it's not about pinterest and -- >> oh, no. this is tiny stuff. this is a big deal for pinterest.othing thing for apple. for pinterest apple doesn't do that many things on the web, doesn't do that many web based partnerships. it's a huge endorsement they think pinterest is important to the ios ecosystem. private pinterest investor you're over the moon today. >> let's move on to twitter made news this week as well, ceo dick costolo making some waves at that goldman tech conference last night laying out plans to increase revenue, aiming for ads to make up about one in 20 tweets the average user sees and the company is, quote, well below that now. here we are back to the conversation we had about facebook, how much of an ad load can the user tolerate. jon? >> it seems dangerous to me in the same way that i kind of question this pinterest deal, not in principle, but just if they don't have the right data to know what you're interested in, those ads become a nuisance and then that can affect engagement and you don't want that to happen. >> let's talk about even the bigger thing related

[laughter] >> nascar fans, go back to pinterest with matt.sponsorship, i liked what you said, oliver, because even the nba, and they've made it clear, listen, logos are coming which i think detracts personally from the sport. i am a yankees fan, i have to say, i was just going to say, oh, god, he's going to say he's a mets' fan, and i'm outta here. [laughter] we're not even putting the name on the back of the yankees. we don't care what your name is. i like that team -- >> but the yankees have figured out how to merchandise -- and baseball in general if you compare the two sports. if you go to a stadium, you can't walk three inches without being bombarded -- >> i mean, the city stadium for the mets, every single -- >> all of them. it's naming rights, it's all these things. here in new york you've got the barclays center, huge for the nets, yankees stadium, citi field, all these things. and this is around the country. so i think what nascar has done very well -- and i'm not going to agree with you -- deirdre: you can tell he's trying to be dip

you're on pinterest. but apple pay has not been up to date in your heart anyway. >> yeah. >> is that going to change? >> we're still looking at it and we have ongoing discussions related to it. things in the first wave made it more difficult but i wouldn't rule it out. wouldn't surprise me at some point in the not too distant future if the cash registers go away or change dramatically. i think mobile payment is definitely a fact and we're excited about that actually, and figuring out ways to use our own app, ways to partner with other people sos customers can save time as they check out and be more efficient is a priority for us. >> were you surprised by the breakdown between amexand costco? >> i'm not involved in that and don't know -- wasn't thinking about it. it's interesting. >> yeah. it is interesting. it's been interesting, holders of amex. the sales guidance for the year, how much of that is the dollar and do you see any signs the dollar is peaking? >> can't call that one. but currency has been a b

take a look at guy's pinterest page. but we start with marissa mayer. here's what she said about the company's push into the mobile space. >> this rein-vevention is perha the achievement i'm most proud of. and that investment has paid off. we've seen tremendous growth in terms of users, revenue and time spent. and not only have we seen that growth, we've seen an outpacing of our historical rate. we've also outpaced the industry rate. >> she admitted the company was falling short in terms of mobile messaging. >> i think small is an over estimation because right now we don't have a mobile messaging app. what are you doing about that? >> taking the afternoon off? some of us might argue that mail is actually part of our communications. but that's okay. >> but in all seriousness, i think that it's certainly something we're interested in because of yahoo! messenger pc platform. something that we have a lot of legacy knowledge in. and clearly an area that is really growing. >> yahoo! stock up nearly 2%, but still down 12 percent this year. it shows the challen

how about pinterest. 11 billion.demographic. 80% of pinterest users are women. they are coming from mobile. they are doing some really good things there. brings in somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million. they are doing a lot of good things to monetize those eyeballs. they may still earn it. stuart: very interesting question. thank you very much, indeed. we appreciate it. new numbers on teen smoking. twelve and 13 -year-olds. 4,000,014-17 -year-olds have smoked a cigarette. and lots of very young people smoking cigarettes. maybe that is why this anti-smoking campaign was aired twice. ♪ ♪ ♪ stuart: okay. it goes on from there. american legacy foundations truth campaign. welcome. 380,012 and 13 -year-olds have smoked a cigarette. i do not know how many total 12 and 13 -year-olds are in the country. it does not seem like a very high number to me. it does not seem like it is a huge problem. >> first off, thank you for including me in the show today. i will give you a couple of data points. great improvement and driv

