♪ emily: he has been dubbed both the "cowboy of the nsa" and "spy king." a retired four-star general who served multiple tours, including operation desert storm. in 2005, he was officially sworn in as the director of the national security agency under president george w. bush, a position he held for eight years, the longest of any agency chief during the agency's most challenging. revelationsthe involving edward snowden and the leak of corporate intelligence. these days, he tackles cybercrime as the founder and ceo of ironnet. joining me today on studio 1.0, former nsa director general keith alexander. general, so great to have you on the show. general alexander: thanks, emily. great to be here. emily: thank you for joining us. we have to start with the standoff between apple and the fbi. google, facebook -- tech companies have sided with apple. this reopened a divide between washington and silicon valley. how sustainable is it for tech companies to be at odds with their government? general alexander: well, i think everyone has a right to an opinion. i think what we have to d

♪ emily: he got his start as a journalist with a front row seat to steve jobs' inner circle. and wrote the seminal book on the early years at apple. then, michael moritz decided to try his luck in venture capital. he went on to become one of the most heralded investors in silicon valley history, joining the boards of google and yahoo!, then, a few years ago, took a step back for a rare health condition he has never revealed. joining me today on "studio 1.0," sir michael moritz, chairman of sequoia capital and co-author of the new book "leading." sir michael, thank you so much for joining us. sir michael: it is a pleasure. emily: you wrote this book with another sir, sir alex ferguson, the legendary former manager of manchester united. he is one of the revered names in football, or as we call it, soccer. what drew you to this project as a journalist turned tech investor? sir michael: i always followed united. not as a raving fan. but as a young boy, i started to follow them and i followed them through the years. but then, working in silicon valley, working hard to help build sequo

♪ emily: he was the most unlikely candidate for the job. a young entrepreneur in vermont with limited investing experience. yet in 2008, sergey brin and larry page tapped him to start a capital fund. one year later, google ventures , or g-v was born. ,since then, the investment arm of awful that has become one of the most active vc firms in silicon valley, with $2.4 billion to spend and investments in over 300 companies, including uber, nest, and slack. joining me today, bill maris, gv ceo. bill, thank you so much for being here. bill: thanks for having me. emily: you were hand-picked by sergey to start in google ventures 2008. at the time, you were a young entrepreneur, no clout in silicon valley. what were the early years like? bill: it implied a level of specialness. i was sitting at a shared office space at a desk in corporate development, sitting next to a corporate development intern, who turned out to be kevin system, who developed instagram. but at the time, we were trying to figure out what we were going to do here. i certainly was not picked for my clout or experienc

interests. news 24 hours a day. i'm mark crumpton. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang, and this is "bloomberg west." apple shares dropping after decline since 2003. is it a new era for apple. twitter not feeling the pain. the attempt at a turnaround, will it take time? more than a million for the seventh quarter in a row. ceo john legere slams the competition. apple shares slide. slowing demand for the flagship product, the iphone. revenue fell to $56 billion, down 13% from a year ago. earnings per share down 18%. they introduced it moments ago. >> there were a number of encouraging signs. over one billion active devices continue to grow strongly. we added a huge number of android switchers and new to mac customers. and we generated strong growth from services. we sold 51.2 million iphones in the quarter. lower than the exceptional year ago quarter when we saw an acceleration of upgrades and 40% iphone sales growth over the previous year. emily: that acceleration after the size of the iphone. they are warning of another sales declined this quarter. investors are left to decide, is this a turn

♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "best of bloomberg west." we bring together the top interviews from the week in tech. the president of didi chuxing, the leading player in china's ride hailing space and a competitor with uber. we hear how the company plans to keep uber at bay. the third season of "silicon valley" premieres on sunday. we will hear from dick costolo, a consultant for the show, what he has been up to since leaving twitter. as our economy becomes more highly automated, what will the future of work look like? we sit down with alec ross. first, didi chuxing. uber's largest competitor in china. it operates in 400 cities across china with over 14 million drivers. uber has a presence in 150 chinese cities. they announced a new partnership with lyft to take on uber internationally. how do they plan to keep ahead of uber in china? i sat down with jean liu. jean liu: chuxing means travel, commute in chinese. we are serving 800 people to commute. emily: you are often referred to as the uber of china. how do you see yourself? jean liu: we are serving 800 million people with a

