and 70% of americans have a smartphone and a big increase from years ago. how attached are you? half of the people polled said they can't live without their smartphones. >>> well tesla has a new feature, and the car company is posting this video on twitter to show off the new picture for the model s called the ticket avoida nshgtsce mode. the cars are move if it detects a meter maid nearby. and tesla will drive around until the meter maid is gone and pick up the driver. it is not true. >> oh man! >> check the calendar for the next 25 minute, because it is still april fools' day. but it was created by e lon musk and the crew. >>> and we will tell you about a great game in the nba. >> and it is fallon wellcoming in fa rel. >>> good evening. geraud moncure here tonight. and tonight, not flatlined, but a weak pulse. team teal six slots outside of the closest spot at the shark tank. and san jose with a chance to make up ground in the west, but picking it up in the third taylor mcdunn back in and now the third time is a charm with chris tierney, and then after the sharks score, it is

claire: microsoft has only 3% of the global smartphone market. with its new strategy in place the firm says it is aiming to sell 1 billion mobile devices in the next three years. kate: as we heard, apple has been a leader in the smartphone market. it still has its own problems. "the wall street journal" reports apple found defects in its apple watch. and limited the availability of the watch as it hits stores last weekend. apple has yet to comment on the report. the wash itself got mixed reviews as it went on sale. that is all for now. >> thank you very much. all the business headlines this afternoon. ♪ time to take a look at the headlines in the weekly newsmagazine. flo: hi. >> a great deal of focus on the crisis in the mediterranean. flo: we will look at an italian magazine. given its geographical position, italy has been pressed to the heart of the crisis. not only italy by the prime minister, matteo renzi. talking about renzi's war. italy on the front line. the crisis in the mediterranean is forcing the prime minister to face his first major

we love our smartphones. there is a new study by the pew research center that says 46% of americans cannot live without their phones. 54% say they don't need them all the time, but they do improve their lives. but these addictive little things do have a downside. the experts say using your smartphone at night, and i'm proof of that, it hurts your sleep and productivity. work-related smartphone use increases stress, and high levels of smartphone use makes your downtime less enjoyable. >> yeah. so you got to be careful. everything in moderation. yeah, it's hard to imagine life without them. >> i get hollered at all the time, you know. >> all the women in your life. >> they do. >> all right. >>> 8:49. smartphone helps with traffic, too, because sometimes we are stuck in traffic. i am like, okay, where can i get around this and stuff. >> exactly. it's like having a computer in your hand. i will do the work for you right now. let's go to the east shore freeway. i want to show you that the east shore is backed up a

proving to investors that its smartphone sales are still going very strong. here are the numbers and there are a lot of them. apple reported a 33% increase in its quarterly profit over a year ago. it pulled in $2.33 a share, that was 17 cents better than estimates. e up 27%. coming in at an astonishing $58 billion, easily surpassing expectations there and apple is going to give back more to shareholders increasing its dividend 11%. boosting its share repurchase program by $50 billion to a total of $140 billion and pledging to return a total of $200 billion to shareholders through buybacks and dividends by 2017. and how about for it? it now stands at $194 billion and investors initially sent shares to a new high in after hours trading. josh lipton now with more on apple's earnings and what tim cook told him earlie >> reporter: the big number in apple's latest earnings report $61.2 million. that is the number of iphones that apple ships in a quarter and that was better than expected. wall stree was looking for apple to ship about 57 million iphones. i did have

samsung is debuting two new galaxy smartphones today.ompany has said that demand for the galaxy s6 average, which features a screen stretching down both sides, will probably slightly exceed demand. analysts say shipments could reach 55 million this year. meanwhile, apple is taking preorders for the apple watch today. the smart watch will also arrive in apple stores for previewing. the watch is apple's first new gadget since the ipad debuted five years ago. it is also the first to launch under its ceo, tim cook. hong kong's de facto central bank -- [indiscernible] the hang seng benchmark hit a seven-year high on thursday. the greek government has secured an increase in emergency funding from the ecb. the news comes as the finance minister told bloomberg he is confident that a deal will be done this month. for more, let's bring in our reporters. we are joined by manus cranny who spoke to verify his, and in brussels, our bureau chief jone ss haden. manus: i think the finance minister made a real split decision moment. i'm doing well with th