pinterest, a $5 billion valuation.ow are you balancing making those investments and practicing what you tweet, scaling back or being careful? >> to be clear, all of our companies are the exception. [laughter] just to be clear. one of the reasons i said what i said publicly is that this is the same conversation i have with all our ceo's. like i said, it is a cautionary conversation. it is not a conversation that says stop spending, have smaller goals. or anything like that. it is a conversation that says, be aware. learn from history. have an appropriate sense of risk. have good discipline. airbnb is an example that is a commercial success. the business is growing fast. it is really big. it is going to be gigantic. there are other companies where it is a little bit of a balance. the other thing i will highlight, and we harangue them about this, extravagance is a little bit over the top. when you are burning $50 million a quarter as a startup, maybe not having bruno mars play at a concert. [laughter] maybe we can have re

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. >> there are other companies assuming to build the next business on top of that like pinterest andnapchat. i think the question is, what kinds of quality businesses are going be built in that era. some of these businesses are getting multi million dollar, tens of millions, hundreds of millions valuation based on hope when the revenue model is not that clear and profit model certainly isn't. >> we're getting a lot of data, and anecdotes like companies valuing the $1 billion mark as a milestone for a company instead of maybe users or revenues or actual growth. >> they want the billion dollar valuation. in terms of -- we're talking about bubbles. there might be, or there is a lot more fogginess in the v.c. area. there's a lot of money to go around and has to settle somewhere. star start-ups are taking advantage as they should. whether they build the revenues or not remains to be seen. the difference is the infrastructure is in place. whether ad tech platforms or what not. whether it's long term, who knows. >> the ceos had that 300,000 dinner. for me there's the sign of the time there'

pinterest even though it got a huge valuation has little revenue to speak of. plenty of risk. >> yeah. usually what happens is a few go out and have success and the window starts closing and the others start gasping for air. we'll see what happens this time. history sometimes repeats itself, sometimes not. >> dennis, great stuff. we'll talk soon. >> thanks a lot. >> dennis berman of "the wall street journal ". >> coming up already popular among teens, youtube, it's going after little kids. we'll explain in a moment. first rick santelli, what are you watching today? >> i think we're watching a young lady named tina today. we've heard about tina. there is no alternative. what do low rates have to do with it? we will discuss why we think maybe tina needs a nap. after the break. e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise i've been called a control freak... i like to think of myself as more of a control... enthusiast. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why this road warrior rents from national. i can bypass the counter and go straight to m

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thank you. >> thank you. >> speaking of pinterest, is it worth billions?blackberry? who pays for space exploration? it's me versus the bore, brian, two minutes away. s fast and taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> hello, i'm stacy keach. in honor of "american greed's" 100th episode at 10:00 i'm taking over point counter point. first up pinterest trying to raise $500 million that would put the company's value at $11 billion. talk about american greed. bubble or no bubble h'm?

washington posted a picture on her pinterest account outside of, where else? the white house.ashington did not reveal why she was in the district, only saying in a tweet that she was in the district for something huge but said that was all she could tell us right now. we will have to stay tuned. targeting your taxes, the two things that any criminal needs to turn a refund into open season and what you can do to stop them. and we are dealing with dangerously cold weather. kimberly: some pretty intense wind gusts ahead. elaine: -- eileen: let's get to those right now, across the region we have 57 mile per hour wind gusts in enberg, virginia, -- in annenberg, virginia. these winds -- annandale virginia. these winds are no joke, and this wind brought down a good amount of snow, about 1-2 inches in a very short. -- in a very short period of time. and the wind gusts are going to strengthen a little bit more through the overnight hours. but the temperatures are so much colder than they were. in fact, a lot colder. 19 degrees at reagan international, and these strong northwesterly win