news bureaus around the world. bloomberg west is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is bloomberg west. qualcomm cannot escape the gloom, facing a sluggish third quarter. we parse through the main takeaways. google is back in the eu's crosshairs as regulators take aim at android. how much could the case hurt google's business? shelling out for one of tesla's white model x cars. first, qualcomm continues to get hit by the slowdown in demand for high-end smartphones. they forecast third-quarter earnings short of estimates thanks to weaker than expected appetite for the most expensive mobile phones. joining us from new york with a breakdown, cory johnson. what are the big takeaways? cory: if you have a smart phone, you have a qualcomm chip in them, almost guaranteed. the problem is growth has been shrinking. when you look at qualcomm's revenue, we can see a decline steadily as the smartphone growth rates have slow down in china and all over the world. when you look at the percentage change, you see some indifferent. the percentage changes, we see things have been getting worse on a y

the world. bloomberg west is next. emily: facebook hitting investors' sweet spot with another glowing earnings report. surging revenue and steady user growth. mark zuckerberg has more to come. paypal giving the markets a strong showing. leading revenue and profits. how long can the company fend off the competition. yahoo! scores a narrow victory against activist investors. the company may have averted a boardroom showdown but is it speeding down the fast lane to a sale? facebook shares surging after hours, the stock jumping as much as 9% off better-than-expected revenue. the social network reporting quarterly revenue of $5.4 billion, up 52% over the same quarter last year. a profit of $1.5 billion. positive engagement messaging. steady growth in daily active users. the biggest surprise was a proposal for a new class of stock. mark zuckerberg wants to issue a new class of nonvoting shares so he can continue to make big bets on things like connectivity and virtual reality and fund the zuckerberg initiative. without diluting his ownership stake. he writes, i will be able to keep

emily: she is one of the most influential women in technology and media, editor and chief of "the huffington post," a former candidate for governor of california, and the author of 15 books. including her latest, "the sleep revolution: transforming your life, one night at a time." joining me today on studio 1.0, arianna huffington. cofounder of "the huffington post." arianna, thank you so much for being here. ms. huffington: thank you for having me. so happy to be here. emily: verizon which owns aol and the huffington post say they will bid for yahoo!. do you believe verizon has a longtime content strategy that include yahoo! and the huffington post and if so, what is it? ms. huffington: verizon has decided, and that is, of course, the reason why they bought "the huffington post," that the future for them has to include a very robust media technology company. so yahoo! would fit very well in the strategy. of course, there is competition. with softbank and maybe google, so we will see what happens. emily: what are the synergies you see with verizon and the huffington post? ms. huff

world. bloomberg west is next. emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg west. coming up, netflix forecasting weaker subscriber growth. can international growth give them the boost it needs? plus, ibm revenue falls for the 16th straight quarter. we look for green shifts. first, to our lead. netflix shares plunging in after-hours trading after forecasting weaker subscriber growth this quarter, especially in new or markets outside the u.s. they expect to add 2 million international customers. that's important because netflix has bet its future for being able to bring the on-demand tv revolution to the whole world. all of this overshadowing first-quarter results. >> hulu is doing some great work, amazon is, hbo, showtime. there are so many competitors and everyone is working hard to build the best content. we are seeing growth in the overall tv market, that is displacing linear tv. it is natural that everyone is coming in as they realize that the future is internet tv. emily: joining us for a full breakdown is lucas shaw who covers bloomberg in l.a., our editor at large, cor

♪ emily: he worked alongside steve jobs to revolutionize the way we listen to music, and became known as the godfather of the ipod. he spent nearly a decade at apple, then hatched a company of his own. in 2010, he cofounded nest labs, where he promised to re-invent every unloved product in the home. a promise so thrilling, google, soon to become alphabet, snapped up nest and its star ceo for $3.2 billion. joining me today on "studio 1.0," nest ceo and cofounder, tony fadell. tony, so great to have you here. tony: it's so great to be here. i love it. emily: you were born in michigan, but you moved around a lot. 12 schools in 15 years? you tony: yeah. well, going to so many different and cities, there is a lot of positive impact, right? i was able to learn about various different types of people. being in new york, and then being in texas, being in the midwest, they are very -- human nature is the same, but the way they display it might be different. emily: how do you think that affects your work and how you lead? you tony: i think a lot of times -- by always being the new kid, yo

