WEBVTT - How an Apple Watch Saved This Man's Life 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.760 No one is more excited for the new iPhone software 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:08.080 than Google. I'll explain an AI necklace that wants to 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:11.959 be your new best friend, and get ready to pay 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:15.720 for software upgrades to unlock new features on your car. 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.800 Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.159 Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:24.960 show where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:27.080 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:31.040 answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.880 be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:38.880 lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. 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He will explain then 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.000 later on in the show, we've got Ken Coleman, work expert. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.039 He's gonna discuss AI's impact on the job industry and 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:26.080 how you can best prepare for the upcoming changes. Well, 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.000 thanks for tuning in once again. My name is Rich DeMuro. 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.600 Glad to have you here. I wanted to talk this 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:36.280 week a little bit about air tags and Apple's network 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:40.240 versus Google's new network. So air tags came out a 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.520 couple of years ago. These are little devices that help 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.520 you track your stuff. You can put them on your luggage, 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.040 you can put them on your keys, you can put 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.960 them inside your wallet. But now Google has their own 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.360 network called the Find My Device Network. So Apples is 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:58.440 called the Find My Network. Google's is called the Find 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:02.240 My Device Network. Now they're very similar, but they do 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:06.440 have some differences. So they're both crowdsourced. Apple's network uses 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.280 hundreds of millions of nearby Apple devices to help you 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.360 find your stuff. So basically, when an air tag is 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.200 near an Apple device, it says, oh, I see that 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.080 air tag noted, we know its location, And when the 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.960 owner of that air tag tries to look it up, 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.080 it says, yeah, we remember, this thing's right over here, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:25.239 and that's how you find it. So it's all anonymous, 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.840 it's all anonymous, it's all crowdsourced, but that's how it works. 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.440 So some people were asking when I presented this on TV, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.680 they said, wait a second, like, how far away can 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.680 you be from these devices and still find them. There's 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.160 no built in GPS on these devices. It's all crowdsourced, 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.560 and it's pretty brilliant because there's so many Apple devices 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.440 in our world. Anytime one of these air tags or 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.920 accessories comes near one, the location is updated. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:51.440 So that's how it works. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:52.200 Now. 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:56.120 The Google network is very similar. It uses Bluetooth technology 0:02:56.480 --> 0:03:00.000 and it uses over a billion Android devices to help 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.840 help you find your little tags. Now, the interesting thing 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.720 you need to know is that these two networks are 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.880 not interchangeable. So an air tag does not work with 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.040 Google's network. Anything that works with Google's find My network 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.000 does not work with Apple's network, not yet. 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:15.280 Now. 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.360 Maybe there will be some devices in the future that 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.799 work with both. That'd be a good idea, but right 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.640 now they are individual. So air tags were the first, 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.040 but there are many more. And when it comes to Google, 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.200 it's been kind of a rough start for that network 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.400 because it was delayed to begin with, and then the 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.880 devices that are coming out and the network are all 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:35.480 being delayed. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:36.120 For some reason. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.680 So a lot of these things were announced back in May, 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.760 and now we're looking at the end of August for 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.360 the ship date for a lot of these. But I 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:45.240 have tested some of them, and I'm going to go 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:47.360 over some of these different devices that I think you 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.040 should take a look at. The main thing to know 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.480 about these two networks is that they do work together 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:58.920 to identify unknown trackers near you, no matter what network 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:02.160 they're on. Let me give you an example. Let's say 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:06.160 you were an Android and your significant other had an 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:09.240 iPhone and let's say on their key tag they had 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.160 an air tag. So for after a couple of days, 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.520 your phone might say, hey, there's this and they're with 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:17.719 you all the time. It might say, hey, we've noticed 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.840 that this tracker is following you, and you might get 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.360 that alert on your Android phone because this air tag 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.040 is near you and traveling with you. I've seen that 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.200 happen with me and my wife before. It's kind of annoying, 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.200 and I think they're gonna There's got to be a 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.920 way to sort of set an allow list, which means 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.479 you can say, hey, this air tag is going to 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.880 be traveling with me a lot, please ignore that. I 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.000 don't need you to send me a notification every time 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.679 you see that. But this sort of unknown tracker alert 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.400 is obviously an addition to this network or both of 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.720 these networks because of stalking and you know people using 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.840 these to track people that don't realize it, so that 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.600 is built in as well. But how do you use 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.120 these networks? You basically put these little devices on on 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.279 your stuff, and then when you need to find them, 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.839 you open up the app on your phone. On a 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.640 Apple it is the find my app. On Google, it's 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.520 the find my Device app, which you do have to download. 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.479 It's not pre installed on Android phones just yet. You 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.679 open it up and it will show you where your 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.920 little devices are, and then of course you can ring 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.280 make them make a sound. A lot of these things 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.400 have built in audio alerts, so you can say, okay, 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.800 ring my device and it will help you locate it 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:30.040 that way. Other times you can use what's called precision finding. 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.320 If you have a newer iPhone, it actually will lead 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:37.279 you right to the device as well. That's another way. 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.520 But there's you know the basics of these devices are 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.920 all the same. They use crowdsourcing to find them. The 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:47.800 battery life lasts about a year, sometimes two years. And 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:49.760 the main thing to know is that some of these 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:53.240 devices have a replaceable battery, which is great, some of 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.720 them have a rechargeable battery, which is even better, and 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.719 some of them do not have a user replaceable battery 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.359 at all. So these are all things to kind of 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.120 consider when you're looking for one of these devices. So 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.599 let me go over some of the devices and accessories 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.520 that I've tested out that I think are pretty cool. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.240 Number one the classic air tag. This has been around 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.239 for a couple of years now. People are very familiar 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.200 with them. It's a small device, you attach it to 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.320 your stuff and then you can find it using the 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:23.720 iPhone or another Apple device. Let's see what else about 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.400 the air tag. It's water resistant, you can replace the battery, 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.240 it lasts for about a year. You can engrave them 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.359 if you want put your initials on them. That is 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.880 twenty nine dollars. Probably best to get the four pack, 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.599 which is a better deal, and they often go on sale, 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.480 so I would not pay full price for these. These 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.800 are one of the few Apple products that regularly is discounted, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.880 not through Apple, but typically through a third party retailer 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.919 like a best Buy or an Amazon so look for 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.160 them when they're on sale, buy the four pack, put 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.919 them on your stuff, your luggage, your keychain. And the 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.159 thing you need to know about the air tags. Apple 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.360 was very smart. Apple loves their accessories. So the air 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.200 tag does not come with a built in way to 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.680 attach it to anthing, So you have to either buy 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.680 a little holster for it or some sort of key 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.800 ring accessory and you can put it in there and 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.760 attach it to stuff. Now, if you want to put 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.680 one of these things on your kids or pet, they 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.560 do make obviously a lot of pet callers and things 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.360 like that, but for kids, there's something called Taga moles. 