you ask siri to do these things and can't do it yourself. >> i use the remind me siri all the time. >y? >> do you write it down? >> should i do the smack cam thing? >> don't be an idiot. >> what's the weather like today? >> it's sunny with a 100% chance of extreme fat sweats. >> she's really harsh with this guy. he must have mistreated her in the beginning. >> that mean siri lady. >> hi, fatso. >> hummingbird gets saved from mesh screen. ♪ >>> this combination, i believe, is almost as good as peanut butter and jelly. >> the best day of his life every time we get on that motorcycle. >> dogs and motorcycle side cars. >> i just told him to get in the side car and i put a set of goggles on him and we just took off down the road. >> throw a little pair of doggles on your best buddy, side car and hit the road. better than sticking your head out the window. it's like a paradise for a dog. >> they are experiencing the world much more richly through their nose than through their eyes. >> they say it's almost like an orgasm for dogs. >> i would be riding in the side car too. >> the film called

thank you, siri. [ woman ] yes.announcer ] it's the new connected. [ woman ] yes. thank you, siri. [♪] >>> michelle o'connell had been found with a gunshot wound in the .45 issued to her boyfriend inches from her left hand. her death was ruled a suicide and her boyfriend's boss, sheriff david shore of st. john's county, florida, declared the case closed. >> all the indications that we had of it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the medical examiner made that same determination. quite frankly, when that occurs anywhere in america, i mean, that's the end of the case. >> but not to the dead woman's family. her mom who also worked for the sheriff and michelle's brother, a sheriff's deputy himself, were immediately skeptical of the investigation. why wasn't evidence being sent out to the crime lab for testing? why hadn't anyone asked the family about michelle and jeremy's rocky history? >> this case took on a life of its own because there was a lot of family involved that had a lot of questions. rightfully so. and o

the company unveiled a voice assistant called cortana a rival to apple's siri. it will give away its apples operating system to members of phones and tablets. shares fell to 41.35. >> t-mobile won't be selling blackberries anymore. blackberry ended its licensing deal with t mobile saying the companies no longer have complementary strategies after recent scuffle between the two companies when t-mobile e-mailed blackberry customers with a promotion to switch to a kpeesing device. shares of blackberry were up 1% to 8.21. shares of t-mobile up a fraction to 33.49. glaxosmithkline halted a lung cancer vaccine. it didn't increase survival rates. it continues the trial despite the initial trail kwur and tried to find a subgroup of patients that might benefit from the treatment but that wasn't successful. shares down a fraction to $53 a share. >> but it was a spectacular day for shareholders of another

what we know from the way the siri product works is that most of the computing is happening out on theloud and not on your phone. theoretically, you could use other vocal search tools. that hasn't happened yet. we will see if microsoft breaks the mold. >> why do you think they're having these two press conferences so close together? why not combine them? were they trying to create some buzz or build-up, if you will? >> i think they wanted to take a little bit of -- it is monday morning quarterbacking. i think they wanted to take some of the notion from satya nadella's first-ever address away from the build conference so it would focus on product and focus on people developing for microsoft's platform. >> we will be all over that tomorrow. you will be at the build conference tomorrow covering it for us. >> i can never get enough. >> we are looking forward to that. i want to talk a little bit more about the mobile payment startup clinkle. it is a company that has gotten multimillions in funding but it seems to be bleeding talent. the company confirmed to "bloomberg west" that the chief s

you have a relationship with syrian --siri. their automated voice system. >> siri has been great for me. it helps me do work at home. i have a device that hooks up to my phone. i have an iphone. i talked to siri. we can go through my e-mails stop we go back and forth and read my book. we make sure that i can do the edits myself. me,as been beautiful for especially when i am getting around these are the. i am not too familiar with new york city. it helps you with my directions. it has been fantastic for me. >> twitter has also helped you? it has gotten you connected with a lot of people. >> twitter, instagram, facebook. i try to post videos and pictures of me in rehab. out and about and in public. show them the work that i have been doing. it has been tremendous. it has been great. i am hoping people continue to follow me. follow eric legrand on facebook. >> you were a buccaneer for a day. records -- rutgers. >> i am very excited about that, not just for rutgers university. the football team lead all the people who came to rutge

