i think the changes at microsoft are very positive. ange is good here and he's going to bring a fresh perspective and probably exercise some demons some -- some have not been willing to do in the past. >> you have to wonder if he will make some tough decisions. some people have said microsoft should split it consumer and enterprise businesses in half and make them two separate companies. what will be the biggest challenges for him going into this? >> you are raising one good topic, which is thinking about all the business units and undertaking a very thoughtful analysis of which of those businesses are truly strategic? time tol take a little figure out, so i don't think we'll see any moves in the first couple of months. but perhaps more important than that is notice how he used the word excitement at least three times in that short clip that you have. energizea need to re- the community excitement around microsoft and microsoft assets as a platform, whether that is xbox or their cloud to form because microsoft is the most successful of

can he inject the change microsoft needs? >> if you look at what he has done, he's done a phenomenal job and brought a vision to the cloud part of the business that moves them on a trajectory to be relevant on the third platform and be relevant in a cloud- enabled world. there is no perfect candidate here and to john's point, that's why this search was so difficult. they were searching for a candidate who would be a well- rounded woman or man who could manage all aspects of the business. at the end of the day, they had to go where they felt the person would take microsoft in the future and that is to the cloud and third platform. that's what we are seeing here. it's an acknowledgment that microsoft is not going to be the company we have known them to be in the past. >> a little bit of a safe bet. i want to bring in our guest from seattle. i know you're close with some of the microsoft executives. what do you think of the choice of satya nadella? >> i think it's an excellent choice. i think i've shared that on your show before

this has to do with a senior executive at microsoft. >> this is the biggest question around microsoft -- who will be the next ceo? bloomberg news has learned the board is prepared to make him the next chief executive. withhas been a long search the microsoft board of directors looking at inside and outside candidates. person thinking a lot about the future of enterprise and has plenty of smarts in terms of where the country needs to -- for the company needs to go. but another important part of the story is the possibility of bill gates stepping aside as the chairman of microsoft -- bear with me so i can explain what that would mean. the leadstanding is independent director who has been helping to lead the search for the next chief executive could step into the role of an executive chairman. a lot of people have looked into the possibilities of microsoft ceo and looked at big-name candidates outside. there could be a question of the tablehe bring to in terms of being able to run such a big company? the possibility of having john thompson as this executive may satisfy some who have conc

i can just imagine people in the united states wanting to use the microsoft or other servers outside the united states. this is becoming -- unmanageable. and my suggestion is at this point that we look for alternatives and that section 215 so far as i understood before the president spoke was something the white house was considering abandoning. the president didn't abandon and gave three options. one that has the most appeal to me which he didn't explain carefully is tagging data so you can actually find needles without having to have the haystack. wouldn't that be better? wouldn't that be reassuring to people? at any rate, i want to commend

was the active in steve ballmer's idea of one microsoft? >> he certainly got him up within the recent reorganization. this process,out when i looked at the different candidates, i have seen the different visions of the future of microsoft. in satya nadella -- alan mulally's name was bantered about, for instance, this was the guy to come in and solve the corporate albums of the divisions battling themselves. in nadella, you have a guy who has really been focused on an surprise. what microsoft is really struggling with is a post-pc world. their entire business has been developed on the back of windows. microsoft office, a dominant product, develop a cause of windows operating system monopoly is so powerful. now you have a world where the entire computing industry has gone away from the pc -- >> he is a cloud guy. >> a cloud guy. as a result -- and in a price guy. microsoft recognizing this is more likely in the future. >> is it more betting on enterprise and stuff like that versus no one else wanted the job? it took them an long time to come t

the ceo. a lot going on at microsoft. chiefave only had two executives. satya nadella would be a third. >> what else are we watching? abouthave talked emerging-market routes. now we have the numbers. out of exchange traded funds in the month of january. that is the single biggest month of exodus of money from etf's since 2005. mobius says that the ride will and and people will return. employment andn chicago purchasing managers, we will have you -- we will have that for you later today. that in mind, we look to see whether the equity markets in europe can get any kind of reprieve from the battering they have had. and they have. the heart of europe is rising. things are looking a little bit better. i want to frame the month for you. it makes for interesting reading. u.k. lost over three percent of its value. paris lost just under three percent. a record high and decline by nearly two percent. in the month of january, it was down in the periphery in italy and in spain. banks were the best performers. where did they perform the best? down here. italy and spai

