Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech Daily.
Speaker 1: Nintendo has a surprise for fans of its hit game
Speaker 1: Super Mario Odyssey, a free update so you can play
Speaker 1: some more. The new level is called Luigi's Balloon World.
Speaker 1: It's now gonna show up after you beat the main
Speaker 1: story and download the update. Then you just have to
Speaker 1: find and talk to Luigi to access it. The world
Speaker 1: is like Hide and Go Seek, but with balloons and
Speaker 1: players from all over the world. And this is a
Speaker 1: pretty brilliant move on Nintendo's part on two levels. First off,
Speaker 1: it lets kids like mine who are still obsessed with
Speaker 1: Super Mario Odyssey even after they've completed the game, they
Speaker 1: get to still play with it with this new level.
Speaker 1: And it gets people to sign up for Nintendo's online
Speaker 1: service for the Switch, which right now is free, but
Speaker 1: they said they're going to start charging for it come September.
Speaker 1: All right, Moving on now. A corporate finance guy in
Speaker 1: San Francisco wanted to see what the difference was between
Speaker 1: Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Ways, so he did a
Speaker 1: giant blog post and an experiment. For most of twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: he logged about one hundred and twenty trips including weather conditions, traffic,
Speaker 1: and more So, here is what he decided. If you
Speaker 1: want to get to your destination fastest used Google Maps,
Speaker 1: Apple Maps is best for accurate predictions to when you're
Speaker 1: going to arrive, and if you're just anxious about getting there,
Speaker 1: he says to use Ways since it makes you feel
Speaker 1: like you're making progress due to its random roots. Here's
Speaker 1: the deal. He also said that Ways is kind of
Speaker 1: interesting because they always show sort of the shortest estimated
Speaker 1: time for your trip, when in reality that may not happen.
Speaker 1: But here's what his theory is. His theory is that
Speaker 1: because Google sells advertising on Ways, like when you come
Speaker 1: to a stop, it will show a little ad on
Speaker 1: your screen, they want as many people as possible to
Speaker 1: use the app. And if you open up Ways and
Speaker 1: it says forty minutes for your trip versus Google Maps
Speaker 1: that shows forty five, Well, which one do you think
Speaker 1: you're gonna use? Interesting theory. I Finally, today, a British
Speaker 1: writer is revealing the two words that could help you
Speaker 1: snag a first class upgrade. Her name is Tilly Bagshaw.
Speaker 1: She's a best selling author and flies about one hundred
Speaker 1: thousand miles a year. She told Bloomberg Pursuits she has
Speaker 1: never paid for a first class seat, so her secret.
Speaker 1: All you have to do is mention the term revenue
Speaker 1: management to the reservation agent, as in, hey, has revenue
Speaker 1: management released any first class seats for a miles upgrade?
Speaker 1: And if they say no, ask to be transferred to
Speaker 1: that department to see if they can release one for you.
Speaker 1: I see this happen all the time. You book an
Speaker 1: international flight, you go to the first class upgrade page
Speaker 1: and it says nope, sorry, they're all waitlisted if you
Speaker 1: want to use your miles, or they're just not available.
Speaker 1: So the reality is it's not that they're all taken
Speaker 1: up with miles upgrades. It's just the fact that the
Speaker 1: airline hasn't really really released any of those seats that
Speaker 1: they want people to pay top dollar for into a
Speaker 1: miles upgrade. So interesting theory. I don't know when I'm
Speaker 1: gonna try this, but next time I have a big
Speaker 1: trip coming up, I will definitely do that and I'll
Speaker 1: report back to you. Guys. Thanks so much for listening.
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