move over siri. make room. microsoft unveiled a digital assistant for windows phoned named after a character in the x box game halo. it will be in updates this summer. it will have access to e-mail, contacts, calendar and location, will give you the the weather but can remind you to leave early or buy your mom a birthday gift. she can tell jokes, sing songs, she says i know her but i don't know-know her. the competition is heating up. >> thank you. >> 4:47. getting a look at the forecast, meteorologist christina loren with that. >> good morning to you, peggy and scott. and kortana if you're out there. we're in the 50s and upper 40s to start the day. it's chilly steady cloud cover. rolling on shore as we progress probably through mid morning. it will stay dry, the showers hold off until tomorrow morning. i wanted to show you san francisco looking pretty over the bay bridge. no low clouds there just yet but we are expecting that to kick in. we're so close to friday now. temperatures are going to end up in the mid

. >>> most of us have met apple's siri. now meet her competition, microsoft unveiling the entry in the smartphone voice command technology this morning at a developers conditions in san francisco. it was inspired by the artificial intelligence computer in the popular halo videogames and, of course, apple's siri is the best known smartphone voice program. however, google's android phones have a similar program. >>> turns out that teen who sued her parents for child support and college costs didn't need the money. she got a 56,000 scholarship to western new england university. a judge turned down her lawsuit and she eventually moved back in with her parents after all. ♪[ music ] a disney movie comes to life as passengers board this plane. the stars behind the impromptu in-flight entertainment. >>> if you have a consumer problem or a question, call our hotline at, 888-5-helps-u. volunteers are there right now. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, getting tough on tenants reg >>> coming up tonight at 5:00, renters cashing

move over, siri. microsoft has just unveiled its own digital assistant. we will find out what else satya has upt else his sleeve. mr. palmisano has done anything but slow down since ibm. he started the center for global enterprises. it is all detailed in his brand-new book "re-think, a path to the future." he also served as a security advisor. he is joining me here right now. congratulations on the new book. a lot of what you are talking about here is the globalization of business and the world. you explain how corporations can take advantage of that. give us some examples. >> basically, if you look at the factors that are driving the change of a multitude of things, one is the fact that more and more of the emerging countries are now engaged in the global economy. their governments are more stable. they are more oriented to global economics and they have moved in. ? >> examples like china. >> you have a population that is educated in these geographies that are entering the middle class and you have a technology shift. when these three factors converge, g

. >>> well, sorry, siri, but you've got some competition. the new windows phone 8.1 update introduces a digital assistant named cortana. she's named after a character in the popular halo video game series. cortana is similar to apple's siri and android's google now. >>> well, there's now an alternative to those allergy shots. the fda has approved a french company's pill. this one goes under the tongue. it reduces allergic reactions to five of the most common grass pollens. like the shots, patients have to start taking them months before the start of the allergy season, so it is too late so far for this year. >>> researchers have revealed a subtle weapon when it comes to marketing cereal. apparently it's eye contact. >>> a cornell university study found kids are more likely to choose a brand of cereal if the character on the box is staring directly into their eyes, and that's because eye contact establishes trust. cartoon characters on children's cereals usually gaze downward to reach their pint-sized target audience. >> is that why i like ca

and they unveil a microsoft's answer to siri. and an update on windows 8.1., the theme of flexibility. it will be easier to use if you want to use a mouse or keyboard. of course, windows remains the cash cow for microsoft. it's been its foundation product line for 30 years. still generates about 30% of the company's profits. both of the updates, by the way, made free to hardwaremakers. that's microsoft trying to strengthen and broaden that ecosystem. >> thanks for that. josh limpton, from the build conference. and joining us is daniel ives. great to have you with us. the stock had a major run-up into this conference. and hit a fresh high at today's session. the highest postbubble high it's seen. what do you make of the announcement? >> it's really nadella lays out the cloud vision. there's been a lot of frustration for microsoft. and starting with office for ipad and moving to mobile and potentially tablets. you finally have a pilot on the plane that's going to navigate microsoft towards growth. and again, talking the talk and walking the walk are two separat