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.040 Taga moles from a company named Speck. They make a 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.600 lot of cases, and these are fun little characters. You 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.960 pop an air tag in and then they attached to 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.520 your child's backpack or sneakers. So Taga moles don't work 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.800 by themselves to track things, but you put an air 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.480 tag inside the Taga mole and you can put this 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.520 on your child's sneaker or their backpack. They're kind of 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.520 like fun little characters, animal characters, and a four pack 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.200 is thirty five dollars. Those are great for back to school. Again, 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.680 keep in mind, all this relies on crowdsourcing, so it's 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.760 not like you can track your child in real time 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.480 using these. It relies on someone's iPhone being nearby them 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.880 to help you find them, but chances are there's going 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.680 to be an iPhone nearby. I've been testing this wallet 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:02.000 called the Groove Smart Wallet. This is really really cool 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:07.040 and it's from a company called Groove Life, and it's 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:11.200 this Groove Smart Wallet Trace. It's one hundred and twenty 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.560 five dollars, so it is very expensive, but it's got 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.880 the built in tracker for Apple's fine My network, so 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.720 you don't have to add any tracker to this. The 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:23.040 battery lasts for about two years. You've got RFID protection, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.880 so your cards you're not gonna automatically pay for stuff 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.960 when you're in near a checkout counter. It's got a 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.400 clip for cash, which is really great. It holds about 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.880 six cards and I love how this thing works. I've 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.920 been using this for about six weeks now, maybe more 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.840 than that, and it's just fantastic. Comes with a ninety 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.800 four year warranty on the wallet, so if anything happens 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.520 to this thing, you can get a replacement, which is 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.760 really really cool. Again, that's the Groove Smart Wallet Trace 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.280 No mad. This is a great company to make a 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.960 lot of great accessories. They have a wireless tracker that 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.640 you can put in your own wallet. It's really thin, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.440 it's about the thickness of about two credit cards. It's 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.920 compatible with apples find my Network. The battery on that 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.000 when lasts about five months. This is forty dollars and 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.200 you slip it into your current wallet so you can 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.880 track your wallet. And the neat thing about this is 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:10.240 that it's wirelessly rechargeable, so you can put it on 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.320 any chi charger and it will juice up. Okay, Now, 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.760 when it comes to the Android side of things, if 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.240 you're on a Samsung, you can use what's called the 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.320 Galaxy Smart tag too. Now, the thing to know about 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.559 this is it has more features, but it's not compatible 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.840 with Google's Fine mye network. See how this gets confusing. 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.280 So Samsung's kind of doing their own thing. It uses 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.760 all the Samsung phones to find it and it's a 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.920 great little tracker, but you have to realize that it 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:39.520 is limited by the Samsung devices. The good news is 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.560 there's a lot of Samsung devices out there, so you'll 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:45.480 probably be okay. Again with the smart tag, it's NFC enabled, 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.000 so someone else can tap it and they can see 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.880 the owner info. So you can set like your phone number, 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.320 your email address, and they can just see that. AirTag 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.640 has a similar feature as well. Samsung phones. You can 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.600 double press the button on this smart tag to find 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:01.880 your phone. So if your phone is lost, you can 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.679 just press the button on the device and it will 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:08.280 ring your phone. This is a thirty dollars device and 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.120 that's a great way to go as well. Now when 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:14.360 it comes to the Google devices for your Android, Chipolo 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:16.559 makes the device that I tested out. 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:17.400 They make two of them. 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.760 One is called the Point it has a built in 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.480 hole for your keyring. The other one's called the card Point. 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:24.760 This is one that's thin enough to put inside your wallet, 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.440 and they both function very similar to the air tags. 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.560 Battery life lasts up to two years. The price starts 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.240 at about twenty eight dollars, and again Chipolo makes them. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.080 And then Motorola just came out with what's called the 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.480 Moto Tag. This looks just like an air tag. It's 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.960 expected to ship later in August. And the neat thing 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.440 about these Moto tags not only do they work with 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.079 the fine my network on the Android side. But they 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.480 also have the same kind of size and shape as 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.240 an air tag, which means all of those air tag 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:57.000 accessories that you use to hold them will also hold. 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:57.559 This Moto tag. 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.240 So that means there's a whole bunch of built in 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.000 accessories that work from day one. All right, if you 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.040 want more information on all of these tags, you can 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.839 go to my website rich on Tech dot TV. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.800 Coming up, I'm gonna tell you how you can. 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.360 Free up space on your iPhone and Android really really fast. 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.200 But first it is your turn. Give me a call. 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.640 Eighty to eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.520 seven four to two four one zero one. My name 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:26.000 is Richdmiro. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.559 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:33.240 with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one O one. 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:38.000 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.760 zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:48.040 dot TV. So my guest DJ today is my mom. 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.480 She is in town. Uh and so uh. She has 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.120 picked all of the songs in today's show, or at 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.960 least a majority of them, I think, so. Thanks Mom 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.120 for the recommendations. She handwrote the note and sent it 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.360 to me, so she still has great handwriting. I don't 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.440 know how that's possible, because the new generation, like I 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.000 can't write at all, Like my writing is so bad 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.319 that it's just like undecipherable. 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:12.640 And I'm not not even a doctor. 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.520 I'm gonna tell you how to free up space on 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.360 your iPhone very quickly. So I'll tell you that in 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.160 just a moment. For first, let's go to h Let's 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:26.400 go to James and Pomona. James, you're on with Rich. Hello, Hello, 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:27.320 welcome to the show. 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.040 Thank you, thank you for giving my call. 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:36.000 Basically, I'm shocking for your compact camera. And I've done 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.719 a little bit of a research and yea, so many 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.439 people out there. Good, we've used bad, We've used this one. 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.880 The focus doesn't work, you know, and it's kind of 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:46.679 driving me a little bit crazy. So you know what, 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.319 I decided, let me go ahead and talk to the expert. 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:51.959 So basically that's what I'm shopping for. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.720 So you're looking for a point and shoot camera. What's 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.120 the reason for the point and shoot? 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:01.079 Just you know, like tike tick pictures, like parchical tits, 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:05.199 just you know, general, i'd tackle pictures. 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:08.200 And you don't you don't want to use your smartphone. 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.200 No, I prefer because the line of work ime in. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.439 You know, I don't want to sometimes you know, evidence 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.080 and stuff like that. I don't want to use my 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.400 personal form because they could be subina and then you know, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.480 see it's your girlfriend. Oyay, I come you guys hanging 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.000 out over there. You know, so I want something kind 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:27.160 of a separate from that. 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:33.320 Okay, what what line of work are you in? Okay, 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:34.880 got it. You don't want you don't want to mix 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.120 the the the work and the play, got it exactly. 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:38.600 Okay. 