speculation that alan mulally maybe the next ceo of microsoft. ulation, officially telling the associated press that he will stay at fort through 2014 and he will not be going to microsoft. i want to bring in cory johnson. sounds like that is it. said he islways happy with his job. if you pay attention to the has very muchame been in conversation as someone who could be the next ceo. when i say in conversation, i do not mean emily chang and cory johnson. i mean the board of directors. they have been actively considering him as a potential successor. it is a really important piece of information. he is walking away from this. or was told he is out of the running. it suggests a lot about the future of microsoft or suggest something about how they will compensate this person. it is worth noting that alan stocky has over 900,000 on invest in a microsoft. he would leave over 900,000 shares of ford on the table. a company like microsoft would the to pay him for that to tune of $15 million just to walk in the door. >> right. like microsoft has been havin

the microsoft board is planning to name a new ceo after a long search to replace steve ballmer. she is the head of the cloud and enterprise group, so what will microsoft look like and what is the future of the company, especially if bill gates stepped down as chairman? in jon erlichman and corey. y. cloudhas run these businesses which are the future of computing and microsoft has had success growing these businesses when they have not had success over the last 15 years with the great exception of xbox. the other thing that you get , this is anadella guy who is a microsoft guy, has been for more than 20 years, 22 years, in fact. and he is a technologist in the same way that bill gates is. he is likely to think about product first, how to sell it second. he does have some of those same top 50 fortune ceo relationships. so he does satisfy the multiple roles the company has. >> he has been there since 1992. jon, talk about what is going on with the board. john thompson has been leading the search. how did he become a potential replacement of bill gates as potential chairman? this is

the cloud. so it's microsoft's efforts to gain more traction in the cloud. that was one of the factors that helped the software giant this quarter. tyler. >> money from the cloud, pennies from heaven. sima, thank you very much. >>> microsoft though has a lot more than just earnings to focus on, including a pending $7 billion hardware acquisition and the search for a new chief executive officer. josh lipton has more. >> reporter: as soon as steve balmer announced last august that he would step down as microsoft's ceo, investors started to focus on who would replace him. >> whoever comes in is going to have to choose where to focus. >> reporter: walter pritchard, citi's software analyst, says the issue for microsoft isn't so much about a person but rather a very important product which accounts for about 30% of the company's profits. >> i think at the end of the day whether it's an insider or outsider they face the same set of challenges, which is a company that's sort of increasingly losing a grip on the core what built the company, which was windows. >> repo

the rise. i wonder whether that pushes things -- he said he would say at microsoft the matter what. no clarity on who will be taking over. microsoft does seem to be more.ed more. -- reaping isevenue increase for 14% not bad for a company that is a giant in this industry. much.n, thank you very theloomberg got in on google party in davos. looks like no one at this party is opting for the early-morning panel. that's why no one turned up today. to watch people -- it is mean to watch people dancing without a drink in your hand, the morning-after. we will take a short break. coming up, the: brothers and brothersin -- the coen and press again with a new movie. ♪ >> welcome back to countdown. i might barton -- i am mark barton. --anna an edwards edwards. davos but start out in -- let's start out in davos. what do you have for us? ipad.put it on the german]g >> he believes there is a leadership role for the united states. he does not think he will get a fair trial. security and phones are the background of some of the talking. i have been asking executives whether they have a blackberry or i

the real engine with microsoft is the industrial side, so to speak.he relationships with origin medium-sized organizations providing the kinds of powerful tools they have for decades now is the heart of the business. it is one that must be protected well and i think microsoft has .one a good job of that on the other hand, there are consumer activities they could not help but get into that are powerful forces. they need to manage both very well. if you take another company like the blackberry folks, rim. and forgot it was the heart soul of their business and they tried to act too much like a consumer product. they did not do a good job managing both sides of the street, so to speak. don't forget that industrial side. >> the board member running this is they want to make a decision in the early part of this year. what is going to truly narrow it down? >> one of the biggest challenges they have faced in this search, they have reached out to some .ig names, if you will steve ballmer laid out the strategy. if you are the visionary coming in to say you're g

