WEBVTT - Find scenic spots on Google Maps 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:05.840 Disney is raising prices on its streaming service again. Well, 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:11.119 one wireless carrier has another sneaky feet. Android phones can 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.120 now alert you about air tags that are stalking you. 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:18.640 LG has a new wireless TV and you won't believe 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:24.080 the price tag. Plus your tech questions answered, What's going on? 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.640 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:28.840 show where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.559 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:37.240 answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:42.599 be interesting, useful, and most importantly fun. Phone lines are 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.160 now open at triple eight Rich one oh one. 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I do want to 0:01:56.720 --> 0:02:01.720 say I am thinking about the people of Maui, and 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.840 our hearts are with them, our thoughts are with them. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.880 It is just unthinkable what happened over there. And we 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.520 were just there as a family a couple of months ago, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.720 and I was looking up some of the places that 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.840 we had gone in Lahina and it's really sad that 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.120 we ate at one of these places we like called 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:25.160 Cheeseburger and Paradise. I went there for my honeymoon and yeah, 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.680 I know, I took my wife to my newly went 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:29.800 to a burger place for our honeymoon. That was just 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.640 one of the places we went to, but that I 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.920 was sad to find out had burned down. And the 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.240 place we ate at for lunch there as well, really 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.280 cool old hotel. Kids were playing with the birds they had. 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.160 I can't remember the name of it, but it was 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:49.919 a really interesting menu. I had breakfast ramen there and 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.160 which was delicious, by the way, and that has also 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:53.760 burned down. 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:55.440 And then the tree. 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.320 There's this great old Banyan tree that I took a 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.680 picture of that was really really cool, over one hundred 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:05.760 years old. I'm told that that's still standing, but you know, 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:10.680 definitely burned and sinned and all that stuff. So just 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.360 unbelievable to think that a town like that, so old 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.240 and so steeped in history, something like this could happen. 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.840 So thoughts, And I will tell you, as a person 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.960 who you know would like to help financially, you know, 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.720 donate money, you feel good doing that. I'm actually confused 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.760 because I've seen so many places to donate online and 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.960 people sharing on their stories. It's actually like, where do 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.360 you put your money? Right, Like, if you want to donate, 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.440 I'm not really sure. I mean, I guess maybe like 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.480 Red Cross something like that. But there's so many different 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.840 places to donate, and so maybe I'll get some clarity 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.800 on that and figure out where to send that, because 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.040 I've been wanting to do that, but I just didn't 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:50.720 really know how. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.680 Let's see what else my mom is in town. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.280 So whenever you have family in town, you're always kind 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.360 of like it's almost like you're a visitor in your 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.560 own city. And so we've just been going NonStop, you know, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.800 between work and trying to bring my mom out and 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.120 go out to places to eat and do and see, 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:10.120 and so that's been interesting. 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.160 I've been running around kind of all over town. 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.160 But I think it's pretty cool when people come to 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.440 town because you do act like a tourist in your 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.680 own city. And so, for instance, yesterday I had bookmarked 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:24.080 a place little subshop that wanted to try because I 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:25.640 read an article about it, and so we went to 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:29.240 that place. And I'm really favoring local places right now 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:33.520 over the chains, just because I feel like the world 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:36.840 of like restaurants has changed so much that I feel 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.320 like the small places are really putting their best foot 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.440 forward right now because they know that they need to survive, 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.040 and so you get a little bit better service a 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.240 little bit more friendly service, a little bit more personal service. 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:51.640 And so I've really enjoyed doing that, which is funny 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.280 because back when I was kind of grown up, I 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.279 always favored like big chains. I always love chains, and 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.359 now I'm kind of always like, no, is this place independent? 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.359 Is it local? Is it small? Okay, let me go. 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.400 It doesn't have to be small per se. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.560 Anyway, So yesterday went to the subplace, and then after 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.839 the subplace, I was like, you know what, you know, 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.720 we were buy an airport, and I said, there's got 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:11.520 to be a place to watch the plane's land with 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.600 the kids by the airport. And so sure enough, we 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.400 pulled into this one parking lot that was near the 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:20.479 airport and it was totally not the right place, and 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.000 I was like, there's got to be a public like 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.560 observation area, and sure enough, I went on Google and 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.640 I just kind of zoomed in on the map, and 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.280 on Google Maps you can see there's like little camera 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.880 icons for places that are really scenic and cool and 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:36.920 that you should visit. So I think you should lean 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.359 on this because it's an easy way to find either 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.039 not just like Instagram photo ops, but also just like 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.080 cool sites in your area, and you don't have to 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.640 be in a main place. You could be anywhere. Right now, 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.320 I'm just scrolling the map and I'm seeing all these 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.640 little camera icons. But I was like, there's got to 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.440 be a way to search for these, and so I 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.359 figured it out. If you search for on Google Maps 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:02.040 scenic spots, it will give you all the scenic locations 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.039 in your area, and you can just pick one and 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.880 go to and it's almost guaranteed to be really fun 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.000 to check out with the kids or just by yourself 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.920 or whatever with family, friends, people in town. So that's 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:14.840 just one way that I kind of found these places. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.120 The other one is this is kind of a secret thing. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:22.520 That's if you're into Instagram. You go to Instagram and 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.080 you just search for like a city, like just search 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.400 for like Las Vegas, okay. And once you search for 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.680 Las Vegas, there's a tab called places, and you go 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.599 to places and then you look for Las Vegas. Okay, 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.000 there it is, and it will show you Las Vegas 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.000 on a map. But if you press the X next 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.120 to the name, now, all of a sudden, you get 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.279 all of the places in Las Vegas that are the 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:49.640 most popular with instagrammers and so you can literally see, 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.040 like in almost real time, the coolest places in any area. 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:58.440 And so you can even sort down by restaurants, cafes, sites, hotels, parks, 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.960 and bars. And so if you click sites or tap 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.479 sites now you can see all these things that people 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:08.200 go to. The Neon Museum, Let's see what else, The 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:13.239 Mob Museum, the World Market, Las Vegas Zipline, Las Vegas 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.520 Festival Grounds, Children's Discovery Museum. So it just kind of 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.800 a cool way again to kind of see where the 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.320 places are that people are taking pictures. And going to 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.880 Valley of Fire looks really cool, and so you know, 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.080 you still have to use your own judgment to kind 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.680 of figure this stuff out, but it's still just a 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.280 nice little way to check those things out. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.440 Let's see. Oh, another thing I wanted to tell you about. 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:37.800 So we were back to school shopping and I think 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.200 I don't think I mentioned this last week, but we 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:43.280 were in a store getting sneakers from my kid, and 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.560 I just kind of scanned the sneakers just to see 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.600 if they were on sale anywhere else. And I use 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.880 Google lens to do that, and if you look on 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.120 your phone, if you use the Google app. Maybe I 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.160 mentioned this last week, I can't remember, but if you 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.800 look at the Google app on your phone, if there's 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.000 a little lens on the cerch like it looks like 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.800 a camera icon, you tap that and you just you 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:06.000 can either scan the barcode on the item, or you 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.560 just scan the item itself and it will bring up 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.680 all the places that that item is for sale, and 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.280 it might be on sale somewhere. Now, if you have 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.080 an Android phone, this is right on the search bar 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:18.240 on your home screen. Again, just click or tap the 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.360 little camera icon and Google Lens will just search across 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.920 the web for that product. And so, for instance, the 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.800 sneakers that we were buying my kid, no joke, they 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.400 were on sale somewhere else for thirty dollars less. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.040 And so I asked the guy at the place. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.400 I was like, hey, will you price match and he'said, yes, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.800 as long as they're for sale locally. I said, well, 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.240 this is foot locker and you're you know whatever. It 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.760 was the sporting goods store, and they said, yeah, we'll 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.439 do that. So I say thirty bucks in literally two seconds, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.199 just by scanning the item on my phone. And you 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.240 don't have to feel bad about doing this, obviously, if 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.480 somewhere else is selling the shoes for a cheaper price, 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.520 like they're still making money on this, so don't feel 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.360 bad doing it. I thought that was pretty cool. Oh yeah, 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.640 I also went to the Taylor Swift concert. I know, 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:01.680 I know, I'm not going to do my review of 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:03.680 the Taylor Swift concert. That's not this kind of show. 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.560 But I will tell you two things Techi related to 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:10.040 the show. First off, we were really debating whether we 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:13.760 should drive to the venue. And in Los Angeles it's 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.800 called Sofi Stadium. It's notoriously tough to get in and 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.400 out of whether you are driving, whether you're parking, because 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.160 there's no direct kind of like train Like I would 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.280 like rail service right to this stadium. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.240 It would make things really easy, but it's not. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.120 And so we were trying to decide if we should 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.439 drive or uber, and Uber at the end of the 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.840 night would just be a mess. People have horror stories 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.559 of waiting an hour two hours because, as you can imagine, 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.360 seventy thousand people all trying to get home at the 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.760 same time. Not so easy without a lot of public transportation. 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.720 So we ended up doing this app called spot Hero, 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.559 which I just bought a parking spot at a nearby school, 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.280 and it was super easy. You'd buy it from your phone, 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.640 you navigate right to the spot. We got in, we 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.680 got out. It was so easy. And again it's called 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.920 spot Hero. There's a lot of differ parking apps, but 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:02.880 you have to be careful because I actually had a 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.120 friend that was scammed by one of these parking apps 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.320 because she bought parking. People were reselling parking at the 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.680 location that wasn't real. So when she got there, she 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.040 went to scan the code and they're like, nah, this 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:13.640 doesn't work. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:14.480 You got to pay again. 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.319 Now the good news is because you bought it through 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.640 an app, you can just kind of cancel that and 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.800 it worked out great for us. So spot Hero was 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.199 really nice. Finally, the other thing I wanted to talk 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.600 about was the LED bracelet. So if you've been to 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.800 a concert lately, they've got these bracelets that they hand 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.280 out at a lot of concerts that light up with 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.439 LED lights that you know, kind of changed color and 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.920 sync to the music and this and that, and so 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:42.800 Taylor's was really elaborate, like someone programmed these things really well, 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.200 Like at one point these things did a wave throughout 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.199 the entire audience and it was really really cool how 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.040 that worked. So I wrote down the name. It's called 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.160 pix mob and it's a little led light bracelet. It 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.360 was super, super cool and it kind of became part 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:57.920 of the show. If you've been to a concert back 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.280 in the day, they would, yeah, at one point you'd 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.600 hold up your lighter at the concert. This is like 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:07.599 that time's a billion because there are lighters or I 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.360 guess lights the entire time. 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:11.960 So anyway, that was fun. 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.600 I'm not a swiftye but definitely enjoyed the concert. My 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.520 wife really liked it and we had a good time. