1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hey their podcast listeners. Thanks so much for subscribing to 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: the show. So this week's show is recorded, but a 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: lot of it is brand new. So the intro is new, 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: the emails are new, the voicemails are new, the interviews 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: are new. The only thing that is previously recorded are 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: the calls. So enjoy the show. Thanks so much for 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: listening and subscribing. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro and 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: this is Rich on Tech, the show where I talk 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: The phone number to the show is triple eight Rich 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: two four one zero one. You can also email me. 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 1: Just go to Rich on tech dot tv hit the 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: link that says contact. We've got some great guests this week. 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: Jacob Palm of Best Reviews dot com will join us 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: to share top rated gift ideas that you can shop 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: for this holiday season. Jen Collchrider of Mozilla Foundation's Privacy 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: Not Included. We'll talk about their new report, which highlights 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: gadget privacy concerns with all the smart stuff that we're buying, 22 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: and Matt Swider of the shortcut dot Com we'll talk 23 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: about some of the best holiday shopping strategies. I hope 24 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: you had a RESTful, enjoyable, and gratitude filled Thanksgiving. I 25 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: wanted to talk to you about some of my favorite 26 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: apps on my phone. I figured, since it is a 27 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: holiday weekend, maybe you're doing some shopping, maybe you're doing 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: some personalization on your phone, maybe you're getting things set 29 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: up the way you want on your smartphone. Maybe you 30 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: got a new smartphone already. But I figured ou'd go 31 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: over some of the apps that I keep on my 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: phone that I really like. And I'm pretty particular. I've 33 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: really like apps that are cross platform, which means they 34 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: work equally well on both iPhone and Android. The reason 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: for that is pretty simple. I don't want to be 36 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: locked into any one platform. Some of these apps are 37 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: only available on one platform or another, but for the 38 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: majority of them, they are available on both. Some of 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: them do require a subscription fee, others are completely free. 40 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: Let's go through some of the apps that I really 41 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: enjoy so and these are in no particular order, but 42 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: the first app is called Artifact. Artifact and this is 43 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: a personalized news app. It's all powered by AI. It 44 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: was started by some of the same folks behind Instagram, 45 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: and so the idea is that it's kind of like 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: an Instagram but for articles. So the more you look 47 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: at and read different articles, the more it will serve 48 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: you up similar articles. And that does work across Android 49 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: and iOS. All right, so I know there's a big 50 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: question about which photo storage app to use. My favorite 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: has been for many, many years, ever since it was 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: Kasa back in the day, is Google Photos. I love 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: Google Photos because it is cross platform, it works really well. 54 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: It ties into my Google storage. I think that these 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: search capabilities are unmatched on this app, So get your 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: photos into Google Photos. My only downside is the more 57 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: photos you have inside here backed up, the tougher it 58 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: is to actually get them out using takeout. But I'll 59 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: figure that out one of these days. Chat GBT installed 60 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: on my phones. I love this AI chatbot. It is 61 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: just an impressive, impressive debut of AI. If you don't 62 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: have the official chat GPT app on your phone, I 63 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: highly recommend you download it. I pay for a subscription 64 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: to chat GBT, which gives me access to a couple 65 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: more features, but they did just make one premium feature free, 66 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: and that is voice chat. So if you want to 67 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: chat with an AI bot using your voice, download the 68 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: chat GBT app and hit the microphone icon and you 69 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: can do just that. This is a relatively new app 70 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: looking for a good read it later app. So I 71 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: was using Pocket for a long time, but I just 72 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: switched to this app called omnivore O m n i 73 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: v ore. It is cross platform. It works a little 74 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: bit better on iOS as some apps do, but this 75 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: is a free, open source read it later app and 76 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: I really like it because they are privacy focused. You 77 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: can throw anything you want in there, whether it's a 78 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: PDF or an article. It formats it in a nice 79 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: way that you can read it later, and it also 80 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: has labels so you can categorize your items into labels. 81 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: And I just find that I don't know, I discovered 82 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: it and it's it's a pretty cool app. So omnivore 83 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: for reading it later. Email me. This is a great app, 84 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: and I wish, wish wish this was cross platform. This 85 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: is only available on the iPhone for some reason. There 86 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: is a similar app on Android, but I don't necessarily 87 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: like it as much. And I haven't found one that 88 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: I like as much as this one. But email Me 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: is just such a great app, and it's just an 90 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: easy way to email yourself notes, links, anything you want. 91 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: My email inbox is kind of my to do list, 92 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: like an ongoing like I'm always going to see whatever's 93 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: in there, and so if I email myself an article 94 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: or whatever it is, anything, I can just deal with 95 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: it when I'm sitting down at my computer and I 96 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: have a chance to look at my inbox and say, oh, yeah, 97 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: I want to read this, or I want to act 98 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: on this, or I want to do this or whatever. 99 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: Telegram is my preferred chat app. We picked this a 100 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: long time ago with my family, so we're all on there. 101 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: We have a nice, big group chat and I just 102 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: love it because it works the same way across iPhone 103 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: and Android, so no matter what phone my family members 104 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: are using, we all have the same exact chat day one. 105 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: I wish I use this more. This is a journaling app, 106 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: but it's just really simple. It's very clean, it's easy, 107 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: and if you want to start journaling in the new 108 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: year again, it's cross platform and I like that Apple 109 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: is adding a journal app to their seventeen, but it's 110 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: not cross platform, so anything you do in there will 111 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: be stuck on iPhone forever. I like Day one because 112 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: it goes with me. Libby is a great app if 113 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: you haven't downloaded Libby, it is such a great resource 114 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: for free books and audiobooks. I absolutely love Libby. Let's 115 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: see Opener. This is a again. This is an iOS 116 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,559 Speaker 1: only app. Opener is an app that lets you open 117 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: up the link in the proper app. So, for instance, 118 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: on iOS, everything's sort of sandboxed, and that means that 119 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: if you go to a YouTube video on an app, 120 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: it may just open inside a small browser inside that app. 121 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: With Opener, you can actually open that up in the 122 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: proper app by just pressing the share button, and then 123 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: it will figure out which app it should open up 124 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: in and it will do that. It's a really handy app. 125 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: I think it costs about two dollars. There's an app 126 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: called What three Words. I really wish more people knew about. 127 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: What three Words divides the world into small three meter 128 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: by three meter squares, and each one of them has 129 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: a unique three word address, which means you can tell 130 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: someone where you are exactly using three words. But I 131 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: find that it's very handy for directing people to a 132 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: certain entrance somewhere. So if you're meeting someone at say 133 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: a big park, you know GPS is only going to 134 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: get you to the park with what three words, you 135 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: can show them the exact place you are at that park, 136 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: whether it's a certain entrance or a certain area. It 137 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: is really really handy. Whisper Memos I love this app. 138 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: I have it installed on my Apple Watch. And again 139 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: this is a an iOS only but it is so great. 140 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: It uses AI to record and transcribe audio notes and 141 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: memos and it's just really really incredible at what it does. Again, 142 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: you get some for free, but then they do charge 143 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: you just a little bit. Sunshine Contacts is a great 144 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: contact app. This helps you manage your contacts by automatically 145 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: updating their information by looking in their signature in your 146 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: email and so if they have a new phone number 147 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: or something in there, it will attempt to merge all 148 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: that information. It's not perfect, but it does work and 149 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: it's pretty good. I like that. Run out of time here, 150 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: but Amazon Photos is great for free unlimited photo storage 151 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: if you are a Prime member. Backdrops is great for wallpaper. 152 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: Splice is great for video editing. Touch Retouch is great 153 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: to remove unwanted objects from your photos. It is so easy. 154 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: Fly fin Ai is a great app if you're a 155 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: freelancer and you have expenses that you want to remember 156 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: for tax time. Upside is a great app if you 157 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: want to get cash back on your gas and grocery purchases. 158 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: Let's see Real Good is my preferred streaming service guide, 159 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: so I use that to keep track of all the 160 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: movies I want to see. Recipe Keeper is incredible. You 161 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: can forward a URL to a recipe and it parses 162 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: the data in that recipe and puts it in an 163 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: easy to follow format and organizes it all. It is 164 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: really good at what it does. Two more apps. One 165 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: is called All Trails. It's great for finding hiking, walking, 166 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: and running trails no matter where you are in the world. 167 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: And Flighty, which will help you get around the world. 168 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: It is a great flight tracker. It's available on iOS only. 169 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: It is beautifully designed. I hope they come to Android. 170 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: You can find links to all of the apps I 171 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: just mentioned on my website. Just go to Rich on 172 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: tech dot TV. Coming up on the show, we'll talk 173 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: to Matt Swider of the shortcut about holiday shopping strategies. 174 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 1: But first it's your turn. Your calls up next. My 175 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: name is rich D Muro and you are listening to 176 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 177 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple 178 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 179 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: to two four one zero one. Email is also an option. 180 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: You can go to the website rich on Tech dot TV. 181 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: Hit contact. Let's see. Let's get to a question here. 182 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: You guys send me so many questions, so let's see. 183 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: Isabelle says, my daughter has a brand new Apple Watch. 184 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: She does know I want to use. I would like 185 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: to use it because I think they are very nice looking. However, 186 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: I have an Android cell phone. I don't care to 187 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: connect it, nor do I care to switch to an 188 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: Apple cell phone. My question is can I still use it? 189 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: The only thing I actually want to use is the 190 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: time and the watch. I only want to see the time. 191 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: Is this possible, please help Isabelle. Yes, it is possible, 192 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: and there is a setting for the Apple Watch. You 193 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: do need an iPhone to set up an Apple Watch, 194 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: but once it's set up, it will work on its own. 195 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: And I don't think you're gonna get the full benefit 196 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: of having an Apple Watch. But if you just want 197 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: the time, like you're saying, then sup. You can absolutely 198 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: do this and it will do some other basic things 199 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: as well. Now, I do think you're gonna need to 200 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: set up an iCloud account to do this, so if 201 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: you don't have that, it's free, you can do that. 202 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: But the feature is called family setup, and you actually 203 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: need to use your daughter's iPhone to do this. So 204 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: once you reset the Apple Watch, go into settings and 205 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: factory reset it. That'll bring it to like a fresh start. 206 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: Use your phone, your daughter's iPhone to set up the 207 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: Apple Watch, and it will say are you setting this 208 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: up for yourself or a family member? And you are 209 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: the family member, so say yes, I'm setting this up 210 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: for a family member, and it will guide you through 211 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: the process of setting up that phone for you and 212 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: not her phone, so all of your stuff will be 213 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: just on the watch. It will be separate from anything 214 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: that she has on her account. But like I said, 215 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: you will need to log in with your own iCloud 216 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: account just so that Apple can keep track of everything 217 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: and make sure that you've got your own account on there. 218 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: So you can set that up for free during the 219 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: setup time, and if you just want to use the 220 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: time and the watch, that's fine, but you can use 221 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: other features. I mean, you could use like you know, 222 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: the Stopwatch, the calendar. My kids have Apple Watches and 223 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: they use them independent of a phone, and they do 224 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of stuff. They've even downloaded little games 225 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: on there. So there are definitely things you can do 226 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: on the Apple Watch even if you don't have an iPhone. 227 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: And this is because a lot of people use these 228 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: for their kids or even adults that you know may 229 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,719 Speaker 1: have a disability or something like that. You want to 230 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: be able to keep track of them or have this 231 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: watch on their wrist. But they're not necessarily using an iPhone. 232 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: So there are many many reasons why you might want 233 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: to set this up this way, but it can be 234 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: done very easily. A good question Isabelle, thanks so much 235 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: for writing. Let's see. Rob from Los Angeles says, Hey, Rich, 236 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: I follow you on social media and your podcast, and 237 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: I think you're pretty funny and informative. Oh well, thank you, Rob. 238 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: I have a question about two factor authentication apps. I 239 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: use two fa open source app and Microsoft Authenticator app. 240 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: On my accounts. What if I want to stop using 241 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: Microsoft Authenticator and switch to the two FA app? Will 242 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: that create conflict since my accounts were accepting codes generated 243 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: by the app the Microsoft app before, or do I 244 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: have to stick with the same authenticator app once I 245 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: attach the account to one app. Please explain. Thanks in advance. 246 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: Rob in Los Angeles, Rob, great question. Now it's interesting 247 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: because I don't talk about the two factor authentication apps 248 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: too much, but I think they are very, very important. 249 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: And if you've heard of me talk about securing your 250 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: online accounts, there are two ways you do that. Number 251 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: one very strong password, unique password for every account, and 252 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: then the second way is with a two factor authentication 253 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: enabled on your account. And there are two ways of 254 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: doing that. And this is why it gets a little 255 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: bit complicated. And I don't want to I don't want 256 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: people to be detracted from doing this right like I 257 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: want them to do this. So I want to make 258 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: it as simple as possible. And the simplest way to 259 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: do two factor authentication is with the text message code. 260 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: And so you put in your phone number on something 261 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: like Instagram and it says, hey, we're going to text 262 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: you every time you try to log in. If you 263 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: don't give us that secret code that we text you, 264 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: we're not going to allow this log in to happen. Well, 265 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: the problem is that the cell phones and phone numbers 266 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: are a little bit easier hacked than we'd like, and 267 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: so some people could get a hold of your cell 268 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: phone number or intercept that code and hack you still 269 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: even if you have two factor on, but it's still 270 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: a very good way to protect your account in most, 271 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: like ninety nine percent of cases. But if you really 272 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,599 Speaker 1: want to be safe and secure, what you want to 273 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: do is use one of these two factor authentication apps. 274 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: And what these apps do is they generate a unique 275 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: code every thirty seconds or so, and when you want 276 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 1: to log in, you just go to this app and 277 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: you check out the code and you just type it 278 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: in and again that's the second factor. The first is 279 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: you logging into the account. The second is this app 280 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: that is generating a code. Now, the app is nice 281 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: because it is independent of your phone number. So if 282 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: you switch phone lines, if you get a different carrier, 283 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: if you get rid of your phone number altogether, you 284 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: don't lose those ways to log into your account because 285 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: you can no longer access those codes. You can get 286 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: them on this app no matter what service you're using. 287 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: So that's why I like to use this service whenever possible. 