smartphone sales.ur guest of this hour is the ceo of a startup that allows travelers to book tours and get insider tips. for the next hour, we'll look at how companies like peak.com have changed travel. welcome back. ruzwana: thanks for having me. brad: last night, i went on there and do traveling with kids. talk about how it's good for users. ruzwana: it's a one-stop shop for activities. you are bringing together a host of different experiences that might be great for kids. we could write -- curate perfect days coming from people such as wolfgang puck giving you think they love to do in cities when they travel. you give people inside on a great way to spend time in san francisco. brad: one of the reasons i asked you to guest host today's show is there is a much consolidation and competition in online travel right now. expedia's acquisition of orbits and travelocity in january, the rise in the priceline group, google and amazon getting into trouble, how much room is therefore startups right now? ruzwan

. >>> a new smartphone survey. how much some rely on their devices in everyday life. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt". we begin with extreme weather in the country's midsection. two people are dead after flooding in kentucky. thousands in kansas are without electricity after a powerful storm. reynolds wolf is here with the forecast. good morning reynolds. >> hi, alex. hate to be the bearer of bad news. but in parts of the northeast, snow is back in the forecast again. i know. it's crazy. burlington, caribou, buffalo before all is said and done. we make our way hour by hour. pesky snow showers to keep an eye on. certainly a dusting can be expected. higher elevations of maine, new hampshire, vermont could get a bit more as we make our way through. could see anywhere from 2 to 3 in spots. some locations as much as five. you know the drill. take it easy. in the southeast more of the same. precipitation. not necessarily the snowfall obviously but seeing rain. it may -- i would say the nex

samsung's latest smartphone offerings.he galaxy s6 and edge also go on sale with them expecting record shipments for devices. reports suggest that the tech giant may be struggling to meet demand due to constraints on the phone's production. and the latest galaxy help a south korean firm beat it's silicon rally rival. we spoke to rory o'neill about the intense competition in the sector. >> what we spend our time doing is looking at the consumer patents in all of the markets and having smartphones across all of the segments. samsung has a broad portfolio. we produce great experiences and innovation for all. not just the premium end of the market. >> let's give you a run down of what to watch this trading day. march import prices are out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. they're expected to have jobs last month after gaining in february following 7 straight months of declines. a pair of fed officials are speaking today. the richmonday fed president. the dollar index is hitting a fresh three week high. yesterday we saw that 1% rise in the

>> before you slow your smartphone against the wall listen to this: a smartphone stands alone. here is the technical information this morning. >> the battle over smartphone durability. the latest devices from apple and samsung found the galaxy s6 was in first and iphone 6 plus was if last. >> and a dating app ca people to learn more before using this. >> how much would you pay for an old ipad? what if it monthed to pope francis? >> a priest put the tablet up for auction and it told for $30,000 $30,500 exactly. all profits go to benefit a local high school. >> good as going to charity. $30 the. wow. >> pope. those are the tech bytes. >> 4:50. step by step coming up the honor today for giant fan bryan stow and the recovery. >> impact that divorce can have on women's heart health. >> and checking out the embarcadero in san francisco and looking at the bay bridge looking fine a warm morning with weather and traffic up during the short commercial break >> an east bay little league team is hoping for donations after thieves stole thousands from the clubhouse. the league is also looki