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.679 All right, let's get some of your calls on the 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.560 show Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.720 seven four to two four one zero one. If you 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.440 have a question about technology, give me a call, or 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.160 you can go to the website rich on Tech dot 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.640 tv hit contact if you want to submit your question 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.959 that way. My name is Rich d'muro. You are listening 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:42.079 to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:47.960 Rich DeMuro here talking technology with you. Earlier, I was 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:52.840 wondering about donating to help the people of Maui. Uh, 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.920 and I got Patrick said, Hey, Rich, I donated to 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.200 the Maui Foodbank dot org. And then I found a 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:03.320 list of cash donations for Maui fire victims. These are 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.640 some of the organizations accepting donations. By the way, if 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.200 you want to hop on the phones, triple eight rich 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.520 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:16.240 four one zero one. If you have a question about technology, 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.679 give me a call some of these. This is Honolulu 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.560 Civil Beat website. They have the main one. Okay, the 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.160 Maui Strong Fund is the main fund. It seems like 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.680 focusing on rapid response. Then you've got the Maui Food Bank, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:36.319 Maui United Way, Salvation Army, Public Schools of Hawaii. Oh wow, Yeah, 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.960 they're going to help out through October. First with you 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:41.200 know some of the schools. We were walking in the 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.120 front street in Lahina and there was like a school 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:44.960 right there and we were wondering what happened to that school, 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.240 So clearly that was impacted. You've got a whole bunch 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:49.880 of them. So I'll link that up on the website 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.679 as well. In the show notes. If you have an 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:56.320 Android phone, by the way, you now have protection against 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:00.760 air tags trying to stalk you. Now this happens, but 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:03.280 you know It's one of these things where most of 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.120 the time it's probably just going to be a friend 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.360 or family member's AirTag or a coworker's air tag, but 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.560 it's nice to know that Android phones can now alert you. Natively, 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.480 they built this into the Google operating system, so it 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.120 is an update. You don't have to do anything to 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.000 get this. It's rolling out, which means your phone may 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.600 not have it immediately, but already I had a family 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.840 member get one of these notifications because I guess, you know, 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.200 my mom's been hanging out with us. She has an Android, 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.600 and I guess our keys have air tags, and so 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.640 when I wasn't there with them, it said, hey, do 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.400 you know that this air tag is kind of following you? 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:38.560 And so she got the alert. I said, oh, wow, 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.160 you're one of the first people to get that alert, 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.720 So screenshot it and let me talk about it. So 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.240 Google announced this feature during Google Io twenty twenty three, 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.560 that was a couple months ago. It is now rolling 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.480 out to Android phones Androids six point zero and up. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:54.720 That's pretty much you know, any Android phone at this point. 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.439 It only works with air tags right now, but if 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.480 you want to check and see how this works, you 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.719 can go to settings on your Android phone Safety and 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:09.240 Emergency and then Unknown Tracker Alerts. So again, open settings 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:12.599 on your Android phone, scroll down to Safety and Emergency, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.880 and then you'll see a new setting called unknown Tracker Alerts. 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.320 And inside this little Safety and Emergency there's a lot 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.280 of cool stuff like earthquake alerts and things like that. Now, 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.960 if it's not already toggled on, you can toggle allow 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.840 Alerts on. And then there's also the ability to do 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.840 a manual scan as well. So if you think there's 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.200 a rogue air tag around you, you can tap scan 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.960 now and it will only identify air tags that the 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.160 owner is not present for. So clearly there's a lot 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.760 of stuff going on in the background here, like you know, 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.640 a lot of like smarts, and so when you tap 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.240 that manual scan, it will only show you stuff that 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.400 doesn't have an owner. So if like someone left an 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.200 air tag at your house, it would probably show that one. 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.200 And it will also proactively detect air tags if an 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:00.400 owner is not nearby. Now won't do it immediately because 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:02.480 it wants to kind of see is this something that 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.760 you're on a train and this air tag is nearby, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.200 or is it in your bag, and so you may 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:11.880 not get that notification immediately. Now Google is going to 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.840 have their own air tag or basically their own kind 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.480 of version of air tags very soon. There's gonna be 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.800 a lot of companies that do this stuff. So if 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.400 you have an Android phone, you can't use air tags 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.000 just yet with them, I don't think ever. But there 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.200 will be other companies that are rolling out air tag 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.360 style devices that work with Google's network that they're building. 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.120 It's called the Find My Device network. And if you 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:34.560 want to see all this stuff, by the way, I 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:39.720 made an Instagram video on Instagram at richon Tech. So again, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:46.080 Android users now have that protection. Let's see Taya in 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.320 more parks, says hey, rich I recently scanned all my 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:53.200 family photos and converted them over to digital format. Do 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.600 you know of a software that will do facial recognition 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.880 and group like photos together as well as well as 0:15:59.880 --> 0:16:04.040 identified duplicates? Tagging all the photos is time consuming. There's 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:08.480 got to be a better way. Well, Taya, congrats first 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.400 actually scanning in your family photos. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:11.480 I did this a while ago. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:13.960 I still have a bunch of my mom's garage I'd 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:15.680 like to tackle, but I did a bunch of this 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:17.880 and it's really fun to kind of bring these back 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:22.320 to life. What I recommend is putting them into Google Photos. 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:24.960 And I know it sounds simple, but I find that 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.880 it is the most powerful way to slice and dice 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.440 these pictures. What it's gonna do, it's gonna identify all 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.240 the people in your pictures, even in the videos. So 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.400 if you have a picture of video with like grandma 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.720 and grandpa and it back from you know, back in 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.080 the day, it will find them in the video, and 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.280 all the people at your kid's birthday parties and things 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.120 like that, and it will put them as a face, 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.480 and so you can find them in the videos that 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:52.800 you upload as well, grouping like photos together. It doesn't 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.200 necessarily do that, but sometimes in the Google Memories it 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.280 will say similar shots and you can see those as 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.680 well as identified duplicates. This is something that I wish 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.879 Google Photos did, but it does not identify duplicates. 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:08.800 That is the biggest downside. Google. 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.760 You've got the AI, you've got the smarts, Please identify 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.920 the duplicates, all right, give me a call if you 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.440 have a question. Triple eight rich one o one eight 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.720 eight eight seven four to two four to one zero one. 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:24.120 This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:30.240 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:34.199 Triple eight Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:39.919 four to two four one zero one. Another tweet about 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.359 Let's see what was it? An email from Margie about Maui. 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:48.080 She said, don't forget the firefighters. Yes, firefighters, Uh, very 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.639 much working hard. I think the Maui Strong Fund would 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.199 cover that. That seems to be the main one to 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:58.320 go to. Uh, let's go to Nancy. Nancy is in Anaheim. Nancy, 0:17:58.320 --> 0:17:59.040 you're on with Rich. 0:17:59.800 --> 0:17:59.960 Hi. 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.719 Rich, Hey, I have a question for you. I believe 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:06.560 there is a person sending a very strong signal that 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.680 blocks out my WiFi, my phone, my cell phone. 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.360 Even if I don't use. 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.680 AT and T, I use Wi Fi calling, It goes 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.760 on and off. Is there any piece of equipment that 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:20.840 would monitor a signal, a very strong signal or something 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.040 and otherwise I could get some more information. The person 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:31.360 has enormous amount of antennas on their place and has 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:35.520 issues doing things not so good before. So is there 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:37.920 any piece of the equipment I can buy that could. 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:42.960 Monitor sounds like a neighbor that's This is more than 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:45.840 just the antennas that's happening here. 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.760 Yes, And to be honest with you, there's a history 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:53.920 of this with the SEC, and I'm just trying to 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:54.960 get more information. 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:55.560 I know. 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:59.240 It's pretty bad. You know, it's just impossible. I can't 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.800 down want, I can't do anything. 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:03.040 That's one of these houses. 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.680 I've had the phone company out, that's the problem. 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:07.920 Yeah, it's one of these houses that has a lot 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.480 of antennas on it that like you don't really understand 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:12.320 what they're what they're doing, like, what are they doing 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:13.560 their own broadcast station? 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:14.720 Like, what's happening here? 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:15.440 Probably? 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:17.080 Probably? Probably? 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.040 Well, okay, so I think have you talked to neighbors? 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:22.840 Are they having issues with their WiFi? 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:29.160 It's not necessarily, but if they're in the same direct 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:30.920 task as my house, they are. 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.679 Okay. And what type of Wi Fi router are you using? 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:36.760 Oh? 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:37.520 Gee, I don't know. 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:40.960 Is it from it? Is it from your cable company? 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.040 I have it from the phone company, okay, from AT 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.760 and T, And then I also try Wi fi calling. 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:49.960 But when one goes out, they all go out and 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:52.920 I have to reconnect, and that it goes out and reconnect. 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.960 I mean this happens fifty seventy five times a day. 0:19:56.400 --> 0:20:01.560 Oh my gosh, wow, I know that's frustrating an insane. Well, 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.359 I mean, I'm sure there are devices that can measure 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:08.119 signals that are being omitted, but they're probably not consumer 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:12.359 devices number one. You know, it's and I don't know 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.600 the level of what this person is putting out. I mean, 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:17.639 I'm sure if they're doing something that is have you 0:20:17.640 --> 0:20:18.000 talked to. 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:19.359 Them in person? 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:20.440 They deny it? 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:23.840 They well, I mean, can't you see the antennas? 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:24.760 Oh god? 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:28.639 Yeah, okay, Well, I mean do you have an Android 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:29.199 or an iPhone? 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:30.760 An Android? 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:31.119 Okay? 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:33.240 So, and on Android it is a little bit easier 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.560 because there are some apps called Wi Fi analyzers that 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:37.760 will provide something. 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.360 Yeah, okay, wi Fi analyzers. 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:45.119 Okay, So if you go into the Google Play Store 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:47.920 on your phone, you know that's where you download your apps, right, 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:52.160 So if you type in wi Fi analyzer, you should 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.760 find a list of apps that will scan for net 0:20:56.119 --> 0:21:00.240 wi Fi signals. Now, keep in mind, this is only 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:03.359 going to work with Wi Fi signals, and so it's 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:05.399 you know it, but it could give you an idea 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.480 if you see that one of the signals is like 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:12.000 super duper powered versus the rest of them. That may 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.679 give you an idea of what they're doing. Now, the 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:18.439 other thing is you may see the channel that they 0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:21.399 are broadcasting on, and so you may want to steer 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:24.840 clear of that channel. So most of the modern routers 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:29.000 out there will automatically find a clear channel for your 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:31.800 signal to go through that doesn't kind of overlap with 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:35.199 your neighbors. But you know, it may just be a 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:37.800 good thing to kind of look at this information and see. 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:40.600 Oh, thank you so much, because I do know sometimes 0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:43.920 I look at my bone for the nearest tower things, 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:49.080 ye know, that house or you know close, So I 0:21:49.080 --> 0:21:51.400 think the signal is too strong and it's blocking mind. 0:21:51.400 --> 0:21:52.679 But I'm not a tech person. 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:56.920 Yeah, that's that's frustrating because I've you know, I don't 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:58.919 know if they would have a Wi Fi signal that 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:02.120 strong that would really interfere with yours. But it could 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:04.320 be that maybe they're just broadcasting on the same channel 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.320 that your router's on, and that could be a problem. 