WEBVTT - Facebook Data Gaffe; Alexa Privacy Issues; Smart Speakers Rated; Twitter Reveals Source Information 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:08.760 Facebook under fire for its data sharing practices, the best 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:12.400 smart speaker, the one plus sixty, gets high marks for 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:16.880 its cameras, and Twitter now reveals more about you when 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:20.239 you tweet what's going on. I'm Rich Dimiro. This is 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.480 Rich on Tech, the longer form version of the podcast 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:25.400 where I talk about all the stuff I think you 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.080 should know about this week in technology. There's a lot 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.360 going on, and this is not everything that happened in tech. 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:34.279 It's just kind of like the little things that I 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.400 think you should know about. And last week I talked 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:41.080 about how someone had texted me on Instagram and told 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.840 me they had an idea for the name of this show, 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.880 and I finally found that little message that was sent 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:51.640 to me by Bob Hardy. Bob Hardy twenty seven on 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.240 Instagram said Hey, Rich, I have an idea for what 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:57.800 you can call your extended podcast show on Fridays. He says, 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.800 call it Richer on Tech, and I wholeheartedly agree. I 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:03.800 love the name. Don't know if that's going to be 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.319 the full name, but he says too much Apple stuff 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.440 for my liking, lol, but still love the show. Prefer 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:14.120 more Android stuff. And Bob, I hear you. The thing 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.720 about Apple versus Android. Here's the deal. So Apple gets 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:23.080 all of the attention in the press for one big reason. 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.760 There are a lot of people out there that have iPhones, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:28.720 and not just that, there's a lot of people out 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.760 there that don't understand how to use the iPhone. There's 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.920 just so many little features on there, and Android's kind 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.839 of the same way. But here's the big difference Android. 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.039 There are so many different manufacturers, there are so many 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.520 different types of phones out there that one news story 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.040 cannot fit all. Even like my tips, I did the 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.480 book one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone. 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.559 Everyone's asking, Rich, where's the Android version? Well, you can't 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.800 do an Android version like that because there is no 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.480 Android operating system that is the same on millions of 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:03.040 different phones. The closest thing we have is Samsung. With 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:07.120 that said, Samsung did just recently change up their user interface. 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.119 I've been testing this out on the Note nine. It's 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:13.000 called one UI and it's actually quite slick. So maybe, 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.880 just maybe I'm not promising anything here. Maybe I will 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:19.560 do something on Android. But folks, I love Android, don't 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.920 get me wrong, Like I really love Android. So I 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.600 usually carry around two phones one, Android one iPhone, and 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.120 it's just I haven't figured out a good way to 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.680 do things on Android that kind of work across all 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.560 the platforms realistically. Realistically, when you want to do that, 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.720 you almost have to talk about apps on Android and 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.080 what they can do versus kind of the features of 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.280 the operating system. But if I were to do something, 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:48.919 it'd probably be on the Samsung devices. So let's start 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.600 with Facebook this week, because Facebook, uh man, they just 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.560 this is a company that just wants twenty eighteen to 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.160 go away because they cannot catch a break. They are 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.200 under fire this week because the New York Times did 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.639 an article saying, Hey, Facebook, why are you sharing all 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.440 this personal data that folks post with All these companies 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:09.320 including Apple, BlackBerry, Yahoo, Netflix, New York Times, Pandora, Spotify, 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.640 and Facebook came out with the blog post and said, look, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.600 we get it. You have a lot of questions about 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.320 how we're sharing our data, but let us explain. And 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.560 what they explained is that number one, these were older 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.120 features that Facebook was testing out. Some of them were 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.639 integration partners. And the whole big thing about the way 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.400 they were sharing the data is specifically on Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:33.440 and Yahoo, is that you would log in on those 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.240 platforms so that you could see your Facebook posts, or 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.400 you can see the various stuff that you did on 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.800 Facebook on a different platform, so you can access that 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.000 through Yahoo or through your BlackBerry. So it wasn't as 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.400 nefarious as New York Times made it out to be. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.880 And I'm not defending Facebook here. They're trying to appeal 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.119 to a wide amount of people, and basically the way 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:56.880 you appeal to a wide amount of people is that 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.920 you scare them, right, And so if you really die 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.360 deep into what Facebook was doing, it doesn't sound as 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.600 scary as the New York Times made it out to be. 