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.400 Well, so it's been a while since I've used a 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:43.280 point and shoot because most of the people I know 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:48.120 have switched over to UH to UH, the smartphone taking 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.719 over everything. In fact, the last holdout, one of the 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.160 last holdouts was my father in law. He's a big, 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.880 big camera guy, and he was going to like Europe 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:57.400 or something a couple of years ago, and like, why 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.800 why even taking your big camera, Just take your take 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.920 your smartphone. You've got an iPhone, it'll be great, And 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:04.880 he did it. It took a lot for him to 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.200 not take his phone. So a couple places to look 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:14.480 for the recommendations that you're looking for. The website's DP review. 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:18.960 That's a very popular photography website. This was actually gonna 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.360 shut down. Amazon took them over, and then another company 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.000 actually bought them and kept them going. So they've got 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.640 you can go into their reviews for their cameras and 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.600 you can order by rating. So that's what I would 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.800 do number one, and so you can see like this, 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:39.160 this nkon Z eight is like their number one camera. Now, 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.880 the problem with that camera is that it is very 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.480 expensive and you probably don't want that one. It's way 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.360 more than you need. So I think you're gonna have 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.040 to go through this list and see which one of 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.880 these phones, or which one of these phones, which one 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:55.160 of these these cameras fit your budget. And I think 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.440 that's a big part of the process heres is finding 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.600 one that fits your budget. Do you want to get 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.800 lenses on these things or do you just literally want 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.280 like a point and shoot camera. So that's the second 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.680 place to look, or the first place to look. Second 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:12.360 place I would look Wirecutter obviously recommend them a lot. 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.120 They've got their top five point and shoot cameras. This 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.840 was updated in May, and so their top pick is 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.680 a camera that a lot of folks like, the Sony 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:26.520 RX one hundred. They're up to the five six seventh 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.560 generation of that. That's the one that I That was 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.800 probably the last point in shoot camera that I used, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.040 and I think I used the original version of it, 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.480 so that was many many years ago, probably seven years 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:36.200 ago at this point. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.320 That is a thirteen dollars camera. 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.760 Then they've got the Panasonic Lumix and this is a 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.720 five hundred dollars camera, looks like you it may come 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.120 with a lens. I'm not sure on that one. They've 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.400 got a Rico on their list, which is really good. 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.360 And then a Fujifilm. Now the Fujifilm. I'll tell you, 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.800 everyone's been going nuts over this new Fujifilm camera and 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.800 it's the the X one hundred and six. It looks 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:06.360 like and the YouTubers and the vloggers and everyone just 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.840 seems to love this camera. So that that might be 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.120 the first place. But I've heard it's tough to get too, 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.800 so that might be a tricky one to get. But 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:15.600 that's those are the two places I would look, and 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.960 I would cross reference to reviews there. You can also 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:22.400 look on Amazon at the top selling cameras there as well. 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.040 And when it comes to features, I mean, obviously any 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:26.440 of these are going to be fine for a point 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.000 and shoot. I think it really comes down to how 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.000 much do you want to pay? That is the most 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.520 important part of the equation. Are you really looking to 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.280 get something that's over one thousand dollars with different lenses 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.280 and things like that, because once you start getting into that, 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:43.040 that is like professional photography versus just what you said originally, 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:46.960 point and shoot. So thanks for the question, James in Pomona. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:51.320 Appreciate your your service with the law enforcement there. Do 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.920 appreciate you keeping us safe and thanks for the call. 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:58.440 Eighty eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:03.440 four to two four one zero one website for the 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.720 show rich on tech dot TV. There you can go 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.439 and sign up for the newsletter. You can see the 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:11.800 stories that I do for TV, and you can send 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:13.880 me an email. 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And I did not know this. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.400 I've heard this song obviously it's familiar, but I didn't 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:51.800 know Chris Norman and Susie Quatro nineteen seventy eight rock duet. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.840 This became an international hit. It's a good song, stumbling 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:56.560 in thanks mom. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:57.360 All right. 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:01.800 So I got a seemingly simple question this week from 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.600 someone at my work who said, hey, Rich, I just 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.920 need to free up space on my iPhone. Should I 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:08.680 get a new phone? I said, no, you shouldn't get 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.800 a new phone, just free up the space. Or he 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:12.360 said he's out of space. Should I get a new phone? 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:16.119 I said, no, just free up the space. How oh, 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.000 let me think about that, because there are apps that 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.400 can do this, but they're not very straightforward. 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:22.679 A lot of them are. You know, you got to 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:23.240 pay money. 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.080 So I wanted to find a free solution. So I said, 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:27.560 give me a couple of minutes, let me go check 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:29.119 out my phone and let me come back to you. 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:30.640 And so here's what I found. 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.679 If you want to free up storage very fast on 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:34.840 your iPhone, the best way to do it is to 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:38.639 delete a couple of large video files taking up space 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.880 on your phone. So how do you find those files 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.680 on iPhone? You can't just sort by largest video file, 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:46.840 which would make a lot of sense, right, No, Apple 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.240 doesn't let you do that. So how do you find 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:53.479 the largest video files? You go into Settings, then you 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:57.320 go into General, then you go into iPhone Storage and 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.520 then you tap photos and then in there it will 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:02.480 tell you how much your photos are taking up and 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.320 it will say something at the bottom a suggestion that 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.840 says review your videos, and you tap that and it 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.840 will show you the largest files on your system. So 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.040 delete a couple of the big files that you don't need, 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.760 the large video files, and your space will be freed up. 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.240 Keep in mind, because whatever's on your phone is also 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.120 sync to iCloud. If you delete one of those large 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.119 video files, it will also be deleted from iCloud. So 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.160 only delete a file that you no longer need, or 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.280 if it's backed up somewhere else, like in my instance, 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:34.199 everything's backed up to Google Photos, so that's fine. So 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.400 it's a little tricky to find, but I will put 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.200 the instructions on the website, Rich on tech dot tv. 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:42.560 And here's the thing. 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.000 It's just it's more, it's more work than you would 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:49.720 think to do this, and it's easy once it's there. 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.120 Some people told me that this review, your videos option 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.879 is not in that area. So I think if that 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:57.639 is not there, you don't have enough big videos on 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.440 your phone to free up in Apple's not sure triggering 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:02.200 that little suggestion, and so. 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:04.639 The video situation is really easy. 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:06.879 So do this before you have like a big event, 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:11.600 like I've been to countless kids plays and performances and 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:15.840 recitals and whatever where I'm seeing parents and that message 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.320 on their phone in front of me literally says you're 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:20.520 out of space on your iPhone. Don't let that happen 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.359 to you before you go to one of these events. 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:25.640 Free up a couple of gigabytes by deleting a large 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.399 video or two. Now you might be saying, Rich, what 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:32.639 about Android. It's much easier on Android, much much easier 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:36.639 on Android. So on the Samsung devices, and actually this 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:40.399 is for any any device that's on Android. All you 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:42.800 have to do is download the Google I know. I said, 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:44.439 I want to do this without an extra app, but 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.000 Google makes it so easy with this files app. 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:51.000 So if you download the Google Files app, it's free. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:53.080 You'll just see as soon as you download it and 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:56.840 open it up, it says all your categories downloads, images, videos, audio, 0:20:57.080 --> 0:21:01.000 documents apps go into videos, and then you can just 0:21:01.320 --> 0:21:06.600 sort by there. It is largest first, so largest video first. 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:08.920 I've got a video here that's one point five to 0:21:09.000 --> 0:21:11.560 seven gigabytes. It even shows me how big the gigabytes 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.879 are on my device. I can tap that video and 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:17.639 then I can go ahead and move to trash and 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:22.760 it is going to be gone now. Again, android's a 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.840 little bit different than the iPhone, so if you're using 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.440 something like Google Photos, even if you delete that source 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:30.080 file off your phone, it's still going to stay inside 0:21:30.160 --> 0:21:32.720 Google Photos, which is I kind of like that about 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.840 Google Photos, but just an easy way to do that. 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:37.560 If you have a Samsung you don't want to delete, 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:39.960 if you don't want to download anything extra, you can 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:42.760 actually use the My Files app to do the same thing. 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:46.600 It's a little a little bit less straightforward, but it's 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:48.280 pretty much the same thing. You open up the My 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:51.560 Files app, you tap videos, and then there's a little 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:54.880 in the upper right hand corner. You can sort by 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:57.120 size and then just make the arrow so that it's 0:21:57.160 --> 0:21:59.480 pointing down so the largest file will be at the top. 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:03.280 What I like about Google Files versus the Samsung files 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:06.760 is that Google Files shows you how big that file 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:09.399 is right on the thumbnail, so you can get an 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:12.159 idea of just how big that file is when you 0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:12.639 delete it. 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:13.320 Again. 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.960 These instructions on the website. Rich on tech dot TV. 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:21.040 Let's go to Steven in Los Angeles. Steven, you're on 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:21.520 with Rich. 0:22:22.880 --> 0:22:23.040 Hi. 0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:27.240 Rich, this is a call regarding the test the vehicle, 0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:30.480 since I know you've had a good experience with one 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.600 for over the years. I bought the new twenty four 0:22:33.880 --> 0:22:39.639 Highland and I have to use the auto drive quite often. 0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:42.520 Ninety percent of the time. It works very well, but 0:22:43.119 --> 0:22:45.960 some minor errors could sometimes occur, and I want to 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:51.120 know if you ever know a way to correct those errors. 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:53.280 Oh, that's a great question. 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:56.000 I've been because I've been using these self driving like 0:22:56.119 --> 0:22:59.159 almost exclusively now for like ninety percent of my driving. 0:22:59.280 --> 0:23:03.240 But it does make errors. It does make errors, and 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:06.000 especially and this is something I've noticed. I'm not sure 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:09.000 if you have, but on one of my drives that 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:12.520 I do very often. It wants to take an exit 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:15.399 that I would not take for that drive, Like it 0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:18.280 wants to exit let's say two exits before the street 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:21.400 that I would take, and I have not figured out 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:24.439 a way to program it and say, please do not 0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:27.360 take this exit, take this exit. And you would think 0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:30.040 after driving it every day, it would learn from your 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:33.480 pattern of like turning off the autopilot and then taking 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:35.640 that exit. But it doesn't seem to learn from that. 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:39.480 So I think at this point, the only thing that 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:39.879 you can do. 0:23:39.920 --> 0:23:40.639 I don't know if you've. 0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:42.960 Noticed, but if you take it out of autopilot, it 0:23:43.000 --> 0:23:45.000 will give you a message that says, hey, we just 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:47.440 noticed you took your car out of autopilot. Do you 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:50.159 want to send us a message to our engineers to 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:54.080 tell us why. And I think that's your opportunity to say, hey, 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:58.159 this car tried to drive on a left, tried to 0:23:58.160 --> 0:23:59.920 make a left in front of traffic that was coming 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:01.199 at me, Like, hey, fix that. 0:24:02.640 --> 0:24:04.160 But that's the only thing that I've seen. 0:24:04.200 --> 0:24:07.399 There's no real way to like kind of manually change 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:10.240 the way the car noticed. 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:14.520 That kind of message. But yesterday, on a next to 0:24:14.560 --> 0:24:17.440 a cyber truck. It got so scared of it. It 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:21.520 started onking and beeping and stuff, and it was just 0:24:23.080 --> 0:24:26.239 I don't know what happened, but I rely on it 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:28.440 in ninety percent of the time. As I said, it's 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:32.400 it's very good, especially on a freeways. Oh yeah, changes 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:34.880 and yeah, that's incredible. 0:24:35.040 --> 0:24:37.280 Yeah, and it's gotten a lot, it's gotten a lot better. 0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:39.240 I'll be honest, when I'm next to a cyber truck, 0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:40.199 I'm just as scared. 0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:41.040 So I don't know. 0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.359 I mean, those things are imposing, they're big, They've got 0:24:44.400 --> 0:24:47.399 that big light in front, and you know that's a 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:49.560 statement car. If you're driving the cyber truck, you are 0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:52.679 making a statement in this world, and more power to you. 0:24:53.080 --> 0:24:55.480 But I will say I think that you know, I 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:57.720 did my kind of a review of the self driving 0:24:57.760 --> 0:24:59.720 on the Tesla when it first came out, and I 0:24:59.760 --> 0:25:01.560 kind of knocked it and I said it was horrible. 0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:03.800 And now I will take that back, and I will say, 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:07.600 I think ninety five percent of the time it is incredible. 0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:09.960 It takes a lot of the stress off of driving, 0:25:10.080 --> 0:25:12.359 especially in a city like Los Angeles where it's like 0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:15.840 a lot of stop and go, and even on like 0:25:15.920 --> 0:25:18.480 city streets and side streets. It does a good job. 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:23.359 It's not perfect, but I think that the momentum we're 0:25:23.400 --> 0:25:27.359 seeing with the progression of this technology is really good, 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:30.360 and they keep coming out with software updates to make 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:30.840 it better. 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:34.800 So yeah, those updates, I've noticed that they're incredibly useful 0:25:35.440 --> 0:25:38.800 and they do make a difference. And one question I 0:25:38.840 --> 0:25:43.200 have do you normally sit your speed at speed limit 0:25:43.280 --> 0:25:45.680 of the streets in the highways or do you go 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:48.960 more or less? Or how do you manage yours? 0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:52.400 You know, I usually so, I'm actually a very kind 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:55.639 of slow, methodical driver, and so I kind of like that. 0:25:56.720 --> 0:25:59.480 If anything, I might set it to go a couple 0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:03.200 miles over the speed limit. But I've also noticed, I 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:05.280 don't know if you've seen this, but the Tesla will 0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:08.600 automatically speed up based on the flow of traffic. So 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:10.879 if you're in an area where people are going a 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:14.000 lot faster than the typical they will also it will 0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:18.240 also notice that and speed up. So okay, but look, 0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:20.520 you know my advice to you, Steven, how long have 0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:23.040 you had the car since April? 0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:25.040 Believe it or not. I was waiting for the twenty 0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:27.840 fourth to come out and new body and all that. 0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:30.399 So yeah, it's it's nice. How do you like the shifting, 0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:32.520 because I know they took away the stalk. 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.640 You you get used to it, and it's just a 0:26:36.680 --> 0:26:39.119 matter of getting used to it, that's all. And initially 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:40.760 it was like where's my gears? 0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:44.240 Yeah, yeah, I've got the old version, so I'm not 0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:46.200 you know, and I'm not up for a new one 0:26:46.200 --> 0:26:49.639 anytime soon, so I'm sticking with the old waiting for 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:52.000 that model why Refresh to come out, and that will 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:55.120 be probably next year sometime and maybe. 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:57.040 Maybe I'll take a look at that. Steven, thanks for 0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:57.680 the call today. 0:26:58.000 --> 0:26:59.399 Thank you appreciate it. 0:26:59.600 --> 0:27:02.439 Enjoy I always think that the Teslas, and I'm not 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:04.840 I'm surprised they haven't figured this out, but I feel 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:07.280 like they should talk to each other. Since they're kind 0:27:07.320 --> 0:27:09.720 of like the main self driving cars on the road 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:12.080 right now, they should have some sort of like communication. 0:27:12.240 --> 0:27:14.840 Like that cyber truck that was getting near or too 0:27:14.880 --> 0:27:18.360 close to Steven's Tesla. It'd be cool if the if 0:27:18.400 --> 0:27:20.440 his Tesla can kind of send a message saying, hey, 0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:23.080 get back in your lane or whatever. But maybe that 0:27:23.119 --> 0:27:26.680 car wasn't on autopilot. Great question today, eighty to eight 0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:29.560 rich one one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:33.119 four one zero one. Website for the show rich on 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:35.840 Tech dot TV. We'll get some more of your calls 0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:39.200 in a moment. Plus, I'm gonna tell you why new 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.720 software for the iPhone is coming out in September. And 0:27:41.800 --> 0:27:44.840 guess who's the most excited about it. It is Google. 0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:47.879 I'll explain why coming up right here on rich on Tech. 0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:51.320 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:54.000 out with you at Triple eight rich one O one 0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.399 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:27:57.440 --> 0:27:59.800 If you have a question about technology, give me a 0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:03.040 call eight eight eight rich one oh one. 0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:06.080 The website rich on Tech dot TV. 