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:09.240 So also I would just check, so okay, just to 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:12.399 complete this, I would say, download the Wi Fi analyzer, 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:16.000 See the signal that's the strongest, See what channel that 0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:19.080 signal is on. And then you'll see your WiFi as 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:21.840 well on there, and so whatever your network is called, 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:24.160 look for that Wi Fi in the list and then 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:26.959 see if that's on the same channel or a nearby channel, 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:29.359 and then maybe if that's the case, you want to 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:31.840 change the channel that your WiFi is on. You can 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:34.160 do that by going into the settings on your router. 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:35.960 I know you said you're not a tech person. She 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:38.720 may have to enlist the help of a nearby techie 0:22:38.760 --> 0:22:43.200 to help you do that. But yes, exactly like any 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.760 kid that has been on TikTok for half their life 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:47.239 will be able to figure out how to do this, 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:49.719 you know. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:51.320 But that's what I would recommend. 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:53.760 And otherwise, I think you've got a bigger issue going 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.800 on here with your neighbor, Nancy. And I'm sorry to 0:22:56.840 --> 0:22:58.880 hear that, because you know what, we get to pick 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:00.920 the neighborhood we live in some times, but we don't 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:03.919 necessarily get to pick our neighbors. And we all have 0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:06.520 that neighbor on our street that's just a little bit 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:09.919 out there, and so I understand that, but hopefully you 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:12.520 can figure out maybe maybe you'll get some clues with 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:14.080 the Wi Fi analyzer. 0:23:14.720 --> 0:23:15.080 Nancy. 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:18.640 Thanks so much for calling today from Anaheim. Speaking of Anaheim, 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:23.080 home of Disney. By the way, phone lines are open. 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:26.399 Triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:31.720 four to two four one zero one. Let's see speaking 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:38.440 of Disney here, Disney Streaming service going up again, raising prices. 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:39.240 Now. 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.960 I have said over and over the free ride is over. 0:23:43.480 --> 0:23:46.440 We have been on this cho choo train of awesome 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:49.760 pricing for streaming services for too many years now, and 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:53.080 everyone it's just like waking up, like one by one, 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:54.919 they all just woke up. I'm trying to think what 0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:57.280 was the first. I think Netflix was the first to 0:23:57.359 --> 0:24:00.360 raise prices, and all the other people said, oh, if 0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.880 Netflix is doing it, I can do it because they're 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:05.320 kind of like the king of streaming and if they 0:24:05.320 --> 0:24:08.440 can get away with it, we can. And so all 0:24:08.480 --> 0:24:12.840 of these services have slowly but surely been raising prices. Anyway, 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:17.280 Disney Disney Plus will be raising prices in October. They're 0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:21.439 launching a new bundle called the Duo Premium. This pairs 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:24.560 Disney Plus and Hulu without ads for nineteen ninety nine 0:24:24.600 --> 0:24:27.040 a month. And you may say, rich, I'm already paying 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:29.399 nineteen nine ninety a month. That doesn't sound like a 0:24:29.400 --> 0:24:33.720 price hike. Well, guess what you're getting ESPN Plus bundled 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:37.400 in that twenty dollars currently, that will not be bundled anymore. 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:39.520 If you have that bundle, that will be going up 0:24:39.520 --> 0:24:41.320 to twenty five dollars a month. So what do they 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:42.639 want you to do? They want you to say, well, 0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:44.840 I don't watch ESPN that much. Let me let me 0:24:45.359 --> 0:24:47.440 go down to that twenty dollars. It's the same price 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:50.159 I'm paying, and now you've lost one third of your services. 0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:52.760 So it is a price hike. Let's see what else. 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:55.639 By the way, our friend of the show, Jared Newman, 0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:58.159 who writes Cord Cutter Weekly, had a great rundown. He 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:01.600 put all of the different prices in order. So Disney 0:25:01.600 --> 0:25:04.440 Plus with ads not changing, that's eight bucks a month, 0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:07.680 Disney Plus ad free going up from eleven to fourteen, 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:11.600 Hulu with ads going from eight, no change, that's staying 0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:14.640 the same, Hulu ad Free going from fifteen to eighteen. 0:25:14.760 --> 0:25:17.439 So again, the trend we're seeing with all of these 0:25:17.480 --> 0:25:20.439 streaming services, if you are the kind of person that 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:24.000 likes that premium experience without ads, you're going to be 0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:27.280 paying more. Most of these services are keeping the ad 0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:30.199 free or the sorry the service with ads at a 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:33.440 lower price. But then again, you have ads that are 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:38.440 subsidizing your costs. So Disney plus the latest to raise prices, 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:41.240 and it's not fun, not fun if you are a 0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:44.919 consumer and you have a couple of these services. I 0:25:44.960 --> 0:25:48.320 have decided that I may end up just canceling all 0:25:48.359 --> 0:25:51.719 of my services and just go back to buying a movie, 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:54.159 like renting a movie for six dollars when I want to. 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:57.040 I'm just going to kind of see how much I spend, 0:25:57.080 --> 0:25:58.920 Like I think I spend like fifty bucks a month. 0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:01.640 That's I think movies a month I can rent at 0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:04.399 five bucks apiece. Maybe that's just easier. 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:06.399 All right. Coming up on the show, we've got a 0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:07.240 couple of great guests. 0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:10.000 Doctor Chris Pearson, founder and CEO of Black Cloak, is 0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:13.080 going to talk to us about the hacking conferences going 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:15.440 on in Las Vegas, and later in the show, if 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.000 you're thinking about buying a TV, Caleb Dennison is going 0:26:18.080 --> 0:26:20.560 to join us. He's going to talk about the best 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:23.639 TVs for your money, plus your calls at Triple eight 0:26:23.840 --> 0:26:26.760 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:34.879 two four one zero one. Welcome back to Rich on Tech. 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:41.919 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple. 0:26:41.560 --> 0:26:43.000 A Rich one oh one. 0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:46.600 That's eight eight eight seven four to two, four to 0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:50.159 one zero one. You can find me on social media. 0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:52.240 I am at rich on Tech on all the major 0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:59.240 platforms Instagram, Facebook, x formerly, Twitter, and threads, so you 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:04.920 can find me there. Salas in Chicago, Salas on with Rich. 0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:05.400 What's up? 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:06.760 Hi, Rich? 0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:07.280 How are you? 0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:08.639 I'm doing great? How are you? 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:13.360 I'm doing good? I have a question. I'm getting bombarded 0:27:14.119 --> 0:27:17.600 with the spam phone calls on an iPhone, okay, and 0:27:17.680 --> 0:27:19.760 I don't know what else to do. I know, I 0:27:19.760 --> 0:27:22.200 think a few shows ago you had talked about something 0:27:22.240 --> 0:27:24.480 that was an app. I don't mind paying a few 0:27:24.520 --> 0:27:26.760 dollars for an app, but it's just getting worse and worse. 0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:28.960 And I figured i'd give you a call and asked 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.280 the expert, what can I do? What do you recommend? 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:34.040 Okay, Well, so I know this. 0:27:34.160 --> 0:27:36.360 I feel like these things come and go in waves, 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:39.560 and so it's tough to kind of nail down why 0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:40.920 you're getting so many right now? 0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:43.480 Has this always been happening or is this a recent thing? 0:27:44.320 --> 0:27:44.520 Now? 0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:47.840 It just started because I filled out a few applications 0:27:47.840 --> 0:27:51.399 and stuff. Yeah, I'm retired, so I've been looking for 0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.240 some sidework and you know, all these apps ask you 0:27:54.280 --> 0:27:57.119 to put your phone number. And then yesterday I was like, oh, 0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:58.240 I think I made a mistake. 0:27:58.359 --> 0:27:59.920 Yeah, but I called Rich exactly. 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:03.240 And that's what happens is usually you're putting in some 0:28:03.280 --> 0:28:05.520 sort of personal information and they're just sharing it. 0:28:05.560 --> 0:28:06.359 And it's funny. 0:28:06.359 --> 0:28:08.440 My wife was filling out a form today my kid's 0:28:08.440 --> 0:28:10.600 going to like a birthday party, and it was just 0:28:10.640 --> 0:28:14.160 asking for everything, you know, data, birth their data, birth 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:17.680 her data, birth her driver's license, upload her licenses. Why 0:28:17.720 --> 0:28:19.439 do they need this to go to a birthday party? 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:22.120 I mean, these companies, they will try to get as 0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:24.520 much information out of us as possible because it's in 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:30.119 their best interest. So I always just fake every answer anyway. Okay, 0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:35.560 so what cellular carrier do you have? Okay, so all 0:28:35.640 --> 0:28:41.000 of the main cellular carriers have their own call filtering apps. 0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:45.840 So Verizons, for instance, is called call filter and so 0:28:45.880 --> 0:28:49.000 you can download that app for free. They maintain it 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:52.720 and it is you know, kind of piggybacking on their 0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:55.400 network and some smarts that they have to help block 0:28:55.480 --> 0:28:58.080 some of these calls. So that would be my first 0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:01.200 kind of suggestion is whether you have T Mobile, AT 0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:06.280 and T or Verizon, I would download the carrier specific 0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:08.520 app that you have and see if that helps. Now, 0:29:08.560 --> 0:29:10.959 the iPhone is a little bit tricky in the architecture 0:29:11.320 --> 0:29:15.400 because these apps can only do so much. The call 0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:17.840 list to block actually has to be downloaded. They can 0:29:17.840 --> 0:29:22.120 only download so much. But by downloading Verizons they can 0:29:22.720 --> 0:29:25.000 do some of this at the network level. But that's 0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:29.000 what I'd recommend is downloading Verizon call Filter. That may 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:32.000 or may not work, and it's free to get the 0:29:32.040 --> 0:29:35.680 basic version, and they may try to upsell you to 0:29:35.680 --> 0:29:38.560 get call Filter Plus, which is like four dollars a month. 0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:41.080 Let's see what does call Filter Plus do. It gives 0:29:41.120 --> 0:29:43.400 you caller idea on every phone number, not just the 0:29:43.440 --> 0:29:47.200 spam numbers. You can do your own personal block list 0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:49.520 and different things. So if you feel like you want 0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:51.720 to pay four dollars a month, I personally don't, but 0:29:52.200 --> 0:29:54.880 you know that's an option to you on AT and 0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:59.320 T if you've got that. Let's see, let's see they've 0:29:59.360 --> 0:30:01.840 got this spam. I've got to remember which one this was. Oh, 0:30:01.880 --> 0:30:05.480 it's called active Armor or sorry, call Protect is theirs. 0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:08.240 So if you look up on AT and T you 0:30:08.280 --> 0:30:11.960 can download call protect and that's there. 0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.000 Let's see they change this. Okay, so active. 0:30:15.720 --> 0:30:18.400 Armor is a free Oh yeah, okay, so it is 0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:20.160 called active Armour app. So if you have AT and 0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:23.720 T you can download active Armor. And then if you've 0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:28.520 got T Mobile, they have their own spam blocker. It's 0:30:28.560 --> 0:30:32.440 called scam Shield and so you can download that. Now 0:30:32.480 --> 0:30:34.880 that's if you have one of the big main carriers. 0:30:34.920 --> 0:30:37.240 If you don't have one of those carriers, you can 0:30:37.240 --> 0:30:40.160 look into something that's a little bit more high powered. 0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:44.480 To of the apps that are very popular. Robokiller is 0:30:45.560 --> 0:30:48.280 an app that I've actually interviewed them. They do a 0:30:48.320 --> 0:30:51.320 lot of stuff when it comes to research and trying 0:30:51.320 --> 0:30:53.520 to figure out where these spam calls are coming from. 0:30:54.080 --> 0:30:57.720 And the thing about these apps is that you may 0:30:57.760 --> 0:31:00.360 have to forward your calls to these apps them to 0:31:00.440 --> 0:31:04.880 do the best service. So it's not ideal, I don't 0:31:04.880 --> 0:31:08.200 think personally as the setup, but robokiller does that. And 0:31:08.240 --> 0:31:13.000 then the other one is called true Caller. Now True 0:31:13.000 --> 0:31:16.080 Caller is very popular as well. Some people think that 0:31:16.160 --> 0:31:19.880 when you sign up for true caller. You're actually handing 0:31:20.040 --> 0:31:23.160 through your phone number in the hands of people that 0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:25.880 may then use it to spam you. So that is 0:31:25.920 --> 0:31:27.880 something to keep in mind, because you do have to 0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:30.880 register with your phone number. I have this on my phone, 0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.080 I have my phone registered with it. 0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:34.960 It seems to be fine, but. 0:31:35.000 --> 0:31:37.760 Again, these are all things to keep in mind, especially 0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:40.000 if you just go to the app store, you download 0:31:40.520 --> 0:31:42.680 a call protection app and you just start putting in 0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:44.880 your phone number there. Not all of these apps are 0:31:44.920 --> 0:31:48.440 created equal, and so they may actually use that information 0:31:48.640 --> 0:31:51.400 against you at some point. So the other thing is 0:31:51.440 --> 0:31:54.640 if if you're on a Pixel phone, they have a 0:31:54.800 --> 0:31:58.160 really good level of call filtering built in. And if 0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:00.800 you're on a Samsung phone, they've actually got a really 0:32:00.800 --> 0:32:03.000 cool feature now too that Pixel has had for a 0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:06.640 long time, but they just added it to Samsung which 0:32:06.640 --> 0:32:10.200 actually lets you screen your call with Bixby, So you 0:32:10.200 --> 0:32:13.920 can actually have Bixby pick up the phone and say, hey, 0:32:14.000 --> 0:32:16.040 why are you calling me, and then the person on 0:32:16.040 --> 0:32:18.160 the other end can say what they're you know, oh, 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:20.600 I'm trying to get a hold of Rich and then 0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:23.120 you'll see that pop up on your screen. And this 0:32:23.160 --> 0:32:26.040 is actually happening on the iPhone too with iOS seventeen. 0:32:26.600 --> 0:32:30.880 So sal long answer, short answer is that things are 0:32:30.920 --> 0:32:33.120 getting better, but I think this call screening is probably 0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:36.160 going to be the best way for most people to 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:37.920 to kind of screen this stuff. Now I'm looking at 0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:40.720 my Samsung right here, and I actually have caller ID 0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:43.400 and spam protection turned off. So if you have a 0:32:43.400 --> 0:32:46.560 Samsung phone, go into the phone app and then tap 0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:49.120 in the upper right hand corner. There's three dots and 0:32:49.160 --> 0:32:52.840 it says settings and see if your caller ID in 0:32:52.880 --> 0:32:55.640 spam protection is turned on or off. So I'm going 0:32:55.720 --> 0:32:58.640 to turn that on. It's actually provided by a company 0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:01.120 called Haya, and then you of an next level that's 0:33:01.160 --> 0:33:04.360 just for caller ID and then you can block spam 0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.520 and spam call. So clearly that is not turned on 0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:10.080 by default on a Samsung phone, so if you want 0:33:10.080 --> 0:33:12.880 that extra level of protection, it is built in. The 0:33:12.920 --> 0:33:15.120 other feature to play with if you have it available, 0:33:15.240 --> 0:33:18.040 is called Bixby Text Call, and this is so cool 0:33:18.040 --> 0:33:21.480 because Bixby can actually answer your phone and say, hey, 0:33:21.880 --> 0:33:24.440 why are you calling, and what the person says will 0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:27.400 be transcribed in real time on your phone screen, so 0:33:27.440 --> 0:33:30.120 then you can decide if you want to actually answer 0:33:30.160 --> 0:33:32.280 that phone call in real time and on the same 0:33:32.360 --> 0:33:35.600 on the pixel that's available as well. iPhone again is 0:33:35.640 --> 0:33:38.200 going to be getting that feature with iOS seventeen. 0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:40.000 So things are getting better. 0:33:40.040 --> 0:33:42.960 Sal But in the meantime, maybe download the Verizon Call 0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:45.640 Filter app and start with that and see how it works. 0:33:46.760 --> 0:33:49.480 All right, let's talk Amazon for a moment. 