CHARLES: FACEBOOK MAKING BIG
CHANGES TO YOUR NEWS FEED.
THIS INTENDED TO INCREASE
MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS.
IT COULD CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD RECEIVE THEIR
INFORMATION.
CURT, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
HUNT YOU DOWN FOR ABOUT AWEEK.
SOME PROBLEMS GOING ON.
THIS COULD BE A RESPONSE TO THE
PROBLEMS OR THE ALTRUISTIC PART
HE'S CLAIMING, A RESHAPING OF
FACEBOOK'S PRIORITIES, RATHER
THAN JUST SHAPING IT FOR BRANDS,
BUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL
BEGIN THE TIMELINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I BELIEVE
THESE PEOPLE.
IMMEDIATELY.
BUT A RAISED EYEBROW AT THIS
MOVANT MARKET PUNISHING HIM
TODAY 4.5% DOWN ON FACEBOOK.
CHARLES: RON, LISTEN, MARK
ZUCKERBERG WENT ON A 50-STATE
LISTENING TOUR.
HE SAID HE WOULD COME INTO THIS
NEW YEAR, CHECK OUT THE COMPANY
AND WHAT HE COULD DO WITH IT.
YOU HAVE TO BE THINKING LONG
TERM OR TO CURT'S POINT THAT
THIS IS JUST RHETORIC AND
COMPANY.
>> WHEN THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED
THESE MASSIVE CHANGES, THEY
AREN'T MASSIVE AT ALL BUT
INSTEAD ARE INCREMENTAL SHIFTS.
THEY SAY IT'S CRACK DOWN ON FAKE
NEWS.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THE MOST OF
FAKE NEWS I HAVE EVER SEEN WAS
FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
NOT FROM PUBLISHERS.
I THINK HIS LISTENING TOUR
COUPLED WITH THIS, IT SOUNDS
MORE LIKE RHETORIC.
BUT IT'S NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
SCHEME.
FACEBOOK WILL NOT BE THE NEWS
GIANT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
CHARLES: I THINK THE NEXT
BUSINESSMAN WILL BE SCHULTZ FROM
STARBUCKS.
THIS THING WITH APPLE iPHONE.
HE GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE FROM
SHAREHOLDERS ABOUT HOOKING
CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE.
IS THIS THE PRICE OF SUCCESS?
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT
DILEMMAS.
ARE THEY THROTTLING DOWN
IPHONES SO THEY ARE FORCING US
INTO BUYING NEW ONES?
BOTH EUROPEAN AND U.S.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOOKING
INTO THAT TO FIND OUT IF THAT
SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO PURSUE ON
A CRIMINAL LEVEL OR CORPORATE
PENALTY LEVEL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY CAME
OUT WITH A GOOD RESPONSE TO THAT
THAT SOUNDS TOTALLY LEGITIMATE.
THE RESOLUTION APPEARS TO BE
FAIR.
$29 YOU GET A BATTERY.
CHARLES: IS IT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE OUR
CHILDREN OR IS IT OURS?
>> BIG DEBATE ON THAT ONE.
ALL OF THESE CELL PHONE
MANUFACTURERS, A LOT OF PARENTS
USE THE TECHNOLOGY AS A
CHARLES: A MOMENT COULD BE
HOURS.
>> SO IT'S A BELL FOR PARENTS TO
REALIZE TECHNOLOGY IS A TOOL,