it's a new iphone app called word lens. and it's got people saying sos from english to spanish or spanish to english as fast as you can read it. > back in their small office, octavio and his partner react to the amazing response from the app's first day. >> i got ten messages a minute. this is nuts, i've never seen anything like this before. >> the number one app on apple's itunes. not bad for an idea hatched on a trip. >> the story is, i was in another country a few years ago, i couldn't read some things in a book store. i thought, why doesn't my cell phone do this for me? >> reporter: it's catching on rapidly. >> you try to buy all this knowledge we have of making video games, to language translation. it sounds kind of ridiculous, but i think it works. >> it works. just ask their fans with more languages on the way. in san francisco scott bud man, nbc bay area news. >> the app itself is free, the software isn't. you'll need to download language to language software of about $4.95. >>> black friday, cyber monday and free s

and many people have ip yadz this, app is tree. just search for the san francisco words at the app store. >> pretty cool. >> yes lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >>> coming up at 6:00 high school security concerns tonight who is demanding service -- series-surveillance cameras be installed and a wound that still haven't healed. >> and... fun factor is a part of this as well. absolutely. >> and also tonight a new take on an old idea 7 on your side with a twist on gift cards, one featuring the gift of giving. those stories and more when we see you again at kf 6:00. >> right. finally tonight chimps at the oakland zoo got celebrate christmas today. >> and zoo staff brap wrapped books and put them in the chimp enclosure. >> toys came from tot drop program forced to close half of the locations because of the down turn in the economy. >> and there is when they place food inside of the toys and encourage them to explore their surrounding autos they're going for the f

a wonderful idea. >> they took a few of the apps out for a spin.y all work generally the same way, tapping into your phone's gps to show your location as well as where the red light cameras are. all offered the option of an audio alert. if you got close to a red light camera, also, you could configure the apps to alert you to other things as well. school zone, even railroad crossing. >> railroad crossing ahead. >> but most importantly, did they know where the red light cameras were? >> red light camera. >> for the most part, yes. only once did our phone warn us about a red light camera that wasn't there. which is a good place to stop and discuss the biggest drawback of these apps. the distraction. when you get an alert, you on ha often have to study the map to figure out which intersection near you as the camera. and then, of course, you can't risk looking to see if it's right. all of that distracting from the road. >> distracted driving takes all forms. this would be another form of it. >> the invent ors of the apps disagree. they say it makes eve

the 7 news app is free just search for abc 7 san francisco at the app store in order to down load it.heck it out really a nice program. >> larry up next with all the sport. >> about to match the ego. the sharks making for happy holiday. working on the longest winning streak of the longest winning streak of the season. nice night for >> good evening. starting to feelç like a merry holiday season for the sharks. won fourth straight tonight. enjoying the luxury box tonight. power play opportunity early. original shark whitney 1 nothing. couple minute later shark on the power play convert. boyle bang off the post and that tie it up at one appease shark open yet another power play few minute later. joe thornton sweet for the eighth of the year then marlow with two goals. had 12th and 13th of the year come in the third period. streaking in with the top shelf. sharks win the fourth straight and take care of phoenix 4-1. going with the philosophy that 2 smith are bet than one mike singletary confirms that troy will start on sunday but alex mate play as well. this is biggest game of the year

games like little red three app in the u.s., y know, is phenomenal. >> rorter: together the apps have been downloaded more than 1.5 million times on the iphone. more than 35,000times on the ip. and they are already working on their next game. >> it is a 3-d action adventure game where you are a little kid and that is saving the planet from an alien invasion. >> it will be really awesome. ♪ >> creating apps fun for you. still ahead on news4 this week," how do you decide which cause you want to give to this holiday season? liz crenshaw has a charity checklist. a puzzling package. a maryland family tries to figure out why their christmas gifts from a relative arrive ad gifts from a relative arrive ad whol forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our mility, veterans and their families. from investments... to l

it's our new app for ipad.pad app. >> this is the first station to release a specific app. >> whether it's news... or weather. >> rainy, cooler today. >> abc 7 news ipad app has everything you want from abc 7 news and abc 7 news.com. you can watch slide shows or check in on facebook. >> this is really unique, we're going offer live streaming video. a lot of other apps don't offer. >> whether this is online, or mobile device, or ipad abc 7 news has your world covered. >> there is where we're excited to offer this. >> we are. hope it's valuable tool for you. the app is free. just search for abc san francisco at app store if you'd like to down load them. check it out. >> coming up nismt, the niners officially naming starting quarterback for the do or die game against rams. >> which one? stay with us. >> hope you can join me, coming up, then, the placebo affect that may work. a study finds knowingly taking a pill even if it's a placebo improves conditions and cops and robbers game has become a you tube sensation an