0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:55.000 Amazon is having another Prime It's not Prime Day, It's 0:33:55.000 --> 0:33:59.360 called Prime Big Deal Days. I know, confusing. This is 0:33:59.400 --> 0:34:03.920 a new sale that they are launching in October. This October, 0:34:03.960 --> 0:34:07.000 We're bringing an exclusive shopping event to Prime members called 0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:11.000 Prime Big Deal Days. I'm excited for Prime members to 0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:13.760 discover some of Amazon's best deals of this season across 0:34:13.840 --> 0:34:17.480 nineteen countries including the US. Will share more details as 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:19.480 we get closer to the event. I can't wait to 0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:22.920 give our Prime members access to exclusive early savings. What 0:34:23.080 --> 0:34:24.920 is up with Amazon and all these Prime Days? How 0:34:24.960 --> 0:34:27.200 many Prime Days do we need a year? It started 0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:29.480 out with one day, Now we're up to two days, 0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:31.480 and now we're up to two Prime Days and a 0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:34.560 Prime Big Deal Days. And I guess they're just trying 0:34:34.560 --> 0:34:38.360 to get a leg up on the whole holiday shopping season, 0:34:38.400 --> 0:34:41.920 which really kicks off on Thanksgiving these days, so this 0:34:42.000 --> 0:34:45.480 is a month before Thanksgiving. They haven't said exactly what 0:34:45.640 --> 0:34:49.759 day it is, but again October. If you're holding out 0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:52.000 for something that you've been wanting to watch on Amazon 0:34:52.080 --> 0:34:54.399 to buy, maybe you just wait a couple more months 0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:57.280 until October because there will be prime big deal days 0:34:57.280 --> 0:35:00.280 happening there. My thing with Amazon, I just put everything 0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:03.040 in the in the saved cart and just you know, 0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.640 kind of when it goes on sale, I will buy it. 0:35:06.080 --> 0:35:08.040 And by the way, if you get something from Amazon 0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:10.640 on your doorstep, like a blender and there's no box, 0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:13.319 don't wonder like look around, be like wait, what just 0:35:13.360 --> 0:35:17.880 happened here. Amazon is now trying to deliver items without packaging, 0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:22.000 so TVs and blenders are arriving their original boxes. According 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:24.560 to the Wall Street Journal, the change is part of 0:35:24.560 --> 0:35:27.360 Amazon's efforts to make its delivery process more efficient and 0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:30.840 environmentally friendly. And you know, people kind of like it 0:35:30.840 --> 0:35:32.720 because they're like, oh, that's cool, I get my stuff 0:35:32.760 --> 0:35:35.759 and there's less waste. About eleven percent of deliveries now 0:35:35.800 --> 0:35:38.840 come with no box. So now you know, if you 0:35:38.880 --> 0:35:41.160 get something on your doorstep, there's no box from Amazon. 0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:43.359 Someone money, your neighbors didn't open it up. 0:35:43.440 --> 0:35:46.120 That's just how they're delivering it. Eight A eight rich 0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:49.040 one oh one. You are listening to rich on Tech. 0:35:51.200 --> 0:35:55.160 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:35:55.200 --> 0:35:58.239 out with you, talking technology. This is the show where 0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:00.560 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:36:00.560 --> 0:36:03.120 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:36:03.200 --> 0:36:06.719 questions about tech, and boy do you ask a lot 0:36:06.760 --> 0:36:13.680 of questions. I think my inbox is so filled it is. 0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:16.600 It's become. I don't want to say that I can't 0:36:16.640 --> 0:36:19.480 handle it anymore, but it is wild and I love 0:36:19.520 --> 0:36:22.400 it because you know, it goes to show that a 0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:24.640 we're reaching a lot of you, and I think that 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:25.680 the show is resonating. 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:26.640 So I do like that. 0:36:27.160 --> 0:36:29.719 But I just feel bad because I can't respond to 0:36:29.840 --> 0:36:34.680 every single email individually in real time. And so just 0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:36.720 know that if you email me, I do my best 0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:39.279 to answer the questions that I see over and over 0:36:39.440 --> 0:36:42.319 or the questions I can quickly answer, but if they're 0:36:42.320 --> 0:36:44.920 more in depth, sometimes it just takes a little longer 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:46.440 or I have to address them on the show. So 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:48.879 the best way is to call at Triple eight. Rich 0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:51.960 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:36:52.000 --> 0:36:54.640 four to one zero one, And of course you can 0:36:54.680 --> 0:36:58.320 always submit your question on the website rich on tech 0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:02.919 dot tv the contact button and on the website there's 0:37:02.920 --> 0:37:05.840 a lot there. There's all of the previous shows. You 0:37:05.840 --> 0:37:08.360 can listen to them as a podcast. There's also the 0:37:08.400 --> 0:37:11.040 TV segments that I do, so you can watch those 0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:13.959 on YouTube or you can link to the actual site 0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:16.920 and see the different things that I mentioned, because I 0:37:16.920 --> 0:37:20.400 do a lot for TV as well. So thanks for 0:37:20.520 --> 0:37:24.080 checking out the website rich on tech dot TV. All right, 0:37:24.120 --> 0:37:28.400 let's kick off this hour with Roland. Roland is in 0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:31.000 Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Welcome to the show. 0:37:32.080 --> 0:37:34.680 Rich A pleasure talking to you, y, thanks for calling. 0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:38.840 I bought a Dell last year. It came with an 0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:43.480 eighth and a four gig memory the deltas will hold 0:37:43.520 --> 0:37:46.799 to thirty Two's My question is if I take the 0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:50.640 four out and put in a single thirty two, will 0:37:50.680 --> 0:37:52.719 that work? Will I see an improvement? 0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:55.040 And where huh. 0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:57.120 Are you, my friend, Frank, Because we were literally just 0:37:57.239 --> 0:38:01.520 talking about this the other day, so that Frank, okay, 0:38:02.480 --> 0:38:05.239 we were literally just discussing this because it's been a 0:38:05.239 --> 0:38:08.319 while since I have upgraded any sort of RAM on 0:38:08.360 --> 0:38:08.880 my computer. 0:38:08.960 --> 0:38:10.320 But I used to do this a lot. 0:38:10.840 --> 0:38:14.320 Nowadays a lot of the systems are sort of soldered 0:38:14.400 --> 0:38:17.279 onto the machine, so it's tougher and tougher to upgrade them. 0:38:17.719 --> 0:38:20.160 This is this a desktop computer or a laptop? 0:38:21.480 --> 0:38:21.840 Okay? 0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:23.560 And they said that you can put in up to 0:38:23.640 --> 0:38:27.520 thirty two gigs two thirty two okay, And you're asking 0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:29.719 if you can leave the four there, but then put 0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:30.640 in a thirty. 0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:35.000 Two, take out the four and put it in thirty two. 0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:36.560 It came with an eight and a four. 0:38:37.400 --> 0:38:40.400 Oh, and you just want to consolidate into one. 0:38:40.760 --> 0:38:43.080 Well, can I leave the eight in? And thought it 0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:45.240 from a twelve to forty? 0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:47.400 It all depends. It depends on the computer. 0:38:47.560 --> 0:38:50.200 So I'm trying to remember back in the days when 0:38:50.200 --> 0:38:51.920 I used to do this, and I remember that a 0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:54.759 lot of times it had to be mirrored like the 0:38:54.800 --> 0:38:57.640 same amount, so you couldn't necessarily have like a two 0:38:57.719 --> 0:39:00.920 and then an eight or something like that. So the 0:39:00.960 --> 0:39:03.080 best way have you heard of the website crucial dot 0:39:03.080 --> 0:39:06.680 com I have Okay, have you tried their system scanner? 0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:08.320 Okay? 0:39:08.360 --> 0:39:11.840 So they've got this great tool that you can download 0:39:11.960 --> 0:39:14.920 and it will scan your system and tell you exactly 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.919 what you're able to do. And so it will tell 0:39:17.960 --> 0:39:23.040 you the memory slots that you have, what you currently 0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:26.279 have in there, and the different configurations you're allowed to 0:39:26.440 --> 0:39:29.879 put in there. And so it's super easy. I've used 0:39:29.880 --> 0:39:32.520 this in the past, and that is the best way 0:39:32.560 --> 0:39:34.080 to figure this out because you don't have to open 0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:34.760 up your computer. 0:39:35.160 --> 0:39:36.040 You don't have to guess. 0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:38.080 You can just go on here and it will tell 0:39:38.160 --> 0:39:39.879 you the combination that you can use. 0:39:40.560 --> 0:39:46.120 And if you don't do video editing or games, is 0:39:46.160 --> 0:39:49.400 it really worthwhile to improve the rams sufficiently? 0:39:49.719 --> 0:39:50.040 I think? 0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:51.759 So, what do you have right now? You have a 0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:54.400 what'd you say, A four and an eight? Yeah, so 0:39:54.440 --> 0:39:56.920 you've got twelve if you put in I mean thirty 0:39:56.920 --> 0:39:59.279 two gigs these days? Is I mean the cost of it? 0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:00.719 Have you priced the cost of this? 0:40:01.440 --> 0:40:05.120 Which is my next question. There's several manufacturers that will 0:40:05.120 --> 0:40:07.760 sell it for a third that Dell wants. 0:40:07.480 --> 0:40:09.560 Your thoughts, Oh, yeah, don't don't. You don't need to 0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:10.160 get it from Dell. 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:13.000 You can definitely get it from Crucial or I would 0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:15.640 just get it from Crucial dot com. Where you redo this, 0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:20.560 they'll they'll have a better price for sure, and you 0:40:20.600 --> 0:40:22.480 know it's just a better way to do it. You 0:40:22.520 --> 0:40:25.160 can even you can even cross reference. If you take 0:40:25.200 --> 0:40:27.600 the code that they give you from Crucial, just pop 0:40:27.600 --> 0:40:30.240 that into Amazon. They may sell it there as well, 0:40:30.480 --> 0:40:34.880 the same exact memory module for even cheaper or just 0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:37.640 easier because you already have your Amazon information in there. 0:40:38.000 --> 0:40:39.359 So I think you can do that, and I think 0:40:39.440 --> 0:40:41.040 I think it's worth it. I mean, it's it's a 0:40:41.200 --> 0:40:46.120 very it's so inexpensive. I mean, let's see what thirty two. Oh, 0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:47.400 by the way, it I'll tell you the type of 0:40:47.440 --> 0:40:50.000 memory you need as well. But I mean you're looking 0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:52.879 at thirty two gigs. Now, this is a thirty two 0:40:52.960 --> 0:40:56.480 gig set is two by sixteen. That's sixty three bucks. 0:40:56.960 --> 0:41:00.480 I mean for sixty five bucks to upgrade my computer, 0:41:00.800 --> 0:41:03.600 I would say that's a done deal. And you're going 0:41:03.680 --> 0:41:07.160 to notice that programs are gonna run faster, especially when 0:41:07.160 --> 0:41:09.839 you're on the internet. If you're using Chrome especially, that's 0:41:09.880 --> 0:41:12.719 a memory hog. All of these programs that you're using, 0:41:12.760 --> 0:41:15.600 even if you're not editing video, it'll just run faster 0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:17.440 and smoother. And your computer, I think, is going to 0:41:17.520 --> 0:41:19.560 be better. Now if this was back in the day, 0:41:19.640 --> 0:41:22.000 like a three hundred dollars decision, I'd probably say if 0:41:22.040 --> 0:41:24.160 you're just surfing the web, you probably don't need it. 0:41:24.400 --> 0:41:26.480 But at this point, because it's a sixty five dollars 0:41:26.480 --> 0:41:28.840 decision and it's an easy upgrade and it keeps his 0:41:28.920 --> 0:41:32.359 computer running nice, I think that's definitely something you want 0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.640 to do. So again, yeah, Crucial dot com is the 0:41:35.640 --> 0:41:39.280 way to go. Check it out and enjoy the faster computer. 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:41.399 I would also when you do this after you get 0:41:41.440 --> 0:41:45.040 your computer upgraded, and obviously take the precautions. You know 0:41:45.080 --> 0:41:47.920 with static electricity when you're opening up your computer, just 0:41:47.960 --> 0:41:50.640 be very careful with that. You know, you've got to 0:41:50.760 --> 0:41:53.640 tap your hand onto something that's metal to like discharge 0:41:53.680 --> 0:41:56.320 all any static you might have. Just make sure you 0:41:56.360 --> 0:41:59.120 follow those directions because, believe me, I have fried computers 0:41:59.120 --> 0:42:03.359 in the past. It's not fun. So definitely take those precautions. 0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:05.600 Do it, and I think you'll like that upgrade. Thanks 0:42:05.640 --> 0:42:10.040 for calling Roland, appreciate it. Let's see, I noticed something 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:14.759 sneaky going on in restaurants, and I talked to you 0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:18.759 earlier about how I've been frequenting like local places, but 0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:20.719 I've noticed a trend. And this has to do with 0:42:20.760 --> 0:42:25.440 the technology that these local restaurants are now putting in 0:42:25.480 --> 0:42:27.600 their systems because a lot of these restaurants they used 0:42:27.600 --> 0:42:30.440 to have kind of like older systems. Now a lot 0:42:30.520 --> 0:42:34.080 of these restaurant companies are selling them on newer POS 0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:38.000 systems point of sale. That POS means something else, but 0:42:38.400 --> 0:42:41.120 we're talking about point of sale here, and so these 0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:44.400 systems that they're selling them are more high tech and 0:42:44.440 --> 0:42:46.880 the whole point and I'm assuming that some of the 0:42:46.920 --> 0:42:50.919 sales techniques that these companies use is saying, we can 0:42:50.960 --> 0:42:54.880 boost your revenue because we can increase your sales. And 0:42:54.960 --> 0:42:58.480 if you've noticed these different these different restaurants are now 0:42:58.560 --> 0:43:01.799 using those handheld point of sale systems or they have 0:43:01.880 --> 0:43:05.080 touch screens where you're ordering stuff or online ordering. But 0:43:05.160 --> 0:43:08.320 I've noticed inside restaurants there's something interesting going on. And 0:43:08.400 --> 0:43:10.520 this could be a Los Angeles thing, but it could 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:12.480 also be happening in other cities. So I want you 0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:15.640 to be aware of this. If you notice on your bill, 0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:19.600 more and more restaurants are adding fees and surcharges onto 0:43:19.640 --> 0:43:24.000 your bills. Okay, and you know obviously, and I just 0:43:24.040 --> 0:43:25.960 want to make this very clear. I am one hundred 0:43:26.000 --> 0:43:30.440 percent all about taking care of your server, your weight, staff, 0:43:30.600 --> 0:43:32.759 everyone who helps you in a restaurant. If they're doing 0:43:32.800 --> 0:43:34.960 something for you, you should take care of them. 0:43:35.000 --> 0:43:35.200 Okay. 0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:36.640 Because if you're in a place to eat at a 0:43:36.680 --> 0:43:39.439 restaurant and someone's helping you out, believe me, you take 0:43:39.480 --> 0:43:39.880 care of them. 0:43:39.920 --> 0:43:40.160 Okay. 0:43:40.200 --> 0:43:42.520 So I'm not trying to cheap out on tips or 0:43:42.560 --> 0:43:45.880 anything like that. Okay, what I'm saying is sometimes you 0:43:45.960 --> 0:43:48.359 could get tricked and you have to be careful, because 0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:51.839 I've noticed this at several restaurants where even if you're 0:43:51.880 --> 0:43:55.200 a smaller party of four people, five people, whatever, they're 0:43:55.200 --> 0:44:00.520 now including tips inside the actual bill and it's a items. 0:44:00.520 --> 0:44:03.440 So you're going through your bill hamburger, cheeseburger, french fries, 0:44:04.000 --> 0:44:07.399 service charge eighteen percent. Now, if you are the kind 0:44:07.440 --> 0:44:09.000 of person that when you get your bill at the 0:44:09.040 --> 0:44:11.000 table and you just hand them your credit card, which 0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:12.920 by the way, I don't recommend doing, because I think 0:44:12.920 --> 0:44:15.040 that you should look and make sure everything's right on 0:44:15.080 --> 0:44:19.719 your bill. When that then second receipt comes back to you, 0:44:20.320 --> 0:44:23.240 that secondary receipt, what does it do. It just shows 0:44:23.400 --> 0:44:27.720 the transaction amount. Okay, eighty five bucks, and you think, Okay, 0:44:27.760 --> 0:44:29.839 that's how much I just paid for dinner. But what 0:44:29.920 --> 0:44:32.520 you don't realize if you're not looking at that original bill, 0:44:32.640 --> 0:44:35.680 is that it may include that service charge already in there. 0:44:36.080 --> 0:44:38.239 And then I've noticed, like on this receipt I have 0:44:38.360 --> 0:44:41.720 right in front of me here it says ad tips. 0:44:41.840 --> 0:44:43.960 And this was a bill where it was already included. 0:44:44.480 --> 0:44:47.400 And then it says ad tips eighteen percent, twenty one percent, 0:44:47.440 --> 0:44:50.960 twenty five percent, and custom tips. And this one really 0:44:51.040 --> 0:44:54.120 kind of this one perplexed me because I said, wait 0:44:54.160 --> 0:44:56.880 a second, I thought that it said service charge included. 0:44:57.280 --> 0:45:00.160 So when in doubt, you can ask the server and say, hey, 0:45:00.200 --> 0:45:01.759 you know, what's the deal do you get these? So, 0:45:01.800 --> 0:45:04.440 like last night, I got another bill and on this 0:45:04.480 --> 0:45:08.040 bill it said add one admin fee, which I've never 0:45:08.080 --> 0:45:10.600 seen before at a restaurant. Now, this was for my 0:45:10.680 --> 0:45:12.799 kid's birthday party, so maybe that was an admin fee 0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:14.879 for the party, I don't know. And then it said 0:45:14.880 --> 0:45:17.080 one service charge and it doesn't even tell me how 0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:20.839 much the percentages of that service charge it's on there 0:45:21.719 --> 0:45:24.319 for the charge and so, and then when I got 0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:26.640 my regular bill, it said, you know, ad a tip 0:45:26.880 --> 0:45:29.120 and so I actually in this case, asked the server. 0:45:29.200 --> 0:45:32.200 I said, hey, do you get that service fee? And 0:45:32.239 --> 0:45:34.400 they said, well, we all split it, and so I 0:45:34.440 --> 0:45:35.799 was like, well what does that mean. She's like, well, 0:45:36.000 --> 0:45:38.480 you know, some of the cooks get it, the runners 0:45:38.640 --> 0:45:40.600 I get some. And I said, okay, well, so shall 0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:42.560 I be giving you more? She's like, no, no, it's fine. 0:45:42.600 --> 0:45:44.440 What was on there, But I'm just letting you know 0:45:44.480 --> 0:45:46.720 now I gave a little bit more. But my point 0:45:46.800 --> 0:45:49.640 is just be aware of these extra fees and went 0:45:49.680 --> 0:45:52.719 in doubt, feel free to ask because they are confusing, 0:45:52.760 --> 0:45:55.080 and restaurants are just putting all kinds of different things 0:45:55.120 --> 0:45:58.120 on your bill. I've seen healthcare surve charges. I've seen 0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:02.160 cost of doing business in California surcharges. I'm not kidding. 0:46:02.239 --> 0:46:07.120 Order a pizza from a like a chain, literally a 0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:09.680 nationwide chain, and it says the cost of doing business 0:46:09.680 --> 0:46:12.960 in California is so high that we we charge you 0:46:13.000 --> 0:46:15.200 five dollars and forty nine cents just on top of 0:46:15.239 --> 0:46:17.120 your entire you know, pizza fee. 0:46:17.400 --> 0:46:19.200 And so just be aware of these things. 