." >> steve jobs has always been the enemy of the stol job. he always understands that -- of nostalgia. he always understands the future demands sacrifice. apple's best-selling product a few years ago was the ipod mini. it was awesome. steve jobs was doing the keynotes. today, the ipod mini is no more. do not take it away. i give you the ipod nano. yea! it is everything i wanted. and i am going to lose its even faster now. >> what did you get in that clip and what do you think of steve jobs? >> i am talking very specifically about the fact that he does something that almost no other ceos would actually do. he has an incredible ability to cancel something, to throw out the past and move forward with the future. people have a hard time doing that. part of his ruthlessness is being able to detach that way. even before the market is ready for it, he is ready to move on to the next thing. that captures a lot of what i think about steve jobs. i admire him a lot. he has been responsible for three fundamental shifts in the metaphor we used to see the

. >>> steve jobs does damage control over news apple can track your iphone. the company is releasing a new iphone today. bob redell is in palo alto this morning. good morning, bob. >> reporter: the one they are releasing today looks like this one here except it's white. the white iphone four finally going on sale today. delayed several months. initially, it was supposed to come out july last year. apple didn't want to disrupt production of the black with a white iphone. the material is slightly different. there's production problems trying to figure out how to get it not to interfere. they wanted to make sure there was uv protection. it sounds hokey, but it's the truth. should you get the white iphone today or wait for the iphone five that's rumored to come out for the christmas holiday season? if you can, it may be worth the wait based on the rumors we are hearing. the iphone five according to speculation, parts orders say there would be a faster processor which would allow for you to have more powerful applications. the home button you see now is an actual

we'llook at this in the >>> apple's ceo steve jobs is contributing to a book about his life. jobs' biography will reportedly be called isteve, the book of jobs and will be published in 2012. walter isackson has been worked on the job since 2009 but confirmed its publication today. he has interviewed jobs, members of his family, colleagues at apple and competitors. many biographies have been written before, but not with his permission. the 56-year-old jobs has been on leave due to health complications since january. >>> for steve jobs and most of the other very rich americans, april 15th could be the best tax day in 80 years that is if those folks don't like paying taxes. the top tax rates on income dividends the states and gifts are at historic lows despite debates about taxes being too high. according to bloomberg news, the top 400 tax paris have an income tax rate of 17%. compare that to a person who makes $15,000 with an effective tax rate of 25%. as warren buffett likes to point out, because most of his income is from dividends taxed at 15%, his tax rate is far less than p

an online campaign to hold its employees accountable. >> steve jobs is denying reports that the iphone 4 tracks location of its users. in an e-mail conversation, the t track anyone but google's android phones do. they recorded the location data and track the user. there is no evidence that apple collects that information. government agencies and a number of countries are looking into this including u.s. lawmakers who are calling for an investigation. >> today is the sixth day play station users have been unable to log on the network and download information. users trying to access the service have received a message, an error has occurred. they say they are working around the clock to bring the network back on line what it calls an external intrusion. company now says the service should be completely back up  >>> today at 3:00 on 7live. one the most requested features on facebook and then at 5:00, men with muscles. a new study shows how weight lifting pays off for men with high blood pressure. we've got more stories and more at "abc 7 news" at 5:00. >> o

steve jobs answered in three short sentences. yes they do, we do not track anybody.irculations of rumors are false. they believe that this is a real message. and other apple news and imac? perhaps you should hold off. the '95 is shown that america becoming to apple as soon as next week according to the buyer's guide. from desktop computers is due for an upgrade, soon. and also nintendo is going to launch an accessory to the wii. it will demonstrate prototype of the new wii and los angeles june 7th. nintendo is dominated video game consoles games since 20 06. with the launch of microsoft kinnect, the wii is starting to show its age. >> new, free, software upgrade for the knock from barnes and noble packed full of features. this update makes the color reader more like a tablet. with this update to the e-revo barnes and noble is heating up with temblor's. now a competitor to the ipad or the android with-heating up with the tabloid. even rival during the google entered system. with changes to the nut ability to download and run popular applications like angry kurd.at 5:0

