there will be no more uberpop in france.hat segment that uses nonprofessional drivers will be forgiven starting january 1. -- will be forbidden starting january 1. taxi unions are holding a one-day strike against uber. >> the people who are supposed to represent us need to say we have a problem. it can't continue like this. it is the straw that will break the camel back -- the camel's back. we must change things. we must move forward in a positive direction. >> you're watching "france 24." let's look at the headlines. police in australia are negotiating with the hostage taker who is holding a group of people at gunpoint inside a cafÉ in sydney. that's been going on for over 12 hours the gunman has reportedly demanded among other things, a flag from the islamic state group. palestinians are set to present a draft resolution to the u.n. that would set a two-year deadline or israel to end its occupation -- deadline for israel to end its occupation. no comment from the israeli prime minister. close to 10 people arrested in a fre

so the ban on uberpop will start on the first of january next year. >>> now we'll get market reaction from a competitor to uber, nicholas bruson, founder of a french car-sharing community with over 10 million members. a great day to have you given that the story is gaping a lot of attraction. your app allows consumers traveling the same direction to share a vehicle. how is your business being impacted by the growth of uber? >> thank you for having me. first of all, there's confusion on what we call ride sharing in the different segments of ride sharing. if you think of uber or the taxi apps, you essentially type a button, a car is coming. an uber licensed taxi or the licensed taxi person will carry you from point a to point b. if you think of what the car is doing, it is different in giving you a community of people, drivers or passengers, and the driver is actually sharing the ride with the passenger. so typical that the driver would be anyone like a teacher or anyone. and when you drive from, let's say london or brussels, you should share your car with two or three passengers going

this does not affect uber generally in paris -- this is about uberpop. >> thank you for your great commentssocial media -- guy kawasaki says shut up. that is his advice in what one should do with certain kinds of social media. will linked in15 have. it will have a fabulous 2015 -- people are needing -- realizing they need to be someplace were they are serious and they are who they are and are aware of the consequences of what they are saying and the integration of slide share -- a big deal. >> what are the worst practices of twitter that linkedin can learn from. such a wildecame west phenomena. everybody is running and gunning and linkedin -- if you are thinking at all, you're thinking what are potential employers and potential customers thinking. nobody thinks like that on any other social media network. >> for the sake of argument, i love my job. [laughter] hypothetically. i love my job -- why do i need to be unlinked in? -- on linkedin? >> your job might not love you. [laughter] >> am i really going to endorse tom for mixing a martini -- >> top on my list. >> or for being a friendly skip

this comes as the france interior ministry says uberpop will be outlawed as of january 1st. now the rule is in paris that uber has to wait to pick you up even if you are right nearby because the new regulations to try to protect the taxis. but they are not satisfied. >> it's going to be a tough year for uber around the globe as the governments crack down. >> i see uber as this touch stone. i cover the rest of the world, as a national correspondent, and the way every country reacts to uber to me is a telling way of the government and what the society believes about vested interests and change and everything else. >> it would be quite a world if everybody bit of excess capacity was somehow utilized. we would all be better off. think what that does to the price of oil and energy and everything else. i don't know how you do it with the, what is that -- >> the excess capacity -- >> why are you nervous about it? >> i don't want people coming in to sleep in my sheets and stuff. >> you have a spare bedroom. >> you can opt out. you don't have to. >> i can't believe you with germophob