0:46:19.239 --> 0:46:21.480 I think some of them are junkie fees, I really do, 0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:24.440 but and I think some of them are a result 0:46:24.520 --> 0:46:27.000 of these systems that they're using just make it easier 0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:29.759 for them to add fees. So just be aware and 0:46:29.840 --> 0:46:31.360 at the end of the day again take care of 0:46:31.400 --> 0:46:34.400 people who are waiting on you. But you know, just 0:46:34.719 --> 0:46:38.000 be aware of not over doing things if you're you know, 0:46:38.080 --> 0:46:40.719 if you're already paying for it. All right, Triple eight 0:46:40.840 --> 0:46:43.520 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:46:43.600 --> 0:46:46.040 two four one zero one. Hop on the phone if 0:46:46.080 --> 0:46:49.360 you have a question or comment about technology. Coming up, 0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:52.960 we'll talk hacking and AI and more of your calls 0:46:53.000 --> 0:46:55.440 and emails coming up right here on rich on Tech. 0:46:56.920 --> 0:47:04.000 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking 0:47:04.040 --> 0:47:08.279 technology at Triple eight Rich one one eight eight eight seven. 0:47:08.160 --> 0:47:11.920 Four two four to one zero one on. 0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:18.840 The web at Richontech dot TV. Joseph is in Santa Barbara. Joseph, 0:47:18.880 --> 0:47:19.640 you're on with Rich. 0:47:20.400 --> 0:47:22.359 Hey, Rich, thanks for taking my call. 0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:24.080 Absolutely, what's going on? 0:47:24.680 --> 0:47:24.879 Hey? 0:47:24.920 --> 0:47:29.640 I have an Apple account that I put my new 0:47:29.760 --> 0:47:33.799 phone number on probably about six months ago, and apparently 0:47:34.960 --> 0:47:38.600 somebody else had this number before me that also had 0:47:38.600 --> 0:47:42.960 an Apple account and they have that number listed as 0:47:43.040 --> 0:47:50.480 their number. So any any message that goes through an 0:47:50.600 --> 0:47:56.520 Apple computer or phone goes to them, not me. 0:47:59.280 --> 0:48:00.680 Okay that before? 0:48:00.880 --> 0:48:04.160 Yes, so okay, are you talking like I? Messages basically 0:48:04.239 --> 0:48:05.399 are being delivered. 0:48:05.040 --> 0:48:08.120 To that oh yeah whatever whatever the message route for 0:48:08.600 --> 0:48:09.080 the Apple. 0:48:09.440 --> 0:48:10.080 Okay. 0:48:10.440 --> 0:48:14.000 So I tried calling Apple and they, you know, they 0:48:14.040 --> 0:48:17.120 have a really funky system. 0:48:17.239 --> 0:48:17.680 Yeah. 0:48:17.840 --> 0:48:21.319 Well, and when he doesn't even know what to do, Yeah, it's. 0:48:21.280 --> 0:48:21.840 Kind of odd. 0:48:22.000 --> 0:48:26.759 So first thing I would do is check inside your 0:48:26.800 --> 0:48:30.279 iPhone settings under messages and when you go in there, 0:48:31.080 --> 0:48:34.120 where does it say you can send and receive messages from? 0:48:34.160 --> 0:48:36.560 Does it say anything about it? Does it have two 0:48:36.640 --> 0:48:38.160 numbers listed or just the one number? 0:48:38.360 --> 0:48:40.520 Well, if I check us out, if I go on 0:48:40.600 --> 0:48:45.120 my my MacBook Air, the messages will come there to 0:48:46.880 --> 0:48:52.880 right under other messages, but but they'll also go to 0:48:53.920 --> 0:48:56.560 the person that used to have the number. And I 0:48:56.600 --> 0:49:00.880 tried talking to the person, you know, I called uh 0:49:01.000 --> 0:49:05.760 or I just wrote them a message on my Mac 0:49:06.680 --> 0:49:09.399 and they got it, and I tried to tell them 0:49:09.400 --> 0:49:12.120 the situation, but it thought it was some kind of 0:49:12.120 --> 0:49:13.359 weirdo and they hung up. 0:49:15.280 --> 0:49:18.640 Have have you gone into the find my app on 0:49:18.680 --> 0:49:22.520 your phone under devices and see if this person's device 0:49:22.640 --> 0:49:24.160 is showing up under your account? 0:49:26.160 --> 0:49:30.239 Uh? I think I did something like that, and I 0:49:31.080 --> 0:49:37.200 couldn't find it. It's it just it showed when I 0:49:37.239 --> 0:49:40.800 call it. When I dial that number on my macair, 0:49:41.680 --> 0:49:45.239 I can reach them. They'll pick up because it's still 0:49:45.320 --> 0:49:50.600 listed as their number on their account on their Mac account. 0:49:51.160 --> 0:49:53.120 Okay, yeah, because it's it's okay. 0:49:53.080 --> 0:49:56.000 So that's you know, that's a total security. 0:49:57.239 --> 0:49:58.600 When did you get this phone number? 0:49:59.400 --> 0:50:01.520 I've had it like two years and. 0:50:01.440 --> 0:50:02.960 This has been going on for two years. 0:50:03.120 --> 0:50:05.960 No, I just I just recently, you know, about six 0:50:06.000 --> 0:50:09.239 months ago. I gotta you know, I went from Android to. 0:50:09.280 --> 0:50:13.239 Mac phone and okay, so that's fine, that's what I. 0:50:13.200 --> 0:50:15.959 Found out that was happening, okay. You know. And my brother, 0:50:16.160 --> 0:50:19.440 you know, he's an Apple user, so he was wondering 0:50:19.480 --> 0:50:22.160 why I wasn't getting my messages, and I'm going, I 0:50:22.160 --> 0:50:25.640 don't know, you know, okay, and he finally figured it out, 0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:28.840 you know, and he, you know, he worked for Steve 0:50:28.960 --> 0:50:32.880 jobs right hand man for like twenty years, and he 0:50:32.920 --> 0:50:34.560 doesn't know what the problem is. 0:50:34.760 --> 0:50:36.160 That's wild. Okay. 0:50:36.239 --> 0:50:38.120 Well, a couple of things that I would do to 0:50:38.719 --> 0:50:39.920 alleviate this situation. 0:50:40.080 --> 0:50:40.360 Number. 0:50:40.440 --> 0:50:42.040 The first thing I would do is stop using I 0:50:42.160 --> 0:50:46.719 message because what's happening is I message uses your phone 0:50:46.800 --> 0:50:50.759 number as a way to route your messages to different devices, 0:50:51.239 --> 0:50:54.000 and so if it's you know, it's your iPhone, it's 0:50:54.040 --> 0:50:56.960 your Mac computer. But also if this person is on 0:50:57.000 --> 0:50:58.800 your account, and a lot of a lot of times 0:50:58.800 --> 0:51:02.719 this happens, by the way, with families, what they do 0:51:02.800 --> 0:51:04.960 is they give their kid a phone and they say, oh, 0:51:04.960 --> 0:51:07.640 I don't want to get my kid their own iTunes, 0:51:07.680 --> 0:51:11.040 Apple ID, and so I will just I'll just sign 0:51:11.040 --> 0:51:12.759 in with mine and next thing you know, the kid 0:51:12.800 --> 0:51:16.160 is getting all of the parents' I messages on their device. 0:51:16.920 --> 0:51:18.680 And this actually happens in my house. 0:51:19.080 --> 0:51:22.600 Yeah, it's happening on my on my Netflix now too 0:51:23.080 --> 0:51:24.200 with my mom's account. 0:51:24.440 --> 0:51:27.560 Well they'll they'll crack down on that pretty soon. My 0:51:27.640 --> 0:51:29.759 mom had to get off my Netflix account. 0:51:29.440 --> 0:51:32.000 Because I mean it says you could put that you 0:51:32.040 --> 0:51:37.880 can have three different you know, accounts on one thing, 0:51:38.160 --> 0:51:41.960 and I have figured out how to not have my 0:51:42.040 --> 0:51:43.239 own account on there. 0:51:43.320 --> 0:51:45.360 You know, well, if they're not charging you for it, 0:51:45.360 --> 0:51:46.040 don't worry about it. 0:51:46.320 --> 0:51:46.640 Okay. 0:51:46.680 --> 0:51:50.320 So so Joseph, the thing, there's a couple of places 0:51:50.320 --> 0:51:52.520 I would look for this because you know, number one, 0:51:52.640 --> 0:51:57.440 there's an Apple service called de register I Message. So 0:51:57.520 --> 0:52:00.760 what I would do right now is go to this website. 0:52:00.800 --> 0:52:03.839 If you search on Google deregister I message, you'll come 0:52:03.880 --> 0:52:06.400 up to an Apple website. What you do is you 0:52:06.480 --> 0:52:10.440 type your phone number in that website. Okay, and well, 0:52:10.480 --> 0:52:12.440 first you can turn off I Message whatever, but you 0:52:13.000 --> 0:52:15.520 type in your phone number, it will send you a 0:52:15.560 --> 0:52:18.880 confirmation code to that phone number. You type that code in, 0:52:18.960 --> 0:52:21.960 you press submit, and your phone will no longer that 0:52:22.040 --> 0:52:23.279 number will no longer. 0:52:23.000 --> 0:52:24.480 Be associated with I message. 0:52:24.800 --> 0:52:27.480 That's the number one thing I would do, Okay, and 0:52:27.520 --> 0:52:30.399 that will deregister this guy's phone or this person's phone 0:52:30.400 --> 0:52:33.400 as well. Once you do that, I would wait a 0:52:33.480 --> 0:52:35.960 couple of days, make sure that all of your messages 0:52:36.000 --> 0:52:38.520 are only coming to your phone, and they're coming in 0:52:38.600 --> 0:52:40.719 they should come in green, because they won't be I 0:52:40.800 --> 0:52:45.200 messages anymore. Once that's happening. After a couple of days, 0:52:45.200 --> 0:52:47.680 I would go through your account. I would go on 0:52:47.719 --> 0:52:50.600 your Apple account and make sure on your find mind 0:52:50.760 --> 0:52:53.600 that you don't have any devices listed on your account 0:52:53.640 --> 0:52:56.440 that you don't recognize. And so when you go there, 0:52:56.640 --> 0:52:59.120 just go to your Apple ID on your phone and 0:52:59.160 --> 0:53:01.320 it will give you a list of all of your devices, 0:53:01.320 --> 0:53:03.760 so I can see my iPhone, I can see my MacBook, 0:53:03.760 --> 0:53:06.200 I can see my iPad. If there's a device on 0:53:06.239 --> 0:53:09.600 there that you don't recognize, tap that device and it 0:53:09.640 --> 0:53:11.960 will give you the option to get rid of it. 0:53:11.960 --> 0:53:16.040 It'll say remove from account. I would do that. Then 0:53:16.440 --> 0:53:18.200 once you get all that figured out and you're in 0:53:18.239 --> 0:53:20.479 a good place, then you can go back and turn 0:53:20.560 --> 0:53:23.000 on I Message on your iPhone. And by the way, 0:53:23.040 --> 0:53:25.640 before you deregister, go ahead and turn off I Message 0:53:25.680 --> 0:53:28.240 on all your devices. That's what I would do, Joseph, 0:53:28.320 --> 0:53:31.000 and hopefully that should knock this person off of your 0:53:31.040 --> 0:53:34.560 account and hopefully they can't come back. Eighty eight Rich 0:53:34.600 --> 0:53:38.200 one O one. We're talking AI and hacking. Coming up 0:53:38.200 --> 0:53:43.360 next on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:53:43.600 --> 0:53:48.000 Rich DeMuro here talking technology with you at triple eight 0:53:48.719 --> 0:53:52.239 Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:53:52.320 --> 0:53:57.240 to two four one zero one. Let's go to Michael 0:53:57.360 --> 0:53:59.960 in Waco, Texas. Michael, you're on with Rich. 0:54:00.960 --> 0:54:03.520 Hey, good day, Rich Good to talk to you. So 0:54:04.200 --> 0:54:06.480 are you familiar I would imagine you are with the 0:54:06.520 --> 0:54:13.440 Samsung Galaxy keyboard setup. Yes, you get the upper case. 0:54:13.320 --> 0:54:14.319 Lower case. 0:54:15.800 --> 0:54:18.640 Numbers and characters all on one screen. 0:54:19.719 --> 0:54:19.959 Yes. 0:54:21.040 --> 0:54:23.400 Yeah, so that's the thing one of the things I 0:54:23.480 --> 0:54:28.719 love about Android. But I and I've tried iPhone yep, 0:54:28.760 --> 0:54:32.880 and I went back to Galaxy because of that. It 0:54:32.960 --> 0:54:37.080 might sound petty, but that particular thing is very important 0:54:37.120 --> 0:54:40.480 to me with when texting and all that. So I'm 0:54:40.480 --> 0:54:43.279 wondering from you, Rich if you know of how to 0:54:43.360 --> 0:54:46.560 get that keyboard on an iPhone. 0:54:47.160 --> 0:54:50.080 Well, you can change the keyboards on the iPhone, but 0:54:50.120 --> 0:54:52.520 I will tell you yes, And you know this because 0:54:52.520 --> 0:54:54.760 you've said you've compared the iPhone versus Android. 0:54:54.840 --> 0:54:55.640 It's not the same. 0:54:55.719 --> 0:54:58.200 The iPhone lets you swap out the keyboard, but to 0:54:58.239 --> 0:55:01.920 be quite honest here, I go back to the iPhone 0:55:01.960 --> 0:55:05.359 keyboard because the experience is not very good. It's fact 0:55:05.560 --> 0:55:07.640 they try to let you do things on the iPhone 0:55:07.640 --> 0:55:10.160 that kind of like, you know, into great third party stuff, 0:55:10.160 --> 0:55:12.719 but sometimes it's not like they just push you back 0:55:12.760 --> 0:55:15.799 to Apple because you're so frustrated that you're like, never mind. 0:55:16.200 --> 0:55:17.200 It's not good, right. 0:55:17.520 --> 0:55:20.160 I'm just wondering if you knew a better solution for 0:55:20.239 --> 0:55:23.640 some for an Android or a Galaxy fan like me 0:55:23.840 --> 0:55:26.239 to have that experience on the iPhone because all my 0:55:26.280 --> 0:55:29.040 people at work, they're all. 0:55:28.880 --> 0:55:31.000 On iPhone, They're all on I Message. 0:55:31.320 --> 0:55:34.680 Even the business is an iPhone based communication with our 0:55:34.719 --> 0:55:37.840 calendars and business and all that. So just looking for 0:55:37.880 --> 0:55:38.400 a solution. 0:55:38.719 --> 0:55:41.520 Yeah, well, okay, there are keyboards that allow you to 0:55:41.560 --> 0:55:44.360 do this. And I think we had this question earlier 0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:47.799 one like an earlier show, and I believe swift key 0:55:47.880 --> 0:55:51.640 was the keyboard that kind of became the one that 0:55:51.760 --> 0:55:54.239 people liked for this and swift Have you heard of 0:55:54.239 --> 0:55:54.799 swift key. 0:55:55.480 --> 0:55:56.680 I'm writing it down right now. 0:55:56.719 --> 0:55:57.160 I have not. 0:55:57.520 --> 0:56:00.319 Okay, So swift key is and I'm actually installed it 0:56:00.400 --> 0:56:03.600 right now to see if we've got this keyboard here. 0:56:03.920 --> 0:56:04.480 So let's see. 0:56:04.480 --> 0:56:06.239 We go to swift key and we have to do 0:56:06.320 --> 0:56:11.239 the layout and let's see settings. Okay, sorry that I'm 0:56:11.239 --> 0:56:14.040 doing this on the radio live. That's always always makes 0:56:14.080 --> 0:56:16.719 for great radio. But yes, I added number row and 0:56:16.800 --> 0:56:20.120 now I'm back to the keyboard and let's see. Let 0:56:20.160 --> 0:56:22.960 me try typing something. Sure enough, there it is, so 0:56:23.480 --> 0:56:25.560 the number row. So what you what this is called 0:56:25.680 --> 0:56:28.879 is the number row, Michael, And that's what you want 0:56:28.880 --> 0:56:31.600 to look for in the app. And so it's funny 0:56:31.640 --> 0:56:33.880 you say this because I'm actually actively testing a lot 0:56:33.880 --> 0:56:35.560 of Samsungs right now because it just came out with 0:56:35.600 --> 0:56:40.360 all of their you know, foldables, and I've been logging 0:56:40.400 --> 0:56:42.680 into a lot of things, and of course with passwords, 0:56:42.680 --> 0:56:45.080 a lot of them are numbers and letters and a combination, 0:56:45.640 --> 0:56:47.279 and they do have that number row at the top, 0:56:47.280 --> 0:56:48.920 and I was thinking about, like, oh, that is kind 0:56:48.920 --> 0:56:50.399 of handy to have, but. 0:56:50.719 --> 0:56:53.160 Very hand swift key will let you do it. 0:56:53.200 --> 0:56:55.200 So I'm looking at this right now and I can 0:56:55.239 --> 0:56:59.799 type rich on Tech twenty twenty twenty three and it's 0:56:59.880 --> 0:57:03.120 right there. You just have to enable that in the settings, 0:57:03.160 --> 0:57:05.839 but it's there. So swift key will do it. And 0:57:06.120 --> 0:57:07.000 let's see. 0:57:07.800 --> 0:57:10.440 That does that have the dual key to get to 0:57:10.600 --> 0:57:11.480 characters as well? 0:57:12.000 --> 0:57:14.960 Yes, it does, and it has exactly it's it's pretty much. 0:57:14.960 --> 0:57:17.920 I mean, this is Microsoft bought this company, and swift 0:57:17.960 --> 0:57:21.160 key is probably like the top keyboard outside of the 0:57:21.760 --> 0:57:24.640 you know, the standard you know keyboards that are installed now. 0:57:24.640 --> 0:57:25.840 The other one is g board. 0:57:27.040 --> 0:57:28.360 Yeah, I've tried that one. 0:57:28.400 --> 0:57:31.200 It didn't that one doesn't have it. 0:57:31.200 --> 0:57:32.160 It didn't work for me. 0:57:32.280 --> 0:57:34.120 Okay, so so I would try swift key. 0:57:34.160 --> 0:57:36.000 I think people like that a lot, and that's the 0:57:36.000 --> 0:57:38.720 one that I try now on iPhone. You know, if 0:57:38.720 --> 0:57:41.160 you're listening to this and you're wondering how to switch 0:57:41.240 --> 0:57:44.120 keyboards on iPhone, you can switch keyboards by once you 0:57:44.200 --> 0:57:46.560 install a couple of keyboards, you'll see a little globe 0:57:46.640 --> 0:57:49.400 in the lower left hand corner. You can tap that 0:57:49.880 --> 0:57:52.360 and switch between the keyboards. So if you want to 0:57:52.400 --> 0:57:55.480 switch to the emoging keyboard or the regular, you know, 0:57:55.600 --> 0:57:59.680 iPhone keyboard, you can do that as well. So, but 0:57:59.800 --> 0:58:01.480 you know, I think swift key's going to do it. 0:58:01.440 --> 0:58:01.919 For you, Mike. 0:58:02.960 --> 0:58:05.360 If this one works, I wouldn't be switching back, that's 0:58:05.400 --> 0:58:05.920 for sure. 0:58:06.160 --> 0:58:07.560 Really, So what what do you like? 0:58:07.720 --> 0:58:09.640 You just the iPhone just makes it easier for you 0:58:09.760 --> 0:58:11.600 for just getting on board with everyone else. 0:58:12.160 --> 0:58:16.560 Well, yeah, for communicating and all that, and especially the 0:58:17.240 --> 0:58:20.440 calendar thing that we use at work. But I just 0:58:20.920 --> 0:58:24.360 have enjoyed for years and years the Galaxy and the 0:58:24.520 --> 0:58:27.520 all in one. I don't have to switch screens to 0:58:27.600 --> 0:58:30.280 go to capitals or to the numbers or to the characters. 0:58:30.320 --> 0:58:33.680 It's just I've just been so used to the Galaxy. 0:58:34.600 --> 0:58:36.400 Switching over was frustrating. 0:58:36.600 --> 0:58:38.840 Yeah, I hear you, and it goes both ways. People 0:58:38.880 --> 0:58:40.480 at our iPhone, they don't want to switch over to 0:58:40.680 --> 0:58:43.080 Android and Android they come over and they're like, wait 0:58:43.080 --> 0:58:45.560 a second, this is all this is all too easy. 0:58:45.640 --> 0:58:46.360 No, I'm kidding. 0:58:47.080 --> 0:58:50.200 My wife thinks I'm a moron, absolutely, and it's just 0:58:50.320 --> 0:58:50.760 my thing. 0:58:51.040 --> 0:58:53.280 Yeah, I get it. It's what you like and people 0:58:53.280 --> 0:58:55.640 get used to things. So all right, good question. Check 0:58:55.640 --> 0:58:57.320 it out, Michael, and send me an email. Let me 0:58:57.360 --> 0:58:57.840 know if it works. 0:58:57.880 --> 0:58:59.280 Okay, I will thank you. 0:58:59.320 --> 0:59:01.560 All right, thanks, call and then finding me. I appreciate that, 0:59:02.400 --> 0:59:04.840 all right. Eight eight eight rich one oh one. Look 0:59:04.840 --> 0:59:07.600 at this solving problems all day long here. I love 0:59:07.640 --> 0:59:10.040 it when it's that easy. Eight eight eight seven four 0:59:10.080 --> 0:59:13.160 to two four one zero one. I've said before, I 0:59:13.160 --> 0:59:15.480 don't have all the answers, like off the top of 0:59:15.480 --> 0:59:19.440 my head instantly. Sometimes it's fun to kind of you know, 0:59:19.480 --> 0:59:21.400 you're just trying to figure this stuff out. And what 0:59:21.520 --> 0:59:24.080 I was actually talking to a friend about this. One 0:59:24.080 --> 0:59:26.560 of the things I love about having this show is 0:59:26.600 --> 0:59:30.600 that I'm learning so much because I have a certain 0:59:30.600 --> 0:59:32.600 amount of knowledge and the things that I cover and 0:59:32.640 --> 0:59:34.320 the stuff that I talk about and the stuff I'm 0:59:34.320 --> 0:59:37.480 interested in, and then you come to me with a 0:59:37.560 --> 0:59:39.640 question like that, like Rich, I need a number road 0:59:39.640 --> 0:59:41.600 at the top of my keyboard. I wouldn't think about 0:59:41.600 --> 0:59:43.280 that because I don't need it. I don't want that, 0:59:43.320 --> 0:59:46.200 I don't need I don't have that need for that feature. 0:59:46.280 --> 0:59:47.640 Not that I don't want it, but I just don't 0:59:47.640 --> 0:59:49.800 really think about it. And so when you come to me, 0:59:49.840 --> 0:59:51.920 I say, oh, that's interesting, and then it all kind 0:59:51.920 --> 0:59:55.000 of goes, you know, into the help for other folks. 0:59:56.160 --> 1:00:02.280 Let's see here Verizon raising prices. Verizon is raising prices 1:00:02.320 --> 1:00:07.000 for several unlimited post just unlimited wireless plans. They call 1:00:07.080 --> 1:00:08.720 them post paid. That means that you get a bill, 1:00:09.360 --> 1:00:10.560 but now everyone's on auto pay. 1:00:10.600 --> 1:00:11.000 It's kind of. 1:00:11.040 --> 1:00:15.160 Confusing because there's prepaid and then there's post paid. But 1:00:15.760 --> 1:00:18.520 no matter what plan you're on, you're pretty much paying 1:00:18.560 --> 1:00:20.520 your bill on autopay at this point because if you're not, 1:00:20.600 --> 1:00:23.479 they're charging you extra. So most people are forced into 1:00:23.520 --> 1:00:26.640 paying automatically. And the reason I don't like doing that, 1:00:26.680 --> 1:00:29.080 even though I do it myself too, is because when 1:00:29.080 --> 1:00:31.640 you have a problem with your bill, what happens. They've 1:00:31.680 --> 1:00:33.720 already got the money. Now you've got to fight them 1:00:33.800 --> 1:00:35.800 to get it back. And so this happened with me. 1:00:35.840 --> 1:00:38.920 The other day my bill went up. I activated a 1:00:39.440 --> 1:00:42.120 smart watch for my kid, and it was so such 1:00:42.120 --> 1:00:44.760 a pain to activate this thing. I figured I should 1:00:44.760 --> 1:00:46.600 not have to pay whatever it was. I think it 1:00:46.640 --> 1:00:49.440 was like forty dollars to activate it, which, by the way, 1:00:49.480 --> 1:00:51.080 it's self service most of the time. But in this 1:00:51.120 --> 1:00:53.360 case I did have to talk to a customer representative 1:00:53.360 --> 1:00:55.960 because nothing worked and it took a while. It took 1:00:56.120 --> 1:00:58.440 like two hours to activate this thing, And I said, now, 1:00:58.440 --> 1:01:00.120 why should I have to pay the forty dollars are 1:01:00.160 --> 1:01:02.120 going to charge me when it took so much time 1:01:02.280 --> 1:01:05.280 of me, of my time to do this. Anyway, but 1:01:05.320 --> 1:01:07.160 they already had it on my bill. It was auto pay. 1:01:07.200 --> 1:01:08.480 It came out of my card. It's like, what am 1:01:08.520 --> 1:01:10.120 I gonna do? And by the way, it's not even 1:01:10.120 --> 1:01:12.520 on my card, it's like out of my checking account 1:01:12.560 --> 1:01:15.080 because that you have to put your checking account in 1:01:15.160 --> 1:01:17.240 now to make it, you know, so they don't charge 1:01:17.280 --> 1:01:20.240 you ten dollars a month anyway. I say all that 1:01:20.280 --> 1:01:23.360 because starting with the September bill cycle, customers on the 1:01:23.560 --> 1:01:30.280 go unlimited beyond unlimited, above unlimited, we'll see a price 1:01:30.360 --> 1:01:33.680 hike of three dollars per month. So if you're on 1:01:33.800 --> 1:01:35.800 Verizon and you notice your bill's gone up a bit, 1:01:36.120 --> 1:01:37.920 there you go. It's up five dollars now. This is 1:01:37.960 --> 1:01:42.120 an addition to a two dollars monthly price hike various 1:01:42.400 --> 1:01:45.600 Verizon plans had a couple of months ago. Back in April, 1:01:46.360 --> 1:01:49.360 AT and T raised prices for its old unlimited Elite 1:01:49.400 --> 1:01:52.520 plans by two dollars and fifty cents per line per month. 