. >> this is the abc 7 news i-pad app. >> we're first in the bay area to release an i-pad app. >> rainy cooler today. >> the abc 7 news i-pad app has everything you want from abc 7 news and abc7news.com. >> you can also watch slide shows of hot topics or check in on facebook.com. >> this app is really unique because we're going to be able to offer live streaming video and breaking news situations. >> eric thomas with your abc 7 update. >> good evening, everyone. >> on air, mobile device or on the i-pad, abc 7 news has your world covered. >> the i-pad being such a popular device for bay area residents, we're really excited to offer this. >> the best thing is the abc 7 news app is free. just search the app store for abc san francisco to download it. >> next at 5 a.m. why the 49ers will be calling candlestick park home for a few more years. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in marin county where a lot of people want just one thing for christmas and that is a good solid cleanup of two raw sewage spills because if they don't get one by tomorrow, they might get another one. the story in a live repo

there's an app for everything. there's an app that can save your life? >> you can say that.name is xavier jones. los angeles times has them like seventh in country. it's more about what his coaches did and how quick they acted. during the basketball practice, he suddenly collapses, stops breathing. starts seizuring. his two coaches run over, one starts cpr. the other gives instruction frtz iphone. he's okay now. here's how the iphone app came into play. the night before xavier collapsed, his coach decided to download this app calling phone in. $1.99 app, right? they wanted to download the app as a refresher course. he downloads the app the night before. here it is the app comes into play because one of his players who has heart history problems but had never collapsed before. thankfully, his coaches quickly came to his aid. he's going to be okay. it's because the doctors say he started breathe sewing quickly. >> what's the name of the app again. >> it's called phone aid. >> to give people cpr, even if you don't know

all you need do is search for abc san francisco at the app store to download it.next a bay area drive-in theater is making a comeback where others have failed. up next a second lots of lotions promised healing. this one actually does it. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing lotion. nothing feels like it, smel like it, heals like it. gold bond. this stuff really works. >>> new figures show a dramatic increase in the past 20 years in the number of women giving birth early. that's according to california watch, a project of the nonprofit independent center for investigative reporting. here's abc 7's health and science reporter carolyn johnson. >> pregnant women in america are giving birth a week earlier than they were in 1992. that's the finding of california watch reporter nathaniel johnson. >> 10,000 bc to 1992 it's pretty much been the same. >> the normal length of a pregnancy is 40 weeks. according to researchers and the data compiled at center for disease control and prevention, the average is 39 weeks, a full seven days earlier. >> it's undoubtedly t

just one of the apps getting buzz this holiday season.s has some of the more popular picks for your smartphone. you have some cool news apps. >> one of my favorites is called read it later because when we're surfing along the internet we see articles we want to read, but we can't get to. just mark these articles read it later. you install something in your browser, just a little button at the top of your browser. when you see something you want to read later, you mark read it later and you go to that in your iphone and open the read later app and it will show you the article you can read when you have time like on a bus or on a train. >> let's talk about entertainment. pandora and pan d. >> that is for streaming music and runpee is one of my favorites and it's silly but it's fantastic. it lets you know when you can go to the bathroom during a movie. you go to a movie -- it's silly, right? i'm seeing harry potter and it started at 4:50 and you it will tell you that you can go at 5:20 because you won't miss any action. >> it's brilliant and

. >> reporter: a photojournalist and i took a few of the apps out for a spin. they all work generally the same way, tapping into your phone's gps to show your location as well as where the red light cameras are. all offered the option of an audio alert if you get close to a red light camera. >> red light camera ahead. >> reporter: also you could configure the apps to alert you to other things as well. speed traps, school zones, even railroad crossings. >> a railroad crossing ahead. >> reporter: but most importantly, did they know where the red light cameras were? >> red light camera. >> reporter: for the most part, yes. only once did our phone warn us about a red light camera that wasn't there, which is a good place to stop and discuss the biggest drawback of these apps, the distraction. when you get an alert, you often have to study the map to figure out just which intersection near you has the camera. then, of course, you can't help but look to see if it was right. all that is time spent not looking at the road. >> well, distracted driving overall accounts fo