>> i hope it does a lot better than siri. i think siri has a lot of great ideas.ll it be a man or woman? man or woman? >> you probably can choose, i would imagine you can choose. david: i don't think you can choose on the iphone. brad silverberg thank you very much. for coming in. liz: maybe microsoft make as jump you choose a man. >> who knows. we'll see. >> the new earnings season is just around the corner and investors might want to brace for the impact as forecasters say it could get ugly out there although forecasters were kind of wrong the last time around. we'll find out which sectors and which companies could deliver perhaps the most disappointing results that would help you invest in a different way. david: this a live shot by the way, at lower manhattan where real estate prices are going through the roof. this is place no one wanted to live 20 years ago. right now it is so expensive. we'll tell you exactly how expensive. heading downtown to tell you what is behind the boom. the square footage value you're not going to previous. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] thi

we think of siri as a clunky attempt to navigate the phone.er science people look at siri, what they see as a different way to do search. microsoft hast their own competitive product and could announce that today is the focus for this conference. there will surely be some new phones announced. the functionality of the phones and the incorporation of a new voice control may be the focus of what comes out of the meeting today. >> how has satya nadella done so far? >> it is a little early to tell. it was interesting that they broke up a couple of things by having microsoft's build conference this week. last week, the separate announcement, only a couple of blocks away in san francisco. he announced something. and talked about last week about a product that microsoft developed. application for microsoft office. that was an important thing because it showed and openness from microsoft of opening up their work, their software to other platforms, the way that microsoft has tended to shy away from. satya nadella insisted oracle databases be able to ru

she is also voice of microsoft new siri-like voice system.w, the ceo of marketing zen. this is a female voice taken from "halo," the siri sound alike voice from microsoft. is that a big deal? >> they are hoping it is. hoping this voice will attract the younger generation, tracked the gamers of "halo" is a this is so much more fun than talking to siri. she sounds a little bit more automated, but a bit more robotic. will that be it for them? that is up in the air. stuart: that is the voice? that is the voice we are going to hear. if i ask my microsoft phone something, that voice comes back at me. >> yeah. she is supposed to be smarter because she knows what you like, she knows how you like your coffee because he will tell her i am out of milk, where is the closest starbucks. she is more predictive. stuart: the reason we are covering this is because microsoft stock, not only do i own it, but it has gone up significantly recently. does this kind of innovation have something to do with the stock price rise? they are giving away windows free? that

. >> siri, can heather bring us -- why doesç siri listen to you, not me?py kreme. >> which do you think taste better? >> they're both good. >> could be the new smoking. >> normally we do squat thrusts. you go like this. >> how much did training against brian in a race you had here on the plaza, how much does that factor into your victory? >> the training i had to do with brian aç few years ago made me who i am. >> it is throwback thursday. this is me and my prom date for both the junior and senior year. >> i believe this was the first selfie ever taken. >> you and the other three guys, you all coordinated your outfits? >> we were not coordinating. i think we rented from the same place. >> i'm showing off my perm and my date showing off his mullett. >> what about your prom? dugout with a guy in a -- did you go out with a guy in a van and a mullett. >> i did not have a date. i knew it would upset my dad so i went alone. >> i'm pregnant. >> you'reç pregnant? >> she was kidding. >> just to reiterate. >> although i've never seen a guest more comfortable on th

mic microsoft as a helper now, like siri. she can give you the weather forecast and remind you to leave early for a meeting if there is traffic or to buy your mom a birthday gift. >> she has a lot on her list. >>> controversy erupting on social media. some new york sports radio guys criticized a baseball players decision to take three days off for paternity leave. >> here they are talking about the decision made by the second baseman daniel murphy. listen. >> 24 hours. you stay there, baby is good, you have a good support system for the mom and baby, you get back to your team and you play baseball. that's my take on it. what -- nothing you can do anyway. >> have a c-section before the season starts, i need to be at opening day. this is what makes our day, this is going to give my child every opportunity to be a success in life, i can afford any college i want because i'm a baseball player. >> have a c-section before the begins. they say they can understand missing one day, but assumes the birth and mother are well, why you sh

