>> guest: well, if you think about spectrum as a are techie thing -- as a very techie thing, and what has happened this my search for getting people to use spectrum more efficiently, i've discovered all kinds of ways people are improving humanity. and when i look at what is going on in the medical community, we have the potential using wireless technology along with a whole bunch of other stuff, genomics and other things, to virtually eliminate disease. now, talk about objective that's a lot more real than trying to get, be more spectrally efficient. the one that really excites me the most is what's going on in education, and i've touched on that before. we tend in almost everything we do to treat people as classes. people are not a class, they are individuals. and if we can have an educational system that is tailor made to each individual and the example that i give when i describe how this could evolve is the way children play games today. i don't know if you two are game players, but these games are intricate,

>> you know that i am a techie. the engineering profession, the ability to do technology is not recognized because of the nature of what these assignments have been, these are in general not technically oriented people. that is not a criticism. they are expert in responding to the questions brought up. the fcc advisory council is more technically oriented. they are responding to questions brought up by the fcc. there are some committees on the fcc that are facing the fact spectrum problems. >> what about the verizon's and at&t? are they using spectrum efficiently or more officially than they were? are they looking at this issue as well or are they buying more spectrum? >> all of the above. they are using the spectrum more efficiently. they are operating businesses. they are trying to optimize in the environment the government is creating. that is why i don't fault them. i do believe they properly motivated 10 times better and how they use the spectrum today. they do not really need additional spectrum. the governmen

he was a techie. >>guest: indeed. everyone knows jesus was the son of a carpenter. they don't realize the greek word for carpenter is the word tech talk. it could be that we we will come to think of jesus as more than somebody good with his hands but was he more of a builder? more of a designer, more of an engineer? maybe we need to look not to the front of the auditorium but the back that person with or tape and a flashlight figuring out how to tweak things and fix them. >>host: are we idolizing technology? >>guest: i think when i allow it to be the first thing that i interact with in the morning and the last thing that i do at night, i have allowed it to order my day. the monks actually invented the clock as a way of ordering our days so that we would understand there is a time for work prayer, food. i feel like now we are allowing our smart phones to sort of dictate the hours of our day and i wonder if our relationship is a little too intense, our closest companion. do we need to turn it off occasionally, to take back the power in our lives, perhaps to power down

. >> host: are you a techie? >> guest: no, i got into tech journalism not by choice and found that i loved it. i do not particularly like gadgets in the sense of taking them apart or things like that. issues of cyber security. >> host: what was it about stuxnet that fascinated you? >> guest: it was multifaceted. it was unlike anything we had seen before. multiple ways of approaching the story that fascinated me ,, and finally to be able to tell the story of security researchers. they are brilliant and i have wanted to showcase the work and skill that is required. i wanted to highlight. >> host: so have offenses and defenses mechanisms to defend and attack become an industry in silicon valley? >> guest: not necessarily silicon valley. this is a burgeoning market for zero day in particular. there are boutique companies that specialize in finding zero day liabilities for the government, but government, but we also have the defense industry, raytheon and others. they have gotten into the digital realm and have teams

i wanted to make sure that together with our expert mary and legislators and writers that the techies showing up on the half of our government. >> talent is the whole ball game or a huge part of it. you watch the obamacare debacle from the outside. are there other lessons learned from that website thing that you are trying to implement now? >> i don't work on that but the u.s. digital services has spun up and they are trying to work systematically with each of the areas of the website. the american people should interact with the government through the kind of technologies we interact with generally. we want to be able to be as good as the commercial sector. we want the talent from the commercial sector to not only come in a leadership role but also to get a hold of the technologies for our services. >> i think you are with your head down and building products in silicon valley for the last 10 or 20 years of interesting -- but the interesting thing is to watch the wealthy individuals and companies and washington. when google was building purely virtual companies, gmail, when you talki

