so here comes google.hey've got the energy they've got the technology, they've got the money and they said: we will do it for you. free >> about 10 years ago, i got a visit from a vice president of google. and she walked into my office and described a project that google had in mind, which was to digitize all the books in the harvard library. my first thought was - to put it bluntly that maybe they were smoking something, because i didn't think it was possible. >> when you actually negotiate with google...umm.. and do so on their turf, you enter a strange world. a google office doesn't have chairs like this chair. the furniture consists of large inflated balls that are colored green or red or yellow and the young google engineers are sitting on these. it's a kind of never-never land feeling. >> google is a company that believes in its fundamental mission of empowering everyone in this world with all the information they need. from a farmer in africa to a mother in india to a business person in japan, every

he cofounded google x, google's innovation laboratory. he helped launch broadband balloons to connect to the internet through the stratosphere. now, sebastian thrun is on to his greatest ambition yet, democratizing a higher education, by sharing knowledge with people that can't afford it, via the internet. joining me on "studio 1.0," inventor, professor, and founder, sebastian thrun. i thought we could start our interview wearing google glass because you have been a big part of it. how often do you wear these? >> mostly outdoors, out and about. with my kids. when i go bicycling and hiking. >> what is the most surprising thing you have done wearing google glass? >> you know, i had this ambition to make a device that you can wear all day. in every situation. and, it is, for me, it is awkward in a personal conversation. this is something that excites me much more when i'm out and about. >> there is a stigma against wearing google glass. there is a word for it called "glass hole." >> i think it is a new technology, and i remember there used t

i would not be able to survive a google software engineer interview. >> if google would not hire you,ho are they hiring? >> they have a fantastic number of applicants. over 2 million people are applying. they can pick and choose the very best. >> is this part of what inspired udacity? >> what inspired udacity is my history of learning. i want to learn by doing. i want to learn how to build a self driving car so i built one. i don't go to school to hear a professor talk about it. >> peter teal is encouraging people not to go to school at all. to start companies instead. >> i am not advising anyone to skip college. we think of learning as a lifelong project that we do. we have companies like google and facebook and many others sending instructors to us. >> all of the classes are online. >> everything is online. >> how much do they cost? >> they are free. you can go to each class and take it for free. if you care about a mentor and feedback and the certificate, you pay 150 bucks a month. we are launching a nano degree. >> will apple, google hire me? >> at&t has already earmarked jobs spe

of google voice. we'll talk to him about that, next. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west"." streaming on your phone and tablet. google offers businesses services like file storage, video conferencing and email, but it doesn't have a business phone service. enter the creator of google voice and switch communications offers cloud-based services using google apps. sort through a host of analytics. craig walker is here with me. you are saying my work can find me anywhere i am. i have no breaks? >> the way it works, it's not a place you go to from 9-5 but something you are doing 24 hours a day anywhere in the world on any device that you want to be using. so the idea of having a company phone system that's built around a phone sitting on a desk waiting for you to be there to answer it, just doesn't make sense in 2014. >> i have a voicemail on my desk phone that says don't leave a voice message. this is a hole in google's offering. how is it, though? >> the google enterprise apps are moving businesses to the cloud

i came up with this man, google x. -- name, google x. they came up with this project.e got our very first prototype. >> it was a backpack. >> then we strapped cellphones to my glasses and my nose would get crushed. it took a whole bunch of iterations to make it something you can actually wear a normal life. >> some of the other projects, the effort to connect the world through balloons that are in the atmosphere. >> that is another one of these crazy moonshot that you have to be a believer to even attempt it. this idea came up that they could actually launch balloons. and detached sunlight like andpment to balloons -- attach sunlight like equipment to a balloons. the downside of this, they are exposed to wind. >> what is the potential? >> the internet is up in the air and they have the balloons over a set of very low cost that provide unprecedented bandwidth and coverage to places they would never get coverage today like the center of africa. or the ocean. this is to make a level playing field. >> facebook is trying to connect the world in different ways. who wins, goo

>> you helped found google x, >> you helped found google x, the moonshot factory.ow did that come about? >> i drank the kool-aid. i was at the point where i waved away all be skepticism and said just do it and see what happens. it turns out that the leadership, they are kind of the same personality. they said, absolutely yes. i came up with this name, google x. they came up with this project. we got our very first prototype. >> it was a backpack. >> then we strapped cellphones to my glasses and my nose would get crushed. it took a whole bunch of iterations to make it something you can actually wear a normal life. >> some of the other projects, the effort to connect the world through balloons that are in the atmosphere. >> that is another one of these crazy moonshots that you have to be a believer to even attempt it. this idea came up that they could actually launch balloons. the downside of this, they are exposed to wind. >> what is the potential? >> the internet is up in the air and they have the balloons over us at a fairy low cost that provide unprecedented band