288 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: And there are apps called Authie, there are Google Authenticator, 289 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: there's Microsoft Authenticator. There are several of these authentication apps 290 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: out there. You just have to pick one that you like. 291 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: I would personally say pick one that does not have 292 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: any any sort of cost because you don't want to 293 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: be paying for this down the line over time. So 294 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: the question rob is can you switch apps? And I 295 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: had to do some research on this one, but I 296 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: looked up on Wired had an article about this, and 297 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: it's funny because I've been not wanting to switch because 298 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: it is a time consuming process, but it can be done. 299 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: And so, as I suspected, you basically have to disable 300 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: the two factor authentication temporarily and then re enable it 301 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: using the new app. And the way that you do 302 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: that is, once you enable it, typically you just scan 303 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: a QR code on your screen to enable this two 304 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: factor authentication. It links up and then all of your 305 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: codes are right on that app. So, for instance, I 306 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: use an app and I've got all of my codes 307 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: on here for Twitter, I've got it for my Facebook 308 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: I've got it for my website at work, I've got 309 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: it for my Instagram, And so, of course the number 310 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: one thing you're thinking is, well, what if someone hacks 311 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: that app? Yeah, you've got to be careful. And this 312 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: is why you have to have password on your phone 313 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: or face ID or a fingerprint scanner, and there is 314 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: a log in for that app as well. So again, 315 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: all of these things do require a little bit of planning, 316 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: a little bit of kind of just setting things up 317 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: so that they work. And I know people get very 318 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: hesitant to set this stuff up because it sounds so 319 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: complicated and it feels like you're never gonna be able 320 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: to get into your logins when you need to. But 321 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: believe me, I will tell you I get emails every 322 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: single day, every single day from people that get hacked 323 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: on Facebook, on Instagram, on their email. And when you 324 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: do that, there is no guarantee that you're getting that 325 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: account back. And I have people that are saying, rich, 326 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: I have my photos on there, I have my emails, 327 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: I have all kinds of personal data that I will 328 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: never be able to get back, And I say, you 329 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: know what, I'm sorry, but the reality is you have 330 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: to lock down these accounts, and most people just don't 331 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: want to and if you don't, you will be hacked 332 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: telling you that because it's not not like they're they're 333 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: targeting you, they are just coming after a lot of people. 334 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech is my website, rich on tech dot tv. 335 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: Go ahead, check me out on Instagram at rich on tech. Earlier, 336 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 1: we had a question about running an older software operating 337 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: system on a computer and I found a good website, 338 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: end of life dot Date. And this has the end 339 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: of life dates for every platform you could ever imagine, 340 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 1: the iPhone, the iPad iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows. I mean, 341 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: this is pretty thorough. So someone clearly does their homework 342 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: with this website end of life dot date. And so 343 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: if you look at Apple macOS, it says all the 344 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: different releases you got Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur and Catalina, 345 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: and it tells you the service status, if it's still 346 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: being serviced, and when it got its latest software update. 347 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: So if you look at this, macOS eleven, twelve, thirteen, 348 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 1: and fourteen are still all getting software updates. And Big 349 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: Sir was so released two years and eleven months ago. 350 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: Service status yes, latest update was September eleventh. Then September 351 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: twenty first for the Quanarey, Ventura, Sonoma. So anyway, great 352 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: website to see if the software you want to run 353 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: is still being secure, supported with active security updates. Triple 354 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 355 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,959 Speaker 1: to two four one zero one. Give me a call. 356 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: Do you have a question about technology? My name is 357 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: rich Dmiro and you are listening to rich on Tech. 358 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 359 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: out with you talking technology at Triple eight rich one 360 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: oh one. 361 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 2: This is it. 362 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: This is the holiday shopping season. We are in full swing, 363 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: in the thick of it. And joining me now is 364 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: Matt Swider of the Shortcut dot Com, a newsletter which 365 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: aims to simplify your life. Matt, thanks so much for joining. 366 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 3: Me, Thanks for having me. This is graduated, all right. 367 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: So tell me why you started the shortcut dot com. 368 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: You said to simplify folks lives. Do you think there's 369 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: an over abundance of information out there? 370 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, especially when you're reading content and the keyword, the 371 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 4: answer that you're looking for is buried in the fifth paragraph. 372 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: It's not just you. 373 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 3: That's really a tactic that people use to keep you 374 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 3: on the page. I want to give you the quickest answer. 375 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 4: And when I was helping people find a PS five 376 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 4: in stock, I just was shooting out links so that 377 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 4: they would get the item they wanted. And that's happening 378 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 4: all over again with a bunch of other items that 379 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: people want, including the PlayStation portal, so trying to get 380 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 4: the people they answer as quickly as possible. 381 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: So how are the deals shaping up this holiday shopping season. 382 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: They're pretty good. 383 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 4: A lot of people really want cheap TVs and they 384 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 4: want that PlayStation portal. They also want a lot of 385 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 4: the Apple Watch is really popular, and of course every 386 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 4: year it's the air pods. AirPods are the number one 387 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 4: gift because it's an easy stocking stuffer. It counts as 388 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 4: the big gifts for a lot people. If you get 389 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 4: that airpod's pro too, and that's down to one hundred 390 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 4: and sixty nine dollars, So that's a really good price 391 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: if you find it out there for that because those 392 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 4: the stock on that is very limited. 393 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: So we're kind of in the thick of it every 394 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: day we're tracking these prices. We know kind of like 395 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: how much these things sell for. But if you just 396 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: see a price online. You don't always know if that's 397 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: the best price, if it's kind of you know, you 398 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: see these wild discounts, you know, thirty percent off, forty 399 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: percent off. What was anyone actually paying that full price? 400 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: So how do we know when something's an actual deal 401 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: and not just marked up to be discounted. 402 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 4: That's a great question, because, yeah, a lot of retailers, 403 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 4: especially the Samsungers of the world, will launch at a 404 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 4: huge price for those early adopters and then just drop 405 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 4: it off by half over the course of a year. 406 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 4: You'll see those launch prices and there will be the 407 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 4: list price. They'll be crossed out, and that's great. But 408 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 4: usually using tools like Camel Camel Camel, which I still 409 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 4: use tried and true, that will give you some insight 410 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 4: at least if the prices dropped recently or if it's 411 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: you know, been lower before. I use that a lot, 412 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 4: but a lot of price tracking tools on Twitter, that's 413 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 4: what I use. I use a discord and I have 414 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 4: like things pinging me, so I take that information from 415 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: a discord where it's automatically tracking the prices and putting 416 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 4: it out on Twitter and sending people notifications. 417 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: What do you think are some of the best ways 418 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 1: to research a product to see if it's worthwhile. 419 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, a lot of reviews out there will tell you 420 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 4: if the price is going to be discount nowadays because 421 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 4: their method is sending you affiliate links, and that actually 422 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 4: acts as a really good way to get an updated review. 423 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 4: So a lot of the reviews and buying guides out 424 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 4: there still hold a lot of weight for a lot 425 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 4: of consumers because they google something, they find that information, 426 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 4: and now they're being updated a lot more than work 427 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 4: in past years because they want to fulfill that e 428 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 4: commerce revenue. Well, that really helps out a lot of 429 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 4: people because they'll they'll always tell you the lowest price. 430 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: Okay, so this is something that I always get. People 431 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: email me a link to something and say, Rich, this 432 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: is a really good price. How do you know if 433 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: something is too good to be true? Is it just 434 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: based on the retailer. I don't want to like discount 435 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: you know, any company I haven't heard of and not 436 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: shop there ever again. But at the same time, I 437 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: don't want to get ripped off. 438 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, a simple Google search if you haven't heard of 439 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 4: the main brand, usually that's a bad sign. Yeah, you 440 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 4: want to shop at the you know, for the lowest price. 441 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 4: But there are some websites that are not well put together, 442 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 4: don't have anything in the footer, and look pretty scammy. Yeah, 443 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 4: if it's too good to be true, it usually is, 444 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 4: and I would avoid that as much as possible. Go 445 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 4: with places that you know until you're familiar with it, 446 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 4: until a friend says, I bought this at X shop. 447 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 4: You've never heard of it before, but at least there's 448 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 4: some sort of testimonial there. 449 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: I always check for the return policy and the contact 450 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: information as well, because if you can't find those two 451 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: before you make a purchase, you're definitely not going to 452 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: find them after you make a purchase. 453 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 454 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: What about the difference between shopping online and shopping in store. 455 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,959 Speaker 1: I know that you love to take your pictures outside 456 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: the Best Buy and all these places where you find 457 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: these products. Do you have better luck one way or 458 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: the other? 459 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 4: I have better luck online, And what I tell people 460 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 4: is shop online, reserve it for in store, pickup. That way, 461 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 4: you're guaranteed to get that price if it happens to 462 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 4: be cheaper in the store for some reason. Usually they're 463 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 4: pretty good at keeping parody with you know, in store 464 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: prices and online prices, but if it happens to be 465 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 4: cheaper in the store, then you can just cancel that 466 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 4: order when you get there and pick it up for 467 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 4: a store price, So you know, you get in the 468 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 4: best of both worlds by shopping that way. 469 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: What about price matching? Do retailers even price match this 470 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: time of the year or they over that they do. 471 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 4: There are some retailers that do, but a lot of 472 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 4: times the item has to be in stock. So if 473 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 4: you go to best Buy, for example, and something is 474 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 4: at Amazon but it's not quite in stock, but it 475 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 4: was in stock, well, they won't price match that. 476 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 3: So that's a little bit of a caveat. 477 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 4: But if you do your dute diligence and you you 478 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: screenshot something, maybe you'll talk to, you know, someone at 479 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 4: the retail shop and they'll they'll give you that best price. 480 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 3: So always take screenshots. That's one of the big tips 481 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 3: out there. 482 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: Now. One of the ways that you've amassed such a 483 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: large following was helping people find hard to find products. 484 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: Is it the case anymore? Are people? Are these products 485 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: sold out? You mentioned that the PlayStation portal is tough 486 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: to find. Tell me about some of the products to 487 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: year that we may have trouble getting our hands on 488 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: or are all of those inventory issues a thing in 489 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: the past. 490 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 3: For the most part, the inventory issues are a thing 491 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: of the past. 492 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 4: There's some key items, some you know, Disney merchandise that 493 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 4: people want that's really hard to get. 494 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 3: PlayStation portal is the impossible. 495 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 4: Thing to find right now, and besides that, it's finding 496 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 4: things that are usually readily available at the best possible price. 497 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: So if you're going to spend you know, two hundred 498 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 4: dollars on the AirPods, you're overpaying. But that one hundred 499 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 4: and sixty nine dollars deal for the AirPods Pro two, 500 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 4: well that's what's hard to get these days. So that's 501 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 4: where I still come in to play for a lot 502 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 4: of people. 503 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: I noticed this trend of retailers reserving their best prices 504 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: for their members. Now Amazon's been doing that forever, but 505 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: now we're seeing Walmart Plus, we're seeing Best Buy, which 506 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: you just mentioned. They have some sort of program and 507 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: target obviously Target Circle, but that's free to join. So 508 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: tell me about this trend. 509 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the margins are becoming slim at all 510 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 4: these retailers. You know, they made very little if nothing 511 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 4: on the PlayStation five, for example. So they said, all right, 512 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 4: we have these hot products, but we're not making any 513 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 4: money off of it. So what they were doing was 514 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 4: locking the hot products behind and their best deals behind 515 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 4: a paywall, which you know, for example, Walmart Plus, they 516 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 4: saw what Amazon was doing, they said, okay, let's encourage 517 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 4: people to get our two day free shipping pay fifty 518 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 4: to one hundred dollars a year. They used to be 519 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 4: one hundred dollars a year, but they dropped down fifty 520 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 4: for the time being, and they were, you know, locking 521 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 4: really key deals. And they're continuing to do that at 522 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 4: least for three hours during the Black Friday push. So 523 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 4: they're saying, okay, we're not making a lot of money 524 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 4: off of electronics. At least we're making fifty dollars ahead 525 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 4: off of each household. So that is a tactic that 526 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 4: consumers don't love, but they in the end do love 527 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 4: the benefits because fifty dollars a year for something that's 528 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 4: equivalent to Amazon Prime is a pretty good deal. 529 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 3: If Walmart is your number one retailer. 530 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: All right, so do you have any recommendations for us, 531 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: Do you have anything that we should be on the 532 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: lookout for. 533 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 4: A lot of people want this PlayStation portal. My one 534 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 4: piece of advice if you can't find it, there is 535 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 4: something called the Backbone one controller and that's one hundred 536 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 4: dollars less, so it's actually on sale for thirty dollars 537 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 4: less on top of that, so you can get for 538 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 4: about sixty nine seventy dollars out there, depending on which 539 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 4: retail retailer you go with. But it turns your cell 540 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 4: phone into almost like a PlayStation portal. So you know, 541 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 4: if you can't get that number one gift, there are 542 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 4: always alternatives out there. And that's my you know, big 543 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 4: suggestion for people is you know there's there's something to 544 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 4: you know, put under the tree or to to you know, 545 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 4: a gift to give somebody, because there are a lot 546 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 4: of options out there when it comes to technology that 547 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 4: you know, even if you can't find that perfect gift, 548 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 4: there's there's something out there to you know, fulfill that 549 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 4: wish list. 550 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: And what are you playing with this season? What's your 551 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: what's your top pick for yourself? 552 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 4: I'm really looking forward to diving into Spider Man two. 553 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 4: That's the new PlayStation five video game that is really 554 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 4: really popular. Uh it is it's free if you buy 555 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 4: a PlayStation slim, so you're saving seventy dollars there. And uh, 556 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 4: I got a new tcl Roku TV, so I'm looking 557 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 4: forward to, you know, using that along with my PlayStation five. 558 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: Two very popular items. Matt Swider of the shortcut dot Com, 559 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining me today. 560 00:27:59,760 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 5: Thanks. 561 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: This is Allay rich I'll put a link to Matt's 562 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: website on mine. Just go to rich on Tech dot 563 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: tv to sign up to be a member of the 564 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: shortcut dot com or get his free newsletter More rich 565 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: on Tech coming your way. 566 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 6: Right after this. 567 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: Welcome back to rich on Tech. Triple eight rich one 568 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 569 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: one zero one. Let's go to line one Feruza in 570 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Did I say that right? 571 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 7: Yes? 572 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 8: You did? 573 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 7: Great? 574 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 5: How much for taking my call? 575 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: Absolutely? What can I help you with today? 576 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 7: I have an iPhone six and this holiday season I'm 577 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 7: going to upgrade to an iPhone thirteen or fourteen. And 578 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 7: I'm particularly interested in the double Eastern feature because I 579 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 7: do travel internationally a fair bit and I just wanted 580 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 7: to understand is it the same on both the thirteen 581 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 7: and fourteen? And how does it work? 582 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is the same feature they've been I think 583 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: they've had this on the iPhone since the iPhone ten. 584 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: They did it secretly for many years just to test 585 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: it out, make sure it worked, and then they decided 586 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: to say no more SIM cards with the last year's phone. 