spotify, uber, pinterest. how are you getting into these deals? what attracted you to technology?> because i missed one. when i was in college, facebook launched. i actually e-mailed the creator of facebook, which was on the contact page. there was one profile picture and responded with eduardo saverin. head of business affairs, thank you for reaching out. we went back and forth. i didn't know what it was going to become. i said we should build this thing. i still have the e-mail. mark has decided to launch 36 more schools in two weeks. at this time, we are not bringing any investors in and we don't want to do a deal. >> you are making movies. "the giver." "jem and the holograms." you are making tv shows. how is that different from making music? >> my mom isn't very impressed with anything i do in music. but introducing my mom to meryl streep at the premiere of "the giver," it's ok now that i dropped out of college. >> it is doing pretty well. >> one more time. monday, 9:00. doing pretty good. the same guy who found psy brought walter o'brien to meet me. maybe we could do somethin

you need help planning a big party, we have you covered from decorations to food nbc washington's pinterestage with all you need to be the envy of your neighbors. >>> people go on about hitting the stores trying to pick up the last-minute items get to the parties, think the weather impact that is? if to say with all of the new stuff coming out, especially in the d.c. metro area areas south, you will be just fine as far as travel is concerned tomorrow. areas to the north, the winter weather advisory could be some slick roads. that's mainly late tomorrow night into early monday morning. here's the storm system. pretty impressive. latest satellite and radar. snow to the north. way to nebraska down through texas, out into ohio. this moves into the area mainly tomorrow night and mainly as rain. so with future weather, the timing here we are at 11:00 a.m. cloudy a dry start to the day. run out before the midday hours just to be safe if you want to. there's only a slight chance to see a little bit of maybe a wintry mix in the day some point and most if not all of the day tomorrow is looking dry an

aboard the boat millionaire pinterest investor, brian cohen. >>> more than 2 million vehicles are being re-called for the second time because of faulty airbacks the national highway traffic safety administration says the re-call involves these seven models made between 2007 and 2004. the airbags may inflate while the car is running these vehicles're already under re-call for airbags but the original attempts to fix the defects only worked 85% of the time. the ntsa says half of the new re-called vehicles are part of the defective air bags made by takata which means airbags and decree employ and rupture. >>> friends and family will take part in memorial walk for a teacher whos gunned down. he 'twas on walk two days before thanksgiving when he was shot and killed. tomorrow's walk will tapes on at the trail where he tied. no arrestes have been made in the case. a more than thousands reward is being offered. >>> ucsf medical center will transfer 120 patients to at the new center at mission bay in san francisco. altogether 40 ambulances will be involved in the big move starting at 7 al-tomorr

betty: do not be worried up interest. -- pinterest or snapchat.an jacobson, out spring can -- alex and pimm fox. how much more power do they have over the market and other producers? we will examine more of that in a moment. we are staying all over the markets. we will keep you updated on what is moving most. stay "in the loop." ♪ betty: trading just underway. i want to get back to julie hyman. >> priceline says it has strength in international bookings. bookings overall are up 28%. priceline shares have been do well. six flags, now only of 7/10 of 1%. a smaller loss that said guests spending was up 3% in attendance was up 15%. i want to look at a couple of down movers. eog. this is been a big producer and the stock is down 8%. the company is planning to halt output growth this year. now, it is not going to grow production at all. it will drill half the wells that it did in 2014. significant development as we see the falling price of oil. also looking at solar city. the company had lost as it increased investment in new power systems and its first

trouble began when the mast broke on the luxury sailboat belonging to pinterest investor brian cohen. catamaran, dubbed "rain maker" was sailing in high winds and rough seas. cowen told forbes last year he was new to sailing. >>> the two pilots make an historic balloon journey across the pacific have landed in mexico. the balloon touched down off ba baja california. the duo has traveled farther and longer in a gas balloon than anyone in history. since sunday, they have flown about 7000 miles and they have been in the air more than 143 hours. the previous record was 137 hours, which was set back in 1978. >> incredible. >>> a nasa satellite lifted off from california today on a three-year mission to track climate change. >> 3, 2, 1, ignition start and liftoff of delta 2 rocket. >> the rocket carrying the soil moisture active pass satellite launched before sunrise from california's central coast. the satellite will measure moisture in the soil. it may help farmers prepare for drought conditions. >>> speaking of the weather, i don't know how accurate car thermometers are, but mine said 82