google or yahoo! do. instead of delivering books or search results or something the cat, we deliver business functionality. we stay focused and dedicated to that idea for 15 years, and because of that singular focus we have be able to achieve great success. there is a message in that, which is you have to be dedicated. >> is there another message that oracle missed the cloud? >> oracle has a different business. the chairman, who just retired, took me into his office and said, good thing you are leaving oracle. i said, why is that? he said, it will be hard for us to do a brand-new technology model and a brand-new business model, because everything from the way you deliver the software to the way you recognize the revenue is completely different in cloud computing. >> u.n. larry ellison had a rivalry over the years, and more recently a partnership. what is your relationship really like behind the scenes? >> larry and i have a great relationship. we are always hugging and kissing. [laughter] >> frenemies? >>

and but also, to let you know that google is doing this without any strings. and this is really good and, they agree with us, that things can be done in a public, private partnership with the city, and that a lot of the things that we tried in the past will be complicated and we put off too much, and we asked and now we will do it at the portions where we can get things done and really set the example. and this is one of 32 sites in this city, that are getting free wi-fi with this partnership. and this is not just being the partnership and the google has been around for a long time and they are already have funded our low income youth and that is a tremendous help and you can see a lot of youth these days and some of them that don't even know, and so for free for google and sometimes i will remind them when they are getting off the muni and how is the google doing and we need to realize that these are relationships that we are building with the community and these are precious relationships and that is why we also have our technology department and our recreat

you aboutto talk to how you became a guy who was wearing google glass who helped invent google glass. you were born in germany. tell me about your parents, how you grew up? >> i had a very happy family. my brother, my sister, i was youngest. i wasn't really planned. the result was that i ended up spending a lot of time in my own. i played alone a lot and i made my own rules. for example, when i was in the seventh grade, i made myself a challenge to never ever do homework again. i would copy from my fellow students and i made it all the way through high school diplomas. was was a challenge and i skeptical towards any sort of fixed set of rules. >> when did you learn how to code? >> when i was 14 or 13, i saved all of my money to buy a programmable calculator. i would sit there all afternoon. doeven though you did not your homework, you racked up right a few degrees for a guy who is trying to disrupt education. you have a degree, a master's degree, and a phd. >> i felt empowered to make my own decisions. >> you are considered a godfather of artificial intelligence. how did you gravitate

a comfy like google -- a comfortable -- a company like google has spent money. are they really going to pull out of ireland because of this? a lot of the companies moving here recently, airbnb and twitter, they do not have massive profits. they say they're here for the talent, the english-speaking talent around. the worry would be for irish authorities trying to track the bigger companies. we do not expect to see any massive pull off. >> we'll be watching with interest. we will see -- we will be speaking to the former irish finance minister. his first interview of the day. arguments in a german challenge to the ecb's bond buying land. -- plan. german debt judges -- german judges expressed concern about the legality of this game. european economist. we are talking about the bond buying program that mario draghi used a while back. it all fades into memory. so many of these things. walk us through why today is so import and in my markets are paying attention. >> we have moved to a new phase in which the key concern is deflation. the motivation would be different fr

if i can't i go to google request that is a huge problem for google.t is part of google search and lucrative. if you are hoover vaccuums, you pay a lot to be there on google listing. it is trying to protect the search business. >> you have a relationship. with google. they use your data to improve the shopping spirit. what priorities does google have? what are they looking to improve? >> i can't speak to google specific agenda but we share the same mission in terms of giving customers transparency and information about where they can go to get the best products and best experience. the way that we work with google is to provide intregation. that is a win for the customer. if it is a win for the user they feel more comfortable on the web and everyone wins. >> the google partnership with petsmart strikes me as so reminiscent of the bubble. we have dog food being delivered to your front door. it is a bad business model that people love. >> i used that. >> today it is about density. we have billions of people on the internet. you have billions of people on

enter the creator of google voice. they offer cloud-based services for users of google apps.ou can have multiple devices tied to one number. basically, my work and find me where i am, no matter what? today, it is work not a place you go to from 9:00 a.m. to five ago p.m. anymore. it is something you are doing 24 hours a day on any device you what to be using anywhere in the world. a phone sitting on a desk waiting for you to answer it does not seem to make sense of 2014. this is being billed as part of google's offerings. appse google enterprise customer enterprise base has been a big leader in moving services to the cloud. moved to the cloud with gmail, and became much more productive. great withone e-mail, calendar, and all these other offerings but there was no phone to answer that. he wants of the better degree strictly with your context -- you want something that integrates directly with your contacts, your calendar, and a tight integration. as the creator of google voice, why now? we look at the numbers, and gardner says there is about the million businesses that have m