more than 150 news bureaus around the world. bloomberg west is next. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang, and this is "bloomberg west." intel reveals a major restructuring, cutting as many as 12,000 jobs as the pc market heads for a fifth year of declines. we will take you to the details. yahoo! topping estimates as the preliminary bids come in for a company selloff. we will tell you what marissa mayer has to say about putting yahoo! on the block. from the courts to capitol hill, we speak to the congressman leading the charge striking the balance between privacy and national security. intel announces a major restructuring. the biggest chipmaker will cut 12,000 jobs or 11% of its workforce. shares were halted ahead of the report and now down to percent -- 2% in extended trading. intel announcing stacy smith will move to a new role as head of manufacturing and sales. the company reported sales of just under $14 billion. year.from last the reorder comes with the pc market on track to decline for the fifth year in a row. how will intel reposition itself? joining me is cory johnson and start with

emily: he has backed some of tvs biggest hits. 24, er, arrested development. then, he joined showtime and has led the resurgence in original programming. with shows like "homeland." >> what we do has consequences. emily: now, the executive has a chair at the top. joining me today on studio 1.0, showtime's new ceo, david nevins. thank you so much for joining us today. great to have you. david: thank you for coming. emily: so, billions. what was it about this showed that made you think it could be a hit? david: it is a world that hasn't been explored so much on television. this show touches on all of our feelings about wealth and class, which is a hard subject in america. it is very much in the zeitgeist and it deals with all of our complicated issues with the super wealthy. emily: you launched "homeland" and "the affair." sex." s of when it comes to spotting a hit, is it all art? david: there is not a ton of science. first of all, it is some combination of who are you betting on? instincts about people, instincts about creators and the actors who will be able to grow and creat

schedule. comcast business. built for business. ♪ ♪ ♪ emily: he got his start in west philadelphia. working for the fresh prince himself, and later biggie, and p. diddy. his breakthrough came in 2007, when he met a woman the world would come to know as lady gaga. troy carter helped take gaga from unknown to multiplatinum, then broadened his job title from talent manager to tech investor, betting on spotify and uber. but his own path to hollywood was unexpected, coming from a tough neighborhood, with a father who did time for murder. proof, he says, you write your own future. joining me today on "studio 1.0," founder and ceo of atom factory, troy carter. troy, thank you so much for being here. it is great to have you. troy: thank you for having me. emily: so, you grew up in west philadelphia, just like the fresh prince of bel air. troy: west philadelphia, born and raised. [laughter] emily: so we are going to talk a little bit about where you are from, and your career in music a little later on. but i want to start with technology. how did you get into tech investing? troy: you know

♪ emily: this is the "best of bloomberg west." coming up, peter thiel speaking out on the bubble that may be everywhere. we will bring you the highlights of my exclusive interview. how does one spot the next elon musk? speak to the venture investor, who is on the search for the next big entrepreneur in china. why the whole media world should be afraid of snapchat. first, my interview with peter thiel. it -- spoke at the lend it usa conference. he spoke out on everything from marissa mayer's performance, to his fear of china, the lack of women in tech, and the bubble that may be everywhere. plus he also told us how he , really feels about college education. peter: the big thing has been to focus on silicon valley, and i keep wondering whether we should try to look at some places outside silicon valley. of course, you have to travel a crazy amount to do that. that is why most of the venture capitalists do not want to do that. there is this question, should we be doing more things in other places, and is there some place with a cost-of-living that gets so prohibitive that it makes s

. ♪ emily: this is bloomberg west. what is so valuable about youth content and what is verizon's broader plan? we will bring you the details. what will the world of app analytics hold? over 40 tangled web of overseas subsidiaries. just bring you up today on a developing story. jamie dimon out with his annual letter to shareholders saying the potential outcomes are large and potentially unknown. referring to the possibility of the you can withdrawing from the european union. he says this looming uncertainty could hurt british and eu economies and jpmorgan could lose millions of dollars in brazil due to extreme stress. we will continue to review the headlines as a headline that they come. other news we are watching. they plan to finance the largest tech acquisition. our editor at large has been covering the story. headlines and just rolling in. what is the latest? about a week ago, they announced they are going to sell their i.t. services business, which they acquired for $4 billion -- $3 billion. three being less than 84. they are announcing they are -- a to sell documented compan

attempt to end the year-long conflict. nearly 9000 people have died in that conflict. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." coming up, alphabet and microsoft getting slammed in after-hours trading. and dick costolo on who joined in the writing room this season after leading twitter. and jean liu talks about did chuxing, china's uber. and we look at alphabet's after-earnings shares. it was up 18% and to that, it is looking at other bets. losses grew to $802 million. sales have improved. the cfo gave insight moments ago in a call. >> with regards to investments, the bulk of that is directed to our fiber business. we hope to increase that and execute it in a number of cities. emily: joining us now for a full breakdown is adam berge, james cakak, and cory johnson. cory, i will start with you. what do you make of the results here? not a great sign. cory: i didn't see it that bad as far as things go for google. $62.5 billion in revenue and a fantastic profit story as well from this company which we have come to expect, but if you look at this, we have seen some progress.

