i mean, it is possible, but it just becomes smartphone.. but itjust becomes very difficult. right now everything is easylj but itjust becomes very difficult. right now everything is easy. i can do things without having to go outside, like booking my movie tickets, or even interacting with my friends, i don't have to make calls and everything because i cantjust send text messages. —— because i carl. send text messages. —— because i can. when i am not working usually i am always on my phone. 22 hours a day. almost every minute. don't tell my boss. when you see people walking around, they are on their phone. they are reading their phone all the time. i don't think it is healthy. they are reading their phone all the time. i don't think it is healthylj am time. i don't think it is healthy.” am sure we can all identify with that. well, of course, those figures are from emarketeer, and i spoke with a spokesperson from the firm and asked where the exports for smart phone penetration come from. we are looking at indonesia and the philippines as cou

and some sun, making their new smartphone after a ll sun, making their new smartphone after all of thosesung. it is the device but you cannot live without though, the smartphone! but i do not wa nt though, the smartphone! but i do not want one that blows up! apple has removed the new york times app from its chinese app store after a request from the chinese authorities. mariko oi is in singapore. she has got all of the details, it is nice to see you. this is interesting, isn't it? indeed, good morning. this website has been blocked in china, if you remember, since 2012, after the newspaper published a number of reports about the private wealth of members of the political elite and their families but, as you say, the app had been available until late last year but apple withdrew it after a request from chinese authorities and the chinese are looking at regulations designed to curb activities such as "endangering national security, disrupting social order and violating legitimate rights in the interest of others" at the newspaper, they responded with criticism of apps from other organisati

in its place, the emergency service network and adapted smartphone network an adapted smartphone system run by ag on ee. it's hoped they'll help the emergency services be able to stream live video, relay patient data and access blueprints for buildings. but the public accounts committee is calling on ministers to address, what they see, as real security concerns. our real concern about the new system is at the moment, at the time when we had our hearing, there was no deal struck and they're there was no deal struck and there still is not with transport for london about london underground and there are still questions about other underg rounds around the country.

will smartphone users be loyal?th this company despite the fact they had to send back the note 7? people are still wary. it will always have a halo effect. people are still a little bit fickle. if the 58 is a success , little bit fickle. if the 58 is a success, it will soon forget. people don't want to miss out on having a good phone for a good price. presumably samsung will have to spend a lot of modern —— money on marketing? they have to convince us that things are ok again. absolutely. they already spend money on marketing. you will see a subtle change in marketing. you will see things about safety around the help of the products. make sure everybody understands this is a solid and sta ble understands this is a solid and stable product. thank you for coming in. we have already got some tweets. we will do them later. it's a bit of a mixed bag. stop giving me your scripts! the other stories making headlines around the world. opec and other oil producing countries have agreed a way to monitor that all parties stick

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in its place, the emergency service network and adapted smartphone network an adapted smartphone systemn by ag on ee. it's hoped they'll help the emergency services be able to stream live video, relay patient data and access blueprints for buildings. but the public accounts committee is calling on ministers to address, what they see, as real security concerns. our real concern about the new system is at the moment, at the time when we had our hearing, there was no deal struck and they're there was no deal struck and there still is not with transport for london about london underground and there are still questions about other underg rounds around the country. if it doesn't work underground, it's a real risk to both people and our emergency services, who really need to contact each other in real time in case of an emergency such as 7/7. and on top of this, it probably won't be ready on time so the old airwave network may have to be extended at an annual cost of up to 475 million, which the public accounts committee said the home office hasn't budgeted for. in a statement the home office

but now three smartphone apps designed to help you monitor their every move. perfect for the totolis and their two teenage kids. >> we've downloaded the apps on your kids' phones. we can monitor everything from your laptop right here. >> reporter: first net nanny. >> the cool thing is you can choose the exact websites that you want blocked on your kids' phones. >> that's great, awesome. but it goes a step further. you can block the type of website. so dating sites. nudity. pornography. tobacco. you can block those. >> super helpful. >> it goes a step further than that. suicide, for example. you can set it to warn mode so you will get a warning if your kid types "suicide" in. >> that's super helpful i think because of the cyber bullying and everything that happens in the teens' lives that's so common today. >> reporter: app number two does even more, called secure teen. this one gives you your kids' call logs. it goes a step further, you can actually read your kids' text messages. >> that's fantastic. >> scary as that may be. >> i know. great tool. >> reporter:

