with this game is farmville. a game. abstraction away from human life. what if you could start evolving and join social network within farmville. then in the social network you play a new game called farmville to join another social network. this is where we're headed. i took too many pills. >> dana: it's like if you have a mirror and it goes on forever. >> greg: i do it a lot when i'm alone. i start crying. >> kimberly: he is so odd. >> dana: are people more lonely now than before social media? >> kimberly: you can isolate yourself. i know people who spend a lot of time of facebook, bolling, and i don't know if it's a good thing. you become so immersed in the facebook thing and pressure to keep up and friends, they get mad at you, you're maxed out, you have enough friends. so stressful. i like twitter better. >> eric: unequivocally, maybe as an adult who joined facebook it's one thing. i have a 13-year-old who spends his time on facebook, tumbleer and texting. never once is there human interaction. we talk a lot about i

and earnings from online gaming phenomenon zynga, the company behind "farmville." finally, one of this spring's multibillion-dollar deals was in baseball, with the los angeles dodgers selling for more than $2 billion. that made it the most expensive sports deal since the n.f.l.'s miami dolphins sold for $1 billion. rick horrow spoke with dolphins owner stephen ross about spending that kind of money. >> i bought it because i wanted to create a winner. i love football. i bought it, you know, one, because i could afford it, and the idea of building a winner. the challenge of doing that. certainly i haven't been successful doing that yet, so, you know, i don't feel i've been a success until i can create, and being an owner i'm more like a fan. and i didn't do it as a business. it has a lot of advantages owning a team, but that wasn't the reason why i bought the team. >> tom: big question. did you overpay? >> a lot of teams in the nfl have been traded and i think when you sigh the values of those teams that traded and the fact that we own the real estate, we own the sta

i mean if you know i guess craigslist in farmville and figure out how you're going to get it out but you're right in the sense that not being an internet wizard is still good enough for us in days when it comes to so many of our justices but he also said that this can even apply and you know you mentioned you don't necessarily have to be an employee but it also can be used just on a on a dating site if you lie about yourself well that's the problem it's not only the employee employer relationship where you have a question of what's authorized access but any time you're using any site on the internet that could range from craigslist to google to a dating site and the judge made the point that if you said you're handsome and six three and you're actually only in five four that actually violates the terms of service of a lot of dating sites and so technically it would be a federal crime now you might think well why would the federal government ever come after me for something like that and they probably wouldn't except for the fact that there's been at least one case where someone was p

told bloomberg news it's prepared to snap up company that's may come up with the next game like farmville. and the dow up nearly 200 points. and apple snapped up a five-day losing streak. and there is good news for real estate. high end houses starting to sell again at a six-month high in southern california home sales are up 3%. >> the space shuttle made it's final voyage. discovery flew overhead on the back of a boeing 747. marking a several separation for discovery and kennedy space center, serving since 1983. waits the third to include 39 missions deploying the telescope on one and there the u.s. ended it's program last year. >> absolutely. one of the coolest things i've seen. >> did you get a good pick snur. >> yes. great ones. >> landing near the museum it will now call home. >> nice we can go visit if we like. >> still to come there is a hiddel jewel in the heart of downtown oakland. >> an urban garden to escape from the riggors of city live. stay with us. >>> earth day is coming up. there is an oasis thriving in oakland. the gardens at lake merit. >> it's been there all along. >>

we're following this action on northbound 280 right there by farmville.ch out for that, apparently there's a car sideways in the roadway partially blocking the center divide. we'll let you know if we're seeing a slowing behind it. the south bay is free and clear. one a one looks great. if you have an early morning flight at sfo you can see 64 m.p.h. as you approach san bruno. take you into the east bay to show you what is going on westbound highway 4. definitely some brake lights, is one of the busiest spots this morning. no surprise. so we are seeing some speeds below 25 mi. per hour and a quick check of the bay bridge where so far so good, no delay heading into san fransisco. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> we have already heard from howard george, but he is holding a press conference on the latest on the shootings. let's listen in to the press conference with the chief of oakland. >> copper want to correct the record, yesterday i mentioned a press conference that we did recover a gun but as not accurate, we will research in this morning various l