. >> this is the abc 7 news i-pad app now available on i-tunes. >> we are very proud because we're the in the bay area to release an i-pad specific app and it offers great features. >> whether it's news. >> or weather. the abc 7 news i-pad app has everything you want from abc 7 news and abc7news.com. >> you can also watch slide shows of hot topics or check in on facebook.com. >> this is unique because we're going to offer wide streaming video and breaking news situations which other apps don't offer. >> whether it's online, on air, on your mobile device or on the i-pad, abc 7 news has your world covered. >> the i-pad being such a popular device with bay area residents, we're really excited to offer this. >> and the abc 7 news app is free. you can just search for abc san francisco at the app store to download it. >> coming up next, a bay area drive-in theater is making a comeback where others have failed. next a second look at drive-ins and why this one in >> welcome back, everyone. time now 5:45. this is a live look showing you some of san francisco's office buildings all lit up for th

and what some iphone apps are revealing about you to other companies without your consent.the worst offenders, and more on the series of storms stretching across the lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: tensions are high on the korean peninsula tonight. south korea military examiner side planed on an island that was shelled by though, though, -- shelled by north korea were cancelled because of bad weather. the because of the escalating tensions russia is calling for an hundred meeting of the u.n. security council. >> smart foaps can fine directions and they also remember personal details about you. research conducted by the wall street journal shows that smartphones also share this was widely and often. the information includes your contact numbers, current locations and a unique i.d. number that can never be changed or turned off. the journal examined 101 popular apps for iphone and the android and discovered that 56 of them transmi

and we now have the results from the bar code app. it turns out the same tv was $100 more expensive online so best buy had the best deal on it. one more way to put these to use this holiday season. >> saved you from a longer walk to another store. jeremy, we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "world news," the grim sleeper case. it's widening after the faces of 180 women put on the front page of the paper, and there have already been millions of hits online. >>> the hollywood star who walked into a school auditorium and stunned this chorus. it's a moment worthy of the oscars, literally. >>> and later, why would a college football star walk off the field in the most important part of the season? what would you do if you got the same call? i'm off to the post office... ok. uh, a little help... oh! you know shipping is a lot easier with priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus, you can print and pay for postage online. and i can pick them up for free with package pickup. perfect

it's a new iphone app called word lend.translates as fast as you can read it. >> back in the office of quest visual, owe tauf yoe and his partner react to the amazing day one numbers. >> i got about four or five hours of sleep. i got 330 messages in there. maybe 10 a minute or something at this point. this is nuts. i've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: a top trending topic on twitter, the number one app on apple's i tunes. not bad for an idea hatched on a trip. >> the story was i was in another country two years ago and i couldn't read some things in a bookstore. and i thought, why doesn't my cell phone do this for me? >> reporter: and it's catching on many as rapido. >> try to apply all this knowledge we have of making video games to language translation. sounds kind of ridiculous, but i think it works. >> reporter: it works. just ask their fans with more languages on the way. in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> wel well, the app itself is , but the language to language software is $499

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it's freon the iphone, the app. a lot -- oh, my gosh, ryan reynolds and scarlett johansson have broken up. does that mean i have a shot? >> remember, your wife also watches the program, pete. >> that's true. as if. oh, there's so much stuff on here, john. you can look through. i like the politics section, of course. i mean, look at this thing. this is fantastic. don't you have a big one in there? >> i do. we've loaded the ipad app. you see the wikileaks founder. jets suspend coach who tripped player. you're a jets fan. >> i'm a jets fan. but i'm not a partisan. that's a terrible thing to have done. i agree with the suspension. that's on the ipad? >> you can put top stories. you can click just in. you can set, go back up here, set your own preferences. how the tax cut deal with affect small

website and the whistleblowers twitter feed for just two bucks now in that short amount of time the app generated over a thousand dollars but the status of the opposite officially changed to quote removed from sale when sites like tech crunch attempted to buy it a spokesperson for apple finally came forward to the new york times saying that it violated developer guidelines because apps must comply with all local laws and may not put an individual or a group in harms way while apple doesn't really elaborate further on removing the wiki leaks up we can't help but wonder what they mean when they say quote it would put any individual or group in harms way so it seems that a pure computer company is joining the ranks with companies like these a master card and pay pal all of which have been denying donations to the whistle blowing web site whatever the real reason for moving the app many are speculating that it will put apple a risk for being attacked by hackers that are defending wiki leaks cause other websites have spoken out against wiki leaks found themselves vulnerable to hackers by gro