>> today on "earth focus" the dark side of shrimp and smartphone industries. reports from ailaland, bangladesh, and indonesia under covers the brutal exploitation of people and the environment for profit. they are fishing illegally on thailand's coast. crossed over 50 species of fish come including giant starfish, seahorses, and j juvenile seaea snakes. most of the catch is not good for consumption. it would be used to feed farm animals. it is sold to supermarkets in restaurants around the world. link tv and a college is visited thailand to investigate links -- link t tv and others visited thailand to investigate links. industrial agriculture promote to stop as a sustainable solution for the problems of fishing. many of the so-o-called fish are pulled from the ocean around southeast asia with devastating effects. these small and young edible fish are left to rot in the halls of vessels for days on weeks on end before being handled. fleets of t trucks and sport tos of rotting f fish on each vessel on the processing plants where they are ground down and wash and

we also have the big smartphone maker here.ve their own -- but also , and jd finance looking at the wealth management side of things. pay and of what allie we chat are offering, they have got apps within an app that make it very easy to use their payment systems, whether that is managing her wealth or buying flights to travel abroad. for the challenges, they have to take on that element of things. apple has the brand strength, still a very popular smartphone maker. , it ise these codes in-store purchase -- purchases and purchases for apps. it is difficult for apple to combat market shares. caroline: you mention global expansion for india. what is happening now? tom: alipay has been leading the march. they teamed up with banks in europe and you can now use alipay at stores in london. have also teamed up with verifone in the u.s. they are making a big push on this. it comes down to branding and brand recognition. have they got that clout? that is going to be a key challenge. for the moment, they are focused on the huge number of

look at the growth of smartphone adoption that will grow but in india that will almost double. at each of these markets the middle class and the upper-class are still very large markets, even bigger than the u.s., a lot of upside. caroline: our guest will be joining us later in the hour and we will be sticking on apple, the top story throughout the show. back to another story that continues to spark controversy. travel ban.'s amazon's ceo said his company is stateg hand-in-hand with officials on legal options against president trump's executive order. reuters reporting a group of tech companies planning to meet to discuss filing legal documents in support of a lawsuit challenging the immigration ban. among the companies invited, airbnb, netflix, and google. joining us is mark bergen who is covering the story. a concertedo see approach coming from the tech giant? touched a nerve and it is likely they will work together. there is some risk for one company to stick his neck out. the trump administration has been seen as the tell you tory against companies and they are trying to wo

the paper also looks at claims smartphones could get even thinner and use less power. qualcomm, which develops mobile processors, says its new version would take up 35% less space. and the china daily writes about the growing trend of young chinese golfers using their sporting talents to win themselves scholarships at top american universities. any which way, that's what i say. to wina any which way, that's what i say. to win a sport scholarship at a top american university, you have to be great at whatever sport. good morning! let's start with this incredible story. just a few months before the uk begins its negotiations, we believe it will be roundabout by the end of march, the top diplomat that the country has in

apple has the brand strength, still a very popular smartphone maker.des are so popular in china, mostly in-store purchases and purchases for apps. it is difficult for apple to combat market shares. caroline: you mention global expansion. what is happening now? alipay has been leading the march. they teamed up with banks in europe and you can now use alipay at stores in london. have also teamed up with verifone in the u.s. it comes down to branding and brand recognition. have they got that, have they got clout? that is going to be a key challenge. for the moment, they are focused on the huge number of chinese touriststhat is going to be a ky challenge. that travel abroad every year, 150 million. caroline: bloomberg news reporter tom mackenzie, thanks so much. coming up, the start up that anded the likes of uber opentable find condiments to other apps. we will speak to the ceo on how the picture of michael -- mobile commerce is app integration. ♪ i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to re

the smartphone market is increasingly mature. and apple's fortunes going forward will need to come from other sources. and if apple is not able to move from the smartphone it's unclear that this company will be an ongoing growing company. and that's a real question. and quite frankly i think many investor have rightfully had that question for a couple years and i think that continues to be the operative question. you know, when apple is starting to try and place bets. you know, there's clearly they've invested a lot in the watch, which we think ultimately over time could be meaningful. you know, they have aspirations in television and we're hearing about more and more potential plans to build content. so they are putting stakes in the ground but there's certainly no guarantees that any of those will be meaningful enough to eclipse what will be invariably a slowdown and a flattening out and ultimately probably a decline in the smartphone business over time. >> i was going to ask you, you know, over the bulls on this would still sa