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. >> guest: you know i'm a techy. i think that the engineering profession the -- new technology is not represented adequately, certainly not on the because of the nature of what the assignments have been, these are in general no -- not technically oriented people. they're expert in responding to questions brought up. the fcc advisory council is more technically oriented. but they're also responding to the questions brought up by the fcc. there are some committees on the fcc that are facing the spectrum problem more directly but in my view, nobody is doing enough. >> host: marty cooper what about the verizons and at&ts. are they using their spectrum efficiently or more efficiently than they were ten years ago? are they looking at this issue others as well or simply buying more spectrum? >> guest: off of the above. -- all of the above. they are absolutely using the spectrum more efficiently but they're operating businesses and are trying to optimize in the environment that the government created, and that is why i don't

. >> the drug mule for the techie the future of smuggling revealed after a crash landing near the border. >>> fists flying in a basketball brawl but it wasn't the fellows. it was the ladies going at it. we'll explain. hasina muhammad. . >>> it took three weeks but stocks are surging and are now above where they started the year. all three major averages climbed after a plan to revive europe's economy was announced. the dow up 259, nasdaq up 82. >>> with tax season upon us the irs is warning of a scam that victimize ed victimized people in every state. they're demanding payments and threatening jail time even deportation. nearly 3,000 victims have already been scammed out of more than $14 million. the irs says it never calls people demanding payment. >>> the movie studio behind "shrek" and "kung fu panda" is downsizing. dreamworks will cut 500 jobs by the end of the year planning to reduce the number of films it produces from three to twoablely. one will be an original the other a sequel. >>> and on the movie kick now, the final numbers are in and "the hunger games: mockingjay part 1" pul

. >> and they are looking for locals to play vintage techies in the film. >> they are looking for guysexible schedules and combable length hair. >> it would be pretty easy to spot them. >> you want to be in the movies? >> here is your chance. >> the old school thermos. the one with the cup on top. >> absolutely. you had to have one. >>> it rained today. i have not been able to say that since christmas eve. it rained mid january 16th. first rainfall of the month. perhaps the last rainfall of the month. what is going on? let's see how much rain actually fell. up toward ukiah, it was rather significant. one-third of an inch of rain. a sixth of an inch for you in heelsburg. then we get close tore san francisco and it really tapers off. a couple of drips in brentwood and napa. that is it. and san francisco is still 0 for january. where is the rain tonight? the answer is way up by the california oregon border. that is where it will stay coming up tomorrow. overnight tonight, we will keep the cloud cover that will keep things mild. vallejo, oakland staying in the 50s . concord, 47. san jose,

. >> this feature is a state of the art kitchen and office space that is perfect for techies.evelopment is billed as a self-contained community where residents can walk or bike to work. that is a rarity in l.a. unlimited yoga, pilates and skin classes. for children, a tech focused school. melissa: here now are the stars of b elliott dollar listing los angeles. thank you so much for joining us. i want to dig right in. one of your tips, priced to sell. you get a lot of resistance for that. >> it is all about the hot market melissa. there are a lot of buyers out there. it will sell for the price it is worth and it will sell fast. you have to be ready for that. in this market, it a move faster than you think. >> you say get it sold quickly. it is all about the price. >> the sooner we call the business deal web days on market, the more you have, the less appeal there is to the property. you want to have the least amount of days on market as possible. it is not ready. you need to have a price correctly from the beginning. you will get more for the property that way. it has been on t

so high fend security jeans designed for the san francisco techie. simple, stylish, movable.costs $168 for now. as the demand grows, so does the price. not all the pockets have that shield. you can tell which ones do by the yellow stitching on the front and back pockets. don't stick your cell phone in those pockets because it will block the signal causing your battery to brain. >> i think the beauty of this idea is within its system policety. you don't have to change your habits or lifestyle or bring another gadget with you. it is just pants. >> reporter: keeping comfort and style in and hackers out. >> when you put your wallet in your pocket, you can be certain that nobody out there is going to be able to get at your data. >> reporter: cate caugurian, kpix5. >> keep your hands off my data. orders will start shipping next month paul. >>> oh wow. >> you ever sense the future is now? >> the future is right now. >> and the future of weather is? warm? >> yeah, right now. yeah. happening right now. >> we are going to go in the past first. i don't do this that often. show you the h

