future of aol, it's going to be a difficult transition, it's a huge shift for the business, but tim armstrongust gave in his meeting the other day, laying out how they are doing that and the pieces to make that happen and he's confident it could happen. i think it's going to continue to be a difficult transition. i think we still have rough times ahead of us. i think they are putting the right people in the right places to make it happen and i think it will happen and they'll be successful in the long run. >> what's it been like at end gadget in terms of your success? have you noticed traffic go up or down? >> traffic's been up, just had one of our strongest months ever and we'll have our biggest presence of ces this year with live interviews and that sort of thing. so yeah, traffic has been up. >> ces is like a war, right? >> like a boot camp. each year gets bigger and harder, working 18, 19, 20-plus hours a day for greater than a week. everybody is fighting to get the exclusives, the news, get it online and cover it better than everybody else. we're ready, we're looking forward to it. >> yo

and tim armstrong told me he believes aol needs to make more progress. a and markets closed relatively flat today. your bloomberg index down more than 2%, with oracle tanking close to 12% after a earnings report yesterday z it's official. google's social networking site google plus has a user with a million followers. it's britney spears according to the web site social statistics. brit nay apparently still very popular. at bloomberg studios i'm emily chang. back to you. >> thank you. >> and time to get the full accu-weather forecast and what is your line? no snow for santa? >> no snow for santa. and we do expect rain next week, will be after christmas so. we do expect rain. and there is a live view from our camera looking towards mount diablo. you can see the haze. today is a spare the air day. we've had declining air quality and that is a persistent problem. right now we're looking at readings a little bit on the moderately cool side. 55 in novato. and we've got 60 degree readings in san jose and los gatos, oakland and 63 up in santa rosa, our warm spo

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