the eu. >> microsoft find its head in the clouds. the tech giant prepares to make satya nadella ceo and bill gates could be out as chairman. broadbandgs in more customers with his free scores channel. good morning, everybody. you are watching "the pulse." we are live from bloomberg's headquarters. show, acoming up on the royal collection. we give you insider access to the es-ever cartier exhibition. >> touchdown for kate upton. why this year's super bowl ad could be the priciest ever. >> david cameron and francois hollande our meeting today at an air base near oxford. ryan is here with the latest. we know that they are having lunch in a pub, which is what we want to know about. should we talk about that? >> e.r.a. allowed to know they are having lunch in a pub, we aren't not allowed to know which pub. historylk through the of this cooperation. these are two countries that post-house agreement, said they will operate on military affairs. >> that original agreement was inked back in 2010 between sarkozy and cameron. hollande arrived la

the former microsoft ceo. went wrong?think is this a personality thing, or do the numbers just not look good? >> i think there is a realization that things are not that rosy in regards to the business. if you look at the display revenue being down, 31% of their revenue comes from microsoft supplying the search engine. most of their value is in alibaba stock. a company that is frankly in a lot of trouble. they are really struggling. the issue is the core model. dated company, and they haven't resurrected it. >> is part of the question, it is not clear what yahoo! is? >> it is the collection of things rather than one mission. >> if you go to their finance site, it is eason. if you go to the sports site, it is fine. there are many alternatives. >> how do you think this reflects on marissa mayer? she has made attracting tough talent a big part of her focus. how does this reflect on marissa mayer? higher top-d to notch people, but we are waiting for them to put a business model on the table that creates real excitement for yah

up, the search for the new head of microsoft. >> has that ever hit your vision in the future of goingrosoft full-time? >> [laughter] ♪ >> the four he was a philanthropist, ill gates founded one of the most successful companies ever, microsoft where he remains chairman. how involved are you on a day-to-day basis with microsoft? >> i am on the board. the board is doing some important work right now. the foundation is the biggest part of my time but then i put part-time work in to help as a board member. >> are you involved at all or how involved are you with the search for the new chief executive? >> the board is working on that. nothing new to say. >> we had the fortune of having the mayor comeback to this company and we are happy to have him back at bloomberg. bill, has that ever hit your vision in the future of going back to microsoft full-time? >> my full-time work will be the foundation for the rest of my life. doing that.i are i get to do it in depth. i am not going to change that. i will help out part-time. >> mike, tell me how you think. in the 12 years you have been in public o

bill, has that ever hit your vision in the future of ever going back to microsoft's full- time? my full-time job will be the foundation for the rest of my life. melinda and i are enjoying it. i will not change that. i will help out part-time. >> that was betty liu with the founder of microsoft, bill gates, as well as the founder of bloomberg lp, michael bloomberg. he was a little bit away, not totally straightforward about his role. you think that categorically made it clear he's not going back? >> he's got other purposes in his life right now which he highlighted. i don't leave he's coming back at this point. >> what does that mean? >> wall street wants an outsider, someone that can come in and shake it up. everyone is hoping that you can find a leader that has gone to one of those companies to potentially come back. >> he basically ran the google plus. >> he was one of the platform evangelists so his name has been brought up. we think the best chance on the inside is nardela, in the cloud business. he's gotten the server business back on track. he can probably do the best job

we were also looking for a vendor that was or could help to guide us through the microsoft ax, software and help us identify how the authority should structure its processes, business processes and then lastly, we are looking for a vendor to help to implement a paperless system for our accounting practices. and we issued rfp back in august, we received a bid and the bid we met with them to interview in september, and we ended up deciding that tyler systems was the best consultant for us since they were also a co-developer in the microsoft ax system, and also have a lot of experience with the government entities of a staff of less than five that was important to me because of a lot of implementations may go wrong in the short amount of time i wanted somebody who knew what we were doing and had experience and hads the demands that a small accounting staff would have, in terms of cost and break down, on page 91, we have a time line that we look to implement the system from january of 2014 and hopefully go live in september of 2014. and in terms of fiscal impacts, we set aside $100,000, in

the headwinds that microsoft faces as it adjusts to a post-p.c. world will be a big challenge for any ceo to overcome regardless of who ultimately gets the job. josh lipton, "nightly business report" silicon vail. >> now that allan mulally has made it clear he's staying on the a ford, this could be a start for a very good year for the automaker and its shareholders. >> reporter: allan mulally has been saying for months he's not leaving ford. >> well, i am honored to serve ford. we have no changes in my plan. >> reporter: now that he's made it official and says he is not going to microsoft, mulally and ford are on the cusp of a very big year. why? for starters, ford will roll out 23 new models, including a completely redesigned mustang and f series pickup trucks. that truck could be a game changer. with lightweight aluminum panels and far greater fuel-efficiency, the new f series is scheduled to hit show rooms late fall. >> it could usher in a new buyer. and that's kind of what this truck market needs. they're kind of satisfying the demand of people

