The message beyond microsofts campus with a new book, tools and weapons, the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and l
Posted thirdquarter earnings that missed estimates. We also have details ahead. Hack away. The u. S. Government says russia, china, and iran will seek to meddle in u. S. Elections going forward. How vulnerable are we . We get opinions from ethical hackers in our electioneering series. First to the top story, all about uber. Shares hitting a record low. Actions restrictions lifted. Years largest u. S. Ipo are now down nearly 40 since its may debuted. For more, walter joins us with in new york. With me and san francisco, Lizette Chapman who covers the company for Bloomberg Technology. Breakdown. What did we learn today . Reporter exactly what we expected. There was 1. 7 billion shares outstanding. A large swath of them have traded hands. Most widely traded stock today. Just sick ofle are waiting around for it to get better. We saw the stocks fall. There are some questions around when this could continue, considering a number of early investors are not underwater and could see potential u
Im tom giles in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0. Is brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns of the way this is playing out with china and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Technology Leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne and the like. We need to continue that. If we were to try to construct a new digital iron curtain down the middle of the pacific, in a
Hack away. The u. S. Government says russia, china, and iran will seek to meddle in u. S. Elections going forward. How vulnerable are we . We get opinions from ethical hackers in our electioneering series. First to the top story, all about uber. Shares hitting a record low. Early restrictions lifted. Shares in this years largest u. S. Ipo are now down nearly 40 since its may debut. For more, walter joins us with in new york. With me in San Francisco, Lizette Chapman who covers the company for Bloomberg Technology. Give me the breakdown. What did we learn today . Reporter exactly what we expected. There was 1. 7 billion shares outstanding. A large swath of them have traded hands. Most widely traded stock today. A lot of people are just sick of waiting around for it to get better. We saw the stocks fall. There are some questions around when this could continue, considering a number of early investors are not underwater and could see potential upside. Taylor walter, the volatility today,
First, our top story, google agreeing to buy fitbit for 2. 1 billion in cash. The fitness tracking Device Company jumped on the news. I am joined by garrett divina. What does fitbit know about hardware and software and health that google doesnt . Gerrit a good question. Google has been rumored about talking about a smartwatch. But the operating system has been a collapsed and is not as has been eclipsed by competitors. And is not as popular as android. What they are doing is saying lets buy fitbit and build our business from that. Taylor fitbit is seeing its third annual year of sales decline. Why is it an attractive choice . Gerrit its one of the few choices, im not sure attractiveness is what is going on. As you said, they have been in decline, they struggled as apple came out with the apple watch and can do things a lot of fitbit devices cannot. The price was a premium for fitbit that it is still cheaper than when it went public several years ago. It is a small amount of money for g