stabilization when noise reduction and wider field of view taxing camp cost about $500 this is critical techiehere both are getting smart small smaller and smaller this gadget is call the rain is like unhip high-tech magic ring that lets you waive your favor and control your phone with gestures. the ring works via an application that allows up to 23 jester's and assigns them to task on your phone and not coming up will also interfaced with home appliances and devices over infrared all week i will be bringing you highlights from this year's show so keep to the kron 4 morning news or visit our website i kron-4- dot-com >> pam: ahead tonight at 8 in alpine tragedy to u.s. ski team hopefuls or killed in an avalanche. new detail several other skiers to survive. once dry waterfalls are flowing again in the bay area. where you can see them yourself and will top four richmond father about his teenage daughter who he says is being held against her will. >> reporter: are we finally done with these cold nights all have an answer coming up. for over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long a

. >> but it's a bureaucratic process negotiated by the league and the techies. from nfl films sits in the sidelines in this little booth. he has a computer where he manipulates the images, captures the images and press them on a laser printer and hands them onto the coaches. but now it is all done digitally, sent to the surface where the players and coaches can work their magic on the sidelines. the players come off the field. they have the mh -- they have the image taken before the snap and after. they can make the adjustments compare it to other plays make whatever notations they want to make, and throw the thing either in there or on the ground for nfl use. but this is only a taste of what the technology could do. the league limits the use of video of different camera angles. microsoft is already planning for more next season. >> the nfl players and coaches are giving us feedback. they want more. they want video. they want to be able to put their playbooks and it. >> the san francisco 49ers in an nfc championship, you need to know what to do. i think that rea

. >> brandon is a techie. he loves playing on his tablet playing on his ds. a lot of times i come over we play angry birds on the ipad. he loves playing with electron electronics. >> reporter: he currently lives in a foster home and would do well in a home with structure and guidance. >> i think bran done would do well in a two parent or single parent home. he needs structure and routine. he needs it to know things are consistent for him with his schedule and day-to-day activities. >> reporter: the ideal family is patient and loving. they will be able to advocate for his needs. >> they need to be patient with him. it's going to be an adjustment for him when he does move into a new home, a for of home but i think if you give him patience and guideance he will succeed in a family. >> reporter: brandon is ready for his forever home. >> i think he's a great kid. he deserves to have a family. >> reporter: brandon is this week's "wednesday's child." >> sponsored by the dave thomas foundation, go to our website nbc10.com can and search wednesday's child or call the

. >> yep, it has gone from a wholesaling, mainly textile to a more of a techy residential neighborhoodtill have could be he will extend out front. >> we love it. >> yes. >> well, thank you very much. >> appreciate it. >> appreciate all of the coffee and everything else. we will head over here and look the at coffee and mckenzie. he will summit up. you are a customer. how long have you been coming here. >> about a year good what do you think. >> i love it, best coffee hospital in old it is i. great coffee, yes. >> they have been around for 30 years. mckenzie will make me coffee. tell me what you want to bring back. >> january 15th. >> yes. >> chris, great job. >> this is a you tube sensation, i swear to you, he is getting close to 19 million views. there he is, he is from our area great guy, he is in our studio, come on out. >> there he is. >> hey, are you ready to shake it off. >> i'm ready nice to meet you. >> great to meet you. >> hey. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation

definitely undercuts everybody when it comes to electronics and gadgets, videogames, kind of the techieo you can definitely find great prices on amazon from that. walmart is definitely the home foods, things that you buy for your home. gerri: well, that's interesting. take a look at a couple of examples here. let's show routers. if you have a less popular router walmart undercuts amazon. >> right. gerri: and so 56-43, versus almost 40 bucks. for more popular router we're showing right now, amazon has a lower price by far, 119 bucks versus 144. sound like so interesting amazon gives sharp pricing to those electronic rises that they know their customers really want right? >> well exactly. so they analyze their core products and they see what people are searching for consistently and undercut their competitors prices on those products. in so doing they make it seem like everything on amazon is a better price. so that is driving consumer expect expectations. >> i always expect walmart to have lower prices because they have every day low prices for so long. let me give you that is a example

