it features a new personal assistant called cortana.h of cortana is powered by the bing search engine. the director of being at microsoft -- i caught up with him earlier this week. i asked him on the focus on the assistant and why they decided to call it court,. -- call it cortana. they thought how this thing should be created, what was the principal of this character. cortana in halo was master chief's assistant. engineers literally thought of this. you saw these dolls everywhere. unlike what we usually do, we actually stuck with that name. >> i thought you were going to name it cory. >> kind of like in seinfeld when kramer was movie phone. >> more searches means more revenue. more searches means the users are finding what they want. do you think this leads to more or fewer searches? >> what katana allows -- what --when i says something like, is that flight tim? -- on-time? people are able to trust that the vice. they use that device more often. we are a device and services company. >> is there any reason this couldn't run on other os'

cortana was capable of figure out everything he needed to do as he battled the enemy.ngineers literally thought of this in their offices. andwalked down the hall unlike what we usually do, we stuck with the name and did not name it microsoft her so assistant. -- microsoft personal assistant. cory, where is, good barbecue? have you standing there. the inherent conflict in the company, more revenue and also that final -- did you find that cortana leads to more searches or less? allows, it cortana is hard to think about searches. if the flight on time? you want me to track it. i do not really know. what we do know is when people are able to trust a device like that when the backing of the entire your web and all the things inside the use the devices more often. reason why this could not -- [indiscernible] it is running on an ios now? >> we have to ask the engineering team. there's a lot that happens in the phone. if you have seen it yet, it is a snappy experience. a lot with the windows device. a lot of the core functionality, for example on being.com, if you have a corta

did you find that cortana leads to more searches or less?> for what cortana allows, it is hard to think about searches. is the flight on time? you want me to track it. i do not really know. what we do know is when people are able to trust a device like that when the backing of the entire your web and all the things inside the use the devices more often. >> is there any reason why this could not run on other operating systems it is running on an ios now? >> we have to ask the engineering team. there's a lot that happens in the phone. if you have seen it yet, it is a snappy experience. a lot with the windows device. a lot of the core functionality, for example on bing.com, if you have a cortana device, the things you are tracking, a news source, it will slow down. >> that was stefan weitz. the guys from comedy hits like "seinfeld" are taking on technology. we will take a look next. ♪ >> welcome back. we have a series called "silicon valley." it starts this weekend with interesting guys ahead of the show. mike judge, the guy behind "beavis & bu

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and her name is cortana. >> hi, i'm cortana. >> yesterday, microsoft unveiled a new virtual assistantbuild conference in san francisco. microsoft says that as cortana tracks users' searches, interests and places visited, it grows smarter and can offer more tailored suggestions. so it could raise privacy concerns with consumers. >> you get to decide what access, whether or not she gets to read your email. you are always in control of what she knows about you. >> consumers will get a chance to find out just how useful cortana is or isn't when the feature rolls out in the coming weeks. >>> new jobless claims are up and so is the u.s. trade deficit. kcbs financial reporter jason brooks joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. we have the market heading higher hitting new records despite mixed economic news. the labor department reporting that first time weekly unemployment claims rose by 16,000 to 326,000 the four-week average up slightly at over 319,000. labor tomorrow gives us the march monthly jobs report. and most economists are looking for a gain of around 200,000 which would b

i'm cortana. >> i love it. >> cortana is among the new features coming to a windows phone update calledgned to compete with apple's siri. it allows it to issue voice commands, set alarms, and make calendar entries. >>> and, anne-marie, amazon has issued the new video streaming device. amazon fire is a settop box that can stream music, video, and games. they can watch amazon content as well as netflix, hulu and others. it costs $99 and costs the same as apple tv. >> all right. let the streaming wars begin. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> when we return, a late-night surprise. lady gaga takes david letterman's studio audience on an unexpected field trip. letterman's studio audience on an unexpected field trip. optic white® whiten & protect colgat toothpaste. this shell is made of calcium that can absorb stains like teeth. brush one side with a regular whitening toothpaste and the other side with optic white®. it whitens deeper... and it can stay white! even after dipping it again, colgate®'s white seal technology helps prevent stains from coming back. f