. emily: i'm emily chang, welcome to our one-hour special here on "bloomberg west" -- "unicorns: bubble or boom?" the number of unicorns has soared to more than 200 worldwide. these are private companies with a billion-dollar valuation or more. some are starting to wonder if soaring valuations are another bit of financial make believe are unicorns in for a reckoning? the market is seeing some correction. some are writing down the value of once-prized startup and the reigning unicorn giants are holding off on going public, wary of a volatile market. we'll talk about these issues this hour, and speak to two of the biggest unicorns around. airbnb and dropbox with two of the big names to come out of y combinator, the big incubator, and who better to help us walk through the hours than y.c. founder. joining me now is y.c. president, taking over the reigns from co-founder paul gram. great to have you back here on the show. you guys just took in another big batch of companies, in fact you funded 1,129 companies. >> i didn't know the exact number but i assume that's right. emily: that's

♪ emily: she founded a genetic testing company on one big idea, to create a dna database so big it could singlehandedly move science forward. even help cure deadly diseases. but in 2013, a near-disastrous blow. the fda yanked 23andme products off the market. this as ceo anne wojcicki had to face a very public divorce from her husband, google co-founder sergey brin. two years later, wojcicki and 23andme had made a remarkable comeback with its first fda approved consumer product, new funding and a $1.1 billion valuation. joining me today on "studio 1.0," 23andme ceo and co-founder, anne wojcicki. anne: thank you. emily: it's so great to have you here. thanks for doing this. anne: yeah. any time. emily: the last two years for you have been crazy. it could have been disastrous for the company. but now you are back on good terms with the fda. how do you feel about where you are right now? anne: i feel great, like i'm super proud of the company and what we have accomplished because i think when you have to slog through and you just have to put your head down. that when there is a lot of

emily: i am emily chang and this is "the best of bloomberg west," where we bring together the best interviews and news highlights from the week. coming up, a bit of financial make-believe. we take that question to the seed investor who spotted some of silicon valley's most celebrated entrepreneurs. plus, piling into renewable energy like never before. defined the theory that lower oil and gas prices would break funding away. we will meet the business minds driving the sector forward. is the tech story finally over? i sit down with the vendor and to watch which sector he is watching for the next big thing. first, the top story this week -- investors wondering if startup valuations are a bit of financial make-believe. this week, we employed the -- we explored the question on whether the unicorn bubble has popped. i sit down with dropbox ceo. what do you have to say about the mutual fund? >> we don't pay that much attention to it. what we focus on 500 million people using dropbox, 8 million businesses using dropbox, 150,000 of them paying like expedia, all these new big deals. our cus

♪ emily: he has been dubbed of the cowboy of the nsa and spy king. a retired four star general who served multiple tours. in as the director of the national security agency are under president george w. bush, a position he held eight years during the agency's most challenging period. cybercrime he tackle as the founder and ceo of ironnet. joining me today, former nsa director general keith alexander. general, so great to have you on the show. thank you for joining us. we have to start with the standoff between apple and the fbi. google, facebook -- tech company cited with apple. reopened a divide between washington and silicon valley. how sustainable is it for tech companies to be at odds with their government? gen. alexander: everyone has a right to one opinion. what we have to do is we have to learn how to get our country back together. best of what we represent and put that on the table. when i look at the great capabilities coming out of the tech community, these are phenomenal, tremendous opportunities. look at your caves. the opportunities you have in -- foron, for medication

