it is the same thing -- people look to whatsapp. we have founders come in all the time -- there will not be another whatsapp. there will be new things. what do we know about the new things? they will be viewed as completely crazy. the one thing we know is that nobody will think it's the next best thing. it will be out on the fringe. it will be considered bizarre. it will be software as a service in 1999. everybody is going to be like, there is no way. like, it could never possibly work. 10-years later that is the thing. >> marc andreessen, everybody. ♪ stephanie ruhle: it has been five years since haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. >> we lived one of the worst moments in our history. it was an armageddon-like situation. stephanie: the government says the country is moving forward. that haiti is open for business. >> we want to do more. we want to attract more businesses. that will change an entire region in terms of job creation. maybe what we are doing today will show the government that they need to come here and help th

you said on twitter, your startup is not the next whatsapp. what is great is that you actually write back to people. someone said to you, so what is the next week thing? you said something new. what is something new? >> we are trying our best to find it. peter teel talks about this. the point peter makes, and i agree with that, is there never is one. there will never be another microsoft. there will never be another google. there was just the one. we have founders come in all the time and their building the next whatsapp. there will not be another whatsapp. there will be new things. what do we know about the new things? they will be viewed as completely crazy. the one thing we know is that nobody will think it's the next best thing. it will be out on the fringe. it will be considered bizarre. it will be software as a service in 1999. people will not think it will work. 10-years later that is the thing. >> marc andreessen, everybody. ♪ francine: hello, and welcome to "inside fendi." we are in rome, and over the next 30 minutes, bloomberg brin

carriers view themselves as being attacked by the so-called over the top layers, like snapchat or facebook whatsapp facebook messenger, which is taking away big part of their business, which is text messaging, sms, and only requiring them to provide the bandwidth. this is an ongoing global battle between those two sectors of the industry. nobody really knows how it will come out. frankly, they are both quite profitable sectors of business so i am not setting any tears on either side. cory: just a little bit of tears for verizon and at&t? [laughter] david, always good to see you. "bloomberg west" will be right back.

will whatsapp be part of the internet.org suite as well? mark: it's going to be different on a country-by-country basis. so just like the u.s. has 911 that has certain things in it, in different countries, most of them have an equivalent of 911 that have different things. so for some, it's mostly just about health and crime. some have more things in it than the u.s. does. internet.org is kind of going to be like that, too. in each country, the governments and local operators are going to need to figure out what services they want to include. emily: google has android. mark: mm-hmm. emily: how do you overcome not having the hardware? not having android? mark: our strategy is just to build things that people really want to use. facebook is the most used app. whatsapp and messenger and instagram are some of the next most used apps that are out and there. so, at some level, i think, that as long as we are building services that people really want to use and that help people's lives, then it's not as big of a deal. it is certainly a little bit s

will whatsapp be part of the internet.org suite as well? mark: it is going to be different on a country-by-country basis. so just like the u.s. has 911 that has certain things in it, in different countries, most of them have an equivalent of 911 that have different things. so for some, it is mostly just about health and crime. some have more things in it than the u.s. does. internet.org is kind of going to be like that, too. in each country, the governments and local operators are going to need to figure out what services they want to include. emily: google has android. mark: mm-hmm. emily: how do you overcome not having the hardware? not having android? mark: our strategy is just to build things that people really want to use. facebook is the most used app. whatsapp and messenger and instagram are some of the next most used apps that are out and there. so, at some level, i think, that as long as we are building services that people really want to use and that help people's lives, then it's not as big of a deal. it is certainly a little bit

whatsapp a year ago has continued to grow. this is organic growth from facebook and adding 100 million users in four months, i mean that's -- >> and taking a line out of the playbook of the asian messenger players, making it a platform, payments, ordering a taxi, potentially shopping as well, they already have stickers in messenger which is similar to what line and we chat do as well. my question, why do it in messenger and not whatsapp? >> i think they're going to actually see probably maybe this year, maybe later on in the ear, but i think you will start to see more integration. when you saw the facebook purchased instagram at first wasn't really a lot. now when you save photos they get sent to both platforms, likes, shares, all these things can happen between the platforms. one of the things facebook messenger benefits from that whatsapp doesn't, use it on a desk top and mobile device. i wonder if we will see more integration as far as that goes between the whatsapp mobile device and the facebook messenger app. this is abou