you've seen a wave of new products coming out in the smartphone market will be users. cory: interesting that they would do this. i guess, again, this is selling hardware too. i thought that's what xiaomi have said is we're going to sell hardware with no margins. we will make it up by selling services and softwares later on. is that is portal to more software and service sales? hans: that's exactly right. it is interesting for the smart using who wants to have a better lifestyle and once you have more -- of the users through a variety of ganls, you can offer them more services on top of the. respect when are we going to so see these services? hans: on the phone, you're already seeing that. it becomes the gateway. there are apps that can be integrated and you will see that over time in the smartphone services as well. cory: i'm wondering about the services that will be xiaomi specific. a lot of the apps in the store are the same kind of apps that can be on a.c.c. phones and any android phones and their ability to customize android isn't clear to me. what are we seeing in

how listening to your smartphone can help save a life. scott budman. >>> maybe not as healthy as advertised. the feds crackdown on a popular snack. >>> on the peninsula, palo alto considering adding a solar panel requirement for all new homes. they want -- they won't have to have them but there needs to be enough roof space to add them later. they will consider the change next week. the term for the new houses is solar ready. another requirement would be a diverter valve so gray water from the laundry could irrigate landscaping. >>> a popular healthy snack might not be so healthy. the fda announcing several kind bars are labeled wrong. the agency says the peanut butter dark chocolate plus protein, the health bar here and four others have too much saturated fat to be labeled health imt: they're kind bars. if the company doesn't fix the labels, they may be ordered to remove from shelves. >>> some peninsula firefighters saved eight lives while trying to calm a frantic mom. a series of photos show the dramatic rescue of eight ducklings by the

. >> you can see people using their smartphones to get around the construction. he is visiting from france. >> seems like the uber is too much of a mess. >> reporter: eventually the car service found him in this mess. those who live in the area just want to get through the weekend. >> you're catching it at the beginning. so ask me on monday when traffic is a little bit of a mess this weekend. >> so i'm told all of this heavy equipment will be gone on monday, just in time for the morning commute. it will be back in two weeks for three days and then it will be back again on labor day. for another three days. reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl herd nbc bay area news. >> so practice run after practice run. for more information, go to nbcbayarea.com, you can find more on the latest on the traffic conditions. go ahead and click on that tab. now, traffic is continuing now after a shutdown most of the day. things were not back to normal until 7:00 p.m. this evening. the mess started when a ups delivery truck crashed near the san quentin prison. one of the big ri

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now one of the ideas that the smartphone might be able to be used in regions that have big earthquakes. >> this from before. that is exactly what your cell phone is good at measuring. >> reporter: sarah is with the u.s. geological survey and among those looking at a system to use smart phones to try and create an earthquake early warning system. >> the hardware on your phone is really good. shockingly good. it can detect movement and displacement with great accuracy. >> reporter: gps is just one key feature. another idea is crowd sourcing. literally uses

is, a smartphone upgrade cycle is two years.hink what apple figured out is the upgrade cycle for tv's is five years or seven years or 10 years. the tv, effectively, is fated. the tv will become a dumb peripheral for the smartphone. if you have a big tv nearby, you will use chromecast, one of these things, and beam to the tv. the tv will be the dumb recipient of the content. i think they think that is a low margin business that other people can pursue. emily: what is the future of elon musk? mark: obviously he will build the iron man suit. [laughter] i think it is obvious. obviously, in the suit, he will fly to mars. [laughter] so he has some work to do between here and there. there is basic inventions he still has to master. there are three guys, three founders who are really revolutionizing. we are a lucky industry. we have all these people who are incredibly well-known known and built these amazing companies. marc is certainly one of those. peter thiel, elon musk, and larry page -- you talk to them and listen to what they say