587 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: So now there's no there's no physical SIM card slot 588 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: inside the iPhone anymore. But the way the eSIM works, 589 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: especially for travel, is that you would have your regular SIM, 590 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: which is still an e SIM, but you can have 591 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: multiple SIMS on your phone. You can have a bunch 592 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: of them. I had I think like two or three 593 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: on my phone at one time, and you can activate them, 594 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: you can deactivate them, you can keep going on there 595 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: for a long time and just activate it when you 596 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: go to a different country. But the way you install 597 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: it is you just you know, let's say you have 598 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: one of your main carriers here, that's you know, Verizon, 599 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: T Mobile, any you know, Mint Mobile, whatever it is. 600 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: You've got your main SIM, and then you can add 601 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: a secondary SIM, and that secondary SIM could be an 602 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: international SIM, it could be even a secondary cellular line 603 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: here in America. So let's say you wanted one SIM 604 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: for your phone calls and one for your data, or 605 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: even two for your data. You can set that up, 606 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: so it's really unlimited what you can do. But the 607 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: way it works overseas, in particular, what I do is 608 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: I typically turn off my main SIM and then flip 609 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: on the international SIM and then that way I can 610 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: still use my data through the international SIM and not 611 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: pay the roaming charges. And there's a lot of different 612 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: ways to do this, but that's kind of generally how 613 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: it works. If you're traveling internationally to a different country, 614 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: you can pick up a local eSIM there, or you 615 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: can use one of these companies that lets you activate 616 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: an eSIM right from your phone. So the one I 617 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: always talk about is airlow US Mobile also has one, 618 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: but there are many many different companies that do this, 619 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: And so if you just look up e SIM for 620 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: the country you want to go to, you can do 621 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: that and set it up very easily here in the 622 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: States before you leave. But I think that it's a 623 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: very simple system. The only place where it gets a 624 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: little complicated is if you want to continue. Most of 625 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: these eSIMs are data only, but that's also changing, so 626 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: the eSIM that you get for overseas might just candle 627 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: data and not calls. But that makes sense because you 628 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: don't want to give someone a different phone number just 629 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: when you're overseas. They just want to call your regular 630 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: phone number. So in that case, I recommend that you 631 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: turn on your Rome. You're not your roaming but your 632 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: Wi Fi calling. Jony on Twitter at rich on Tech 633 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: or x I should say, says, is there any way 634 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: to take low resolution photos on the new iPhone? Those 635 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: three point eight megapixel photos eat up storage and I 636 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: don't always need the high res thanks rich on Tech. Well, 637 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: the photos aren't three point eight megapixels. I think the 638 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: storage space is three point eight And yes, on the 639 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: new iPhone, the default megapixels is twenty four now, which 640 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: is amazing because you're getting so much more data on 641 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: your photos, which means you can zoom in, you can crop, 642 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: you just have a lot more flexibility with the amount 643 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: of data these photos carry because they are twenty four 644 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: megapixels by default. If you don't want them to be 645 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: twenty four megapixels, if you want to go back to twelve, 646 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: you can. You go to settings, you go to camera, 647 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: and you go to formats and then inside there it 648 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: says photo capture photo mode twenty four megapixels. You tap 649 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: there and you can tap twelve and you can take 650 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: your twelve megapixel photos just like before. According to Apple, 651 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: a twelve megapixel photo will be about two megabytes, a 652 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: twenty four megapixel photo will be about three megabytes. But 653 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: like you said, Jony, it's probably closer to about three 654 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: point eight. Let me see on my phone here what 655 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: my latest picture is. So if I just pick one 656 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: of these photos here and uh, let's see this photo 657 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: is oh five point eight mega five point eight megabytes. Wow, 658 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: So Apple, Apple's really being conservative in their estimates. But 659 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: again with today's storage on the phones, I would say 660 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: take the bigger photos. But if you don't need to 661 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: need that, just go ahead and you can change that 662 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: in the settings. Let's go to Tatiana in Banning, California, 663 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: Line one, Tatiana your own with Wretch. 664 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 7: Hi. 665 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 9: Well, I was calling about herb about YouTube. You know, 666 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 9: I wonder if you know if you could help me. 667 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 9: I have a prime membership with YouTube and it's worth fine. 668 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 9: Until last week and the last few days I keep 669 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 9: receiving all those you know, notification that I have end blockers. 670 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 9: I have either to unblock or to switch to Prime 671 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 9: membership and I already have Prime membership and I keep 672 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 9: telling them sort of, and they said, report the issue 673 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 9: if it's not correct, and I keep reporting that, Hello, 674 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 9: I am a pro, I have Prime membership, and you 675 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 9: keep blocking me because sometimes they block block and yesterday 676 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 9: I was not able to watch YouTube at all. And 677 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 9: not that I you know, but the point is that 678 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 9: why should I? You know, I have my Prime membership 679 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 9: and the worst thing is to reach anybody on YouTube 680 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 9: by a phone is not possible. They offer you chat, 681 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 9: and the chat, you know, I tell him, Okay, I 682 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 9: have Prime membership. Why you are you want me to 683 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 9: switch to Prime if I already have fun and you 684 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 9: are blocking me? And she says you have to remove 685 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 9: ad blocks, but okay, I show them up. 686 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 10: You know. 687 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 9: That's what you understand. 688 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,800 Speaker 1: Okay, teams. So a couple of things happening here. So 689 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 1: number one, you're referring to YouTube Prime membership. So Amazon 690 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: offers a Prime membership. So if you have an Amazon 691 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,280 Speaker 1: Prime membership, that does not give you access to YouTube, 692 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: you know, without a So that's number one. So it 693 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: is a separate membership. So if you are talking about YouTube, 694 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: what it's called is YouTube Premium When it first was 695 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: introduced a couple of years ago, it was called YouTube Read. 696 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: They have changed the name to YouTube Premium. And the 697 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: way that you can check if you have YouTube Premium, 698 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: if you are paying, I believe I pay twenty two 699 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: to ninety nine a month. I don't know how much. 700 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: I think it's fifteen ninety nine a month for the 701 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: standard I've got the family plan. But let's see the 702 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: standard plan individuals. Yeah, thirteen ninety nine a month. Family 703 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 1: is twenty two ninety nine a month. So you can 704 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: check to see if you are on a YouTube Premium 705 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: plan which gives you YouTube and YouTube music ad free 706 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: offline and in the background. You can go to YouTube 707 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: dot com slash premium and when I go to that page, 708 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: it says you have YouTube Premium managed. So that's the 709 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: first thing, Tatiana. If you don't see that when you 710 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 1: go to that website, you don't have YouTube Premium. Now. 711 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: The second way to check is to go to YouTube 712 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: dot com and in the left hand corner, in the 713 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 1: upper left corner, your YouTube icon changes from YouTube to 714 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 1: a little icon of the YouTube screen and it says premium. 715 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: So that's number one. We just need to make sure 716 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: that you're actually referring to what you have. If you 717 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: have Amazon Prime, that does not give you access to 718 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: YouTube Premium. Now the second part of what you're talking about, 719 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: the ad blocker. YouTube has been cracking down on people 720 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 1: using ad blockers to get rid of ads on YouTube. 721 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: Why because YouTube and Google make a whole lot of 722 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,759 Speaker 1: money on serving up ads during YouTube videos, and in 723 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: the past people were able to get around some of 724 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 1: those ads by putting an ad blocker on on their computer. Well, 725 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: YouTube does not like that, so they are cracking down, 726 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: not on everyone, not in every instance, not on every time, 727 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: but they are cracking down on some of the use 728 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: of ad blockers on YouTube. So if you do have 729 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: an ad blocker on your system and you're trying to 730 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: access YouTube, you will have to pause that ad blocker, 731 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: and you can do that by tapping your ad blocker, 732 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 1: and usually you can you can what's called allow list 733 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: the website, so you can say, do not use this 734 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: ad blocker on the YouTube dot com website because it 735 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: will not function properly. And in general, if you're using 736 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: an ad blocker on your computer, you can disable that 737 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 1: for a website. If a website you visit is not 738 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,040 Speaker 1: working or it feels a little wonky, then it's probably 739 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: your AD blocker that is interfering. Thanks for the call today, Tatiana. 740 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,839 Speaker 1: You are listening to Rich on Tech. Give me a call. 741 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: It's triple a Richt to Welcome back to rich on Tech. 742 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology. This 743 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,800 Speaker 1: is the show where I talk about the tech stuff 744 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: that I think you should know about. It's also the 745 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: place where I answer your questions. And that's exactly what 746 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. Right now. You can go to the 747 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: website rich on Tech dot tv, hit the link that 748 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: says contact and send me your question. And that's exactly 749 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: what Sierra did. Sierra says, Hey, Rich love your tech shows. 750 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: I listen to you every week for important tech updates. 751 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,560 Speaker 1: My question is what browser do you prefer? Chrome, Safari, Firefox, 752 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,439 Speaker 1: et cetera. And why. Thanks for all that you do. Well, 753 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,759 Speaker 1: I will tell you that Chrome is my preferred web 754 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: browser and that is because of several reasons. Number one, 755 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: I like how it integrates with Google products. I like 756 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: the extensions that you can get for it. And it 757 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: was very slow for a while. I think that Google 758 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,919 Speaker 1: was very aware of that, especially on the Mac side 759 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,160 Speaker 1: of things, it consumed a lot of resources. It still 760 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: kind of does, but I think it has gotten better, 761 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: maybe through a combination of some software updates and a 762 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: better computer that I have. But I like Chrome because 763 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: it's what I'm used to and it's what works for me. 764 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 1: I also like, like I said, the extensions that are 765 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 1: available for it. I personally would recommend that you block 766 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,399 Speaker 1: your third party cookies if you are using Chrome. That way, 767 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: your browsing history is not passed along to different websites, 768 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,719 Speaker 1: or at least it's a little more private as far 769 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:53,399 Speaker 1: as I can tell. 770 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 10: Now. 771 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 1: When it comes to Mozilla Firefox, I think there's more 772 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 1: privacy out of the gate, like I think the settings 773 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: are made in a way that protects user privacy just 774 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more than Chrome. However, not as popular 775 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: as Chrome. I mean, Chrome is really the number one 776 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: browser with a very large market share. And then when 777 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,640 Speaker 1: it comes to Safari, I think that the market share 778 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: is really tiny. 779 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 8: There. 780 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: On iPhone, it's huge because that is the default browser. 781 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,200 Speaker 1: But on the MacBook computers and especially the Windows computers, 782 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:26,640 Speaker 1: people use either Chrome or a Microsoft product. So Safari 783 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: is really fast. It's just not my preferred web browser now. 784 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,879 Speaker 1: The other one that I really do like is called 785 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: Microsoft Edge and it is very similar to Chrome in 786 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: many ways. The only thing I don't like about it 787 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: is how they force a lot of Microsoft products on me. 788 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: But it's funny because Chrome pretty much does the same thing. 789 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: But since I use more Google products, it doesn't bother 790 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 1: me as much. So the browser that you want to use, 791 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,359 Speaker 1: I think really comes down to personal preference, and any 792 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,399 Speaker 1: of them are good. I think that the main thing 793 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 1: to know is just be aware of the privacy setting 794 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,240 Speaker 1: and tweak those so that you are protecting your privacy 795 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,800 Speaker 1: as you browse the web. Thanks for the question, Sierra. 796 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 1: Up next is Ed. Ed says, great show as usual. 797 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: My question is on my Gmail app on iPad, when 798 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 1: I swipe left, it goes to archive. I want to 799 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: swipe left to delete. Please help me with that. Also, 800 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 1: how do I access my archive to get rid of 801 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: those archived files? Well, first off, Ed, you can easily 802 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,839 Speaker 1: switch this. In fact, this is one of the first 803 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,239 Speaker 1: things I do anytime I set up a new phone. 804 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 1: By default, Gmail has certain swipes that I don't like, 805 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 1: so I like to swipe right to delete in my 806 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 1: Gmail and I like to swipe left to archive because 807 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 1: it just seems right to me. If I swipe right, 808 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 1: I'm trashing something. If I'm swiping left, I'm archiving it, 809 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,640 Speaker 1: and that means I'm saving it for later. So to 810 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 1: do this, you open up your Gmail app on your 811 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 1: iPad or on your phone. You tap the menu, which 812 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 1: are the three lines in the upper left hand corner. 813 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: Then you scroll to settings and that's all the way down, 814 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,480 Speaker 1: and then you go to inbox customizations. Now this is 815 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: a little bit different on Android versus iOS, but it's 816 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: very similar and you can do both the same things. 817 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: Tap inbox customizations and you will see mail swipe actions 818 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: and it says swipe right, swipe left, and you can 819 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 1: decide what those do. Now, for your second question, how 820 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,080 Speaker 1: do I see all those archived files? Go back into 821 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: that original menu that I mentioned, and you will see 822 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 1: an item or a label I should say that says 823 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:37,800 Speaker 1: all mail. All mail is all of your mail. So 824 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: when you archive something in Gmail, you're actually just marking 825 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,800 Speaker 1: it with a label that does not keep it in 826 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 1: the main inbox. Because the way that Gmail works, just 827 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,360 Speaker 1: think of it as one ongoing list of all of 828 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: your messages. Some of them are visible, some are not. 829 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,920 Speaker 1: Great question there, let's go to the next question. Ron says, Hey, Rich, 830 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: I'm wondering how my wife has been spying on my 831 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,320 Speaker 1: text messages. I've found some of them printed out on paper. 832 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,320 Speaker 1: I've also seen she's printed out messages from someone else's phone. Also, 833 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: how is she able to do this from her phone? 834 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:13,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for your help, well, Ron, barring any conspiracy theory 835 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: or magical powers that your wife has, I think that 836 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: you are logged in using the same iCloud account, and 837 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,520 Speaker 1: a lot of times families do this on their phones 838 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,800 Speaker 1: where they have one log in to make things easy, 839 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,640 Speaker 1: but then the text messages and the settings carry over 840 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,319 Speaker 1: to all the different devices. So I'm assuming that your 841 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,920 Speaker 1: wife somehow has access to your text messages based on 842 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,399 Speaker 1: the same iCloud account and the other person's phone. I'm 843 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: guessing that's another family member. So if you don't want 844 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: this to happen, then I would create your own unique 845 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,320 Speaker 1: iCloud account. You could still be on a family account 846 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,280 Speaker 1: and still share a lot of the resources on your iCloud, 847 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,719 Speaker 1: but if you want your own private iCloud account, you 848 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: do need to log in and create your own account. 849 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: Next up, Data says, when I go to Disneyland, my 850 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: iPhone fourteen pro dies after sending photos, et cetera. What 851 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,960 Speaker 1: is the strongest charger, phone bank or what else would 852 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,800 Speaker 1: work best? Thank you and happy holidays. Great question, Data. 853 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 1: I always bring a portable battery with me when I 854 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 1: go to a place like Disneyland. And here's the reason 855 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,680 Speaker 1: why it's dying so quickly. It's because you're using your 856 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:27,759 Speaker 1: phone more and a combination of the cellular signal and 857 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,800 Speaker 1: the videos you're taking, all of these things are adding 858 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 1: up to just really tax the battery on your phone. 859 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,320 Speaker 1: So you're taking more pictures, you're taking more videos, and 860 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 1: if your phone is set to back up those pictures 861 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,359 Speaker 1: and videos, that is using a lot of charge from 862 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,759 Speaker 1: your battery. Couple of recommendations. There are three types of 863 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,680 Speaker 1: chargers you can get. One is a mag safe, one 864 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: is a plug, and one is a sort of a 865 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,880 Speaker 1: portable battery pack that has a built in connector. So 866 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,719 Speaker 1: for the recommendations here, I like the Anchor nano power 867 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,400 Speaker 1: bank with a built in connector. That's a small battery 868 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,279 Speaker 1: though it's only five thousand millionamp hours. That's basically going 869 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,400 Speaker 1: to give you about one charge but the nice thing 870 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 1: is it's small and it plugs right into the bottom 871 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,600 Speaker 1: of your phone. Second one is an anchor power bank 872 00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:18,399 Speaker 1: twenty thousand millionamp portable charger, and this you can use 873 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,280 Speaker 1: with USBC. Make sure you find one that has USB 874 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: C in and out. That's going to give you the 875 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,560 Speaker 1: fastest charge both ways, and you will need to bring 876 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: your own cable with this style portable charger. And then 877 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 1: finally you have a BLKAN wireless power bank with MagSafe. 