1:01:52.920 --> 1:01:53.480 They did that. 1:01:54.560 --> 1:01:57.600 Verizon says the rate adjustment is aimed at funding network 1:01:57.600 --> 1:02:00.880 and service improvements and customer a Oh, by the way, 1:02:00.880 --> 1:02:03.600 they're encouraged to switch to the new Unlimited Plus or 1:02:03.680 --> 1:02:07.200 Unlimited Welcome plans. That is really what this is all about. 1:02:07.240 --> 1:02:10.200 It's all about getting you on new plans because the 1:02:10.200 --> 1:02:14.160 old plans typically are better. Doesn't cost them anything to 1:02:14.280 --> 1:02:16.760 keep their system with the old plan in there, but 1:02:17.160 --> 1:02:19.040 somehow they want you to switch to the new one. 1:02:19.800 --> 1:02:22.640 The changes do not impact the do more, Play more 1:02:22.680 --> 1:02:25.800 and get more plans? Are we still talking phone plans here? 1:02:26.360 --> 1:02:29.560 Sounds like you're out like a club do more, play more, 1:02:29.640 --> 1:02:30.120 Get more? 1:02:33.600 --> 1:02:34.040 Uh. 1:02:34.520 --> 1:02:37.880 Affected customers will be informed about the rate adjustment through email, 1:02:38.040 --> 1:02:40.960 physical mail, and their next bill. Basically, they just tell 1:02:41.000 --> 1:02:43.120 you on your bill, like, hey, this bill's going up, 1:02:43.120 --> 1:02:46.600 and by the way, you've already paid it. So there 1:02:46.640 --> 1:02:49.280 you go. Daved Busters, do more, play more, get more. 1:02:50.240 --> 1:02:53.280 That's your Verizon plan, all right. 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Gary's and Coasta mesa. 1:03:38.200 --> 1:03:39.520 Gary, You're on with Rich. 1:03:40.840 --> 1:03:46.640 Hello, Rich, thank you. My questions are regarding prayer copiers. 1:03:46.760 --> 1:03:50.760 I'm using EPSOM to narrow it down here for various reasons, 1:03:51.200 --> 1:03:56.760 and I've been using for years older brand name inks, 1:03:56.800 --> 1:04:00.360 but I discovered that there are remanufacturers inks for about 1:04:00.360 --> 1:04:02.520 a tenth of their price, and I'm doing a lot 1:04:02.560 --> 1:04:05.360 of printing, so it's been costing me thousands of dollars 1:04:05.440 --> 1:04:08.560 for ink, and I'd like to pay less. And so 1:04:08.680 --> 1:04:17.560 I'm wondering if there's universal opinions about using the remanufacturing cartridges, 1:04:17.600 --> 1:04:19.840 and I guess I have some specific questions about what 1:04:20.000 --> 1:04:21.200 might be problems with them. 1:04:22.240 --> 1:04:24.880 Well, I think you know, if you talk to the 1:04:24.920 --> 1:04:27.480 manufacturers of the printers, they don't want you to use them, 1:04:27.880 --> 1:04:30.360 and or you know, because they make more money on 1:04:30.800 --> 1:04:32.200 the ones that are expensive. 1:04:32.600 --> 1:04:33.880 Yeah, that's why I'm asking you. 1:04:34.120 --> 1:04:36.760 Yeah, and they would probably also tell you that the 1:04:36.800 --> 1:04:40.560 cartridges are higher quality. They're going to preserve your warranty, 1:04:40.960 --> 1:04:42.760 your printouts are going to be better, You're not going 1:04:42.760 --> 1:04:46.760 to damage your printer. But I would say I wouldn't 1:04:46.760 --> 1:04:49.320 worry about any of that stuff. If have you tried 1:04:49.360 --> 1:04:50.080 these cartridges? 1:04:50.760 --> 1:04:54.160 Oh, yeah, I have. And it may be only coincidental 1:04:54.240 --> 1:04:59.600 that I did have one color one of the color 1:04:59.720 --> 1:05:02.640 novels was plugged up after using it, But I don't 1:05:02.840 --> 1:05:06.280 it may be only coincidental because then I had to 1:05:06.320 --> 1:05:10.920 replace the printer because of it, because I couldn't make 1:05:10.960 --> 1:05:13.640 that work right. I still may be able to fix it, 1:05:13.680 --> 1:05:16.640 so I have it maybe resell or something. But anyway, 1:05:16.680 --> 1:05:19.800 I tried it on another one and it seemed to work. 1:05:19.800 --> 1:05:22.760 It didn't cause a problem until the next question I 1:05:22.800 --> 1:05:26.520 have is the problem is that it says on the 1:05:26.560 --> 1:05:29.000 screen when I'm using that, and it didn't at first. 1:05:30.160 --> 1:05:32.920 I'm a new one, and all of a sudden it 1:05:32.960 --> 1:05:37.320 started saying, you're not using an original cartridge, and then 1:05:37.360 --> 1:05:40.640 it wouldn't let us go on ahead, whereas previously on 1:05:40.800 --> 1:05:43.640 both the new machine and the older one, it would 1:05:43.640 --> 1:05:46.840 say you're not using an original cartridge? Do you wish 1:05:46.880 --> 1:05:49.479 to go ahead? And I'd say yes, and then they'd 1:05:49.520 --> 1:05:56.440 say nine original cartriges can cause problems or something, but 1:05:56.480 --> 1:05:59.480 they didn't delineate why, and then it would work. And 1:05:59.560 --> 1:06:03.840 I did that for you know, maybe half a year now. 1:06:04.600 --> 1:06:08.760 But now with the new machine it's, uh, it's not 1:06:08.880 --> 1:06:13.640 letting me go ahead and print anything. So I'm wondering 1:06:13.680 --> 1:06:17.680 whether updates in the meantime have caused it to to 1:06:17.760 --> 1:06:20.640 do that. And they have an update now that that 1:06:20.800 --> 1:06:25.640 blocks you from using the original ones or something else, 1:06:25.720 --> 1:06:30.080 or you know anything about that or how to reverse 1:06:30.080 --> 1:06:31.520 that update. If that's the case. 1:06:32.240 --> 1:06:34.800 Well, this has been going on as long as printers 1:06:34.840 --> 1:06:37.480 have been around and it's a you know, it's d 1:06:37.680 --> 1:06:40.640 r M. Basically, they want you to use their genuine 1:06:40.680 --> 1:06:44.280 stuff because they make more money on it. It's uh, 1:06:44.360 --> 1:06:46.280 you know, it's it's part of their business plan. They 1:06:46.320 --> 1:06:49.160 want you to use. You know, it's like a it's 1:06:49.160 --> 1:06:50.920 like a razor blade. You know, you can buy a 1:06:51.000 --> 1:06:54.120 razor and get a different blade for it and it's 1:06:54.120 --> 1:06:56.160 going to work, but you know, it may not give 1:06:56.160 --> 1:06:57.960 you the same cut. So it's the same thing with 1:06:58.000 --> 1:07:00.160 these cartridges. And I guess the bottom line and all 1:07:00.160 --> 1:07:03.320 this is you can look online until your eyes fall 1:07:03.320 --> 1:07:05.440 out of your head and get different opinions on what 1:07:05.480 --> 1:07:09.560 people think about this. Right, some people are vehemently opposed 1:07:09.920 --> 1:07:13.520 to the fact that these cartridges and these printers push 1:07:13.640 --> 1:07:16.520 their own and they actually have DRM, like you said, 1:07:16.560 --> 1:07:20.400 the software that blocks other cartridges that are not genuine. 1:07:20.840 --> 1:07:23.280 And some people believe, like, wait a second, you know 1:07:23.400 --> 1:07:26.080 this is my printer. I purchase this, and this is 1:07:26.120 --> 1:07:27.600 what I want to use, and I want to put 1:07:27.600 --> 1:07:30.040 this in there. But if you read the terms of service, 1:07:30.160 --> 1:07:32.080 a lot of times they may have in there that 1:07:32.200 --> 1:07:35.680 you only can use their cartridges. So I think the 1:07:35.720 --> 1:07:38.800 bottom line for you gary is that. If it's working 1:07:38.840 --> 1:07:41.520 for you, then go ahead and use it. You're printing 1:07:41.520 --> 1:07:43.560 a lot. It's costing you a lot of money. If 1:07:43.600 --> 1:07:46.160 you feel like the print quality is fine and your 1:07:46.200 --> 1:07:48.200 printer is performing the way that you want it to, 1:07:48.760 --> 1:07:52.360 go ahead. But you've already told me that you already 1:07:52.360 --> 1:07:55.600 had to replace one of these printers because the nozzle 1:07:55.640 --> 1:07:58.680 got clogged, and now you have this headache with your printer, 1:07:58.800 --> 1:08:01.880 saying this is not genuine. And sure, you can search 1:08:01.920 --> 1:08:04.400 online for the name of your printer and the model 1:08:04.440 --> 1:08:08.240 number and how to bypass that cartridge protection or they, 1:08:08.400 --> 1:08:10.800 you know, whatever they call it. Just search for DRM 1:08:10.920 --> 1:08:13.560 on EPSOM, printer model whatever it is, how to turn 1:08:13.600 --> 1:08:15.720 that off, and they may have a way to do that. 1:08:16.120 --> 1:08:17.680 But again it's how much time do you want to 1:08:17.720 --> 1:08:20.400 spend on this and how much headache do you want? 1:08:20.800 --> 1:08:24.120 So do the cost comparison, figure out. If it's working 1:08:24.160 --> 1:08:26.840 for you, then go ahead use these cartridges. If it's 1:08:26.840 --> 1:08:29.040 not working for you, go back to the genuine and 1:08:29.200 --> 1:08:30.920 you know, maybe just buy them in bulk or buy 1:08:30.920 --> 1:08:32.680 them at a place that you can get you know, 1:08:33.000 --> 1:08:34.960 a discount on or you know, you buy a certain 1:08:35.000 --> 1:08:37.400 amount and you get a refund later on, or a 1:08:37.439 --> 1:08:40.880 you know, coupon for a future reference, whatever. But I 1:08:40.880 --> 1:08:43.200 think it really comes down to personal preference. I have 1:08:43.280 --> 1:08:47.479 an HP printer. I use the HP Inc Subscription because 1:08:47.479 --> 1:08:48.759 I print a lot for this show. 1:08:49.200 --> 1:08:50.200 And do I like it? 1:08:50.760 --> 1:08:50.840 No? 1:08:51.280 --> 1:08:53.200 Do I think it's kind of ridiculous that I pay 1:08:53.240 --> 1:08:56.479 thirteen dollars a month because I'm beholden to my printer ink? 1:08:56.600 --> 1:08:59.200 Yes? Is it easy? Absolutely? 1:08:59.520 --> 1:09:01.680 When my artridge almost runs out, I get a new 1:09:01.680 --> 1:09:02.880 one in the mail. I don't even have to do 1:09:02.920 --> 1:09:06.120 anything because it's figuring this out for me. So again, 1:09:06.600 --> 1:09:09.000 I really think it comes down to personal preference. 1:09:09.000 --> 1:09:12.320 Here. Is it illegal to use a cartridge that's remade? 1:09:12.360 --> 1:09:12.400 No? 1:09:13.120 --> 1:09:13.719 Is it bad? 1:09:13.960 --> 1:09:17.720 Probably not. There are entire stores dedicated to refilling printer ink. 1:09:17.800 --> 1:09:21.320 This stuff is the subject of like court appeals where 1:09:21.320 --> 1:09:23.280 people are you know, these businesses are saying, hey, we 1:09:23.360 --> 1:09:26.640 just want to refill cartridges. I mean it's wild. I 1:09:26.640 --> 1:09:28.040 mean if you bought a car and they said you 1:09:28.040 --> 1:09:29.840 can only use this kind of oil for it, I 1:09:29.840 --> 1:09:32.200 think people would say, huh ah, I can use whatever 1:09:32.240 --> 1:09:35.240 oil I want. So again, like I said, Gary, it 1:09:35.360 --> 1:09:37.280 just really comes down to what you think and what 1:09:37.360 --> 1:09:38.479 you feel comfortable doing. 1:09:38.520 --> 1:09:39.400 So that's what I would do. 1:09:39.600 --> 1:09:41.639 But if you already had to replace that printer head once, 1:09:41.800 --> 1:09:45.640 you know, maybe find a brand of cartridges that you 1:09:45.840 --> 1:09:49.640 like that are reputable and they work. Thanks for the 1:09:49.640 --> 1:09:53.120 call today, appreciate it, uh, Saraphine, Am I saying this right? 1:09:53.160 --> 1:09:55.080 Saraphine in Studio City, California. 1:09:55.120 --> 1:09:57.559 You're on with Rich Absolutely correct. 1:09:57.720 --> 1:10:00.599 We spoke about a year or so ago, the artist 1:10:00.680 --> 1:10:02.320 that I spoke with you about. 1:10:03.920 --> 1:10:06.400 Oh yes, I remember absolutely. Hello. 1:10:07.160 --> 1:10:13.720 Hi, Okay, I have periodically had to shoot videos for 1:10:13.920 --> 1:10:17.599 an exhibition, so I need to make a mock up 1:10:17.880 --> 1:10:21.400 and then shoot the video as though it's the show. 1:10:22.800 --> 1:10:26.639 I want to know if on my iPhone I can 1:10:27.280 --> 1:10:33.120 edit the videos like people do in imovies, because I 1:10:33.160 --> 1:10:35.720 don't want to have to learn another software. 1:10:36.520 --> 1:10:37.679 And you already know iMovie. 1:10:38.600 --> 1:10:41.840 No, I know the video. I know how to shoot videos, okay, 1:10:41.920 --> 1:10:45.960 but I just you know, I just found out about 1:10:46.040 --> 1:10:49.920 eyemovies because I asked someone younger than myself who. 1:10:50.280 --> 1:10:51.720 That's usually the way to do it, right. 1:10:52.920 --> 1:10:56.760 Yeah, I'm gonna be seventy five. I just you know, 1:10:57.000 --> 1:11:01.200 I'm I can do photoshop, an illustrator and all that 1:11:01.240 --> 1:11:03.479 kind of stuffs. Well, I just didn't want to have 1:11:03.560 --> 1:11:05.160 to spend the time to learn iMovie. 1:11:05.400 --> 1:11:07.720 Okay, well, if you want to edit, you're gonna have 1:11:07.800 --> 1:11:10.280 to learn it. But I'll be honest, it's pretty easy 1:11:10.360 --> 1:11:12.479 and it depends how you know in depth you want 1:11:12.520 --> 1:11:16.400 to make these videos. But I have used I've used iMovie, 1:11:16.960 --> 1:11:20.240 and it's actually my least favorite on the iPhone, So 1:11:20.320 --> 1:11:23.160 I actually wouldn't necessarily recommend it unless you're just doing 1:11:23.200 --> 1:11:25.760 something really simple. I think it's actually the most complicated 1:11:25.800 --> 1:11:27.960 out of all of them. But if you want something 1:11:28.000 --> 1:11:31.040 that's free that will do it, I personally would recommend 1:11:31.479 --> 1:11:34.400 either cap Cut c ap Cut. 1:11:34.720 --> 1:11:36.000 It's called cap cut. 1:11:36.640 --> 1:11:39.960 It's actually owned by TikTok, which I know might turn 1:11:40.000 --> 1:11:43.000 some people off, but it is a great free video editor. 1:11:43.280 --> 1:11:46.120 It works on both iPhone and Android, and it is 1:11:46.200 --> 1:11:49.200 quite incredible what you can do for free. My other 1:11:49.320 --> 1:11:53.280 choice after that is called Splice s p L Iice, 1:11:54.280 --> 1:11:56.519 and that works on both iPhone and Android as well, 1:11:56.560 --> 1:11:59.840 but it is it's free, but you will have to 1:11:59.840 --> 1:12:02.040 pay if you want to use the premium feature. So 1:12:02.479 --> 1:12:05.160 I check out capcut Seraphine. I think that that's probably 1:12:05.160 --> 1:12:08.000 gonna be the easiest to use, and again you can 1:12:08.040 --> 1:12:10.200 ask that same young person for help and they'll probably 1:12:10.280 --> 1:12:13.120 know how to use it. You're listening to rich on Tech. 1:12:14.479 --> 1:12:18.040 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:12:18.080 --> 1:12:22.160 out with you, talking technology. This is the show where 1:12:22.200 --> 1:12:24.400 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 1:12:24.400 --> 1:12:27.320 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 1:12:27.479 --> 1:12:31.080 tech questions. Phone lines are open at eight eight eight 1:12:31.360 --> 1:12:35.320 Rich one oh one, triple eight seven four to two 1:12:35.400 --> 1:12:40.160 four one zero one. Coming up this hour, Caleb Dennison, 1:12:40.320 --> 1:12:43.160 Editor at large at Digital Trends, is going to talk 1:12:43.200 --> 1:12:46.519 about the best TVs for your money. So if you're 1:12:46.560 --> 1:12:52.240 confused about led versus Mini, led O, Lead versus everything else, 1:12:52.960 --> 1:12:55.920 refresh rate all those terms you see on the box. 1:12:56.280 --> 1:12:59.679 It's all very confusing. Caleb will break it all down 1:12:59.800 --> 1:13:02.160 and have his picks for the best TVs to buy, 1:13:02.200 --> 1:13:03.840 so you don't have to do any more research, just 1:13:04.200 --> 1:13:06.880 get the TVs. He mentioned he tests these things for 1:13:06.920 --> 1:13:09.040 a living. Why should you spend your whole day trying 1:13:09.080 --> 1:13:11.240 to figure this stuff out. We'll have that in a 1:13:11.280 --> 1:13:15.640 little bit. Also, I was talking about the whole surcharge 1:13:15.720 --> 1:13:18.679 thing on the bills, and let's see here. 1:13:18.800 --> 1:13:19.880 Who who was this? 1:13:20.080 --> 1:13:25.160 Fred fred Effects on Twitter tweeted me an article from 1:13:25.640 --> 1:13:29.280 eater Los Angeles. Reddit users in LA have created a 1:13:29.360 --> 1:13:35.400 Google sheet listing various restaurants service charges, noting restaurant names, neighborhoods, 1:13:35.720 --> 1:13:41.120 the surcharge, and more details, including conversations with servers about 1:13:41.120 --> 1:13:43.040 how they allocate these service fees. 1:13:43.200 --> 1:13:45.559 Look at that. So other people are just. 1:13:45.479 --> 1:13:48.400 As wild about this as I am, and they ask 1:13:48.520 --> 1:13:51.360 the servers, hey, does this go to you? And so 1:13:51.560 --> 1:13:55.240 this list is, oh my gosh, it's got let's see 1:13:55.280 --> 1:13:58.479 two hundred and thirty six restaurants on it, including a 1:13:58.520 --> 1:14:02.040 pretzel place. A five percent searcharge will be added to 1:14:02.120 --> 1:14:05.559 ensure competitive industry compensation for all of our valued full 1:14:05.560 --> 1:14:09.680 time employees. This one says where it is owners keep 1:14:09.720 --> 1:14:13.240 credit card tips. I'll put that in the links in 1:14:13.280 --> 1:14:18.360 the show notes. The call end button is moving in 1:14:18.479 --> 1:14:21.479 iOS seventeen and people are all up in arms about it. 1:14:22.120 --> 1:14:25.040 Apple is relocating the end call button from the bottom 1:14:25.160 --> 1:14:28.160 center of the phone screen to the bottom right corner. 1:14:28.720 --> 1:14:31.640 Why are they doing this to accommodate the new contact 1:14:31.680 --> 1:14:35.840 poster full screen backgrounds during calls? So in iOS seventeen 1:14:35.920 --> 1:14:39.040 you can pretty much create your own. They call it 1:14:39.080 --> 1:14:42.040 a contact poster. It's what you look like when you 1:14:42.040 --> 1:14:44.439 call someone else's iPhone. It's like a picture of you. 1:14:44.439 --> 1:14:48.200 You can change the text, change the font, everything, And 1:14:48.280 --> 1:14:50.400 so because of that, they need to change where the 1:14:50.400 --> 1:14:53.920 call end button is. The end call button is now 1:14:53.960 --> 1:14:56.960 mixed in with other in call control buttons like mute 1:14:57.000 --> 1:14:59.880 and FaceTime, and people are saying, ah, I'm gonna be faced. 1:15:00.080 --> 1:15:02.000 I mean, people are muting them because I don't know 1:15:02.000 --> 1:15:06.960 where this phone button went. People are criticizing the change 1:15:07.000 --> 1:15:10.759 on social media. It was first introduced in the iOS 1:15:10.800 --> 1:15:14.679 seventeen beta in June, but I guess people just noticed 1:15:14.720 --> 1:15:16.879 it more now and it's making the rounds. 1:15:18.080 --> 1:15:19.720 Will Apple change it back? We don't know. 1:15:19.760 --> 1:15:21.760 I mean, this is the deal with beta software. They 1:15:21.760 --> 1:15:24.960 take this feedback into consideration, so maybe they will put 1:15:24.960 --> 1:15:27.640 it in a different place. And so that's why, you know, 1:15:27.680 --> 1:15:29.400 when you hear this stuff on the news, you always 1:15:29.400 --> 1:15:32.479 want to just be aware that whenever we're talking about 1:15:32.520 --> 1:15:35.439 beta software, it's not a done deal until it's released. 1:15:35.520 --> 1:15:40.400 We're in August. This was released in June and or July. 1:15:40.520 --> 1:15:42.760 It was like a couple of months ago, and they 1:15:42.920 --> 1:15:46.880 released the final software in September, so anything can change 1:15:47.000 --> 1:15:49.680 until September. Whenever you have beta software, it is not 1:15:49.840 --> 1:15:53.240 a done deal until they release it publicly, you know, 1:15:53.320 --> 1:15:57.200 as a final software in iOS seventeen. And even then, 1:15:57.360 --> 1:15:59.519 Apple can still change things. I mean they still tweak 1:15:59.560 --> 1:16:01.080 stuff all the time. 1:16:02.520 --> 1:16:05.080 Let's go to dan in Uh. Oh gosh, I'm gonna 1:16:05.080 --> 1:16:05.759 say this wrong. 1:16:05.640 --> 1:16:11.519 San Jacinto Dan Nacinco Sand Okay, we'll take your word 1:16:11.560 --> 1:16:11.760 for it. 1:16:11.800 --> 1:16:12.719 How can I help. 1:16:14.040 --> 1:16:15.519 It's out by him anyway? 1:16:15.680 --> 1:16:15.840 Oh? 1:16:15.920 --> 1:16:16.559 Got it? Okay? 1:16:16.600 --> 1:16:21.320 I know, I know it's believe it or not. It's 1:16:21.360 --> 1:16:24.880 older than Hammett. But what can I say? Back in 1:16:24.920 --> 1:16:27.560 the day you have to go to Santa Season and 1:16:27.640 --> 1:16:28.920 trade your animals. 1:16:28.920 --> 1:16:31.920 Ah, okay. And what's what's it known for nowadays? What 1:16:32.479 --> 1:16:35.320 is it like a now restaurants or it's kind. 1:16:35.120 --> 1:16:38.960 Of like a nut. It's not really known for anything. 1:16:38.960 --> 1:16:41.880 It's just kind of an attachment to salmon, I mean, 1:16:41.960 --> 1:16:42.479 ja Hammet. 1:16:42.680 --> 1:16:44.639 Okay, all right, what can I help you with? Dan? 1:16:46.160 --> 1:16:46.559 Anyway? 1:16:46.640 --> 1:16:52.880 I have a a fire TV Cube third generation, the new. 1:16:52.840 --> 1:16:55.880 One, okay, and. 1:16:57.160 --> 1:17:00.960 I also have the upgraded remote, the. 1:17:00.880 --> 1:17:01.640 One that lights up. 1:17:03.000 --> 1:17:04.960 Yes, that's cool. 1:17:05.200 --> 1:17:06.400 Yeah, I love that feature. 1:17:06.400 --> 1:17:08.599 In fact, I wish it was included because you're getting 1:17:08.640 --> 1:17:11.120 you know, the fire TV Cube is the most premium 1:17:11.439 --> 1:17:15.479 fire TV device that Amazon makes, and they make you 1:17:15.479 --> 1:17:16.760 buy another remote. 1:17:16.360 --> 1:17:18.200 For what thirty five bucks? 