200 birds have been taken to the international bird rescue center in fairfield covered with a gray techy substance. more than a dozen of the birds have died. the first birds were discovered on friday and every day since then volunteers have been finding more birds covered with this goo and a lot of them were already dead. >>> silicon valley rolled out a royal welcome to special guests. sweden princess victoria and her husband prince daniels visited the computer history museum. they want to learn more about in orderric. >> even though sweden is a very small country, and we are just 9 million people compared to the size of california it's crazy, we feel very valued and work together to move forward. >> sweden has joined forces with norway, denmark, finland, and iceland to build a resource center in palo alto to help nordic tech entrepreneurs. >>> time is is 5:24. pope francis now telling us more about his travel plans for the rest of the year. the pontiff just came back to rome after visiting the philippines. he says he will go to avery a south america, and the united states before the end

. >> i wait for my techie friends to get it and then i try to frigid with it and decide whether i needf those. two wrists two watches. >> we will double fist it. >> thank you very much. >>> with the flu becoming a dangerous and deadly epidemic how could the current vaccine not be able to protect you from the most commune strain of the flu? >>> how will news scandals affect congress to get something done? we'll take a look. ♪ fifty omaha set hut ♪ ♪ losing feeling in my toes ♪ ♪ nothing beats that new car smell ♪ ♪ chicken parm you taste so good ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm ♪ thanks. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ the schelp then the spill. now the scrub and the second guess. finally, the rewash. or you can make it easy and do the pop with tide pods. the first 3 in 1 laundry pack. it cleans, brightens, and removes stains in one step. tide pods one step to an amazing clean. >>> welcome back to "weeken

which high-tech items are next to tank, what is showing in the techy crystal balls for the future.oining me to battle it out is mash as mashable tech analyst christina warren and jess kimball. good to have you both. we're going to transition, awwww, did you have to dig into the doefk find it? >> i did, i didn't know where it was at first. liz: what does that tell you? >> it says this was destined not to be a consumer product not for now. liz: a consumer product, and everybody got excited about it, started thinking about how to buy them, they were expensive and then invitation only, and then you have the parade of people, including some people here at fox business, just to show it certainly, that put them on, and there it is. >> and that was the problem, you put it on and -- >> it's beyond nerdy. >> it's kind of terrible, kind of terrible. when jon stewart did an entire segment on it, one of his reporters went on the street and interviewed people who had it, you know it was going down. >> it was brilliant. if you went to advertising agency, they would charge you a billion dollars. a

it's like heaven for techies. the consumer electronics show going out right now in vegas.wcases what could be the next big thing. we showed you the latest wearable technology. let's check in with liz claman. liz. liz: gerri, i'm checking with my polar wristband how many steps i've taken in the first day alone. 10,400 steps because this is 2 million square feet of space in a total of vegas 15 miles of show space. we want to show you some of the gadgets that we've actually picked up and seen and said this is cool. we think gerri would like this one. this is called the stella clutch. it looks like a clutch purse. has space for your lip gloss and mirror. why is this at the consumer electronics show? turn it around. it's a wireless speaker. see that. play whatever you want. it is bluetooth and $149. then this is called the ishower. do i need to explain what this is? it'sit's a device, goes in your shower. it's bluetooth. hooks up to your phone. talk to people on the phone while you you're in the shower. it's $100. and finally, take a look at this, this is called the proton pron