this is the galaxy a smartphone and unlike other samsung smartphones the galaxy a is water and dust resistantected to launch in russia this month. no word on when it will debut in the u.s. so it seems like the russians are serving as the beta test. >> we'll see thousand goes. it is 4:53. a new york mother was expecting a toy delivery ahead why she was shocked when she saw what was actually in the package. >> later on "action news" a fiery crash in california. how a photojournalist's quick action might have saved a victim's life. >> ♪ >> pamela marks was expecting a delivery of toys but when she opened the package she found potter instead. the upstate new york woman writes product reviews for a family friendly web site. she says she was shocked when she found 7 pounds worth of marijuana in the delivery that showed up at her house. marks turned it over to police. she has yet to hear back from the company that initially sent the package. >>> a new study reveals new york city has too many taxis. and there's a reason why you can't sometimes find one. mit reveals only 3,000, four person taxis are n

it's a major boost for the company after the exploding smartphone scandal that put a serious dent inion. in the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of $7.8 billion. that's up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid—2013. that might come as a surprise, as we know samsung was forced to scrap its top of the range phone, the galaxy note 7, after a spate of exploding batteries. hugely embarrassing and hugely expensive. it has warned the scandal sent more than $5 billion of profit up in smoke. so why is it doing so well? in a word — components. samsung makes chips and screens for the whole tech industry. samsung hasn't revealed the details but it's thought to have been the best quarter ever for its semiconductor division. it makes the complex chips that are more and more in demand as phones get smarter, and the prices of those have jumped. so despite the exploding phone scandal, samsung's investors have had a pretty good year, shares up by almost 50% over the past year. cyrus mewawalla, managing director

our viewers have sent us tweets about the story in the times about the smartphone.isn't it? as we were saying earlier, one does not think about detection of cancer with smartphones. the clear thing is the computing power of smartphones is becoming phenomenal, and the number of things you can do is growing ever higher. and the demand for that kind of thing. when it comes to applications and wearable technology, a lot of it is to do with health, isn't it? making us healthier or figuring out what is wrong, that sort of stuff. can you go over your body with it? one in three people in australia get melanoma. let's hear what you had to say about this. one viewer says colon i would like my phone to tell me if i am getting too stressed and to calm me down. collea g u es too stressed and to calm me down. colleagues can do that! we have had some ceos start—ups who are coming up with wearable technology. we will cover that. we have got twice the supply is compared to what we will use in the next 40 years, so the price shouldn't go up much. the price of $100 a barrel that we sa

my bag is already full with a laptop, smartphone etc.tphone. so it's another thing i have to put in my bag. $300 is a lot of money to spend on a new device that's wildly outclassed by other competitors. are they actually considering a mobile phone is about alternative. they have shoved mario over. when the iphone seven launched, there was huge excitement when nintendo realised smartphones had happened. they shot to the top of the charts. research was quite poor and people pointed out it had a lot of issues but i think they are missing a trick. sega is making huge amounts of money on royalties from old games. people of my generation have lots of affection and love for mario and zelda. when they did finally bring mario out they brought it very cautiously. they did it baby steps. it's very defensive, the way nintendo is operating. it's the old market, we have the hardware. this machine doesn't even use disks, its cartridges. on the other side, it has infrared motion sensors and you can use hand play, to play paper, scissors, rock. it's got

your pocket in use of smartphone technology is on its way to the highway. >> this is a big deal. scott budman got a first-hand look. he joins us live from the consumer electronic show in las vegas. scott may not come back. this is his favorite time of the year. m how are you doing? >> reporter: i'm doing well. it's like a big candy store. we talk a lot about the technology that's being pushed into our cars but you formally wouldn't think of the glass that's in your smartphone. but it is being tested in cars and today we got a first look. we've seen several new future ris ik cars unveiled this year but this one is a gorilla, as in gorilla glass, the same thing covering your smartphone. >> the glass we're using as a similar formulation that what we would use on our cell phones. >> reporter: and much of our cars will come loaded with smart sensors, the corning gorilla glass you see on the window and the cockpit will be safer, lighter and more flexible than what you're looking through now. >> you're seeing a combination of a lot of the things that we're working with manufacturers on

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space as it relates to 5g offerings, move to wireless charging here this year, foldable smartphonesventually. i think on the smartphone signed of things apple can innovate and take on market share outgrowing the space. as far as apple is concerned their emergence into the stuff that brian mentioned i think is kind of full fledged there. and we do see significant opportunities in many of those areas specifically the living room and the connected car market. >> tactically though, i mean, you look at the channel it's been in for a while, i mean, repatriating some of that cash could get you somewhere, right, even without big product innovation. >> it would be huge. and you've got $218 billion, $238 billion overseas. you know, not only would it help with capital return to shareholders -- what i would like to see is a bigger dividend. something in a 3 1/2%, 4% range versus 2% today, nice steady value investor based. another thing is you can start to increase your acquisitions. >> that doesn't tell you that apple is any more of an innov e innovat innovator, a better financial engineer if t

