selina wang speaking there.ght on apple and iphones as well as upgrades to the apple watch. joining us is the ceo and cofounder of activate. a technology and strategy consultant firm. michael, great to have you on the show. i want to pick up on one of the questions about whether this is early or late in the supply issues. i look at the number of countries they're talking about pushing this out too. day ofzen on the first sales compared to 29 when we talked about the iphone 7. it feels aggressive to me. >> i think this is all a red herring. they are building a lot of anticipation. nobody should expect that this is the first time that news about the phone only. it has all been a buildup. the fact that it will be a couple of months later, it does not make a difference. people will want the phone and they will wait for it. >> a great point. what tom was choked -- telling us earlier, our executive editor is manyal technology, already incorporate technological innovations in their devices. how innovative is apple at t

selina wang spoke with equipment -- nick whitman.as to keep coming up with new products that excite consumers. i think we did that today with hero 6 black. black is far and away the most capable and easy to use gopro we have ever made. fusion pushes gopro into a totally new market, with 360 spherical cameras. we think this will play an important role in the future of how people capture and share themselves. fusion is the first new product. we also made important advancements with karma, which now has a follow me function. gopro ise are showing continuing to innovate and continuing to excite consumers. selena: these are new additions to the product line. how else will we see it of all beyond the traditional action cameras? nick: a big part of gopro's future is we now see a gopro as an untethered lens for your phone. what we mean is a gopro now automatically copies any new photos and videos you capture over to your phone. the gopro app creates a video for you. it is like using a separate untethered lens that offloads all its footage to

for reaction we spoke with selina wang and david kirkpatrick. centage of users globally, they can use up to 280 characters. that is twice as much as the current characters allowed. this is a big deal. a lot of users see the 140 character limit as the defining characteristic of the platform. i have been monitoring twitter closely. there is a lot of backlash, a lot of emotional response to the change. people saying this may have an impact on the brevity, the concise nature of the platform. at the same time, twitter faces this problem where they simply are not growing users. by making it easier to send tweets or you don't to think about condensing into 140 characters, they are hoping more people come back to the platform day after day. emily: this idea has long been bandied about. 140 more characters for president trump? >> i think of marc andreessen creating the tweet storm. because you didn't have enough space to say something in detail, i think it's a good move. virtue in concision. the real insiders who think they helped create twitter are going

sofi employee and an employment lawyer speaking with bloomberg's selina wang.thers around the country love the start up behind this smart breast pump, but vc's won't get behind it. and a quick programming note. wilbur ross will be joining "bloomberg daybreak americas" on friday. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: general electric's new management team is taking aim at its corporate jets we -- jet suite. the company intends to sell its planes. the new ceo is cutting back on the ge air force as part of a $2 billion savings plan. the u.s. venture capital industry is 93% male and facing heightened scrutiny for the sometimes fraught relations with female valley's few entrepreneurs. raising money can be even harder for women when their product isn't one that men use. the maker of a beloved smart breast pump has hit a wall. the founder and cofounder are turning to kickstarter in the hopes of keeping their company running. thanks for joining us. tell me about the pump, first of all. what makes you think it stands out from the other pumps on the market? >> we have the first wa

we're now joined by selina wang and still with me in new york, david kirkpatrick. with a small number of users. how is this going to work? selina: with a small percentage of users globally, they will let them use up to 280 characters, twice as much as the current 140 characters allowed. this is a big deal. a lot of heavy twitter users see the 140-character limit as the defining characteristic of the platform. i've been monitoring twitter very closely and there is already a lot of backlash, a lot of emotional response to this change. people saying this might have an impact on the brevity, the concise nature of the platform. at the same time, twitter faces a problem where they simply are not growing users, and by making it easier to send tweets from where you don't have to think about condensing it to 140 characters, they hope that more people will come back to the platform day after day. emily: david, the idea of lengthening tweets has been bandied about. another way to think about it is 140 more characters for president trump. david: yeah, well -- emily: [laughter]

