And from the nsa Prison Program to facebooks acquisition of story of but our lead the day, Caroline Hyde sat down today in chen barcelona. They talked about the value of blackberrys messaging service in light of the whatsapp acquisition. Cory johnson is hereto well. One of their biggest assets. I was surprised when i started to do more research on whatsapp. M ist of people said bb dominant. U. S. , butnot in the wherea Strong Service people want that business. It is an asset to blackberry. In general messaging is such a basic need, its was interesting talking to Allison Rosenthal the acid Allison Rosenthal. In users. Aw a spike people want it when they want it. What is going to happen, we are going to move away from the carriers for texting, whatever you want to collect, to other applications, over the top. It is very interesting but it does not mean the dollars are going to transfer. One study said 35 billion worth of Text Messages did not happen. That does not mean it is spent over t
Our lead story of the day, Caroline Hyde sat down with the blackberry ceo. They talked about the value of blackberrys bbm messaging service in light of the whatsapp acquisition. I was really surprised when i started doing more research on whatsapp. A lot of studies said that bbm is dominant. It would be typically places outside the u. S. It is a strong service. It is clearly an asset of blackberry. Messaging is a basic sort of need. There is a competing messaging Service Called message me. They said they saw a spike in users means that people. Survey one it when they wanted i think will happen whatever you want to call it, two other applications, it is interesting. It does not mean the dollars will transfer. That doesnt mean 35 billion was spent over the top. It doesnt mean it went away from the carrier. We will talk about the way people are using messaging in the enterprise as well as individuals. Blackberry also unveiled two new phones. One has the keyboard. The other is a touchscree
And good will on all principles on current negotiations. We thank you for the service of so many who work in this building whose labor provides the lubrication for the very public actions of the members of this assembly. Though each deserves special mention, bless especially this day, jay pierson, who works his last day of 34 years of faithful service on the floor of the house. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. Higgins. Mr. Higgins i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches.
Employment data coming in just short of expectations. The dow starting from its highest level of the year. It was the moment that stopped all trading here on the nyse floor and you saw it only on cnbc. The fiery debate over are the markets rigged. Now boiling over into larger, more heated battles. General motors Ceo Mary Barra back on the hill answering questions from the Senate Subcommittee and well bring you the highlights when it begins a little over an hour from now. And Amazon Holding a big press event promising an update on the video business and well tell you what it could be and bring you all of that action live. Well start with an economic report from adp, shows 191,000 private sector jobs were added in march. The numbers coming ahead of fridays big jobs number and, of course, the morning after the s p hit a new record high. We continue to look for clues, guys, that march, in fact, was a thaw of sorts and this number didnt exactly let us down. No. But i keep coming back to tho
Clouds this morning. Sun comes up. We will be hanging around 50 with scattered light showers. Good morning. If you are just waking up with us, we want to remind you it is biketoworkday today. For 220th year in a row it is a good idea to pedal to work. We do have a little bit of news here if you are taking b. A. R. T. Blackout times for bikes on b. A. R. T. Today. And you can always rent a bike for 5 at the ride share. The bike share service. Thats also great. If you dont have one, it might be fun. If you are taking to it the cars this is what we are looking at the altima pass. 40 minutes. Quick live look outside now. Bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights are turned on. Very heavy backup coming up away from the maze. We are coming to follow breaking news out of sunnyvale. Two people are missing after an Early Morning fire at a mobile home park. Matt keller is live at the scene with what he is learn being the family. I just spoke with Fire Fighters and they say had a so far their attemp