and authorize book about apple ceo steve jobs is on the way. when it's due to be released. >>> the jury continues to deliberate the fate of home run king barry bonds'. we will tell you about the testimony they plan to take a closer look at today. >>> good morning, if you are driving in marin county we will tell you more about the morning commute and a look at the forecast. >>> good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at the top stories we are following for you right now. the water could be off in one berkeley neighborhood for up to eight hours today because of an over night water main break. it happened here on shattuck avenue. look at the bottom of your screen. water gushed out for an hour. >>> san francisco police searching now for this missing elderly woman. this is 89-year-old keu thang. she is 5'2" tall with brown eyes and gray hair. later today we will get the details of the budget bill that prevented a government shutdown over the weekend. already democrats are saying the $38 billion in cuts went too far while some republi

. >> and what steve jobs is now saying about tracking concerns. create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. >>> ready, get set. >> president obama on the lawn of white house. record 30,000 people participated this year. easter bunny joined the president and first lady michelle and melea and sasha. this year's theme -- get up and go named after michelle's program. >>> obviously great weather and it's coming this way. >> we are definitely getting warmer weather. i'm not sure we'll get warmer let's take a look outside and show you what is going on. as far as earlier today, right around city hall, people had the umbrellas out and rain coats as light rain was falling. it continues to fall. it's been about .08 inch and delays at sfo about up to 66 minutes. check out flight tracker at abc7news.com. where else do you want to go today? let's head down to the south bay breaks in the clouds but scat

. >>> steve jobs has finally said okay. coming up, details about the project some thought would never happen. and also ahead, the next step in video games, making them sound as good as they look. and the penalty women are now facing for wearing a burka in france. that's next. >> and hi, everyone. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. the clouds are starting to move in across the bay area. we have our eyes on a cold front up along the north coast, and it will bring us a chance of sprinkles tomorrow. we'll look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast#t#t#t#t#t#t#t >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> at this hour in japan, there are somber observances marking one-month since the devastating earthquake and tsunami. the nation stopped about 30 minutes ago at 2:46 p.m. local time for a moment of silence. that's the moment a 9.0 earthquake hit on march 11th. the disaster killed as many as 25,000 people in northeastern japan. >>> a delegation of african leaders plan to meet with rebels tomorrow to push a roa

. >>> time now 5:52 a new authorized biography about steve jobs will go go on sale next year. it's called the book of jobs. written by a former top executive. he has been working on the steve jobs biography for two years. he interviewed steve jobs, members of his family and colleagues at apple. there have been many written before but not with his permission. >>> time is eight minutes to 6:00. they were helpless and watched in horror. new information about a deadly weekend boating accident. >>> what to do with the scorched forrest of lake tahoe. >>> a washington state man is dead after crashing his boat over the weekend. it was all caught on camera. still photos show the accident as it happened saturday here on lake lawrence. investigators say the 56-year- old lost control of his hydroplane at 86 miles an hour. the man died a short time later. it's not clear if the crash killed him or if he drowned. >>> commuters that rely on the city of vallejo bus may have to get ready for changes. tomorrow the city council will vote to replace two weekday fairy trips with bus trips. they incl

says the fed plans to keep interest rates at record lows for an extended period. >>> apple ceo steve jobs is denying that the iphone tracks its user's movement and then stores the information in a file. in an interview with the wall street journal jobs says, quote, we get consent from users if we are going to use location, or we don't use location. as for the file, apple says it helps the phone figure out where it is. the company says it is working on a fix so the data isn't stored for more than seven days. >>> an east bay ice cream shop had ice cream for a deep scoops event. they stood in line for scoops at baskin-robbins. it was part of a nationwide effort to raise money for the national fallen firefighters foundation. it was worth the wait. >> cookies and cream for a good cause. you can't beat that. >> at a good price too. >>> well, wooy have a string of beautifulful -- beautiful days coming along. >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> you will need the ice cream. it is getting warm in the inland areas. temperatures on the comfortable side. we have 50s, antioch 61 degrees. a c