878 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,600 Speaker 1: This is going to magnetically attached to the back of 879 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,680 Speaker 1: your phone and charge it that way. I don't know 880 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,319 Speaker 1: what the millionamp hours is on this, but it's pretty low. 881 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,239 Speaker 1: But you can get them in different levels. You know, 882 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,080 Speaker 1: depending on how thick it is, it's going to give 883 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,640 Speaker 1: you a bigger charge. The downside to the mag safe 884 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: is that it's going to be the slowest charge out 885 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: of all of these different methods. But definitely get one 886 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,279 Speaker 1: of these, get them while they're on sale over the 887 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:04,239 Speaker 1: Black Friday Cyber Monday shopping season, and just always keep 888 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,000 Speaker 1: it charged up and with you. Sharon writes in can 889 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,880 Speaker 1: you recommend a photostick flash drive? Thank you? Lots of 890 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,560 Speaker 1: questions about pictures people love to take them, so I 891 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,919 Speaker 1: get this question over and over and over. And while 892 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,759 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily love a flash drive for backing up 893 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,560 Speaker 1: my photos, it is an alternative to just backing up 894 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,440 Speaker 1: to the cloud. Personally, I think you should have your 895 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: photos in the cloud and in a secondary place as well, 896 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,799 Speaker 1: in addition to your phone. So what does that mean. 897 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,240 Speaker 1: You can use something like iCloud and also Amazon Photos. 898 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,600 Speaker 1: If you're a Prime member, you can get unlimited backup there, 899 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,560 Speaker 1: but you also want to have your photos in two 900 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,040 Speaker 1: places at once in addition to your phone, so one 901 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: of these flash drives can work as well. I don't 902 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,400 Speaker 1: think it'd be best to have them only on a 903 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,160 Speaker 1: flash drive. But the brand I like, sand Disc I Expand. 904 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:57,719 Speaker 1: So the I Expand has various models Summer Lightning, some 905 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,759 Speaker 1: are USBC depending on the phoney have you plug it 906 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,040 Speaker 1: into the bottom of your phone. It brings up the 907 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,799 Speaker 1: app and you can do a complete backup of your 908 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,359 Speaker 1: photos and videos, So make sure you get the one 909 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,440 Speaker 1: that's right for your phone. Pn Y also makes a 910 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,880 Speaker 1: model that is similar. I think that the software that 911 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,000 Speaker 1: sand Disc has is just slightly better. It works a 912 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 1: little bit better for me in my testing. All right, 913 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,719 Speaker 1: coming up next, we've got more of your calls at 914 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eighty eight seven 915 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,839 Speaker 1: four to two, four to one zero one. My name 916 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: is Rich d'miro and you are listening to rich on Tech. 917 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,560 Speaker 1: Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here talking 918 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:39,160 Speaker 1: technology with you at triple eight rich one oh one. 919 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:43,640 Speaker 1: That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 920 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:48,240 Speaker 1: zero one. Free call from anywhere inside the US. Marvin 921 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,520 Speaker 1: in Denver, Colorado. Marvin, you're on with Rich Hi. 922 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:52,600 Speaker 10: Rich, How you doing. 923 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm doing fantastic. How are you good? 924 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:56,040 Speaker 8: Say? 925 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,480 Speaker 10: I'm trying to get some information on a guest you 926 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,720 Speaker 10: head on some time ago who had developed a computer 927 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:08,000 Speaker 10: program for baseball cards, another sports member of Bilia. This 928 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,480 Speaker 10: has been about a year ago. But I didn't catch 929 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 10: his phone number. I think his name might have been 930 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:17,160 Speaker 10: Ted Mann, but I'm not positive of that. Yeah, good 931 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,520 Speaker 10: memory out how to get in touch with that guest? 932 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:23,440 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Okay, So the good question, and thanks for calling. 933 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,800 Speaker 1: But so I looked on the website if you go 934 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,680 Speaker 1: to rich on Tech dot tv, that's where you can 935 00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:33,120 Speaker 1: typically find anything that I mentioned on the show. And 936 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:36,320 Speaker 1: so I will tell you I typed in baseball to 937 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,279 Speaker 1: find obviously you know baseball card scanning, and nothing came up. 938 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,600 Speaker 1: So you are absolutely right, Marvin, you had one part 939 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:47,240 Speaker 1: of the equation. But here's what happened. So the notes 940 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:49,680 Speaker 1: are on there. And the app, by the way, is 941 00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:53,520 Speaker 1: called collect c l l X. This was invented by 942 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 1: a New Jersey dad and his son. You're right. His 943 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,040 Speaker 1: name is Ted Man. We did a segment with him 944 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:01,000 Speaker 1: both on tea and on the radio. 945 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:01,200 Speaker 7: Here. 946 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,440 Speaker 1: It's a really cool app that helps you scan your 947 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,440 Speaker 1: cards and figure out what the value of them is 948 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:12,800 Speaker 1: in seconds. So the app uses instant image recognition to 949 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,759 Speaker 1: recognize the card and provides its current market value. You 950 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,960 Speaker 1: can build and track your entire collection. One of my 951 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,359 Speaker 1: friends kept texting me after I'd talked about this app. 952 00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:22,280 Speaker 1: I think it was up to like a couple thousand 953 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:24,680 Speaker 1: bucks worth of cards on the app. And of course 954 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,640 Speaker 1: you can use the app to connect with other collectors, buy, sell, 955 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,280 Speaker 1: and trade cards, and there's a whole bunch of stuff. 956 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,040 Speaker 1: This thing has just taken on a life of its own. 957 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,160 Speaker 1: I think they added some new AI features as well. 958 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,880 Speaker 1: But again, the app is called Collex co l l 959 00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:44,680 Speaker 1: X dot app and Tedman is on there. He's the founder, 960 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:46,880 Speaker 1: like you said, and you can email him through the 961 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,319 Speaker 1: website as well. But the reason why you couldn't find 962 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,960 Speaker 1: it on my website is because baseball was not in 963 00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:57,520 Speaker 1: the description. I wrote it down as it says Tedman, 964 00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,839 Speaker 1: creator of the Collex app which lets you scan your 965 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,600 Speaker 1: sports card collection. So I should have said I should 966 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,920 Speaker 1: have said, I mean including baseball cards because I figured. 967 00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,320 Speaker 1: And by the way, that show was on February eleventh, 968 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. That was the sixth episode of the 969 00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,520 Speaker 1: radio show. So good memory, thanks for calling, appreciate that, 970 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:21,720 Speaker 1: and good luck scanning your cards. Let's go to Melody 971 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:24,160 Speaker 1: in Carlsbad. Melody You're on with Rich. 972 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,480 Speaker 8: Hi Rich listen. 973 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:33,239 Speaker 11: About probably nine months ago, I received a notice from 974 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:37,279 Speaker 11: the post office that I had a registered letter. I 975 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:42,719 Speaker 11: went there and the registered letter was from Geek Squad telling. 976 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,840 Speaker 2: Me that I needed to renew my account. 977 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,360 Speaker 11: Well, I saw that was really odd that they anybody 978 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 11: would be sending me a registered letter. I thought it 979 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,200 Speaker 11: was a scam. I checked it out, and of course 980 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,120 Speaker 11: it was a scam, so I did nothing with it. 981 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:05,319 Speaker 11: Then about a month ago I got an email from 982 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:09,960 Speaker 11: the Geek Squad saying I needed alerting me that my 983 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:15,600 Speaker 11: account was going to expire and I needed to renew it. Well, 984 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:20,080 Speaker 11: I ignored that because I knew the Geek Squad that 985 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,719 Speaker 11: it was a scam. I don't have an account with 986 00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,560 Speaker 11: geek Squad. I've never done any business with geek Squad, 987 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:33,200 Speaker 11: So then I ignored the email. A few days ago, 988 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:39,200 Speaker 11: I get an email from an unknown person advising me 989 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:47,880 Speaker 11: that my account has been restored or renewed and for 990 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:51,840 Speaker 11: a charge of I think it was like two hundred 991 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:58,800 Speaker 11: bucks one nine. Well, I I didn't do anything, you know, 992 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,840 Speaker 11: I have taken any action on that. 993 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,080 Speaker 2: But I'm wondering what do I do? 994 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,800 Speaker 11: Yeah, the only thing I can think of is to 995 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:14,600 Speaker 11: keep monitoring my credit card accounts. But I can't, you know, 996 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,160 Speaker 11: unless they have I don't know if they have any 997 00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:18,799 Speaker 11: of my credit card information. 998 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,560 Speaker 1: Okay, this is I'm glad you brought this up, Melody, 999 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,759 Speaker 1: because this is happening a lot, a lot, a lot, 1000 00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,760 Speaker 1: and it is I'm seeing two of the major scams 1001 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,440 Speaker 1: out there. One involves a Geek Squad, the other involves 1002 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:36,200 Speaker 1: Norton Anti virus, And so it happens exactly like you're 1003 00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:40,200 Speaker 1: saying you get an email that says, here's an invoice 1004 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:45,680 Speaker 1: for your geek Squad service renewal and it's some ungodly amount, 1005 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,839 Speaker 1: you know, three hundred ninety eight dollars for the year, 1006 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,759 Speaker 1: two hundred ninety eight dollars, whatever it is, and it 1007 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:54,239 Speaker 1: says this will be charged, you know, in the next 1008 00:51:54,560 --> 00:52:00,200 Speaker 1: week unless you call this number. And so we call 1009 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,319 Speaker 1: this number. I'm actually looking at one right now. Okay. 1010 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:05,640 Speaker 1: It says geek Squad protect your tech, It's time for 1011 00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:09,839 Speaker 1: renewal order ID product, geek Squad five year personal home 1012 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,560 Speaker 1: membership customer information. It has all your data on there, 1013 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,160 Speaker 1: including your name and your email address, and it says 1014 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,839 Speaker 1: we're ready to help whenever you need us, call us 1015 00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:21,440 Speaker 1: at this phone number. And so what's happening is they 1016 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,480 Speaker 1: want you to see this email and say, wait a second, 1017 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,760 Speaker 1: I didn't subscribe to geek Squad, and you call that number, 1018 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,960 Speaker 1: and that's when the actual scam takes place, because you 1019 00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,080 Speaker 1: think that you're confirming your credit card number or getting 1020 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:39,279 Speaker 1: this charge reversed, and they're actually collecting that information from you. 1021 00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:41,680 Speaker 1: This has nothing to do with the geek Squad. They're 1022 00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,560 Speaker 1: just using the geek Squad's good name to get your 1023 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,520 Speaker 1: information and to try to charge you. So, Melody, I 1024 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,399 Speaker 1: know this is happening to you, and you're getting these 1025 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:53,279 Speaker 1: letters in the mail and these emails, and you know 1026 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 1: could even be a phone call. But the best thing 1027 00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,359 Speaker 1: you can do is, like you said, monitor your credit 1028 00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,480 Speaker 1: card for any real charges that may come about, which 1029 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,839 Speaker 1: there's probably not going to be any, and just keep 1030 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,719 Speaker 1: deleting these emails, don't don't unsubscribe to them, don't call 1031 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,680 Speaker 1: the phone number that's inside these emails. This is something 1032 00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:14,200 Speaker 1: that I'm seeing on a daily basis. I'm getting these 1033 00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:17,080 Speaker 1: emails and so it's coming. Like I said, the Geek 1034 00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:20,080 Speaker 1: Squad and Norton are two of the biggest because those 1035 00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,239 Speaker 1: are two of the biggest brand names out there. So 1036 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,120 Speaker 1: that's what's happening, Melody, you could safely ignore them. I'm 1037 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,800 Speaker 1: glad you brought it up so that people can't avoid this. 1038 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:30,560 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for the call today. Triple eight Rich 1039 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,359 Speaker 1: one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 1040 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:38,359 Speaker 1: four one zero one. Mark is in one NETCA, California. 1041 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:42,360 Speaker 2: Mark you're on with Rich Well, good definite answer. I 1042 00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:45,600 Speaker 2: generally speaking, I'm always researching and looking at different things, 1043 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:48,080 Speaker 2: and I may go to a website I don't have 1044 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,879 Speaker 2: time to look at at that point of time. Sure, 1045 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,680 Speaker 2: so I'll drag down one of the euros to the desktop. 1046 00:53:53,719 --> 00:53:55,800 Speaker 2: I have so many things on my desktop here, but 1047 00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:59,520 Speaker 2: I pulled down a couple of articles or stories from 1048 00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,920 Speaker 2: Quitter months ago, and I pulled it down to the 1049 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:05,880 Speaker 2: desktop so I could go back to it later. And 1050 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:07,920 Speaker 2: now I can't get rid of them. They won't delete. 1051 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,360 Speaker 2: They won't even move off of the position that they're in. 1052 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:13,400 Speaker 2: I might be able to move around a little bit, 1053 00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,239 Speaker 2: but it will not delete. It will not allow me 1054 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:20,719 Speaker 2: to watch it and then get rid of it. And 1055 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,799 Speaker 2: it's bad enough with YouTube not let me on talking 1056 00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,759 Speaker 2: about malware bites. They won't even allow mailware bites. So 1057 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,880 Speaker 2: I'm kind of at a what kind of computer is 1058 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,960 Speaker 2: this laptop? That's you know, Windows? 1059 00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:38,040 Speaker 1: Okay, so Windows, So on a Windows computer, the best 1060 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,799 Speaker 1: way to delete these things, obviously, you can drag them 1061 00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:42,680 Speaker 1: to the trash can. If it's a you know, if 1062 00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:46,040 Speaker 1: it's a quick shortcut to a URL or any icon 1063 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:49,040 Speaker 1: that's on your desktop. The main ways to delete these 1064 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,680 Speaker 1: things are to drag them to the trash so you 1065 00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:53,160 Speaker 1: can just pick one up and drag it to the 1066 00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:56,080 Speaker 1: trash and of course I assume you've tried to do that, 1067 00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,880 Speaker 1: because you're saying that this is not working. So the 1068 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,680 Speaker 1: second way to try to get rid of these URLs 1069 00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,760 Speaker 1: on your desktop is to select one and then press 1070 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,120 Speaker 1: shift and the delete key at the same time. So 1071 00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:11,480 Speaker 1: shift and delete to get rid of this. And it 1072 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,239 Speaker 1: says I'm trying this right now. It says, are you 1073 00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:15,640 Speaker 1: sure you want to permanently delete this item? I press yes, 1074 00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:19,200 Speaker 1: and my computer is saying access denied. And so this 1075 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,920 Speaker 1: may be what you're coming up against. You may need 1076 00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:25,560 Speaker 1: to log in as an administrator to do this because 1077 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,200 Speaker 1: sometimes it does try to protect you from certain operations 1078 00:55:29,239 --> 00:55:34,279 Speaker 1: on your computer that could have negative effects. Welcome back 1079 00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:37,080 Speaker 1: to Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1080 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:42,320 Speaker 1: talking technology. Welcoming back to the show. Jen Calltrider with 1081 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:47,520 Speaker 1: the Mozilla Foundation, lead researcher at Privacy Not Included. Jen, 1082 00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:48,839 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining me again. 1083 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, thanks for having me back. 1084 00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:55,800 Speaker 1: So you've got a new report out a nightmare before Christmas. 1085 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,600 Speaker 1: Mozilla researchers find many popular tech gifts perform worse on 1086 00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:04,360 Speaker 1: privacy than ever before. Explain to me what the Privacy 1087 00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:06,920 Speaker 1: Not Included Guide is all about. 1088 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,239 Speaker 5: Yeah, we review the privacy and security out of all 1089 00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,719 Speaker 5: those fun connected gadgets that you're shopping for at the holidays. 1090 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:18,080 Speaker 5: We've been doing that since twenty seventeen, and we try 1091 00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:20,719 Speaker 5: and help people with our fun reviews at Privacy Not 1092 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:23,839 Speaker 5: Included dot Org know which smart watch is better at 1093 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:27,800 Speaker 5: protecting your privacy than another, which smart speaker, which fitness 1094 00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:30,360 Speaker 5: equipment or or that the like of the like. So 1095 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,320 Speaker 5: just you know, we try and make help you smart 1096 00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,400 Speaker 5: shops smart for connected devices. 1097 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:40,040 Speaker 1: What are some specific examples of popular tech gifts that 1098 00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:43,719 Speaker 1: have not done so well on your Buyer's Guide this year? 1099 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:50,200 Speaker 5: Oh gosh, Amazon products, they just keep disappointing us. You know, 1100 00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,680 Speaker 5: the Amazon has a bunch of products. They're smart speakers, 1101 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:58,480 Speaker 5: they're tablets for kids, their kindles, things like that, and 1102 00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:01,239 Speaker 5: you know, Amazon just they're track record just keeps getting 1103 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,719 Speaker 5: worse and worse at protecting privacy. They collect a ton 1104 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,360 Speaker 5: of data, they use that data to make money, and 1105 00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,520 Speaker 5: they just keep getting in trouble with the FTC and 1106 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,759 Speaker 5: the like for not respecting our privacy with all that 1107 00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,720 Speaker 5: data they collect. So they're they're pretty bad. We saw 1108 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,400 Speaker 5: Xbox this year gets our privacy not included ding. They 1109 00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:25,000 Speaker 5: got fined big by the FTC this year because they 1110 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,560 Speaker 5: violated the children's privacy laws and that's that's not good. 1111 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,160 Speaker 5: And then we see, you know, the standards, the usuals 1112 00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,920 Speaker 5: that that that aren't great. You've got some kids toys 1113 00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:38,720 Speaker 5: on there that raise eyebrows. Smart watches for kids are 1114 00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:43,880 Speaker 5: something that we especially looked at and have some concerns with. Yeah, 1115 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,560 Speaker 5: so lots of products that raise eyebrows, but there are 1116 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:47,240 Speaker 5: a few good ones. 1117 00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,080 Speaker 1: Okay, before we get to the good ones, I'm just 1118 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:52,240 Speaker 1: curious because I'm hearing a lot more about connected children's 1119 00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:55,600 Speaker 1: toys and the personal data that they collect. What is 1120 00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:58,160 Speaker 1: the implication of this, Like, you know, these things have 1121 00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:03,200 Speaker 1: microphones on them and speakers and internet connections and cameras. 1122 00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:05,280 Speaker 1: What does that all mean for kids and parents? 