among the top ten vote getters in the country, google facebook and apple. the survey also asked employees to rate their ceos, google, facebook and apple did well but topping the least, another leader net app's tom jordan who got a perfect approval rating. >>> it was not popular, pg&e shutting off power to three customers who removed their smart meters from their homes in santa cruz county. there were blistering words to the exec. one saying they couldn't believe pg&e would become embroiled in another public relations nightmare. at least three customers had the meter replaceed. then their power was turned off. customers have logged health complaints over the devices radiofrequency bufrtds. >>> young adults are among the biggest beneficiaries of the obama administration's health care overhaul as a result of a new federal analysis. the number of adults under the age of 25 lacking health insurance has strunk b shrunk by 2.5 million people. it's making a big difference with parents of adult children who can now be covered until age 26. the health care law's main

opposition and these aren't just random companies these are the big companies out there like google facebook linked in a.o.l. yahoo e-bay muzzle of the and the a.c.l.u. so needless to say as opposition grows groups like the n.p.a. have been finding ways to fight that and recently they've offered to try the humor route do you ever what rick perry had the horrible gaffe try to remember which government departments he would cut well he attempted to save pace face by making a cameo on letterman. rick perry excuses number two. actually there were three reasons i messed up last night. was the nearness to the headache. and three. ah. yeah looks like the m.p.a. took a cue from rick perry because according to tech dirt and paydays been sending around its own top ten list of members of congress they give reasons for why the government should be in favor of the protect ip act and just wait until you hear some of the items on their list for starters they write the protect ip act will preserve american jobs and encourage economic growth and they argue that piracy an infringement would leave ten million a

just the latest in a very long line of opposition including those from major tech companies like google facebook and even and now they're joined by go daddy that's right it's a huge flip flop for the company that originally came out supporting the measure but i think that we know why they've withdrawn their approval go daddy host several domains and those who own the domains weren't so happy with their stance on sopa so one owner took to reddit another site that would be threatened of sopa passes to call on those who are currently with go daddy to switch to a new company on december twenty ninth so we would have seriously hurt their business because these predators well they're one powerful community so something go daddy is clearly aware of now let me take a moment here to just go back to a point the ericsson made too he pointed out that there is bipartisan support against this bill and there also happens to be bipartisan support for so but to one of the most notable is d.n.c. chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz she's joined by several other democrats are throwing their support behind this bill

they can get it by using the services provided by free company provided free by companies like google facebook twitter that are routinely saving this information by default we're sort of leaving this digital data trail behind and so when the government decides after the fact that you know they think you've done something interesting or they think you've spoken to a whistleblower they just call it the company's ask for the information and suddenly they know who the whistleblower is without ever forcing you to reveal it do you think the government is becoming more aggressive in that sense in terms of going after people going after whistleblowers trying to find their sources if you look at the case of james rising recently or obviously their reaction to wiki leaks we know just from information's been published this government this administration has been far more vigorous in going after whistleblowers than any previous administration so this is you know normally you would think of the republicans as being in a really anti whistleblowing but president obama has really. not know the whole story hel

. >> reporter: google, facebook and other sites already connect with the national suicide prevention but today facebook made it more immediate. now when a friend flags one and a message as a risk for suicide, facebook encourages a call to the hot line or a click to a link to chat with a counselor. >> some people don't want to call. they don't want to talk through the telephone. they want to communicate via chat. >> it's a good idea because kids want to have a place where they can go talk to someone but not actually face to face. sometimes it's just easier to talk over the internet. >> reporter: al gallegos still recommends one on one counseling but says facebook's feature is a useful tool because many suicidal thoughts are not just to get attention. >> the fact that they're even thinking about it is serious. >> try to see if there's anything you can do to be positive toward them and try to be there for them more. >> reporter: facebook's new feature will be useful during the holidays but the lifeline officials point out nearly 100 people commit suicide every day year round. live in san

