Despite the cease fire. That provides crucial transportation between rebel strongholds. Snapchat seeking a new funding round, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who says they want to raise 500 million. At that valuation, the photo disappearing app would be the third highest in the world behind google. A meeting billed to be about advances in health care devices, between apple and mexican authorities. Website zillow completed acquisition of trulia. Its now resamed zillow group. They cut 50 jobs as a result of the acquisition. Tech Companies Just 2,500 miles away in Silicon Valley. Apple the latest tech giant, building a team of a few hundred people to work on the early stages of an electric car. Some of those workers have been poached from Car Companies to work on whats being called project titan. Apple, google, tess la and uber all involved, what role will the automakers play as they create Innovation Centers in Silicon Valley. Joining us now, tim hagen and john leonard
Satellite provider. This week on the communicators we talk with members of congress about legislature they are proposing and about technology and Communications Issues congress is debating. One of those issues is the patri patriot act. They have used that act to collect bulk phone data from americans and parts are set to expire june 1st. First up is Thomas Massie. Host representative Thomas Massie republican from kentucky but a republican from kentucky with a tech background. What is your background . I have an Electrical Engineering and another engineering degree and been in this for the first 20 years of my career. I own a company. Host what is company . I invented a virtual device that lets you connect with it and print it. Host is the Company Still in business . The company has been sold a few times but it is still being used. Host how does your background in Technology Help you in congress . Sometimes it does. Sometimes people care about the facts and numbers and sometimes it is b
Twitter and at ali velshi at facebook. Com aj money. Youve been hearing a lot of noise about how obamacare hurts job creation. And today we got a new report from the Congressional Budget Office that would be used as fodder by republicans. Using for the Affordable Care act to get your vote this november. Democrats hope that it will go away by the time midterm Elections Come around. And thats why this deserves more explanation. So here goes, and you decide. Now, the cbo is nonpartisan. It advises congress. And when theres a piece of legislation, the cbo tells you what its going to be. Now, the cbo projects fewer workers in the labor force in 2017 with obamacare than if the law had never been passed. Lets be clear. The cbo projects that it will grow, but the growth will be less than it would have been without obamacare. Before the republicans start making too much hay with this, the reason why the cbo says it will be less workers, its not about laying off more employees, as some choose to
This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, so join our conversation in the next hour on twitter and at ali velshi at facebook. Com aj money. Youve been hearing a lot of noise about how obamacare hurts job creation. And today we got a new report from the Congressional Budget Office that would be used as fodder by republicans. Using for the Affordable Care act to get your vote this november. Democrats hope that it will go away by the time midterm Elections Come around. And thats why this deserves more explanation. So here goes, and you decide. Now, the cbo is nonpartisan. It advises congress. And when theres a piece of legislation, the cbo tells you what its going to be. Now, the cbo projects fewer workers in the labor force in 2017 with obamacare than if the law had never been passed. Lets be clear. The cbo projects that it will grow, but the growth will be less than it would have been without obamacare. Before the republicans start making too much hay with thi
Earlier about his plans. To do first thing i want and focus on is a ruthlessly thating any obstacle allows to innovate. Any individual in the organization can innovate. And then focus on innovation, on things my croissant can uniquely do. Microsoft can uniquely do. Lea thompson is taken over as chairman. Bill gates will John Thompson will take over as the chairman. Bill gates will stay on. I am glad sake a glad up. A has decided to step ill have a third of my Time Available to meet with product groups and it will be fun to do find this next round of products working together. I am joined by jon erlichman, who helped break this news from l. A. Tell us in the final hour how this decision officially came together. Important inoad is the context of this whole story. This was a Company Looking at other internal candidates. It were looking at ceos from other shops be in at the end of whoday they picked somebody knows bill gates, knows Steve Ballmer, has been there for over two decades. He sa