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a consume alert for tens of millions of smartphone users. something you may not know about the apple or android device that never leaves your side. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york. this is "nbc nightly news." >> good evening in baltimore at this hour. protestors on the move again. police keeping a very close eye on marchers in the street as they prepare to enforce another night of mandatory curfew there. we have been watching as a growing crowd of peaceful marchers have made their way to baltimore's train station, then onto city hall with a large police presence awaiting them. they're demanding accountability for the death of freddie gray. let's get right to the streets. ron allen is in the crowd. ron? >> reporter: we are in the middle of a huge crowd of young people. they're heading in that direction to city hall. this is one of several marches going on all day. in support of gray's family demanding justice. you heard the chant we heard in ferguson missouri. no justice, no peace. w

some more fun smartphones for you.also bringing technology. we have seven unique selling points. francine: i'm looking at some of the -- this is kind of like retro cool. is this what you are playing out? is this the anti-apple? >> we sell a lot of products like apple. they are a partner to us. i'm not sure they will sell our phone, but they do sell our accessories. i wouldn't say -- when apple make a phone, they look at a target of 50% market share. when we create this phone, we are looking at the niche market of people who like music. we are happy to take 3%-5% of the market. >> who are you developing the phone with? you have a prototype which i can't say. it will come out in august. where are you selling it? how many are you expecting to sell? >> we are targeting to sell 100,000 pieces in q3 and q4. it is very limited. we already sold almost 30,000. francine: this is on preorder? >> yes. and we have demand for much more but we don't want to flood the market. we want to be in that space. francine: smartphones are diff

if your smartphone drops or falls in the water, will it still work in the smartphone warranty companyed in san francisco tested the latest samsung and apple phone. square trick is the name of the company and it provided this youtube video shows phones getting a lot of abuse. a robot applying 110 pounds of pressure to bend the phone, dropped them from six-feet high and dunked them for ten seconds in the water. samsung did best however, i would still recommend you avoid dropping bending and dunking your phone. >> i drop my phone all of the time. i won't say which brand it is. >> it's still working. >> michael, thanks. >>> san francisco is trying out an old-fashioned solution to the ever-growing trash problem at delleres park. the city estimates it collects 7,000 gallons of debris on weekends. it set up what it's called an ecopop-up and it's a dumpster for ways that it can be composted or recycled. >> they'll be staffed by volunteers and we can help people really -- dispose of waste in a responsible way. >> there are tons of garbage every week and new recyclables are being placed look th

and of course who just happens to walk around with a video camerament now we have smartphones so youm a primitive camera from a window was abe to film what happened with rodny kingment i think things have changed overall. things have changed i think societally we are better off in ways that we could tick off. but when it comes to the relationship between the police and large segments of the community primarily the african-american community we are still at a very bad place. >> i think sometimes our relationship with police is fine, it is the police that seem to have a problem with us. we're not the ones going around killing the police officers. >> but now we can hold them accountable because we have smartphones so you can easily take a picture of your and film the cops beating somebody up. >> larry: while you are taking a dick pic there may be something happening in the background. >> we talked about this whole thing with thugs being the new n word to me the "n" word it's doing okay by itself. it doesn't need any help way new word you know. do you think that is true. is there coding

for the love of dog™. >>> next tonight, to the apps on your smartphone.ome of them listening to your conversations, perhaps steaming your personal photos? everything from those flashlight apps to the bible, even? here's abc's mara skichiavocampo tonight. >> reporter: smartphones used for much more than talking. 86% of the time we spend on them, using apps. bhu of but many of the most popular apps are actually designed to mine and sell your private information. it's what you agree to in the permissions, giving the app access to things like your location and what you're searching, so they can sell that information. sometimes they gain access to your contacts and spam the numbers. some free apps go even further. created by hackers, they imbed spyware with the sole purpose of learning your personal information, like credit card numbers and bank account passwords. almost like a trojan horse. >> exactly. we call these remote access trojans or rats. >> reporter: cyber security expert gary shows us how easy it is for crooks to steal personal data on your phone. h