google. >>gabe: facebook has declined to comment.cebook goes public, should you jump out there and buy as much as you can request unless >> there is a cautionary tale. >>gabe: groupon just went public less than a month ago, their stock skyrocketed the first today's and now it has dropped 42% below its initial ipo. >> there is a holiday treat at union square. the temperatures feel like the holidays. it looks like another cold one for this evening as we look live at the ferry building, the embarcadero is in the background. look at the numbers. mid-30s tonight. we could see more readings below freezing tonight. it looks like it will be slightly warmer for this evening. clear skies over california this evening. just to the east, there is a storm system, it is not headed our way but it is producing lands. they are headed into the bay area for tonight. look for the wednesday increase after midnight. this the strongest winds are forecast into the northeast and east bay hills. the other thing impacting our weather, this storm is headed into

but the places just employ servers and employ maybe 40 or 50 people at most so google and facebook andle have all relocated to north carolina because the governments have given them great tax breaks, land is cheap, buildings are cheap, people are desperate for work, and the electricity is cheap. >> when i read your article, i was stunned. our economy has changed so much. we really haven't changed our employment skills so much. but for this apple one you wrote about, that it costs an awful lot of money to build, only 50 jobs. but that's not even the worse part about it. the state of north carolina gave them enormous tax breaks breaksn order to build there and did so in quick order, $46 million in tax breaks. so somebody has to pick up that freight. so only 50 people get jobs and also the state has to come up with the cash for the tax breaks and. >> and north carolina rewrote part of the tax law to give apple more money, and 'apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world, competing with exxon, and yet they get enormous benefits to come there and the people in the towns don't s

among the top ten vote getters, google, facebook and apple. >>> the mountainview search giant said it will spend $40 million to fight slavery and boost education. about a quarter of that money going to bay area groups fighting against human trafficking. >>> let's check your money. a rough day all around. commodities hit hard, tech stocks hit hard, the stock market falling for the third straight day. speaking of declines, home sales, the average sale price for a home in the bay area has now dropped for 14 consecutive months, but the number of homes sold in the bay area starting to turn around. as of today, it has now gone up for five straight months. the data coming from retail tracker. average price of a home $363,000. jessica, that price comes down, the sales numbers are going up. >> thank you very much. >>> litter bugs beware. the chp is looking for you. highway patrol teaming up today with cal trans to clean up bay area roads and hold drivers accountable. crews spent almost $60 million to pick up litter and debris just last year. >> a little bit of litter, it all adds up. you can i

. >>> google's answer to facebook is called google plus. it has reached 60 million users.s according to google's plus unofficial statistician. the social networking site really got off to a roaring start hit a 10 million mark in the next couple of weeks but the numbers dwindled. took two months for the site to reach 40 million. >>> 'tis the season to shop for a date online as the count to new year's eve ticks on ward they are turning to online dating sites. they are expecting a 10 to 20% jump in new subscribers. the increase is expect touchdown to last through valentine's day. experts say those who really want to find that special someone should update your profile change your photos post updates on a regular basis and that brings profiles up in searches more often giving users a better chance of catching someone's eye. >>> little extra on that catching someone's eye there jamie. >> like that. >> good delivery. 38 degrees now out at the airport. it has been one cold and blustery afternoon. those winds fierce at times today but at least we will the sunshine to take a little

supporters say it's the right way to protect artistic content while critics like google and facebook say the measure will kill the internet as we know it. >>> the institute of politics at harvard will release new poll results on the political views of americans 18 to 29 years old or the millenial general ration. generation. >>> and the nominees will be announced for the 69th annual golden globe awards. you can see those live this morning on the "today" show. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments of those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch "nbc nightly news". >>> and here's what's coming up later on the "today" show. senator john mccain speaks out about the u.s. withdrawal from iraq and why he thinks now is not the right time to leave the country. oscar-winning actress sandra bullock talks about portraying a 9/11 widow in the new film "extremely loud and incredibly close". >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local weather, news, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thank you for watching "early today," just your first stop