. >> san francisco based pinterest is rolling out a big change to tempt online shoppers. bloomberg reports the scrapbooking company is working on a buy button to allow users to purchase some items without leaving the website. >> the big chill comes 0 levi stoudemire. a week away from a temporary hockey rink on the top of the field. this will be the first ever outdoor nhl game in northern california. the san jose sharks will host their rivals the los angeles kings on saturday, february 21st, at 27 p.m. and if it's like it is now, it is clearly great hockey weather. >> who's going to give us the answer to that? sandy sandhya pa he will tell. >> i wouldn't give you anything else. it's going to be fantastic weather. let me just show you the view behind me. so nice out here. live doppler 7 hd. we'll talk about the warmth for upcoming weekend, it includes valentine's, your holiday weekend. just a few passing high clouds right now on our radar. here's what you need to watch out for while it is so tempting to head to the coast beach hard statement remains up till 7:00 p.m. tonigh

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pinterest is seeking $500 million in funding, creating a valuation of $11 billion double what the company was valued at in may. the scrapbook website has just started to try to monetize its that form, working on a buy button and voted -- promoted pins as well. right now, it's apple versus a one to three systems, the company suing apple saying they poached some of their top engineers as apple is working on building an electric car. a one to three accuses employees of violating nondisclosure agreements bayside. the case was filed in the massachusetts state court, but has been moved to a federal court in boston this week. how serious are these allegations? this is interesting. just the notion these guys cannot take services, like lebron james they move their talents to cupertino. access one of the beauties of silicon valley the lack of a noncompete clause. this is something you see quite a bit in the automotive industry. it's not that unusual. what is interesting is the window into what apple is doing and it is the first concrete example they are trying to move into the auto space. cory: you

your wallet we've penned lots of inexpensive do it yourself valentine gifts on the nbc washington pinterest for a final check on the forecast. tom's here. >> revel in this wonderful weather while you can because it is going to be turning so beginning tomorrow afternoon. beautiful downtown washington live view there from our city camera overlooking the potomac river, washington monument basking in mid-day sun under a blue sky and temperatures responded. already in the upper 30s, much of the region and continue to climb into the low, around 2:00 near 30 by tomorrow with a cloudy sky. all cloudy during the day thursday and strong winds developing during the afternoon. may get up to around 40 around noontime then temperatures drop down into the 20s by sunset. teens by dawn friday. some of those winds thursday night could be gusting to 40 miles an hour. might get a few scattered flurries or maybe a quick passing snow shower tomorrow afternoon as that cold air surging in on combusty winds. then the winds die down during the day friday. highs upper 20s. saturday valentine's day, it's only going to

for inspiration, go to your lover's pinterest page before you go to the store. don't give yourself up. your valentine has to think you've been planning this for days or weeks. >> or months. >> i feel like you could do good planning at gas station. >> i think so too. funions and sticks. >> and no kissing for you, paula. >> this word lurve, i didn't make it up. it's from the woody allen movie "annie hall." lurve is what we have for rob marciano marciano. he's out in the cold trying to pronounce words successfully. >> i have no idea. between the noise and the words you're making up i have no idea what's going on out there. happy valentine's day blizzard day, everybody. wind chills are a huge factor. colder than it is right now. there are the advisories. we're talking about wind chills well below zero across the northern tier. minus 24 in minneapolis today. behind the system is where we get the dangerously cold temperatures. record-breaking temperatures in l.a. yesterday. 86 at ucla. >> a and good morning, forecast, mother nature has a cold heart in valentine's day