1123 00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,640 Speaker 5: It means that parents need to really pay attention when 1124 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:12,240 Speaker 5: they buy their kids a connected toy or a connected 1125 00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:16,120 Speaker 5: smartwatch or any connected device. It's no fun to read 1126 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,160 Speaker 5: privacy policies. I can say that because I do it 1127 00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,600 Speaker 5: for a living, and I don't wish it on anybody, 1128 00:58:20,680 --> 00:58:23,200 Speaker 5: because they're confusing. There's a million of them. Out there. 1129 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:26,000 Speaker 5: It's really hard to understand, Okay, what data is being 1130 00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:27,960 Speaker 5: collected on me as a parent through the app that 1131 00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:30,720 Speaker 5: I have to download the control device, versus what data 1132 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,240 Speaker 5: is being collected on my kid. You know, did I 1133 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,600 Speaker 5: consent to have that data being used for personalization or advertising? 1134 00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:38,720 Speaker 1: You know? 1135 00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,040 Speaker 5: How do I delete it if I want to? And 1136 00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:43,640 Speaker 5: so those are all big concerns that it makes it 1137 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:46,400 Speaker 5: difficult for parents to really kind of understand and know 1138 00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,600 Speaker 5: what's best. And then there's some really creepy products that 1139 00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,840 Speaker 5: we came across this year. I mentioned smart watches for kids. 1140 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:56,800 Speaker 5: We came across two different smart watches for kids. One 1141 00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,400 Speaker 5: just flat out didn't have a privacy policy for the 1142 00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:05,120 Speaker 5: device the app that the collects your GPS location as cameras, microphones, sensors, 1143 00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:08,760 Speaker 5: and the other one had a barely a privacy policy 1144 00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:11,560 Speaker 5: that super vague buried in the terms and conditions. And 1145 00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:14,120 Speaker 5: you know, a privy policy is what a company uses 1146 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:15,840 Speaker 5: to say how they're going to collect your data, how 1147 00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:17,800 Speaker 5: they're going to use it, what controls you have over it. 1148 00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,640 Speaker 5: And the fact that we're finding devices that are so 1149 00:59:20,920 --> 00:59:25,160 Speaker 5: invasive they're basically surveillance devices that don't have privacy policies 1150 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:28,280 Speaker 5: at all, shows that these companies are sketchy at best 1151 00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:30,959 Speaker 5: and potentially really dangerous at worst. 1152 00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:34,080 Speaker 1: How does a parent know if something is going to 1153 00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,600 Speaker 1: have a bad rap? They just look at your website. 1154 00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:41,360 Speaker 5: We try and help. That's a good place to start. 1155 00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:44,520 Speaker 5: It is hard to know. I mean, I think asking 1156 00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:46,800 Speaker 5: yourself as a parent, you know what level of data 1157 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,440 Speaker 5: collection am I okay with on my child? You know, 1158 00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,960 Speaker 5: the Moxie robot that we review doesn't actually earn our 1159 00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,680 Speaker 5: privacy not included warning label, but we were very close. 1160 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:57,880 Speaker 5: We were very on the fence about giving it that 1161 00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:01,640 Speaker 5: because their privacy policy sounds okay, but at the same time, 1162 01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:05,560 Speaker 5: they're sharing so incredibly much data. There's video, there's cameras. 1163 01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:09,400 Speaker 5: It's marketed as a toy for your kids to help 1164 01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:13,600 Speaker 5: them learn emotional intelligence and build relationships. But buried in 1165 01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:16,360 Speaker 5: the privacy policy they say, oh, teach your kids never 1166 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:19,960 Speaker 5: to share personal information, and those things seem contradictory. And 1167 01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:21,960 Speaker 5: so that's the kind of stuff that we see that 1168 01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,520 Speaker 5: we would like parents to be wario. You know, there's 1169 01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:27,080 Speaker 5: some good products out there, you know, the Tamagatchi Uni 1170 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:32,280 Speaker 5: or the Doggie that are still kind of fun interactive toys. 1171 01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:35,680 Speaker 5: There's some coding kids that are fun interactive toys that 1172 01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:38,800 Speaker 5: just don't collect a lot of personal information. And that's 1173 01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,360 Speaker 5: the way I would go if I were a parent. 1174 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:44,720 Speaker 1: And they had some previously top or positively rated companies 1175 01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:48,280 Speaker 1: like Sono's and Bows and Ufi, but this year they 1176 01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:50,120 Speaker 1: didn't do so well. So what changed? 1177 01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:54,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's interesting to see companies just getting more and 1178 01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:57,120 Speaker 5: more into the game of collecting data and then trying 1179 01:00:57,160 --> 01:00:59,880 Speaker 5: to make money off of it, you know, both is 1180 01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,560 Speaker 5: an interesting one. You know, Boss makes headphones, that's what 1181 01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:05,440 Speaker 5: they do. They make headphones and speakers, and you know, 1182 01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,760 Speaker 5: reading through Boss privacy policy this year, we found the 1183 01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:10,959 Speaker 5: line in there that says that they can collect data 1184 01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:15,040 Speaker 5: on your head movements based on your your headphones. You're like, 1185 01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,520 Speaker 5: why does those need to collect that data? But then 1186 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,960 Speaker 5: they go on and say that they could possibly sell 1187 01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:24,240 Speaker 5: that data linked to potentially your email, and again it's like, 1188 01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,760 Speaker 5: why do my headphones need to do that? They didn't 1189 01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:30,680 Speaker 5: do that a few years ago, and now they're doing that, 1190 01:01:30,800 --> 01:01:34,120 Speaker 5: And that's just kind of the slow creep of more technology, 1191 01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:37,720 Speaker 5: more sensors, more data being collected from all our connected stuff, 1192 01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:41,200 Speaker 5: even our headphones, and then it's how can we make 1193 01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,400 Speaker 5: money off that? How can we you know, sell that 1194 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:46,600 Speaker 5: or share that for advertising or more. And so that's 1195 01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:48,680 Speaker 5: what worries is we're seeing more and more of that 1196 01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,880 Speaker 5: from companies that used to actually be pretty good. The 1197 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:54,640 Speaker 5: other thing that we're seeing that that's worrisome is some 1198 01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:58,040 Speaker 5: of the good guys fit Bit and i Robot. I 1199 01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,480 Speaker 5: Robot's been one of the best companies we've reviewed for 1200 01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:02,400 Speaker 5: privacy for a long time. They were on our best 1201 01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:05,480 Speaker 5: ult list. They're in the process of being bought by Amazon, 1202 01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:08,960 Speaker 5: and so you have a company that's good at privacy 1203 01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:11,160 Speaker 5: being bought by a company that's not good at privacy. 1204 01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:13,920 Speaker 5: And your data is a business asset that will transfer, 1205 01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,880 Speaker 5: and so that's a concern that got bought up by 1206 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,720 Speaker 5: Google a couple of years ago, and you're seeing that 1207 01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:21,760 Speaker 5: marriage get closer and closer where you know now you'll 1208 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,160 Speaker 5: need a Google account to sign up for a new 1209 01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:27,320 Speaker 5: fit that income, and you know that means your data 1210 01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:31,080 Speaker 5: is going to start going to Google, and Google likes data. 1211 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:35,800 Speaker 1: So what steps are you taking to ensure that consumers 1212 01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,360 Speaker 1: are protected raise awareness about all of this. 1213 01:02:39,080 --> 01:02:42,320 Speaker 5: Well, I'm talking to you, Rich, I'm relying on people 1214 01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:44,080 Speaker 5: like you to try and help get the word out 1215 01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:46,960 Speaker 5: because people know you, they trust you, and you know, 1216 01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:49,200 Speaker 5: I just sit here and do the research and I 1217 01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:51,120 Speaker 5: rely on people like you, and I'm grateful for people 1218 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,760 Speaker 5: like you to help get the word out because it 1219 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,160 Speaker 5: is hard, you know. Like I said, I don't expect 1220 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:58,800 Speaker 5: parents to read privacy policies. They're incomprehensible. But I do 1221 01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:02,160 Speaker 5: like the ceepeople ask questions and say, oh, I've heard 1222 01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:04,160 Speaker 5: bad things. Maybe I'll just take a peek at this 1223 01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:08,320 Speaker 5: privacy policy. They aren't completely horrible. You can determine what 1224 01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,760 Speaker 5: data is being collected. You can do a search for 1225 01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:14,040 Speaker 5: the word sell and see if your data is going 1226 01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:17,680 Speaker 5: to be sold. Things like that. But really, I just 1227 01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:20,880 Speaker 5: think sitting down and having a risk asseetment prossessment. I 1228 01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,440 Speaker 5: have good products, you know, I have an Amazon Kindle. 1229 01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:25,840 Speaker 5: You know, I'll bash Amazon for being bad at privacy, 1230 01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:28,480 Speaker 5: which they are, But do I really care if Amazon 1231 01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:30,520 Speaker 5: knows what books I read? I can live with that. 1232 01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:33,040 Speaker 1: This really all comes down to money. I mean, that's 1233 01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:35,720 Speaker 1: really what it comes down to. Work exchanging our data 1234 01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,800 Speaker 1: for product, and they are exchanging the data that we 1235 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,840 Speaker 1: give them for some sort of sale, whether you know, 1236 01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,720 Speaker 1: even with Amazon your books, they want to recommend you 1237 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,520 Speaker 1: other books that you might purchase from them. In the 1238 01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,080 Speaker 1: case of some of these things, it's a little more nuanced, 1239 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:54,040 Speaker 1: like the head tracking stuff. Why but it's probably to 1240 01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:57,000 Speaker 1: develop better products that they can then make money off of. 1241 01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:58,880 Speaker 1: So does it really all just come down to money? 1242 01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:02,440 Speaker 5: It comes down to money. I mean, at the end 1243 01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:03,959 Speaker 5: of the day. What doesn't come down to money? 1244 01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:05,080 Speaker 10: Though? Right? Uh? 1245 01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:08,439 Speaker 5: But I also think you know, we're not The question 1246 01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:10,520 Speaker 5: of consent is when I think a lot about is 1247 01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:12,960 Speaker 5: a privacy researcher, and a lot of companies will say 1248 01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,720 Speaker 5: we'll never open do this without your data, we'll never 1249 01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:17,600 Speaker 5: share it, we'll not set up, never do anything with 1250 01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:19,960 Speaker 5: it without your consent. But then you ask, point, when 1251 01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:22,600 Speaker 5: did I consent to this? And that gets very nerky, 1252 01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:25,440 Speaker 5: and so yes, it all comes down to money, and 1253 01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:29,520 Speaker 5: what people should really be asking is do I consent 1254 01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:31,320 Speaker 5: to this? When did I consent to this? And how 1255 01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:33,400 Speaker 5: do I revoke my consent to this? Can I get 1256 01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:36,880 Speaker 5: my data deleted? Because they're going to keep doing it, 1257 01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:41,000 Speaker 5: that's not going to change, And unfortunately the onus is 1258 01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,840 Speaker 5: on us to protect ourselves. So it should be we 1259 01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:47,120 Speaker 5: need stronger federal privacy laws. We don't have federal privacy 1260 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,600 Speaker 5: laws here in the country. I mean, we have child 1261 01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:52,120 Speaker 5: one and a healthcare and we don't have a consumer 1262 01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:55,000 Speaker 5: and we need that and people should start demanding. 1263 01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:57,480 Speaker 1: Ten call triter. Thanks so much for joining me. What's 1264 01:04:57,520 --> 01:04:58,440 Speaker 1: the website to go to? 1265 01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:00,280 Speaker 5: It's privacy. 1266 01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:04,040 Speaker 1: All right, take that list and check it twice. Thanks 1267 01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:05,920 Speaker 1: so much for joining me today. More rich on Tech 1268 01:05:05,960 --> 01:05:12,360 Speaker 1: coming your way right after this. What's going on? Welcome 1269 01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:15,400 Speaker 1: back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 1270 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:18,760 Speaker 1: with you talking technology. Hope you're having a fantastic day. 1271 01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:22,200 Speaker 1: Phone lines are open at triple eight rich one oh 1272 01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:26,080 Speaker 1: one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 1273 01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:29,120 Speaker 1: zero one is the phone number. It's a fun new game, 1274 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:33,040 Speaker 1: Super Mario Brothers Wonder So let me tell you about 1275 01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:36,920 Speaker 1: this Nintendo game. This is the first two D side 1276 01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,680 Speaker 1: scrolling Mario Brothers game in over ten years. This launched 1277 01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:43,360 Speaker 1: for the Nintendo Switch. Mentioned it on the show last weekend, 1278 01:05:43,400 --> 01:05:45,200 Speaker 1: but I hadn't had a chance to play it just yet, 1279 01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:47,600 Speaker 1: and boy, when I got a chance to play it, 1280 01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,440 Speaker 1: it was fun. My nine year old and I were 1281 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,040 Speaker 1: fighting over who got to play it next, because it 1282 01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:54,720 Speaker 1: was just It's one of those games that you just 1283 01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:58,160 Speaker 1: pick up and there's almost no learning curve, right, you 1284 01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,400 Speaker 1: just know how to play instinctive. So if you played 1285 01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:03,640 Speaker 1: the original Mario Brothers, or if you're looking for a 1286 01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:07,280 Speaker 1: gift this holiday season, or no matter what you're celebrating, 1287 01:06:07,640 --> 01:06:09,400 Speaker 1: people are going to be getting this as a gift. 1288 01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:11,480 Speaker 1: The kids are going to start playing it, and the 1289 01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:13,240 Speaker 1: parents or the adults are going to, wait a second, 1290 01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,439 Speaker 1: I want to play that because it just looks fun 1291 01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:17,480 Speaker 1: and it looks easy. I don't know if you've tried 1292 01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:19,240 Speaker 1: to play one of these video games these days, but 1293 01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:23,280 Speaker 1: you know there's like fifteen different controller settings, fifteen different 1294 01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:25,720 Speaker 1: buttons on that thing. And it's not for the faint 1295 01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:27,360 Speaker 1: of heart. Like you need to know how to play 1296 01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:30,080 Speaker 1: video games for most of today's games, this one you 1297 01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:33,640 Speaker 1: do not. It's got fun power ups like elephant fruit, 1298 01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:36,280 Speaker 1: which turns Mario into an elephant with like a horn 1299 01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:39,080 Speaker 1: or what do they call it, not a horn, elephant nose, 1300 01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:42,040 Speaker 1: like a long elephant nose, a trunk, Thank you, Bobo. 1301 01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:45,680 Speaker 1: Then they've got these wonder flowers that trigger effects. Now 1302 01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what these designers over in Japan. We're 1303 01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:53,240 Speaker 1: enjoying while they made this game. But those wonderflowers are 1304 01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:55,640 Speaker 1: a little you know. I guess all video games are 1305 01:06:55,720 --> 01:06:58,320 Speaker 1: kind of weird like that, right. There's up to four 1306 01:06:58,360 --> 01:07:02,560 Speaker 1: players locally and twelve players online, so that's kind of fun. 1307 01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:06,920 Speaker 1: The game is sixty dollars and this is gosh. It's 1308 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:09,919 Speaker 1: been thirty years since the launch of the original Super 1309 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,440 Speaker 1: Mario Brothers game on nes want to date yourself, There 1310 01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:17,280 Speaker 1: you go, thirty years. So again, Super Mario Brothers. Wonder. 1311 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:19,560 Speaker 1: If you're looking for a gift this holiday season, I'm 1312 01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:22,360 Speaker 1: telling you this is the one to get. Kids will 1313 01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:24,520 Speaker 1: love it, adults will love it, and I think you're 1314 01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:26,720 Speaker 1: gonna have fun playing this game, so I am, that's 1315 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:29,240 Speaker 1: for sure. Mike wrote in on the website. I have 1316 01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:32,360 Speaker 1: a set of bows Q forty five quiet comfort noise 1317 01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:36,560 Speaker 1: canceling headphones. I'm having connectivity issues with my Samsung S 1318 01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,800 Speaker 1: ten smartphone. I'm trying to connect with Bluetooth. Sometimes it works, 1319 01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,960 Speaker 1: sometimes it does not. On my phone. All my echo 1320 01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:46,080 Speaker 1: dots show up in the list, even my TV, but 1321 01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:49,320 Speaker 1: not my headphones. Last night it played somehow, even though 1322 01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:52,440 Speaker 1: it never came up in the list. Out of curiosity, 1323 01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:54,320 Speaker 1: I closed all the apps and it was still playing 1324 01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:59,000 Speaker 1: help me please in bold letters, Mike, I think you 1325 01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:02,480 Speaker 1: need to do what's called a network settings reset on 1326 01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:06,640 Speaker 1: this Samsung Galaxy S ten smartphone. It's an older phone, 1327 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:09,920 Speaker 1: so you've probably connected things over the years to it 1328 01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:12,920 Speaker 1: and something just doesn't seem to be playing right. So 1329 01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:17,639 Speaker 1: what I'd recommend is doing what's called a network settings reset. 1330 01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:19,920 Speaker 1: So you want to go into your Samsung phone, you 1331 01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:22,840 Speaker 1: want to go into your settings. You swipe down from 1332 01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:25,040 Speaker 1: the top. There's a little gear icon in the upper 1333 01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,160 Speaker 1: right hand corner. You tap that and then you'll be 1334 01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:30,479 Speaker 1: into your settings. Now, you scroll all the way down 1335 01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:34,720 Speaker 1: until it says general Management, and then you scroll all 1336 01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:37,479 Speaker 1: the way down again until it says reset. Now. I 1337 01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:39,759 Speaker 1: know it's scary because it says reset, so you probably 1338 01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:42,879 Speaker 1: didn't want to click that. But you can tap reset 1339 01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:46,160 Speaker 1: and then you get a bunch of reset options. Or 1340 01:08:46,280 --> 01:08:50,040 Speaker 1: you can do reset network settings and that will reset 1341 01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:53,040 Speaker 1: the Wi Fi, the mobile data, and the Bluetooth. That's 1342 01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:55,280 Speaker 1: the one I think you should tap. And so once 1343 01:08:55,320 --> 01:08:58,200 Speaker 1: you tap that, it will clear out all the Bluetooth devices, 1344 01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,640 Speaker 1: all the Wi Fi devices, all the connect devices on 1345 01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:03,439 Speaker 1: that phone. Then I would go in and I would 1346 01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:06,960 Speaker 1: repair the bow's headphones, and I think your connectivity issues 1347 01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:12,880 Speaker 1: will hopefully be solved. Mary Jane in Fallbrook, California. You're 1348 01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:14,840 Speaker 1: on with rich Oh, thank. 1349 01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:18,120 Speaker 12: You so much for taking my call. I have an 1350 01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:23,920 Speaker 12: old Apple six. It wasn't holding I loved it. It 1351 01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:27,040 Speaker 12: wasn't holding a charge anymore. So I went to your 1352 01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:30,400 Speaker 12: sponsor and I bought a new phone. And why the 1353 01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:34,599 Speaker 12: gentleman was transferring the information from one phone to the other. 1354 01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:38,320 Speaker 12: He says, what's your security code number? I don't know 1355 01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:42,479 Speaker 12: what he was talking about, don't. I went through some papers. 1356 01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:45,559 Speaker 12: I don't see anything in regard to that. I wondered, 1357 01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:50,320 Speaker 12: what do I do now? Both phones are inoperable and 1358 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:56,640 Speaker 12: I don't know what security code it's not. Well, I'm confused. 1359 01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:57,800 Speaker 12: I just don't know what to do. 1360 01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:01,400 Speaker 1: Okay, So explain to me. You have an iPhone six, 1361 01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:03,879 Speaker 1: that's your phone. Are they both in your possession? 1362 01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:04,800 Speaker 13: Yes? 1363 01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:07,640 Speaker 1: Okay, And you have a new iPhone. What did you 1364 01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:08,559 Speaker 1: get a new iPhone? 1365 01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:09,120 Speaker 8: Yeah? 1366 01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:12,840 Speaker 12: I just got a fifty. I got a new iPhone yet. 1367 01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:13,400 Speaker 1: A fifteen. 1368 01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:16,000 Speaker 12: I think they called it A fifty. 1369 01:10:16,520 --> 01:10:19,599 Speaker 1: Okay, uh, well the newest is the fifteen. Is the fifteen? 1370 01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:20,639 Speaker 1: So is it an iPhone? 1371 01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:21,639 Speaker 10: Yeah? 1372 01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:24,519 Speaker 1: Okay, great, all right, So I think what you're referring 1373 01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:29,760 Speaker 1: to a security code on your phone. So iPhone is 1374 01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:32,040 Speaker 1: very easy to you're trying to transfer all your data 1375 01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:33,120 Speaker 1: from the old phone to the new one. 1376 01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:38,800 Speaker 12: Well that's twenty pros. So that wasn't completed and I'm 1377 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:39,679 Speaker 12: out two phones. 