we buy the latest gizmos because we're geeky techie snobs the economy is still shaky while at apple theynd gal do the world news polka ♪ hey! >> you know when you go to heaven you get a harp. when you go to hell you get an accordian. >>> this morning on "world news ♪ >>> this morning on "world news now" extreme weather. icy conditions sending airplanes off runways. the latest winter storm bringing more snow to the hard-hit northeast. >>> facing justice. as four teammates get ready for the super bowl, a former new england patriot is on trial for murder. the dramatic first day in court for aaron hernandez. >>> tough questions for a former nfl player who appeared fit and able-bodied in the reality show "survivor." he claims he's in constant pain and deserves disability benefits. >>> humor homecoming. eddie murphy goes back to the stage that made him famous 30 years ago. the big occasion that took him looking for laughs again. that's in "the skinny" on this friday, january 30th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning, everybody. glad you could spend som

so we bring techys in, we get away from it a little bit in peacetime. and what really we need to have technical people at the table. the united states digital service, the presidential innovation fellows who are white house fellows, who redesign ppinging and front end and back end, embedding them in government. that's not to say that government should build everything. that would be not good. we should have our amazing off-the-shelf products from tech hosted products, we should have things that we contract for, custom, but there needs to be a person in the room who speaks that language. you don't want to go to a meeting in a foreign language and rely on the other side's interpreter. you won't be confident of what you know. and bad things can happen. and in this case we want to have tq people technical people in the conversation on our side when we're doing contracting, or someone helping architect solutions who's thinking about customer service the way jeff bezos and his team would. so that's exciting. the other part is open government, which you guys s

. >> brandon is a techie. he loves playing on his tablet playing on his ds. a lot of times i come over we play angry birds on the ipad. he loves playing with electronics. he's good at navigateing them. >> he lives in a foster home and would do well in a home with structure and guidance. >> i think brandon would do very well in a two-parent home or single parent home, but he needs structure and routine. he needs to know things are consistent for him with his schedule and day to day activities. >> the ideal family is patient, and loving. they'll also be able to advocate for his needs. >> i think to be patient with him. it will be an adjustment for him when he does move into a new home a forever home. i think if you give him patience and guidance he will succeed with a family. >> brandon is ready for his forever home. >> i think he's a great kid. he deserves to have a family. >> brandon is this week's "wednesday's child." >> and if you would like to make brandon's dream come true the dream of any wednesday's child, sponsored by the dave thomas foundation, go to

so we bring techies in. we sort of get away from it a little bit in peace time. and what really we need to do is have technical people at the table. the digital service, the presidential innovation fellows, which are like white house fellows who are technical who design thinking on front end and back end, embeding them in government. that's not to say that government should build everything. that would be not good. we should have our amazing off the shelf products, hosted products. we should have things that we contract for custom. but there needs to be a person in the room who speaks that language. you don't want to go to a meeting in a foreign language and rely on the other side's interpreter. you just don't really -- you won't be confident on what you know. bad things can happen. in this case we want to have the t.q. people in the conversation and on our side when we're doing contracting and work, or someone who's thinking about customer service the way that jeff bezos and his team would. so that's exciting. the other part of that is, of course, open governmen

. >>> techies are gearing up for the consumer electronics show underway in las vegas. thousands of companies will show off their new gadgets and tech trends and this year we can expect more items to make our homes smarter like light, heat and ovens that turn on automatically, 4d televisions, center tvs and curved computer screens. >>> some encouraging news for gamers, sony said it will often a 10% discount code for purchases in the playstation store sometime later this month. >>> dozens of dogs rescued from becoming dinner overseas are on their way to alexandria tonight. >> stephanie ramirez will bring us that story in a bit. >> plus congress gets back to work, the battle the republican controlled legislature will likely wage against the president coming up. >> reporter: a maryland soldier is laid to rest at arlington national over 20 years 31 million students started college, but didn't complete a degree for lots of reasons. at devry university we believe there are also lots of reasons to finish. so we help you maximize qualifying credits you've already earned. so you