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i'm cortana. >> reporter: geeks know that's a character in the halo video game. >> cortana, come in.m the strangest thing you've seen all day? >> reporter: she's artificially intelligent. >> i'll add dentist appointment to your calendar. so you know, you have to pick up christina from airport at the same time. >> reporter: unlike siri, she's open to app developers so you can do this -- >> hulu, add deadbeat to my queue. >> reporter: thousands of developers can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: as for ordinary users -- >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. >>> the national safety council found that using a hands-free device while driving is no safer than using a handheld phone. the council says that's because both are a distraction. although 12 states and the the district of columbia have banned the use of handheld cell phones while driving hands-free devices have not been regulated anywhere. a growing number of cars are being equipped with dashboard systems tha

ask cortana, who's your daddy, and she'll answer bill gates.s microsoft's founder, by the way. >> a joke for them, huh? >>> and now something of an international mystery, centers on a couple of expensive paintings. >> they were unveiled yesterday in rome. the one on the left, by gauguin, said to be up to worth $40 million. one on the other side, french painter and valued at $830,000. >> these were recovered from the house of a retired italian auto worker who bought them both in 1975, at an auction of unclaimed goods. little did he know gauguin was stolen from an art collector in london. >> wow. the retired auto worker may be able to keep them, though, if he can prove he bought them in good faith. check that out. >> an auto worker with a gauguin on the wall. >> how fancy of him. >> no kidding. >>> all right. coming up, a famous weatherman proves it is never too late to find love, even at the age of 80. >> wow! and later, man east best friend, lost for more than a year and a half, is finally found. who found this loveable lab and returned him to

stuart: that was a clip from the hit sci-fi series "halo" featuring the character cortana.oice of microsoft new siri-like voice system. joining us now, the ceo of marketing zen. this is a female voice taken from "halo," the siri sound alike voice from microsoft. is that a big deal? >> they are hoping it is. hoping this voice will attract the younger generation, tracked the gamers of "halo" is a this is so much more fun than talking to siri. she sounds a little bit more automated, but a bit more robotic. will that be it for them? that is up in the air. stuart: that is the voice? that is the voice we are going to hear. if i ask my microsoft phone something, that voice comes back at me. >> yeah. she is supposed to be smarter because she knows what you like, she knows how you like your coffee because he will tell her i am out of milk, where is the closest starbucks. she is more predictive. stuart: the reason we are covering this is because microsoft stock, not only do i own it, but it has gone up significantly recently. does this kind of innovation have something to do with the

cortana is a different search experience.elping people understand what search can do, we think, will, of course, continue to give positive momentum for us. >> looking at amazon -- amazon uses a number of microsoft services in the kindle, but they've also worked on their own voice-search technology. how will you work with them on mobile with bing going forward, and perhaps cortana, too? >> i think you're seeing what bing is good at, which is looking at the pieces to power search. all of the different things, putting them where they actually belong. so in many cases, we power web search on siri, all of yahoo! web search, the kindle fire. it's not about having to adopt the entire stack or platform of bing. we understand that in this modern world and this modern web, having all of the pieces that can be deployed at the right place for the right experience makes the most extense. >> what about fire tv? what role do you play there? >> they've done an interesting job and good job on the voice recognition on fire tv, but nothing beyo

even in -- if you are searching for something, cortana is a personal digital assistant that will do knowou. it will understand you prefer vegetarian over teriyaki. it will learn more about you and become more personal and meaningful to you. >> and other tech news, the aol founder steve case at a big surprise for 10 participants. ready for this? he is back in a startup. yeah. he will invest $100,000 in each of those 10 startups. microsoft the latest in the giants who have joined the fight for streaming. the amazon settops tv? we got an up close look at the device. >> the most mark book thing, it is pretty -- remarkable thing, it is pretty small. it is smaller than the apple tv device. instead of white, it is black. it has a whole lot of ports on the back of it. it's not even the hardware. the physical properties matter less than what you get with it, what the and her face shows you, what you have access to. bloombergtv, for one, as peter showed on the demonstration. also, the other thing to note is if you do not have a prime subscription, there is less to watch on it. even though it is a