. >> this is the "abc 7 news" ipad app now available on itunes. >> we are proud to display the first edition in the bay area. it offers lots of great features. >> whether it's news or weather, the ipad app has everything you want from "abc 7 news" and abc7.com. you can also watch side shows of hot topics or check in on facebook. >> we can offer live stream video with a lot of other apps don't offer. whether it's online, on your mobile device or on the ipad we have your world covered. >> it's such a popular device, we're really excited to offer this. >> and the app is free. all you have to do is search for abc san francisco to download it >> drive in theater is making a comeback. why this one in >>> when was the last time you went into a drive-in movie? wayne freedman found this one at a concord drive-in last summer. >> in an era of multichannel surround sound, let's not underestimate of going retro. they are entering a time warp what appears to be a thriving antique, resurrected solano drive-in theater in concord. >> we went here and we tried the projecter and it still worked and let

. >> there's an app for that. >> apparently they have an app for it.ook at that, i'm more fascinated with the app. researchers say if utility the glass, it preserves up to twice as much of the carbon dioxide. those bubbles help transfer the taste and aroma of champagne. keep it chilled to 39 degrees and that helps maximize the bubbles. >>> of course if you have champagne taste on a beer budget, here's an app for that. this is an iphone app from ikea that actually lets you pick a glass and fill it with little fake bubbly. then you find a friend that has the same app and you'll be able to eventually clink glasses. but it's not just a toast, it's a way to exchange names and profile pictures. plus cameras capture the moment which is then posted on facebook. that's a complicated a.m. for that. >> i guess you don't have to worry about the bubbles giving you a headache. >>> the traditional times square ball drop is not the only one. >> snooki, from the hit tv show "jersey shore" will bow placed inside a paul and dropped at midnight from seaside heights, new j

the app has life saving procedures. cooper says that he downloaded the app the night before one of his students had a heart attack. >>> san francisco police make a surprising discovery at a bay area neighborhood. >>> we never failed to deliver ordnance in target. >> the battle over don't ask don't tell gets personal. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r >>> last place for a meth lab is laurel village. laurel heights. >> he's talking about what police found in that neighborhood. the raid happened because of something police noticed as they were patrolling the area. police were so worried about what would happen inside of the building that they sorted all of the evidence outside on the street. >> reporter: the house in question is the one just behind me. neighbors here say they are more accustomed to parents pushing strollers down the sidewalk than police raiding alleged drug labs on this block. >> it boggled my mind that it's in this neighborhood. >> reporter: residents in san francisco's laurel heights neighborhood stood in

. >>> and a new app for the iphone lets you keep close tabs on your friends. the google latitude app allows users to see exactly where their friends are and vice versa. using the phone's mapping service. the feature could catch on, especially with parents trying to find out where their kids are. if you're the private type, though, you can set it so that no one can see your location, but you can see everyone else's. and this sounds a little creepy to me, terrell. >> i can already see the problems that this app is going to cause. >> me, too. we need to figure out how we set it so no one can see where we are. >> right. you can run but you can't hide with this one. ashley morrison in new york. thanks. >>> actor hugh jackman was injured this morning doing a stunt for the oprah winfrey show. he was zip lining from the top of the sydney opera house in australia onto the stage. the actor said he hit the brakes too late causing him to smack his face on some scaffolding hurting his eye. paramedics said he was okay. the stunt was for a taping of the oprah winfrey show. h

user without the users consent. >> for a weather app i will. i will put where my location is. some of the other ones i'm not sure why they're asking my location when i'm, you know using an application that doesn't need my location. >> i don't go on facebook for that reason. i don't have a facebook account because i don't want anyone to know my business. and i think that it's too out there, it becomes too public, anyone can find out anything about you on facebook. >> i put in a variety of apps, i'm some what suspect but not overly concerned. >> reporter: anyone who download an app to their iphone or i pad. and the first court hearing is set for next month. in san jose, maureen naylor. >>> hewlett packered's ceo is looking to place a lawsuit against his former company. today hurd is trying to keep the confidential letter private. the letter was sent for a contractor who accused hurd of sexual harassment. >>> starting next month all first class stamps will be forever stamps. forever stamps can be used on first class mail no matter the price of pos