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:10.440 So number one, they say that these partnerships wound down 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.320 in twenty fourteen. Let's just be clear about Facebook. We 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.839 are not posting private information on Facebook, and if you are, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.479 you shouldn't be. Facebook is not a private place. It 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.479 never has been. It should not be construed as a 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.240 private place. And I get it. There was one thing 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.000 that they scared people about, which was private messages, and 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.320 they said that websites like Netflix, New York Times, Pandora, 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.200 and Spotify had access to people's private messages. Well, yeah, 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:38.880 they were doing a test where you can access your 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.680 private messages through these different platforms, and I get it. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:46.080 That does sound scary, but you have to understand anything. 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.720 And let me just say this clear. Anything you do 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.560 on Facebook could be seen by someone else. Anything you 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.800 send through Facebook could be seen. Anything you do there 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:58.440 will be used to market stuff to you. So just 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.840 understand that and if you do, you'll have a better 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.359 experience on it. Any of these sites that you're getting 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.039 for free, unless you are paying them money, there should 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:10.080 be absolutely no thought that you're getting something that is private, 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.760 that is personal, that is safe, that is encrypted, that 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.320 is not easily viewable by anyone else. So just keep 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.200 that in mind. And you can still have fun on Facebook. 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.240 You can still post your pictures there, but you just 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.880 have to remember anything that you do there, especially if 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.520 it's free. Look, it's not going to be private. And 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.040 I understand you can have your setting set to where 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.400 certain people can't see stuff, but the reality is there's 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:39.680 always that potential and always that possibility. And Facebook is 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:43.359 not here for our health. Facebook is here to market 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.720 stuff to us and to help companies market things to you. 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.839 Just keep that in mind. If you're posting pictures of 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.240 your cat and your family and all the things you're 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.360 doing your vacation. I mean, come on, you have to 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.720 understand they're doing They're not doing you a service. You're 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.160 doing them a service by upload your stuff and then 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.640 they get to find out a lot of data about you. 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:05.760 So I know a lot of people are deleting Facebook. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.080 I'm not going to say one hundred percent recommend that 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.800 just yet, because Facebook has really done an amazing job 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.000 at connecting people. I mean, think about it. Think about 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.320 back when you really had a lot of fun on Facebook, 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.120 like connecting with new people. They did a pretty darn 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.599 good job of that. And I understand they're trying to 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.960 find their way in this world where they want to 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.400 make a lot of money and they're making it off 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.360 of your data. That's the way their business was written. 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.920 That's what's happening here, folks. So just remember that, keep 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:37.200 that in mind, and don't post anything stupid. Right if 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:38.960 you think your employer can't see it, or if you 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.520 think you know a company can't see it, or it's 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.360 not being used to market to you, then you're totally 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.000 you're just not getting it, because that's what's happening there. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:53.159 Speaking of data privacy, this one's great Amazon Alexa user 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:57.640 receives seventeen hundred audio recordings of a stranger through quote 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.719 human error. So if using one of these smart speakers 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.919 at home, you gotta understand that, yes, they are recording 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:07.279 every single thing that you say to them, not everything 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.680 all the time. Now, they are listening all the time, 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.960 but theoretically they're only activated when they hear that keyword. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.440 So what happened was the story out of the Washington 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.800 Post says a person in Germany requested an archive of 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.920 their recordings and they got a link to seventeen hundred 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:29.440 audio files from someone else's Lexa. So imagine the surprise 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.960 of this person. And of course, if you're a regular person, 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.360 if you're an average person, you're going to start listening 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.040 to some of these recordings on there because you're curious. 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.480 And so the person did, and he listened to another 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.200 man speaking inside their home with a female companion. Apparently 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.560 one of these recordings was also in the shower I heard, 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:50.240 which was kind of interesting. Amazon said, quote, this is 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.760 an unfortunate case of human error and an isolated incident. 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.760 So let me explain. When you talk to Alexa, I'll 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.400 call her that not to activate yours. There's a recording 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:05.000 of that, and Amazon uses these recordings to improve what 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:09.640 she can do. And according to Amazon's help page, we 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.360 keep the recordings associated with your account to improve the 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.080 accuracy of the results provided to you and to improve 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.920 our services. And you do have the option to delete 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.560 these recordings. But guess what, Amazon says, it may degrade 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.680 your experience using the device. Now, I think that's a 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.680 little bit of a scare tactic because I don't think 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:30.440 it's gonna it will degrade a certain amount, but I 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.560 don't think that your one hundred percent experience of of 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.880 Lexa is based on what you've said to her in 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:37.760 the past. Some of these things are, but I think 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:39.440 that they aggregate a lot of this stuff and use 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.079 it to improve the service. I mean, this is bad. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.840 Nobody wants to think that the recordings that they made 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.800 with their smart speaker is going to be sent to 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.120 someone else. And Amazon says this was a one time error, 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.920 but of course it could easily happen again. And it's 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.640 interesting because you can access your recordings of Lexa on 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.240 the web, So if you want to do that, you 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:05.360 can go to the Lexa app or the Alexa privacy 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:09.320 page and go to settings Lexa Account and then Lexa 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.640 Privacy and you can see all of your recordings and 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.320 delete them. Amazon dot Com slash Alexa Privacy is the 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.200 website to go to. I would recommend just taking a look. 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:20.839 Just go in there. If you use one of these things, 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:25.240 go in there and just see kind of what recordings 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:30.360 you have on Google on your computer. You can go 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:35.320 to Google Account, then you go to Navigation Panel, Data 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:40.360 and Personalization, then in Activity controls voice and audio activity. Now, personally, 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.040 I think that you should just be able to search 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:48.080 on Google and say show me my voice recordings, and 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.200 that should bring it onto you bring it right onto 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.240 your page. But it sort of does. It brings you 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.800 to a help page, but it doesn't bring you to 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.319 the page that you need, and it doesn't seem like 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.840 there's a really simple way to get you there. But anyway, 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.640 you can go into your Google recordings and hear what 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.280 you've said to Google as well. And sometimes it's pretty 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.640 eye opening because you hear exactly what you sounded like, 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.679 whether it was in the morning, you know, when you're 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.439 driving a work in your car and you said something 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:15.600 to Android Auto. But it's really interesting you could hear 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.839 the kids in the background. So, but it's not easy 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.760 to get to. Wow, there's a lot of stuff to 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.719 get to see your voice and audio activity on your 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:27.880 Android phone. Open your device's settings, and then go to Google. 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.600 Let me do this right now. I'm gonna bring up 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.040 my Android phone. Let's go. So I'll go to settings 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.320 and then we'll go to Google, and then we'll go 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:40.640 to Google Account. Okay, there it is now at the top. 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.080 Tap data and personalization. There it is. I see that 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:49.160 under activity and timeline. Type my activity or tap my activity. Okay, 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.280 where's my activity? There it is. Okay, I got it. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.480 Under the search bar, tap filter by date and product. 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:00.600 So let's tap filter out. There we go, and now 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.320 uncheck the box next to all products. Check the boxes 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:08.800 next to assistant and voice and audio assistant and voice 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.839 and audio. Wow. Okay, Now we can press apply and 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:18.439 there comes some recordings. Okay, oh wow, this is great. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.480 So here's the stuff it said. Okay, so let's see 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:26.960 show my agenda. Uh play the butt song yesterday at 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.720 six oh three pm. Okay, clearly my kids have been 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.840 playing with this thing. Wake me up in one hour, 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:38.840 so let's hear it. Hey, Google. Oh wow, it activated 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:42.800 my phone. Wake me up in one hour. Oh my gosh, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:44.760 wake me up in one hour. So there you have it, 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:46.200 Oh my gosh. And then you can go through and 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.880 actually delete these things. I said eighteen things to Google yesterday. 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.320 Here's another one that I said, turn off all the 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.199 lights in the office, turn off the Christmas tree. So anyway, 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:57.840 you'll have a lot of fun. I'll put the links 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.840 in the show notes so you can see exactly where 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.240 that stuff is and listen to some of your recordings. 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.480 Speaking of us smart speakers, Loop Ventures did their annual 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.000 smart Speaker IQ test. Kind of interesting as you might expect. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.320 Who came out on top. Of course, Google Assistant answered 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.920 eighty eight percent of questions correctly, Siri seventy five percent, 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:22.000 Lexas seventy three, Kortana sixty three and some big improvements here. 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:26.280 So Google Assistant last year got eighty one percent. Siri 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.120 huge improvement fifty two percent last year versus seventy five 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.079 this year, so she's gotten a lot better. Lexas sixty 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.840 four percent versus seventy three percent this year, and Kortana 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.679 fifty six percent versus sixty three. So they asked these 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:43.440 things eight hundred questions, including local questions like where is 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.720 the nearest coffee shop, commerce questions, can you order me 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.120 more paper towels? Navigation, how do I get to uptown 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.600 on the bus? Information, who do the Twins play tonight? 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.960 And then a command remind me to call Steve at 0:12:56.000 --> 0:13:00.280 two pm today. So also important to note that they 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.959 asked the questions on these smart speakers, not on the phone. 