and move over siri. microsoft rolls out a virtual assistant like no other. it even sings.hank you >> wounded veterans just landed to participate in what many call a life saving experience on water. >> the veterans add been severe hi wounded during tours of duty. they're on the way to be part of operation surf. >> they will wax boards and surf beaches. for thm is the first trip outside of the hospital. >> this is operatio serve's sixth year to help experience something out of the ordinary. >> don't you love the reception there? >> wonderful they deserve it. >> they do. >> world news is next. i'm cheryl jennings >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your i'm. good night and a last look at the seven >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, breaking news. shots fired at the largest army base in america, ft. hood. shooter down, casualties reported after everyone ordered to seek shelter at the base. and everyone remembering the mass shooting at ft. hood almost five years ago. tonight, all the new details, coming in, right now. >>> ring of fire. that powerful ea

>> siri, call kathy doocy mobile. can't listen to the number. siri, call kathy doocy mobile.> why does she listen to you and not me? this always happens with her. she's got issues with women, i think siri does. >> then my wife will tell me where the closest dunkin' donuts is. >> that's good. >> i love it. on the delay, we'll throw it over to heather. >> hi there. >> siri didn't want to talk to me. >> that's how women are sometimes. sometimes we don't like to talk to men. >> testy. >> good morning to you. let's talk about some politics and things are getting a little ugly between two men in maryland. some political mud slinging reaches a new low in that state. a democratic candidate for governor suggesting that his opponent, an iraq war veteran, is not up for a real job. listen to this. >> oh, boy. that is maryland attorney general and he is taking some real heat from veterans right now who call that comment slime ball politics. he is defending his comments, saying his opponent was part of maryland's obamacare exchange problem. he said, quote, the point i was trying to make is

the is the introduction of search function like siri.dea is to take on siri, if the windows form -- phone platform a more exciting one. a second development is the one in here for manufacturers. they will offer windows phone free of charge. there will be no licensing fee. if you are a manufacturer and you agree to put windows phone on your mobile device. intoare desperate to get mobile devices as we know. this was the big moment. he has been ceo at microsoft since february and this was his second time on center stage. have a listen. >> the goal for us is to step up to provide the application and services that empower every user. across all the devices and all these experiences. that is perhaps the job number one that we do which is to empower people to be productive across all devices. >> it is easy to understand why it is job number one. you can think of pc sales, they are forecast to did line again. idc, a research group that is a big believer in microsoft possibility to push into mobile devices says their market share among mobile dev

in the meantime, we're also saying move over siri.icrosoft unveiled a digital assistant for windows named after a character in the x box game. it will be available this summer. it has access to your e-mail contacts calendar and location and like siri can give you the weather forecast but also can remind to you leave early for a meeting if there is traffic or hey, also say don't forget to buy your mom a birthday gift. it has a personality, tells jokes and sings songs. >> most of us have seen this selfie taken by david ortiz at the white house. turns out the photo was a home run for samsung. samsung says it helped ortiz capture the selfie. also samsung promoted the picture on twitter to the company's followers. ortiz says samsung did not pay him but he did ink a new deal with the provider. >> sarah palin made a surprise guest appearance on "the tonight show" last zblixt turns out jimmy fallon has a secret tape of a phone conversation between palin and vladamir putin. >> hear breathing on other end of phone. >> that's weird, i hear it to