this new program trying to get them back on their feet one smartphone at a time. q . >>> the right to organize, to form a union, and to assert what should be a living way all across the land, $1 a -- $15 an hour so we can make improvements in people's lives. think about it. all across the nation, for those of us like myself who live in the bay area who travel outside the bay area, we might go to a small town and we'll see that we're the only jobs that people have, that immigrants have that people have who are raising families is working at a fast food restaurant, aufb more than one. you'll see that they're going to college or that they're raising families. >>> you're listening live -- this is san francisco speaking to protesters rallying inside a san francisco mcdonalds. we were live when these protesters went inside about ten minutes ago. this is 24th and mission. there is also a police presence there. you can see one police officer right behind the supervisor. and this is part of the fight for the 15 movement that's happening across the country today. they're rallying for a $15 an h

the way i relate that is, right now, we spent hours a day on our smartphones.f the apple watch just takes one hour a week away of the time we spend on our smartphones, we are talking about tens of millions of hours of attention that is now being diverted to a new screen. we are on television, which makes money on attention through advertising. emily: you are on facebook for a really long time. how might the facebook experience be different on an apple watch? can it be game changing for a company like facebook? >> i think it can be totally game changing. i think it will take some study. the apps that are out right now are testing the waters. living with the watch for a week now, i know if i was back at facebook running a product team i would be 100% focused on how do i make the watch communicate to the closest people to me, my wife, my son or my mom. those are the things that make sense to come into an intimate space that is directly connected to your skin like the apple watch for communication. emily: you have been wearing it for a week. how has it changed your

gives smartphones to the homeless to help them with basic needs.the technology alliance runs this program, it is a public partnership with city bank, and google which donated hundreds of smartphones. so far 120 smartphones have been given to homeless people. they pay $30 a month to use thephones. these phones have special apps that alert them about job fairs, bad weather, social services, and even gives them a chance to apply for a job. >> i think that we can consider it as a very basic need for someone who is homeless. it allows us to put them on a level playing field with the rest of the world. >> they are working with three more nonprofit programs to expand the program to san francisco and to detroit. >>> the city of oakly will have its own police department. >> last night the city could believe voted to create its own police force. >> we're happy with the police services and everything, the prices continue to go up, and when they continue to go up we're not able to you know add more police. >> they are paying $8.6 million for its police service

the warning about your smartphone and some very popular apps. are they spying on you? secretly recording your conversations. and you'll see the moment our reporter's photo is taken right from her phone. >>> also tonight, take a look at this. the first gold bar recovered from that nearly $5 million heist. where it was found in america. and can you guess how much this one bar is worth? where is the rest tonight? >>> and the physical fitness test. could you pull this off? american daughters and the mission no one knew about until tonight. diane sawyer, standing by. incredible! i've been claritin clear for ten days. when your allergy symptoms start, doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. with powerful 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin live claritin clear. every day. you know, in any job any profession image matters. i want some gray...but not too much. only touch of gray uses oxygen to gently blend away some gray but not all for that perfect salt and pepper look. satisfaction guaranteed. just you and the look you want. just

well talking about smartphones, speaking of smartphones, apple invited a select group of developers to its labs in california to test their apps on the new apple watch before march's press events only uber and facebook can test theirs. most developers had to build apps for the smart watch without ever actually coming in contact with the device. >> here's an interesting story from over the weekend t smart watch is due to roll out in 9 countries from the 24th of april but would be customers in switzerland won't be able to get their hands on it until the end of the year. this due to an intellectual property issue dating back to 1958 according to swiss broadcaster rts. what else should they be watching out for when it comes to am this month. here's the run down. >> apple's investors hope the month of april showers them with greater returns. the tech giant stock is soaring up 15% so far this year. more than 60% over the past 12 months. the next few weeks will be critical in terming where the stock is headed. the action starts this friday. that's when the company starts accepting preorders f