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.400 They are slightly different when you ask these questions on 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:11.240 a phone versus the speaker. So the biggest thing that 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.200 tripped these things up was something that involved a proper noun, 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.600 often the name of a local town or a restaurant, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.959 although I found that Google is really good at figuring 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.880 out these names, especially when you say proper names of restaurants. 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.840 So again, they did get eighty eight percent right, so 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.520 that's pretty darn good. Google Home has the edge in 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.320 four out of five categories, but fell short of Siri 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.600 in the command category. And it's really interesting that they 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.880 said that, because it's funny. As bad as some people 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.480 say Siri is, it's actually really good when you're talking 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:47.120 about doing things like email and messaging, like especially text messages, 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.040 you can ask her to read your unread text messages 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.680 or reply to someone, and she's really good at that stuff. 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.880 Google not so much. And the challenge with Google is 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:00.319 that it integrates with a lot of different apps on 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.120 your phone. And that's the big problem is that Siri 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.760 only really integrates with the iPhone native apps. She's getting 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.880 a little bit better with some of the extensions that 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:12.120 they've added to Siri, but for the most part, people 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:16.920 are using Siri to interface with native apps on the iPhone. 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.640 The largest disparity, according to loop Ventures, exists in the 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.960 commerce section. You would think Alexa would dominate that, but 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.080 Google Assistant actually did really well. Knows a lot of 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.520 product information, where to buy certain stuff. Google Express just 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.120 as capable as Amazon in terms of purchasing stuff or 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:39.800 restocking common goods you've purchased before. Alexa's surprising commerce score 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.160 is explained by an example in our test so question 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.200 how much would a manicure cost? Alexa said, the top 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:50.240 search result for manicure is this pedicure kit. It's sixty 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.000 dollars on Amazon, which you like to buy it? That 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.760 doesn't really help you at all. Google Assistant said, on average, 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.400 a basic manicure will cost you twenty dollars. However, special 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.360 manicure like Acrylic Jail, Schillac, Gel Shillac, and no Chip 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.840 range from twenty to fifty depending on the salon. So 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.960 as you can see, Google is much better at parsing 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.680 information from the web and delivering that to you, and 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.600 that's definitely my experience one of the reasons I really 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.280 like Google Assistant. In fact, I like all these things 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:22.080 for various reasons. Alexa or Alexa is really good at 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:26.200 knowing your shopping history on Google. Alexa is really good 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.760 at knowing your shopping history and the stuff you've ordered 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.760 on Amazon, so she's really good at answering questions about 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.800 that and re ordering similar items. Where I find Google 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.320 Assistant to just be really solid in a wide variety 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.160 of categories. But when it comes to controlling my phone, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:44.640 absolutely I think that Siri does a much better job. 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.280 But again we're talking about smart speakers here, not just 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.920 the smartphones. One Plus sixty a big Android phone that 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.880 launched this year from the Chinese startup one plus, So 0:15:55.480 --> 0:16:00.920 getting the latest camera reviews from dxomar, it actually did 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:04.240 really well. It got good performer So the one plus 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.440 six T is a very solid Android device if you 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.120 want sort of the best bang for your buck when 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.480 it comes to Android devices. You're talking a phone that's 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.440 about five hundred and fifty dollars and it checks off 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.480 all the marks. It's got great hardware, it's got excellent software, 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.600 it's got a really nice camera. And the surprising part 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.120 about this review is that the one plus sixt has 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:28.320 the same camera as the one plus six. It's got 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:32.240 a sixteen megapixel main camera, twenty megapixel secondary module for 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:37.280 digital zooming, and according to DxO mark it says that 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.440 their tests show that firmware changes have the six T 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.360 doing a little bit better than its predecessor, the six. 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:49.360 So how does this thing score? Overall? Ninety eight points, 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.240 which ties it up with the Google Pixel two, which 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.680 is a very good camera. It holds tenth place in 0:16:55.760 --> 0:17:00.520 Dxo's mobile rankings. So when you think about the ten 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.560 smartphone cameras out there, let's just take a look at 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.760 the list right now. Number one Huawei P twenty plus 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:10.600 are Peak twenty pro, which not really for America, but 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:16.160 it's available in the international version. Number two Apple iPhone 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.920 ten s Max, Number three HTCU twelve plus, Number four 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:27.040 Samsung Galaxy Note nine, Number five Jaumi me Mix three. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.720 Then you have the iPhone ten are Google Pixel three 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:31.840 and the Samsung Galaxy S nine, so a lot of 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.480 huaweis on there. A lot of Chinese manufacturers also the 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:39.160 HTC phones that are not very common here in America. 