there is access to calendar and location, like siri and she can give you the weather forecast, remind you to leave early for a meeting if there is traffic or even buy your mom a birthday gift. apparently she can tell jokes an sing songs f. you ask if she knows siri she says i know her but i don't know know her. >> rough for the oakland a's. the a's took game one against the cleveland indians, yesterday they were on the way to winning game two but in the top of the ninth the ball goes right under the glove of josh reddick. two runs score, then the indians win 6-4. a bit of a disappointment. a bruised knee and food poisoning will not keep tim lincecum off the mound. coming off a rough week but plans to start this afternoon. >> hopefully he can keep the diamondbacks' offense at bay like tim hudson yesterday in his first start for the orange and black. hudson went 7 and 2/3 innings, allowing three hits, no run, seven strikeouts and the giants win 2-0. >> off the field, third baseman pablo sandoval given the green light for negotiations to resume if the team's offer of a three-year, $40 mi

. >> apple's virtual assistant siri is getting some competition. voice hitting the market coming up. >> and the market opened up about 10 minutes ago. a quick peek at the numbers. we are in record territory nearly up 21 points. crunch the numbers and much more with kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks right after the break. >> if your eyes are a little itchy today, blame it on the ash, alder and juniper county which are high and tomorrow it lowers with the chance of showers. over the weekend if you suffer from allergies, we'll be sneezing and wheezing. the warmer weather and the seven-day forecast all straight ahead as the news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. on this thursday out the door we are experiencing partly to mostly cloudy skies along the peninsula. and later today, with the increasing cloud cover, highs pretty seasonal, in the low and mid-60s. then we swing around to the santa clara valley 65 degrees in san jose. typically this time of the year it's 68. again, becoming mostly cloudy east of the bay at 64 in liv

. >> apple is working on an overhaul of the we software used on their computers that could include siri and is expected at the developers conference in june. the navy is working on software to remotely pilot a helicopter and is controlled by an a operator with a smart pad with no word on when the technology will replace actual human pilots. this could be the answer to director battery power problems a new charger from israeli company that can fully charge your cell phone battery in 30 seconds. will device is two years from hitting the market. >> those are the tech bytes. have a great day, to ] when i said that...we weren't ready to have a baby, we're actually eight-weeks pregnant. [women] shut up! [brother-in-law off camera] we're pregnant! [woman] you're kidding me! [man] shut up! [woman] shut up! [screams] take the kid,take the kid,take the kid! [woman] oh my god! [everyone laughter,crying] >>> covering correct yes, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> fremont police have now contacted a woman seen on surveillance video stealing a package from a home. poli

siri runs it, for example.ranslation software to handle translating things in realtime on facebook. it is this ability to say we don't have to necessarily power everything everyone does, but where it makes sense. where we have technology that really not many other folks on the planet have at our scale. pushing it out there across the whole industry is, we think, actually one of the most exciting things we could be doing. >> what about yahoo! stefan? there's a question of how long before the partnership marissa mayer might be. are you confident she'll stay with it? >> you'll have to ask marissa, but it's a great partnership. both of the shares are solid. it's the ability for us to power that experience and then to innovate on the front end, it's really powerful. >> all right. stefan weitz, we wait with baited breath to get a glimpse of cortana. >> i have it right here. >> everybody is running to the nasdaq to get that. jon fortt, thank you, as always, for adding so much value for us. >>> up next on the program,

if your relationship with siri is on the rocks.that you might like to meet cortana next. line >> welcome back. the latest picture making the rounds on social media comes from an expected samsung pitchman president obama. >> the boston red sox player david ortiz snapped this photo of himself with the president when he attended the white house. it was we sent by tens of thousands on twitter. the white house says that the president did not know about the marketing stunt. samsung has a deal with ortiz the company reportedly spent billions on advertising about four times as much as apple. >> microsoft has now unveiled a new virtual assistant as part of an upcoming of state for windows phones. if the assistant, named cortana tries to be chatting like his siri on apple's i phones and ipad. while anticipating information you might want. cortana will warn you of conflicts when you add items to your calendar. it will also offer to remind you of any upcoming travel the vents or scanning for e- mail. >> i actually switched. i do not even know