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i steve the book of jobs.rding to the book publisher famous biographer isaacson hack working on the book since 200 2009.so who is this man jobs look behind the curtainth former top executive at cnn and "time"magazine written best seller about franklin and einstein. >>> and as we continue tonight off the california coast. navy fire as laser gun ignite ago ship on fire on purpose. is this the future of naval warfare? >> plus the honor and heroic on the front-line of afghanistan. ♪ when he tries to use his miles. ♪ that's a lot of red tape! step on it! [ tires screech ] ♪ i can't escape the red tape! now you can with rapid rewards! come on! [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ or...you can get all this. for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. and no red tape. kfc's $5 everyday meals. 5 meals, 5 bucks. choose from one of the colonel's favorites, like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink, ju

. >> does steve jobs know this? has he seen your monologue? >> i think he knows. >> when you go to the theater, you give the people the e-mail address. >> i do. steve jobs has a long-running policy that he responds to email sometimes. so, yes, i give his e-mail address. i tell people to write to him about their experiences in the theater. and if they have questions, ask apple to be open to them. he has responded to a large number of people who have written to him about this. a number of people have forwarded his responses to me. his principal response is, well, basically it is, i do not think mike appreciates the complexities of the situation. i think it is a fine response. it recognizes to some degree there is a situation. somebody from apple wanted to talk about the complexities of 12 year-old putting together a electronics, i would be happy to listen to that conversation. >> there is a list of companies that you list, foxconn, amazon, apple, samsung, sony, acer, why did you not give up your apple stuff if it bothers you so much? >> if i giv

steve jobs is doing pretty well created the i pad certainly it's made life more efficient for americans but the i pad is produced in china it's not produced here in the united states so the chinese take advantage of our first american first amendment value. bet is to provide freedom of speech to the i pad to the american people but there is no protection for jobs here in america to ensure that the american people are being put to work. yes congressman steve jobs and apple are doing very well you see apple is a multibillion dollar company and yes the i pad is made in china but the technology was developed right here in the u.s. apple has over fifty thousand employees worldwide and the company it won't release the total number of u.s. employees but it's believed to be more than twenty five thousand jobs based right here in america but congressman jackson had more to say about this i pad and its job killing ways. a few short weeks ago i came to the house floor. after having purchased the i pad and i said that i happen to believe mr speaker that at some point in time this new device which i

for the smartphone makers don't have much to say about this issue in fact when a consumer emails steve jobs about privacy issues relating to the smart phones jobs just took a jab at android see if we replied oh yeah they do track we don't track anyone info circulating around is false so absolutely no help there from steve jobs and as for android users bloggers have been a ranting about this issue all week and many are writing it as soon as road users start their phone for the very first time they're asked if they want to enable. location services on their device and other words toward users of essentially allow their phones to be tracked and out the back of the real issue at hand here which is privacy now that we know why our personal data is at risk because capitalism i think it's time that we amped up our efforts to protect what scraps of our privacy we have left but then again we're all addicted to our smartphones so i really just don't know how we're going to win this one. so how do we now have an exact date for when the age of america is going to end that's what analysts are saying aft

they have sent letters to steve jobs asking how and why this is happening. he hopes to have an answer by may 12. >> in sports the a's gets shut down in seattle. the sharks continue their explosion tonight. would it be enough to take a 3- 1 lead in their playoff series against the los angeles kings? highlights next. [ alarm buzzing ] another victim of frequent flyer red tape. [ tires screech ] seat restrictions got him stuck in a vicious circle. it's just not right! i keep earning miles, but it seems like i can never use them. the all-new rapid rewards doesn't have any of that nasty red tape. here he comes again. let's set him free! [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads, hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact, work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.99 and unlimited data for only $29.9

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steve jobs came to the defense of his apple iphone and worries it follows your every movement. >> scott mcgrew you said apple needed to take this head on. >> it has. jobs conducted phone interviews saying iphone doesn't follow you. we are going to expand on that thought in a moment. before that, kyle from south park will show the controversy. >> apple stuff is neat all right. i just don't want a big company tracking where i am at all times. >> that's a rumor. they don't track you. >> here he is. hello, we are from apple. we are ready for you now. >> ready for what? >> the agreement. >> 83 pounds. the blood work. >> hey, you can't do that. >> you agreed we could take all the blood we needed. a window popped up asking if you agreed to terms and conditions. you clicked agree. >> meanwhile, back to real life. steve jobs talked to reporters and apple posted a statement on their website about them tracking you. it keeps a written record about wi-fi networks you pass by. we have known that for a long time. apple admits the records are too big. the information is kept too long and says it will