we have text messaging collapsing worldwide, messages on facebook messenger, on whatsapp and snapchat growing enormously. is there a sense that alibaba wants to invest in snapchat, or snapchat wants to have an investor from china to get trade in that market? serena: i mean let's put it this way. when you do a deal you are and it together. i think they want to be in this field together. alibaba has been known for investing its own money and tax startups in the u.s. and abroad. we know they invested in lift and ride sharing companies competing with uber and they have started investments. i'm sure they are putting $200 million is there sign of willingness. cory: when we look at the companies like whatsapp and instagram, through the usage of these services, the numbers are large. they are free to the user. that doesn't suggest a lot of revenue but they really are seeing a lot of usage. i was on the train this morning and watched a guy working through as a business guy, and a sports coat, and grown-up shoes, checking his snapchat, checking his e-mail clearly a habit. that is what is happen

cory: when we look at the companies like whatsapp and instagram, through the usage of these services, the numbers are large. they are free to the user. that doesn't suggest a lot of revenue but they really are seeing a lot of usage. i was on the train this morning and watched a guy working through as a business guy, and a sports coat, and grown-up shoes, checking his snapchat, checking his e-mail, clearly a habit. that is what is happening around the world. serena: exactly. the user is tremendous. the revenue generation that snapchat started were generating -- started working on generating revenues. i think the valuations are more projections of what they will be but investors are clearly willing to bet. cory: companies are giving these valuations while they are still private. serena: right. we are not seeing many tech ipos, especially not as big as this round. the big question is, how did this connect between the public market and private market will progress, and what will be the final outcome. cory: thank you for calling in. we appreciate that and the scoop. "bloomberg west" will b

la Última vez remetiÓ contra el whatsapp. segÚn Él propiciar las infidelidades. hay unos 600 millones de usuarios de esta aplicaciÓn en el mundo que estarÍan en peligro. esta experta en tecnologÍa nos dice que esa es una visiÓn medieval. fÁtima: la tecnologÍa nunca tiene la culpa de la conducta de los seres humanos que la utilizan. marÍa helena: se sorprenderÍa tal vez de conocer las otras aplicaciones, incluso las que buscan abiertamente un segundo amor. (informaciÓn en pantalla) en lima perÚ marÍa luisa martÍnez, univisiÓn. fÉlix: cuando regresemos muchas mujeres se exponen incluso a la cÁrcel si deciden suspender su embarazo. ♪ fÉlix: la interrupciÓn del embarazo en paÍses latinoamericanos es bastante frecuente, lo cual no quiere decir que sea legal en todos ellos. muchas mujeres reciben la sorpresa de que estÁn embarazadas y asÍ comienza para muchas de ellas una verdadera odisea despuÉs de que deciden que lo mejor serÍa someterse a un aborto. esta situaciÓn fue explorada en honduras por uno de nuestros compaÑeros que nos narra su his

look at the fact that they had to buy whatsapp for $19 billion which ats the time was 10 to 20% of their market cap. not like they have a lock in they keep forever. they have to keep spending money to protect that for tress. >> bring in jason an analyst with oppenheimer and company talking about facebook. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm looking at a chart going back to spring of 2013, it has not tested the 200 day. you to go back to the days when it was literally in the low 20s. why is it stubbornly strong? >> look, i think as investors are looking for large cap growth, it's hard to find large cap growth and, you know, if the choice is either this versus google, you know, google is slowing, still has a dominant position, but this is a company who's clear going to continue to grow for the foreseeable future and so when you layer that on top of these additional legs of growth whether it's, you know, instagram, video payments it makes it a very exciting story for the foreseeable future. >> jason, what occurs to me when you look back at the instagram by certainly that looks like genius