selina wang spoke to the former sofi employee, along with an employment lawyer. by asking why she decided to come out with this story now. >> the main reason really is that people are listening now. if i had come through with any information earlier, no way no one would ever listen to me. selina: robert, you represented brandon charles the original , person to file a lawsuit against the company, claiming that he was fired for reporting sexual harassment. how many women at sofi have come to you since? what are they telling you? >> we have several people we are talking to. sofi employees are calling us. i would estimate between 30 and 50 people have contacted us. a lot of them are just airing their experiences at sofi. a lot of them feel like they were abused and treated unfairly, and they just want to tell us what happened. selina: i'm sure in recent months, given the events, this is not the first case to have come across your desk. why did you choose to represent her in particular? >> this case is really unusual. sexual-harassment baked into the culture of the co

selina wang, let's ask about incrementalism.verything. this is a huge step forward. it seems like he is not talking about some sort of radically new device. ms. wang: we are all waiting for x.e upcoming iphone we expect them to rid themselves of the home button with facial recognition. and there is going to be some surprise from the phone -- from the crowd, which this facial recognition will be able to read your expression. if you're making a happy face, it will suggest that you send a smiley face emoji. this type of sensing has not been seen before, and it's really going to change the way that people interact with this phone. 40 may findre above this creepy and may not want to interact with these new features, but the younger demographic will find this dramatic improvement interesting

i talked to selina wang. selena: this is a massive indoor farm. difference between the traditional idea vertical farming, these horizontal shelves stacked on top of each other, is that with plenty, the plants grow out of vertical poles stacked next to each other. it looks like there are these enormous, 20 foot tall walls of plants stretching as far as the eye can see. the plan is to build these gigantic indoor farms outside of every major metropolitan city around the world. this eeo and his chief science officer, the way they designed the system is a growth to 350 times more yields than a traditional outdoor field, and use 1% of the water. jonathan: we have basically got giant indoor farms, not to be called labs. let's talk about where plenty exists now. where did you go to visit thei r farming unit and what exactly did you see? selena: i went to their first farming site in south san francisco. it was quite a process to get into the unit. i had to go into the cleaning room, put on a full white onesie suit. i had the gloves on, put my feet and ster

bloomberg's selina wang spoke gopro ceo nick woodman and asked what investors can expect will drive theg-term sustainability of growth. nick: we have to keep innovating and coming out with new and exciting products that excite consumers. i think we did that today with hero6 black and fusion. hero6 black is the most capable and easy-to-use gopro we have ever made. fusion pushes gopro into a totally new market with 360 spherical cameras. we think this is going to play an important role in the future of how people capture and share themselves. we also made important advancements with karma. it now has new features that allows it to film what's above it, which is unique in drones. gopro is continuing to innovate and excite consumers. selina: how else are we going to see it evolve beyond the traditional action cameras? nick: well, a big part of gopro's future is we now see a gopro as an untethered lens for your phone. what we mean by that is a gopro now automatically copies any new photos and videos you capture over to your phone and the gopro app creates a video for you. when you use a gopr

selina wang, thank you. tech shares have had a tough week, including the likes in asia.bounce back in the fang stocks. tencent closed down more than 1% tuesday. though it is still up around 70%, your to date. is an hsbc director. he joins us here in our hong kong studio. fang stocks are back. you cannot base it on one day of moves. what does it mean for the asian tech rally? i keep hearing it is not about the fang's, it is about fundamentals and earning potential. a number ofesent things. fundamentals are generally sound. especially the china internet --es that we have seen generally speaking, sentiment for china is improving. you want to buy tencent, alibaba, these other chinese internet names. they generate a lot of profits. kathleen: are the gains to concentrated? i have a chart here g #btv 283. we talk about the giant of the hang seng, which is tencent. it is also the giant of msci china. behind the moves we have seen, this is the market value, a portion of the msci china. it is inching closer to 16%. isis not just tencent, it alibaba, baidu. 13% are about 1/2 of the