they also an unveiled a new assistant, cortana, like siri.e now for the bwest byte, one number that tells a whole lot. jon erlichman is here as well. from halo, one of the characters. it would be really creepy if someone was saying, corey, where do i go? today's number is zero, the number of cities aereo could be if they lose in the supreme court. here is what barry diller told erik schatzker earlier in a really good interview on "market makers." it was fascinating. >> it interesting to hear him be so open about it. >> if we lose, game over. >> there's nothing you can salvage out of the business, the patents, the technology? >> it's possible there is some salvage, but aereo would probably -- i say probably because i cannot see any path forward -- it would not be able to continue in business. barry diller with erik schatzker. >> at least he's honest. >> that's in parallel what we heard from the ceo that there is no plan b. to go. no other way as a question about whether the technology could be easily replicated by others. againstroadcasters go

i'm cortana. >> reporter: she is named after a figure in the halo video games.ficially intelligent. >> i'll add dentist appointments to your calendar. just so you know, you have to pick up christina from airport at the same time. >> reporter: and unlike siri, she is open to app developers so you can do this. >> hulu, add dead beat to my queue. >> reporter: the thousands of developers here at the build conference can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: but as for ordinary users. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> maybe she can sing a duet with you, dan. >> i'll try. >>> the new grocery superstores that are opening up in the bay area. >> despite cheaper prices, not everyone is celebrating. we'll explain.ts that staying on budget can be a real bear. at's why... that's why... they've got lots of ways to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week... life's just a

i'm cortana. >> reporter: she is named after a figure in the halo video games.ust like her name sake, she's artificially intelligent. >> i'll add dentist appointments to your calendar. just so you know, you have to pick up christina from airport at the same time. >> reporter: and unlike siri, she is open to app developers so you can do this. >> hulu, add dead beat to my queue. >> reporter: the thousands of developers here at the build conference can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: but as for ordinary users. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> maybe she can sing a duet with you, dan. >> i'll try. >>> the new grocery superstores that are opening up in the bay area. >> despite cheaper prices, not everyone is celebrating. we'll explain. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [

. ♪ >>> microsoft announcing new features for its windows phone, with a siri competitor called cortanaoday, at this conference, microsoft executives introducing new vision, a new strategy. also a new feel. sat satya was on stage. and he was talking about his vision for the future of the company. >> our goal is to really built platforms. create the best end user experiences. the best developer opportunity. and i.t. infrastructure for computing or mobile-first, cloud-first world. >> you listen to nadella today. and i can tell you had to be impressed with his knowledge, his expertise in the business. and just the way he related to the 5,000 developers. he was so comfortable with this audience. also on stage today was stephen elop, introducing new phones, including the five-inch display. new colors, improved camera. he introduced lower-cost phones. some of which will be available here in the u.s. in july, for 159 bucks. a very aggressive price point there. two more updates to talk about. windows phone. you heard talk from executives about a more flexible windows phone. and they unveil a mi

this is $150, has a great court cortana feature be at stuart: are you going to pay $100 for the iphoneople would be. there is no headline phone people have to have. whenever the iphone 6 comes out, it will be big, whenever it comes out this fall, people will pay for it. people in the u.s. i don't know offhand the size of it, but it will be a larger phone. right now the 5s sold for 199 on contract. this will be $100 more than that. say apple squeezes out of the extra $100 from the carriers and consumersgot would boost the earnings but 24% and revenue by 6%. if you are an apple shareholder, many of us are, you want this phone to cost that much money. stuart: what you make of the iphone 6 at $300 on contract? >> apple does not need more money. it is a cool product. what we have a with apple is a fascinating look that spurs supply and demand. they're making products comparable and somewhat better and yet people still go to the apple. people still say i want an iphone, it is the iphone. hard to change mentality like that. stuart: still the leader in the field. >> apple tied with the cheaper