we will continue to -- to brad stone. ll continue to monitor the situation here, and brad come you continue with "bloomberg west." >> thank you, math, and we conti -- we will be back with more "bloomberg west." ♪ >> i am brad stone in for emily chang, and this is "bloomberg west." the san francisco giants beat the kansas city royals in game one of the world series last night, but baseball's national tv audience for the playoffs was lower than previous seasons. who was actually watching the game? i am joined by former oakland a's vice president andy dolan and brad adgate in new york. brad, let me start with you. viewingnk most of the was done online. last night was the first sunday game was stream, the deal that major league baseball made with the networks. typically, the world series has been aging a little bit. the median age of the viewer is over 50, and last night's parliamentary ratings was below last year's game 1, but the good news is it is a lot more than what fox typically does on a night. an >> despite what to bra

>> i am brad stone in for emily >> i am brad stone in for emily chang.he san francisco giants meet the kansas city royals in game one of the world series. the series began with low expectations as the tv audience was lower than previous seasons. who was watching the game? i am joined by andy dalit and brad in new york. let me start with you. what do we know about who watched yesterday? >> i think most of the viewing was online. i think yesterday's game was the first time the world series was streamed. typically the world series has been aging a little bit, and i think last night preliminary rating was and eight, which put it below last year's game one. that is what fox typically does. >> despite what rad is saying about the online audience, age is low. it is down from last year. >> the dynamic has changed. this follows the lowest statistical sport. i don't pay that much attention to the ratings. this is a localized event. everybody in san francisco was watching. a lot of people and the rest of the country it wasn't a mega event. >> this is not for major

gene muenster and brad stone, thanks so much.hile tablet sales be shrinking may for many device makers, p.c. demands is making a comeback at microsoft. sales jumped in the first quarter to $23 billion, rising 25%. microsoft's sales boost comes after the largest round of layoffs in the company's history and the acquisition of nokia's mobile phone operations. what do the results reveal about their strategy? i want to bring in matt mcill -- matt mcilwain, who sold a company to microsoft. matt what do you think this nadellas about satya and the work he has done so far? >> i think that he's off to a good start. a big part of it is that he is having the company think more outside in and listening to what customers want and also being much more open to the ecosystem. that's showing up more in cloud than in p.c. sales. i think they're fortunate in the secular trend on p.c. sales. i would note actually that on the application side, the office 365 numbers are very impressive. >> would you agree, corey? is he off to a great start? >> a lot

joining me today for the byte is brad stone.tter be good because it is friday, and you are standing in for corey. 0. 1800 this is the number of tweets sent by the twitter account before this morning queen elizabeth the second herself sent her very first tweet. >> it is a pleasure to open the information age exhibition today at the science museum, and i hope people will enjoy it. elizabeth r. r stands for regina, which means queen. in latin. this is a big moment for twitter. -- queen temperature on the queen's imprimature on twitter. some friendly ones and unfriendly ones. a couple of the funny ones are asking her to post a selfie. some are suggesting that she advocate -- abdicate the throne. we doubt that will happen. >> it is this exhibition but why now? >> it fits, with the science museum in london during an exhibition about the information age. all public figures have to get knowledgeable about communicating with their constituencies. and twitter is one way to do it. >> >> when the prince starts tweeting, we will know it has

joining me to discuss it is cory johnson and brad stone.ou recently interviewed him for a big story on business week. what's he like? >> he's great to talk to. he's incredibly modest and has a deep knowledge of all of google's business. he knows everyone's business, even when he's not responsible for and he's just endearing. even nice guy with a perpetual smile and very likable. i talked to him twice. i talked to him before this debut of the new version of android. he had someone with him who was responsible for android and chrome will stop clearly the android and chrome divisions are well tended to and that's how he's able to scale himself. >> is it more symbolic or is it real? >> he can now be the chief innovator. when tech companies get to 20 years old, they might naturally split up. google is 16 years old and the disruptor has been disruptor -- has been disrupted by mobile. now larry page will go and think about how to keep up with these businesses. >> there is an anecdote that he would sit outside of marissa mayer's office waiting to a

i spoke about the brewing at war with our editor at large cory johnson and brad stone.ed by asking jordy how big a threat who is to amazon. >> the customer is going to gravitate to the company that can provide the best experience any fastest way to get them the products. any company that comes out with a solution that will help if the customer the product easier and faster is going to be something people take notice of. >> google shopping is cool if they have what you want. they don't have everything and amazon does. how big of a threat is google to amazon? >> i think amazon has a big lead. they've got amazon prime, it is a bit more expensive, but they have added in all sorts of extras. they also have a model that is expressly for the purpose of online delivery. google is working with costco and staples and petco. those are stores that are designed for in-store browsing. selection is limited. that is why amazon had so much success right off the bat. i think we will see this as a danger to amazon. >> white as google bother with this? >> i think they wanted a revenue sour

cory johnson and i sat down with brad stone and the ceo. big lead.has a it has mine share.mazon is more expensive at $99 a year. have added an extra's. they also have a model that is -- expressly for the purpose of online delivery. google is worth thing -- google is working with stores designed for in-store browse lang -- browsing. this is early. we will see if it can be a danger. >> why would google bother with this? >> that recognize they want a different revenue source. i think that they recognize fundamentally these companies have the same infrastructure minus the delivery part of it. google recognizes they can be in --ot of business and businesses amazon is in. ownon try to launch their search engine. search technology great something that act away from great jeff bezos has always been with this idea of sorts -- of search. amazon is paying dearly for that. they recognize they are both in the same business. >> if i am buying something i start amazon. if i can't i go to google request that is a huge problem for google. it is part of google search and lucrative. if you ar

stone, andn, brad the ceo of a customer service and ratings company make our panel. threat of google express to amazon? >> i think the customer will gravitate toward the company that can provide the best experience and the fastest and most efficient way to get them the product. any company that comes out with a solution that will help get the customer the product easier and faster as we do be something they take notice off. cool ife shopping is they have what you want. but they do not have everything, and amazon does. how big of a threat is google to amazon and vice versa? >> i think amazon has a big lead. share, amazon prime is a little bit more expensive, but they have added the extras like the movies and free books. they also have a model that is expressly for the purpose of online delivery. google is working with costco and staples and petco, these are stores that are meant for in-store browsing. selection is limited, which is why amazon had so much success before. >> why would google bother with this? >> they recognize that they need a different revenue source.

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