1378 01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:42,200 Speaker 1: Okay, do you have both phones in your possession? 1379 01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:42,920 Speaker 8: Yes? 1380 01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:45,839 Speaker 1: Okay, great, So what you want to do. The security 1381 01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:49,280 Speaker 1: code that is I believe is being referred to is 1382 01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:52,599 Speaker 1: your pin code, so you know how you code, Yes, 1383 01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:54,880 Speaker 1: the code that you use to unlock your old phone. 1384 01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:57,879 Speaker 1: When you go through the setup process on the iPhone 1385 01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:01,360 Speaker 1: to transfer your data for security reasons, it asks you 1386 01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:04,479 Speaker 1: what the pin code is on your old phone, and 1387 01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:07,320 Speaker 1: so you type that in and that enables the phone 1388 01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:10,880 Speaker 1: to decode your encrypted information off the old device. And 1389 01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:13,680 Speaker 1: so that's what I believe is happening here. That is 1390 01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:16,080 Speaker 1: the code. So whatever you type in and don't say 1391 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:18,400 Speaker 1: it on air, but whatever you type in on your 1392 01:11:18,479 --> 01:11:22,439 Speaker 1: old phone, that's what you do. That's the code that 1393 01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:24,519 Speaker 1: you put in on the new phone. So typically throughout 1394 01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:27,439 Speaker 1: the little process of transferring all the data, it will say, 1395 01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:30,920 Speaker 1: please enter the security code or the pin code from 1396 01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:34,479 Speaker 1: your previous device, and so that's the code that you 1397 01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:37,719 Speaker 1: type in, and that will help the new phone gather 1398 01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:40,760 Speaker 1: the old data. So that's what I believe you could do. So, 1399 01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:43,240 Speaker 1: Mary Jean, thanks so much for calling today. I hope 1400 01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:46,360 Speaker 1: that that helps you figure it out. Let's go to 1401 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:49,519 Speaker 1: John in more Park, California. John, you're on with Rich. 1402 01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:52,080 Speaker 13: I have a question. 1403 01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:53,599 Speaker 10: I have a friend of mine. 1404 01:11:53,680 --> 01:11:55,200 Speaker 13: He only has one thing. 1405 01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:56,200 Speaker 5: He has an iPhone. 1406 01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,480 Speaker 6: But I was going to ask your advice on passboard managers. 1407 01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:03,240 Speaker 1: Good question, password manager. I was just talking about this 1408 01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:06,799 Speaker 1: yesterday with a friend. So if he just has an iPhone, 1409 01:12:07,320 --> 01:12:10,920 Speaker 1: I think the easiest, simplest password manager is built right 1410 01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:14,800 Speaker 1: into the iPhone. It's called iCloud keychain, and if he's 1411 01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:18,680 Speaker 1: using the iPhone, iCloud keychain will generate strong passwords. If 1412 01:12:18,680 --> 01:12:21,600 Speaker 1: you're using an iPhone, you've probably seen this pop up 1413 01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:23,880 Speaker 1: on your phone where it says it literally puts like 1414 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:27,200 Speaker 1: an email or a password in the box, like it's 1415 01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:29,120 Speaker 1: like this long character and you just have to tap 1416 01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:32,759 Speaker 1: to accept it. But iCloud keychain. If he's already using iPhone, 1417 01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:34,280 Speaker 1: I think is going to be the simplest way to 1418 01:12:34,360 --> 01:12:37,000 Speaker 1: do it. Now, when you're using more devices than just 1419 01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:39,120 Speaker 1: the iPhone, I think it gets a little bit more complicated. 1420 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:44,040 Speaker 1: Then I would recommend something like bitwarden, b it wr 1421 01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:48,639 Speaker 1: d n Bitwarden. And what bitwarden does is it will 1422 01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:51,680 Speaker 1: generate a password, but you have to set it all up. 1423 01:12:51,760 --> 01:12:54,160 Speaker 1: You need to create an account, you need to set 1424 01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:55,880 Speaker 1: it up and make sure that the iPhone knows that 1425 01:12:55,960 --> 01:12:57,959 Speaker 1: that's what you want to use to fill on the accounts. 1426 01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:01,040 Speaker 1: That's a good way to go. If you're a big 1427 01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:05,639 Speaker 1: Google user, a Google Chrome on the iPhone and Google 1428 01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:09,439 Speaker 1: Chrome on the desktop, I would check out Google password manager, 1429 01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:12,240 Speaker 1: so they have one built in. You can go to 1430 01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:17,600 Speaker 1: passwords dot Google dot com. And Google just recently upgraded 1431 01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,799 Speaker 1: this password manager so that works even better on the iPhone. 1432 01:13:20,840 --> 01:13:23,280 Speaker 1: It used to be kind of not so easy, but 1433 01:13:23,439 --> 01:13:26,280 Speaker 1: now it actually will fill in passwords across all devices 1434 01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,760 Speaker 1: on the iPhone. And by the way, to check out 1435 01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:34,120 Speaker 1: how you're using the password manager on your iPhone, you 1436 01:13:34,200 --> 01:13:38,080 Speaker 1: go to settings and let's see, you go to passwords 1437 01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:41,120 Speaker 1: and it's going to authorize you and then you can 1438 01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,880 Speaker 1: see all the passwords that your iPhone has selected and 1439 01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:46,240 Speaker 1: kept inside there. I've got a list of a couple 1440 01:13:46,280 --> 01:13:49,320 Speaker 1: of them. But then if you go into password options, 1441 01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:55,519 Speaker 1: now you can specify how you want to save and 1442 01:13:55,720 --> 01:13:59,200 Speaker 1: also fill passwords on the iPhone. But that's what you 1443 01:13:59,280 --> 01:14:02,920 Speaker 1: want to do is set up I personally always appreciate 1444 01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:07,760 Speaker 1: third party products for everything, but John in your friend's case, 1445 01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:10,000 Speaker 1: since he's just or they're just using an iPhone, I 1446 01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:12,639 Speaker 1: think the iCloud keychain is probably gonna be the easiest. 1447 01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:15,839 Speaker 1: But keep in mind it is linked to your iCloud account, 1448 01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,080 Speaker 1: so if you forget your iCloud password, or if you 1449 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:20,240 Speaker 1: can't get into your iCloud account, we're gonna have a 1450 01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:22,479 Speaker 1: lot of problems with all the other passports be able 1451 01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:26,080 Speaker 1: to get into those either. Rich on Tech dot tv 1452 01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:28,639 Speaker 1: is the website. If you want to contact the show, 1453 01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:31,240 Speaker 1: send your email there eighty eight rich one O one 1454 01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:33,599 Speaker 1: eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero. 1455 01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:35,519 Speaker 1: And we still got lots more of the show, lots 1456 01:14:35,560 --> 01:14:38,400 Speaker 1: more questions, lots more things to talk about. You're listening 1457 01:14:38,479 --> 01:14:42,280 Speaker 1: to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1458 01:14:42,439 --> 01:14:46,000 Speaker 1: Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology. Some 1459 01:14:46,160 --> 01:14:49,160 Speaker 1: of you have discovered on the website at richontech dot 1460 01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:52,400 Speaker 1: TV that there is a microphone icon. You click the 1461 01:14:52,680 --> 01:14:54,920 Speaker 1: icon and you can leave a voicemail for the show. 1462 01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:57,760 Speaker 1: So I figured in this segment we would check the voicemail, 1463 01:14:58,080 --> 01:14:59,559 Speaker 1: and let's start with David. 1464 01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:00,680 Speaker 7: Hey. 1465 01:15:01,120 --> 01:15:03,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was trying to find something on the new 1466 01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:06,479 Speaker 1: five G home Wi Fi. 1467 01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:10,759 Speaker 4: I'm trying to compare T Mobile, Verizon, and now AT 1468 01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:12,479 Speaker 4: and T is coming out with one, and I couldn't 1469 01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:13,920 Speaker 4: find anything on your site. 1470 01:15:14,040 --> 01:15:15,840 Speaker 1: And I know you do all this kind of stuff. 1471 01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:17,760 Speaker 3: Take care, keep up the good work. 1472 01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:22,800 Speaker 1: Great question. These new home internet services are provided through 1473 01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:26,920 Speaker 1: cellular versus a wired connection through something like your cable 1474 01:15:26,960 --> 01:15:29,599 Speaker 1: company or your phone company. So T Mobile has theirs, 1475 01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:32,439 Speaker 1: it's called T Mobile five G Home Internet, Verizon has 1476 01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:35,720 Speaker 1: Verizon five G Home Internet, and AT and T is 1477 01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:37,600 Speaker 1: the newest to offer it. They have AT and T 1478 01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:39,960 Speaker 1: Internet Air, which I think is the coolest name out 1479 01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:42,600 Speaker 1: of all of them. So again, if you have a 1480 01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:46,400 Speaker 1: strong cellular signal to your home, this might be a 1481 01:15:46,520 --> 01:15:49,640 Speaker 1: good alternative to a wired internet connection that you might 1482 01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:52,400 Speaker 1: get from, like I said, your cable company or your 1483 01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:53,679 Speaker 1: traditional phone company. 1484 01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:53,840 Speaker 10: Now. 1485 01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:56,760 Speaker 1: In some cases your phone company maybe Verizon, it may 1486 01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:59,120 Speaker 1: be AT, and T it may be T Mobile. So 1487 01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:01,000 Speaker 1: the main thing you need to do is check to 1488 01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:03,920 Speaker 1: see if these are available where you live. Have a 1489 01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:07,240 Speaker 1: friend come over with that signal on their smartphone. Use 1490 01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:10,160 Speaker 1: an app like Medior or speed test to test the 1491 01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:12,760 Speaker 1: signal up and down, see if it's strong, and then 1492 01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:15,240 Speaker 1: you can order this home internet. Maybe keep your old 1493 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:18,400 Speaker 1: internet just in case there's a problem. Most of these 1494 01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:20,960 Speaker 1: systems are self installed. They send you a box, you 1495 01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:23,400 Speaker 1: plug it in near your window. It pulls in that 1496 01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:26,240 Speaker 1: cellular connection and then it spits it out as Wi 1497 01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:29,960 Speaker 1: Fi and then your devices would connect to that. So 1498 01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:32,800 Speaker 1: I think the connection through your wired internet is going 1499 01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:35,880 Speaker 1: to be faster, but I think the price is going 1500 01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:39,439 Speaker 1: to be better for this home internet situation. So you're 1501 01:16:39,439 --> 01:16:41,679 Speaker 1: going to get unlimited data from most of these companies. 1502 01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:44,040 Speaker 1: T Mobile right now is charging anywhere from thirty to 1503 01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:47,600 Speaker 1: fifty dollars, Verizon sixty to eighty dollars, AT and T 1504 01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:52,880 Speaker 1: fifty five dollars. Those prices do not include discounts for customers. Also, 1505 01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:55,840 Speaker 1: keep in mind if you're eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program, 1506 01:16:56,320 --> 01:17:00,000 Speaker 1: these home internet services are eligible. That's a thirty dollars 1507 01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:02,800 Speaker 1: a month discount if you have something like Snap or 1508 01:17:02,840 --> 01:17:06,360 Speaker 1: you're on Medicaid. But like anything else, I predict the 1509 01:17:06,479 --> 01:17:09,760 Speaker 1: prices of these services will go up as more people 1510 01:17:09,840 --> 01:17:11,960 Speaker 1: get them. Right now, this is a very new thing. 1511 01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:14,320 Speaker 1: They've only been around for a couple of years now. 1512 01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,800 Speaker 1: I did have the chance to test out Verizons five 1513 01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:19,559 Speaker 1: G Home Internet and it was great. I tested out 1514 01:17:19,600 --> 01:17:22,680 Speaker 1: in various locations. The main thing is that if you 1515 01:17:22,760 --> 01:17:26,360 Speaker 1: have a good signal, you're gonna have a good Internet connection. Now, 1516 01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:28,679 Speaker 1: if you're doing a lot on your Internet at home, 1517 01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:31,720 Speaker 1: like if you're constantly exchanging large files, like if you're 1518 01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:34,679 Speaker 1: a video editor or something like that, I probably wouldn't 1519 01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:37,040 Speaker 1: recommend this. But if you're just doing typical day to 1520 01:17:37,160 --> 01:17:40,559 Speaker 1: day stuff like streaming Netflix and you know, doing your email, 1521 01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:42,960 Speaker 1: the stuff you typically do on your smartphone, if it 1522 01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:45,360 Speaker 1: works well on your smartphone, it's probably gonna work well 1523 01:17:45,479 --> 01:17:47,200 Speaker 1: on the five G home Internet. 1524 01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:50,880 Speaker 14: Next up, let's go to k I'm trying to figure 1525 01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:55,200 Speaker 14: out about Google Assistant interpret or mode. I've seen some 1526 01:17:55,360 --> 01:17:59,600 Speaker 14: demonstrations where you speak and then you can hand the 1527 01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:01,439 Speaker 14: phone to the other person and they will speak and 1528 01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:05,400 Speaker 14: you will hear both sides, but in my Google Assistant interpreter, 1529 01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:07,760 Speaker 14: I only get my side translated. 1530 01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:10,600 Speaker 3: Do you have anything like this you can help me with. 1531 01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:13,960 Speaker 1: What you're referring to is interpreter mode, and this is 1532 01:18:14,040 --> 01:18:16,720 Speaker 1: basically real time translation on your phone. This is the 1533 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,280 Speaker 1: stuff that we saw in sci fi movies, but it 1534 01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:23,479 Speaker 1: is available if you have Google Assistant on Android or iOS. 1535 01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:26,560 Speaker 1: And this allows people to have back and forth conversations 1536 01:18:26,920 --> 01:18:30,599 Speaker 1: with each person speaking their own respective language, and Google 1537 01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:34,000 Speaker 1: will kind of be the in between and translate whatever 1538 01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:36,320 Speaker 1: you're saying. So, if you want to activate interpreter mode, 1539 01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:38,040 Speaker 1: there's a couple of ways you can do this. You 1540 01:18:38,120 --> 01:18:41,960 Speaker 1: can say, hey G, be my German translator, or hey G, 1541 01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:45,880 Speaker 1: help me speak Spanish. Replace the G with Google of course, 1542 01:18:46,160 --> 01:18:48,800 Speaker 1: and then that translated conversation will be displayed on the 1543 01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:51,799 Speaker 1: phone screen and also the device will speak it. Google 1544 01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:55,599 Speaker 1: supports forty four languages for this. Now, if you want 1545 01:18:55,640 --> 01:18:57,960 Speaker 1: to do another version of this, if you download the 1546 01:18:58,040 --> 01:19:01,240 Speaker 1: Google Translate app. Typically, when you use the app, you 1547 01:19:01,280 --> 01:19:04,040 Speaker 1: can just hit the big microphone icon and you can 1548 01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:06,600 Speaker 1: say something in your language and it will translate it 1549 01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,679 Speaker 1: into another language. But there's another icon in the lower 1550 01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:13,519 Speaker 1: left hand corner that says conversation And now if you 1551 01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:16,599 Speaker 1: put that on, it will listen to what you're saying 1552 01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:20,040 Speaker 1: and put your side of the conversation in your language, 1553 01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:23,400 Speaker 1: and then in real time translate that to the other side. 1554 01:19:23,960 --> 01:19:27,040 Speaker 1: And if you tap auto, this will make it so 1555 01:19:27,160 --> 01:19:29,439 Speaker 1: it's listening for both languages. So when you speak in 1556 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:32,439 Speaker 1: your language, it will translate it to the other language, 1557 01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:35,439 Speaker 1: and when they speak in their language, it will translate 1558 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:38,120 Speaker 1: it to your language. By the way, Apple has a 1559 01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:40,360 Speaker 1: translate app as well, so if you don't want to 1560 01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:42,960 Speaker 1: download a new app on the iPhone, you can just 1561 01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:46,479 Speaker 1: search for the translate app and it has similar features. 1562 01:19:46,800 --> 01:19:48,400 Speaker 1: All right, Next up, let's go to Jim. 1563 01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:52,439 Speaker 15: Hey Rich, this is Jim from Prescott Valley. For years 1564 01:19:52,479 --> 01:19:56,160 Speaker 15: I've uploaded pictures to Costco to make Christmas cards, and 1565 01:19:56,479 --> 01:19:59,800 Speaker 15: this year they just continue that service. I was wondering 1566 01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,920 Speaker 15: if you you had any suggestions on another place to 1567 01:20:02,280 --> 01:20:05,360 Speaker 15: upload and create cards. Thanks and great job with the 1568 01:20:05,439 --> 01:20:07,040 Speaker 15: podcast and the radio show. 1569 01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:10,280 Speaker 1: Ah. Yes, it is that time of year again when 1570 01:20:10,360 --> 01:20:13,800 Speaker 1: we need to order our holiday cards. So I think 1571 01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:16,840 Speaker 1: this is largely a question of how much you want 1572 01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:19,880 Speaker 1: to spend, the convenience and how much time you want 1573 01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:21,360 Speaker 1: to put into them. But I'll tell you the company 1574 01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:24,519 Speaker 1: that I've used for the past couple of years simply 1575 01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:28,240 Speaker 1: to impress dot Com. I believe they were a wirecutter 1576 01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:30,760 Speaker 1: pick at some point and we started trying them and 1577 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:33,400 Speaker 1: we just kind of liked them. The other one that 1578 01:20:33,479 --> 01:20:36,560 Speaker 1: we use before that was Minted, which I really like. 1579 01:20:36,680 --> 01:20:39,040 Speaker 1: And I always look at the back of the cards 1580 01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:41,519 Speaker 1: when we get them over the holidays to see where 1581 01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:45,280 Speaker 1: people order their cards, and Minted is very popular. Shutterfly 1582 01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:49,320 Speaker 1: obviously very popular. The other place people get them is 1583 01:20:49,479 --> 01:20:53,200 Speaker 1: through the local drugstore, so a Walgreens, a CVS, a Target. 1584 01:20:53,479 --> 01:20:54,960 Speaker 1: I think it comes down to how much you want 1585 01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:58,040 Speaker 1: to spend, how fast you want to get them. But 1586 01:20:58,080 --> 01:21:00,439 Speaker 1: I will give you my tips. Number One, I always 1587 01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:03,880 Speaker 1: order these on Cyber Monday because I do believe that 1588 01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:06,759 Speaker 1: they have the best price of the year on Cyber Monday, 1589 01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:09,679 Speaker 1: no matter where you get them, So get those pictures 1590 01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:11,720 Speaker 1: ready because you only have a day or two to 1591 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:14,840 Speaker 1: get those ready for Cyber Monday. Also, I never pay 1592 01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:17,040 Speaker 1: for the faster shipping at the end of your order. 1593 01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:18,479 Speaker 1: When you're all said and done, they're like, Oh, and 1594 01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:20,280 Speaker 1: by the way, do you want to wait like six 1595 01:21:20,360 --> 01:21:21,920 Speaker 1: weeks to get these or do you want them in 1596 01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:25,040 Speaker 1: two days? Of course, the temptation is to upgrade and 1597 01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,479 Speaker 1: pay a little bit more for that peace of mind 1598 01:21:27,520 --> 01:21:29,000 Speaker 1: that you're going to get them in time to send 1599 01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:30,840 Speaker 1: them out for the holidays. But I've never done that, 1600 01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:34,559 Speaker 1: and they always arrive faster than I think. Of course, 1601 01:21:34,600 --> 01:21:36,200 Speaker 1: because I'm telling you this, this is the year that 1602 01:21:36,280 --> 01:21:38,320 Speaker 1: that won't happen. But it's always worked out for me. 1603 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,680 Speaker 1: I guess the only thing you have to figure out 1604 01:21:40,800 --> 01:21:42,400 Speaker 1: is if you want to include a little personal note 1605 01:21:42,479 --> 01:21:48,400 Speaker 1: with every picture. Next up in the voicemails, Josie, what is. 1606 01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:53,000 Speaker 3: A good free computer cleaner? 1607 01:21:53,840 --> 01:21:56,120 Speaker 1: You have to be careful when you're cleaning up your computer, 1608 01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:58,479 Speaker 1: but yes, you want your computer to run nice and fast, 1609 01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:01,439 Speaker 1: and sometimes these things do get bogged down. My number 1610 01:22:01,479 --> 01:22:04,160 Speaker 1: one piece of advice is to do some maintenance. So 1611 01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:08,000 Speaker 1: go into your settings, add and remove programs and get 1612 01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:11,520 Speaker 1: rid of any programs that you no longer use or recognize. 1613 01:22:12,040 --> 01:22:14,960 Speaker 1: Uninstall those, then restart your computer. See if that helps. 1614 01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:16,840 Speaker 1: Do the same thing on your web browser. Get rid 1615 01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:19,240 Speaker 1: of any extensions you don't use now when it comes 1616 01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:21,280 Speaker 1: to programs that are free, A lot of people like 1617 01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:26,120 Speaker 1: a program named bleach bit b l e ah bit 1618 01:22:26,680 --> 01:22:29,160 Speaker 1: and that will clean your system and free up disc space. 1619 01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:34,519 Speaker 1: Another very popular program is C Cleaner C Cleaner and 1620 01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:37,879 Speaker 1: that will speed up your PC. It won't do everything 1621 01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:40,839 Speaker 1: for free, it will basically just help speed up your computer. 1622 01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:43,960 Speaker 1: You can pay for more features after that. And if 1623 01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:45,559 Speaker 1: you're on the Mac side of things, the only thing 1624 01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:48,920 Speaker 1: that I use is called clean my Mac, and I 1625 01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:51,479 Speaker 1: don't believe it's completely free, but I do think they 1626 01:22:51,560 --> 01:22:54,240 Speaker 1: have a free level of certain features that you can use. 1627 01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:57,919 Speaker 1: Let's get to our last voicemail right now from Melissa 1628 01:22:58,479 --> 01:22:58,960 Speaker 1: Hi Rich. 1629 01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:02,480 Speaker 16: I just want to say you're so helpful and informative 1630 01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:07,080 Speaker 16: and even for a Gen X or splash millennial who 1631 01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:12,120 Speaker 16: thinks she knows some tech stuff. I you know, campare 1632 01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:14,800 Speaker 16: myself free tech savvy, but you have a lot. And 1633 01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:19,240 Speaker 16: also that segment on the ring and trying to get 1634 01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:23,360 Speaker 16: my parents to get a ring, what's very helpful. 