the microsoft ford hoped to have a new ceo by the end of the last year.ve narrowed down the list to a handful of candidates including the former ceo and insider satia nudella. ford is fairly flat. in fact, just down 0.2%. off 0.75% for microsoft. >>> and the titans of the tech worlds are showing off their newest gadgets. jon fortt brings us the latest. >> a lot of news in the past few hours coming out of the consumer electronics show in las vegas. yahoo!'s ceo marissa mayer took the stage to talk about the company's strategy. they talked about coming to tumbler which is a new deal because that's new potential revenue for the company. and they've been stagnant revenues for quite a while. she brought out some of the leaders who will be bringing out new opportunities for yahoo! to generate revenue. yahoo! is starting a food channel, for example. not just yahoo! but season nigh taking the stage. the ceo talking about that company's new products. i sat down with him first on cnbc, as well. sony is start ago new internet based tv service. he says the goal is no

we will talk about getting on board with the microsoft tablet. ♪ >> welcome back, i am emily chang. ore airlines are putting tablets in the cockpit. this means they don't have to carry those heavy flight bags filled with maps and documents and they can save fuel, two. delta went in another direction and chose the microsoft surface. we find out why. >> for 30 years, she has been lugging a 38 pound briefcase. inside are charts. now, a tablet that weighs two pounds is about to lighten her load. >> i think the tablet is one of the biggest steps, it will make everybody's life easier. >> other airlines are using ipads, delta chose the microsoft surface. >> when you see this thing, it is sleek and has a gorgeous display. you can split the screen. it is lightweight. >> delta plans to roll out the surface to all of its pilots. it will save $13 million worth of fuel costs a year. >> now i do not have to have carry this all over the place. i just have my tablet. it doesn't obstruct my view. i have it right here. >> the surface is a piece of technology, there can always be a risk. >> technology

the facebook. we have somebody coming from microsoft. rly as the head of their research and he joins us now from redmond, washington. you are in charge of more than 1000 research labs around the world. what kind of thing are you focusing on? >> we are really covering a huge array of things. almost anything you could imagine in computing research and other parts of math, physics, computer science. now, really onht point for this segment, is artificial intelligence. we have been very focused. it is our largest investment area right now. >> one of the things you're working on is a virtual assistant. what could he or she do? isone way to think about it -- they try to answer questions and figure things out. one type of question is to figure out what questions? or ifid that person say you see a picture, what is in that picture or video? another kind of question that is challenging is to answer the why questions? why does this person want to see a certain person for an appointment? why did this person asked these questions? understand the intent

the search is over. after months of rumors, microsoft is said to have found a new leader. according to people briefed on the process, the board is naming satya nadella as the newest ceo. an employee since 1992, nadella he is the cloud chief. and even bigger shift to be taking inside microsoft. lots of changes are going on. -- bring inn cory cory. >> i think it is a big deal. have aft is a cited to microsoft person lead microsoft. is not aomebody who great corporate manager. >> heated boost revenue. >> his unit is a big deal for microsoft. it says a lot about the future of the company. he is in charge of enterprise and the cloud. player ort the music the surface or xbox. it is the corporate customer and the cloud business. the cloud is the anti-desktop. it is the anti-windows. outside of the xbox, the only big business in iker soft in the last decade. >> investors would like to have seen someone with success running a big company. that is things you read in the notes, they would like to of seen summit seen somebody with more experience of the manager side. i attended a front

caroline hyde there with the latest on the microsoft search. the search continues. >> ok. let's stay with tech and talk about yahoo!. its chief operating officer is out. marissa myer is said to have fired him. she was disappointed with his efforts to boost growth. get this. he was in the role for 14 months. >> not bad at all. >> european auto sales raced ahead with 13% surge in december. let's get over to berlin where our autos reporter chad thomas has more. what is behind the surge and what are the markets surging particularly well? >> hi, francine. good morning. not only was this the bigs gain in four years, it wases there fourth consecutive monthly gain. you could say we're starting to see a friend here. many markets did well. half of the markets in europe post a gain of 10% or more with . e u.k. up a whopping 25% spain being held by a cash for clunkers program in that country's government incentives essentially and in the netherlands sales more than doubled in december and that is because taxes on cars are going up in january and so people rushed out to buy a car befor

the microsoft board is planning to name a new ceo after a long search to replace steve ballmer. is the head of the cloud and enterprise group, so what will microsoft look like and what is the future of the