user without the users consent. >> for a weather app i will. i will put where my location is. some of the other ones i'm not sure why they're asking my location when i'm, you know using an application that doesn't need my location. >> i don't go on facebook for that reason. i don't have a facebook account because i don't want anyone to know my business. and i think that it's too out there, it becomes too public, anyone can find out anything about you on facebook. >> i put in a variety of apps, i'm some what suspect but not overly concerned. >> reporter: anyone who download an app to their iphone or i pad. and the first court hearing is set for next month. in san jose, maureen naylor. >>> hewlett packered's ceo is looking to place a lawsuit against his former company. today hurd is trying to keep the confidential letter private. the letter was sent for a contractor who accused hurd of sexual harassment. >>> starting next month all first class stamps will be forever stamps. forever stamps can be used on first class mail no matter the price of pos

. >> this is the abc 7 news i-pad app now available on i-tunes. >> we're very proud because we're the station in the bay area to feature an i-pad app. >> whether it's news or weather. >> the abc 7 news i-pad app has everything you want from abc 7 news and abc7news.com. >> michael finney is here. >> you can watch slide shows of hot topics or check in on facebook.com. >> this is really unique because we're going to be able to offer live streaming video and break news situations which a lot don't offer. >> whether it's online, on air, on your mobile device or on the i-pad, abc 7 news has your world covered. >> the i-pad such a popular device for bay area residents, we're really excited to offer this. >> the best thing about the app, it's free! just search the app store for abc san francisco to download it. >> millions of people will be doing that, we hope. just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, the criminal that brought more than his wallet as he went shopping at a popular san jose mall. >> i'm terry mcsweeney in marin county where a whole lot of people have the very same thing on their chris

you could con figure the app to alert you to other things as well. speed traps, school zones and even railroad crossings. but most importantly, did they know where the red light cameras were? for the most part, yes. only once did our phone warn us about a red light camera that wasn't there, which is a good place to stop and discuss the biggest draw back of these apps. the distraction. when you get an alert, you often have to study the map to figure out just which intersection near you has the camera. then, of course, you can't help but look to see if it was right. all that is time spent not looking at the road. >> distracted driving overall accounts for about 20% of all fatalities nationwide. it takes many forms. this would be another form of that. >> themakers of these apps disagree. they say they cause the driver to pay more attention to the road and intersections ahead making everybody safer. of course, there is an even easier way to keep everyone safe and avoid a ticket. just stop. >> stop, you don't have to worry. i haven't gotten caught. i have

all these datasets are coming out, apps, all this new competition. i just want to think jay and his team for a great job. thank you for supporting this and being on the cutting edge. brian, ed. and to phil teng who really supports this. and to our new school board member who is going to bring this to the school board and force education reform by empowering parents, not just special interest, to release information in a way where they can start designing the future of education reform. i think that is perhaps the most exciting place to see this kind of application. let me say this in closing. mark my words, this is coming to the state of california. if it takes me four years just to get it killed in committee, we are just going to keep at it until the state of california leads the way in open data. we are going to bring some sort of legislation. get ready. thank you very much. with that, ed, come up and give us a sense of the more practical applications of why you really love this. >> i actually love this from the start. i was a believer -- one thing

the cnn app is now available on ipad. apple says more than 300,000 apps are now available to you. you believe this? sandra endo, she's in washington following stories trending on the internet. what is catching your eye this hour? >> hey there, tony. trending today, whatever this lady does, you know it's a big talker, yeah, when the sydney opera house changes its name for opera, you know it's going to be a big production. the queen of talk bought her show to australia for a week-long trip accompanied by more than 300 u.s. audience members who took part in oprah's ultimate australian adventure. the final two shows of the journalny were taped at the at the opera house where a mishap took place. that is hugh jackman zip lining towards the stage. there he goes. but uh-oh, he hits something and that is a ska folding getting a boo-boo on his right eye. the taping was suspendsed for him to get checked out. but he said a few sips of red wine did the trick and he went on with the show. >> wow. >> that is amazing. australia, obviously a big tourist attraction, right? >> absolutely. one of th