1635 01:23:23,479 --> 01:23:24,400 Speaker 14: So you rock. 1636 01:23:24,479 --> 01:23:27,320 Speaker 1: Thank you well, Thank you Melissa for listening, thank you 1637 01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:30,439 Speaker 1: for learning, and I do appreciate the kind words. We'll 1638 01:23:30,479 --> 01:23:33,200 Speaker 1: have more of your calls and questions coming up right 1639 01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:36,000 Speaker 1: after this. Rich on Tech is where you can find 1640 01:23:36,040 --> 01:23:38,479 Speaker 1: me on social media. My name is rich Dmiro and 1641 01:23:38,640 --> 01:23:41,639 Speaker 1: you are doing something smart. You are listening to rich 1642 01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:46,360 Speaker 1: on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. This is 1643 01:23:46,439 --> 01:23:48,400 Speaker 1: the show where I talk about the tech stuff I 1644 01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:51,200 Speaker 1: think you should know about. It's also the place where 1645 01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:54,080 Speaker 1: I answer your questions. My name is rich Demiro. You 1646 01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:57,559 Speaker 1: can find me on social media at rich on Tech. 1647 01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:03,719 Speaker 1: I'm on Instagram, Facebook X sometimes threads, mostly on Instagram Stories. 1648 01:24:03,760 --> 01:24:05,719 Speaker 1: That's really where I put a lot on my effort. 1649 01:24:06,160 --> 01:24:09,280 Speaker 1: But I realized it's funny. I've realized with Instagram Stories, 1650 01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:12,720 Speaker 1: you can't share my stories. So I share a lot 1651 01:24:12,760 --> 01:24:15,680 Speaker 1: of like useful information and it's great if you're a 1652 01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:18,320 Speaker 1: follower of mine, but if you're a follower, you can't 1653 01:24:18,520 --> 01:24:21,400 Speaker 1: share that out to other people. And so I've started 1654 01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:24,479 Speaker 1: to actually share stuff that I wouldn't typically share in 1655 01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:27,280 Speaker 1: the feed, like in the regular feed. I always thought 1656 01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:29,880 Speaker 1: that was just for like pictures and videos, but now 1657 01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing like tech stuff because you can actually share 1658 01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:35,759 Speaker 1: that information. So if you see something useful that I share, 1659 01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:38,839 Speaker 1: you can send it off to your friends on your stories, 1660 01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:41,240 Speaker 1: Whereas if I share that on my stories, you can't 1661 01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:43,640 Speaker 1: do that, so it's a small little change. But if 1662 01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:45,759 Speaker 1: you do follow me on Instagram. That is the reasoning 1663 01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:48,800 Speaker 1: behind why I'm starting to share more of my stuff 1664 01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:51,679 Speaker 1: on the main feed, because it just makes it easier. 1665 01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:54,200 Speaker 1: You can also listen to this show as a podcast. 1666 01:24:54,600 --> 01:24:56,800 Speaker 1: Be sure to subscribe. Just go to rich on tech 1667 01:24:56,880 --> 01:25:00,840 Speaker 1: dot tv click the podcast icon so show notes and 1668 01:25:00,920 --> 01:25:03,479 Speaker 1: links to everything I mentioned. You can also just search 1669 01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:06,639 Speaker 1: rich on tech in your favorite audio app. Of course, 1670 01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:10,040 Speaker 1: you can listen right here as well. Let's go to Linda. 1671 01:25:10,360 --> 01:25:12,599 Speaker 1: Linda is in Anaheim. Linda, you're on with Rich. 1672 01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:13,080 Speaker 8: Hi. 1673 01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:13,479 Speaker 1: Rich. 1674 01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:18,760 Speaker 8: I have the problems with facetimed group call that. 1675 01:25:19,560 --> 01:25:22,680 Speaker 13: It's happened to me twice to my family, and. 1676 01:25:23,040 --> 01:25:25,280 Speaker 8: I'm sorry, I'm old. I don't even know how to 1677 01:25:25,400 --> 01:25:25,600 Speaker 8: do a. 1678 01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:30,040 Speaker 13: FaceTime group call, and of course they don't think. 1679 01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:30,640 Speaker 1: That I did it. 1680 01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:33,760 Speaker 8: I was three feet away from my phone and I 1681 01:25:33,960 --> 01:25:37,559 Speaker 8: received a phone call, I thought, and it was almost 1682 01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:40,880 Speaker 8: all of my family, and they said I made the 1683 01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:43,519 Speaker 8: phone call. Oh wow, And of course they thought that 1684 01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:47,000 Speaker 8: it was an emergency. Oh no, one time once now 1685 01:25:47,120 --> 01:25:49,680 Speaker 8: what happened again? The other time I was on the 1686 01:25:49,760 --> 01:25:53,240 Speaker 8: phone speaking to someone and all. 1687 01:25:53,120 --> 01:25:55,559 Speaker 13: Of a sudden, I go, oh, let me call you back. 1688 01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:58,360 Speaker 8: I have a call from my grandson, and again it 1689 01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:01,439 Speaker 8: was a whole group of them and a couple of friends. 1690 01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:03,839 Speaker 1: Okay, well I think, I think I know what's happening. 1691 01:26:03,960 --> 01:26:07,960 Speaker 1: I think, well there is Okay, so this is happening 1692 01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:09,559 Speaker 1: when you're on the phone. 1693 01:26:10,560 --> 01:26:13,360 Speaker 13: It happened one time when I was not on the phone, 1694 01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:16,479 Speaker 13: and it happened one time when I was on the phone. 1695 01:26:16,600 --> 01:26:20,320 Speaker 1: Okay. So there is a a group FaceTime feature that 1696 01:26:20,600 --> 01:26:23,280 Speaker 1: is on the iPhone, relatively new as of a couple 1697 01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:24,800 Speaker 1: of years, where you can have up to I think 1698 01:26:24,920 --> 01:26:28,000 Speaker 1: thirty two people in the call. And so a couple 1699 01:26:28,040 --> 01:26:30,000 Speaker 1: of the ways you can start this is obviously from 1700 01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:32,160 Speaker 1: the FaceTime app, and that would take some time to 1701 01:26:32,439 --> 01:26:35,040 Speaker 1: open up the app and set up the call. But 1702 01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:37,280 Speaker 1: one of the other ways you can do this is 1703 01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:39,280 Speaker 1: through the messages app. 1704 01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:41,960 Speaker 10: And so no, I don't want to do that, No, 1705 01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:42,439 Speaker 10: I know, but. 1706 01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:44,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying, this is how it's happening to you, and 1707 01:26:44,360 --> 01:26:46,559 Speaker 1: I think this is this is my theory on what's happening. 1708 01:26:47,080 --> 01:26:50,400 Speaker 1: So I feel like, when you're on your phone, this 1709 01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:52,040 Speaker 1: is just a theory. By the way, I don't know 1710 01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:53,640 Speaker 1: if this is the exact way, but I feel like 1711 01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:57,599 Speaker 1: when you're on your phone, there is a FaceTime video 1712 01:26:57,720 --> 01:27:01,519 Speaker 1: button in the upper right hand corner, and that FaceTime 1713 01:27:01,640 --> 01:27:04,640 Speaker 1: video button could be pressed by your ear when your 1714 01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:07,320 Speaker 1: phone is up to your face, and I think that's 1715 01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:08,800 Speaker 1: what's happening. And so when you have a bunch of 1716 01:27:08,840 --> 01:27:11,960 Speaker 1: people in that group text, your ear is hitting that 1717 01:27:12,080 --> 01:27:14,920 Speaker 1: button and it's starting, it's initiating that call. So that's 1718 01:27:14,960 --> 01:27:18,000 Speaker 1: one theory. Another way you can start these calls is 1719 01:27:18,120 --> 01:27:21,040 Speaker 1: when you're in a text, if you tap the people 1720 01:27:21,240 --> 01:27:24,640 Speaker 1: up at the top, there's like a little kind of 1721 01:27:24,720 --> 01:27:27,559 Speaker 1: like an info area where it says you can call them, 1722 01:27:27,600 --> 01:27:30,439 Speaker 1: you can video chat them, you can mail them. So 1723 01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:33,560 Speaker 1: that could be another way that that is getting activated, 1724 01:27:33,640 --> 01:27:36,000 Speaker 1: and that's up at the top. So those are the 1725 01:27:36,040 --> 01:27:38,920 Speaker 1: two ways I think it's being initiated. If you don't 1726 01:27:39,040 --> 01:27:42,000 Speaker 1: want to use FaceTime and you don't want this to happen, 1727 01:27:43,040 --> 01:27:45,040 Speaker 1: you know, you can also set the autolock on your 1728 01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:48,400 Speaker 1: phone to be to be less of a time so 1729 01:27:48,479 --> 01:27:52,519 Speaker 1: it will lock quicker. You can also turn off FaceTime 1730 01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:56,439 Speaker 1: completely if you want, and you can turn off FaceTime 1731 01:27:56,520 --> 01:27:59,439 Speaker 1: by going into settings and then FaceTime and you can 1732 01:27:59,479 --> 01:28:01,040 Speaker 1: turn it off now. Of course that's going to make 1733 01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:03,760 Speaker 1: it so that you can't use FaceTime until you turn 1734 01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:06,400 Speaker 1: it back on eighty eight rich one on one eight 1735 01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:08,960 Speaker 1: eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1736 01:28:09,760 --> 01:28:13,439 Speaker 1: Blue Green sent me a DM on Instagram at rich 1737 01:28:13,520 --> 01:28:17,920 Speaker 1: On Tech and it was a scammer impersonating Sandra Bullock. 1738 01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:20,040 Speaker 1: And he said, Uh, why is this person trying so 1739 01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:23,240 Speaker 1: hard to meet me? What happens if I chat with them? 1740 01:28:23,720 --> 01:28:25,759 Speaker 1: Curious if they tried chatting with you? And what happens 1741 01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:28,320 Speaker 1: if you talk to them? And good question number one. 1742 01:28:28,360 --> 01:28:31,080 Speaker 1: I don't think you should engage with these people, these 1743 01:28:31,160 --> 01:28:35,840 Speaker 1: scam artists that you know they're impersonating someone else on Instagram, Facebook, whatever. 1744 01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:38,479 Speaker 1: But the bottom line is they are going to try 1745 01:28:38,560 --> 01:28:40,200 Speaker 1: to scam you. So I did this the other day 1746 01:28:41,600 --> 01:28:44,960 Speaker 1: a guy I know, he was you know, they set 1747 01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:47,320 Speaker 1: up a bogus account that looked just like his, grabbed 1748 01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:49,640 Speaker 1: his pictures and then he started chatting with me, and 1749 01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:52,519 Speaker 1: so of course I'm just curious. So I chatted with him. 1750 01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:54,360 Speaker 1: I said, Hey, how you doing, what's going on? I 1751 01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:56,479 Speaker 1: missed you at the last Apple event, you know, bl blah, 1752 01:28:56,479 --> 01:28:59,519 Speaker 1: blah blah, knowing he wasn't even there, and the person's like, 1753 01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,560 Speaker 1: oh yeah, house work. And you know, we talked a 1754 01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:04,719 Speaker 1: little little niceties back and forth, and I kept trying 1755 01:29:04,720 --> 01:29:07,080 Speaker 1: to drop little things that I know only this person 1756 01:29:07,120 --> 01:29:10,719 Speaker 1: would know, the real person, that this scam artist wouldn't, 1757 01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:14,719 Speaker 1: but he kept ignoring those parts of the questioning anyway, Finally, 1758 01:29:14,840 --> 01:29:17,360 Speaker 1: what did he get to? Hey, I've been really getting 1759 01:29:17,360 --> 01:29:20,080 Speaker 1: into crypto, and you know, I think that it would 1760 01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,479 Speaker 1: be great for you to do this. And what do 1761 01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:24,360 Speaker 1: they want you to do? They want you to download 1762 01:29:24,400 --> 01:29:26,680 Speaker 1: some app, they want you to transfer some money. They 1763 01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:31,040 Speaker 1: want to scam you. Be careful, be aware. And it 1764 01:29:31,200 --> 01:29:33,720 Speaker 1: looks like someone you know, they're not asking for help, 1765 01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:38,520 Speaker 1: They're not, you know, just be aware. Let's go to Vanessa. 1766 01:29:39,320 --> 01:29:42,160 Speaker 1: Vanessa in Great Falls. You're on with rich I should 1767 01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:43,280 Speaker 1: say Great Falls Montana. 1768 01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:45,640 Speaker 11: I years and. 1769 01:29:45,720 --> 01:29:48,240 Speaker 17: Years ago, my first computer ever bought was a Gateway. 1770 01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:53,720 Speaker 1: Oh nice, I love gateways the cows and yeah, that 1771 01:29:53,880 --> 01:29:56,240 Speaker 1: started my oldest son on his pet career. 1772 01:29:57,439 --> 01:30:01,719 Speaker 17: And now I see that they've someone is making gateways again. 1773 01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:06,960 Speaker 17: And I recently bought two in one tablets laptops for 1774 01:30:07,200 --> 01:30:10,479 Speaker 17: my grandchildren that are three and five, but they can 1775 01:30:10,520 --> 01:30:14,679 Speaker 17: get started. Sure, what is the best way to set 1776 01:30:14,760 --> 01:30:17,800 Speaker 17: that up? So they only have access to the educational 1777 01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:20,599 Speaker 17: programs that we're putting on there for them. 1778 01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:23,760 Speaker 1: So this is a this is a Microsoft tablet or 1779 01:30:23,880 --> 01:30:25,680 Speaker 1: is it a computer? Microsoft? 1780 01:30:26,040 --> 01:30:30,280 Speaker 13: It's it's a two in one. You can fold the 1781 01:30:30,360 --> 01:30:33,120 Speaker 13: keyboard all the way back. It's almost like the surface 1782 01:30:33,240 --> 01:30:37,080 Speaker 13: go and you can hold the keyboard back and use 1783 01:30:37,120 --> 01:30:39,559 Speaker 13: it as a tablet or use the keyboard as a computer. 1784 01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:43,479 Speaker 1: Okay, so I've got this up for my kids, and 1785 01:30:43,600 --> 01:30:47,360 Speaker 1: I believe so on iOS you've got what's called screen Time. 1786 01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:52,080 Speaker 1: On Android, you've got what's called Family Link, and with Microsoft, 1787 01:30:52,320 --> 01:30:56,160 Speaker 1: I believe it is called Family Safety. And so you 1788 01:30:56,400 --> 01:31:00,160 Speaker 1: can set these up as you know, you can set 1789 01:31:00,200 --> 01:31:02,800 Speaker 1: them up as a parent or a grandparent to just 1790 01:31:03,200 --> 01:31:05,200 Speaker 1: allow them to do the things that you want these 1791 01:31:05,280 --> 01:31:08,160 Speaker 1: kids to do on there. So in most cases, and 1792 01:31:08,240 --> 01:31:09,640 Speaker 1: it's been a bit since I set these up for 1793 01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:12,479 Speaker 1: my kids, but I believe that you put in kind 1794 01:31:12,479 --> 01:31:14,880 Speaker 1: of like the age of your child that's accessing it, 1795 01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:18,160 Speaker 1: and it will kind of, you know, it'll set some 1796 01:31:18,280 --> 01:31:20,759 Speaker 1: defaults like here's the stuff will allow, here's the stuff 1797 01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:23,479 Speaker 1: we won't allow. But then you can also go further 1798 01:31:23,600 --> 01:31:25,519 Speaker 1: and you could say, let's say they like a certain 1799 01:31:25,560 --> 01:31:28,080 Speaker 1: website like PBS kids or something. You can allow that 1800 01:31:28,200 --> 01:31:31,360 Speaker 1: specifically on the list of websites. But it also gives 1801 01:31:31,439 --> 01:31:34,080 Speaker 1: you a rundown of what they search online if you 1802 01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:36,559 Speaker 1: choose to allow that, or you can of course block searches. 1803 01:31:37,160 --> 01:31:39,200 Speaker 1: You can limit the time that they spend on these 1804 01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:42,000 Speaker 1: different apps and things, and of course just make it 1805 01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:44,880 Speaker 1: so they can't install anything new. But that's really what 1806 01:31:45,120 --> 01:31:48,840 Speaker 1: it starts with, is this Microsoft Family Safety is getting 1807 01:31:48,840 --> 01:31:51,439 Speaker 1: that installed, setting it up. You may have to create 1808 01:31:51,479 --> 01:31:54,080 Speaker 1: an account for the child, but once you get that 1809 01:31:54,200 --> 01:31:57,400 Speaker 1: on there, you know you're in control now for the 1810 01:31:57,479 --> 01:31:59,799 Speaker 1: most part, because sometimes it can be a little tricky 1811 01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:02,760 Speaker 1: and be a little frustrating because once you set this up, 1812 01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:04,640 Speaker 1: there may be something the child wants to do on 1813 01:32:04,760 --> 01:32:07,559 Speaker 1: there where they can't easily do it because it has 1814 01:32:07,640 --> 01:32:10,640 Speaker 1: all these restrictions in place. But no matter what, if 1815 01:32:10,680 --> 01:32:12,080 Speaker 1: you are setting up I know there's a lot of 1816 01:32:12,160 --> 01:32:14,679 Speaker 1: parents that sort of give up on this stuff because 1817 01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:17,040 Speaker 1: it can be a little complicated to get set up, 1818 01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:18,760 Speaker 1: and so they say, you know what, nevermind, I'll just 1819 01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:21,320 Speaker 1: hand them the tablet or the phone or their laptop. 1820 01:32:21,760 --> 01:32:24,240 Speaker 1: But please do not do that because there is just 1821 01:32:24,360 --> 01:32:27,760 Speaker 1: too much that they can happen upon if you don't 1822 01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:29,599 Speaker 1: have these things locked down. And I'm not saying they're 1823 01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:33,240 Speaker 1: even looking for stuff, but it's a matter of things 1824 01:32:33,320 --> 01:32:35,960 Speaker 1: can be presented to them, or they may search for 1825 01:32:36,080 --> 01:32:38,720 Speaker 1: something and it may just bring up something that you 1826 01:32:38,920 --> 01:32:40,840 Speaker 1: don't want them to see or they shouldn't be seeing 1827 01:32:40,880 --> 01:32:44,240 Speaker 1: at their age. You are doing something smart today. You're 1828 01:32:44,320 --> 01:32:48,760 Speaker 1: listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1829 01:32:48,880 --> 01:32:51,840 Speaker 1: Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology and 1830 01:32:52,080 --> 01:32:57,080 Speaker 1: joining me now is Jacob Palmer of best Reviews dot com. Jacob, 1831 01:32:57,120 --> 01:32:58,040 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining me. 1832 01:32:58,160 --> 01:32:59,000 Speaker 6: Thanks so much for having me. 1833 01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:02,320 Speaker 1: All Right, so explain what Best Reviews is all about 1834 01:33:02,400 --> 01:33:04,360 Speaker 1: before we start talking about some of these items you 1835 01:33:04,479 --> 01:33:07,479 Speaker 1: identified as being great for holiday gifts. 1836 01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:10,639 Speaker 6: Yeah. So, we spend all year trying to connect people 1837 01:33:10,760 --> 01:33:12,880 Speaker 6: with the best products that are out there on the market, 1838 01:33:13,240 --> 01:33:15,400 Speaker 6: and we do that to figure out what is the best. 1839 01:33:15,479 --> 01:33:18,679 Speaker 6: We do that by testing side by side in real 1840 01:33:18,720 --> 01:33:20,880 Speaker 6: world environments, so we can tell people, you know, this 1841 01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:23,439 Speaker 6: is the best if that money can buy, this is 1842 01:33:23,479 --> 01:33:24,920 Speaker 6: the best if you're trying to save some money and 1843 01:33:24,920 --> 01:33:26,880 Speaker 6: you want to find the right value, and so we're 1844 01:33:26,920 --> 01:33:29,160 Speaker 6: always trying to connect people with the best products at 1845 01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:30,960 Speaker 6: the best prices. So this time of year is a 1846 01:33:31,080 --> 01:33:33,559 Speaker 6: huge time for us because all that testing we did 1847 01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:36,559 Speaker 6: around the clock all year long is now really coming 1848 01:33:36,600 --> 01:33:37,880 Speaker 6: to a head because this is when people want to 1849 01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:39,240 Speaker 6: get those absolute best products. 1850 01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:42,200 Speaker 1: Full disclosure, Best reviews dot Com is owned by the 1851 01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:45,160 Speaker 1: same company that I work for on TV called Nextstar. 1852 01:33:45,439 --> 01:33:48,160 Speaker 1: With that said, let's get to some of these recommendations. 1853 01:33:48,560 --> 01:33:51,479 Speaker 1: Let's start with Dyson products. These are a premium product. 1854 01:33:51,640 --> 01:33:54,040 Speaker 1: Why do you recommend these this holiday season? 1855 01:33:54,320 --> 01:33:56,400 Speaker 6: So the thing with Dyson is is that it's that 1856 01:33:56,640 --> 01:33:59,439 Speaker 6: high end brand name that people love and really want 1857 01:33:59,479 --> 01:34:02,400 Speaker 6: the hair shit, and this year we're expecting to see 1858 01:34:02,479 --> 01:34:05,439 Speaker 6: huge discounts on them. So if you're looking for either 1859 01:34:05,479 --> 01:34:08,360 Speaker 6: one of their top of the line vacuums or also 1860 01:34:08,439 --> 01:34:11,120 Speaker 6: they have great air purifiers. They also have a line 1861 01:34:11,120 --> 01:34:14,240 Speaker 6: of hair care products, whether it's blow dryers and things 1862 01:34:14,280 --> 01:34:16,920 Speaker 6: like that, they're all gonna be marked down and I 1863 01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:18,639 Speaker 6: think there's gonna be on a lot of people's lists. 1864 01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:20,240 Speaker 6: So this is definitely a time to look out for. 1865 01:34:20,280 --> 01:34:22,479 Speaker 1: That now, these have been around for a while, thorough gun. 1866 01:34:22,520 --> 01:34:26,439 Speaker 1: They sort of invented this genre of a massage gun. 1867 01:34:26,520 --> 01:34:28,760 Speaker 1: I guess you'd call it. What do you like about these? 1868 01:34:28,880 --> 01:34:32,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, personal percussion massage guns essentially is what it is. 1869 01:34:33,160 --> 01:34:35,479 Speaker 6: And what we love about it is that it's just 1870 01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:38,400 Speaker 6: a great gift because it's something that people don't think 1871 01:34:38,479 --> 01:34:41,040 Speaker 6: to buy for themselves. So we're always getting feedback. We're 1872 01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:44,640 Speaker 6: always trying to hear from different users, different testers, and 1873 01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:47,400 Speaker 6: what they gave in terms of gifts, and then what 1874 01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:49,760 Speaker 6: was the feedback and what was the reaction to it, 1875 01:34:50,160 --> 01:34:52,919 Speaker 6: And this always comes in as one of the absolute 1876 01:34:52,960 --> 01:34:55,640 Speaker 6: most popular gifts. It's a little bit more expensive, but 1877 01:34:56,080 --> 01:34:59,120 Speaker 6: for the last several years we've seen them do significant discounts. 1878 01:34:59,120 --> 01:35:00,960 Speaker 6: You know, I'm talking about a great or more dollars 1879 01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:03,560 Speaker 6: off on the full price. And so this is a 1880 01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:05,000 Speaker 6: great time of year to be able to get this 1881 01:35:05,160 --> 01:35:07,080 Speaker 6: and make somebody truly happy for when they're opening up 1882 01:35:07,080 --> 01:35:07,599 Speaker 6: their presence. 1883 01:35:08,160 --> 01:35:10,360 Speaker 1: This is a fun gift and something I got my kids, 1884 01:35:10,400 --> 01:35:14,439 Speaker 1: I believe last year. Fujifilm in stacks Mini twelve. It's 1885 01:35:14,520 --> 01:35:17,000 Speaker 1: kind of like a Polaroid, but for today's. 1886 01:35:16,680 --> 01:35:19,320 Speaker 6: Generation and what we've seen from today's generation is they're 1887 01:35:19,360 --> 01:35:21,200 Speaker 6: bringing back a lot of the cooler things of the 1888 01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:25,320 Speaker 6: nineties and this is, you know, recapturing that magic from 1889 01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:28,040 Speaker 6: when people would originally buy a polaroid and then the 1890 01:35:28,200 --> 01:35:31,040 Speaker 6: camera itself would spit out the image almost instantly. This 1891 01:35:31,200 --> 01:35:34,360 Speaker 6: allows the kids to be able to control their own space, 1892 01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:37,439 Speaker 6: create their own art hanging up in their walls. And 1893 01:35:37,560 --> 01:35:40,680 Speaker 6: it's not that expensive. It's a better piece of technology 1894 01:35:40,840 --> 01:35:43,280 Speaker 6: than what we were messing with in the nineties. But 1895 01:35:43,479 --> 01:35:46,120 Speaker 6: it's also, you know, really really popular right now because 1896 01:35:46,160 --> 01:35:48,600 Speaker 6: for some reason, what's old is new again. So this 1897 01:35:48,760 --> 01:35:51,240 Speaker 6: is a great one to consider for that nephew, you know, 1898 01:35:51,280 --> 01:35:52,360 Speaker 6: the grand kids in your life. 1899 01:35:52,680 --> 01:35:54,800 Speaker 1: One thing that hasn't changed though the film is still 1900 01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:55,960 Speaker 1: an expensive part. 1901 01:35:55,840 --> 01:35:57,960 Speaker 6: Of this, Yeah it is, and it's definitely something to 1902 01:35:58,040 --> 01:35:59,120 Speaker 6: consider when you're buying it. 1903 01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:00,439 Speaker 1: Go Pro so Hero. 1904 01:36:00,520 --> 01:36:03,000 Speaker 6: Eleven this is the latest go Pro. What do you 1905 01:36:03,080 --> 01:36:05,519 Speaker 6: like about this device? This is a great product for 1906 01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:07,720 Speaker 6: that person in your life who's doing cool things. The 1907 01:36:07,840 --> 01:36:11,160 Speaker 6: mountain climber, the person who loves to go surfing, loves 1908 01:36:11,200 --> 01:36:14,120 Speaker 6: to hit the slopes and go skiing or snowboarding, and 1909 01:36:14,280 --> 01:36:17,240 Speaker 6: so this most recent one is great because they've added 1910 01:36:17,320 --> 01:36:21,120 Speaker 6: stabilization features to it. It shoots in really clear picture. 1911 01:36:21,640 --> 01:36:24,200 Speaker 6: It's also incredibly durable. You know, we were testing it, 1912 01:36:24,560 --> 01:36:26,679 Speaker 6: taking it down the mountain, we were testing it going 1913 01:36:26,760 --> 01:36:28,960 Speaker 6: surfing and doing all these things. But then you see 1914 01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:31,439 Speaker 6: the footage and you're like, I instantly get why people 1915 01:36:31,560 --> 01:36:34,280 Speaker 6: want these and why we always say that these are 1916 01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:35,960 Speaker 6: really cool for people doing cool things. 1917 01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:39,040 Speaker 1: Now, this is not necessarily technology, but it was made 1918 01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:44,640 Speaker 1: popular through social media and TikTok. The Jumra cloud slippers. 1919 01:36:44,760 --> 01:36:46,200 Speaker 1: Why do you like these so much? So? 1920 01:36:46,360 --> 01:36:49,479 Speaker 6: These are great, but they're just the most comfortable house 1921 01:36:49,520 --> 01:36:52,920 Speaker 6: slipper you'll ever have. And it's you know, they're rubber 1922 01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:55,680 Speaker 6: and they don't look like much, but when you put 1923 01:36:55,680 --> 01:36:57,160 Speaker 6: your foot in it and you walk around the house, 1924 01:36:57,280 --> 01:36:59,160 Speaker 6: it really does feel like you're walking on a cloud, 1925 01:36:59,320 --> 01:37:01,360 Speaker 6: which is why they're called that. And you know, for 1926 01:37:01,520 --> 01:37:04,679 Speaker 6: only at full price there about forty dollars. I expect 1927 01:37:04,720 --> 01:37:07,479 Speaker 6: over the holiday shopping peak when things are really marked down, 1928 01:37:07,479 --> 01:37:09,920 Speaker 6: they'll probably be available for fifteen or twenty bucks. And 1929 01:37:10,040 --> 01:37:11,559 Speaker 6: it's another one of these things when we get our 1930 01:37:11,640 --> 01:37:14,840 Speaker 6: user feedback, we've never had somebody say bad things about them. 1931 01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:17,200 Speaker 6: And they only say, I've replaced all of my other 1932 01:37:17,280 --> 01:37:19,240 Speaker 6: house slippers and these are the ones I'm walking around on. 1933 01:37:19,720 --> 01:37:22,839 Speaker 1: The Kindle is always a popular gift during the holiday 1934 01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:26,280 Speaker 1: season for people that like to read. The Kindlescribe, I 1935 01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:28,719 Speaker 1: think is the newest model. It's got the biggest screen. 