1:17:18.880 --> 1:17:19.080 Yep. 1:17:19.560 --> 1:17:21.519 But it's a great remote because it lights up, so 1:17:21.560 --> 1:17:23.639 if you want to light up remote in the dark, 1:17:24.080 --> 1:17:26.240 it's easier to see the keys. You can also program 1:17:26.320 --> 1:17:28.240 the keys too. Aren't there two like hot keys you 1:17:28.280 --> 1:17:29.639 can program? 1:17:30.120 --> 1:17:35.040 That's correct, So anyway, that's cool. Yeah, well the other 1:17:35.240 --> 1:17:37.960 they're kind of abate in the ad. What thing is 1:17:38.080 --> 1:17:43.240 is that the there's four buttons down below the that 1:17:44.520 --> 1:17:47.280 you know, the different services. 1:17:46.680 --> 1:17:52.160 That that yeah, yep, Prime Video, Netflix. 1:17:51.720 --> 1:17:54.920 If you order if you order a new remote, well, 1:17:54.960 --> 1:17:56.200 I have different ones on it. 1:17:57.160 --> 1:17:59.439 Oh, so that you're saying that. So this is called 1:17:59.439 --> 1:18:03.160 the elect A Voice Remote Pro. That's the one with 1:18:03.200 --> 1:18:05.599 the back light, and it's got also has a remote 1:18:05.680 --> 1:18:08.200 finder feature, so don't forget about that. You can actually 1:18:08.760 --> 1:18:11.400 locate this remote if it gets lost in the seat cushions. 1:18:11.439 --> 1:18:13.920 You can ask, I believe you just ask Alexa to 1:18:14.200 --> 1:18:15.760 find your remote, right and it'll ring it. 1:18:16.560 --> 1:18:18.559 Yeah, yeah, it'll ring and light up. 1:18:18.880 --> 1:18:19.920 Okay, So that's useful. 1:18:19.960 --> 1:18:22.439 But you're saying that the Prime Video, Netflix, Disney, and 1:18:22.479 --> 1:18:25.560 Hulu on this remote are different than the included remote. 1:18:26.880 --> 1:18:30.240 Than the remote, Like, I'm noting a problem with it. 1:18:30.360 --> 1:18:33.799 So I got a replacement remote because I thought maybe 1:18:33.800 --> 1:18:39.880 it was the remote, and I the it now has 1:18:40.400 --> 1:18:45.160 the bottomer doesn't have Hulu on it anymore. It now 1:18:45.240 --> 1:18:49.880 has Prime, Netflix, Direct TV and Peacock Direct TV. 1:18:51.640 --> 1:18:54.720 Yep, what is what is that? That's kind of weird. 1:18:55.600 --> 1:18:58.120 I'm sure it costs the money. 1:18:58.320 --> 1:19:02.120 That is really strange. Okay, well that's interesting. What can 1:19:02.160 --> 1:19:02.680 I help you with? 1:19:04.240 --> 1:19:09.200 Well, my problem is is that I am I'm kind 1:19:09.240 --> 1:19:12.800 of hard of hearings, so I use wireless headphones to 1:19:12.840 --> 1:19:13.639 connect to the TV. 1:19:13.880 --> 1:19:15.360 So go out? 1:19:15.479 --> 1:19:16.760 Do they go crazy? 1:19:16.960 --> 1:19:17.240 Sure? 1:19:18.160 --> 1:19:25.519 And the headphones that are any headphone that I've tried, 1:19:25.560 --> 1:19:29.080 and I've tried by the call of them under one 1:19:29.160 --> 1:19:35.320 hundred and fifty bucks that I've tried. He interferes with 1:19:35.560 --> 1:19:43.400 the operation of the remote. You can't you can't use 1:19:43.439 --> 1:19:47.439 your navigation controls. You can't. You know how you push 1:19:47.520 --> 1:19:50.680 the blue button and give it likes to command, You 1:19:50.800 --> 1:19:53.240 can't do that. It won't function correctly. 1:19:54.280 --> 1:19:54.519 Huh. 1:19:54.600 --> 1:19:57.320 When you have these when you have these Bluetooth are 1:19:57.320 --> 1:19:59.200 they earbuds or are they headphones? 1:20:00.400 --> 1:20:01.479 They're over the ear head? 1:20:01.600 --> 1:20:03.200 Okay? And what brand are they. 1:20:04.960 --> 1:20:05.480 Any? 1:20:05.920 --> 1:20:08.839 All different kinds of brands. I've used the white ones, 1:20:09.760 --> 1:20:14.559 I've used the ad of fires. The first one that 1:20:14.600 --> 1:20:19.719 I've found that works strap way decent is the Live 1:20:20.000 --> 1:20:24.439 JBL six sixty. Okay, but they heard on my head. 1:20:26.000 --> 1:20:30.360 Yeah, So that's so if it's not one thing, it's another. 1:20:31.600 --> 1:20:31.800 Yeah. 1:20:33.960 --> 1:20:39.400 So I was curious if you had any ideas of 1:20:39.960 --> 1:20:44.760 headphones I could buy it weren't four hundred bucks? 1:20:45.600 --> 1:20:48.759 Well, I have I have not heard of this issue. 1:20:48.840 --> 1:20:54.120 With the Fire TV Cube. We use Bluetooth headphones with 1:20:54.200 --> 1:20:56.320 it and I have not had an issue. I'm going 1:20:56.400 --> 1:20:59.840 to go back and retest because we use my kid 1:20:59.880 --> 1:21:02.320 you us as headphones to listen and I haven't heard 1:21:02.360 --> 1:21:03.040 of any issues. 1:21:03.120 --> 1:21:05.479 So that's it's this is the first I'm hearing of this. 1:21:06.040 --> 1:21:09.360 So what I would say number one is I would 1:21:09.439 --> 1:21:12.439 try to just make sure all the software is up 1:21:12.439 --> 1:21:15.880 to date on the Fire TV Cube, because you know, 1:21:15.920 --> 1:21:18.080 there could be something that they updated and it just 1:21:18.120 --> 1:21:18.759 works better. 1:21:19.200 --> 1:21:20.599 So that would be the number one thing. 1:21:20.680 --> 1:21:23.800 And with the Fire TV Cube sometimes they update the 1:21:23.840 --> 1:21:27.280 software and automatically and sometimes there is an update available, 1:21:27.640 --> 1:21:30.120 so just be sure to go into the settings and 1:21:30.880 --> 1:21:34.040 you know, search around for the software update and just 1:21:34.080 --> 1:21:35.960 make sure that these software is up to date. So 1:21:36.000 --> 1:21:38.320 that's the first thing that I would do, and then 1:21:38.360 --> 1:21:41.160 of course i'd restart the cube just to make sure 1:21:41.160 --> 1:21:44.240 that everything is going well. And when it comes to headphones, 1:21:44.280 --> 1:21:47.680 I mean for an update, for a you know, a recommendation, 1:21:48.320 --> 1:21:51.680 I would defer to the expert that we typically talked to, 1:21:51.720 --> 1:21:54.320 Lauren Dragon at Wirecutter. She's got a whole bunch of 1:21:54.400 --> 1:21:58.840 great picks for headphones. But the problem with headphones is 1:21:58.880 --> 1:22:02.719 they're very individual. You know, what may fit your ears 1:22:02.800 --> 1:22:05.519 and feel comfortable may not feel comfortable in someone else's ears. 1:22:05.560 --> 1:22:07.400 So it's going to be a bit of a you know, 1:22:07.439 --> 1:22:09.040 you're just gonna have to try them and see if 1:22:09.080 --> 1:22:13.320 they work. But her picks, and you want something that's 1:22:13.360 --> 1:22:17.080 not super duper expensive, but she's got a pick that 1:22:17.280 --> 1:22:21.080 is the one More Sono Flow best budget headphones for 1:22:21.160 --> 1:22:24.280 around one hundred dollars. Again it's called the one More 1:22:24.560 --> 1:22:27.840 Sono Flow. So those might be a good choice if 1:22:27.880 --> 1:22:34.080 you want noise cancelation. The anchor noise canceling headphones are 1:22:34.080 --> 1:22:39.240 pretty highly regarded. The Soundcore they're called, and let's see 1:22:39.240 --> 1:22:43.120 there that I believe it's Q twenties and those I mean, 1:22:43.120 --> 1:22:44.639 if you look at the ratings on Amazon. 1:22:44.880 --> 1:22:46.439 I've recommended these to a few people. 1:22:46.479 --> 1:22:50.120 Those are forty five bucks and they have sixty six 1:22:50.160 --> 1:22:53.120 thousand ratings four and a half stars, and they're on 1:22:53.200 --> 1:22:55.720 sale right now for forty five bucks. Now, the good 1:22:55.720 --> 1:22:57.599 news is if you buy these and they don't fit, 1:22:57.720 --> 1:23:01.680 you don't like them, you can return them. But the interference, 1:23:01.760 --> 1:23:04.000 if you're getting that with a lot of different headphones. 1:23:05.160 --> 1:23:07.200 It's odd because you would think that this would be 1:23:07.200 --> 1:23:08.960 a known issue with the fire Cube, and this is 1:23:08.960 --> 1:23:11.720 the first I'm hearing of it. So again, update the 1:23:11.760 --> 1:23:14.960 software check out, you know, just make sure that's all 1:23:15.000 --> 1:23:18.000 working and then maybe just try one of these pair 1:23:18.000 --> 1:23:20.160 of headphones and see if they're going to be better 1:23:20.200 --> 1:23:23.160 than what you've got. But that's the first I'm hearing 1:23:23.160 --> 1:23:26.200 of these issues. So Dan, thanks so much for calling 1:23:26.240 --> 1:23:29.280 in today. Appreciate it, and hopefully you get those things 1:23:29.280 --> 1:23:29.760 working again. 1:23:29.840 --> 1:23:32.320 Let me know on the website. Rich on tech Dot TV. 1:23:33.640 --> 1:23:36.120 Eighty eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven, 1:23:36.200 --> 1:23:39.320 four to two, four to one zero one. This is 1:23:39.520 --> 1:23:44.120 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich 1:23:44.200 --> 1:23:47.479 DeMuro here talking technology at triple eight rich one on 1:23:47.479 --> 1:23:50.240 one eight eight eight seven four to two, four to 1:23:50.320 --> 1:23:54.080 one zero one. Well, California has solidified itself as the 1:23:54.200 --> 1:24:00.639 epicenter of self driving cars. Way Mo and GM Cruise 1:24:00.800 --> 1:24:05.559 are now allowed to offer paid autonomous vehicle services in 1:24:05.640 --> 1:24:11.080 San Francisco twenty four to seven, basically robotaxi services twenty 1:24:11.120 --> 1:24:14.880 four to seven. So this means that San Francisco is 1:24:14.880 --> 1:24:19.160 pretty much the center of the autonomous car industry. Now, 1:24:19.160 --> 1:24:21.200 as you might expect, not everyone was happy about this. 1:24:21.280 --> 1:24:24.599 There was a pretty contentious vote before they approved it. 1:24:25.040 --> 1:24:26.720 But now if you go to San Francisco, you can 1:24:26.760 --> 1:24:30.519 hail a Waimo or a Cruise just as you can 1:24:30.680 --> 1:24:33.800 and Uber with a human driving, except these cars have 1:24:33.880 --> 1:24:35.920 no drivers. They've got about five hundred of them on 1:24:36.000 --> 1:24:39.760 the street. Waimo is allowed to drive it up to 1:24:39.800 --> 1:24:42.599 sixty five miles an hour, Cruise is limited to thirty 1:24:42.600 --> 1:24:46.560 five miles an hour in some weather conditions. As you 1:24:46.640 --> 1:24:50.160 might imagine, people are not happy. Some people are worried 1:24:50.160 --> 1:24:52.840 about these cars just stopping the middle of the streeting 1:24:53.520 --> 1:24:57.519 obstructing emergency vehicles. Other people that support this say, hey, 1:24:57.760 --> 1:25:01.760 this is jobs, this is a positive ECONO impact. There's 1:25:01.800 --> 1:25:06.920 also another article about people summoning these cars and how 1:25:06.920 --> 1:25:09.559 do we say this nicely? Doing things in the back 1:25:09.640 --> 1:25:13.920 seat because there's no one in the front seat. So 1:25:14.680 --> 1:25:21.080 that's interesting. That was an article today. Boo, are you 1:25:21.240 --> 1:25:23.320 saying you think that's a good thing. I don't want 1:25:23.320 --> 1:25:28.320 to be in that seat after these people. This was 1:25:28.360 --> 1:25:31.160 an article in the San Francisco Standard. I haven't heard 1:25:31.160 --> 1:25:33.400 of the San Francisco Standard until I read this article, 1:25:33.439 --> 1:25:36.760 but now I know all about it. And it didn't 1:25:36.800 --> 1:25:39.920 go into, you know, specific details, but let's just say, yeah, 1:25:40.080 --> 1:25:42.600 that's an interesting thing. I wouldn't have thought of, but 1:25:42.760 --> 1:25:44.720 now I know, and I can't get out of my head. 1:25:45.920 --> 1:25:50.400 Speaking of electric cars, GM has unveiled the twenty twenty 1:25:50.479 --> 1:25:56.519 five Cadillac Escalade IQ. Yeah, twenty twenty five Cadillac Escalate 1:25:56.600 --> 1:25:59.960 IQ is the first ever all electric full size su 1:26:00.240 --> 1:26:03.960 from Cadillac. They've got the lyric, but this is like, okay, lyric, 1:26:04.080 --> 1:26:09.679 hold my beer, I'm the Cadillac Escalate. I mean four 1:26:09.760 --> 1:26:12.639 hundred and fifty miles on a full charge. It's got 1:26:12.640 --> 1:26:18.960 this cool fifty five inch diagonal display inside supercrus driver assistance, 1:26:19.000 --> 1:26:21.520 which basically lets it drive by itself on the freeways 1:26:21.960 --> 1:26:25.559 or highways. Plus bi directional charging, which means you can 1:26:25.640 --> 1:26:27.680 charge your house or I guess power your house with 1:26:27.720 --> 1:26:30.559 this thing. It's built on the Ultium platform, which is 1:26:30.560 --> 1:26:32.519 what GM is now pushing as their new kind of 1:26:32.560 --> 1:26:36.439 battery technology. Seven hundred and fifty horse power. It can 1:26:36.439 --> 1:26:38.679 go from zero to sixty and less than five seconds. 1:26:38.720 --> 1:26:42.120 And this is this a big boy, So that's saying 1:26:42.120 --> 1:26:44.160 a lot seven hundred and eighty five pounds of torque. 1:26:45.240 --> 1:26:49.400 Let's see what else supports? Eight hundred vault DC fast charging. 1:26:50.160 --> 1:26:51.800 You can get up to one hundred miles of range 1:26:51.800 --> 1:26:54.800 in ten minutes. And it's got all the you know, 1:26:54.920 --> 1:26:58.800 GM technology stuff. Let's see starting price. Here we go, 1:26:59.400 --> 1:27:03.920 one hundred and thirty grand. All right, lost my interest. 1:27:05.320 --> 1:27:08.679 These things are not cheap, but they're beautiful. The last 1:27:08.680 --> 1:27:10.680 time I drove an escalade the gas version, I mean 1:27:10.680 --> 1:27:12.919 these things are they're like, they're amazing. 1:27:14.040 --> 1:27:14.200 Uh. 1:27:14.600 --> 1:27:16.200 The only thing that would keep me from getting this 1:27:16.280 --> 1:27:19.040 besides the price, there's no car play or Android Auto. 1:27:19.080 --> 1:27:22.800 According to the Verge, it will use Google's infotainment, which 1:27:22.800 --> 1:27:26.160 I'm sure is fine, but I'll be honest. So you know, 1:27:26.240 --> 1:27:29.400 my car doesn't have Android Auto or car Play. And 1:27:29.520 --> 1:27:31.240 because I you know, my car had the hit and run, 1:27:31.280 --> 1:27:33.880 it's been in the shop for six weeks. I've had 1:27:34.160 --> 1:27:37.040 a rental with Android Auto and car Play and it's 1:27:37.040 --> 1:27:39.240 just so nice, so nice to have. 1:27:41.520 --> 1:27:46.760 John is in Alhambra. John, you're on with Rich. I'm 1:27:46.760 --> 1:27:48.000 doing fantastic. What's up? 1:27:48.680 --> 1:27:50.439 Well, I'm calling a new gush that I call her 1:27:50.479 --> 1:27:53.400 with thee printer. Sure I do that as long as 1:27:53.439 --> 1:27:55.960 it's not doing any type of facialty printing anything like that. 1:27:56.040 --> 1:27:58.040 Since you're looking to the epstin. 1:27:57.720 --> 1:28:01.360 Aco tank, which comes with four bottles of me Epsen, 1:28:01.400 --> 1:28:03.599 has ustimmitted that those bottles of beink for a regular 1:28:03.680 --> 1:28:06.640 user with the last two years, so he could use that, 1:28:06.920 --> 1:28:09.559 but the refills for another two years with the bean, 1:28:09.840 --> 1:28:12.600 which is another four bottles. There's only fifty bucks. 1:28:12.880 --> 1:28:13.920 Oh it's pretty. 1:28:14.080 --> 1:28:16.840 You also get it at someone like at Costco. They 1:28:16.880 --> 1:28:18.840 give you the four bottles of ink and then they 1:28:18.840 --> 1:28:21.599 fill an additional set as a member of four more 1:28:21.600 --> 1:28:24.240 bottles of beank. So you have four years of bottles 1:28:24.280 --> 1:28:25.120 for that same price. 1:28:25.400 --> 1:28:27.040 Wow, that's what I love about Costco. 1:28:27.080 --> 1:28:29.120 And you you know you've got to pay for your membership, 1:28:29.320 --> 1:28:30.960 but they always give you like a little bit extra, 1:28:31.080 --> 1:28:32.640 you know, like anything you buy there, you're going to 1:28:32.680 --> 1:28:34.839 get like a bigger size or like a little something. 1:28:35.200 --> 1:28:37.040 So have you used this printer and you like it? 1:28:37.120 --> 1:28:38.200 You you vouched for it. 1:28:39.240 --> 1:28:43.120 Yes, there's not a problem. They were great direction limp 1:28:43.400 --> 1:28:45.760 and you know Costco beats up all their stuff and 1:28:46.120 --> 1:28:47.240 like what you said, upo at Costco. 1:28:47.360 --> 1:28:48.880 Let me think about it. 1:28:48.880 --> 1:28:51.559 It's eighteen cents a day for a person. If you 1:28:51.560 --> 1:28:53.360 get two cards, it's five hours a month. So how 1:28:53.360 --> 1:28:53.960 can you go wrong? 1:28:54.080 --> 1:28:54.200 Right? 1:28:54.280 --> 1:28:55.400 The maybe is going to be. 1:28:55.360 --> 1:28:56.200 Worth it all the time. 1:28:56.439 --> 1:28:58.240 Yeah, well except for the fact that when I go 1:28:58.280 --> 1:29:00.640 to Costco, I always spend more than I think. 1:29:00.360 --> 1:29:01.000 So I don't know. 1:29:01.320 --> 1:29:07.880 Sometime sometimes I've actually exited Costco once with buying one thing, 1:29:07.920 --> 1:29:09.800 and I was so proud of myself. I posted it 1:29:09.840 --> 1:29:13.160 on my Instagram because that is no easy feat. John, 1:29:13.160 --> 1:29:14.040 thanks so much for calling. 1:29:14.120 --> 1:29:14.280 There. 1:29:14.280 --> 1:29:15.960 You have it, epson Eco Tank. If you want to 1:29:16.000 --> 1:29:18.759 save money and refill yourself, you're like your own little 1:29:19.520 --> 1:29:23.240 printer professor, refilling your inc All right, coming up, Caleb 1:29:23.360 --> 1:29:27.040 Dennison is going to talk best TVs for your money. 1:29:27.280 --> 1:29:32.160 This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:29:32.280 --> 1:29:36.040 Rich Demiro here talk in technology with you. And I'm 1:29:36.200 --> 1:29:41.160 very excited for my next guest. Caleb Dennison is editor 1:29:41.280 --> 1:29:44.640 at large at Digital Trends and we are going to 1:29:44.720 --> 1:29:48.760 talk TVs. No it's not Super Bowl. No it's not 1:29:49.840 --> 1:29:53.559 Black Friday. It's just the summer. And you know what, 1:29:53.600 --> 1:29:56.479 I'm getting a lot of questions about TVs. Caleb, welcome 1:29:56.479 --> 1:29:56.960 to the show. 1:29:57.760 --> 1:29:59.840 Hey, thanks for having me. So you were on. 1:29:59.720 --> 1:30:02.320 One of the first shows and we were talking right 1:30:02.360 --> 1:30:05.639 after ces Has anything changed since then? 1:30:07.360 --> 1:30:09.920 Well, most of what's changed is that I've had an 1:30:09.920 --> 1:30:14.280 opportunity to actually get these TVs that we talked about before. 1:30:15.400 --> 1:30:18.240 I've actually got them in my lab. I've been able 1:30:18.240 --> 1:30:21.320 to test them and experience them on the long term, 1:30:21.400 --> 1:30:25.559 and so all the promises and dreams that come along 1:30:25.640 --> 1:30:28.639 with seeing the fancy, flashy new stuff at CEES has 1:30:29.160 --> 1:30:32.559 become sort of more real and tangible. And you know, 1:30:32.600 --> 1:30:34.840 I've been able to go through these things, poke some 1:30:34.880 --> 1:30:37.040 holes in them, learn what I like, learn what I 1:30:37.080 --> 1:30:40.880 don't like, and you know, get a feel for what's 1:30:41.160 --> 1:30:44.160 really good out there and worth the attention. 1:30:44.479 --> 1:30:46.280 And one of these things that we saw at CES. 1:30:46.360 --> 1:30:48.400 And I don't expect anyone listening to actually buy this, 1:30:48.520 --> 1:30:49.960 but I just want to talk about it because it 1:30:50.000 --> 1:30:54.000 will become, you know, probably commonplace in the future. But 1:30:54.120 --> 1:30:58.200 this LG signature O led M ninety seven inch wireless 1:30:58.240 --> 1:31:01.280 TV for thirty grand. You got some hands on time 1:31:01.320 --> 1:31:02.560 with this thing, huh? 1:31:03.080 --> 1:31:05.599 I did I actually have one on its way to 1:31:05.640 --> 1:31:09.320 me right now? We're very excited about Yes, yes, yes, yes, 1:31:09.320 --> 1:31:11.720 I'll be one of I'm one of the fortunate few 1:31:11.840 --> 1:31:15.200 to actually get one from LG for you know, long 1:31:15.280 --> 1:31:18.960 term testing. I should mention though the ninety seven inch 1:31:19.120 --> 1:31:22.320 one is perhaps the most exciting because it's so huge, 1:31:22.320 --> 1:31:24.160 and of course it's got a price tag to match, 1:31:24.200 --> 1:31:27.479 but there is also an eighty three inch and a 1:31:27.600 --> 1:31:31.160 seventy seven inch version of this wireless oh led TV, 1:31:32.280 --> 1:31:35.760 and so that makes it a little more attainable. I mean, 1:31:35.760 --> 1:31:38.280 it still costs a pretty penny, but there are some, 1:31:38.600 --> 1:31:42.639 you know, not gargantuine sizes that are a little bit more. 1:31:42.840 --> 1:31:46.320 I won't say affordable, but maybe a little more unattainable. 1:31:45.880 --> 1:31:48.320 Well compared to the thirty thousand. I mean, I thought 1:31:48.320 --> 1:31:50.280 this was a typo because it said the eighty three 1:31:50.320 --> 1:31:53.160 inches eight grand and the seventy seven inches five grand. 1:31:53.160 --> 1:31:56.160 Are those prices correct? That is correct? 1:31:56.280 --> 1:31:59.439 I mean, so that's like way more reasonable than thirty thousand. 1:31:59.439 --> 1:32:01.200 Not that I'm gonna been eight thousand on a TV, 1:32:01.320 --> 1:32:03.320 but five thousand, I think is you know, if you 1:32:03.360 --> 1:32:06.360 want something that you know clearly this is cutting edge, 1:32:06.560 --> 1:32:09.160 but this is a TV that uses this a zero 1:32:09.240 --> 1:32:11.920 connect box that you can put anywhere in your room. 1:32:11.960 --> 1:32:15.000 You connect everything to that and then it wirelessly transmits 1:32:15.000 --> 1:32:15.960 the signal to the TV. 1:32:16.320 --> 1:32:19.559 Does a signal look good? It looks great. 1:32:20.360 --> 1:32:24.320 It is indistinguishable so far as I've seen thus far 1:32:25.040 --> 1:32:27.559 from you know, having an HBU my cable you know, 1:32:27.640 --> 1:32:30.360 running into your TV. So yeah, you've got it right. 1:32:30.400 --> 1:32:33.759 You connect your Xbox or PlayStation, your Blu ray player 1:32:33.760 --> 1:32:37.080 if you still got one of those cable box whatever, 1:32:37.400 --> 1:32:40.880 you connect it to this little black box and as 1:32:40.920 --> 1:32:43.320 long as you've got it within about thirty feet and 1:32:43.360 --> 1:32:45.439 it's got line of sight, you know, once you start 1:32:45.439 --> 1:32:49.000 going around corners or hiding in a closet. That'll knock 1:32:49.040 --> 1:32:51.880 down the range a little bit, but sure enough, you know, 1:32:52.600 --> 1:32:55.759 full four K resolution up to one hundred and twenty hertz. 