siri, a sort of personal helper for the windows phone? will we see an unveiling of the windows 9, the new updated operating system? last week it was all about software. offering it onto android and apple. now it is about focusing back on the operating system and getting developers excited about getting on their ecosystem. >> caroline, thank you. we will talk more about microsoft and amazon later on with hussein kanji. >> i need my personal helper. >> i am here. i want a raise, by the way. tradersfrequency escalating and ipo amid scrutiny of traders following michael lewis's book. he will be on bloomberg tv later. elite turned up in london to celebrate the importance of fashion, one of italy's against exports. e caught up with nikola bvlgari. >> we are going through a crisis but fashion is still on. everybody admires it and is trying to copy it. we have something i think to be proud of. we have a new prime minister, very young, full of zest, full of ideas. we think he will do well. i think it will be a change. >> we also spoke to elizabeth

among the new features coming to a windows phone update called 3.1 designed to compete with apple's siriws it to issue voice commands, set alarms, and make calendar entries. >>> and, anne-marie, amazon has issued the new video streaming device. amazon fire is a settop box that can stream music, video, and games. they can watch amazon content as well as netflix, hulu and others. it costs $99 and costs the same as apple tv. >> all right. let the streaming wars begin. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> when we return, a late-night surprise. lady gaga takes david letterman's studio audience on an unexpected field trip. letterman's studio audience on an unexpected field trip. optic white® whiten & protect colgat toothpaste. this shell is made of calcium that can absorb stains like teeth. brush one side with a regular whitening toothpaste and the other side with optic white®. it whitens deeper... and it can stay white! even after dipping it again, colgate®'s white seal technology helps prevent stains from coming back. for a whiter smile that stays white, new co

not even to mention all the tech that makes the iphone smart like gps, the internet and even dear sirihe entrepreneurial state, a terrific book that systemically debunks or mythology around the role of government and the role of the private sector in risk taking and innovation. contrary to our notion of the swashbuckling entrepreneur who innovates and takes all the risk and is therefore justified in reaping all the rewards, throughout history where we see game changing invention, we usually find the government. google search engine, hybrid cars, fracking boom, anything that uses the internet, all can be traced back to government inventi invention. three-fourth of molecular biopharmaceuticals owe their creation to you, and me and uncle sam. and this is all great. government should be investing in r&d. there are risks that are too large for the private sector to take on. and investments in the public good that the government will make, that no corporation ever would. it's also not to minimize the real contributions that a brilliant architect like steve jobs has made. but we seem to have

apple is accusing samsung on infringing on siri's voice and other apple products. they have used their patents, samsung is appealing. >>> pilot admitted he should have aborted the flight at the landing at sfo. they failed to monitor speed at the decent and the failure to maintain speed was the probable cause of the crash. asiana blamed boeing. boeing denies that. the crash killed 3 passengers and injured 200 others. >>> back to storm watch coverage and the rain that fell at the home opener at the coliseum. it threatens ened the game but it started on time. >> it didn't dampen spirits. >> reporter: umbrellas, ponchos the game is still going on. according to these fans, getting here was half the battle. even a down tour couldn't dampen the spirits of the green and cold. >> we play rain or shine. >> let's go oakland. >> reporter: the afternoon thunderstorm. >> this is our 4th opener and the first time it has rained. >> reporter: it looked like the winter we should have had in january. >> it is a 180 of what we expected. >> reporter: firing up the grill was a challenge

apple is accusing samsung on infringing on siri's voice and other apple products. they have used their patents, samsung is appealing. >>> pilot admitted he should have aborted the flight at the landing at sfo. they failed to monitor speed at the decent and the failure to maintain speed was the probable cause of the crash. asiana blamed boeing. boeing denies that. the crash killed 3 passengers and injured 200 others. >>> back to storm watch coverage and the rain that fell at the home opener at the coliseum. it threatens ened the game but it started on time. >> it didn't dampen spirits. >> reporter: umbrellas, ponchos the game is still going on. according to these fans, getting here was half the battle. even a down tour couldn't dampen the spirits of the green and cold. >> we play rain or shine. >> let's go oakland. >> reporter: the afternoon thunderstorm. >> this is our 4th opener and the first time it has rained. >> reporter: it looked like the winter we should have had in january. >> it is a 180 of what we expected. >> reporter: firing up the grill was a challenge