smartphones are by far the world's most popular gadget — accounting for half of all tech revenue — butk this year. so what are the growth areas? well — it could be the year of wearable technology — revenues from wearable devices are expected to soar almost a third this year — although stilljust a fraction of the overall market and one of the biggest themes to watch — artificial intelligence — more and more gadgets are being given the ability to learn. as rory cellanjones reports. ina in a penthouse suite at a ritzy las vegas hotel, smart home exhibits are on show. there is a smart speakerphone children were each toy isa speakerphone children were each toy is a playlist. a voice activated door lock and upstairs, there is even nora described as a smart snoring solution. it detects me snoring solution. it detects me snoring and moves just enough to stop me without making —— waking me up. the big theme this year is turning the advances in artificial intelligence into products. there are robots. this one is a shop assistant and this one is designed assistant and this one is designed asa ass

now, they have set as well today that they are not going to be launching their next news samsung smartphonebruary at the big mobile phone conference in spain, which was expected. so, what now? yes, the galaxy sb, which we expected at the end of february we won't see until april, which gives a big window of opportunity for sony, htc, huawei, launching flagship phones in the next month or two to make an impact on the market. for samsung it was them in a difficult position because they are in a non—traditional launch window but i guarantee they will come to the market with the s8 and not only will it be very well—prepared and tested but they will come with millions of marketing to try to overcome the brand damage. how damaging has it been, how put off are we when it comes to buying a samsung, are we keeping samsung for the time being, oui’ keeping samsung for the time being, our people staying loyal?” keeping samsung for the time being, our people staying loyal? i think with most controversies with mobile phones, it stuck in people's mind, it was a protracted recalled, that really pushed it in

>> one thing that apple has shown is that nobody is immune to the broader smartphone and pc downturn.officially recalling about one million galaxy note 7 phones after the u.s. consumer product safety commission found they were catching fire due to a battery flaw. >> samsung clearly handed apple a gift by having this massive, embarrassing recall just as the new iphone models were launching. iphone and samsung in developed markets like the united states really trade off market share, so you have to think that the iphone 7 line is going to pick up some market share from samsung. >> samsung saying it is ending the production of the galaxy note 7 overnight, recalling the galaxy note 7. >> it is the combination of one debacle after another. basically when they say ending , production, they are scrapping the note 7, which means they will restart and maybe come out with another version, hopefully in time for the holidays, but i doubt that. i don't think most analysts believe that can happen, so this is a huge blow for samsung. >> analysts are trying to understand what this cost samsung financ

this is smartphone juice.eslas are selling well and that everybody is getting into electric cars now. alejandro: >> it is very interesting, but it puts a lot it is very interesting, but it puts a lot of pressure on us, so we will double our capacity probably in four years. ♪ ashlee: chile may have the largest lithium deposits in the world, but it is starting to fall behind countries like australia and china when it comes to production. and in china, it is a one-stop shop with the mining and battery production happening together. this is a leap chilean companies have been unwilling to make. maybe you could make the batteries here in chile? alejandro: well, for me, it would be excellent, but the company, we are experts in mining, experts in producing lithium. if we put that to produce batteries, we are probably not going to do as well. ♪ ashlee: things have been tense between the mines and the chilean government. the feds have put strict quotas on lithium production and have they have also been trying to act tou

it has migrated to the smartphone. it highlights the sophistication mobile payment firms. tom mackenzie. tom: the chinese new year is a boon for the mobile payment company. thanks in large part to the digitization of this tradition. than one billion transactions expected as people fire off virtual red envelope cash gifts. valued at $32 million in 2012, the market was worth $1.8 trillion last year. their apps allow you to do everything from buying a latte to taking out a personal loan. it is about getting an edge. we have seenyears, many players emerging in the mobile payments markets including commercial banks. the competition here is so fierce, it is almost brutal. cole and with more chinese embracing mobile payments, alley wepay have dominated. once people tonk register their deposits at state owned banks. they are also developing a currency that can be used in online transactions. let's we follow all the regulatory guidelines. readjust ours, models to reflect what the regulations require. banks are feeling the pain. disruption is not stopping at china's borders. one com

the tech giant was forced to remove the smartphone r phone from shelfs -- smartphone from shelves. it is expected to launch the dal axe 8 sometime this year. >>> the markets closed mixed on friday with the dow jones industrials down slightly. the s&p 500 posted modest gains. the mass back talk closed at its -- the knack talk, though, closed at its -- the nasdaq, though, closed at its highest level ever. >>> mark zuckerberg is expected to defend facebook in a high tech lawsuit about technology theft. the claim is that okay youlous is -- oculus is built on a software developed by another company. facebook said that lawsuit is without merit. facebook is taking action to stop the spread of fake news in germany, just months before germany holds it national election. facebook said it will focus on the worst of the worst offenders, and will team up with outside fact checkers and organizations to sort out what is true and what is made of. facebook said the group "corrective" will be it first outside fact checker in germany. >>> six weeks after the deadly wear his fire in oakland, a survivo