of inexpensive do it yourself diy valentine day gifts on the nbc washington pin terrorist board pinterest board. i tell my husband not to by me anything for valentine day because it's cheaper the day after. >> does he buy it anyway? >> yes, he sometimes does. >> smart man. >>> the 200-year-old dining room is now part of the white house tour for the first time. michelle obama surprised the dining room's first ever tour guests in person yesterday. showing off the room's modern redesign. jenna bush daughter of president george w. bush, will share more about the room with us later this morning. including her interview with the first lady. i think we're talk about the private dining room in the residence. >> i think i saw photos. very mice. >>> well, a child with an ders away from her school and is pick up by good samaritan. >> nlsanswers the mother is demanding from the school. >>> what experts say is happening inside the classroom that is impacting how your student learns and it has more to do with your child's teacher than their classmates. >>> the calm before the cold blast. tom is trackin

and if you're looking for money-savin ideas, we are putting diy valentine's day gifts on our pinterest forum. you can finthk our consumer watc facebook page. >> thanks erika. >>> the seri stowaway has done it again. a woman who has a long recorof sneaking throuh rity on the planes has arrested again in florida. this time she admitted to flying from minnesota to florida with no ticket. she also allegedly checked into a jacksonville resort using a fake name. tsa is continuing to investigate her claims and review airport surveillance video. >>> here's 35 million new reasons to buy a powerball ticket. the jackpot climbed this afternoon mo t 24 hours before the big drawing. it's now worth $485 million. it was $450 million. if someone wins it will be the fifth largest prize in u.s. history. it's been a year now since the jackpot was so big. your odds of winning 1 in 175 million. >>> all right. share some love with someone on valentine's da and you could get yourself a free burrito. qdoba is offering free burrito on valentine's day and with a kiss you can get a second one free. the restaurant

remember we also have venture capital valuations yesterday pinterest, no.acebook's a profitable company. do not confuse lack of profit with profit. facebook is not expensive when talking about 2017. and that's the way they do it. >> front business page of "times" snapchat and the valuation, race continues. the word "unicorn" a household term. >> you read these, people say it's overvalued people wish they had notten in. look there are prominent people who are from old tech saying could there be a bubble? i think the answer is when you look at all of the valuations for ubers and pinterest and snapchat, they do not equal one large company going into 2000 in 1999 2000 they don't. add them altogether equals a quarter of cisco's tap capitalization during that period. >> get enormal otherwise valuations only to flame out. a handful of companies hung around and some thrived. but most of them flamed out. >> these are not info space. >> no, they're not at all. >> the first trillion dollar company, if you recall. >> i think i remember that. >> yeah. >> commerce one wa

for inspiration, go to your lover's pinterest page before you go to the store. also, whatever you do, don't give yourself up. your valentine has to think you've been planning this for days or weeks. dan and paula? >> or months. >> i feel like you could do good planning at gas station. >> i think so too. >> you cannot. >> some beef sticks and some funions. >> and no kissing for you, paula. >> this word, lurve, i didn't make it up. it's from the woody allen movie "annie hall." this which he says love isn't strong enough a word. lurve is what aif got for you. lurve is what we have for rob marciano. he's out in the cold, trying to pronounce words successfully. in sub zero temperatures. take it away sir. >> whoo! i have no idea. between the noise and the words you're making up, i have no idea what's going on back there. the way record-breaking temperatures in la yesterday. 86 degrees. that's what's happening nationally here's what's happening locally. >> reporter: icy cold temperatures on the way. double scan live showing flurries north and west. lots of clouds out t

pintere pinterest. $11 billion. really? if you believe that millennials are a different kind of generation that spends more time on-line and as the tv shifts to things like instagram, facebook, you have to monetize it and in the future, what will happen is, those trends will continue and being fully priced today at $33 billion for instagram. >> i want to read you something that henry blojette posted on business insider yesterday and repeated on our air yesterday morning. just because today's environment is isn't a bubble doesn't mean we will escape a day of reckoning we won't. the technology industry has been cyclical booms followed by bust and this time will be no different only we is when. do you agree or disagree? >> we're at relative highs. there are few opportunities, there's too much cash chasing too few opportunities. and, you know, companies have balance sheets filled with cash giving it back to investors, investors don't know what to do with it. they're looking for opportunities. and for technology you have compani