. >> also the apps platform which is one of our favorites. it to make using a lot of that internet functionality a lot easier. >> reporter: soniest gt-1 series is the best internet tv. it's the first set with google tv built in. >> it has a full built-in web browser and has access to apps and ways to get internet content onto the tv. it can also control your cable box so it acts like a built-in universal remote. >> reporter: he said some software refinements will simplify that experience. you're looking at about $600 for a 24-inch version. $1400 for the 46-inch. if you're looking to maximize dollars spent with picture quality, panasonic's tcpg 20 series is his pick. >> i like the panasonic for the best bang for the buck. >> reporter: the 42-inch runs between $800 and $1,000. but his best overall mainstream bargain is the samsung lnc 3600 series. >> right there it's a pretty good deal. also it's very good picture quality for the price. >> reporter: and for many holiday shoppers, price is paramount. marc barger, nbc news. >>> prius owners may s

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or its premises now we can see that information is getting back on the screens of the app or before people had been complaining that they were receiving no updates on the flights whatsoever and even muscovites had to spend hours and hours here inside the airport having no information on whether to leave home on keep waiting for their flights well let's go for how long they've been waiting for their flights inside how long have you been waiting for a flight. i was due to leave for terms of a from the twenty seventh they promised a flight will depart today but i don't know yet there's no information on the screens coolie office in television and they said the plane at two o'clock today. says all the passengers have spent more than two days inside the airport complained they were not given hotel butts and that was not enough food and drinks the press service of the airport says they regularly hand out lunch boxes and also provide stranded passengers with drinking water so what's the situation adama denver airport is gradually improving we've called in extra staff to help resolve the pr

. >>> plus there's an app for that. the app that helps you count calories simply by looking at the food. >>> and bay area kids gearing up for a trip to the pop warner super bowl. we'll tell you who is headed east to play the best of the best. >>> a live look outside overlooking san jose. cold start to the day once again. grab something warm before you head out the door. 5:11. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcgrew, and traffic with mike inouye. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness cos in 25 decious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back. a live look outside oracle arena this morning and it is a cold one no matter where you are in the bay area. rob will be along in a couple of minutes to talk about it. believe it or

visa launched an iphone app. app uses the phone's g.p.s. to tap into local stores. discounts are broke into categories like entertainment, electronics and food and users can specify which types they want. just in time for the holiday, an online video school. it offers how-to videos with step-by-step explanation. those are your "tech bytes." i'm rob nelson. >> time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey is joining us. we talk about what a pain the ice can be. >> also seeing some visuals why the ice is nice. >> and how cool the ice can be. literally and figuratively. >> this features "how the grinch stole christmas." this is all ice carvings. the chairs, the figures. that is colored ice. this is all entirely made of ice. it is something cool to do this weekend, going on through the 30th of december. i suggest getting tickets in advance. it is housed in a tent that's 15,000 square feet and kept at 9 degrees. they give you coats by the way spon entrance. snowfall reports from yesterday, damascus, two inches. madison, virginia, 3 inches. spotsylvania, 3

there's a hot new dating app in town. dating apps available on facebook.com and i-phoning.arity of these apps like are you interested is growing along with the popularity of facebook.com. are you interested, the hottest app with 13 million users a month. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> have a good one. 6:47. few moments are more exciting for a child than waking up for presents on christmas morning. the age of youtube.com and viral videos, the whole world is seeing how excited some get. some of the best christmas morning freak-outs on the web. >> it's something for you? >> it may be a silent night but christmas morning -- (screaming) >> plug your ears! the christmas morning freak-out. new ayoub tradition. the little boy convulsing over his new i-pod. (screaming) >> and the two girls that might as well see justin bieber as this wrapping paper gives way to a wii. the triumph, the tantrum caught on tape. >> what the heck is that! >> this one's been seen a quarter million times on youtube.com and will have a new crop to watch after saturday. it'

if you have an ipad, load up this app. it's a great app. we'll see you tomorrow night. "parker spitzer" starts right now. >> good evening, i'm kathleen parker. >> i'm elyliotiot spitzer. james carville, take a listen. >> we're doubling down on the fail strategy. these tax cuts didn't work. what is -- why are we so enamored with failure. >> an innocent man may be on death row. >> if anybody thinks this man is guilty, put him away, throw away the key, don't kill him. >> nba hall-of-famer, walt fraser breaks down the president's mission. >> he is a cool guy. he still has to overcome so you also need luck. >> all of that coming newspaper a packed hour. julian assange could walk out of jail on $315,000 bail. assange has been in a london prison awaiting extra dixon alleged sex offenses in sweden. when assange heard the ruling, he gave a thumbs up. assange will remain in jail for the next 48 hours as swedish prosecutors appeal his release. his lawyer fired off an angry response. >> they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning

on the ssreen, even during the commercials onnthe news ticceer traffic all the time with news app for andrrid and i-phonn. search for foo 45 in your app @%%->> defense attorneys in thed lee love murder case maa try to question exactly how she died. today lawyers for george huguely, love's ffrmer boyfriend and former uua player. went to cord court to fight for@ medical records. it showed she dieddof blunt force iijury to the head. but reeorts say that lovv was using the prescriition drug adderall. and the defense may raiie that >> they mmght be trying totddto establish thht something was goinngon here, which %-which makes him less cullable, and not culpable to the extent@ %->> a judge, however, denied te defense'ssreeuust, saying the records will remain sealed until he reviews them andddeterminns whether they are relevant. >> a altimmre county studeet is attacked by a stranger at holabird middle school in -undalk. shortly after students arrived, coming from the boy's restroomm -here a man was founddtryinggto sexually assauut a seventh grader. >> my understanding that this intruder was

app. news traffic and weather available 24/7 all in the palm of your hands.lso we need to mention this. if you feel like getting into the whole celestial thing, next tuesday there is a full lunar eclipse that coincides with this year's winter solstice, longest day of dark. and it's the first time -- well it's the last time it happened was under five centuries ago. >> crazy things might happen that day. >> please, steve. >> they are up in arms about this. >> that's on the 21st? december 21st. >> december 20th, 21st, something in there. >> it's a period of rebirth they say. >> i like that. and it's about time that the droid users, me and steve, get something that we have first. >> here we go. >> because you can get it on droid but now you have to get the google sky map. >> and have to admit i was proud. >> and the competition continues. take your droids and have fun of them. and you can find plenty of apps for other star gazing as well. >> true. >> they are there. tucker keeps an eye on those. >>> it is 8:21 right now on this thursday morning. coming up, news f

let's face it apps have taken over a world apple changed everything with the i phone in that store.eople love cops. google was to bring the application idea into the desktop computer world. it's a good idea applications are a lot cleaner, easier just overall similar to look at and use the most websites. the go web store will for now only work with go-go's web browser from. in san francisco gabe slate kron 4 news. >> and features are being added to microsoft internet explorer browser all to help protect users' privacy online. try to that reporter kimberly tells us how the features work. >> much as last week the federal trade commissioner called for companies to add do not truck features to the web browser. today microsoft said that adding tracking protection feature to the new internet site explorer. that would give users the decision to turn off those tracking features to stop advertisers and certain companies from keeping track of what they do, how they surf the web. microsoft said these tracking features and do not call us which lets people who opt out of those unsolicited calls b

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we look at what was brewing, what storms are brewing in 2010. >> reporter: beware of apps that pop uphone. they may not be secure like the ones from itunes or blackberry world. >> you are giving it access to your phone and bad guys are siphoning it off. >> reporter: bad guys are using something called a bot net that can remotely slow down your gadget. not just mac computers but iphones, ipads, anything that runs on the mac operating system is at risk. >> the bad guys can use your computer to launch attacks and distribute spam to others. >> facebook and twitter. you can update everyone in your social network where you. >> reporter: they are using that information. >> please follow this link. yes. i'm going to follow that link and boom, i've got you. it tricks you into launching a particular web page, putting your information in, install an application on your phone or pc. be aware, be cautious. >> someone on your friend writes on your wall, you won a free ipad. you got hacked. >>> social media scams will plague the internet. beware of tweets that sound too good to be true. >>> hundreds