you've got these messaging apps including whatsapp, taking away the sms revenue. mark zuckerberg here trying to say we are not your enemy even though we own whatsapp our test in internet.org have shown people want data. you can make it up in volume of data plans if you give people a taste of what they want and zuckerberg's argument part of what they want, of course, is facebook. i caught up with one of the biggest sports stars in the world, also the partner of shakira, one of the music stars in the world, he's gerard pk, not just a star with fc barcelona soccer here, also an entreprene entrepreneur, mobile gaming company, a game on ios, golden manager, where you're a soccer manager. we were talking about that. he said even his friends are playing and it's at the top of many countries' app stores. take a listen. >> show that games, to your friends, other players. >> yeah, definitely. some of my teammates in the dressing room are playing every day, asking me for more money. they don't want to pay. i said you money, examine on. -- come on. it's funny. it's really fun

zuckerberg there is a worry that some of facebook's services -- what's at, the company that facebook -- whatsapp the company that facebook bought last year -- there is a tension. what is your take on that? >> they also want to listen. they do not want to roll of another country. they get it. we have the networks. and we and them together make something good. separate, it is incomplete. that is one. i am a believer of taking your own destiny in your own hands. we have to be proactive. this is unstoppable. we are not going to stop it. we have to get out there, make sure it works for the consumer and for us. >> mario from millicom thank you very back to you in san francisco. >> brad stone, thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ >> it is an area we will continue to grow in where there is a mature product line and we can ring -- >> there is a lot of m&a in the medical device-based because there is been a lot of cross pressure. where do you see opportunities for growth that johnson & johnson sought to divest at -- divest assets? >> i think johnson & johnson has been very explici

carriers view themselves as being attacked by the so-called over the top layers, like snapchat or facebook whatsapp facebook messenger, which is taking away big part of their business, which is text messaging, sms, and only requiring them to provide the bandwidth. this is an ongoing global battle between those two sectors of the industry. nobody really knows how it will come out. frankly, they are both quite profitable sectors of business so i am not setting any tears on either side. cory: just a little bit of tears for verizon and at&t? [laughter] david, always good to see you. "bloomberg west" will be right back. cory: i am cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west." [indiscernible] they are cheaper and easier to trade. toyota is recalling 2500 rav4 ev models made with tesla drivetrains. the glitch could cause the car to shift into neutral while driving and lose power. toyota and tesla ended their partnership last year. lyft has gotten a huge funding round, $530 million raised from investors, including rakuten in japan for. 11.9% of the company. . the money will unit a boost as it tries to take on it

going to happen they want everyone to go to a facebook app, whether it's messenger or instagram or whatsapp. they want to make sure wherever you are come you were on a facebook property. one of the things to listen for today will be development around those apps. are they going to allow developers to write for those platforms? allowing payments between users of facebook messenger. is that the kind of thing that will open up to other developers to offer other services? looking at this other platforms. matt: it's exciting to hear from his perspective that the new york times, national geographic, buzz feed may operate within the bounds of facebook. what other things do you think you would like to see inside facebook? cory: it's interesting the way he seems to think of his company as a media copy. people consume information. -- as a media company. thinking about something, calling it the new speed. -- news feed. i think that's an important developed for the company because it signals a direction in the way they think about things is a place people congregate to share experiences. that's an inte

whatsapp, also owned by facebook. the world's most popular messaginmessaging app. they're trying to use it without their name to compete with their own apps. >> i don't know if it's cool. it's interesting. the fact that messenger, you'll be able to pay. at first i was apprehensive about it, until i found out that one of the men from paypal, which is a very secure system is involved in this initiative. that gives it some clot. >> yeah. i think security, you don't need to worry about too much. it's really about where, which third party services will integrate with this and how. but it's a neat idea. very ambitious. almost every business, small and big has a facebook page. now facebook wants to move the conversation and the interaction you're having with these businesses, hey, come to messenger. you can complain about customer service here. >> there's so many different messaging apps. group me is something that a bunch of my friends are on. instead of text messaging with ten of us. we're on an app to do it. we can send pictures. i'm old and i'm on this. doesn't that m

