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Inrmati information, they have a new paper app. >> they are trying to expand into independent applications that involve facebook and get other people watching what they do. this paper app called paper, a news reader. a user friendly news reader on your iphone for now, coming out next week. great interface for news, subscribe to news services, follow the people there whats going on. their event, their news. whats interesting, i like to talk about small business, a lot of small business people, a ...

Mcintosh is apples latest bid to take a bite out of ibms lead in personal computers. a field pioneered by apple. >> wow, what a flashback and what a ride its been for apple. >> i know. i noticed he called him steven jobs. youre right, 30 years ago today the first mac was introduced to the world and it was revolutionary. many of the devices we use today like the iphone drew inspiration from the original mac, and i think what was really revolutionary here, chris, it allowed you to navigate with an...

Dealing with the rest of the globe, we have living in a global culture where that may be something necessary. fareed zakaria talks about this in "time" magazine today. the u.s. government, its business is its people, is under massive sustained surveillance from an infiltration by criminals, terrorists and foreign governments. it would be impossible to defend against these attacks without allowing intelligence agencies to spy on foreign governments and groups abroad. it seems as far as the interf...

Now? >> well, we have one prototype done. its called the alpha leg. its a two-thirds scale prototype. this is the interface i brought along to give a sense of what its like to get your arm in the gauntlet. and you control that one giant leg with your arm. weve been doing engineering development and some early training on the alpha leg. >> what challenges have you faced as you go along? you must have had some interesting conversations with people. i want to build this giant anti-robot and can you...

Half of twitter is people complaining on air travel, and the airlines are like, what else are you going to do? >> one of the things the public doesnt realize is an unintended consequence of the deregulation act was to exempt airlines from all state and local consumer protection laws and most torts. so you really have no rights, other than maybe the right to complain. and if its a really gross abuse, the airline might get fined. but unless youre physically injured or killed, you really dont have ...

Everyones squeezed. like, physically squeezed. like squeezed into the plain and met foreically squeezed. squeezing pensions and squeezing services, and squeezing everything out of everyone involved in the industry. >> well, what hasnt been squeezed, looking forward, instead of back, are airline profits. if you look at the stock of airlines, the u.s. carriers, they more than doubled their stock price in the last year. and there are many low-margin businesses, the food business, travel and tourism...

Are you going to do? >> one of the things the public doesnt realize is an unintended consequence of the deregulation act was to exempt airlines from all state and local consumer protection laws and most torts. so you really have no rights, other than maybe the right to complain. and if its a really gross abuse, the airline might get fined. but unless youre physically injured or killed, you really dont have much in the way of legal recourse against an airline these days. >> and i think one of the...

Two launched a website that lets you look at plans >> we allow you to browse and explore options without going through the pain of sign-up. >> they added a user-friendly interface. zip code, family ages, whether you smoke and that is it. >> i went from knowing nothing to knowing what plans, what subsidies and what the premiums are. >> and from there you can enroll. close to half a million of people have logged on. there is no adv vveadveri t and are not making money. >> i want to focus on health...

>> reporter: while president obama has been doing damage control over rocky rollout of healthcare.gov, two tech buddies brainstormed and launched a guide that lets users quickly compare health insurance plans. >> we are a compliment to healthcare.gov. you can explore your options without the pain of the signup processes. they added a user-friendly interface. type in whether you smoke, your area and age, and walla. >> i know exactly which plans exist, which subsidies i can get for them and what t...

Just to window shop and compare insurance plans and prices. three young programmers came up with an easy fix at least for that problem. while president obama has been doing damage control over the rocky rollout of healthcare.gov, two of the tech buddies helped launch the guide allowing users quickly compare health insurance plans. >> where a comment to healthcare.gov. will allow you to explore your options without going through pain of the sign-up process. reporter: is a user-friendly interface....