WEBVTT - Waze vs Apple Maps vs Google Maps

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Nintendo has a surprise for fans of its hit game

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<v Speaker 1>Super Mario Odyssey, a free update so you can play

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<v Speaker 1>some more. The new level is called Luigi's Balloon World.

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<v Speaker 1>It's now gonna show up after you beat the main

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<v Speaker 1>story and download the update. Then you just have to

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<v Speaker 1>find and talk to Luigi to access it. The world

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<v Speaker 1>is like Hide and Go Seek, but with balloons and

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<v Speaker 1>players from all over the world. And this is a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty brilliant move on Nintendo's part on two levels. First off,

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<v Speaker 1>it lets kids like mine who are still obsessed with

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<v Speaker 1>Super Mario Odyssey even after they've completed the game, they

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<v Speaker 1>get to still play with it with this new level.

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<v Speaker 1>And it gets people to sign up for Nintendo's online

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<v Speaker 1>service for the Switch, which right now is free, but

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<v Speaker 1>they said they're going to start charging for it come September.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Moving on now. A corporate finance guy in

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco wanted to see what the difference was between

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Ways, so he did a

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<v Speaker 1>giant blog post and an experiment. For most of twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>he logged about one hundred and twenty trips including weather conditions, traffic,

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<v Speaker 1>and more So, here is what he decided. If you

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<v Speaker 1>want to get to your destination fastest used Google Maps,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Maps is best for accurate predictions to when you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to arrive, and if you're just anxious about getting there,

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<v Speaker 1>he says to use Ways since it makes you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you're making progress due to its random roots. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the deal. He also said that Ways is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because they always show sort of the shortest estimated

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<v Speaker 1>time for your trip, when in reality that may not happen.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what his theory is. His theory is that

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<v Speaker 1>because Google sells advertising on Ways, like when you come

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<v Speaker 1>to a stop, it will show a little ad on

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<v Speaker 1>your screen, they want as many people as possible to

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<v Speaker 1>use the app. And if you open up Ways and

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<v Speaker 1>it says forty minutes for your trip versus Google Maps

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<v Speaker 1>that shows forty five, Well, which one do you think

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna use? Interesting theory. I Finally, today, a British

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<v Speaker 1>writer is revealing the two words that could help you

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<v Speaker 1>snag a first class upgrade. Her name is Tilly Bagshaw.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a best selling author and flies about one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>thousand miles a year. She told Bloomberg Pursuits she has

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<v Speaker 1>never paid for a first class seat, so her secret.

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<v Speaker 1>All you have to do is mention the term revenue

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<v Speaker 1>management to the reservation agent, as in, hey, has revenue

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<v Speaker 1>management released any first class seats for a miles upgrade?

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<v Speaker 1>And if they say no, ask to be transferred to

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<v Speaker 1>that department to see if they can release one for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I see this happen all the time. You book an

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<v Speaker 1>international flight, you go to the first class upgrade page

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<v Speaker 1>and it says nope, sorry, they're all waitlisted if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to use your miles, or they're just not available.

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<v Speaker 1>So the reality is it's not that they're all taken

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<v Speaker 1>up with miles upgrades. It's just the fact that the

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<v Speaker 1>airline hasn't really really released any of those seats that

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<v Speaker 1>they want people to pay top dollar for into a

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<v Speaker 1>miles upgrade. So interesting theory. I don't know when I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna try this, but next time I have a big

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<v Speaker 1>trip coming up, I will definitely do that and I'll

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