. >>> if you're nervous about your waistline this holiday season, there might be an app for that.archers in tokyo have developed software that let's smartphone users count calories by photographing their food. the software analyzes the color and shape of the images. so far, the database recognizes over 100,000 types of food, and the app can't identify portion sizes. so you're on your own for that, which is great, because then can you eat a huge plate of whatever you want, and they'll tell you -- >> right. take a picture of one french fry and dump the whole thing out afterwards. >> can we worry about diets after the new year, please? let's hold off. >> do you think we'll do new year's resolution stories about being more healthy? >> let's hold off. okay? we have enough of that. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. in support of world aids day, alicia keys, lady gaga and justin timberlake will join other celebrities who are signing off social networks like facebook and twitter to raise money for charity. the world's aids c

maybe you can have a doctor's office app on your cell phone. >> cool. you say you got kids screaming in the background and you have an app for that? >> i already have that going on. that's an easy one. >> i figured you were going to say that. [ laughter ] >>> today's forecast, you don't need an app for that plenty of sunshine for that. highs in the 60s. mild temperatures across the bay area. rainfall moving in tomorrow, and a continued chance of showers thursday and friday. check out that weekend. saturday and sunday and monday, pretty good. temperatures near 70 degrees in our warmest spots. and here's a look at ourmy picks photo. beautiful fall day in livermore, that's a nice day. taken at concannon vineyard. if you have a nice photo to share, send it to mypix@cbs5.com. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here is elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. that is very pretty. i love fall. let's go to the san mateo bridge. we are continuing to follow this accident. it was approaching the toll plaza on westbound 92. a car went off the road into a ditch

there is an app for that when "today in the bay" continues in two minutes. hey, guys !s going on ? we're fine. we just figured since it's taking forever to pay off our mortgage, we might as well slow our whole life down. touch the ball. get rid of your mortgage faster. get an easy orange mortgage from ing direct. pay less interest, pay more principal, pay it off sooner. yes ! >>> san jose getting some rain as we speak. it is moving to the east. we'll check the radar a little bit later on for you too. christmas is just a week away now and soon you can track santa claus's every move as he gets ready to make the rounds around the world. if you are at a computer on christmas eve, there are a lot of new apps that you can help track santa's location. you can also open up google maps on your smart phone and type in santa to see where he is. there are many more tracking santa apps for smart phone modsmod models that let's you track st. nick delivering toys to good girls and good boys. >>> it is officially the last weekend before christmas. only a few more shopping days left. la

the app is free, also free on the iphone. and we're going to show you a little bit of it. this is the front page. when you first log on -- when you first click on it, you're just going to see all of the different stories you can check out. and i think it's really neat how you can see a picture in the front sort of a preview page and -- >> well, the whole layout's different now. you've got key frames of all of these stories and you can scroll through those. your key frame page here, and as well, you can go up here to a text version if you like that a little bit better which gives you the stories in the headline form, as well. >> and if you know you want to go straight to the video, you can click on the third way to view it, which is right here. and then you'll be able to just see all of the video that's available and you can scroll through it on the bottom. this is one of the stories. and it really uses the swiping technology really well. so you can swipe through, check out the various videos. again, this is the new ipad app,

they found an assault rifle with a banana clip inside the suspect vehicle that crashed in the neighbor app fence. patrol car also struck the fence. one man was shot and killed. 2 men were arrested at the scene and fourth one is still at large tonight. police say the suspect vehicle smashed into a fence. 4 young men bailed out. pursuing patrol car top portion of the screen also crashed in the same fen. >> 2 of our officers was following one of the people that were inside the vehicle. that person did have a handgun and he was shot. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >> i was told by fen call that it was my son and the police won't deny or confirm it. >>reporter: later tonight miss edwards told us she identified her son at the coroner office. 19-year-old picot all started when police spotted 4 men in a vehicle matching the description of one connected to a somewhating last week in west oakland. undercover cop spotted them at sycamore and chased them about 3 miles down 5 80 where it ended at 33rd steet and 13 avenue. edwards shot a few doors away. >> police say they found a gun but i was tol

apple will launch a store featuring apps in categories such as graphics and design and lifestyle. >>> larry king says goodbye on cnn last night. before signing off he told his audio against he has agreed to host four specials on cnn each year. >>> well, never give up. that is the motto of one young man. >> he is helping spread an important message, if there is a will, there is a way. ken has the story. >> reporter: keep breathing. >> he has been an inspiration to all of us. >> he is an amazing guy. >> reporter: so what is it that makes chris tate such an since administration? -- inspiration? >> i was riding a motorcycle and a car hit me. i had to get an amputation on my left leg. >> reporter: despite being an amputees, the 25-year-old is moving forward and influencing all those he comes in contact with. >> i'm back. i have a lot of metal and a prosthetic leg now but i can still train. >> reporter: in fact, tate is back to training full-time at the fitness first gym in reston. his co-workers and friends rallied behind him to help fund the treatment. >> they opened up their hearts and c