You were 12 years old, you moved about whate, tell me must have been Culture Shock in that moment. I did not speak word of english. The people were extremely friendly. Hospitality, immediately made a lot of friends. In class, i was lost. Books. Eading my chinese emily it got to columbia, got your phd, studied computer science, working on speech recognition which four decades later is really the forefront of new technology. Wasachine learning, it really exciting age when there is so much unknown and so much naive optimism. It is gratifying to see all of that coming to the real world. Emily you joined apple in 1990. How closely did you work with steve jobs . Kaifu i would say i was there between jobs, my tenure at apple. I joined as he left and after i left, he came back. We did have some intersection. He did call me to see if i would go back to apple. At that time, it looked too scary. Offer. Got this job i said, not this time. Emily microsoft was not too happy about you working for goo
With president xi jinping. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. From washington, i am Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, Softbanks Vision Fund nears completion. After closing the fund in saudi arabia, what his childhood dream means for Silicon Valley and the u. S. Tax landscape. Ford kickstart its focus on ridesharing and selfdriving with a surprise shakeup. What the new c. E. O. Brings to the table. The markets most valuable player is on track to become the worlds first 1 trillion company according to one analyst. We will catch up with him ahead. Softbank formally announces the first round for the longawaited Tech Investment Fund with more than 93 billion in the coffers. That includes the saudi public Investment Fund as well as apple and sharp. The vision fund is expected to top 100 billion in six months. It will focus on
Later well be live in davos where for the first time in the history of the event a chinese president will attend. Well be getting the inside track on what this tells us about chinas Global Business ambitions. And its being reported that flying cars could be about to take off for real. Today we want to know what sci Fi Technology you would like to see becoming a reality . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Good to have you with us. A warm welcome. Theresa may will today deliver a highly anticipated speech on the uks future outside the European Union. That will be in just a few hours. The speech will focus on Global Britain and how the uk can be an outward facing nation as it seeks new post Brexit Relations with its trading partners. Reports over the weekend suggest the british Prime Minister will use todays speech to signal the uk will pull out of the eu Single Market, although Downing Street described this as speculation. It was all over the papers on the weekend, various le
Still threatened by swelling rivers and backwaters. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Bloomerg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomerg west. Ford ceo mark fields tells us what he is focusing on a driverless car and doubling down in silicon valley. Tim cook spending for survival in china. The apple chief ballast to invest even more in one of its most challenging markets. Google fires a shot at apple, facebook in the mobile messaging wars. Is it too late to catch up to some of the most popular apps in the world . D pulls back the curtains on his ambitions and autonomous driving saying is developing a fully Autonomous Vehicle for right hailing services in 2021. It would have no steering wheel. One of the last major automakers joining the push to automated driving. We are party scene types between tm and that, toyota and uber. Now for disappearing up with bidu, both
Violence has increased in recent weeks. Syrian opposition monitoring groups set a wave of air on rebel held parts of aleppo , killed 15 civilians and wounded several others. More parishes have an attitude louisianas federal disaster declaration after days of catastrophic flooding. 11 deaths have been confirmed. Floodwaters are receiving in the southern part of the state with communities in lowlying areas still threatened by swelling rivers and backwaters. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Bloomerg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomerg west. Ford ceo mark fields tells us why he is focusing on a driverless car and doubling down in silicon valley. Tim cook spending for survival in china. The apple chief vows to invest even more in one of its most challenging markets. Google fires a shot at apple, and facebook in the mobile messaging wars. Is it too late to catch u