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:11.040 We were talking about cars just before the break, and 0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:14.600 Ford is doing something interesting which we've seen before, but 0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:16.320 I think we're going to see this more and more 0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:20.560 with the new Mustang mock E. This is their electric car. 0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:24.600 You can get an extra one hundred pound don't know 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:26.880 how you say that, one hundred pound feet of torque 0:28:27.200 --> 0:28:30.200 for an extra thousand bucks. So this is a software 0:28:30.359 --> 0:28:35.000 upgrade that unlocks more performance on your car. How wild 0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:38.080 is that? So the car can apparently do this, but 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:41.880 it's just software locked, so the upgrade reduces the zero 0:28:41.920 --> 0:28:45.160 to sixty times from three point eight seconds to three 0:28:45.200 --> 0:28:49.400 point three seconds. And the upgrade can be just purchased, 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:51.800 you know, when you're buying the car or through the app. 0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:55.160 But this is this is becoming more and more common 0:28:55.680 --> 0:28:59.480 that cars are. They have features that are there, the 0:28:59.520 --> 0:29:02.320 hardware there, you just have to pay to unlock it. 0:29:02.640 --> 0:29:04.760 So for a thousand bucks you can make your Mustang 0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:07.320 Machi EV even faster. 0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:08.920 That's pretty wild. 0:29:09.080 --> 0:29:10.840 I know on the Tesla you can upgrade a couple 0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:13.560 things like obviously the self driving but that's not a 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:16.560 performance based thing, but things like heated seats, and I 0:29:16.600 --> 0:29:19.720 remember BMW had that as well. And I think that 0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:21.440 this is just going to be something we see more 0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:24.920 and more because they want to make a car with 0:29:24.960 --> 0:29:28.760 all these features, but they want everyone wants these subscriptions, 0:29:28.760 --> 0:29:31.520 and they want the add ons and they want the unlocks. 0:29:31.560 --> 0:29:33.280 So we're going to see that more and more. 0:29:34.280 --> 0:29:37.280 Mentioned that the new software for the iPhones coming out 0:29:37.320 --> 0:29:40.440 in September iOS eighteen, and who do you think is 0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:41.360 most excited for this? 0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:42.560 It's actually Google. 0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:46.960 They put out an ad this week, a video saying 0:29:47.000 --> 0:29:50.800 we can't wait for ourcs RCS support coming to the 0:29:50.800 --> 0:29:54.560 new iPhone, well the iPhone software. So what does that mean. 0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:58.880 RCS is rich Communication Service and that means that the 0:29:58.920 --> 0:30:02.040 iPhone and the Android messaging is finally going to be 0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:03.360 a level playing field. 0:30:03.840 --> 0:30:05.480 So when you text someone. 0:30:05.200 --> 0:30:07.760 From an Android or an iPhone or vice versa, you 0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:10.080 can text high resolution photos and videos. 0:30:10.520 --> 0:30:13.520 They will no longer look like a postage stamp. 0:30:14.680 --> 0:30:17.959 Improved group chat so you can add people, people can 0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:20.440 leave the group chats whether they're on Android or iPhone. 0:30:20.440 --> 0:30:21.600 That's a huge deal. 0:30:22.840 --> 0:30:25.680 Then there's also read receipts and typing indicators, so when 0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:27.960 your friend is on Android or iPhone or vice versa, 0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:30.000 you'll be able to see when they're typing and when 0:30:30.040 --> 0:30:33.880 they've read stuff. This is a huge deal. Beta users 0:30:33.920 --> 0:30:36.680 already have access. I have tried this out. It is great, 0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:40.080 and the message bubble on Android is still going to 0:30:40.120 --> 0:30:42.040 be green if you're looking at it on an iPhone. 0:30:42.400 --> 0:30:44.760 But you know what, I think this is a huge 0:30:44.880 --> 0:30:47.360 win for the Android side of things, and I think 0:30:47.400 --> 0:30:50.800 that's why Google's so excited, because Apple was holding this back, 0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:54.680 and they held it back for a reason. The reason 0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.360 is that it makes androids seem oh, they're not as 0:30:57.400 --> 0:31:00.120 bad as we thought they are. So I think think 0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:03.240 by having people be able to message each other in 0:31:03.320 --> 0:31:06.760 this same way, it will finally take that stigma away 0:31:06.840 --> 0:31:09.920 from the Android side of things. Now, I will tell you, 0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:12.719 when it comes to young folks, they still are all 0:31:12.760 --> 0:31:15.520 about the iPhone and it's all because of the messaging, 0:31:15.880 --> 0:31:19.280 the group chats, the blue bubble. Apple has really doubled 0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:21.680 down on this, like you have to be in it 0:31:21.760 --> 0:31:25.120 to win it, with the I message situation, and it's 0:31:25.160 --> 0:31:27.960 something that I really fault them for because I think 0:31:28.000 --> 0:31:32.320 that technology should be should create a level playing field 0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:37.720 and technology, the best technology works across various brands and manufacturers, 0:31:38.080 --> 0:31:41.000 and Apple has continually built this ecosystem up of their 0:31:41.040 --> 0:31:46.040 own stuff, and so it's kind of it's everything benefits Apple. 0:31:46.520 --> 0:31:47.960 And if you look at the other things in the 0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:50.360 world that you know, especially Android and Windows and all 0:31:50.360 --> 0:31:54.480 that stuff, it's you know, there's various manufacturers making stuff, 0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:57.040 and Apple some of the reason why their stuff works 0:31:57.080 --> 0:31:59.120 so well is because they control it all from start 0:31:59.120 --> 0:32:02.800 to finish, from the software to the hardware. But again 0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:06.120 they kind of control that methodology of hey, you got 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:06.680 to have everything. 0:32:06.680 --> 0:32:07.680 Apple you got to have everything. 0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:10.000 iPhone got to have, you know, the AirPods and the 0:32:10.040 --> 0:32:13.080 iPhone and the Apple Watch and the iPad for it 0:32:13.120 --> 0:32:15.480 to all work perfectly. Whereas if you're on an Android 0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:17.560 you can choose. You can pick and choose from a 0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:21.040 bunch of different manufacturers. You may have headphones from one company, 0:32:21.240 --> 0:32:23.360 you may have a smart watch from another company. You 0:32:23.360 --> 0:32:25.600 may have a tablet from another company, and your phone 0:32:25.760 --> 0:32:29.240 from Google, Samsung or someone else. So anyway, that's exciting. 0:32:29.320 --> 0:32:31.040 I think for the messaging side of things, that's going 0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:34.280 to be really great. Let's go to Robert in Michigan. 0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:35.640 Robert in Michigan, you're on. 0:32:35.640 --> 0:32:38.080 With Rich Rich on Tech. 0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:39.480 Hey, welcome to the show. 0:32:39.680 --> 0:32:43.880 I saw my eyesight five years ago and I bought 0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:49.320 an iPhone success us voiceover and it's worked really good, 0:32:49.920 --> 0:32:52.840 no problems, except for when you get to a website 0:32:53.120 --> 0:32:55.560 doesn't navigate real well, I don't have anybody here to 0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:57.640 help show me you know what am I missing? But 0:32:58.040 --> 0:33:01.840 here's my beast who's going to use voiceover but a 0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:05.800 blind person. So what happens is things pop up on 0:33:05.840 --> 0:33:08.080 the screen, you touch it, and then it shuts off. 0:33:08.840 --> 0:33:11.000 So what does a blind guy do with a phone 0:33:11.000 --> 0:33:14.400 that he doesn't talk anymore. I mean you would think 0:33:15.040 --> 0:33:17.160 an engineer would say, well, if you're going to put 0:33:17.160 --> 0:33:21.040 on voiceover, don't let these things pop up and you 0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:22.160 touch it and it goes off. 0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:23.240 What do you mean pop up? 0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:25.120 What do you mean by that pop up? Like like 0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:27.240 a website pop up or something on the phone? 0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:30.680 No, like things like you know, like things to help 0:33:30.720 --> 0:33:33.680 you navigate the phone. And you know, they got things 0:33:33.720 --> 0:33:35.680 like the screen curtain and if you don't know the 0:33:35.720 --> 0:33:37.959 little trick to get it back on, you know, stuff 0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:43.120 like that. Well, personally, once you put voiceover, who's going 0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:46.160 to use voiceover? And unless they're blind, I mean, I'm 0:33:46.200 --> 0:33:49.000 sure there might be another use. But so once that 0:33:49.120 --> 0:33:52.400 voiceover is on, they should just put a little line 0:33:52.400 --> 0:33:55.840 in there says once this is on, other things might 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:59.320 not work or shouldn't work, because you're like sitting in 0:33:59.720 --> 0:34:01.880 dead the water. If you touch something in your home 0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:04.640 alone and your voiceover shuts off, and I've had it happen, 0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:07.720 it's you know, it's so that's the only beat. But 0:34:07.760 --> 0:34:09.160 otherwise it works really good. 0:34:09.320 --> 0:34:10.280 And has it got personal? 0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:12.400 Has it gotten better in the time you've used it? 0:34:12.400 --> 0:34:13.960 You said you've had this. How many years have been 0:34:14.200 --> 0:34:14.920 have you been using it? 0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:15.040 Oh? 0:34:15.080 --> 0:34:16.600 I've been using it for five years? 0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:18.560 Oh wow? And has it gotten better over the years 0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:19.759 or has it kind of stayed the same. 0:34:20.680 --> 0:34:24.200 Well, it's happened like maybe three times over the year, 0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:26.640 three or four times. But it's not like it's a 0:34:26.640 --> 0:34:28.960 big deal. But when you can't see and this is 0:34:29.000 --> 0:34:32.480 your holding phone and it shuts it off, you know, 0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:34.120 you know what I mean, You're like, what do you 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:37.080 do if you touch it and nothing? You know, the 0:34:37.120 --> 0:34:38.719 only way you know how to use it? And if 0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:40.000 you touch it and it tells. 0:34:39.719 --> 0:34:41.440 You, and so what do you do in that situation? 0:34:42.640 --> 0:34:47.120 I wait, somebody comes over, push it, try to you know, 0:34:47.320 --> 0:34:49.120 if you Usually I gotta wait till someone comes over 0:34:49.200 --> 0:34:52.120 and so they can see the screen and push the 0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:56.200 right button and turn voiceover back on. I've asked. I've 0:34:56.239 --> 0:34:59.080 asked Theiri a number of times. Can you turn voiceover on? 0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:03.200 I can't do that. But then again, I've I've tried 0:35:03.239 --> 0:35:05.560 to send some funny emails, you know, a little joke, 0:35:05.640 --> 0:35:08.560 and she'll come back and say that's not very nice. 0:35:08.800 --> 0:35:10.880 Yes, well I'm making a joke. 0:35:10.920 --> 0:35:13.160 Hey, no judging me, Siri. If I want to send 0:35:13.160 --> 0:35:14.560 a joke. I want to send a joke. 0:35:16.080 --> 0:35:18.080 But well, listen, I was at a store. 0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:19.120 I called in AI. 0:35:19.680 --> 0:35:21.920 I'm going round and round. So when I finally got 0:35:21.960 --> 0:35:26.560 to somebody, I said, hey, just whoever is concerned? AI. 0:35:26.760 --> 0:35:29.200 You know what, I don't like it. I mean, it's good, God, 0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:32.480 it's places, it's wonderful, but you're going round and round 0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:34.600 and I want to just talk to somebody. You're asking 0:35:34.600 --> 0:35:39.759 the questions and it's coming up. Yeah, asked K you No, 0:35:39.800 --> 0:35:43.239 I don't want to ask K. I just need that 0:35:44.200 --> 0:35:46.200 the guy you have this and time. But anyway, I 0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:48.640 don't want to complain. I'm I'm actually a luddite. I 0:35:48.680 --> 0:35:50.400 got rid of Wi Fi and all that when I 0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:52.960 lost my eyes. I don't know if it's psychological. 