1:32:55.760 --> 1:32:58.240 It'll do all the stuff the new game consoles can do, 1:32:59.320 --> 1:33:02.240 and it just be that video signal wirelessly. And the 1:33:02.280 --> 1:33:04.600 idea there is that, Like, I think there are a 1:33:04.640 --> 1:33:07.479 lot of folks who are getting more comfortable with installing 1:33:07.520 --> 1:33:11.400 their own TVs. And everything's finding good as long as 1:33:11.400 --> 1:33:13.680 you've got a power out let nearby. But then what 1:33:13.720 --> 1:33:15.800 do you do with those HDMI cables? Like, how do 1:33:15.840 --> 1:33:19.160 you get them up to the TV without seeing these 1:33:19.320 --> 1:33:22.720 cables running up to your TV? That usually requires you know, 1:33:22.800 --> 1:33:26.559 drilling holes and drywall and running conduit and phishing things through. 1:33:27.360 --> 1:33:29.360 Not an easy thing for folks to do, which is 1:33:29.360 --> 1:33:33.040 why most folks hire professionals to do that. That professional 1:33:33.080 --> 1:33:38.880 service costs a decent chunk of money. So you can 1:33:38.920 --> 1:33:41.840 either pay a professional to run out your wires for you, 1:33:42.080 --> 1:33:44.439 or you could go with this wireless O lead TV. 1:33:44.800 --> 1:33:45.320 There you go. 1:33:45.520 --> 1:33:47.320 All right, let's talk about some of the TVs that 1:33:47.360 --> 1:33:52.000 are more attainable that people might get. LED versus Mini 1:33:52.240 --> 1:33:56.160 LED versus O LAD. What's the deal? 1:33:56.240 --> 1:33:56.439 There. 1:33:56.560 --> 1:33:58.759 What's give me explain those three things? 1:33:59.600 --> 1:34:02.720 Okay, Well, OLEAD is is kind of special. It's not 1:34:02.880 --> 1:34:06.839 exactly new anymore. It's been around for you know, eleven 1:34:06.920 --> 1:34:07.439 years or so. 1:34:07.640 --> 1:34:07.880 Now. 1:34:08.280 --> 1:34:12.439 O Lead TVs have pixels that that basically make their 1:34:12.479 --> 1:34:15.479 own light. And the advantage there is that when you 1:34:15.520 --> 1:34:19.360 turn them off, they're they're perfectly black, pitch black, and 1:34:19.400 --> 1:34:24.320 that's what gets you just this amazing contrast, this super deep, luscious, 1:34:24.520 --> 1:34:29.000 rich looking picture. Also helps the TV be like ridiculously thin, 1:34:29.200 --> 1:34:33.160 like thinner than your iPhone thin. And you know, the 1:34:33.200 --> 1:34:36.720 picture quality is absolutely outstanding. Old has gotten brighter and 1:34:36.760 --> 1:34:39.160 brighter and brighter over the years, to the point now 1:34:39.280 --> 1:34:44.200 where you know, the the the advantage of the brightness 1:34:44.240 --> 1:34:47.080 that we saw from LED and many LED is kind 1:34:47.080 --> 1:34:50.400 of getting mitigated. The only drawback is that o LEED 1:34:50.439 --> 1:34:54.240 TVs are pretty pretty expensive. They come down a lot 1:34:54.360 --> 1:34:57.639 in price, but they're still a little bit a little 1:34:57.800 --> 1:35:02.120 bit expensive. So OLED TV I generally have the best 1:35:02.160 --> 1:35:05.439 picture quality that you can get, and so you pay 1:35:05.479 --> 1:35:07.960 a little bit of a premium for that. On the 1:35:08.000 --> 1:35:11.120 other side of the coin, we have LED or mini 1:35:11.320 --> 1:35:15.920 LED based sets, and these are actually LCD screens like 1:35:15.960 --> 1:35:19.479 they've always been, but the back light, the lights that 1:35:19.520 --> 1:35:24.439 they that shine through, the different layers, the color filter 1:35:24.680 --> 1:35:26.680 and whatnot. In order to get you a picture on 1:35:26.760 --> 1:35:30.800 the screen. With LED, it's a standard size LED light. 1:35:30.920 --> 1:35:34.600 But now we have these mini LEDs that are just 1:35:34.680 --> 1:35:38.600 like they sound. They're much much smaller LEDs and you 1:35:38.640 --> 1:35:42.040 can pack them in much tighter clusters and you can 1:35:42.080 --> 1:35:45.080 get more control over them, and all of that leads 1:35:45.120 --> 1:35:49.479 to you know, better contrast and higher brightness for L C, 1:35:49.600 --> 1:35:54.400 D TVs than than standard LED. At least that's the promise. 1:35:55.320 --> 1:35:59.800 That doesn't always bear out, you know, but it is 1:35:59.840 --> 1:36:02.880 a good advancement for the technology. And so you really 1:36:02.880 --> 1:36:05.760 have two camps. You've got O LED and then you've 1:36:05.800 --> 1:36:09.800 got LED or Mini LED and the mini LEDs that 1:36:10.200 --> 1:36:13.240 you know, try to get as close to OLED as 1:36:13.280 --> 1:36:15.320 they can. That's that's the idea. 1:36:15.479 --> 1:36:15.840 Got it? 1:36:15.920 --> 1:36:18.680 Okay, give me the quick because I want to get 1:36:18.720 --> 1:36:21.840 your picks. Give me the quick on the refresh rate, 1:36:21.880 --> 1:36:23.760 because I think people are tripped up by this. Do 1:36:23.800 --> 1:36:25.639 you get the sixty? Do you get the one twenty? 1:36:26.600 --> 1:36:28.920 Now I'm sure there's probably two forty out there. What's 1:36:28.920 --> 1:36:30.120 the deal with the refresh. 1:36:29.840 --> 1:36:32.639 Rate, well, you know, refresh rate. 1:36:35.120 --> 1:36:36.120 There's a couple of camps. 1:36:36.160 --> 1:36:39.160 So if you're big into playing video games, you know, 1:36:39.200 --> 1:36:41.320 if you want the best out of your Xbox or 1:36:41.360 --> 1:36:45.759 your PlayStation, you want the smoothest motion that you can get, 1:36:46.760 --> 1:36:49.240 then you want a high refresh rate TV one hundred 1:36:49.240 --> 1:36:52.439 and twenty. We're now seeing TV's push up to one 1:36:52.520 --> 1:36:56.840 hundred and forty four hurts, even although anything higher than 1:36:56.880 --> 1:36:59.800 one twenty requires a fancy gaming PC. 1:37:00.120 --> 1:37:01.360 To take advantage of. 1:37:01.760 --> 1:37:05.639 The latest gen game consoles push up to one hundred 1:37:05.640 --> 1:37:08.360 and twenty hurts. And not only that, but they can 1:37:08.479 --> 1:37:12.360 vary the refresh rates so that you know, they update 1:37:12.400 --> 1:37:14.880 the screen really fast when things are moving quickly on 1:37:14.920 --> 1:37:17.240 the screen, and then they kind of take their foot 1:37:17.240 --> 1:37:21.360 off the gas when you know the action's a little 1:37:21.400 --> 1:37:27.080 bit more docile, if you will. Most folks don't need 1:37:28.200 --> 1:37:30.200 more than one hundred and twenty hurts. Like I said, 1:37:30.680 --> 1:37:33.960 PC gamers might take advantage of something higher than that. 1:37:34.320 --> 1:37:37.120 I generally tell folks get one hundred and twenty hurts 1:37:37.160 --> 1:37:41.719 capable TV if you can, just because the advanced motion 1:37:41.920 --> 1:37:45.160 processing that is built into those TVs makes for a 1:37:45.240 --> 1:37:50.800 smoother looking picture when you're watching sports, sports in particular, 1:37:51.000 --> 1:37:54.400 a lot of fast camera pans going on, and a 1:37:54.439 --> 1:37:56.920 lot of fast action, and one hundred and twenty hurts 1:37:56.920 --> 1:37:59.000 TV is going to look a little bit cleaner and 1:37:59.040 --> 1:38:02.040 a little bit smoother. That doesn't mean that sixty hrtz 1:38:02.680 --> 1:38:07.120 TVs are poor by comparison, but what we found is 1:38:07.160 --> 1:38:09.400 that the better looking TVs, they just tend to have 1:38:09.439 --> 1:38:13.320 one hundred and twenty Hurts refresh rates. Now, okay, so 1:38:13.400 --> 1:38:15.960 if you're if you're shopping for something nicer, it's probably 1:38:15.960 --> 1:38:17.360 got one hundred and twenty hurts. 1:38:17.120 --> 1:38:17.880 Already got it. 1:38:17.960 --> 1:38:19.880 Okay, So let's uh, we got about a minute, so 1:38:19.920 --> 1:38:21.600 let's get into your pick. What's your top of the 1:38:21.640 --> 1:38:23.120 line O lead pick? 1:38:24.640 --> 1:38:28.280 Uh, it would have to be the lg G three Moon. 1:38:29.800 --> 1:38:32.280 There's two O leads I love. There's the LGG three 1:38:32.360 --> 1:38:36.639 O lead and then there's the Sony A ninety five 1:38:36.960 --> 1:38:41.240 L quantum dot O lead. Brand new technology, brand new TV. 1:38:41.520 --> 1:38:45.920 Just absolutely over the top awesome. I love it, expensive, 1:38:45.960 --> 1:38:46.640 but I love it. 1:38:46.720 --> 1:38:49.600 Okay, how about under one thousand dollars? I want to 1:38:49.600 --> 1:38:51.800 get your under one thousand, and then your budget, I 1:38:51.800 --> 1:38:54.759 guess your middle middle ground, and then your absolute budget. 1:38:55.640 --> 1:38:58.920 Okay, so middle ground, I would have to say, either 1:38:59.000 --> 1:39:02.839 the TCL Q M eight You can get a sixty 1:39:02.880 --> 1:39:04.919 five inch one of those for under one thousand dollars, 1:39:05.040 --> 1:39:09.280 or the High Sense U eight K also available in 1:39:09.320 --> 1:39:12.519 a sixty five inch for under one thousand dollars. And 1:39:12.560 --> 1:39:16.160 then when it comes to the budget, you can well, 1:39:16.240 --> 1:39:19.920 you can either buy a smaller screen size of those 1:39:19.960 --> 1:39:22.800 TVs I just mentioned, going down to a fifty five 1:39:22.840 --> 1:39:25.240 will save you some money, or if you want to 1:39:25.280 --> 1:39:27.439 stick with a sixty five and spend a little less, 1:39:28.040 --> 1:39:31.000 the same two manufacturers, rich, I'd say, take a look 1:39:31.000 --> 1:39:36.720 at the TCLQ seven or the High Sense U seven K. 1:39:37.040 --> 1:39:39.880 Both of those come in around you know, six to 1:39:39.920 --> 1:39:42.160 seven hundred dollars, and they looked fantastic. 1:39:42.640 --> 1:39:46.200 Wow, and brands like Samsung, I mean, I didn't hear 1:39:46.200 --> 1:39:47.400 any Samsung recommendations. 1:39:47.439 --> 1:39:50.200 I know a lot of people buy those. Are those Okay? Yeah, 1:39:50.240 --> 1:39:50.800 they're great. 1:39:50.920 --> 1:39:54.360 You know the thing about you know, Samsung and LG 1:39:54.640 --> 1:39:57.920 is that you know, you pay a premium for the brand, 1:39:58.840 --> 1:40:01.200 so you're just spending more money for the same tech 1:40:01.760 --> 1:40:03.880 than you would with the TCL or the High Sense. 1:40:03.880 --> 1:40:07.040 They're perfectly fine TVs, but when it comes to bang 1:40:07.120 --> 1:40:10.519 for your buck, TCL and High Sense are owning the 1:40:10.600 --> 1:40:11.800 game right now, all. 1:40:11.800 --> 1:40:15.639 Right, Caleb Dennison, Editor at Large at Digital Trends, Thanks 1:40:15.640 --> 1:40:18.080 so much for joining me today. I love hearing your 1:40:18.080 --> 1:40:21.040 recommendations because there are so many TVs out there, and 1:40:21.120 --> 1:40:23.200 just hearing what you pick because you test them all, 1:40:24.080 --> 1:40:25.800 you know, makes it so much easier for folks. 1:40:25.800 --> 1:40:27.960 Thanks for joining me today. It's my pleasure. 1:40:28.040 --> 1:40:28.200 Rich. 1:40:28.240 --> 1:40:29.960 Thank you all right, have a great one. I'll see 1:40:30.120 --> 1:40:31.320 ces all right. 1:40:31.360 --> 1:40:36.000 Coming up the feedback segment, all of your emails and 1:40:36.479 --> 1:40:39.280 things that you've sent me throughout the week right here 1:40:39.439 --> 1:40:44.479 on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. 1:40:44.600 --> 1:40:46.960 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you. Closing out the 1:40:46.960 --> 1:40:52.120 show with the feedback segment. Bob sent an email saying, Hey, Rich, 1:40:52.200 --> 1:40:55.320 which app would you recommend to search for charging stations? 1:40:55.360 --> 1:40:57.599 I currently have a gas vehicle and want to purchase 1:40:57.640 --> 1:40:59.479 an electric car. I want to use an app to 1:40:59.479 --> 1:41:02.439 see if there are a sufficient number of charging stations 1:41:02.479 --> 1:41:05.320 where I go. Thanks Bob. Bob, I'll tell you the 1:41:05.320 --> 1:41:07.880 three that I like. The first is called a better 1:41:08.600 --> 1:41:11.000 route or route however you say a better route planner. 1:41:11.680 --> 1:41:16.240 This was actually just purchased. Oh gosh, who bought this purchased? 1:41:17.120 --> 1:41:20.160 I want to say Rivian. Yeah, Rivian bought this app, 1:41:20.280 --> 1:41:22.640 so you know it's good because Rivian bought it. 1:41:23.160 --> 1:41:24.360 So that's the first one I like. 1:41:24.720 --> 1:41:27.320 Then you've got charge Point, which you know they run 1:41:27.360 --> 1:41:29.679 a network of I mean any of the network of chargers, 1:41:29.680 --> 1:41:33.599 so like Eve, Electrify America, charge Point. Those are good 1:41:33.600 --> 1:41:35.560 if you're using those. And then the other one I 1:41:35.640 --> 1:41:38.240 really like is called plug Share, So if you'd search 1:41:38.479 --> 1:41:42.639 plug share, that's that has a pretty complete look at 1:41:42.680 --> 1:41:44.040 the different charging stations. 1:41:44.120 --> 1:41:46.679 So good question there. Let's see. 1:41:46.680 --> 1:41:49.840 Angie says, my charitable group lost it's Facebook administrator with 1:41:49.920 --> 1:41:52.400 no backup. Now we can't get in and update our site. 1:41:52.439 --> 1:41:53.040 What to do? 1:41:53.800 --> 1:41:55.599 I emailed back and said, what do you mean lost? 1:41:55.680 --> 1:41:59.360 And she said she died. Ooh, you got to get too. 1:42:00.000 --> 1:42:03.880 Now for this case, specifically, you've got to get You've 1:42:03.880 --> 1:42:05.800 got to get Facebook to help. You probably have to 1:42:05.840 --> 1:42:08.600 send them a death certificate and move this over to 1:42:08.640 --> 1:42:11.280 someone else's account. I'm sorry to hear this happened, but 1:42:11.400 --> 1:42:16.000 if you run a Facebook account as an admin, you've 1:42:16.040 --> 1:42:18.200 got like a Facebook page your business or something. It 1:42:18.280 --> 1:42:20.320 might be a good idea to add someone that you 1:42:20.439 --> 1:42:24.120 trust to be a secondary admin for situations like this 1:42:24.320 --> 1:42:27.080 and others. I've had people email me saying, oh, we 1:42:27.160 --> 1:42:31.360 had an employee quit and they ran the Facebook page. Well, yeah, 1:42:31.360 --> 1:42:33.120 I got to get in touch with that person because 1:42:33.120 --> 1:42:35.360 they're the only person that can get that for you. 1:42:36.080 --> 1:42:37.240 Travis says, Hey, Rich. 1:42:37.080 --> 1:42:40.479 I need an inexpensive program to view Adobe Illustrator files. 1:42:40.520 --> 1:42:43.200 I can use any OS platform, Thank you very much. 1:42:44.360 --> 1:42:47.240 You could just use Adobe Acrobat to do this. So 1:42:48.160 --> 1:42:51.840 you can just download Adobe Acrobat and it will figure 1:42:51.840 --> 1:42:55.400 it out for you. So, yeah, convert. They have an 1:42:55.439 --> 1:43:01.439 online converter, Adobe Acrobat Online AI two PDS converter and 1:43:01.560 --> 1:43:04.800 you just drag and drop the file in there and 1:43:04.920 --> 1:43:08.200 there you go. Adobe Illustrator will be converted into a PDF. 1:43:08.280 --> 1:43:09.519 You're not gonna be able to do a lot with that, 1:43:09.640 --> 1:43:13.080 but you can at least view it. Let's see here, 1:43:13.080 --> 1:43:15.040 can you give me some advice. We're sixty nine. My 1:43:15.120 --> 1:43:17.400 husband has never had a cell phone. He finally decided 1:43:17.400 --> 1:43:20.000 that he should have one for emergencies. I was thinking 1:43:20.040 --> 1:43:22.800 of getting him a simple flip phone no internet. I 1:43:22.840 --> 1:43:24.519 think it's I don't know if it's wiser to buy 1:43:24.600 --> 1:43:27.120 when you read get minutes with no specific carriers. I 1:43:27.160 --> 1:43:29.360 know the minutes expire after a certain amount of time. 1:43:30.000 --> 1:43:33.559 Any advice we much appreciated. Thanks in advance. I will 1:43:33.600 --> 1:43:39.400 recommend yes a flip phone, very simple at Walmart, Track Phone, 1:43:39.640 --> 1:43:43.639 Orbit Journey V bundle fifty bucks gives you a phone 1:43:43.680 --> 1:43:46.840 plus ninety days of service. It's a simple flip phone. 1:43:46.920 --> 1:43:49.880 I've got this at my house to test out, and 1:43:50.120 --> 1:43:52.360 it's great. It's just a flip phone. That's all it is. 1:43:52.439 --> 1:43:54.600 You dial numbers. I joked that I was going to 1:43:54.600 --> 1:43:56.600 give this to my kid for his first phone. He 1:43:56.680 --> 1:43:59.000 probably would not be happy with that. But check it 1:43:59.000 --> 1:44:02.280 out track Phone or Journey V, and then all you 1:44:02.280 --> 1:44:04.400 have to do is refill the minutes. I would buy 1:44:04.560 --> 1:44:08.160 minutes that last in at least ninety days, because that 1:44:08.200 --> 1:44:10.719 way you don't have to have them expire too much. 1:44:12.040 --> 1:44:13.080 Let's see comments. 1:44:14.800 --> 1:44:17.040 John says, I'm driving in my car and listening to 1:44:17.040 --> 1:44:19.519 your show on Extra one six three here in Atlanta. 1:44:19.560 --> 1:44:21.519 I heard the guy call in about getting a ransom 1:44:21.560 --> 1:44:23.960 note on his PC. I agree with your advice about 1:44:24.280 --> 1:44:26.519 starting the computer backup to see if the issue was 1:44:26.520 --> 1:44:29.640 still there. However, before doing that, he should disconnect his 1:44:29.720 --> 1:44:32.320 network cable so that the PC would not be online. 1:44:32.840 --> 1:44:34.600 Given that he said it was an old computer, I 1:44:34.600 --> 1:44:36.720 would have to assume he's still has hardwired. First time 1:44:36.720 --> 1:44:39.639 I heard your show today and I really liked it. John, 1:44:39.680 --> 1:44:41.680 Thanks so much for listening in Atlanta, and that is 1:44:41.760 --> 1:44:44.439 good advice. If you have sort of a ransom situation 1:44:44.560 --> 1:44:47.840 on your computer ransomware before you restart, it might be 1:44:47.840 --> 1:44:50.519 best to just unplug it, get your computer up and running, 1:44:50.560 --> 1:44:52.719 see what's going on, and then plug it back into 1:44:52.720 --> 1:44:57.000 the internet. Dave says, I noticed you recommended dban to someone. 1:44:57.080 --> 1:44:59.680 Dban is abandon where it has not been maintained in 1:44:59.720 --> 1:45:02.479 many It's full of bugs. It will not even boot 1:45:02.479 --> 1:45:04.960 on a UEFI only system, which is most of them. 1:45:05.000 --> 1:45:05.559 These days. 1:45:05.960 --> 1:45:08.800 There is a modern fork called en wipe and a 1:45:08.840 --> 1:45:12.000 bootable version called shred os. These are both on GitHub 1:45:12.040 --> 1:45:15.280 and maintained. D band should not be recommended these days. 1:45:15.439 --> 1:45:17.720 You can research these as well. Love your show, Rich 1:45:17.760 --> 1:45:20.759 as a longtime LEO listener, Dave, thanks for the feedback 1:45:20.800 --> 1:45:24.280 on that. I will stop recommending dban. So many people 1:45:24.400 --> 1:45:26.240 call in with like how to get rid of their 1:45:26.280 --> 1:45:29.040 hard drives or format their computer. It's tricky for the 1:45:29.040 --> 1:45:31.280 average person to do that. Even what you mentioned is very, 1:45:31.360 --> 1:45:34.120 very tricky. Ruth says, just want to say you do 1:45:34.160 --> 1:45:36.920 a super job. Thanks for including the personal stories. I 1:45:36.960 --> 1:45:39.599 listen to your podcast Saturday night when I couldn't sleep. 1:45:40.000 --> 1:45:42.120 I get a bit irritated when people call in with 1:45:42.200 --> 1:45:45.320 situations you can't really solve unless you're there. People are 1:45:45.360 --> 1:45:48.679 too cheap to call a technician, which is the reason 1:45:48.720 --> 1:45:50.720 I can't really listen to these home repair shows where 1:45:50.800 --> 1:45:52.599 you have to be there to know what's really going on. 1:45:52.680 --> 1:45:53.360 Same with tech. 1:45:53.880 --> 1:45:56.400 It's easy to leave out one small but important detail 1:45:56.400 --> 1:45:58.960 when describing a situation, but you do your best. 1:45:59.040 --> 1:45:59.760 Yes, I try. 1:46:00.160 --> 1:46:02.960 I know some of these situations are tough to diagnose 1:46:03.000 --> 1:46:03.759 over the phones. 1:46:04.720 --> 1:46:06.240 Let's see. JR says. 1:46:06.240 --> 1:46:08.600 I never emailed anyone before, but I just have to 1:46:08.600 --> 1:46:10.800 thank you for the Twitter x rant really shows the 1:46:10.840 --> 1:46:12.040 authenticity of your show. 1:46:12.080 --> 1:46:13.200 I really enjoy it. 1:46:13.360 --> 1:46:16.000 Just a couple of things, Oh, here we go, trim 1:46:16.040 --> 1:46:18.839 the interviews and about half the time, don't be political, 1:46:19.000 --> 1:46:21.800 and thanks for being genuine and keeping up the amazing work. 1:46:22.240 --> 1:46:22.639 JR. 1:46:22.720 --> 1:46:26.880 Thanks for the suggestions. Leani says, I've been listening since 1:46:26.960 --> 1:46:30.479 Leo left. You ever mentioned Linux as in what os Linux? 1:46:30.560 --> 1:46:33.200 This saves a lot of PCs from the landfill. I 1:46:33.240 --> 1:46:36.280 have not mentioned that, but I often mentioned Chrome OS Flex, 1:46:36.280 --> 1:46:38.040 which I think is a pretty good solution for a 1:46:38.040 --> 1:46:40.920 lot of people. And let's see, I probably have time 1:46:41.040 --> 1:46:43.840 for what another one? Steve says, Hey, Rich, you have 1:46:43.880 --> 1:46:46.800 a regular listener in Singapore. I listened over ALEXA. I'm 1:46:46.840 --> 1:46:48.920 a US person from LA but I've lived and worked 1:46:48.920 --> 1:46:52.280 in Asia for many years. He goes on to say, 1:46:52.439 --> 1:46:55.120 how the government there laid Oh, this is a great idea. 1:46:55.120 --> 1:46:57.240 They laid fiber to one hundred percent of households and 1:46:57.360 --> 1:46:59.360 opened it up to all the phone companies to fight 1:46:59.400 --> 1:47:00.400 over customers. 1:47:01.200 --> 1:47:02.800 That sounds like a good idea. They should do that 1:47:02.840 --> 1:47:03.559 here in the US. 1:47:04.360 --> 1:47:06.360 All right, Thanks Steve for listening all the way over 1:47:06.400 --> 1:47:08.519 there in Singapore. If I ever go there, I'll bring 1:47:08.560 --> 1:47:08.840 you up. 1:47:08.920 --> 1:47:09.240 All right. 1:47:09.439 --> 1:47:10.840 If you can believe it, that's gonna do it. For 1:47:10.880 --> 1:47:12.920 this episode of the show. You can find links to 1:47:13.040 --> 1:47:16.680 everything I mentioned on my website. Just go to richontech 1:47:16.840 --> 1:47:21.760 dot tv. This is show number thirty two. If you're 1:47:21.800 --> 1:47:24.960 looking in the show notes. I know we're just babies here, 1:47:25.360 --> 1:47:27.719 We're just growing up here. My name is rich Dimiro. 1:47:27.800 --> 1:47:30.080 You can find me on social media at rich on tech. 1:47:30.120 --> 1:47:32.080 Thanks so much for listening. There are so many ways 1:47:32.120 --> 1:47:34.599 you can spend your time. I do appreciate you spending 1:47:34.640 --> 1:47:37.439 it right here with me. Thanks to everyone who makes 1:47:37.439 --> 1:47:40.920 this show possible. I'll talk to you real soon.