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here is what is coming up on "on the move." microsoft eyes eric's and's ceo. ceo.icssono''s more on that next. ♪ >> i'm francine lacqua. from ouron the move" european headquarters. the microsoft ceo search continues. vesberg is said to be under consideration for the top job. our european business correspondent caroline hyde has the latest on the tech giant's ceo, hans. >> the clock is ticking. we are meant to have steve ballmer to part in august, 2014. added to thebeing mix today is the ericsson chief executive hans vestberg. he is hungry, driven and young. he's p.r. savvy. he gave the keynote address at the consumer electronics event in 2012. he is also a notable sportsmen. handball. he is the chairman of the sweetest handball association -- the swedish handball association. but also, he is going to need that body contact to push and pull this juggernaut of microsoft into the ranks of growth, get it back on target and also to come up against some very strong personalities who will remain on the board. steve ballmer and bill gates. >> caroline, whoever takes th

problem behind the scenes, steve ballmer still owns a big stake of microsoft. sits on the board. crosoft. talking about resetting expectations with a company, wall street person told me, with gadgets feel like the rust belt. fighting last war. bing, xbox, surface tablet took a write-down on. you need a guy with just not knowledge of product development but a visionary. the way they tell me microsoft could best improve the company instead of appeasing investors with dividends is talking about how seamless microsoft products are amongst between the software and its devices that is the selling point with microsoft. it is in some quarters better than apple in terms of how easy it is to use microsoft products. ashley: is elop the frontrunner in your mind now? mulally, you need a tech guy. you need something that -- tracy: i agree. >> eel lop i think is three on the list. ashley: either/or. >> came up through the mobile handset division. ashley: right, right. >> so i mean, elop, they need a product development guy. a guy who is forward-looking and can tap ture the public's imagination o

the search may be over. microsoft'sise and cloud chief satya nadella they become the new ceo. the board is also said to be discussing replacing bill gates as chairman. labor union is seeking a raise in workers' base salaries for the first time in five years. rosests estimate profits to a record this fiscal year. the demand comes as shinzo abe urged the minis to raise wages faster than the cost of living. ."lcome back to "countdown i am anna edwards. let's talk sports. rivalries football this weekend. and milanly on sunday versus event is on'-- versus juventus on monday. let's kick it off. massive, massive game. density now top of the table. the way they played has changed this season. >> isn't it great? i know you don't support any team. and not see manchester united in one of the huge games -- a lot of people are saying the season is on the line on monday. this is manchester city at home. 2013/14.n the whole of 41, sorry. that is three behind this year. 2.16 last season. a massive 3.45, it really emphasizes the change

struggling tablet, the surface, doubled. microsoft did not mention anything about the search to replace outgoing chief executive steve ballmer. >>> next, the kerry of coca-cola has some insights from davo. carlo go makes an ambition prediction about driverless cars. >>> affecting more than just your heating bill, that story and more as "real money" continues. ontinues. consider this: the news of the consider this: the news of the >> the bitterly cold weather across the midwest and northeast continues to heat up the price of natural gas. prices of the utility rose more than 3%, the third day of gains, based on the weather forecast there may not be much relief in sight. the cold snap on the east part of the country to reach until february 1st. january is on track to be the coldest since 1974. >>> home prices had the smallest monthly gain, extreme weather could affect real estate and the economy even further in jan. according to karl rikodana. karl, explain the effect on the real estate this cold weather has. >> we saw it in the december

the antitrust problems. what you saw for microsoft is the inability to get away from that. that was the central thing that happened during steve ballmer's tenure. now when they look for a ceo, that still looms as what is forcing the company to behave in the way it does. >> let's talk about what's going on over at facebook. we got the details from yahoo! and we are talking two completely different operations. >> facebook is crushing it with the numbers they came out with today. >> nearly $2.6 billion in 90 days. >> 91. one year ago, the same 91 days they got $1.6 billion. >> billion. >> and they don't make the thing. >> their business was going through a huge transition. there were going from desktop to mobile where they had about 20% on mobile one year ago. they're going through this giant transition and we are now over 50% revenue mobile. their changing and growing the business at a massive scale and a massive speed. >> you are going to have to add a lot of the mobile networks to "tubes." just lay out the steps of making a call in the iesco stand having - in the east coast

