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Immediately. that hack coming is new york city is launching in apps to fight cyber criminals, the secure apps will help smartphone users to monitor insecure wi-fi networks and malicious content that may appear on their phones including unsafe apps. it will be available to download for free this summer. a chef filing a lawsuit against the state of virginia over happy hour laws. first amendment rights being violated, virginia limits advertising to terms like happy hour or drink special and not spe...

Of smartphone users who are looking to shop somewhere locally go to a search engine to do it, and 72% of those end up in a store within five miles of where that person lives. >> got it. okay. >> thats why you have to do it. >> barry, lets talk to you about prospects. when we think about prospects not responding to us, generally i think thats a b2b business. you say think of your big-ticket items. >> a lot of people go to places where theyre going to buy a car or couch or piece of art. you get th...

>> ask for help. lot of people that get into startups believe they know everything there is to know because it was their idea in the beginning. embracing criticism and learning to do that in the beginning of your startup is critical to learning new things, overcoming obstacles you cant do by yourself. >> one of the biggest developments in mobile is the ability to localize your marketing efforts. so if youre trying to reach potential customers in your area, check out our website of the week. usin...

>> ask for help. lot of people that get into startups believe they know everything there is to know because it was their idea in the beginning. embracing criticism and learning to do that in the beginning of your startup is critical to learning new things, overcoming obstacles you cant do by yourself. >> one of the biggest developments in mobile is the ability to localize your marketing efforts. so if youre trying to reach potential customers in your area, check out our website of the woke. usin...

they bear the name of his predecessor. president obama is seizing the bush tax cutted and calling for them to be extend, but not for everyone. the president wants to let them expire for the wealthiest americans. that puts him at odds with congressional republicans, as well as his rival mitt romney and sets the stage for a very heated battle with less than four months to go before the election. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is covering this for us. first of all, why is th...

Rethink possible. in todays "tech watch"çó making calls may be the last thing on your mind when you pick up your phone. smartphone users spend only 12 minutes talking on the phone, but spend two hours a day using the gadgets its believable. users spend ten minutes sending text messages, 25 surfing the internet. the other time is used checking social networking sites and listening to music. time to todays list of number ones. daily beast calls boulder, colorado, the most creative city in am...

Advertisi advertising? if you can do it, definitely do it. she is incredibly creative so a lot of things to pull here. >> it works in the major cities and new york has the 7 million or 10 million people, and you have a focused market and major cities like l.a. and london or paris, you can do that, too, but one thing about places that are not as highly pop you iu not as highly pop you ilistpopu there ways to help sponsor a event or co-host an event, and lessons to take and apply to a smaller scal...

Number of americans are suffering from nomophobia. the warning signs include constantly checking your phone 30 times a day, constantly worried that its going to get lost even when its in your pocket, and never turning the little bugger off. a whopping two-thirds of us said they call qualify for those characteristics, 17% up from a similar study a year ago. a majority of people have smartphones when, four years ago, regular cell phones were more popular. a recent study found that in the past 30 d...

Were getting more details now about the army sergeant under investigation and his background. also this morning, a very controversial form of punishment. a miami father forced his seventh-grade son to stand on a street corner wearing this embarrassing sign. he did so poorly in school that his dad decided to take action. i know everybody has different parenting methods. i personally like to bribe my child. my children, i should say, plural. to each his own. >> thats an interesting one. were goi...

Foreign policy. his national security record will now weaken the line of attack from republicans come campaign 2012. martha: and breaking this morning in pakistan, a suicide bomber targeting a rival group of militants, killing 23 people, the bombing happened in the shirah valley region close to the border with afghanistan, the commander of the taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack. bill: now getting this word from at&t. putting the brakes on some of its biggest smartphone users. the...