. >>> the secret world inside steve jobs and a look at the box office, coming up. >>> we are looking at the south bay. 237 looks all right here. you can see it to the right. smooth flow of traffic. a wider view of the south bay commute and >>> monday morning, gotta love it. we are just getting ready like you are. it's 5:21. a look at the golden gate bridge. gosh, nobody is up this morning. 5:21 as i mentioned. very, very early. service reductions that cal train is hoping to avoid as they struggle with a budget deficit. they put off a vote on service changes after scraping together enough to avoid drastic cuts. they are trying to find $3.5 million to keep operating as usual for commuters. wednesday, we will get an update on whether they have found what they need to to keep commuters smiling and the trains moving. >> it's light at the golden great bridge. where is everyone, mike? >> they are hope watching us. good stuff. well done, folks. there will be more folks on highway 4. it's the worst bay area commute. we talked about that. we have a smooth flow off the antioch bridge. the real

, at least the version of steve jobs that he wants you to know about. e first authorized biography about the ceo will be released early next year. the book is called "i, steve, the book of jobs." he'll have interviews with jobs, his family, colleagues and apple competitors. >>> if you have the choice of when to face a judge try for first thing in the morning or right after lunch. a new study shows that's when they are most lenient. 1100 rulings by israeli judges considering parole, at the beginning of a session and after meal breaks about 65% of the rulings favored the prisoner. the chance of a favorable ruling declined to near zero boy the end of the session. >>> a mountain view-based drug company says it has a bill that will safely help people lose weight. federal regulators have asked the pharmaceutical ovie vast for data on the drug called que necks a. que necks a is made up of fenter min used for short- term weight loss and top oh max used to treat migraines and seizures. it was part of another drug called fen fen that was pulled off the market in 1

>>pam: health frankgovernors are asking steve jobs why is this happening?ing an answer by may 12th. >>pam: horizo for riseverizon hd their profits. with the addition of iphone. they are experiencing new profit gains with the new sales of iphone subscriptions. >>pam: this problem started overnight at amazon data center. more news coming up

(no audio) >> that was steve jobs last year unveiling the i phone 4. >> pam: finely after months of delaysn the white iphone part is in stores. gabe slate visited stores for look at how it's being received. >> stanley: i can't believe i'm holding it in my hand. www.snowbomb.com. it has been like the moby dick of the text of >> gabe: world. everyone has been wondering when it was coming out. apple repeatedly delayed the release. apparently making it a different color is not as easy as it seems. i went to several stores, no lines, no customers came out with one. ask the start, each said they have solved a handful. but for such a high product this is the latest apple product release ever. will it sell that? i don't think so. i met the chesnutt star, you can see behind me, the table is empty. respecting the new i phone and a couple months. i think most people will wait for that. wifi it now when i phone-five is coming out soon? >> it is on sale to apple's website, for rising, at&t. same price as the black iphone 4. to enter dollars for 16 gate, a two-year contract. -- to under dollars. 16 date

next year, look for steve jobs biography. he's written about albert einstein and ben franklin. >> it's an authorized one. interesting. >> i used to be able to bench press laura but that's a different story. >> what is, that you can't do it anymore? >> danger, danger. that's the end of the show. time to go to commercial break. >> we are going to the "today" show, thanks for joining us this morning. local news update in a half hour. we'll see if i'm still around. ♪ one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. mm! america runs on dunkin'. i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i

. >>> a new authorized biography about steve jobs will go on sale early next year. it's called "the book of jobs" written by walter isaac son, a former top eck ecktive at "time" time magazine and cnn -- executive at" magazine and cnn. >>> we just checked with east bay m.u.d. and it will be at least another couple of hours before service is restored to 30 homes after a water main broke in berkeley. east bay m.u.d. says a 6-inch water pipe burst around 2:00 this morning on shaddock near angeles avenue. residents say they woke up after hearing the gushing sound of water outside their home. it took about an hour for crews to turn off the water. >>> we now know the lineup for this year's outside lands music and arts festival in san francisco of the three-day event will be held between august 12th and 14th in golden gate park. it's the fourth year for the festival and this year's headliners include fish, arcade fire and dead mouse. other top acts are john foggerty, the black keys and -- john foe gertty, the black keys and tickets go on sale on thursday. you can go to ktvu.