1936 01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:30,439 Speaker 1: You can write on it. What do you like about this? 1937 01:37:30,800 --> 01:37:33,679 Speaker 6: So this is perfect for the college students, the person 1938 01:37:33,760 --> 01:37:37,240 Speaker 6: who's actively learning because it allows you for the first 1939 01:37:37,360 --> 01:37:40,840 Speaker 6: time to annotate and really do it easily. You know, 1940 01:37:40,960 --> 01:37:43,720 Speaker 6: it's not clicking in and then typing, and it's not complicated. 1941 01:37:44,040 --> 01:37:46,559 Speaker 6: You're literally just writing on the screen. And so it's 1942 01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:49,040 Speaker 6: great for that person who's learning and reading a lot 1943 01:37:49,320 --> 01:37:50,719 Speaker 6: and needs to be able to write in the margins. 1944 01:37:50,760 --> 01:37:52,599 Speaker 6: So we love the Kindle for this person's well because 1945 01:37:52,600 --> 01:37:54,800 Speaker 6: also helps them kind of consolidate and not to have 1946 01:37:54,880 --> 01:37:56,320 Speaker 6: to have too many books going at once. 1947 01:37:56,640 --> 01:37:58,960 Speaker 1: And I will add when the Kindlescribe first came out, 1948 01:37:59,439 --> 01:38:02,280 Speaker 1: the reviews or mixed, but it was mostly because of 1949 01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:05,640 Speaker 1: the software. And Amazon has continually evolved the software on 1950 01:38:05,680 --> 01:38:07,800 Speaker 1: this device to make it better. For the golf lover 1951 01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:10,320 Speaker 1: in your life. You've got a couple of Garmin products 1952 01:38:10,360 --> 01:38:14,280 Speaker 1: to recommend tell me about the R ten and the rangefinder. 1953 01:38:14,640 --> 01:38:16,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, so these are products for that person who's really 1954 01:38:17,720 --> 01:38:19,840 Speaker 6: growing their love of the game and embracing it in 1955 01:38:19,960 --> 01:38:22,599 Speaker 6: big ways. The R ten is for somebody who wants 1956 01:38:22,640 --> 01:38:25,559 Speaker 6: to fill out there at home practice setup that maybe 1957 01:38:25,560 --> 01:38:27,400 Speaker 6: they've already got a net, they want to get some 1958 01:38:27,560 --> 01:38:30,040 Speaker 6: data on what their shots are doing. It's an awesome 1959 01:38:30,120 --> 01:38:31,000 Speaker 6: beginner's model. 1960 01:38:31,080 --> 01:38:31,200 Speaker 8: You know. 1961 01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:33,840 Speaker 6: It's way more affordable than what you're going to see 1962 01:38:33,920 --> 01:38:36,360 Speaker 6: in all the competitors, so a lot of people don't 1963 01:38:36,360 --> 01:38:38,280 Speaker 6: want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars. This is 1964 01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:39,920 Speaker 6: a way to get that kind of technology for five 1965 01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:42,040 Speaker 6: hundred tested out, see if you like it. And then 1966 01:38:42,080 --> 01:38:44,720 Speaker 6: they also have a really interesting product which is their 1967 01:38:45,040 --> 01:38:48,280 Speaker 6: rangefinder that you mentioned. That is interesting because it uses 1968 01:38:48,320 --> 01:38:51,599 Speaker 6: augmented reality. So when you're looking through the rangefinder, you're 1969 01:38:51,640 --> 01:38:53,040 Speaker 6: not just seeing what's in front of you, but you 1970 01:38:53,120 --> 01:38:55,840 Speaker 6: can also see the map of the whole and you 1971 01:38:55,960 --> 01:38:58,320 Speaker 6: can see, you know, the bunker. It automatically is telling 1972 01:38:58,360 --> 01:39:00,519 Speaker 6: you you're this close to that bunker and that water trap. 1973 01:39:00,840 --> 01:39:02,439 Speaker 6: So it adds a lot of different features that I 1974 01:39:02,479 --> 01:39:04,479 Speaker 6: think is pretty innovative in terms of what we're seeing 1975 01:39:04,520 --> 01:39:06,519 Speaker 6: from golf products, especially in the rangefinder space. 1976 01:39:07,040 --> 01:39:09,599 Speaker 1: Now, you brought a fun little toy called the Bitsy 1977 01:39:10,160 --> 01:39:12,320 Speaker 1: and I had not seen this, but I'm always on 1978 01:39:12,400 --> 01:39:14,800 Speaker 1: the lookout for kind of a fun, unique techie toy, 1979 01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:16,400 Speaker 1: and this fits all the bills. 1980 01:39:16,720 --> 01:39:19,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's really interesting and it's what we're expecting to 1981 01:39:19,680 --> 01:39:23,000 Speaker 6: be the it holiday toy this year, so the one 1982 01:39:23,040 --> 01:39:25,240 Speaker 6: that everybody's going to be talking about, whether you understand 1983 01:39:25,280 --> 01:39:27,960 Speaker 6: it or not. And it's just a fun little device 1984 01:39:28,280 --> 01:39:30,439 Speaker 6: that has a kind of mini little projector on it 1985 01:39:30,520 --> 01:39:32,799 Speaker 6: and it puts interesting photos in front of you, interesting 1986 01:39:32,880 --> 01:39:35,840 Speaker 6: little kind of illustrations for the kid to love and all. 1987 01:39:35,960 --> 01:39:38,559 Speaker 6: You know, again, we use testers in real life environments, 1988 01:39:38,560 --> 01:39:40,080 Speaker 6: so we were giving this to a four year old 1989 01:39:40,360 --> 01:39:42,760 Speaker 6: and he just spent hours just playing with it, even 1990 01:39:42,800 --> 01:39:45,000 Speaker 6: if it is super simple. And the thing that parents 1991 01:39:45,080 --> 01:39:46,960 Speaker 6: love about it is is that it's not a screen, 1992 01:39:47,439 --> 01:39:49,679 Speaker 6: so you're not dealing with some of the same effects 1993 01:39:49,720 --> 01:39:51,920 Speaker 6: of you know, uh, putting an iPad, you know, giving 1994 01:39:51,960 --> 01:39:53,639 Speaker 6: him an iPad, giving them a different kind of tablet. 1995 01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:56,519 Speaker 6: So it's it's popular for both the kids and the parents, 1996 01:39:56,640 --> 01:39:58,760 Speaker 6: is what we found so far. What's the price point 1997 01:39:58,840 --> 01:40:02,440 Speaker 6: on the bits b it he Ze. It's fairly affordable, 1998 01:40:02,600 --> 01:40:04,600 Speaker 6: you know, it's not going to be overly expensive. So 1999 01:40:04,760 --> 01:40:06,639 Speaker 6: it's one of these things that during the holiday period 2000 01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:08,360 Speaker 6: we're expecting to see it for less than fifty dollars. 2001 01:40:08,840 --> 01:40:11,599 Speaker 1: Nestub Max from Google is a product that's been around 2002 01:40:11,640 --> 01:40:13,559 Speaker 1: for a while, but it does so many different things. 2003 01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:15,600 Speaker 1: What I love about it is that it displays my 2004 01:40:15,720 --> 01:40:16,759 Speaker 1: personal photo collection. 2005 01:40:17,160 --> 01:40:19,479 Speaker 6: What do you like about it? So it does that right, 2006 01:40:19,560 --> 01:40:22,519 Speaker 6: and that's always a really popular gift is the smart 2007 01:40:22,560 --> 01:40:25,280 Speaker 6: photo frind. But it also it has a solid speaker 2008 01:40:25,360 --> 01:40:27,640 Speaker 6: on it. It also you can use it for a 2009 01:40:27,720 --> 01:40:30,120 Speaker 6: normal just kind of at home voice assistance, so you 2010 01:40:30,240 --> 01:40:32,800 Speaker 6: keep it in the kitchen and you're able to use 2011 01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:34,680 Speaker 6: it as timers. You're able to have it show you, 2012 01:40:35,120 --> 01:40:36,680 Speaker 6: you know, how do I dice an onion? And then 2013 01:40:36,680 --> 01:40:39,040 Speaker 6: it'll show you in real time. And then it also 2014 01:40:39,080 --> 01:40:41,120 Speaker 6: has a camera on it so it can host video chatting, 2015 01:40:41,120 --> 01:40:43,200 Speaker 6: which is great for folks that want to be able 2016 01:40:43,240 --> 01:40:45,920 Speaker 6: to set something up in the home of maybe a 2017 01:40:46,000 --> 01:40:48,439 Speaker 6: less tech savvy person in their life and still be 2018 01:40:48,479 --> 01:40:50,280 Speaker 6: able to share those moments, still be able to connect. 2019 01:40:50,280 --> 01:40:51,760 Speaker 6: So we love it for all those reasons, But the 2020 01:40:51,880 --> 01:40:53,360 Speaker 6: number one reason why we love it and why it's 2021 01:40:53,360 --> 01:40:55,280 Speaker 6: in all of our holiday gift guides is it can 2022 01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:59,080 Speaker 6: be easily paired and command a smart thermostat, so you 2023 01:40:59,120 --> 01:41:01,320 Speaker 6: can save money on your heating bill, which you know, 2024 01:41:01,400 --> 01:41:04,040 Speaker 6: as those prices continue to rise, it's a great way 2025 01:41:04,080 --> 01:41:06,760 Speaker 6: to kind of control what you can control and limit 2026 01:41:06,840 --> 01:41:07,720 Speaker 6: a cost where you can. 2027 01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:09,920 Speaker 1: So we love it for that as well, and always 2028 01:41:09,960 --> 01:41:12,559 Speaker 1: a favor. I probably get more questions about this product 2029 01:41:12,600 --> 01:41:15,000 Speaker 1: than anything else at this point. The Apple Watch. 2030 01:41:15,439 --> 01:41:17,679 Speaker 6: What we're seeing is that they're just truly, truly popular. 2031 01:41:18,040 --> 01:41:20,240 Speaker 6: What we found in our testing. We have been testing 2032 01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:23,720 Speaker 6: the brand new model, the nine, and we like it, 2033 01:41:24,280 --> 01:41:26,920 Speaker 6: but we do think right now for this holiday season 2034 01:41:27,080 --> 01:41:31,040 Speaker 6: we're recommending looking at the slightly you know, earlier version. 2035 01:41:31,720 --> 01:41:34,519 Speaker 6: We love the Ultra, and then we also really like 2036 01:41:34,560 --> 01:41:37,360 Speaker 6: the eight because it's just smooth, it's effective, and like 2037 01:41:37,479 --> 01:41:40,360 Speaker 6: you said, it's going to be more discounted this holiday period. 2038 01:41:40,600 --> 01:41:42,519 Speaker 6: So if you're looking to save money and when you're 2039 01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:44,880 Speaker 6: in the market for Apple products, that's not a bad idea. 2040 01:41:45,640 --> 01:41:47,320 Speaker 6: You know, we are thinking right now in terms of 2041 01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:49,519 Speaker 6: our testing that we're gonna recommend going for a slightly 2042 01:41:49,600 --> 01:41:51,639 Speaker 6: older version because you're still going to get a great product. 2043 01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:55,400 Speaker 1: Jacob Palmer of best Reviews dot com. You can find 2044 01:41:55,560 --> 01:41:58,400 Speaker 1: all of their reviews and deals at the website best 2045 01:41:58,600 --> 01:42:01,559 Speaker 1: Reviews dot com. Thanks so much for joining me and thanks. 2046 01:42:01,400 --> 01:42:01,760 Speaker 7: For having me. 2047 01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:03,920 Speaker 6: You know, this year's cyber Monday is going to be 2048 01:42:03,960 --> 01:42:06,160 Speaker 6: a last call for saving. After that, a lot of 2049 01:42:06,160 --> 01:42:08,679 Speaker 6: the companies are going to be taking the prices high again. 2050 01:42:08,880 --> 01:42:11,880 Speaker 6: So you know, I understand if you wait. I wait 2051 01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:13,920 Speaker 6: things out all the time, but you can't expect to 2052 01:42:13,960 --> 01:42:16,120 Speaker 6: pay high or if you don't shop by cyber linking. 2053 01:42:16,760 --> 01:42:18,639 Speaker 1: All right, there you have it, Get those deals while 2054 01:42:18,640 --> 01:42:21,280 Speaker 1: they're hot. More rich on Tech coming your way right 2055 01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:28,120 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro 2056 01:42:28,280 --> 01:42:30,840 Speaker 1: here hanging out with you, talking technology, and if you 2057 01:42:30,880 --> 01:42:33,880 Speaker 1: can believe it, now it is time for the feedback segment. 2058 01:42:34,080 --> 01:42:36,640 Speaker 1: These are the emails, the comments, and the questions I 2059 01:42:36,760 --> 01:42:39,679 Speaker 1: have gotten from you, and if you'd like to submit yours, 2060 01:42:39,840 --> 01:42:42,360 Speaker 1: just go to rich on Tech dot tv and hit 2061 01:42:42,479 --> 01:42:46,320 Speaker 1: the contact link. Yes, you take advantage of this. Thank 2062 01:42:46,400 --> 01:42:49,320 Speaker 1: you for all of your emails throughout the week. While 2063 01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:51,519 Speaker 1: you're on the website, you can follow me on social media. 2064 01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:54,919 Speaker 1: I am at rich on Tech on Instagram, Facebook, threads, 2065 01:42:55,080 --> 01:42:58,840 Speaker 1: and pretty much any social media platform. And if you 2066 01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:01,080 Speaker 1: like what you hear on the radio show, be sure 2067 01:43:01,120 --> 01:43:04,160 Speaker 1: to watch my TV segments. I cover a variety of 2068 01:43:04,320 --> 01:43:06,639 Speaker 1: tech topics. Just go to rich on tech dot tv 2069 01:43:06,880 --> 01:43:10,000 Speaker 1: to watch those. You can also find them on YouTube. Okay, 2070 01:43:10,200 --> 01:43:13,000 Speaker 1: without further ado, let's get to some of the feedback. 2071 01:43:13,439 --> 01:43:16,479 Speaker 1: Michael says, I ordered the new iPhone fifteen promacs and 2072 01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:19,759 Speaker 1: would like to control the camera zoom now five times 2073 01:43:19,800 --> 01:43:23,280 Speaker 1: optical and focus from an external controller. I plan on 2074 01:43:23,439 --> 01:43:25,639 Speaker 1: using the phone in a small rig case and would 2075 01:43:25,680 --> 01:43:30,599 Speaker 1: like precise control over the camera functions. Love the show well, 2076 01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:34,000 Speaker 1: I told Michael I was not aware of a controller 2077 01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:36,880 Speaker 1: for the iPhone that would do this, but apparently he 2078 01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:39,799 Speaker 1: found one because he updated me with a new email 2079 01:43:39,880 --> 01:43:42,200 Speaker 1: and said, hey, I found a solution for the wireless 2080 01:43:42,439 --> 01:43:45,560 Speaker 1: lens control for an iPhone camera. It is called the 2081 01:43:45,760 --> 01:43:50,240 Speaker 1: Nucleus Wireless Lens Control and he sent along a link 2082 01:43:50,320 --> 01:43:54,840 Speaker 1: from BH Photo and Video. It's expensive one hundred and 2083 01:43:55,120 --> 01:43:57,800 Speaker 1: sixty nine dollars, but it looks like it is a 2084 01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:01,960 Speaker 1: handwheel controller that will control the iPhone, and he says 2085 01:44:02,120 --> 01:44:06,560 Speaker 1: the black Magic Camera app will work as well with 2086 01:44:06,720 --> 01:44:09,120 Speaker 1: the controller, So there you go. That is definitely a 2087 01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:11,719 Speaker 1: pro setup. I think most people are just gonna pinch 2088 01:44:11,760 --> 01:44:14,000 Speaker 1: to zoom on their screen, but that is a great 2089 01:44:14,040 --> 01:44:15,640 Speaker 1: way to go. I'm glad you found that, Michael, and 2090 01:44:15,720 --> 01:44:19,280 Speaker 1: we can share. Let's see. Leanne via Instagram says, I 2091 01:44:19,439 --> 01:44:23,400 Speaker 1: really enjoy your show on KFI. Your format and demeanor 2092 01:44:23,439 --> 01:44:27,960 Speaker 1: while explaining tech is refreshing. Well, thank you, LeAnn. KFI 2093 01:44:28,160 --> 01:44:31,960 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, of course, one of our popular stations, 2094 01:44:32,720 --> 01:44:35,439 Speaker 1: and of course where I'm based. Let's see. Dave via 2095 01:44:35,560 --> 01:44:39,519 Speaker 1: Instagram says, upon your review recommendation, I just purchased Super 2096 01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:43,960 Speaker 1: Mario Wonder for my nephew and my daughter. They're playing it. 2097 01:44:44,080 --> 01:44:46,800 Speaker 1: They're having a blast, So there you go. All right, Yes, 2098 01:44:46,960 --> 01:44:48,880 Speaker 1: that is a great game, and it's even been on 2099 01:44:49,040 --> 01:44:52,879 Speaker 1: sale throughout some of these Cyber Monday Black Friday specials, 2100 01:44:52,920 --> 01:44:54,720 Speaker 1: so see if you can get it at a discount. 2101 01:44:55,320 --> 01:44:57,680 Speaker 1: Greg says, listen to your podcast and heard you talk 2102 01:44:57,720 --> 01:44:59,760 Speaker 1: about the Mint application shutting down at the end of 2103 01:44:59,800 --> 01:45:02,240 Speaker 1: the year. You give a list of alternatives, but I 2104 01:45:02,320 --> 01:45:04,960 Speaker 1: want to give you one more for Windows ten Slash eleven. 2105 01:45:05,320 --> 01:45:09,120 Speaker 1: It's called Greg's Budget. It's available on the Microsoft Store 2106 01:45:09,160 --> 01:45:12,360 Speaker 1: for thirty dollars with no subscription fees. I've been using 2107 01:45:12,400 --> 01:45:14,320 Speaker 1: it for years to stay on budget and plan for 2108 01:45:14,360 --> 01:45:17,439 Speaker 1: the future. Full disclosure, I did write this application, so 2109 01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm a little biased, but it is a great app. 2110 01:45:19,360 --> 01:45:22,160 Speaker 1: All right. Well, there you go Greg's Budget on the 2111 01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:27,040 Speaker 1: Microsoft Store. Yes, a lot of people looking for alternatives 2112 01:45:27,120 --> 01:45:29,880 Speaker 1: to Mint, and what I've seen is that almost all 2113 01:45:29,960 --> 01:45:32,880 Speaker 1: of them are paid this time around. So it's kind 2114 01:45:32,920 --> 01:45:35,080 Speaker 1: of odd to pay anywhere from thirty to one hundred 2115 01:45:35,080 --> 01:45:38,559 Speaker 1: dollars a year for budgeting. But that is I guess, 2116 01:45:38,640 --> 01:45:44,000 Speaker 1: the new reality here. Let's see here via Instagram. Hey, rich, 2117 01:45:44,120 --> 01:45:46,840 Speaker 1: my brother is reporting I'm getting a lot of scam 2118 01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:50,599 Speaker 1: attempts on Venmo. Don't fall for it. Someone will send 2119 01:45:50,600 --> 01:45:53,240 Speaker 1: you one hundred dollars and claim it's an accident and 2120 01:45:53,360 --> 01:45:55,240 Speaker 1: they will ask for you to send the money back. 2121 01:45:55,400 --> 01:45:58,040 Speaker 1: Do not fall for it. There are YouTube videos on it. 2122 01:45:58,120 --> 01:46:00,920 Speaker 1: It's usually from a stolen account. It's money that will 2123 01:46:00,960 --> 01:46:03,840 Speaker 1: end up being retrieved once the victim reports it, which 2124 01:46:03,960 --> 01:46:07,080 Speaker 1: leaves you without the money that you quote unquote sent back. 2125 01:46:07,240 --> 01:46:11,240 Speaker 1: Just an FYI, thanks love your work. Yes, so many 2126 01:46:11,400 --> 01:46:16,120 Speaker 1: of these scams on all these payment systems, whether it's Zell, 2127 01:46:16,200 --> 01:46:19,360 Speaker 1: whether it's Venmo, whether it's PayPal. If someone's offering to 2128 01:46:19,520 --> 01:46:22,080 Speaker 1: send you money and then says it's a mistake, or 2129 01:46:22,120 --> 01:46:23,720 Speaker 1: they send you money and they say can you send 2130 01:46:23,800 --> 01:46:25,560 Speaker 1: back and they send you more than they should and 2131 01:46:25,600 --> 01:46:27,120 Speaker 1: you got to send back the difference. No matter what, 2132 01:46:27,520 --> 01:46:30,120 Speaker 1: it's all a scam. Do not fall for it. It's 2133 01:46:30,200 --> 01:46:32,840 Speaker 1: too good to be true. You're trying to get free money. 2134 01:46:33,320 --> 01:46:35,240 Speaker 1: Some people are greedy, They're going to fall for it. 2135 01:46:35,479 --> 01:46:39,120 Speaker 1: Do not fall for it. Jason says, thanks for the 2136 01:46:39,479 --> 01:46:42,760 Speaker 1: article about the Zumo. You can't get cloud storage through 2137 01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:45,600 Speaker 1: Spectrum unless you have a cable box. The joys of 2138 01:46:45,720 --> 01:46:49,200 Speaker 1: cable companies. One step forward, nine steps back. Maybe someday 2139 01:46:49,240 --> 01:46:53,000 Speaker 1: they will figure it out. Enjoy your radio show on KFI. So, Jason, 2140 01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:56,040 Speaker 1: I had to check with Spectrum because I didn't think 2141 01:46:56,120 --> 01:46:58,280 Speaker 1: that was the case. Why would they make you have 2142 01:46:58,320 --> 01:47:00,320 Speaker 1: a cable box when the whole point of this zo 2143 01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:03,960 Speaker 1: is to replace your cable box. So I did confirm 2144 01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:08,519 Speaker 1: you can get cloud storage through the zoomo box. So 2145 01:47:08,760 --> 01:47:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but check 2146 01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:15,879 Speaker 1: it out again because Apparently you can get cloud storage, 2147 01:47:15,960 --> 01:47:19,760 Speaker 1: cloud DVR through Spectrum through the Zoomo box, and that 2148 01:47:19,960 --> 01:47:23,599 Speaker 1: is x Umo, So check it out again. It's uh 2149 01:47:23,920 --> 01:47:26,040 Speaker 1: if you didn't catch the coverage on the Zoomo box. 2150 01:47:26,160 --> 01:47:29,200 Speaker 1: It's kind of a mix of a streaming box like 2151 01:47:29,240 --> 01:47:32,280 Speaker 1: an Apple TV, but a cable box as well. Of course, 2152 01:47:32,320 --> 01:47:34,760 Speaker 1: there is no cable box and everything is delivered through 2153 01:47:34,800 --> 01:47:37,280 Speaker 1: the internet. So if you're sticking with cable and you 2154 01:47:37,400 --> 01:47:41,320 Speaker 1: have Spectrum or Exfinity through Comcast, this is sort of 2155 01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:44,800 Speaker 1: a joint venture. It's their way of kind of putting 2156 01:47:44,840 --> 01:47:46,920 Speaker 1: out a box that's like a fire TV or a 2157 01:47:47,080 --> 01:47:50,679 Speaker 1: Roku or an Apple TV, but it is the cable 2158 01:47:50,760 --> 01:47:56,519 Speaker 1: company's brand and it's called Zumo x Umo. Neil says, hey, Rich, 2159 01:47:56,640 --> 01:48:00,000 Speaker 1: interesting story that you told someone following for sending money 2160 01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:01,760 Speaker 1: I need is someone they don't know in order to 2161 01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:04,800 Speaker 1: clear up an account problem. How many stupidities are on 2162 01:48:04,920 --> 01:48:08,040 Speaker 1: that call? Let someone control your computer. The other common 2163 01:48:08,120 --> 01:48:10,160 Speaker 1: thing is I will send you extra money and we 2164 01:48:10,240 --> 01:48:12,040 Speaker 1: need to send some of it back, and you will 2165 01:48:12,080 --> 01:48:13,840 Speaker 1: have to send some of it back. Of course you 2166 01:48:13,880 --> 01:48:16,479 Speaker 1: will lose on that when the initial transaction is canceled. 2167 01:48:16,840 --> 01:48:19,320 Speaker 1: We know that support numbers on Google are often fake 2168 01:48:19,640 --> 01:48:23,080 Speaker 1: numbers and ads. Basically, this person is falling for everything 2169 01:48:23,120 --> 01:48:26,679 Speaker 1: you tell us about online selling cash when the person 2170 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:32,960 Speaker 1: arrives to pick up the goods, Facebook marketplace is a jungle. Neil, Yes, Neil, 2171 01:48:33,240 --> 01:48:35,400 Speaker 1: these are all the things I talk about. Not everyone 2172 01:48:35,600 --> 01:48:38,160 Speaker 1: is aware of everything, And yes, there are always going 2173 01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:40,240 Speaker 1: to be people that fall for this stuff. So that 2174 01:48:40,439 --> 01:48:43,240 Speaker 1: is just the way it is, Charles. That's why you 2175 01:48:43,360 --> 01:48:45,560 Speaker 1: listen to this show, so you understand this stuff and 2176 01:48:45,640 --> 01:48:48,000 Speaker 1: you don't fall for it. Oh more comments about the 2177 01:48:48,080 --> 01:48:51,040 Speaker 1: Zumo box, Hey Rich, the Zumo streaming box is not 2178 01:48:51,240 --> 01:48:54,080 Speaker 1: ready for prime time. I picked up two to replace 2179 01:48:54,160 --> 01:48:58,200 Speaker 1: my set top boxes. Things went smoothly but took some time. 2180 01:48:58,520 --> 01:49:00,680 Speaker 1: I have Max and Showtime any Time as part of 2181 01:49:00,760 --> 01:49:05,519 Speaker 1: my Spectrum package. Activating Max was frustratingly slow. The Showtime 2182 01:49:05,560 --> 01:49:08,000 Speaker 1: Anytime app was nowhere to be found, so I called 2183 01:49:08,080 --> 01:49:11,240 Speaker 1: Zumo Tech Help as Spectrum. She was pleasant, but knew 2184 01:49:11,400 --> 01:49:14,599 Speaker 1: very little about the box. After being put on hold 2185 01:49:14,640 --> 01:49:18,200 Speaker 1: several times, it turns out some Zumo boxes have Showtime Anytime, 2186 01:49:18,560 --> 01:49:21,840 Speaker 1: some don't. That's odd, but they don't know which ones 2187 01:49:21,880 --> 01:49:23,880 Speaker 1: have it and which ones don't. Also, you can't add 2188 01:49:23,880 --> 01:49:26,559 Speaker 1: apps to the Zoomo box like you can other streaming boxes. 2189 01:49:27,040 --> 01:49:30,320 Speaker 1: Spectrum solution was to keep exchanging Zoomo boxes until I 2190 01:49:30,439 --> 01:49:33,640 Speaker 1: had one that had the Showtime Anytime on it. Spectrum's 2191 01:49:33,680 --> 01:49:36,120 Speaker 1: excuse was that these Zumo boxes are new and they're 2192 01:49:36,120 --> 01:49:39,639 Speaker 1: still learning. Seriously. Needless to say, I returned them via 2193 01:49:39,680 --> 01:49:42,000 Speaker 1: the UPS store, and then I was off to Walmart 2194 01:49:42,080 --> 01:49:44,840 Speaker 1: for a couple of Roku Expresses for twenty four dollars each. 2195 01:49:45,160 --> 01:49:46,920 Speaker 1: They may not have all the bells and whistles that 2196 01:49:46,960 --> 01:49:50,120 Speaker 1: the Zumo box has, but set up was easier and faster, 2197 01:49:50,479 --> 01:49:53,400 Speaker 1: adding apps as possible, and navigating it was at least 2198 01:49:53,479 --> 01:49:56,799 Speaker 1: as quick as it was on Zumo. The box has potential, 2199 01:49:57,160 --> 01:49:59,519 Speaker 1: but it should not have been sold until its obvious 2200 01:49:59,640 --> 01:50:03,439 Speaker 1: short cummings are fixed and until spectrums Zoomo tech help 2201 01:50:03,520 --> 01:50:06,360 Speaker 1: people are familiar with it. Well, it's odd that they 2202 01:50:06,400 --> 01:50:08,960 Speaker 1: would not have showtime Anytime. I know that showtime has 2203 01:50:09,040 --> 01:50:11,800 Speaker 1: been mixed into Paramount Plus, so maybe you'd find it there. 2204 01:50:12,280 --> 01:50:16,840 Speaker 1: But I agree, I think that these boxes are good. Again, 2205 01:50:17,080 --> 01:50:19,120 Speaker 1: if you want to keep cable and you like that 2206 01:50:19,320 --> 01:50:21,720 Speaker 1: idea of cable, maybe we have time for one more. 2207 01:50:22,160 --> 01:50:25,120 Speaker 1: Walt says, interesting comments about the Rivian. They do look cool. 2208 01:50:25,160 --> 01:50:27,759 Speaker 1: The price involved is truly the highest negative. That seems 2209 01:50:27,800 --> 01:50:30,720 Speaker 1: to be skip slash missed. Who in the population is 2210 01:50:30,800 --> 01:50:33,920 Speaker 1: truly spending fifty thousand dollars plus on a vehicle, let 2211 01:50:34,000 --> 01:50:39,759 Speaker 1: alone one hundred k? Or is this truly a leasing situation? Walt? Finally, 2212 01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:43,160 Speaker 1: one more, Sarafim says, looking for several solutions. I take 2213 01:50:43,280 --> 01:50:46,120 Speaker 1: videos and pictures with a Samsung S twenty three Ultra. 2214 01:50:46,520 --> 01:50:49,519 Speaker 1: I need a better input tool, but need software to 2215 01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:53,920 Speaker 1: slow down the UAPs and morphing beings, apply motion tracking 2216 01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:57,080 Speaker 1: and zoom in and out. Sarahfim, I have no idea 2217 01:50:57,120 --> 01:50:58,840 Speaker 1: what you're talking about. I had to look this up. 2218 01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:04,200 Speaker 1: Unidentified anomalists phenomena morphing beings that can change their form 2219 01:51:04,320 --> 01:51:08,439 Speaker 1: or identity. It will Some examples include shape shifters. Oooh, 2220 01:51:08,680 --> 01:51:11,040 Speaker 1: this is way above my pay grade. I don't know 2221 01:51:11,360 --> 01:51:15,040 Speaker 1: what you're talking about, but yes, sometimes when you aim 2222 01:51:15,200 --> 01:51:18,479 Speaker 1: a camera on a smartphone at a bright light, you 2223 01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:22,280 Speaker 1: do sometimes see a floating orb in the picture. That 2224 01:51:22,640 --> 01:51:25,400 Speaker 1: is something that is common based on the small lenses. 2225 01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:28,640 Speaker 1: Maybe you're seeing more than the rest of us. In 2226 01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:33,080 Speaker 1: that case, be careful out there, all right, that's gonna 2227 01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:34,760 Speaker 1: do it. For this episode of the show. You can 2228 01:51:34,840 --> 01:51:37,280 Speaker 1: find links to everything I mentioned on my website. Just 2229 01:51:37,320 --> 01:51:40,080 Speaker 1: go to Rich on tech dot tv for the show notes. 2230 01:51:40,520 --> 01:51:44,280 Speaker 1: Happy shopping, and research those deals before you jump on them. 2231 01:51:44,320 --> 01:51:46,280 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. There are so many ways 2232 01:51:46,320 --> 01:51:49,000 Speaker 1: you can spend your time. I do appreciate you spending 2233 01:51:49,000 --> 01:51:51,800 Speaker 1: it right here with me. Thanks to everyone who makes 2234 01:51:51,880 --> 01:51:54,479 Speaker 1: this show possible. My name is Rich Dmiro. I will 2235 01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:55,800 Speaker 1: talk to you very soon.