google may not have it, but google can show you who does. >> google will turn around and say, listen,just because someone says its so doesn't make it so. there are copyright issues. who are the owners of the copyright. have these photos been registered. there is due diligence that needs to be done. >> every other search engine responded and removed these photos. these photos weren't given -- >> neil: would you advice any of your clients to upload any photos -- >> of course, not. that cloud thing is a scary thing. >> that's the point and they did it. >> but someone criminally obtained those photos just because they trusted the cloud -- >> neil: you guys are good. each time you talk, i buy what you said. >> intellectually i destroyed his -- >> you talk about living in a cloud, he lives in a cloud. >> neil: forget about whether you will use google, get on the ebola issue. why you won't use an airplane or at least for a long, long time >> neil: all right. in tonight's blitz, travel stocks are in trouble. traders keep selling. at least when it comes to airline stocks. back with our all sta

we see in san francisco the google shopping vans and the google trucks in our streets.could make three or four stops in one neighborhood on your morning run, the math does work. >> made it is not going to happen in the suburbs of cleveland. i think there is a profound change in america. i was walking to church on sunday and i saw a mail truck. on a sunday. what is a truck doing? it was filled with these amazon boxes. >> i am jumping for joy every time i get a box from amazon on sunday. it is awesome. >> i wonder if google is just new lean around. >> they are trying to protect their core franchise which is search. they have moved to counter amazon. amazon has infiltrated a lot of google areas. >> the new york store looks like it will be a pickup center. the pop-up stores they have been doing for a couple of years in san francisco. they have a tablet and a phone. they want to be able to show them to customers. >> apple and facebook are going to start paying for their female employees to freeze their eggs. is this a move to encourage them to have children or to delay it? t

the same about google. there was not that long ago that they tried to launch their own search engine. it was cutting-edge search technology, something that backed away from. jeff bezos has always been newly around the idea of search. if you search a lot of keywords in google, amazon results will come up on top because they are paying dearly for that. start at amazon, and cannot find it there, then i go to google. >> they are lucrative. you pay a lot to be there on the google listings. google express is to protect the search business. >> you actually have a relationship with google. they use your data to improve the shopping experience. what priorities does google have? what are they looking to improve? googlennot spain to specific priorities and agendas. we give our customers transparency and data about where to go for buying best products. if this retailer is really good shipping, or customer service, that is a win for the customer. if it is a win for the user, people feel more comfortable on the web, and

x. ♪ >> from the self driving car to google glass, the google x founder has had his hand in many things's trying to fix one of the toughest problems out there, and that is education through his new company. he's the first guest on my new 1.0" airingo tonight. i sit down with the so-called godfather of artificial intelligence, from is up eating in germany to the founding of google x. >> how did they get you to come to google? where i at the point wanted to explore what it means to work in silicon valley. i started team that builds technology and they said joining google, so we joined google. >> at what point did they say we want to do self driving cars and you know something about that? >> larry came to me and said it's time to do something courageous that is really out there, a moonshot. he had to convince me. in that the car and i said it's hard. he said that he tried it? i said i haven't tried it because it's hard. try andy said give it a -- to helped to find found google x. how did that start? >> i drank the kool-aid. it turns out the google leadership are kind of the same personalit

. >> >> our subject tonight is "how google works" we will examine that question with the google executive chairman eric schmidt and senior vice president jonathan rosenberg are here to discuss their new book by the same title "how google works". this is surprising and candid and filled with anecdotes and an authentic inside look at the culture practices behind one of the world's most successful companies. and what a moderator to lead the discussion president and ceo of the off to google's 20th employee she saw this from the inside and i cannot wait to get started. please join me to welcome our guests. [applause] >> i am so delighted to be here tonight. i am sure i got a chance to work with both of these men with it to the longest standing mentors but also not a day goes by but i don't think of something of what should shape the way that i do next but jonathan maybe the most insightful person i have the third met about people in addition to. >> what about me? >> eric may be the most insightful with scaling all forms. >> could we say something about boris the? >> we had user design, reviews

mast was bought by google. you have oculus. by facebook -- bought by vought facebook. >> when you see a move like that , does that mean a lot of the other lieutenants are going to start to disappear? is tough tok -- it say. a turnover at top management can mean that other people will live, but i do not get the sense that this is driven by turmoil, as much as by andy's desire to get out and grow. do you get the sense there is a broader management shift happening at google? a lot of these people have been there since the very beginning. >> google is a big company. they have been more innovative about any other company and the road. but that being said, there is a lot of action at the startup level. there are a lot of companies doing big things with small amounts of capital. you do not need to be at google to be at the cutting edge of innovation. >> is there a timing around this, a seasonality? -- is hedge fund is miss miss, if people wanted to make money, they quit their jobs at october. is there a seasonality to this as well? >>