steve jobs takes a 1 salary. his bite of apple shares is worth $1.8 billion. yaho yahoo!'s carol bart -- >> they should be paid well but i don't think it should be worth an excess of millions while other people are getting laid off. >> i think it depends on how the company is doing overall. >> reporter: agree or not, the perks go way beyond cash. google can park two helicopters and six jets at nasa's airfield. it's special treatment that allowed these people to fly to tahiti and a wedding in montana. >> when mark herd was ceo, he had tax planning fees paid for. like he can't find his own accountant? they know if you think the perks are outrageous. >> reporter: they are finally getting their say. public companies are required to give a vote on pay. social media is changing the landscape, too. >> go talk to other shareholders about it. yahoo! finance message boards. tweet about the stocks you hold. now, you at least have a say. >> i think we should have a say. >> i think it's important to voice my opinion. >> reporter: the laws should go further and make the vote binding. >>

. >> steve jobs is not writing a book about his life, but he's contributing to one. it will be calls isteve. they have been working on the book since 2009. he talks to jobs, members of the family and competitors. this is the first one that actually has jobs' blessing. i's sure to be on nicole's list. she is live with the rest of the news before the bell. good morning, nicole. >> i'm already preordering it. how did you know? futures are higher this morning. it's a happy monday for investors. they don't seem worried about the latest earthquake to hit ja p pan. oil prices hit 113 buck as barrel overnight. we are watching gold at another record high today. asia marketed started off in the red. no big economic data but this week is full of it. we have retail sales, the trade deficit, manufacturing and deficit. alcoa's result and the down falling to recap down. the nasdaq was down 15 to 27880. the pain at the pump. prices continue to march higher. the national average rose 19 cents in two weeks to $3.76 a gallon. it's a record high that was set in july of 2008. there are c

steve jobs has finally given his seal of approval to a new book about his life.eve: the book of jobs' is slated for release in early 2012, marking the first time that the apple ceo has participated in a biography. isaacson, who has been working on the book since 2009, reportedly interviewed members of jobs' family, his colleagues at apple and, of course, the man himself. he's are reinvesting biographies of such when franklin n. albert einstein. weekend box office, and made a copy the good news for russell brand is that his animated comedy "hop" remains the top movie for the second- million. the bad news is that his new live- action comedy "arthur" could not jump as high as "hop." the warner bros. remake of dudley moore's 1981 romance about a rich, drunken man- child finally learning to grow up, "arthur" was a distant second with a modest debut of $12.6 million, according to studio estimates sunday. opening close behind at no. 3 with $12.3 million was focus features' "hanna," the tale of a teenager trained as a killing machine that stars cate blanchett, eric bana

i think will rock the world because everything is steve jobs as introduced has changed the way we thinkf things. i would buy it, i can advise other people to buy it because it's has such a great run. >>catherine: " just ask you this yesterday. >>rob: was i here yesterday? yes i was here yesterday. oci'm keeping my toupee on >>catherine: this is your second you know, should i hedge the market and clarify for some people what that means? >>rob: i go by silver that the head away of caught playing an asset class are giving money to somebody else where they give you something in return to protect for the downside. i don't think it's colder silver, they just have an amazing run. it's a play on the weaker dollar, as long as the dollar is weaker, if i were to hedge would i telecom and utilities. third defensive stocks have massively and performed in the last three years. everything this else is up double or hundred percent, the kind of like chicken stocks when the economy goes bad and they're great place to hide. >>rob: come out and see me in person you're allowed to touch me or hit me with a p