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. >>> well, techies will be flocking to vegas today. it's the start of the consumer electronics show. >> reporter kara tsuboi has a preview of the latest gadgets in las vegas. >> reporter: the newest techs being unveiled at this year's consumer electronics show is smart, connected and often times quirky. >> you can see here, we have a printer. >> reporter: wearables are making another big showing. expanding beyond fitness trackers by leaps and bounds. the vet sensor tells you how high you jump while the temp track adhesive thermometer resembles a band-aid. wearables aren't just for tracking fitness but also for safety. this cycling jacket as a built- in mosquito sensor when you go to signal it will let drivers know you want to turn left. appliances and gadgets for your home are getting a high-tech upgrade from a digital tape measure by e-measure inc. >> i can have this measurement here. >> reporter: to a smart baby bottle that helps babies not take in air when they feed. >> probably going to see a lot of smart garden products and smart

i'm sure there are middle-aged techies that are wonderful. i don't understand how someone can be in north korea on the other side of the globe and do something on a laptop that affects the grid and something you can't see and can't readily sense and you don't understand the mechanism is always more frightening, whereas physical security at least i understand it it's frightening, i understand you have to be in the physical proximity of the grid to do something. it's a little better understood threat and it is a threat as well. what we did last year was for the first time mandate protections for the most important parts of the bulk electric system when viewed by their ability to lead to a cascading outage. more physical protection so we want to make sure while we're worried about the 21st century threats we don't forget the old-fashioned threats as well. >> this questioner just passed up a question that said should fighting climate change be part of ferc's central mission? >> i think i said in response to couple questions ago if congress change

for true techies there's this, the tilt energy bach. it's $200.d has three ports two for phones, one for charging a tablet. the cables run to lined compartments that keep everything protected including your laptop. >> good stuff. finally at 4:00 one cute pup is proving the life of a dog isn't all that rough. especially if it consists of a multi colored ball pit. this was a bull dog's first ever encounter with such a thing. he didn't know what to do with himself. not one but two pits of ball heavy 15. jumping from one to another was so contagious catching the attention of his friend who you see following him. i think that's a jack russell and the entire internet. >> and then there were no balls left in the pit. >> no, there was none whatsoever. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 today. now for shirleen allicott, alicia vitarelli adam joseph and melissa magee. i'm brian taft. shirleen and i along with ducis researchers back for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> see you tonight >>

>> the difficulty with cell phones today is they are aimed at techies. i want to have a cell phone that anticipates my needs. it may asked me a few questions examines what i do -- brought examines what i do and tailors itself to my needs. the latest phone i have is a motox, i am not promoting any factory, but they have some features that are moving in that direction. when i cell phone, it becomes a camera -- i my cell phone, it becomes a camera. we are starting to move in the right direction, baby steps, but i appreciate those things. >> marty cooper, thank you for being on. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought you as a public service by your local provider. >> on tomorrow's "newsmakers," chris van hollen thoughts about the democratic agenda. as the top democrat on the budget committee, the docs about efforts by the gop to change a repeal the health care -- or repeal the health care law. >> mexico postmaster general -- next: postmaster general patrick donahoe discussed the future of the postal service and how they are

he's a techie guy who thinks about things i don't think about. >> it might look unsafe, but a lot ofion has gone to make it very safe. >> cluster ballooning has come a long way since it was first attempted in the early 1930s. kent's lawn chair is outfitted with all the gear he'll need to survive a long trip. from a gps system so his ground crew can track him, to an oxygen tank so he can breathe above 13,000 feet. and lucky for us, it also includes cameras to document his voyages. but in preparation for breaking his record, the most valuable tool for couch is the experience he's gained from his earlier attempts. like this white knuckle flight in 2007. >> in that '07 flight the wind would shoot me one way or the other. it was a little bit treacherous air. but fatigue got to me on that trip because i had a big old parachute and it was bumpy. my back was killing me. and i was running out of ballast. >> ballast is any weight that improves stability. couch prefers to use water. >> he gets down too low then he drops water out so he can go back up. then when he gets too high, he pops a coupl