out attacks in rome. allegedly planning to move from oman to isolate territory. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." coming up, amazon shares surge after sales topped estimates. jeff bezos is showing investors he can deliver profits and keep his side projects. linkedin surprised the industry with the earnings be. shares popping off the news. could the company not be as dire as beer. and an interview with biz stone. first, to our lead. amazon shares popping 12% in extended trading. the e-commerce giant reported a first-quarter revenue of just over $29 billion. operating profits were $1.7 billion. amazon web services continue to be a juggernaut for the company. the cloud computing arm is generating over 2.5 ilion dollars in revenue, and 64% year-over-year growth. this adds to evidence that the company can be profitable while adding new things, like one hour delivery, and marketing new gadgets. >> unit growth accelerated from 26% in december 2 at 27%, and that is higher than it was in the september quarter. two quarters of a row of acceleration. they are systematical

change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. ♪ emily: he says he never aspired to be ceo. he now finds himself leading a public company, determined to prove wall street wrong. jeff weiner rose through the ranks of warner bros. and yahoo! before linkedin cofounder reid hoffman made him a proposition to help run the professional social network he started. it was a match made in silicon valley heaven. weiner became the ceo he never expected to be and hoffman stayed on as chairman. linkedin now has over 400 million members in 200 countries but faces its biggest challenge yet. so big, jeff weiner donated his own $14 million stock bonus to his employees. joining me today on "studio 1.0," linkedin ceo jeff weiner. thank you so much for being here. it is great to have you. we will start with the elephant in the room. after the first quarter earnings report, stocks plummeted 40+%. it still has not recovered. is the magnitude of that market reaction fair? jeff: you know, who's to say whether or not it is fair. that's a market. that's what markets do. they determine the day-to-day price

bloomberg world headquarters in new york. " bloomberg west" is next. emily: i am emily chang, and this is "bloomberg west." it has been a dramatic week for tech stocks. apple sending the s&p 500 to its lowest drop since february with amazon checking in for its best profit yet. plus, the app pulled off a big-time coup today, scoring a one every kind of deal. will snapchat revolutionized the way we watch the olympics? the onslaught of earnings continues. we'll hear from the ceos of linkedin and pandora. their vision for a pass for a path forward. we have now gotten financial updates on some of the biggest tech companies. for some, investors may remember this week as a time momentum really shifted one way or another. for facebook, earnings gave mark zuckerberg the chance to ask for more freedom. on the other hand, twitter ceo jack dorsey is under more pressure than ever. perhaps a better example of divergence in tech stories is apple and amazon. apple's first sales decline in 13 years marked an end to an unprecedented growth streak that lasted 51 straight quarters. $51 billion market cap

♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "best of bloomberg west." we bring together the top interviews from the week in tech. all about earnings and apple posted its first sales in 2003. shares have taken a serious hit. is it a new area for apple? a tale of two tech companies as facebook hits the sweet spot. mark zuckerberg says more big bucks to come. and interview with the twitter cofounder and how he thinks twitter can right the ship along with a major announcement about his latest startup. first to everly -- apple, the roles most unable companies grappling with slowing demand for its flagship product, the iphone. it reported first sales declined since 2003. the numbers still caught some investors off guard. second quarter revenue was down her teen percent and earnings per share was down 18% and warnings we could see another decline in the next quarter. i spoke to frank gillett. what are the main takeaways? cory: iphone units down 18% is the biggest take away. you've got growth in the market and shrinkage at apple. the secular growth is taken away but the real concern and the reason

next. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." coming up, twitter seals the deal for streaming rights on thursday night football. the details behind twitter's latest play for online programming. plus could home advisor be the tech uniform? we talked to the ceo about plans to scale up. and bono's private equity firm is winding down. first, to our lead. twitter making a strategic push into online programming. the social networking company will stream 10 thursday night football games to the public for free, simultaneous to their broadcast on tv networks and the nfl cable channel. the winning small bet is is said to be in the neighborhood of $10 million competing offers from yahoo!, amazon and facebook. joining me to discuss it is the ceo of revolt media. here in the studio is our reporter who broke the story. sarah you broke this story , because of another story you broke last week about facebook backing out of its bid. what happened here? sarah: scott on our sports team has been a good reporter on this. basically, when facebook backed out of the bidding, and made it cle