. >>> and apple founder and ceo steve jobs has finally agreed to participate in a book about his life. simon and schuster will publish the book early next year. other books have been written about jobs but not with his approval. >>> a push to prohibit smoking in even more places. >>> it is a safe haven for a smoker that has been denied the rights to smoke literally everywhere else. >> the places now being targeted by california lawmakers. >>> parts of the midwest pummeled by tornadoes. how this twister leveled most of one small town. >>> clouds are gathering. we could be talking about rain. we will let you know when coming up. ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. 5 meals, 5 bucks. choose from one of the colonel's favorites, like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink, just 5 bucks. 5 freshly made today. 5 for 5 bucks every day. so why get a sub, when you can get a whole meal -- any day? in the last three weeks. the lundbe tional average is >>> it appears gas prices haven't

cruze drivers can take their cars to a deal for a free safety inspection. >>> apple founder and ceo steve jobs finally agreed to participate in a book about his life. simon and schuster will publish it next year. other books have been written about jobs but not with his approval. >>> a south african golfer is the new masters champ. 26-year-old charles schwartzel won in augusta yesterday. he won by a couple of shots with birdies on the final four holes and birdied 18 to win it all breaking up a six way logjam including tiger woods. for the tournament. he was 14 under par and this was his first major championship. your husband was glued to the tv? >> of course. >> that and the giants game. >> lots of good sports yesterday. >> it was a good sporting day. >>> the royal couple making their last public appearance before their big day. >> just about an hour ago, prince william and kate middleton stopping at a small community in northern england. some 2,000 well-wishers turning out. they have one more stop later today and then all of it is about the wedding preparations, the wedding set for april 29 a

bill clinton, obama, howard schultz, steve jobs. that is the way we are wired. it is in our dna.eople think it is all about digital technology. it is not about state of the art technology. it is about state of the heart technology. we have 40,000 years of oral narrative. we are wired that way. it is in our dna. that is what we call upon we want to move other people to action. we do it intuitively all the time. we always tell people stories. story is not the icing. it is the cake. it is the way it works. people will not become john grisham or nelson mandela. but if they can take 12 strokes off of their game, success and failure are close together. if you can just move that meter 10%, you can have great results. tavis: 1 impersonal pet peeves. one of my personal pet peeves is powerpoints. everyone ries on it. it makes you lazy. i am looking at the screen so often as opposed to talking with you. talk to me about how it is face- to-face with people that you connect when so much of what we do is this until -- digital presentation. >> you are right. you can ask some of the most powerfu

. >> reporter: steve jobs only takes a $1 salary but apple reimbursed him $248 thou,000 jee gift in 2009. his shares of apple are worth about $1.8 billion. carol bard didn't have to pay the lawyer who negotiated her deal. the $110,000 bill went to yahoo! >> they should be paid well but not in excess of the millions where time are getting laid off. >> if they are profitable, then i think it's acceptable. >> reporter: agree or not, there's no denying the perks go way beyond cash. google can park two helicopters and six jets at nasa's move fit air field. critics say it is special treatment that allowed them to fly to ta heat ta and gavin newsom's wedding in montana. >> mark hurd hads had tax planning fees paid for. >> reporter: owen thomas has spent 15 years covering silicon valley's ceo. >> say no if you think the perks are outrageous. >> reporter: he says shareholders are finally getting their say. public companies are required to give them a nonbinding vote on pay and social media is changing the landscape, too. >> go and talk to other shareholders about it. yahoo! finance message boards

several lawmakers have sent letters to apple's ceo steve jobs demanding answers as to why people are being tracked. this latest development comes amid an ongoing federal investigation into how mobile apps handle users' personal information. >>> a warning now for women on the pill. what new birth control seems to do that the old kind doesn't. >> and a free perk at starbucks. what the coffee chain is giving away free today but there is one catch. >>> i'm mike sugerman. two words: homemade peeps. like you're not going to stick around after the commercial to see that. >>> and we have plenty of clouds in your skies right now. yes, there is a chance of rain for the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,, i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo

. >>> steve jobs has agreed to participate in a book about his life. simon & schuster will publish the book. it is written with his approval. >>> now been one month since the massive 9.0 earthquake and tsunami ravaged japan. almost 15,000 people are still missing. japanese troops continue searching through the rubble. how they are creating a powerful portrait of the devestation. >> reporter: the photo album once cherished now sits neglected above a sea of carnage. faces look up from the debris. happy smiles that have no place in the new reality of northeast japan. boxes of memories by the side of the road wait to be claimed. crews sifting through the debris are still very mindful of photos. every time they see one they put it to one side then take it to the shelters. in one shelter a gallery is being built to display the photos found. wedding photos. class portraits. intimate family moments captured on film. some of these photos will never be claimed. finding a photo of his friend. a friend who is still missing. he calls to his brother to say he has fo

now i give great credit to steve jobs, what he did with the iphone because he defined a platform that many companies are still trying to catch up and to emulate and the ipad after that. so we've really had three hip platform definitions in a row which is truly amazing. it's tribute to his foresight to develop computer projects. where do these go in the future? better and better and you'll have things like better speech understanding and game play and and jerry remy decontaminations that come to you instantly as you move around. i'm excited about pla that platform and i've got a couple initiatives working on products for mobile. >> rose: what? >> well, they're not announced yet so i'm not going to go into detail. >> rose: if you look at everybody in silicon valley and you look at just in terms of the 21st century, steve jobs clearly has to be number one, doesn't hi? >> he is a an amazing genius at defining these new design points for platforms. in the book i talk about a discussion i had with them between having a two-button mouse which was my preference and him very intentlyinsisting

>>> coming soon to a book store near you, the authorized biography of apple ceo and founder steve jobsand the book of jobs will hit store shelves early next year. other books have been written about jobs, but not with his approval. >>> prince william and his bride-to-be made what is expected to be a final public appearance today. charlie d'agata says that the royal wedding clock ticks down, we're learning some of the names of the 1900 invited guests. >> reporter: it is their last official engagement until they walk down the aisle. with less than three weeks to go, prince william and kate middleton are not showing last- minute jitters about the big day. the couple visited northwest england to open a school and launch an award for an educational charity. fans stood in torrential rain to get a look at the royal love birds. one woman said prince william told her he hoped he wouldn't be responsible if she got hypothermia. the skies cleared when the prince and his bride-to-be visited a park, trying to shake hands with just about everyone who came to see them. their wedding guest list also sh

. >>> watch out for a steve jobs biography early next year. he's agreed to cooperate on a book. it's by best-selling author walter isaacson. he's already interviewed the 56-year-old jobs, his family members, and some others. >>> bernie madoff is not the first person you think of when you want advice on business ethics. but the man responsible for the biggest ponzi scheme in history tells "the new york times" that's what two top business schools are asking him for. harvard and northwestern deny it. he says he's spends a lot of time in prison reading danielle steel romance novels. >>> "hop" was number one at the box office for the second week in a row. it earned $21.8 million with easter just two weeks away. in a distant second place, another russell brand film, the "arthur" remake. "hanna" was right behind arthur. >>> when we come back, new tornado video in our news room. >>> is a serial killer outsmarting the cops because he is one? >> scary story there. >>> also, a 21-year-old was set to win the masters until a disastrous final round. full highlights coming up. a disastrous fin

steve jobs insisted the company does not track its customers; it merely records the locations of cell towers and wifi hotspots. some can be 100 miles from the iphone and its user. coming up next from london, when william met kate. >> couric: back now from london. the wedding of prince williams and caut middleton at westminster abbey is the happily ever-afterinding of a fairy tale and of course every fairytale has a beginning. >> i turned bright red when i met him and sort of scuttled off, being very shy about meeting you. >> couric: not exactly proper protocol when meeting a prince. english girls learn early on they must curtsy and practice their greetings. >> good afternoon, your majesty. >> couric: catherine elizabeth middleton-- kate, as she's called-- was born on january 9, 1982. the eldest daughter of carole and michael middleton was raised in the upscale village of bucklebury, refined but not regal. >> on her mother's side, they're made up of coal miners and road sweepers. and then, on there father's side, you've got the land of gentry and solicitors. >> couric: kate attended th