this is from sir techie. this is the media button.tton is a way to control your tablet or smartphone so that you can play tunes, control the volume. but keep the device in your pocket and you can either -- it comes with a stick on for your dashboard or put it in this holder that is also in the kit. put it on the steering wheel, carriage auto you can control it without taking your eyes off of whatever you should be doing. >> i hate the feeling when you are running. >> looking down and that's under $30. this is called charge a leash pro. last year we had the charge a leash. what that is as you are charging your phone n the hotel, you are running and packing and you unplug it and if you forget to unplug it from the wall after 30 seconds, it starts beeping. then i said to the people who made it what if you want to keep using the charger. so this year they introduced a snooze button. so you touch it. the next time you plug it in it will reset itself. this is great at the airport. if you are plugging it in with 100 other people, if someone

it is also time to go techie. the clearest recollection of davos men and women keeping social media distant. that is what the kids do. that is so over. it is profound -- the changes we have seen in social media over the last three years. let's call it the social media affect. there is no one better to speak to then david kirkpatrick. he is the author of "the facebook effect." the social media effect is profound. >> you are right. it took business a while to digest, the landscape has shifted because of social. every company has to engage in social. in order to be successful. >> the word you use is instrumentation. they were trying to synthesize but you and others have written about. -- what you and others have written about. >> what we are really moving towards is a society where people are connected to each other, but things, the internet of things, the intelligence is shifting to the edge of all parts of our world. everything is getting connected. the world is a world in which we have signals coming from all sort

techies from around the world will be hoping to create buzz about their lives innovations.a week trying to make google glass happened, again. "in the loop" post betty liu joins us. >> why is that still around? this might be the year, part my language, that the glass-holes go away. [laughter] in the last few month, who has heard any news about google glass at all? this was supposed to be the big wearable that everyone was going to be walking around in. for allow, people were walking around with their google glass. >> may be in silicon valley, not here. >> even though it wasn't a wide consumer product, there was some pushback. the restaurants that band google glass. >> restaurants, just people started to feel -- even gregg harper, who is going to be joining us, told us that he was wearing them to several corporate meetings in the beginning. were asking him all about it they were very intrigued. but as he kept wearing them, he started to feel uneasy like you was getting dirty looks. he started to feel like a glass-hole. >> that's good news of their natural restraints on social

stuart: but presumably, you could go out there and find a very overqualified techie who'll do your dirty harass somebody like this couldn't you? i mean, you could do it if you're one of the bad guys. >> yeah. this service is not technically new. on the dark web there have been web sites that are selling hackers for hire for years. now this is just a very pretty, brand new like you said craig's list-looking site where you can go and choose from a plethora of people that are offering these services. stuart: could any one of our viewers who is not necessarily technically oriented could they go out find a nasty hacker, harass somebody using that hacker and not get found out themselves? >> well, technically yes. now, this, of course comes back to if that person gets caught. so you could go to that site you can go there and you could search, browse some of the jobs that are being asked for, like can you hack into my girlfriend's facebook page, hack into this e-mail account and if that person takes the job that company acts as escrow, money is exchanged, nobody knows who did what. that ip addre

my husband is a techie.talk or i would have to do something techie, wouldn't really work. so we were talking earlier this morning, it grabbed my attention about u2 frontman bono. an update on his condition, 6,000-word message. >> that's a lot. >> right? at least he's sharing. it's been more difficult than i thought. it's not clear as i write this that i will ever play guitar again. the band has reminded me that neither they nor western civilization are depending on this. but i have to tell you i was really surprised. i didn't realize it was that bad. >> when it first happened, we thought, oh, that's a sort of one-off story. he took a spill. then the details started coming out. he started talking about going to the hospital and waking up with his humerus sticking through his leather jacket. it was a serious injury. he has basically a titanium elbow now which might prevent him from playing guitar. i guess he got some ribbing from the edge and others. the planet will continue to spin. >> another part, he says.