>> my pinterest page. >> this is a sweet spot, though. >> let me say this.ention emojis. >> yes. >> i'm just telling anybody out there, you ever text me with an emoji. >> i'm going to do it right now. >> i'll track you. >> so i heard his answer. but why is there -- are you convinced there is a need for more -- help me with the word. >> what's app? >>, no i don't. i use a carrier pigeon, me and guy. send it back and forth. >> a message in a bottle and you throw it out into the river. seriously, most people in other countries, they all use what's app. you go to another country they want to know your mobile number because you can go what's app for free. >> i'm a what's app user. >> i think it's phenomenal. >> so for this, for the younger demographic, we may not fall into that demographic. >> it makes some sense. there is something out there obviously for them. he didn't talk about the active users. >> they don't leeson them. >> 200 million. but it's pretty impressive number. >> definitely. >> and the youth of this company itself. >> as we mentioned yahoo! a lot

interest --pinterest wants to raise $500 million for investors .hat would make it one of the most voluble venture back to startups in the world. if you are on twitter at 6:00 this morning it was hard to miss the tweet storm from jon, the t-mobile ceo. he was shouting from the rooftops that his wireless company put up impressive growth numbers and increased revenue by 19%. 21% for 2014. his strategy impresses investors . the stock is already on a tear. it is up more than 4% today. these are questions from analyst this morning, and now it is brandon and my turn. john letter from the new york stock exchange. good morning. stephanie is out with the plague. brendan: i'm not stephanie, but i have been following your career for years. erik: why don't you unzip so we can see more pink. we don't have any pink in the shot. john: i will send you some. erik: magenta chuck taylors? john: with the ceo on the side. erik: you said you would overtake sprint as the number three wireless carrier in the country. i want you to make a boulder prediction. what is the bol

have traditional media with traditional advertising, not demographic profile -- >> sounds like a pinterest overlay. >> kind of. they're giving people a sense of traditional media not just the types of newspeople sure a lot -- share a lot. the news that cnn deems important for teenagers. >> simon, who is to say that just because they belted -- built it -- >> they will come >>. >>exactly. google has failed, twitter is struggling. no guarantee that snapchat will succeed. >> we use the term struggling relatively. facebook is a $200 billion company. twitter is a $30 billion company. snapchat is growing likely faster than twitter. advertising businesses follow the eyeballs. snapchat have been executing well with these products. discover is a great experience. we have a texting service. they have stories. it has done an excellent job executing -- user growth is phenomenal. this at 19 when they have around 200 million users is not as crazy as it sounds. >> last month, i sat down with ryan seacrest. i asked him what platform is the most relevant right now? >> i think there is something interesting

that was very deep look at the social media. >> very pinteresting.ros come in all shapes and sizes and you can find them right in your hometown. anna kooiman has our first hometown hero in a new series sponsored by chrysler. >> good morning. we're introducing everyone to everyday americans who are hometown heros in this segment. they say don't judge a book by its cover or janitor by his job. in illinois, rockford memorial hospital, piano man, is destressing doctors and brightening the spirit of patients with his music. take a look. custodians around the world are familiar with these sounds. but how about this? ♪ ♪ between mopping the floors and taking out the trash, rockford memorial hospital's rolando takes his break. instead of grabbing a coffee or taking a walk, this janitor spending it in the illinois lobby playing the piano. >> the joke is like 49 seconds. >> from soft serene sounds to ballads, and even a few popular hits. he has a robust repertoire but no sheet music. the talented pianist is self-taught and plays by ear. >> i've been playing si

