the youngsters a thing or two at the australian open. >>> we're back now with our series, the price you pay. groceries getting ever more expensive. what can you do? we want you to meet what you might call a super shopper, who uses apps, no clipping coupons, to save big. how about half off your bill? >> reporter: for jenny martin and her husband, feeding five daughters on a budget is a full-time job. >> it can be overwhelming to keep enough food stocked in the pantry. >> reporter: she turned to one of the well-known apps to cut her grocery budget. >> we save between 4 to $5,000 on our groceries. >> really? >> yes. >> reporter: she comes prepared with a list of the best mobile app deals. she combines them with store discounts and sometimes can make money on a purchase. >> you went from 1.99 to -- >> making 50 cents. >> on mac and cheese. >> reporter: some of the most popular d

how are you sure that your app is different?audulent identity on their platform and on top of that the entire platform is self—selecting and high quality. if you notice, some people who work at large companies, hr department looks at your profile and report true profiles on their entire platform. so although people can, you know, fa ke so although people can, you know, fake something theoretically they are quickly outed and it is easy to tell amongst the work community who was telling the truth and who is not. and what you have to say to criticism that this site is somewhat shallow and based on people'sjobs. how is this different from all of the other sites out that are equally is so? that is a good question. we think that dating apps are probably more superficial than ours. those are only based on what someone is looks like. here we answer important questions about what somebody does which is what they do in terms of their occupation what they talk about. it is about their personality. we do not post anything about how much som

people talked about the app, it's the battle of apps.hey know consumers are only going to be using a couple of aps on their phone. amazon is really dominating that space. maybe there are a couple of other retailers who can make a dent to have the app on your phone, that you're using, in real-time or things while you're lying in bed at night, price checking from your app. so i think more and more, the debate is not going to be around who has the best website, but who has the best app and best mobile platform because that's really where consumers are moving in the retail space. caroline: so all brick and mortar are playing catch-up. are they getting the right mobile offering? are they managing to lock in some of this payment? shannon: i think they are obviously doing better than they were a couple of years ago, but when you listen to cory talking about amazon and the sales of alexa and the way amazon just continues to dominate the space and is drawing more and more consumers into their eco-system with prime, with alexa and echo, the harder

the night on the app, or you can just have a good during the night on the app, or you canjust have aht‘s sleep, so gimme knowledge that whoever else is in the room with you is also having a good night‘s sleep. good evening. i hope you have had a nice weekend. hopefully you add some brightness —— hopefully some brightness —— hopefully some brightness in the next few days. you can see the extent of the cloud cover on the recent satellite picture. that has been producing some rain through today. dreams and drugs this evening. more persistent rain pushing down from scotland, down through the heart of england and wales. mild for most places. temperatures well up at breakfast time across the more western parts of the uk. however, further east it will be chillier. cold enough for a touch of frost in the far south—east and east anglia. into the midlands it is damp. into northern england it is damp as well. drier through northern ireland and scotland. not much in the way brightness. there will be some glimpses of blue sky had their through the day. particularly across parts of east anglia and

we'll be posting breaking news updates about this incident in the nbc washington app. this is by cherry hill road, the crossing there and traveling from norfolk to new york. amtrak has suspended service temporarily. we'll bring you updates on when you can get openings there on the rails. >>> the consumer products safety commission is calling for safer lithium ion batteries. samsung blames overheating and fires on problems with the manufacturing and design of the phone's batteries. the tech industry needs to modernize safety standards for consumer electronics. amazon is launching a new subscription service, offering educational toys for $19.99 a month. they will ensure they are age appropriate. that means they'll be focused on areas of science with your cnbc morning business report, i'm kate rogers. >> more signs of a healthy economy this morning. the dow jones industrial average hit a major milestone reached 20,000 points for the first time ever today. the s&p 500 index hit an all time high and stocks have been shooting up since around election day but slowed down arou

time out or any of the other, lots of apps? time out will filter some of apps?n out. they will ta ke of the information out. they will take the things that are most interesting, but we are providing a place that you can find out anything going on at any club or pub or museum. if you want to find out about the mere cat viewing at the london zoo, we'll have that. that sounds time consumer and labour intensive. how can you be across everything? with 148,000 events, thatis everything? with 148,000 events, that is a lot of information. you can organise the app so that you find, you take your favourite pubs and your favourite clubs... how do you physically make it happen? so we are partnering with 17 different ticketing agencies and they are providing us with a huge range of content and we are partnering with the pubs, clubs and museums so, the national gallery, the british museum and the houses of parliament are uploading events and that open platform where anybody can publish events is what builds this list. that's all right for big organisations and big chains, but