. "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg west." coming up, apple pushing hard against a court order asking the company to unlock another iphone. we will bring you all the details. plus, is the future of net neutrality under threat? we look at a new bill making its way through congress and what the new rules could mean. and japan rocked by the second powerful quake in 24 hours. we will check out what the rest of the world is doing to catch up. first, to our lead. another tug in the tug-of-war between apple and the fbi over encryption. the cupertino company refusing once again to help investigators hack into a phone, reiterating its court case. they reiterated the government's need to substantiate its need for apple's assistance alone -- provides more than sufficient grounds to deny the government's application. the judge sided with apple. what does this mean? >> this is the next round in a debate or fight which is going to go on for a long time. apple's point is fundamentally that this phone is running an older operating system than the one in the san bernadino case. if the gov

emily: he was the most unlikely candidate for the job. a young entrepreneur living in from on with limited investing experience. larry page tapped him to start a capital fund. one year later, google ventures was born. the investment arm has become one of the most active firms in silicon valley with $2.4 billion to spend and investments in over 300 companies, including cooper, -- including uber nest, and plaque. joining me today, bill maris, gv ceo. thank you so much for being here. you were hand-picked by larry to start google's venture capital in 2008. at the time, you were a young entrepreneur, no clout in silicon valley to it what were the early years like? bill: hand-picked implies a level of specialness. i was sitting at a shared office space at a desk in corporate development, sitting next to a corporate developer and in turn internorate development who turned out to be kevin's sister as he was developing instagram. at the time, we were trying to figure out what we were trying to do here. i was not picked for my clout or experience. in part, my lack of experience in the ventu

" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang, and this is "bloomberg west." uber's breathing easier after striking a deal with california drivers. what does this mean for the larger gig economy? we break it down. apple is not immune to china. chinese regulators shut down itunes movies. we will dig into the larger implications. after a busy week in technology earnings, the main takeaways as we go into yet another busy week. what you need to know ahead of apple, twitter, and amazon all reporting next week. first, a developing story. first round bidders for yahoo! could find out as early as next week whether they made it into the next round. yahoo!'s advisors will spend the weekend narrowing down the field of bidders after receiving more than 10 initial offers for the internet company, ranging from $4 billion to $8 billion. sources say advisors will narrow the list to seven finalists. the bidders include verizon, yp, ppg, and a group led by bain and vista equity. paul kedrosky joins me from san diego. paul, how does the search committee and the board begin to narrow this down? where do they

24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in 150 news bureaus around the world. ♪ emily: coming up, facebook is getting ready. another suitor throwing his hat into the ring for yahoo! -- what would the daily mail do with yahoo! possibly assets? and tesla recalls 2700 vehicles over issues with third row seats. the bloomberg business week design conference is underway where top designers and business leaders are gathering to talk about design innovation. my colleague and editor at large cory johnson is standing by with some big interviews ahead. cory: a really interesting conference here in that bloomberg is this week focused not only on their design issue but the notion of how it can lead to new kinds of his nest. certainly things like art direction and architecture and even city planning are being discussed, but some ideas about front end user experience, even architect companies in a totally different way. emily: we will check in with cory johnson of it later in the show. turning now to facebook. their development concert -- conference kicks off on tuesday. this is wher

foreigners. 16 people were killed in the march 22 attack. crumpton, "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is bloomberg west. for applebraced earnings yesterday and the question remains, how far have iphone sales fallen. and charter communications approved -- received approval for its takeover of time warner cable. and we embark on the busiest week this quarter. what you need to know ahead of the report. it has been a year since apple released the most significant new product since the tim cook era. the most hyped gadget since the iphone, the apple watch. watch is the apple most personal device we have ever created. it is not just with you, it is on you. since what you where is an expression of who you are, we designed apple watch to appeal to a variety of people with different taste and different preferences. emily: apple has not disclosed sales figures but ibc estimates about 11.6 million were shipped in the first month of 2015. they compare that to the first sales of the iphone which were a mere 6 million units in 2007. the iphone went on to be there most importa

news bureaus around the world. "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg west." forng up, the stage is set another high-profile showdown between the tech industry and the government. microsoft is in the spotlight, a law that stops the company from telling customers when the government wants to access their data. elondo you spot the next musk? an entrepreneur capable of starting several companies? looking for those people in china. redstone will not be testifying in a case over his competency. all of bring you up to the twists and turns in the high-stakes saga. microsoft sets the stage for high-profile confrontation between the government and silicon valley over consumer privacy. a lawsuit in seattle was filed against the justice department attempting to change a law that bars tech companies from telling consumers when the government asks for their data. this fight is not over a single request, it is over the legality of a mountain of requests piling up that so much customer data is stored in the cloud. 5006soft has received hundred 24 demands for customer information in t