when you think when you think about what facebook did with what whatsapp did where there's hundreds of millions of people using that product on a monthly basis, that's a really rare occurrence. and what snap chat's been able to do is create a new communication, added on, now added on discover and all these products. it's a new way to communicate that users want to use in their tool chest. to communicate with their friends. >> is there a business model? you sell $1 for 50 cents -- there's not a business. >> thereby be a business model for sure. you have to be cognizant of the fact that this is a 3-year-old company. it's gone from zero to a couple hundred people. but the growth is so stunning that it's not hard to understand that when you're doing this the kind of things that happen is experimenting with as you'll be able to scale revenue exceptionally fast, and that's why valuations are justified. >> that was general catalyst managing director hemant taneja. the best of "bloomberg west" will be right back. we'll be talking about space and a mysterious explosion of the secret satellite.

however, it carries the taint of cult both because it bought whatsapp for $19 billion and because people believe that huge secondary offerings must be lurking out there somewhere. still, facebook's pronounced breakout above $80 yesterday one that continued today with a 32-cent gain seems very real to people. i think people are taking notice of the fact that facebook and another inexpensive internet stock, google are acting better. and therefore have a chance to break out on no real news. that's the best kind of run if you're feeling cultish, because it encourages the cultist to play the momentum breakout game they love so much. finally, welcome back to mobile eye, up a buck yesterday, another $2.21 today. ali baba up nearly $4 high yesterday, going higher. and gopro, which rallied nearly 3 bucks yesterday, even though it gave back most of the gains today. i think gopro has peaked. i like semiconductors better than mobile. and ali baba it's only cheap if the chinese communist party says it's to be cheap. here's the bottom line, those are some hefty valuations, but you know what's really r

again, facebook is connected to this because whatsapp is working with people in india. it's become a broader communications industry. not just that person to government. twitter needs to get into this. is this their effort to cap up tch up. the industry is very high. 10%. facebook actually head of twitter. >> just to understand all of this facebook stuff you're talking about was accidentallily leaked is that right? >> facebook accidently leaked. how does that happen? >> well details aren't out yet. but we generally knew they were going to talk about it. the parse internet of things. >> and how come they call it f.a. instead of fap? >> i don't know. >> the vice chairman of city groupe. >>> and then the group behind super troopers. super troopers. yeah okay. looking to find the secret. >>> plus why airfares aren't coming down as the price of fuel falls. >>> and we will go inside the food business with the cfo of grocery giant kroger. we're going krogering. which is the old ads. to actively uncover, discuss and debate investment opportunities. which leads to better decisio

what we have seen is the acquisitions of instagram, whatsapp, the growth of facebook messenger, 500 million people worldwide. we got a clue a few weeks ago only found out facebook would make ways to make payments. i wanted -- you to think about this big idea of not facebook at facebook but is anything as a platform. it is the holy grail of silicon valley, to create businesses of other businesses. application developers and showing up to learn how to put their business on top of facebook so things like the messaging app could become a platform for other developers. it is sort of a humanist notion that they still develop on the app and facebook will begin to monetize and make money. betty: clearly if you are a developer, you will take this seriously, but are the developers really going to use facebook make facebook a priority for them? cory: i think we will hear specifically about video mobile technology. facebook has been in another -- a number of acquisitions to acquire ways to help advertisers file users from different devices, from their phone to tablet to desktop, but also understand whi

the operators now can't get as much revenue in because facebook and whatsapp provide them for free over the internet. this is why he is really trying to focus on what the operators are doing. what is important are the cables that are being put in the ground by these operators he is working with. manus: he encouraged all the mobile operators to join him in bringing the internet to the world. a lot didn't join up and felt threatened. what are executives telling you on the ground? caroline: we were just speaking with a key telecom chief executive yesterday and he was focusing on the fact that he is angry and passionate, he wants facebook and google. he wants them to be regulated as telecom providers are. he was not saying that they have to have more regulation, but perhaps the telecom providers should have less regulation in europe. he was saying, give us a level playing field. manus: thanks, caroline. anna: we will be taking to twitter on everything that comes out. follow us there. @markbartontv @annaedwardsnews and @manuscranny. mark: up next, we will bring you more from the geneva auto