there's an app for that. there's a variety of apps. we'll run down some of them for you.another beloved actor leaves us just as 2016 was coming to a close. a farewell to one of the stars of "mash" is just ahead. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> welcome back. starting to look at the forecast winds for today because the last two days it's been on the windy side. today not windy but we'll be a little breezy out there. you'll notice the winds this morning, even. still looking at winds throughout the day will be right around ten miles per hour sustained. 15 to 20 miles per hour, which is where that breezy comes in. but that's low end breezy. not going to be a big issue. overall this is a pretty great forecast for your first day of the new year. look at philadelphia, 42 degrees. we're going to see that temperature climb to the upper 40s, about 44 at 10:00 a.m. maybe getting out a little early for tailgating ahead of the game. at the linc upper 40s in the afternoon. and notice those icons go from scattered clouds to mostly sunny conditions and winds do start to weake

apple has removed the new york times app from its chinese app store after a request from the chinese it is nice to see you. this is interesting, isn't it? indeed, good morning. this website has been blocked in china, if you remember, since 2012, after the newspaper published a number of reports about the private wealth of members of the political elite and their families but, as you say, the app had been available until late last year but apple withdrew it after a request from chinese authorities and the chinese are looking at regulations designed to curb activities such as "endangering national security, disrupting social order and violating legitimate rights in the interest of others" at the newspaper, they responded with criticism of apps from other organisations, saying that apps like the bbc are still available, but the english version occasionally has human rights or political stories blocked on the website and on the app. legs we will talk about that later in the programme. looking at the new york times article on that particular story —— thank you. asia had a mixed day, profi

of violating rules, and thatis times app of violating rules, and that is why the app has been pulled, it is difficult to know, but certainly, apple is keen not to get on the wrong side of the regulators, they have complied with the requests, and certainly at this point they are not explaining what was the source of the concern. point they are not explaining what was the source of the concernlj point they are not explaining what was the source of the concern. i was quite surprised to hear that it was available in the first place, given that i know that the website had been banned, do we have distinctions between apps and websites with other news organisations? that is a peculiar part of it, for four years you have been able to access the new york times through the app but not through the website. whether or not what we are starting to see is the cyberspace and administration becoming more attuned to these distinctions... apple has had problems with content in the past, it's problems with content in the past, its stores which sell book content and film and video content, those have bee

no schools have officially endorsed the app yet.hey do not participate in uploading information. >>> a woman is arrested for stabbing another woman. next at 5:00 a.m., the surprising thing the two were fighting over that led to all that violence. >>> also, a new series of storms is bringing fear of more rock is bringing fear of more rock and >>> welcome to wednesday, january 18. i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm natasha zouves. whole team here, jessica castro, good morning. alexis smith, and mike nicco, we are on storm watch again. >> yes and the first push of wet weather is moving through right now and it has some yellows and oranges. hi,

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hi, i have ordered some food on the app.flexible about when and what you eat. ijust ordered some food on the app it's reduced price and you get to choose from a variety of different things. what have you chosen? a bit of pasta and spicy chicken and vegetables. it's pretty nice. seven million tonnes of food ap drink are thrown away each year in the uk. now catching on in several cities this app aims to cut down on waste one meal at a time. judith moritz, bbc news, leeds. the headlines on bbc news. rail fares across britain increase by an average of 2.3% — passenger groups condemn it as a kick in the teeth for travellers. funerals are held for victims of the gun attack on an istanbul nightclub. the so—called islamic state group claims it was behind it. five men are arrested after a hit—and—run in oldham in which a 12—year—old girl was killed and her 11—year—old cousin left fighting for her life. sport now, let's go over to the bbc sport centre for the latest round—up... arsenal forward olivier giroud scored a contender for goa

in-app chat on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade. welcome back to "options action." energy stocks sinking today on the heels of disappointing earnings. jackie deangelis has more. >> good evening to you. energy stocks and earnings certainly in full swing here. we've heard from hess, halliburton, baker hughes, a big miss from chevron. some of what we're hearing is part of the narrative we already know. lower oil prices last year continued to be a challenge in the fourth quarter. still, companies seem to be slowly increasing cap ex budgets as prices have risen and stayed over $50 a barrelling showing a little optimism for the future. now the equity market reaction, a little cautious here. chevron's miss today doing some damage to the group. s&p 500 energy sector profits are now on track to sink 20% from year ago levels. as of the first of the year, only a 5% decline according to thompson reuters. meantime, more big names on deck next week. exxonmobil, valero. crude oil prices logging a roughly 1% decline today, flat for the week. we see