internet ready tvs can take you right to non-tv sites such as google and facebook. >> they have to come up with something so good that we didn't even think about it. >> i'm assuming a lot of people like the gadgets. i bet it would sell pretty quickly. >> imagine a tv that had one cord, no connections at all. >> reporter: getting folks off the couch to use a touch screen seems to be out of the question. >> possibly using an i-pad or i- phone as an i-pod touch as a remote control. >> reporter: will customers rush to buy them? >> i think they will. i know i will. >> reporter: even at a premium price, the name will likely sell many items. >>> they expect hackers will set up attacks on mobile devices in 2012 as people are using their phones more for internet banking. new cars that link the mobile device to the car's computer are up for hacking. >>> netflix is paying the price for changes to its service. satisfaction ratings for the video service fell 8%. 10s of thousands of users dropped them after they raised prices and tried to charge separately for their streaming video services. as for t

different kinds of content under this bill the entire site could get shut down companies like google yahoo facebook are furious over the pending stop online piracy act google co-founder sergey brin compared the bill to censorship in china and iran imagine my astonishment when the newest threat to free speech has come from the other but the united states legendary computer scientist vince serve widely hailed as one of the founders of the internet itself said the legislation has the potential of bringing about unprecedented censorship of the web by using copyright as a wedge issue suddenly we're able to put this power in the hands of the government and then once they have it it can be expanded and expanded to deal with a whole range of other things the program arish words was under investigation for sharing united states federal court documents on the web in july he was arrested for downloading roughly four million academic articles from a protected computer he says the last would make it very easy to silence internet whistleblowers any time a news organization or activist group or critics. tries to

." >> reporter: facebook, googlings and yahoo are already doing it. but it's more immediate. facebook will e-mail the at risk person encouraging a call to the hotline or to click on a link to chat right away. >> some people don't want to talk on the telephone. they want to talk via text or chat. >> they want a place to talk to someone but without face to face. >> reporter: facebook's feature is useful because many suicidal thoughts are not just for attention. they recommend talking to the friend first and then click. >> see if there's anything you can do to be positive toward them and try to be for them more. >> reporter: while holiday depression is real, many kill themselves every day year round. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the bomb range being used for stunts. a launch for the race for the mist busters tv course hit a house. no one hurt but the ordeal left neighbors aghast. they're having a meeting at the alama nah building on saturday. >>> a mountain of letters sent to the north pole. the bay area was cool and cloudy today but some wet weather could be coming by the end of th

. >>> let us no he what you think at home, on google, facebook as well as twitter. next, speaker boehner, president obama, who ben it ifs from today's breaking news? it may not be as simple as some are claiming. >>> later, does a wave of deadly bombings mean things are unraveling in iraq? you'll hear from an expert who says the region is bracing for civil war. first, though, let's check in with isha. >> we'll tell you about a woman who's doing time because one dog did just that. was it legit or anotherple example of junk science in court? that and much more when "360" continues. back then, he 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 military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science tea

say. >> i think that we receive, without a shadow of a doubt, whether it is the head of facebook or the head of google's been very clear that there has been an alliance with the obama administration. >> it's worth noting that the obama campaign does not accept pac money. now, candy, facebook has been slowly building up its roster of politically affected employees adding joe lockhart to its communication team along with obama staffer sara feinberg. another big name, former clinton name erskine bowles who joined the company's board of directors this year. >> thanks, athena. >>> joe arpaio, the sheriff in maricopa, arizona, which includes phoenix, is not a stranger to controversy, particularly when it comes to policies of detention of undocumented workers. sheriff arpaio found himself in hot water this week while campaigning in iowa for republican presidential candidate rick perry. >> well, i'm getting to know iowa, the great state of iowa. was it the buckeyes or -- what do they call -- hawkeyes. buckeyes, hawkeyes, what's the difference. >> sheriff, sheriff, sheriff. as the mother of a hawkeye, i have t