telecom the grote -- growth rates are shrinking in the growth rates for over the top messaging like whatsapp or snapchat or facebook messenger, that is growing so to enable the platform we could create a whole new business model and as i mentioned the 2500 people were here to write code that could work on things like facebook messenger, that is some of the biggest news out of this conference with mark zuckerberg. shirley other things they are showing off like the oculus virtual reality with an updated software pratt for -- platform including real-time broadcasting of the oculus three dvr, i also talk to other changes new ways for advertisers to understand how their ads are working or failing, that is behind the scenes at facebook at some of the biggest news again is the platform is asian of facebook messenger, it could be a big game changer, the possibilities become endless as long as people are inspired to think of something new to do with messenger which is an open platform. cory johnson from bloomberg. caroline: i have played with the headset before and i would give them ago they are a lo

and that has fallen off a cliff because of the other services such as whatsapp, facebook messenger, and snapchat. that is why they are rushing to get there. they see the growth going away from the big carriers in sms and going to other messaging platforms. alix: where do you think they will go next? where will facebook innovate? alex: it looks like they are trying really hard to get people to spend money on the platform to take a little skim off the top. that cuts of the need to think about where do advertisers come in. that seems to be where they are looking to. they also may be looking at snapchat and seeing what they are doing with the buffer feature where media companies and news outlets have come in and given really specific content. alix: and they discovered a huge premium. alex: right, right. alix: thanks so much, alex brink a and cory johnson. will be right back. ♪ alix: here are the top stories we are watching and ahead of the closing bell. richard handler returned to california to stop declining revenues. this is according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. at th

ubers of this world and whatsapp. i think he believes there's a bubble there. do you agree with that? >> i do. you're always going to have pets.com, what mr. cuban is referring to you look at the top holdings of the nasdaq the nasdaq has diversified 47% of the stocks are tech stocks. apple microsoft, google, amazon the companies have hundreds of billions of dollars in cash, you can't compare that to 2,000 nasdaq files that i don't believe. stuart: it's cold in new york at the moment. you go back to the beach. it's kind of warm there. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: i'm moving onto gold a hit show i'm talking about on the discovery channel all about mining for gold on the bottom of the bering sea between alaska and russia. the star of the show is a pioneer in her own rite. roll this tape first.. >> something is happening. >> come to the surface if you can hear me. stuart: that lady right, there that is emily rydell the star of the "bering sea gold," sheer she is, ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you for having me. stuart: in the middle of the winter and sometimes in

a su facebook, seguimos sus fotografÍas e incluso muchas veces queremos ver si estÁ conectado en el whatsapp. alan: con ese tipo de situaciones no se han superado el tema. cuÁles son las seÑales que nos dicen que ya estamos por terminar esa relaciÓn?ceptación persona ha muerto y ya no va al volver, exactamente lo mismo tenemos que hacer con nuestra pareja. esa pareja ya no va a volver, ahora te toca a tÍ vivir. debes incluir cosas en tu vida, cosas bellas, cosas que te distraigan y te hagan disfrutar como por ejemplo ir al cine o el teatro, empezar a aceptar invitaciones de pretendientes o gente que estÁ interesada en tÍ porque eso te va hacer volver a tener esperanza. alan: cuÁndo sabemos que ya lo superamos? silvia:nosotros somos recuerdos asÍ que nunca hay que olvidar nada nuestra vida. hay que saber que la persona que amas de que olvidarla nunca porque los recuerdos son lo que somos. tenemos que darnos cuenta que el recuerdo de esa persona no nos va a doler y vamos a pensar quÉ bonita experiencia pero lo pasado es pasado! alan: ya vio lo que no y lo que sÍ y es un poco lo que