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:44.080 So for the one plus sixty to get down there 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.440 under the one plus, the Google Pixel two or tying, 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.960 that is pretty good. One plus six t I think 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.760 people will be very happy with. Let's see. The reviewers 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:56.440 liked its wide dynamic range, pleasant colors, good detailed preservation, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:01.360 and the autofocus was reliable and quick. On the downside, 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:05.600 zoom shots show less detail than competitors, and many HDR 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:09.439 shots show artifacts such as ringing, ghosting, or halos. So 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.760 kudos to one plus for launching the sixte. They also 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:16.120 have the McLaren addition of the one plus sixty, which 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:21.000 has got ten gigabytes of RAM, which is just insane. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.960 To give you a little basis of that, the iPhone 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.879 has four gigabytes of RAM on board, and we're not 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.840 talking memory, that's you know, how much storage is on board, 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:32.640 but it does have a lot of that as well. 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.879 But it does have a ton of RAM, which you know, 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:40.480 speeds things up. Speaking of Apple, according to a new report, 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.080 they're going to launch an iPad Mini five and an 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.320 entry level ten inch iPad next year. I already thought 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.960 they had an entry level iPad, but that's the one 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:51.200 for three thirty nine. Maybe they're making or three twenty nine. 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.800 Maybe they're making a cheaper one. But the iPad Mini 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.119 five is very interesting to me because I bought this 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:59.639 for my kids, and I cannot believe they have an 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:03.520 update since twenty fifteen. I bought the iPad Mini for 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.040 my kids right when it came out, so I guess 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:08.720 that was in September, three years ago. I can't believe that. 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:14.960 But they're saying. Mnchi Quo is a reliable Apple analyst. 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:17.080 He says they're working on a new version of the 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.880 iPad Mini, which would be great because it's a perfect 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:22.840 iPad for kids. My kids have had theirs in their 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:26.440 outer boxes for three years now and they've been great. 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:29.320 They haven't really slowed down too much. They work great 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.919 for the kids. There's you know, they just they're just 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:34.720 a solid performer and you get all the apps that 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.680 you need on that device. So I will happily upgrade 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:40.560 my kids and sell their old ones on eBay or 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.119 maybe give them to a family member when I upgrade. 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:44.440 But a lot of people have been waiting for a 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.480 fifth generation iPad Mini. They say they're going to launch 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.200 it in the first half of twenty nineteen. This is 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:54.880 according to a Apple supply chain I guess a report 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:59.680 by the China Times. So I'm all for it. I'm 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:01.800 ready to upgrade, and I think the iPad Mini is 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:05.120 a great one. It's a nice size for kids especially, 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.000 And I get a lot of questions about people saying 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:09.600 should I get the iPad Mini. Well, they don't really 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:11.000 ask about that. They just say should I get the 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.280 iPad or should I get some other tablet? And you know, 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:19.359 I always recommend the iPad because the apps are just 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:21.239 so much better than what you get on Android. When 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.000 it comes to tablets and especially kids apps, this is 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:26.520 where the developers really put a lot of their efforts. 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:28.600 And I get it. If your kid's just watching Netflix, 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.840 sure the Amazon Fire tablet is going to be just 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.160 fine for them. But when it comes to these educational apps, 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.080 some of these things are really only available on the iPad, 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:40.399 and I just find that the quality and ease of 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.520 the iPad is just so much better and again, look 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:46.439 at mine has lasted three years. It's in an outter box. 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:48.520 I definitely got my money's worth out of this thing. 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:52.600 It has saved us many family dinners, many meltdowns, many 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.520 rides in the car. And don't get don't get on 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:59.800 me about screen time, but I really like the iPad. 0:20:59.880 --> 0:21:02.240 I just think it's a very solid device for the kids, 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:04.840 and you don't want them just watching nonsense on Netflix 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:07.040 all day. Like some of these educational apps are pretty 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:10.920 darn good on the iPads. New feature on Twitter. First 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.800 noticed it on Android. Now it's coming to iOS. But 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:17.199 when you tweet, it's now going to show folks what 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:21.200 and how you're tweeting from. So right by the time 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:25.240 and date stamp, there is now a new little piece 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:29.240 of information that says the app or the platform that 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.080 you are tweeting from. So if you're using Twitter for Android, 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.560 it will say Twitter for Android. If you're using Twitter 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:37.879 for iPhone, it'll say Twitter for iPhone. If you're using 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:42.120 Twitter Web app or tweetbot or any other way of tweeting, 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:45.920 folks will actually now get to see how you are tweeting. 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:49.359 So if you're trying to hide how you're tweeting the 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:51.960 secrets out, So if you go into any tweet, just 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.040