0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:55.200 And I'm not on the computer, aid hob I gotta 0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:57.800 I gotta run, Robert, we're taking all right. Hey, they're teaching. 0:35:58.160 --> 0:35:59.960 You're taking me to break. Thanks for the call today. 0:36:00.000 --> 0:36:01.920 I appreciate it. 0:36:02.360 --> 0:36:02.839 I love it. 0:36:02.880 --> 0:36:04.319 I love the the. 0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:09.279 I love the endorsement. You're listening to rich on Tech. 0:36:11.400 --> 0:36:15.480 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Tomuro here hanging 0:36:15.480 --> 0:36:18.799 out with you, talking technology. Welcome to the show the 0:36:18.840 --> 0:36:23.279 website Rich on tech dot TV. The phone number eight 0:36:23.320 --> 0:36:26.840 eight eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:30.719 four two four one zero one. Get those questions about 0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:34.040 technology in right now. We'll get to the phone lines 0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:37.840 in just a moment. Coming up in this hour Peter Moore, 0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:42.560 a former gaming industry executive. He is gonna explain how 0:36:42.600 --> 0:36:46.360 the Apple Watch saved his life. It is a wild story. 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:48.960 And uh, after you hear it, you might want to 0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:52.840 get a wearable because it really did, really did change 0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:56.200 things for him. The hidden cost of cell phone plans. 0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.960 Oh sorry, so many, so many emails coming in. Let's 0:37:00.040 --> 0:37:02.600 see here. Let me get to this. Brian first said, Hey, Rich, 0:37:02.600 --> 0:37:05.520 I'm a regular listener. The music today is great. Your 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:08.560 mother rocks stumbling in. I haven't heard that one for 0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:13.080 a long time. Hire her, thank you, Brian. I don't 0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:14.879 think we have the budget to hire her, but if 0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:18.720 we did, yes, she'd be hired. Mark says the cyber 0:37:18.760 --> 0:37:21.560 truck has no autopilot or full self driving just yet, 0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:23.520 supposedly pending a software update. 0:37:23.520 --> 0:37:25.920 Oh wow, that's interesting. Didn't realize that. 0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:30.800 And let's see here, and let's see Steve says, in 0:37:31.200 --> 0:37:33.920 response to the caller, who was losing speech on his 0:37:34.000 --> 0:37:36.239 iPhone and no way to turn voiceover back on. I 0:37:36.280 --> 0:37:38.160 just wanted to mention that Android has a way to 0:37:38.200 --> 0:37:41.680 do this on Android phones, go into accessibility and enable 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.719 the shortcut to turn on or off talkback. I have 0:37:44.840 --> 0:37:48.240 mindset to toggle this when I hold down both volume keys, 0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:51.759 so talkback is kind of like the Android version of 0:37:51.960 --> 0:37:56.560 the voiceover feature on the iPhone. It is really incredible 0:37:56.600 --> 0:37:59.600 the amount of effort to these companies put into accessibility 0:37:59.600 --> 0:38:02.200 features on the iPhone and Android. If you go into 0:38:02.239 --> 0:38:06.440 that section of the phone, there are so many helpful features, 0:38:06.800 --> 0:38:08.600 no matter what you know is going on with you, 0:38:08.600 --> 0:38:13.040 whether it's a physical disability or I don't think they 0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:17.520 have it for mental disabilities just yet, but maybe that's 0:38:17.520 --> 0:38:21.360 coming in the future we may need that. But anyway, 0:38:21.800 --> 0:38:26.040 thanks for the email. Steven in Durham, North Carolina. Appreciate that, 0:38:26.480 --> 0:38:30.759 all right. The hidden cost of cell phone plans people 0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:34.560 are spending. Americans are overspending by fifteen hundred dollars annually. 0:38:34.719 --> 0:38:38.120 New survey from whistleout dot com, this website that helps 0:38:38.120 --> 0:38:41.520 you kind of compare the different carrier plans. They said 0:38:41.520 --> 0:38:43.800 the average American spends one hundred and fifty seven dollars 0:38:43.800 --> 0:38:47.000 a month on a plan from a major carrier. But 0:38:47.040 --> 0:38:48.759 if you have an mv and O plan one of 0:38:48.800 --> 0:38:52.200 those mobile virtual network operators, those cost around thirty dollars 0:38:52.280 --> 0:38:54.959 a month on average, so the average person could save 0:38:55.080 --> 0:38:58.600 about fifteen hundred dollars a year by switching. But fifty 0:38:58.640 --> 0:39:01.160 three percent of consumer have a cell phone plan through 0:39:01.160 --> 0:39:03.439 one of the big three Verizon, T Mobile or AT 0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:06.279 and T. Forty seven percent are now on an MV 0:39:06.400 --> 0:39:10.080 and O. Seventy six percent of consumers have an unlimited 0:39:10.120 --> 0:39:13.279 phone plan, but sixty three percent of people use less 0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:17.120 than fifteen gigabytes of data per month, and a majority 0:39:17.160 --> 0:39:19.719 of people with unlimited data plans are on Wi Fi 0:39:19.800 --> 0:39:22.839 most of the time. So when you hear all this, 0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:25.239 you would say, well, why don't people switch? Why don't 0:39:25.239 --> 0:39:29.920 they switch to a smaller cell phone carrier? Brand loyalty? Okay, 0:39:31.160 --> 0:39:33.200 I mean, what do these companies do for you except 0:39:33.280 --> 0:39:33.919 raise your bill? 0:39:34.120 --> 0:39:34.440 Nothing. 0:39:35.280 --> 0:39:38.600 Americans are overspending by two hundred and eleven billion dollars 0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:42.120 every year, and they take it out over a lifetime. 0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:43.720 If you switch to one of these MV and o's 0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:48.239 eighty five thousand dollars you'd save over your lifetime. So 0:39:48.360 --> 0:39:51.560 here's the deal. What's the deal with these mv and os? 0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:53.759 People always ask like, should I switch to one? The 0:39:54.080 --> 0:39:56.719 main ones that come to mind are Visible that's owned 0:39:56.719 --> 0:39:59.560 by Verizon, Mint Mobile that. 0:39:59.560 --> 0:40:01.400 Was owned by Ryan Reynolds. 0:40:01.400 --> 0:40:04.640 Now it's owned by T Mobile, AT and T owns Cricket, 0:40:05.160 --> 0:40:07.160 And there's a whole bunch of other ones out there. 0:40:07.400 --> 0:40:10.480 So why would you switch? I think you should. 0:40:10.800 --> 0:40:13.799 If you have a bill that is very expensive and 0:40:13.840 --> 0:40:15.680 you don't want to spend that much, go with one 0:40:15.680 --> 0:40:17.760 of these mv and o's. The coverage is the same. 0:40:17.880 --> 0:40:20.560 It's it's Verizon, it's they all ride on one of 0:40:20.640 --> 0:40:23.080 these big networks, whether it's Verizon, T Mobile, or AT 0:40:23.160 --> 0:40:25.880 and T. And if you're curious which one they work on, 0:40:26.360 --> 0:40:28.680 just google it and just say, like, you know, what 0:40:28.680 --> 0:40:32.480 what network is Visible on? What network is Mint Mobile on? 0:40:32.640 --> 0:40:36.359 What network is Cricket on? What network is Mobile Xon? 0:40:36.680 --> 0:40:39.120 And they will they will reveal that usually in Wikipedia. 0:40:40.280 --> 0:40:42.200 I did this for my wife. I switched her to 0:40:42.200 --> 0:40:44.080 one of the mv and o's a couple months ago. 0:40:44.200 --> 0:40:47.560 It took exactly twenty minutes, saved us about forty five 0:40:47.600 --> 0:40:50.640 dollars a month on her bill. The coverage is pretty 0:40:50.719 --> 0:40:54.560 much the same, no complaints. And the main thing to 0:40:54.680 --> 0:40:57.920 know about these plans is that not all of the 0:40:58.040 --> 0:41:01.440 mv and o's support a smart watch. So if you 0:41:01.520 --> 0:41:04.480 have a smart watch with a data connection, like a 0:41:04.480 --> 0:41:09.040 cellular Apple Watch or an LTE Android Watch, a lot 0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:11.200 of the mv and os do not support that, so 0:41:11.239 --> 0:41:13.600 you have to be careful if you're switching. Oh wait, 0:41:13.640 --> 0:41:16.160 my Apple Watch isn't gonna have cellular anymore, no, so 0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:19.239 check that before. The other thing you don't get is 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:21.759 you don't get some of these perks like the Netflix, 0:41:22.000 --> 0:41:24.280 you know, and all these different things like the music, 0:41:24.360 --> 0:41:27.879 free music, whatever. But I think the savings are worth it. 0:41:28.360 --> 0:41:31.399 So if you're considering a switch, I say go for it. 0:41:31.719 --> 0:41:34.279 You can always switch back. It's very easy. They make 0:41:34.280 --> 0:41:36.120 it a little scary because you have to figure out 0:41:36.160 --> 0:41:38.640 you know your your pin number for your account, you 0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:40.319 have to enter your information if you want to pour 0:41:40.320 --> 0:41:42.840 it over your phone number. But it literally took me 0:41:42.880 --> 0:41:46.279 twenty minutes my wife's phone number. It went from one 0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:49.319 carrier to the other carrier within twenty minutes, and we 0:41:49.440 --> 0:41:52.200 saved forty five dollars a month. The other thing that's 0:41:52.239 --> 0:41:55.040 interesting is a lot of these carriers that are the 0:41:55.080 --> 0:41:58.240 smaller mv and os, they'll let you pay by credit card, 0:41:58.520 --> 0:42:02.600 whereas all these like main carriers, the T Mobiles, the Verizons, 0:42:02.600 --> 0:42:05.479 the AT and T's, they're all pushing people to pay 0:42:05.480 --> 0:42:08.120 through their checking accounts. And the reason I don't like 0:42:08.200 --> 0:42:11.279 that is because their bills can can fluctuate. You get 0:42:11.280 --> 0:42:13.719 a big roaming charge. Next thing you know, your bill 0:42:13.760 --> 0:42:16.360 could be more. And with the with the mv and 0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:21.120 O is there's really no there's really no surprise charges 0:42:21.120 --> 0:42:22.759 with them because it's it's kind of an all on 0:42:22.760 --> 0:42:26.080 one thing. So there you go. Just got another email 0:42:26.120 --> 0:42:29.640 from Nancy. Nancy says, I love Mom's music too. Wow, 0:42:30.000 --> 0:42:33.839 I guess Bobo, we got to hire Mom. Let's go too. 0:42:33.960 --> 0:42:35.960 Do we have time to take a call. Let's see, Yeah, 0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:39.160 I think we do. Let's go to Carmen Carmen in 0:42:39.280 --> 0:42:40.000 Los Angeles. 0:42:40.080 --> 0:42:42.120 Carmen, you're all with Rich. Welcome to the show. 0:42:42.600 --> 0:42:46.880 Hi, thank you. I have a problem with Google. I 0:42:47.000 --> 0:42:49.960 have a pham where I don't use it with the 0:42:49.960 --> 0:42:54.719 service I'm only using to work on docs and emails. 0:42:55.160 --> 0:42:57.960 But now I'm being blocking from Google because I have 0:42:58.080 --> 0:43:04.080 no manor storage. I kept throwing away videos, pictures, and 0:43:04.239 --> 0:43:08.040 a lot of gmails, but I still don't have a space. 0:43:08.800 --> 0:43:13.760 They are saying that I should buy it or empty. 0:43:13.880 --> 0:43:16.840 But if I'm being empty and empty and empty and 0:43:16.880 --> 0:43:20.360 I don't and I still don't get it, do I 0:43:20.480 --> 0:43:23.920 have a nail? The option? How to do dogs on 0:43:23.960 --> 0:43:27.720 my phone without Google? Or without how to pay Google? 0:43:28.440 --> 0:43:29.480 What kind of phone do you have? 0:43:30.560 --> 0:43:35.240 Okay, so you've got your your Google comes with fifteen 0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:39.600 gigabytes of free storage, and you're saying that's completely filled up. Okay, 0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:41.680 Well this is their plan. By the way, I mean, 0:43:41.719 --> 0:43:45.680 why do you think they give free Gmail, free Google Photos, 0:43:46.040 --> 0:43:48.520 free Google Docs. The whole idea is to get you 0:43:48.560 --> 0:43:51.399 to put all your stuff inside their cloud storage. They 0:43:51.440 --> 0:43:53.680 know one day that cloud storage is gonna, you know, 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:55.960 be full, and now they say, oh, for two more 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:58.040 bucks a month, you can now have one hundred gigs 0:43:58.080 --> 0:43:58.840 versus fifteen. 0:43:58.920 --> 0:43:59.720 So that's the plan. 0:44:00.440 --> 0:44:03.319 Many people, you know, they don't mind paying because they 0:44:03.320 --> 0:44:05.360 have all their stuff in there. But once you're invested 0:44:05.400 --> 0:44:08.600 in these cloud storage you know you want to stick 0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:10.680 with them for a long time. And that's what Google knows. 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:14.200 So you said you cleared out some files and things. 0:44:14.760 --> 0:44:19.640 Have you gone to the website one dot Google dot com. Okay, 0:44:19.760 --> 0:44:23.200 that's where I want you to go, So tell me okay, 0:44:23.640 --> 0:44:27.200 O n E dot Google dot com. 0:44:27.600 --> 0:44:29.680 Okay. And so when you. 0:44:29.640 --> 0:44:32.319 Go there, it will show you on that page how 0:44:32.400 --> 0:44:35.320 much storage you're using. So, for instance, I'm using sixty 0:44:35.360 --> 0:44:39.160 four sixty four percent of my five terabytes that I 0:44:39.239 --> 0:44:43.080 pay for, so that's a lot. And so I'm at 0:44:43.120 --> 0:44:46.080 sixty four percent, and then it says clean up space, 0:44:46.719 --> 0:44:48.640 and it says to me, I've got five hundred and 0:44:48.640 --> 0:44:51.000 fifty five gigabytes that I can clean up. So you 0:44:51.040 --> 0:44:54.719 tap that and it will show you all of the breakdown. 