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fear of being without a smartphone and for many it's an addiction. mental health professional compares it to gambling. >> i have always called the smartphone as a tiny slot machine. once you get your hands on the machine you can't put it down. scott: why can't we put down the phones and go without checking that text? or tweet? the answer is chemical. excessive cell phone use triggers release of dopamine in the brain. if you take the device away there is a sense of withdrawal. >> it's like going on a diet. you have to cut back slowly. scott: here is some advice to help. keep your phone hidden so it's not in plain sight. disable notification or put it on silent phone. turn it off when driving or with friends. >> there is anxiety a the world gets smaller and easier, i think. scott: scott taylor, abc7 news. jonathan: if you want to find out if you a smartphone addict? take a short quiz. go to wjla.com. the "7 on your side" page. you will find it there. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> welcome, everyone. welcome! maureen: another nigh

blackberry and nokia officially introduced their entries into the smartphone market. it has the classic blackberry keyboard. tcl plans to introduce phones spanning from entry-level to high end while nokia whose rights belong to another chinese company is aiming at entry-level buyers with its new phones. >>> and snickers says it will become the first brand to air a live commercial at is bowl. schlitz says they were the first back in 1981. "star wars" actor adam driver will star inthe ad. this is the sixabth time. it's the most watched live convenient on u.s. tv. >> adam had better nail it. it eek like $5 million for 30 seconds, right? >> and the commercials are so much. that's not a bad paycheck at all. >> hena daniels at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, hena. >>> still to come, a child's message to the president. she used social media to show violence in her home land has a request from mr. trump. whatever you want, it's just making smart choices about eating. bring on the food! we're having it all! i feel good about myself. yeah! best decision of my li

this will enable drivers to use smartphone apps on vehicle dashboard screens. this will give consumers more choice in how they connect and control their smartphone apps on the road. automakers are racing to develop connected cars that provide a wide range of services. observers say toyota aims to set an international standard. well, this week, experts are giving us their outlooks for the global economy. today, a distinguished academic tells us about prospects for china. dean of the university of institute for contemporary china studies governs policy and one of the members who drafted the country's current five-year plan. he told nhk world what kinds of growth can be expected this year. >> reporter: with similar measures in place, he says that growth is not the most important case in the economy. >> we expect china's economic growth rate for 2017 will be 6.5% or higher. most likely, between 6.5 and 6.7, which i think is sufficient. i'm more focused on what i call three major efficiencies rather than the growth rate. the first is the economic efficiency, which i

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the new smartphones coming out are very waterproof. this guy decided to test his iphone 7 to see how well it could do. but not just immerging it in some water, he wants to immerge it in the dead sea because of the extremely high salt content. he's going to place it in there and leave it for 24 hours. >> you know what? i would check the scientists that say it's waterproof. >> he doesn't want anyone to walk off with the iphone. so he jams it under that sort of salt growth right there and moves a rock over to the side. now, the next day he's pointing out to the people close by saying, okay, time to go see if the phone is still there. >> wait a minute, are you telling me this guy went 24 hours without his cell phone? >> without a cell phone. >> oh. >> he gets back to where he was and the phone has moved. but you can see it right there just right on the bottom of t the -- he takes it up to his hotel room. >> i think it will work. >> yes, the phone survived. >> bam, you're right. once it powers up, he tries to give it a rudimentary test, and

talks about what -- thethe smart phone galaxy smartphone to catch fire. drone bordering, coming up. but first, our top story live from paris. genie: new peace talks on siri are on in the capital of cassocks dan cosan expand -- it comes a month after the syrian regime recaptured rebel areas of aleppo. that was the biggest victory for forces loyal to bashar al-assad since the war began nearly six years ago. dheepthika laurent reports. dheepthika: they have managed to get syrian rebels and the bashar al-assad representatives in the same room, but there will be no high-stakes talks in the capital of astana. turkey backs syrian opposition, while russia and iran back bashar al-assad. even before the talks started, one key rebel group close to turkey refused to participate. >> we are not looking for a simple solution to these issues. we are starting to bring the positions of the sides involved in the syrian conflict together, that is, the position of the syrian government and armed opposition group. dheepthika: bashar al-assad has called for the syrian opposition to lay down their weapons

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