. >> lo que pasa es que me lo mencionÓ por whatsapp. trabajamos juntos en mira quien baila y le gustÓ mi trabajo, los trajes estÁn de infarto hay algunos que son dos lentejuelas y 13 flecos. >> yo creo que aquÍ se juntÓ el hambre con las ganas de comer, porque resulta que los dos ya tenÍan muchas ganas de cantar. >> tiene tremenda voz! verÓnica: y querido david que hasta habÍa sacado su disco, se van a dar muchÍsimo gusto. era de la novela en mÉxico y creo que lo van a traer a estados unidos ya se estÁ haciendo la costumbre de que despuÉs de determinarÁ obra se hace una obra. >> hace un mes estuve en mÉxico haciendo las fotos, y entre las cosas que mÁs contenta la tenÍa era no solamente la quÍmica que habÍa logrado con david zepeda sino esos planes que tenÍan en conjunto, porque lograron una muy buena relaciÓn. alan: ella ha trabajado muy duro para este momento. verÓnica: la novela tambiÉn. >> estÁ en su mejor momento. verÓnica: quiÉn no anda muy contento es nicolÁs, porque resulta que ayer era el dÍa del padre

alejandro: sÍ, por el face, el whatsapp. en los Ángeles, esta vez les tenemos la historia no se me pierde agua. un sommelier de agua, este seÑor exige que se le trate al agua como se le trata un buen vino. y que no se quiere crear una moda de catador de agua. ana: muy bien, porque dicen que el agua no tiene ni color ni sabor, pero yo encuentro sabor en ciertas aguas, sobre todo entre la purifica de la que no estÁ purificada. aquÍ a veces tomo de la llave, pero serÍa interesante que se le dÉ esa importancia al agua. alejandro: me acuerdo que cuando llega este paÍs, yo tomaba de la llave. ahora hacemos la importancia del agua y muchas veces cuando dices me aburre tomar agua, es una buena manera de ponerle sabores naturales, limÓn, lima, menta... ana: yo no soy de tomar mucha agua, pero ahora con el embarazo, lo primero que quiero hacer es tomar un vaso de agua. no se si sea por el organismo, pero bien saben que debemos tomar ocho vasos de agua al dÍa por la salud. alejandro: ya seguimos en "despierta amÉrica"! ya sea

obviously whatsapp is here, messenmess n messen messenger. it's about making each experience much richer. a lot of optimism about what's in store for facebook over the next five years from mark zuckerberg who i spoke to here at the developer conference. >> julia boorstin with some facebook news. really appreciate it. dominic chu keeping an eye on some of the big movers in this market. >> a lot of them to the downside including what's happening with the apollo education tanking after offering disappointing sales projections. it's all about shrinking student numbers at these for-profit colleges. the university of phoenix operation saw a 13% drop in new enrollments. as a result shares down by 28%. then shares of wood flooring retailer lumber liquidators. you can see they are higher by 15%. the consumer products safety commission says it is investigating those claims that certain chinese-made products sold by the company contain some potentially harmful levels of cancer-causing chemicals. again, but those particular studies says commission chief

whatsapp. you have mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey from twitter and facebook. the youngest is this duo. evan spiegel and bobby morgan. not too shabby. a fascinating list. back to you. >> michael jordan. wow. pretty cool. >> and the youngest is 24. >> what do you do with the rest of your life? >> count your money. >> find a beach. >>> coming up how far would you go to depend your children? what former great curt schilling did could get back at cyber bullies targeting his daughter. >>> and a silicon valley showdown. why google is not happy over the expansion to its headquarters there. but first this is "today" on nbc. >> coming up, the hidden message in a portrait of bill clinton. >> that story after your local news. it's t bea t u move to, the track you don't want to end. that's why these all-new special k snack bars are full of the good stuff like golden oats, dark chocolaty chunks and salty pretzels. each for 100 feel-good calories. ♪ because you should give life all the flavor you've got. special k snacks. be flavorful. got these right there... got those to