with pinterest and social media everybody's pictures are everywhere and they want to look unique. >>y. we're here talking about the new trend in bridal attire which is shorts, jumpsuits, all of that. >> i find shorts to be casual so not something that ever crossed my mind. >> destination, maybe. >> yes definitely. definitely for a destination wedding. >> when you hear shorts you think casual. it doesn't have to be casual. it depends on the fabrication, artistic detail. >> the tops. >> the top, accessories. >> shoes. >> ooh. let's play dress up. then it was time to relive my big day. for "good morning america," melissa rycroft, abc news, new york. >> looking good meliss. so many options so joining us to tell us about them is terry hall fashion director of kleinfeld. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, lara. excited to be here. >> i'm excited to talk about wedding shorts. never thought i'd say that. >> it's exciting. when people hear shorts they think very casual. i think you'll find you can have a formal look with a nice fabrication in short, as well. >> we have one coming here ri

then she's big in all of tech instagram, pinterest and sends it out to everybody.e it for sports and surf boarding and stuff like that. >> fashion. >> show everybody what's going on and the culture has changed where the culture now is look at me, look at me everybody is look at me. that's the culture. so the gopro fits into that thing sensationally, us saying look at us it's nicole saying look at what i've done at every angle. if they sent you a clip if you look at gopro from yesterday they have every angle of the show room. >> got it on now. >> there it is from yesterday and he brine, who runs our art department, had cameras hanging every place off the shoes and people's backs and stuff. it was great. >> what i like is not everybody gets to be inside new york fashion week. it's a huge event, big for the designer designer, big for the brand. you've done collaborations with everyone from jc penney to other high-end department stores. this is a way that lets everybody else all your consumers, get in and would have to be good for the business. >> our business is reall

well, i put them up on pinterest and all my friends and family buy them. i got his business card. it was right before christmas. maybe i'll buy something that he built. it turns out i don't know anyone who wants accessories for guns to play paintball, which is pretty much what he was building. but, you know it just -- that's what's happening today. people are experiment inging this is a kid who is building a business. i don't know what tomorrow holds. it might be something that broadens and taps the skills and energy from the creativity of new sets of communities. that would be awesome. i don't really know yet if that's going to happen. that's one thing that's bubbling. a major area of research that we're very excited about at dartmouth because we think it holds the seeds for technological surprise, that's our business that's happening in research biology is intersecting with the information science and technology and also the physical science and technology world. i'll tell you what's happening today but also try to take you out into what i think could be a very wild future. let

and we should tell you this morning, pinterest in talks to raise in a round of funding.double the site's valuation to $11 billion. also samsung buying mobile wallet start-up looppay. and to launch a cell phone pamts service to compete with apple pay. >>> before the break, we told you about a new index that ranks states using several categories including health financial stability, and community pride. alaska was ranked the happiest state in the union. how about the most miserable? that would be west virginia according to this poll. it earned that distinction for the sixth straight year ranking worse in the country in two categories. motivation to achieve goals and physical well being. west virginia was followed by kentucky, indiana, ohio, and mississippi. >>> and coming up the meteoric rise of regeneron pharmaceuticals, it's one of the best performers in the s&p since the market bottom in 2009. up more than 3,000%. the company's ceo will join us on set next. ♪ ♪ ♪ tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. dive

pinterest is a company.graphs and walk down to the local grocery store and hand over the photographs? it's the same thing. >> right. would you take your picture of your cuds andkids and pin it on the telephone pole? would you tape your wall up there. no. it's time to reign in our privacy a little bit more here. i want you to think about if it makes more sense to you to not publicly post on social websites and limit those to your own family. that would be a great tip. that is set your privacy settings to you know -- understand what the boundaries are when you're uploading. this is instagram here. it's my instagram account. i have it public. there's nothing i'm not concerned about sharing. i don't have kids i'm worried about on here. you tap yourself. you go to the top right on the instagram. it works for -- and then you simply scroll down where it says private account and you'll check it on android and you just hit the toggle on the right side here next to private account and it says when your account is priv