0:44:54.800 --> 0:44:56.719 So I can see that I've got three terabytes in 0:44:56.760 --> 0:44:59.680 Google Photos, I've got one hundred and fifty gigabytes in 0:44:59.719 --> 0:45:03.560 Google will Drive, I've got forty gigabytes of Gmail, I've 0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:07.040 got a nine hundred and fifty two megabytes in recorder, 0:45:07.800 --> 0:45:10.759 and then my family's using some stuff as well. So 0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:14.680 once you go into there, you can clean up by service, 0:45:15.000 --> 0:45:17.880 So you can clean up by Google Photos, Google Drive, 0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:21.680 and Gmail. So for instance, if I tap Gmail, it 0:45:21.719 --> 0:45:25.400 will show me all of my emails with the biggest attachments, 0:45:25.920 --> 0:45:29.479 and I can just in one fell swoop select those 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:32.200 all and get rid of them. And then you can 0:45:32.239 --> 0:45:35.920 also empty your trash, because sometimes this trash does take 0:45:36.040 --> 0:45:39.640 up the storage on your depends on the cloud service. 0:45:40.000 --> 0:45:42.440 Sometimes it will take up storage, sometimes it will not. 0:45:43.000 --> 0:45:46.360 But in general you probably want to empty the trash 0:45:46.400 --> 0:45:48.440 as well, because even though you've thrown this stuff away, 0:45:48.480 --> 0:45:51.640 you can recover that space quickly by emptying the trash. 0:45:51.680 --> 0:45:53.480 And so for me, it says I can empty my 0:45:53.600 --> 0:45:56.440 trash in Gmail, I can empty some files that I 0:45:56.480 --> 0:46:00.279 have in trash from my Google Docs, spam email I 0:46:00.280 --> 0:46:02.399 can get rid of. But this is where you want 0:46:02.440 --> 0:46:04.600 to go. You want to go to one dot Google 0:46:04.760 --> 0:46:07.240 dot com. And I think everyone should do this because 0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:10.400 it's a handy way of seeing like, oh wait a second, 0:46:10.719 --> 0:46:13.200 I've got, you know, two terabytes or whatever. You have 0:46:13.280 --> 0:46:15.560 one hundred gigabytes of stuff and trash, Like, let me 0:46:15.600 --> 0:46:19.080 get rid of that. That's the way to do it, Carmen, 0:46:19.160 --> 0:46:22.680 to reclaim some of that space. Fifteen gigabytes is not 0:46:22.800 --> 0:46:27.800 all that much. Apple gives folks five. Google gives people fifteen. 0:46:28.320 --> 0:46:30.680 If you're looking for a place to sort of offload 0:46:30.760 --> 0:46:32.799 some stuff. There are some ways to get some free 0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:35.680 storage online. You can move some stuff to one Drive, 0:46:35.880 --> 0:46:39.640 which is Microsoft's. They give you fifteen gigabytes for free. 0:46:39.680 --> 0:46:41.359 So maybe you could take some of your files from 0:46:41.400 --> 0:46:44.359 Google Drive, move them over to one Drive, and then 0:46:44.400 --> 0:46:46.800 that way you can free up that space on Google. 0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:49.560 I think Google Docs is fantastic. I use it, I 0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:52.680 love it, and so I would consider I would still 0:46:52.880 --> 0:46:55.400 recommend using that, but you do have to find a 0:46:55.400 --> 0:46:57.160 way to get rid of some of those files that 0:46:57.200 --> 0:46:59.279 you've got stored in there. If you don't want to 0:46:59.280 --> 0:47:02.360 pay the next The next payment is two bucks a 0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:03.640 month if you want to get I think it's one 0:47:03.680 --> 0:47:06.840 hundred gigabytes, which you know, in the scheme of things, 0:47:06.920 --> 0:47:10.440 is really not that bad for uh, for you know, 0:47:10.640 --> 0:47:13.400 for using documents and all that stuff. Thanks for the call, Karmen, 0:47:13.480 --> 0:47:16.799 appreciate it. Good luck getting that all figured out. Eighty 0:47:16.880 --> 0:47:19.759 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 0:47:19.840 --> 0:47:21.960 to two four one zero one. Coming up, we'll take 0:47:21.960 --> 0:47:25.000 some more of your calls the website rich on tech 0:47:25.040 --> 0:47:27.319 dot tv. Plus I'm gonna tell you how you can 0:47:27.400 --> 0:47:33.959 use chat GPT to digitize your handwritten notes. It's super fast, 0:47:34.040 --> 0:47:36.600 it's super easy, it's super handy. You are listening to 0:47:36.960 --> 0:47:39.759 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:47:39.800 --> 0:47:44.479 Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. The phone 0:47:44.560 --> 0:47:47.319 line eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight 0:47:47.520 --> 0:47:50.000 eight seven four to two four one zero one sha 0:47:50.120 --> 0:47:55.560 bozi on your radio. That yes, that was selected by 0:47:55.600 --> 0:47:58.400 my mom. My mom has. When I told her the 0:47:58.520 --> 0:48:02.319 select the songs for the show, she goes, do they 0:48:02.320 --> 0:48:05.480 have to be old songs? They said, no, select whatever 0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:08.960 you like and she she's like, I really like. 0:48:09.000 --> 0:48:14.520 This shaboozy song. Everyone does. I mean, what's not to like? 0:48:14.680 --> 0:48:14.839 Right? 0:48:16.360 --> 0:48:21.279 It's just amazing how sometimes these songs come out and 0:48:21.320 --> 0:48:26.520 they just take over the world, like that one. And anyway, 0:48:26.800 --> 0:48:29.480 thanks for the song. So I want to tell you 0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:32.880 I mentioned how chat gpt can digitize your notes. 0:48:32.960 --> 0:48:36.200 This is pretty cool. This is what my mom used. 0:48:36.239 --> 0:48:39.160 She wrote out all the songs for the show today 0:48:39.239 --> 0:48:42.040 and I took a picture of them and I uploaded 0:48:42.040 --> 0:48:46.040 it to chat gpt and it spit out the everything 0:48:46.080 --> 0:48:49.400 perfectly written. And so here's how you can do it. 0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:52.480 And you can probably use any any of the AI 0:48:52.600 --> 0:48:55.560 tools to do this. But if you've got a handwritten note, 0:48:55.560 --> 0:48:57.640 maybe a letter from back in the day or something 0:48:57.719 --> 0:49:00.360 like that, or if you still have good handwriting, you 0:49:00.400 --> 0:49:03.280 can just write a note, take a picture with your phone, 0:49:03.800 --> 0:49:07.640 upload it to chat GPT or even claude dot AI 0:49:07.960 --> 0:49:14.360 and it will basically extract the text from that image 0:49:14.760 --> 0:49:18.600 and convert the handwriting to text. And it's very simple. 0:49:18.640 --> 0:49:21.120 It's very easy. If it doesn't do it without you asking, 0:49:21.160 --> 0:49:23.319 like you probably just all you have to do is 0:49:23.440 --> 0:49:25.759 upload the photo. But if it doesn't do it with 0:49:25.920 --> 0:49:28.920 just uploading, just say hey, can you please? Can you 0:49:28.960 --> 0:49:32.000 please extract the text from this image? And it will. 0:49:32.320 --> 0:49:34.319 Now I did that with the song. Then I said, hey, 0:49:34.360 --> 0:49:36.320 can you actually give me a line about each song? 0:49:36.920 --> 0:49:39.760 And so it did that very easily. I use Claude 0:49:39.800 --> 0:49:41.680 to do that, but chat GBT will do it as well. 0:49:42.400 --> 0:49:45.799 This was from zd net. Got to give Sabrina over 0:49:45.840 --> 0:49:48.800 at zd net the props for this little tip because 0:49:48.800 --> 0:49:50.840 she came up with it. But I thought that was 0:49:50.880 --> 0:49:53.800 pretty cool. I mean, I can't write in my handwriting 0:49:53.800 --> 0:49:57.319 anymore because it just looks so horrible. But if you 0:49:57.360 --> 0:49:59.680 can and it still looks legible, yeah, you can use 0:49:59.719 --> 0:50:03.040 AI to transform it. Comment on the MV and O plans. 0:50:03.040 --> 0:50:05.799 We're getting a lot let's see, I don't have a 0:50:05.840 --> 0:50:07.840 person's name here, but they said something else as important 0:50:07.840 --> 0:50:11.680 as international travel. Absolutely, I meant to mention that a 0:50:11.719 --> 0:50:14.840 lot of the MV and o's do not support international roaming. 0:50:15.320 --> 0:50:17.040 So again you're not going to get hit with these 0:50:17.120 --> 0:50:19.640 roaming bills. But at the same time, you may not 0:50:19.719 --> 0:50:22.000 be able to use that phone number to roam overseas. 0:50:22.080 --> 0:50:24.400 If they support the Wi Fi calling and texting, that 0:50:24.520 --> 0:50:25.000 might work. 0:50:26.120 --> 0:50:26.360 I know. 0:50:26.520 --> 0:50:30.360 Mint Mobile just added the international plans to their. 0:50:31.800 --> 0:50:34.600 Plans, so you can buy like International when you go 0:50:35.120 --> 0:50:38.320 out of the country. And they also said Visible supports 0:50:38.360 --> 0:50:41.920 Apple Watch. Yes, Visible is one that does support Apple Watch. 0:50:42.640 --> 0:50:46.120 Looks like we got another question. Gary and Laguna Niguel. Gary, 0:50:46.120 --> 0:50:48.200 you're on with Rich We hell Rich. 0:50:48.400 --> 0:50:50.319 Oh, by the way, I noticed she still has some 0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:55.240 of the old Leo laporttunes. Also, that tune is great. 0:50:55.360 --> 0:50:57.920 I usually hear that right between eleven thirty and twelve 0:50:57.920 --> 0:50:59.920 thirty and always get some motivation going. 0:51:00.160 --> 0:51:02.239 Is that the which one is? That is that's going 0:51:02.280 --> 0:51:02.960 to break what we. 0:51:05.200 --> 0:51:05.239 Do? 0:51:05.800 --> 0:51:09.839 It's where he plays it. It's one of Leo's old 0:51:10.239 --> 0:51:12.960 old songs that he leads into his show when he 0:51:13.000 --> 0:51:15.920 would start at eleven o'clock on Saturday mornings. 0:51:16.000 --> 0:51:18.279 Okay, I think, yeah, I gotta listen now closely. Maybe 0:51:18.320 --> 0:51:21.359 I mostly focus on the intro and I gotta now, 0:51:21.360 --> 0:51:26.560 I gotta listen. Oh okay, Kim. Kim says, it's the 0:51:26.600 --> 0:51:27.640 network bumper music. 0:51:27.680 --> 0:51:27.960 Got it? 0:51:27.960 --> 0:51:29.759 Okay, So I don't get it. I may not hear 0:51:29.800 --> 0:51:31.440 it here, Okay, I do, Okay, got it? 0:51:32.200 --> 0:51:32.480 Gary? 0:51:32.480 --> 0:51:33.200 What can I help you with? 0:51:33.719 --> 0:51:35.719 Well, the question I asked you Rich is all the 0:51:35.719 --> 0:51:38.880 budget carriers that you hear advertising on talk radio and 0:51:39.280 --> 0:51:42.000 so on. They always seem that they have AT and 0:51:42.040 --> 0:51:46.400 T and T mobile service carriers, but Verison. I'd like 0:51:46.480 --> 0:51:49.920 to know which are the budget carriers carry Verison? 0:51:50.640 --> 0:51:55.680 Great question, and so yes, I would say a majority. 0:51:55.719 --> 0:51:58.680 I would say ninety percent of them run on T Mobile, 0:51:59.200 --> 0:52:01.919 maybe ten percent run on AT and T, and then 0:52:02.160 --> 0:52:05.080 Verizon has like a tiny percent, but it's growing. So 0:52:05.280 --> 0:52:10.120 number one Verizon owns Visible and they run on Verizon's network. 0:52:10.880 --> 0:52:13.640 The other one is red Pocket, which I've tested. They 0:52:13.760 --> 0:52:16.160 run on Verizon as well, and so you can get 0:52:16.200 --> 0:52:21.160 that US Mobile. They have an option for Verizon, but 0:52:21.200 --> 0:52:23.200 you have to kind of choose. They've got a choice 0:52:23.200 --> 0:52:26.120 of Verizon or I think it's might be AT and 0:52:26.120 --> 0:52:28.640 t Issue Mobile. But US Mobile is another one and 0:52:28.640 --> 0:52:32.200 they're kind of a smaller carrier that really they don't 0:52:32.600 --> 0:52:35.160 you don't hear much about them, but they are on there. 0:52:35.280 --> 0:52:38.919 And then I believe Spectrum and Exfinity are also on there. 0:52:39.360 --> 0:52:42.320 So those are kind of through your cable company and 0:52:42.320 --> 0:52:44.759 you have to have your cable obviously your Internet through them, 0:52:45.120 --> 0:52:46.920 but you get a good deal there. And then the 0:52:47.320 --> 0:52:51.160 latest one to use Verizon is Mobile X. We talked 0:52:51.160 --> 0:52:53.720 about them on the show a couple months ago. Mobile 0:52:53.880 --> 0:52:56.879 X uses Verizon's network. I have tested them and they 0:52:56.880 --> 0:53:00.760 are great. And then Verizon has another one called Total 0:53:00.920 --> 0:53:04.440 by Verizon, and this is their prepaid. So basically Verizon 0:53:04.560 --> 0:53:09.680 runs Total Wireless and also Visible Wireless, and Total Wireless 0:53:09.719 --> 0:53:12.400 is sort of a prepaid whereas Visible is like you know, 0:53:12.440 --> 0:53:15.840 you just jump on that plan. But yeah, great question, 0:53:16.040 --> 0:53:17.440 and a lot of times if you go to that 0:53:17.760 --> 0:53:22.160 whistle out site that I mentioned, they can reveal which 0:53:22.280 --> 0:53:24.840 Envy and Zo is on which carrier network. But again 0:53:24.920 --> 0:53:26.920 there's only like really three networks. I think there's a 0:53:26.960 --> 0:53:29.719 fourth coming up from Dish Network, which I have not 0:53:29.840 --> 0:53:32.680 tested yet, but apparently they've built their own network in 0:53:32.760 --> 0:53:34.359 the US, so we're going to see a lot more 0:53:34.440 --> 0:53:37.120 advertising from Dish, I think, when that's ready to go 0:53:37.160 --> 0:53:38.959 in a much bigger way than it is right now. 0:53:39.360 --> 0:53:41.320 Thanks for the question, Gary, and I'm glad we figured 0:53:41.360 --> 0:53:42.320 out the music. 0:53:42.360 --> 0:53:44.920 You're right glad. We've got Kim here to tell us 0:53:44.920 --> 0:53:45.440 that stuff. 0:53:45.760 --> 0:53:46.120 All right. 