it said it will give siri a run for her money.he director of bing, i caught up with him earlier and i asked him about this thing. and why the company decided to call it cortana. >> the engineering team, when they were looking at the different names, they were saying how should it be creative? what is the principle for the character? cortana was capable of figuring out everything he needed to do as he battled the enemy. engineers literally thought of this in their offices. you walked down the hall and unlike what we usually do, we stuck with the name and did not name it microsoft's personal assistant. >> it is asking, cory, where is good barbecue? have you standing there. the inherent conflict in the company, more searches mean more revenue. did you find that cortana leads to more searches or less? >> for what cortana allows, it is hard to think about searches. is the flight on time? you want me to track it. i do not really know. what we do know is when people are able to trust a device like that when the backing of the entire your

find out what is behind the name cortana and why it may rival siri. ♪ >> look him.le's latest acquisition is a company out of the u.k.. they make speech recognition software and could play a part in improving their virtual assistant. the terms were not disclosed, which is often the case with apple acquisitions. there is a new challenge from microsoft. earlier this week microsoft unwrapped its new os, windows 8.1. it features a new personal assistant called cortana. much of cortana is powered by the bing search engine. the director of being at microsoft -- i caught up with him earlier this week. i asked him on the focus on the assistant and why they decided to call it court,. -- call it cortana. they thought how this thing should be created, what was the principal of this character. cortana in halo was master chief's assistant. engineers literally thought of this. you saw these dolls everywhere. unlike what we usually do, we actually stuck with that name. >> i thought you were going to name it cory. >> kind of like in seinfeld when kramer was movie phone. >> more sea

. >> if you want to know what a song is, you can either activate it through siri or you can click a buttons basically, instead of app, they willam make it into their own software. >> why shazam? >> they were one of the early hits on the iphone when it came out in 2008. they were one of the first ones with that wow factor. they could tell you what song was playing and steer the purchases to itunes. they had a relationship. >> maybe every company dreams of the partnership, but isn't this a threat to their business? >> they have to weigh the financial things involved. toy are steering me people buy songs through itunes. they will get something out of it. at some point, you have to weigh that there are others out there. >> what about apple? they pioneered the digital music business. catch-upare playing with spotify and pandora. can a feature like this help itunes get back on top? >> itunes is still the biggest seller of music in the world. bute is nobody that close, it is slowing down. spotify, youtube, and other players are growing. this is sort of an add-on to that. it is not necessarily a g

they also unveiled a new assistant, cortana, like siri. time now for the bwest byte, one number that tells a whole lot. jon erlichman is here as well. >> it's from halo, one of the characters. it would be really creepy if someone was saying, corey, where do i go? today's number is zero, the number of cities aereo could be if they lose in the supreme court. here is what barry diller told erik schatzker earlier in a really good interview on "market makers." it was fascinating. >> it interesting to hear him be so open about it. >> if we lose, game over. >> there's nothing you can salvage out of the business, the patents, the technology? >> it's possible there is some salvage, but aereo would probably -- i say probably because i cannot see any path forward -- it would not be able to continue in business. >> that was barry diller with erik schatzker. >> at least he's honest. >> that's in parallel what we heard from the ceo that there is no plan b. there's no other way to go. there is a question about whether the technology could be easily repli

. >> reporter: unlike siri, she's open to app developers so you can do this -- >> hulu, add deadbeat queue. >> reporter: thousands of developers can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: as for ordinary users -- >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. >>> the national safety council found that using a hands-free device while driving is no safer than using a handheld phone. the council says that's because both are a distraction. although 12 states and the the district of columbia have banned the use of handheld cell phones while driving hands-free devices have not been regulated anywhere. a growing number of cars are being equipped with dashboard systems that allow drivers to make hands-free calls, send text messages, send e-mail, update social media statuses. >>> keeping up appearances became too much. next, not enough blue, too much green. and the aim-old model o >>> covering cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >>> a northern c

