the majority of their offerings are strategic builder games which remind old timers like me of the sim city series from my childhood i may not be the first thing that pops to mind right away but putting together. the casual games like these are far more time and effort than one might expect and the right balance between difficult intertainment is the hallmark of a successful game. despite being so young the company boasts more than one hundred million users worldwide. smartphone is killing some time money game insight game doesn't the company estimates players spent over. their screens. every year the company looks to keep its early successes. but such achievements and can comment and profits aren't the only thing the company has managed to generate the creative juices that game insight have given birth to another startup right next to one another. takes a traditional pastime and gives it a digital twist the underlying idea. of the same way users take them in is undergoing a major shift put people nowadays never too far away from their smartphones or tablets traditional content makers have

the creator of sim city is apologizing to gamers this morning after connection issues plagued the game's debut last week. the game which was released by ea requires players to be online even if they are building virtual cities in singer player mode. but player were not allowed to log on prompting some stores to stop selling it. >>> the labor department says the average workweek increased slightly last month. which could be a good sign for the economy. the average workweek was 34.5 hours in february which is close to where it was when the economy peaked in 2006. it could be a sign of new jobs on the way because employers can only extend the workweek so much until they have to start hiring. >>> time now 6:21. did some of the ancient hunters also have heart disease? there is a new study about mummies. >>> hundreds of delays for bart ride everies. the biggest culprit that is causing passengers to wait. 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the wo

but developers are saying that sim city's traffic was so high the servers couldn't handle it but that they've fixed the issue. it should be fine for you. electronic arts up better than 4% now. >> that's a big move. >>> let's get to "squawk on the tweet" this morning. google as you know by now is rolling out a prototype of this smart shoe. does all kinds of things. gives you advice, tracks your running and gives you encouragement. the question is, what's the next article of clothing that google will hack and what will it say to you? rick writes, google underwear tallies the total carbon emission due to collected flatulence data. another tweet says, replace the cap on your tooth with the google tooth to wirelessly monitor your diet. and then brian writes, google belt saying, breakfast too big, please move to the next notch. not bad. take a look at shares of blackberry this morning -- actually, citi as well. there's blackberry, continues to move higher on the news that at&t is going to launch the blackberry z-10 on march 22nd. $199 is the price point. and watch shares of the dow itself y

the game is based on sim city. o keep students interested in problem solving and critical thinking as they build this new city. teachers will also get free lesson plans and also access to a teacher's network. >> a new report finds california school districts are in better financial shape even as they face budget cuts. the number of districts in danger of running out of money fell by a third last year. two bay area school districts. south montery county received a negative certification. they are not expected to meet financial obligations this fiscal year or next. just 7 districts in the state received a negative certification. >>> an improved federal program is now making cell phone service more readily available for people who cannot afford the luxury. the federal lifeline assistance program has exenpanneded from land line telephones to cell phones for eligible people. people can qualify for a free cell phone if income is less than $14700. or if they receive supplemental security income food stamps, medicaid or oth

evil is the evil clown through there trying to steal the last of curry not like a city's twenty first century cornelius sim and a u.k. story to. a friend can go around and say you know no we're not imposing our will anybody the people believe in the islands are happy with the current relationship of the u.k. and we're respecting that and we're take that look you want to jump in go ahead. look around i think i look first at a look first go ahead look. i find a shocking that that there is a whole group of people around the world who simply want to ignore the wishes of the falkland islanders and this is an extension of the campaign by argentina to dehumanised the falkland islanders quite regularly we hear argentine officials describe the falkland islanders as a as a population and not a people the argentine foreign minister a couple weeks ago in london even went so far so say that the falkland islanders the not exist these are outrageous comments these are the words of colonizers and it's absurd to think that a country that's supposed to be a member of the g twenty part of the democratic community in the worl

sim pacting them. >> i think people are feeling better about them selfs and i think consumer confidence is there. >> chris's family has been in the floral business for 50 years. city been hiring because sales are up. >> in the last couple months we added sales staff and have added on in our design staff. i think we're probably going to stay with that the rest of the year unless we get much, much busier. >> a trader mirror that had sentiment on this day. >> you don't see champagne bottles coming down and balloon asks that because there is a very, very big disconnect between what the market is telling us and what the economy is telling us. >> here in santa clara levels seem to be higher because companies are hiring and that is having a spillover affect. >> i'm feeling betser. i work for an employment agency. we're seeing bilgs back after this pick up i. seeing a lot of great things going on now. >> so where does the stock market go? in santa clara, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> more money matters tech investors have reason to celebrate. it still 36% below writ was. it did reach a high today of $32.24. silicon valley stocks may be on a role but a survey shows it's not