the dirty details of just how many germs lurk on your smartphones and other electronic devices. nbc 10 with the findings. plus, the right i was and wrongways and wrong ways to clean your electronics without damaging them. that's this afternoon at 4:00. >>> and now to an update on a broke breaking story. a philadelphia woman charged with trying to help isis. prosecutores say keona thomas tried to travel overseas to fight with the terrorist group as recent as last week. according to authorities, a fighter in isis asked thomas if she wanted to be part of the martyrdom operation and she said the opportunity would be quote, amazing. she's expected in court this afternoon. >>> bill henley here with the final check of the afternoon weather. >> this view will not change much during the day. the clouds hanging in there, rain on and off. mainly light during the day. if we get heavier downpours, most likely this evening when we see thunderstorms, a chance of some thunderstorms, not a big threat during the day today. temperatures not bad. 62 degrees in northeast philadelphia. 60 in wilmingt

so far 120 smartphones have been given to homeless people in san jose. they pay democrat 30 a month to -- they pay $30 a month to use them. they can get alerts about job fairs and bad weather and can get information about jobs. >>> the falcon 9 had a success f.m. takeoff from from-- had a successful takeoff from cape canaveral but fell. reusing the boosters and it is set to arrive on friday with the supplies. >>> the final bird sickened by a strange gray goo on the shore lines of the bay will be released back into the wild. tonight we're asking why there are still so few answers. and that is our report today at noon. thank you for joining us. have a great afternoon. - [voiceover ] in this episode our planet is a land of extremes from raging forest fires to frigid fields of ice. ice. - yep - has that much power to carve stone. join me, philippe cousteau as we explore fire and ice on awesome planet. on planet earth, fire and ice co-exist in complex and interconnected systems often having a significant impact on one another even across long distances. for i

we have photo galleries you can check out by tapping on the nbc 10 app for smartphones and tablets. > now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well kind of a rainy day today. the temperatures are warm. so it's going to stay kind of rainy at citizen's bank tonight. warm with a threat of a couple of thunderstorms. so that is not going to be out of the question later on this evening, there is a chance we could see at least a few through the area. then the winds increase. mostly overnight tonight. but you will definitely notice it tomorrow. winds could be gusting near 40 miles an hour or higher in some locations. so it's going to be a really windy saturday. the entire weekend is going to be cooler than what we have basically seen today. and yesterday. but sunday is going to be a really good day. live look out at citizen's bank park right now. 62 degrees, cloudy skies. visibility down to five miles. so we do have some low clouds out there. but the rain has been kind of off and on today. that's how it's going to be as we go through tonight too. radar is not

you might want to shoot your smartphone after this next story. the free apps so tempt to go download. >> a lot of them are not only buggy but malicious and could be opening your smartphone up to hackers. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> smartphone apps make your every want or need a download away. according to a recent study, most of us spend an average of 2 hours and 42 minutes a day on our phones. it's not just for talking. 86% of that time is spent using apps. but you might be unknowingly opening a door to cyberthieves by downloading certain free apps that are actually designed to steal your identity, your financial data, even spy on you. experts say most free apps make money by selling certain personal data. it's what you agree to. but some free apps created by hackers embed malicious spyware or malware into these apps with the sole purpose of stealing your most private info and once this happens, your information even on supposedly secure sites like banking apps could be hacked. >> it's spying on you and it's spying on these other apps. >>

we think $100 phones and they are thinking $40, $20 smartphones. tom: they are not even in a market we perceive. they are in a separate world. you were in china a few weeks ago. is still there that separate pwhraof of tppding and manufacturing of a third world we cannot address? stephen: i think that is true. tom: did is back to your labor ash arbitrage. stephen: there is one that the market is domestic china and russia and emerging asia. the u.s. is certainly out there at some point in time for them to try to penetrate. but they have got a lot to do in the developing world first. brendan: to your point about developing world with smartphone makers the one from spain has a lot of wireless providers in latin america doing things we cannot think of in the u.s. one thing is pioneering smartphones that run the mazilla operating system but the network demand that apple draws on is so great that it is too expensive to run there. so we have a luxury here that prevents us from innovating for latin mark. tom: because the product is so cheap? brendan: they a

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