we're following this problem northbound 280 by farmville boulevard. the managers cleared it because we're no longer seen slowing. the rest of the south bay looks good and highway 4 is sluggish through antioch. that is traffic, back to you guys. >> the time now is 6:08 a.m., when this san fransisco sherrif can do for the first time since it was charged with domestic violence. >> occupied protesters fought back before they were forced out of a vacant since the building. >> to adults have been arrested for the two year-old murder of they were high-school student. police say there break in the case came when officers tracked the suspected gunman robert joseph and his alleged accomplish veronica rodriguez, to newark. officers went in with a swat team and investigators say that she got into an argument back in 2010 and fired into a car with 17 year-old sammy novice inside. his family says that news of the rest is bittersweet. >> i was so excited and so happy that i wanted to call sammy and tell him. that we got good news. and then it hit me that this is wha

. >> it's no surprise that the company that owns farmville and mafia wars bought out this small companyfor apparently $180 million. really popular game. draw something free. >> okay. tunetastic? >> another great app for kids. let's you create your own cartoon. use your fingertips with characters on the screen or create your own and animate a story. you add the voice to it as well. so you're narrating it and animating it at the same time. it's great fun for more than one person to do together. ideal on an ipad for two hands. you share that story on the internet. kids are creating their own animated cartoon. really great for your imagination. >> the sky is the limit. unbelievable. marc saltzman, thaennks so much. happy easter and passover weekend. >> thank you, and to you, fred. >>> for more high-tech ideas and reviews go to cnn.com/tech. look for the games gadgets tab or follow marc saltsman on facebook, twitter and linkedin. >>> raising chickens these days. no longer just a country thing. feathers are fliering. sit slickers are doing it, too. don't adjust your sets. what you didn't see

then it's all consumer on the time after the close with amazon, starbucks and farmville parent zyngaporting. and friday more on the consumer with proctor & gamble. and two dow components, micron and chevron to wind up the week. get your shoes on, sue. >> i've got my sneakers on. jam packed week for earnings and economic data. and ben bernanke having a fed conference. ma matt ches dlps lock joins us, and jeff kilburg. bertha just outlined all of the earnings reports we have out next week, we also have economic data. which will be most important to the market? >> i'm going with the trend here. it's definitely been earnings. with all the focus on earnings next week, apple is a big one but we also have major dow other earnings coming forward here. my partner said, i think we're discounting what europe is. i think that's a major focus here. we've been able to discount it because the earnings have been so good. but if earnings start getting a little weak or the forecasts are weak, i would sense a bit of a selloff. >> all right. jeff, we've got the fed chief speaking. we've got a fed meetin

if he thought of a company like thing the -- zynga with its game of farmville and said we have to take that to fda approval before they can produce the game. go straight to the phase two and phase 3 trials and check for efficacy and safety. is it safe for people to use? and then you have to have a test for efficacy. does it improve your brain functioning? if it does not do that, you cannot do it and you change one line of code, you have to start all over from scratch. and he would not have a video game industry in this country. or any sort of entertainment industry if you have that. i think there has been a catastrophic set of government policies that have basically destroyed most of the technological innovation. we see this in the economy where there are stagnant wages that have been flat since 1973. it broke and political system -- ke and political systems. it finds it much harder to have everybody come out ahead because there is no way to craft such a compromise. that is the basic understanding of what has happened. we had been in denial about this. it has manifested itself in a ser

because correct me if i'm wrong, but a lot of people who play for example farmville, they're not so likely and load up on all the virtual goods like farm equipment or a spade or whatever. is that a concern for you? >> sure. i think monetization of users is still somewhat immature compared to the social game market. so we'll see how that evolves over time. i think there's an opportunity to close that gap. but in general, revenue diversification i think is positive for zynga given their dependence thus far on facebook. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning, getting up early. >> hangthank you. >> coming up, what one casino can tell us about the economy. they made their name in a high profile fight with facebook. now the winklevoss twins have a new venture or two. >> they're pretty cute. look at them. >> and they could have ripped mark zuckerberg limb from limb. choose control. introducing gold choice. the freedom you can only get from hertz to keep the car you reserved or simply choose another. and it's free. ya know, for whoever you are that day. it's just another way you'll be tr