personal information we've spoken endlessly on the show about the habits of tech companies like google and facebook to encourage users to post as much personal information as possible through emails and social media and then turn it around and sell it to advertisers well they've created a business model out of it now other industries want the huffington post reported that ally financial a major bank now wants to know where their customers are and not everyone is totally cool with that they're requesting to track customers locations when they go to allies find a.t.m. page on the internet so far the first major bank to do so makes america chase citibank and of those banks have made the move yet now it seems harmless enough for now but privacy advocates are not exactly thrilled amber you a spokesperson for privacy rights clearinghouse told the huffington post quote one day it's collected locations for the nearest a.t.m. but tomorrow it might be selling that location data to a third party advertiser for profit of course. denies any such intentions and says they're just trying to help customers to find

it was facebook, google, then you tube. facebook topping the list for the most-searched terms online for the third year in a row. at bloomberg studios in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> thank you very much. and it's beautiful weather there. and some fire concerns. >> yes. still concerns. >> exactly the wind. good news is that it looks like winds will be decreasing tonight. and there is our high definition sutro cam. you can see we're clear out there. beautiful shot and there is temperatures climbing back into 60s across the bay area, coming down a little bit now. there is 59 in san francisco. novato is 63 degrees. and mountain view 57 in san jose. let's touch on winds. northeastern winds starting to die down a little bit. the high eases up and push as way, pulling away from the state. gusts at sfo, 14. fairfield still breezy with gusts to 24 miles per hour. and there is a wind shift here. and there is highlights taking us into ald weekend. the winds decreasing overnight. once winds die off, and wind-pr

. >> on "7 on your side", the top three money-saving coupon web >> facebook joins google and twitter ent to a privacy settlement. facebook has been violating the privacy of its users after promising to protect them. >> users can control their privacy settings, but the federal trade commission claims facebook wasn't honoring them or was changing them without notice. >> on numerous occasions it violated privacy commitments to its hundreds of millions of users. the settlement order ensures this should never happen again. >> the ftc says facebook promised not share personal information with advertisers, but it did and also gave third-party publications full instead of limited access to personal dat tamp even when users deleted their account, photos and videos were still accessible. eric goldman is director of the high-tech law institute at santa clara university. >> we expect companies to respect privacy, and translating that respect for privacy into an operational process is where companies sometimes can go astray. >> tastebook -- tastebook ceo posted, we have made a bunch of mistakes. i

if you days ago world famous free software philosophy father said that facebook all the system. our design google is western intelligence facebook all of it. it's just amazing that they've gone from denying this big brother system to just admitting it and you know alex you've been warning us about brit big brother watching and this new product from wiki leaks prove that this is in fact happening but it's not only our government the spying transcends borders apparently these companies surveillance companies they're not they're not shying away from selling it to countries that have that the west hasn't really liked to dictators. so why would these companies turn a blind eye and sell to to these regimes of of dictators well that's what they say on the surface but most of these mega companies are western they're based in europe western europe and one of the united states australia new zealand that that constellation of once free prosperous nations that have been taken over by the big six mega banks that are imploding the world economy right now they want the world to think they're selling doubt of ev

the pest dot coms, the job growth this time around is by industry heavies like apple, google, linked in and facebook. another report, this one later today, the ucla anderson forecast predicts that the bay area economy will be the fastest growing in the state of california over the next few years. one economist expects the south bay's magic to spread throughout the eight other counties in the bay area. though we have yet to see much of that yet. for example, the east bay has only seen growth of.1%. and statewide, unemployment is still at 11%. experts predict that number will improve. but we're still a ways off from single digit employment. they don't expect that until 2014. john, laura, back to you. >> thanks a lot bob. >>> a tech legend says dropping out can be lucrative. >> former pay palceo offer teenagers a hundred thousand dollars not to go to school. the foundation announcing a new round of 20 fellowships. basically, the program offering 100,,,,tlars to independent thinkers all under the age of 20. the idea is to encourage them to go out and skip school and bring them the most ambitious ideas t