my husband is a techie.alk or i would have to do something techie wouldn't really work. grab mied attention about u2 frontman bono. an update on his condition, 6,000-word message. >> that's a lot. >> right? at least he's sharing. it's been more difficult than i thought. it's not clear as i write this that i will ever play guitar again. the band has reminded me that neither they nor western civilization are depending on this. i didn't realize it was that bad. >> oh, that's sort of a one-off story. he took a spill. then the details started coming out. he started talking about going to the hospital and waking up with his humerus sticking through his leather jacket. he has basically a titanium elbow now which might prevent him from playing guitar. i guess he got ribbing from ezzy edge. the planet will continue to spin. >> another part he says. you do get to the end of it you probably are the same on painkillers. did i mess it up? same pain killers as me. >> it was a long statement. >> the point is, he was talkin

for as beautiful as a winning combination another person their supports the same i love you so much techiemessages and for being a role model this started that movement to encourage other women to celebrate their modest number of essays in a matter of the size. >> gabe slate: is a popular map have owned by google to let people say real-time traffic in this sense it is a back of a accidence is a user generated application then is the report where the police are and let other users know where they should not speak or read of a lost some seven firms across the country in the los angeles police department are asking ways to remove that feature because they feel is a way to track police officers and put them in danger. police across the country are on edge after december execution-style murder of two nypd officers the cop killer behind that as mayor bradley posted on this is a gram a screen shot from were some police officers work. >> gabe slate: areas in the police reporting they feature however not every loss for the agency is worried about this feature is kind of hard not to see more officer

techie were alerted and smaller and smaller this gadget is called the rain is like a high-tech magicrol your phone with gestures it were to be an application that all of the two to three gestures and assigned the task of your phone and upcoming hope will also lead to control the finances and devices over and foreign. >> reporter: also unveiled is the sony walkman the yellow casing it is back now with a big price tag then not to the conference was so special about this and wide eyes price tag it plays music at the super high- resolution meeting this town is more lifelike than your cd in the three or extremely media file a lot of people have been talking about this new walkman here's a look at some of those one person is saying the news on what will fail is too expensive and not appealing to the primary user buyers my 16 year old son and the presence is serious question on the right man will buy $1,100 on a walkman i cannot comprehend that. another person agree it may consider releasing a 1000 walk man is to release a soup of hand- held pc model on the pst a lot of people share the sam

. >> silicon valley is techy system kind of gets a bad rap about people making money to make themselves rich. what have you learned at your time that can help us to understand what we can do more to contribute? i know you worked with bill and melinda gates and they've signed the giving pledge to give away most of their money in their lifetime. but what about the average tech worker? well off but not super rich? like the people in our audience, what can they do? what can we be expecting them to do to donate and volunteer and help? >> all of you can very quickly look at your triple bottom line. it's something i talk about a lot. that the day you start your company you can understand, yes, how it's going to be profitable but also how does it impact the people on the planet? most entrepreneurs are going to be a long time before they can write a check and that's ok but their technology might have an application that can save a life that can advance the work of a community around them whether it's here in san francisco or it's in a refugee camp. and you would be surprised about all the soluti

[laughter] the difficulty with cell phones today is they are really aimed at techies. and i want to have a cell phone that anticipates my needs may ask me a few questions but actually examines what i do and responds to that and tailors itself -- sounds like a familiar view point? -- to my needs. so the latest phone i have is the moto x. i'm no promoting any manufacturer, you understand. but they've got some features that are move anything that direction. so when i talk my cell phone out and wiggle it, it becomes a camera. when i just take it out and look at it, it tells me what time it is without my doing anything. we're starting to move in the right direction. these are just baby steps, but i appreciate those kinds of things. >> host: marty cooper thanks for being on "the communicators." paul kirby, as always, thank you. >> c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> here are a few of the comments we've recently received on the 114th congress. >> the thing that really nee