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in-app chat on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "options action." netflix adding 3.5% on another analyst upgrade. deutsche bank upping it's a target to $110, in part on confidence that results will exceed management guidance on subscribe are growth. netflix projecting 2.5 billion in revenue. netflix shares have been on the rise into earnings, up a total of 8% so far this year after netflix won two golden globe sunday night for its new series "the crown." drexel hamilton raised its price target and in addition to the all-important subscriber numbers, investors are watching for insight into the trump administration on regulatory issues and whether netflix will integrate into more cable boxes has it has with comcast and how that will boost its bottom line. and we expect hastings to field questions about competition, especially since apple is expected to jump into the original content game. >> chart master, do you think netflix could hit a new high and after on earnings? >> let's figure it out

in-app chat on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade.>> energy stocks sinking today. jackie has more on this. >> good evening to you. energy stocks and earnings certainly in full swing here. we've heard from slumber. lower oil prices last year continue to be a challenge in the fourth quarter. but still, companies seem to be slowly increasing cap budgets as prices have risen and stayed over $50 a barrel. this is showing a little optimism for the future. the equity market reaction, a little cautious here. chevron's miss doing some damage to the group. s&p 500 sector profits are now on track to save 20% from year ago levels. as of the first of the year, it was only a 5%. we have valero tuesday morning ask then conco on thursday. it could move in either treks. crude oil prices logging roughly 1% decline today. we seem to be stuck in a range. frustrating for some. the market is split on which way we go from here. back to you. >> energy was one of the top performers last year but has lagged so far in 2017. the chart master says more pain could

this case is still pending, but now the family is urge iing app to disable the app while users are driving. >> it may be a good policy question whether companies can do more to prevent the misuse of their products. but judges generally don't want that kind of decision made in a courtroom. . >> apple will only say that it does not comment b on pending litigation. >>> a 2-year-old boy came to the rescue of his twin brother who was trapped underneath a dresser and the entire incident was caught on a nanny the video shows the two boys playing in the dresser when it falls over right on top of them. the one brother was able to push the dresser a few times. oh, look there, right there, allowing his brother to wiggle out from underneath. those boys are fine and the dresser is now securely fass.enned to the wall. and you can see how these accidents happen so quickly. they're so lucky to be alive. >> those fasteners are fairley inexpensive and obviously worth having. >>> your cell phone could become your wallet this year. visa did a study that surveyed consumers on how they pay for things. 26% of pe

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from your phone's app store.rson. >> thank you, matt and mario. >>> we have a lot to celebrate. in addition to launching the new app for the "today" show, the show is turning 65 this week. we combined the milestones. this is a video for the app users, showing 65 years of "today" in 65 seconds. great imagery there. that's not all. with the appy anniversary sweepstakes, you could win one of three prizes. an apple tv, ipad mini. head to today.com for more on how to enter. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we are back at 8:54. al, time to talk about birthday wishes. >> let's do it. let's spin the smucker's jar and take a look and show you what's going on. let's start off first with herman of grand haven, michigan. this retired electrician, 100 years old. served in the army during world war ii. we thank you for your service. mary reynolds of youngstown, ohio, 100. she loves to read and stay up to date on current events. happy 100th to william gunther of new york. a talented guy who enjoys acti

get tall details on the wusa9 app. -- a the detail -- all the details on the wusa9 app. >>> d.c. police found two men shot inside a vehicle on the residential street in northeast and now we've learned that one man is dead. the other is in critical condition. mikea turner was at the scene today at 14th place near f street northeast and she tells us neighbors there are on edge. >> reporter: many neighbors in the area were surprised when they learned what happened. d.c. police have spent hours on trying to find some answers. >> just a little surreal when it happens in your backyard. >> reporter: this man was really worried when he saw detectives investigating the shooting on the street where his friend lives. minutes into our conversation, we spotted his friend coming down the block toward us. >> definitely relieving. you know, you just never know when this happens and you want to make sure that everyone is okay. >> i personally feel good for my safety. >> reporter: d.c. police rushed to the scene after someone called to report gunshots in the 600 block of 14th place around 6:50 thi

we have the today app. >> it's doing very well by the way. >> it's been killing on the app store.g amazing. i love the fact you can get up to speed super quick in a day. open up the app, swipe up see he that information. if you set up the notifications, you'll be the first to know when the new digest is up. >> talented digital team around here. >> we do. >> mario, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> by the way, you can download the new today app from your phone's app store. there you go. now, over to carson. >>> thank you, matt and mario. we have a lot to celebrate in in addition to launching our new app, "the today show" is turning 65. we've combined the milestones in a special video for our app users. it shows 65 years of today in just 65 seconds. great imagery there. that's not all with our appy anniversary sweepstakes for downloading the today app. head to today.com for more on how to enter. first this is today on nbc. firs. >>> we are back at 8:54. time to talk about some birthdays. >> let's do it. let's spin the smuckers jar and take a look and show you wha