. >> reporter: al a siri is a top target.hey believe he's designing new bombs to get past airport security and more attacks against the u.s. the u.s. hopes the latest attacks destroyed the training camp and destroyed any new training plots but still that video is out there. why did 100 al dade fighters feel confident enough to come out in front of cameras and show their faces. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> now teenage stowaway who flew in a flaplane's wheel well said he was trying to get to somalia to see his mom. >> investigators say they didn't think the boy -- they think the boy didn't even know where the plane he climbed into was heading. he just went to the nearest aircraft. >> the 15-year-old is in hospital in hawaii. authorities say he survived subzero temperatures and decompleted oxygen levels. i have to say there are not many people who have made it out alive after trying to stowaway in a plane. >> surprisingly people have been trying to get away for decades. >> reporter: being a stowaway and a survivor means

. >> reporter: and unlike siri, she is open to app developers so you can do this. >> hulu, add dead beato my queue. >> reporter: the thousands of developers here at the build conference can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: but as for ordinary users. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> maybe she can sing a duet with you, dan. >> i'll try. >>> the new grocery superstores that are opening up in the bay area. >> despite cheaper prices, not everyone is celebrating. we'll explain. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. ding! ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ h

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. >> reporter: and unlike siri, she is open to app developers so you can do this. >> hulu, add dead beatands of developers here at the build conference can't wait to teach her new tricks. >> sing me a song. >> reporter: but as for ordinary users. >> i'm sorry, dave, i'm afraid i can't do that. >> reporter: the windows phone update will roll out slowly over the next few months. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> maybe she can sing a duet with you, dan. >> i'll try. >>> the new grocery superstores that are opening up in the bay area. >> despite cheaper prices, not everyone is celebrating. we'll explain.ts that staying on budget can be a real bear. at's why... that's why... they've got lots of ways to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week... life's just a little sweeter with delicious red seedless grapes just $1.99/lb. clean up with bounty paper towels, only $8.99 for 8 large rolls and honey bunches of oats are just $1.88. there's more savings to love...at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> the future of the grocery business is being played

person, it could also be the leader of the group or the number two in the group as well as this guy, al siri> and 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were saudis. barbara, you broke the story for all of us almost a week or so ago, the analysis of the video that we saw here on cnn thanks to you, the drone strikes, the combined u.s./yemeni military operation. what's the latest you're hering from your sources? >> reporter: well, let's go right to that firefight on the road where this saudi was killed and the question rising about whether it was ibrahim al siri, the bombmaker. it was not a drone attack by the cia. it was a joint u.s. military and yemeni operation. u.s. troops, u.s. special forces, were there. some of the most covert u.s. special forces. their standard practice, they would look at every face on every dead body right then and there to try and identify them. they would have recognized al asiri if it was him. they would have recognized two of the top leaders. this is very standard practice for u.s. commandos on one of these high-value target raids. so if it does turn out to be al asiri, tha

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. >>> well, siri has some competition and her name is core tan in a. >> yesterday, microsoft unveiled new virtual assistant at its bills conference in san francisco. it is used to attract users, searchers and places visited grows smarter and offers more tailored suggestions so it raises privacy concerns with consumers. >>> microsoft is trending. also trending fort hood. four people are dead after a soldier opened fire in a shooting spree yesterday. supreme court. the court made a controversial ruling relaxing campaign finance laws. chrysler. the automaker recalling 870,000 suvs to fix a brake problem. and patrick stewart to commemorate their broadway run stewart and x man co-star released a series of new york city tourist photos. follow us at twitter check us out at #cbssf. >> they're always having fun. >> patrick stewart and ian mc mckellan. >> captain kirk? >> no, captain picard. >> basketball and "star trek" yesterday? >> no. no. >>> all right. let's go out towards 24. and we can slow you everything looks great actually right now if you are heading into the macarthur maze. and actu