. >> reporter: steve jobs only takes a $1 salary, but apple reimbursed him $248,000 for his jet. the $90 million gulf stream he gorst as a gift in 2009. and his bite of apple shares is worth about $1.8 billion. yahoo's carol bartz took in $39 million in 2009, and didn't have to pay the lawyer who negotiated her deal. the $110,000 bill went to yeah hooites-meursing. -- went to yahoo. >> well, they should be paid well, but i don't think it should be in excess of millions while others are being laid off. >> i think if the company is profitable, then i think it's acceptable. >> reporter: agree or not, there's no denying the perks go way beyond cash. google can park two helicopters and six jets at nasa's moffatt airfield. critics say it's special treatment that allowed these three to fly to tahiti and a wedding in montana. >> mark hurd, when he was here with hewlett-packard before he got booted and went to oracle, had his tax planning fees paid for. >> reporter: the daily dot editor has spent 15 years covering silicone valley ceos. >> they know if the perks are outrageous. >> reporter

apple's ceo steve jobs insists the company does not track its customers, it merely records the locations of cell towers and wi-fi hot spots. some can be 100 miles from the user's actual location. jobs did admit the information is stored for up to a year but says that is due to a software error that apple plans to fix. >>> meantime, the long-awaited white iphone 4 goes on sale today. nearly one year later than promised, apple says making the white casing for the phone was more challenging than first thought. it will sell for $200 to $300, depending on the model. betty, i'm sure a lot of people will be looking forward to getting that, finally. >> absolutely. all right, ashley joining us live here in new york. thank you. >>> straight ahead your thursday morning weather. and in sports the wild shots were flying as the spurs try to stay alive against the grizzlies. [ male announcer ] there's a place where everyone feels at home. where the company, the conversation, and the food make all who enter feel welcome. a place that feels as warm with a crowd... as it does with just a friend. it's a pl

. >>> this morning, at least two lawmakers are sending letters to apple ceo steve jobs to find out what the company does if anything with data collected by iphones and ipads that track the owner movement. privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from apple as to why the hand-held mobile devices are secretly collecting location data on users. security experts say there is no evidence that the cupertino-based company has access to the data. >> it's not tracking. it's generating a data to facilitate certain operation on the phone. there are certain laws in the country that would prohibit someone from tracking somebody through a cell phone without any other kind of court order. >> the security expert says it's easy for an iphone user to turn off the gps tracking function on their phone if they want to. earlier in week, researchers released a report at a technology conference in santa clara questioning how much privacy a smart phone user surrenders by carrying the device. 4:38 on a friday morning. say that again. it's friday morning. time to check in with mike for a look at the forecast. mike

. >> steve jobs has finally agreed to by graph. it won't be out until early next year, i steve, the book of jobs. they have been working on the project for years and interviewed jobs and his family. this will be the first authorized book about jobs' life. there are several unauthorized titles including one by jeffrey young and another one that jobs was not happy with. >> if you play video games you probably noticed all the voices come from one location. some people consider that as a problem and there is new kind of surround sound. now a new drive. >> in video games, 3-d has made tremendous progress on the screen but not in headphones. gamers like to chat with each other while playing online. and surround sound does not work for player voices. surround sound in a game is great but what is not great when you are playing with your buddies and everybody sounds like they are all in the middle of your head. new technology is working to change that. >> multichannel voice chat in a game. >> so right now, voice chat comes out of the center

he e-mailed apple ceo, steve jobs. jobs did reply back, saying, quote, we don't track anyone.he info circulating around is false, end quote. but jobs did say, the competing android smartphone does keep track of its users. but still no response from google on that matter. questions with all that. >> a lot of people watching that issue. keep you posted on that one. >>> when we come back, new wedding details from london. >> good morning. will and kate fever has gripped london. and shoppers can't get enough. i'm diana alvear at westminster abbey. i'll have all the latest on the royal wedding, coming up. >>> and on top of that, an iraq vet survives a frightening freeway crash. you won't believe the video. we'll be right back. pooches and puppies, we are fed up with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we

. >> darya: apple ceo steve jobs has agreed to participate in a book about his life.obs. it will be published in early 2012. he been working on the biography since 2009 he's interviewed jobs, apple's competitors as well. he's written a best-selling biographies for benjamin franklin and albert einstein. jobs have had numerous health problems and announced january that he was going to take his third lever absence in seven years. we should be able to get a really good look into steve jobs as life, something really no one knows anything about. we will be back in just a minute. i-steve i get it all and steve. [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. 5 meals, 5 bucks. choose from one of the colonel's favorites, like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink, just 5 bucks. 5 freshly made today. 5 for 5 bucks every day. so why get a sub, when you can get a whole meal -- any day? today is a kfc day. and today tastes so good.