the starbucks numbers. we'll get back to microsoft, see how that's doing. jo ling kent has been following those numbers of starbucks. a lot of concern there with starbucks and indeed after-hours the stock is trading down. jo, what do the numbers look like? >> stocks are down 1 1/2% right now, dave. taking a look at numbers eps came in at 71 cents a share. that is beat on the 69 cents the street was estimating. revenue came in 4.2 billion which is a miss on the 4.29 billion. taking a look at same-store sales, american sales were up 5%. they were expecting mid-single digits so that is pretty much in line. taking a look at global same-store sales. that is 5% up. that is a miss on 5.7% analysts were expecting. in terse of back to the domestic sales traffic was up 4%. looking at outlook for this quarter, 54 to 55 cents per share is the outlook for this quarter. the estimate though was 56 cents. so that is a lowering. it is not beating the expectations there. again stock down more than 1% in after-hours, dave. david: larry, i got to tell you, i'm a little impresse

delta went in another direction and chose the microsoft surface. s hit the flight deck to find out why. >> for 30 years, this captain has been lugging a 38 pound brief case. inside, charts, maps, operation manuals -- all the essentials for every flight. now, a tablet that weighs barely two pounds is about to lighten her load. >> i think the tablet is one of the biggest steps right now. it will make everybody's life easier. >> here is the catch -- other airlines started using ipads in the cockpit, delta chose the microsoft surface. that's right -- the surface. are you surprised you did not get ipads? >> when you see this thing, it is sleek and has a gorgeous display, you can split the screen, it is lightweight. >> delta plans to rollout the tablets to all its pilots which is years behind other airlines but still a major shift estimated to save $13 million worth of fuel cost each year. how much do you use the papers each flight? >> all the time, now i don't have to have them all over the place. it will not block my view. i've got it right here. >> the

we were also looking for a vendor that was or could help to guide us through the microsoft ax, software and help us identify how the authority should structure its processes, business processes and then lastly, we are looking for a vendor to help to implement a paperless system for

steve is leaving but he has already said this is what the new microsoft has to be. it's almost as if the potential candidate is a person who steps up and does what steve just suggested be done. >> i want to bring you in, cory johnson. another topic of news today in the technology world, perhaps related to microsoft, they have a lot of business in china. someone pulled the plug on the internet. the whole internet in china. >> yeah, we're going to do a special show really focusing on the many different aspects of what may have been the biggest shutdown of the internet ever. most of the dot-com addresses going into china were shut down at some point yesterday. some briefly, some as short as an hour or. so some as much as eight hours. most of china being offline, that could have been the biggest shutdown in the history of the internet. >> do we know who did this? >> no. china has based hackers -- their explanation of this, on hackers. hackers attacking china, they say. but a lot of the experts around the world say that it was the great firewall of china. the china sebser

one a special "titans at the table," we chat with microsoft chairman bill gates. he is the world's richest person and with that great wealth comes great responsibility. he wants to destroy the myth that poverty and disease can't be eradicated. >> joining gates, a friend and fellow philanthropist, the bloomberg lp founder and former new york city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. things are better. >> in the bill and linda gates foundation, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the town was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. where this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also the facts are on the side of the optimist. it is dangerous that people are focusing on the bad news and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they don't look at

and did the holidays save microsoft's tablets? web traffic spike, suggesting they are still in demand. and first, to the lead. the snap chat ceo stopped short of a formal apology. 4.6 million user names and phone numbers were posted online. they say in a blog post that they will launch an update to the app. the new version will let users opt out of the find friends feature. this is the future that was exploited to get all of these are details. the ceo also told "today" that they did ignore warnings about potential ballmer ability. >> we thought we had done enough. in a business like this, that is moving so quickly, you spend your time looking backwards and you will kill yourself. >> so, are they doing enough to quiet the storm? we have a special roundtable today. mark milian is here. also, jeffrey hayzlett. jeff, i want to start with you. would you call this an apology? >> it is not. they have ignored the three a's of pr. acknowledged, address, and a sure. it was embarrassing. it was weak. they have an obligation with social media.