steve jobs and wasniak came and made these products unusually acceptable to individuals in ways we d never seen before. it was a quantum leap in the way the products developed but now have proliferated. you look at the people who have come after apple, whether with android phones, smart phones, whatever you want to call them or other types of tablet devices. they ve truly broken ground. as early as five or six years ago, people weren t really contemplating. he was continuously more than a step ahead of everybody else in his competitors. it was interesting he ultimately did open the company up and make it more user friendly than it was in the early days when it was considered an educational product or graphic arts product or part of a tight-knit community of apple users. it is now in many ways probably the most broadly recognized name in computing, which it certainly was not in the early days of its introduction. ron, there s a moment i
acceptable to individuals in ways we d never seen before. it was a quantum leap in the way the products developed but now have proliferated. you look at the people who have come after apple, whether with android phones, smart phones, whatever you want to call them or other types of tablet devices. they ve truly broken ground. as early as five or six years ago, people weren t really contemplating. he was continuously more than a step ahead of everybody else in his competitors. it was interesting he ultimately did open the company up and make it more user friendly than it was in the early days when it was considered an educational product or graphic arts product or part of a tight-knit community of apple users. it is now in many ways probably the most broadly recognized name in computing, which it certainly was not in the early days of its introduction. ron, there s a moment i experienced in college i will never forget. i was in a casual conversation with a college dean who was
brand is going to stay strong. we re going to have the great assets and opportunity of both companies to just really supercharge that and take it to the next level. reporter: skype is now used by 170 million people around the world. not just on their computers but on the move on their mobile phones and even on their tablet devices. microsoft wants to tap in to this connected community. but it s paying a huge price for a business which isn t even profitable. the price tag on skype looks exorbitant but microsoft was competing with others to buy the business. business. so this shows that even though it doesn t make money, the idea of talking for free and easily around the world is appealing as we looked as sort of change the way that we talk of change the way that we talk through twitter, facebook, through e-mail and other forms of communication. reporter: microsoft will now hope to bring skype to new places like its xbox kinect gaming console but it is paying a hefty price to prove
good to see you, t.j. are we talking about the standard tvs, computers, everything? we re talking a lot. everything from these tablet devices to smartphones, to computers, even the even cameras, television sets, tablets. i mean, it s a lot of consumer electronic devices that are impacted with what s going on in japan. specifically, two main areas of concern is one is called the nand memory chip. these are memory chips that get inserted into tablets and smartphones like the iphone. and l.e.d. lights, little lights used for our computer screens as well as television screens. those are the two biggest concerns right now. and mario, you said it s having an impact. how significant of a problem at this point? pretty significant. we re talking 40% of these semiconductors, of these small chips are manufactured in japan
right now, free for two weeks, i believe and then at? guest: a two week trial, and then it is $1 a week after that. or $40 for a year subscription and you can download it from the iphone stone. dave: it is just for the ipad. guest: just for the ipad. and other tablet devices as they come out, but the type of interaction that we have, and the video, really, it only exists by a device like this. dave: it would not translate to anotherup, anyway. thank you for being here and check out the daily, it is fantastic. coming up next the uprising in egypt could lead to a domino affect in the middle east. is the u.s. prepared for the impact and should our allies be worried? a live report from jerusalem a live report from jerusalem coming up. proud to be homegro can you hear it?