0:53:46.160 --> 0:53:47.839 Coming up, we're going to talk to a guy who 0:53:47.840 --> 0:53:51.920 says the Apple Watch has saved his life. He'll explain 0:53:52.120 --> 0:53:55.680 coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back 0:53:55.680 --> 0:54:00.359 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here talking technology. Lines 0:54:00.400 --> 0:54:03.160 are open at eight eight eight rich one oh one. 0:54:04.080 --> 0:54:06.560 That's eight eight eight seven four to. 0:54:06.600 --> 0:54:08.279 Two four one zero one. 0:54:08.920 --> 0:54:11.239 Lots of you going to the website today rich on 0:54:11.360 --> 0:54:13.719 Tech dot tv to send me an email. You can 0:54:13.800 --> 0:54:16.440 hit contact up at the top of the website to 0:54:16.480 --> 0:54:18.400 send me an email. I'll try to get to some 0:54:18.440 --> 0:54:20.239 of those, but I've got a kind of quite a 0:54:20.239 --> 0:54:24.200 big backlog today. And if you want something that's mentioned 0:54:24.280 --> 0:54:26.600 on the show, just go to the website rich on 0:54:26.680 --> 0:54:29.560 Tech dot TV and hit the light bulb and there 0:54:29.600 --> 0:54:31.839 you can find the show notes in real time. 0:54:31.880 --> 0:54:35.040 This is show number eighty three. All right. 0:54:35.080 --> 0:54:37.600 So recently I spoke with a guy named Peter Moore. 0:54:37.760 --> 0:54:40.839 This is a quite a successful business person. He's had 0:54:41.040 --> 0:54:45.719 big jobs at EA, Microsoft, Sega, and Rebok. He's here 0:54:45.719 --> 0:54:48.520 in California, and he told me the story of how 0:54:48.560 --> 0:54:52.279 his Apple Watch saved his life. And uh, you know what, 0:54:52.320 --> 0:54:54.000 I'm just gonna let him tell the story. Let's hear 0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:54.680 from Peter Moore. 0:54:55.320 --> 0:54:57.680 It's actually two weeks ago today. I was going to 0:54:57.680 --> 0:55:00.399 buy my business as normal. My eldest daughter, who works 0:55:00.400 --> 0:55:02.200 for Rea, was flying in for a couple of days. 0:55:02.200 --> 0:55:04.600 I was heading to Santa Barbara Airport. I felt a 0:55:04.600 --> 0:55:08.120 little light headed and a little faint, and like a 0:55:08.160 --> 0:55:08.880 typical mail I. 0:55:08.840 --> 0:55:09.880 Thought, I'll go to Starbucks. 0:55:09.920 --> 0:55:14.719 That'll fix it totally. And so I went on the 0:55:14.719 --> 0:55:18.040 way to Santa Barbara Airport and grabbed a latte. I 0:55:18.200 --> 0:55:21.000 sat in the cell phone parking lot. It still felt 0:55:21.080 --> 0:55:23.279 a little faint, but I thought it would pass. My 0:55:23.360 --> 0:55:27.160 phone started to ping and said low heart rate, which 0:55:27.160 --> 0:55:29.520 I've never seen before, and so I looked at it 0:55:29.960 --> 0:55:31.680 and then my heart rate had dropped to thirty two 0:55:32.239 --> 0:55:36.479 and it was insistent in its notifications that something wasn't 0:55:36.560 --> 0:55:40.640 right with the linkage to your phone. I looked on 0:55:40.800 --> 0:55:43.839 the health app in my phone and I saw that 0:55:43.920 --> 0:55:47.480 my heart rate was vacillating at that time from thirty 0:55:47.480 --> 0:55:48.960 to one hundred and one, and so I had this 0:55:49.040 --> 0:55:50.080 bright red line. 0:55:49.880 --> 0:55:50.560 Going up and down. 0:55:50.600 --> 0:55:53.719 I thought this is probably not good, so swallowed my 0:55:53.719 --> 0:55:58.320 mail pride sent a photograph to my wife of the 0:55:59.040 --> 0:55:59.640 low heart rate. 0:55:59.719 --> 0:55:59.920 Note of it. 0:56:00.640 --> 0:56:03.480 She said, don't move, I'm coming right there, pick me up. 0:56:03.640 --> 0:56:06.240 I was in Santa Barbara Coottish Hospital. Within ten minutes, 0:56:06.880 --> 0:56:09.800 Triagnur sees me, looks at me, looks at my pulse, 0:56:10.440 --> 0:56:12.279 goes a little pale, which I didn't think was a 0:56:12.280 --> 0:56:15.680 good thing. The reaction not at all now and gets 0:56:15.680 --> 0:56:17.080 a wheelchair. 0:56:18.000 --> 0:56:18.200 Rich. 0:56:18.239 --> 0:56:20.439 Within five minutes, I'm in the emergency room. Crash team 0:56:20.480 --> 0:56:26.480 descends on me, defibrillator pads, ivy blood samples EKG, and 0:56:26.640 --> 0:56:30.960 they're running the EKG and doctor kind of theoretically runs 0:56:31.000 --> 0:56:32.120 in and said, this is not good. 0:56:32.280 --> 0:56:33.480 This is not good. 0:56:34.080 --> 0:56:34.560 You need a. 0:56:34.480 --> 0:56:35.520 Pacemaker right now. 0:56:36.520 --> 0:56:39.759 You are in complete heart blockage, which is an electrical 0:56:39.800 --> 0:56:42.600 issue where the top part of the heart the atrier 0:56:42.640 --> 0:56:45.240 and the bottom heart ventricle aren't talking to each other anymore, 0:56:45.239 --> 0:56:47.640 and so what happens is your top part of the 0:56:47.680 --> 0:56:51.560 backup systems. I'm triggered and the atria is doing all 0:56:51.560 --> 0:56:54.480 the work, but the ventricles are doing nothing, and so 0:56:54.680 --> 0:56:57.800 my heartbeat. Then I'm on the monitors. I'm looking my heartbeat. 0:56:57.840 --> 0:57:00.400 Then is twenty four. Doctor comes in, looks at me, 0:57:00.480 --> 0:57:05.359 goes why are you still awake? Type thing, And their 0:57:05.400 --> 0:57:08.080 goal was to get me into the operating theater as 0:57:08.080 --> 0:57:11.000 the fast that they possibly could to install the pacemaker, 0:57:11.239 --> 0:57:14.880 and all they were waiting for was a bed postop recovery. 0:57:15.000 --> 0:57:16.760 Within two and a half hours, I was in the 0:57:16.800 --> 0:57:21.560 operating theater. I was awake, somewhat sedated, but fascinated by 0:57:21.600 --> 0:57:26.240 the process, surrounded by data screens and talking to the 0:57:26.720 --> 0:57:31.640 technician from Abbot Labs, who have this duel chamber pacemaker 0:57:31.640 --> 0:57:34.440 that I'm now the proud owner of, and he's pacing. 0:57:34.480 --> 0:57:36.720 In other words, he's in control of my heart. And 0:57:36.800 --> 0:57:39.400 what they're doing is setting the voltage levels, making sure 0:57:39.440 --> 0:57:43.560 the pacemaker is obviously working properly, and stitch me up 0:57:43.600 --> 0:57:46.320 and I'm out of there and spent the night in 0:57:46.400 --> 0:57:51.400 the wonderful Cottage Hospital. Dr Omid Yosefian was the surgeon 0:57:51.440 --> 0:57:55.520 who immediately came saw me, operated on me, and I 0:57:55.520 --> 0:57:58.280 think fundamentally saved my life. I think the real issue 0:57:58.320 --> 0:58:00.720 would have been if I left left it, I would 0:58:00.720 --> 0:58:03.320 have collapsed at some point. And my real fear was 0:58:03.360 --> 0:58:05.320 I'd be driving with my daughter on the one oh 0:58:05.320 --> 0:58:08.840 one freeway and that would have been disastrous. For the 0:58:08.880 --> 0:58:10.880 implications of that I can't even be to think of. 0:58:11.080 --> 0:58:14.439 So finally I paid attention to the data that was there, 0:58:14.640 --> 0:58:18.440 and my male stubbornness was overcome by listening to the 0:58:18.520 --> 0:58:20.680 data and reading the data. And of course your wife 0:58:20.720 --> 0:58:24.560 will take over in these situations, and uh, you know, 0:58:24.600 --> 0:58:26.760 and the wonderful people, as I say, son Ababa Cottage 0:58:26.760 --> 0:58:30.640 Hospital had me from entry to with a working pacemaker 0:58:30.720 --> 0:58:31.880 within four and a half hours. 0:58:32.080 --> 0:58:34.800 Wow, you said you felt lightheaded. 0:58:34.880 --> 0:58:37.400 Yeah, people feel different ways all throughout their life. 0:58:37.400 --> 0:58:37.920 Oh totally. 0:58:37.960 --> 0:58:40.160 But with that alert when you got it on your watch, 0:58:40.320 --> 0:58:43.040 was that the like hold on something is definitely not right. 0:58:43.080 --> 0:58:43.920 That's exactly right. 0:58:43.960 --> 0:58:45.880 I mean, you go, I mean every now and again, 0:58:45.920 --> 0:58:47.840 and even you you know, you stand up quickly, you 0:58:47.840 --> 0:58:51.760 go whoo for a second, and I in a typical male, 0:58:51.880 --> 0:58:53.280 stubborn pig headedness. 0:58:53.320 --> 0:58:53.520 Thought. 0:58:53.560 --> 0:58:54.960 You know, it'll go away, you know. 0:58:55.160 --> 0:58:58.640 And so if it hadn't a been for these notifications, 0:58:58.720 --> 0:59:00.960 I would have just tried to write it through. I 0:59:01.000 --> 0:59:02.960 had a lot going on and picking my daughter up 0:59:02.960 --> 0:59:07.160 on to be there for her, and again the consequences 0:59:07.160 --> 0:59:09.120 of that, as the doctor explained to me, he said, 0:59:09.120 --> 0:59:11.480 look at twenty four bpm, you're going to collapse. 0:59:11.960 --> 0:59:13.680 You're either going to collapse at the wheel. 0:59:14.240 --> 0:59:17.280 And again the implications of that and the ramifications of 0:59:17.320 --> 0:59:20.120 that horrific. Or we see a lot because it's a 0:59:20.160 --> 0:59:23.280 total collapse, people smash their head and so he said that, 0:59:23.480 --> 0:59:25.560 and then you're dealing with internal bleeding and all of 0:59:25.560 --> 0:59:28.560 those things. So fortunately you came in. We caught you 0:59:29.560 --> 0:59:32.200 whilst I was on the monitor. I flat lined twice 0:59:32.280 --> 0:59:36.160 in that thirty minutes. And again I'm thinking back connection right, 0:59:36.280 --> 0:59:38.800 you know, and my wife's looking it just went to 0:59:38.880 --> 0:59:41.600 zero and then the heart kicked in again. 0:59:41.800 --> 0:59:46.600 But here I am two weeks later. Fine, how do 0:59:46.600 --> 0:59:47.680 you feel now? I feel great? 0:59:47.800 --> 0:59:50.240 Yeah, you know it's funny when you even the moment 0:59:51.160 --> 0:59:54.360 as we're insurging the device that then he brought my 0:59:54.400 --> 0:59:57.920 heart to sixty five bpm. They're calibrating the bpm. I 0:59:58.040 --> 1:00:01.200 felt better immediately that the blood was flowing as it 1:00:01.240 --> 1:00:05.160 should be again because it's an electrical issue. My plumbing 1:00:05.240 --> 1:00:10.040 is just fine. But the pacemaker is always on device 1:00:10.080 --> 1:00:14.320 for me because my electrical system has collapsed. So it's working. 1:00:14.400 --> 1:00:16.480 It keeps me alive all day I keep pointing here, 1:00:16.520 --> 1:00:18.520 that's where it is. But it keeps me alive all 1:00:18.600 --> 1:00:22.240 day long. And check in in a year. And the 1:00:22.360 --> 1:00:24.920 battery life maybe ten years. And the only thing I 1:00:24.920 --> 1:00:26.360 think I have to worry about is go get a 1:00:26.360 --> 1:00:27.840 new battery in ten years. 1:00:28.440 --> 1:00:30.920 So the watch. Do you have a new found respect 1:00:30.920 --> 1:00:31.800 for the Apple Watch? 1:00:32.000 --> 1:00:32.200 I do? 1:00:32.480 --> 1:00:32.720 I do. 1:00:32.840 --> 1:00:34.920 I mean, it's always been useful for me. You know, 1:00:35.000 --> 1:00:39.040 I've been in tech for twenty odd years president of Sega. 1:00:39.720 --> 1:00:44.520 I ran Xbox, so I'm used to technology, and I've 1:00:44.560 --> 1:00:47.320 watched the video game industry go from when I joined 1:00:48.000 --> 1:00:52.040 Sega dreamcast days of dial up to now relying on 1:00:52.160 --> 1:00:55.800 data every minute of every day to interact with gamers 1:00:55.920 --> 1:00:59.520 and to build the business. And so when my personal 1:00:59.600 --> 1:01:01.840 feelings one thing, but when I see data like that, 1:01:01.920 --> 1:01:04.160 particularly the way that Apple does it, which is low 1:01:04.600 --> 1:01:08.040 heart rate like that and actually shows you the data 1:01:08.120 --> 1:01:11.919 in there. Then I reacted to that, and I can't 1:01:11.960 --> 1:01:15.840 thank Apple and all the other smart watchmakers that are 1:01:15.880 --> 1:01:19.760 makings I think a little bit more kind of informed 1:01:19.760 --> 1:01:23.360 about our health. Somebody somebody said the other day, it 1:01:23.440 --> 1:01:28.240 turns the invisible into visible, and you know, and I'm 1:01:28.320 --> 1:01:30.640 blessed to have a pacemaker. As the docs fifty years ago, 1:01:30.840 --> 1:01:33.600 I would just be dead because the technology, which I 1:01:33.640 --> 1:01:37.160 find amazing, of this little device in there that's firing 1:01:37.240 --> 1:01:42.040 every you know, point eight of a second is just incredible. 1:01:42.040 --> 1:01:45.880 And the way that Abbott the company said a year ago, 1:01:46.160 --> 1:01:47.800 you wouldn't have been as well off as youah today 1:01:47.840 --> 1:01:50.960 because those are the advances bringing. You know, we can 1:01:51.000 --> 1:01:53.080 do updates, we can do firmware and what you have. 1:01:53.160 --> 1:01:55.160 And people who have a pacemaker know that you have 1:01:55.160 --> 1:01:58.720 a little device that sits by your bed that interacts 1:01:58.760 --> 1:02:02.040 with your pacemaker at nights data to their central servers 1:02:02.640 --> 1:02:05.120 and if they see anything untoward, they'll give you a call. 1:02:05.800 --> 1:02:08.120 But as they say, ninety nine percent of the time 1:02:08.160 --> 1:02:11.160 it's just there as a monitoring device. So it's interacting 1:02:11.200 --> 1:02:13.360 through I guess RFID or something like that. 1:02:14.560 --> 1:02:17.160 So with all of this lesson learned. What is your 1:02:17.200 --> 1:02:20.640 advice to others? Yeah, get yourself a smart watch. 1:02:20.800 --> 1:02:23.520 I mean the health thing is important to me now 1:02:23.760 --> 1:02:25.960 times ten, obviously, but all the other things you can 1:02:26.000 --> 1:02:29.360 do that I've learned over the last few years that 1:02:29.400 --> 1:02:30.160 I never dreamt of. 1:02:30.240 --> 1:02:31.000 You know, when I was a kid. 1:02:31.000 --> 1:02:33.000 This is kind of a George Jetson thing, right, a 1:02:33.000 --> 1:02:37.960 Maxwell smart type device. But now I think that the 1:02:38.280 --> 1:02:41.600 wearable market in particular for the value it provides not 1:02:41.680 --> 1:02:45.080 just in your daily life, but literally informing you about 1:02:45.080 --> 1:02:48.360 your health in real time. And in my instance, I 1:02:48.400 --> 1:02:51.560 think saving my life. And I wouldn't be here if 1:02:51.600 --> 1:02:52.840 it wasn't for this little device. 1:02:53.800 --> 1:02:54.400 There you go. 1:02:54.600 --> 1:02:58.160 What a story. What a guy, by the way, what 1:02:58.240 --> 1:03:01.360 an incredible person. Peter is done so many great things 1:03:01.360 --> 1:03:04.120 in his life. And just to have that experience of 1:03:04.640 --> 1:03:06.840 thinking you're going to go get a coffee and everything 1:03:06.880 --> 1:03:09.120 is going to be fine, and realizing that your watch 1:03:09.160 --> 1:03:12.200 is saying, uh uh, we're figuring something else is a 1:03:12.240 --> 1:03:15.440 little wrong here. So, like you said, I think that 1:03:15.520 --> 1:03:18.200 if you know, if you get one of these devices, 1:03:18.200 --> 1:03:20.320 whether it's a Fitbit, whether it's an Apple Watch, whether 1:03:20.360 --> 1:03:24.080 it's a Samsung watch. Definitely check the specs and see 1:03:24.080 --> 1:03:26.320 what it can do. What he was talking about was 1:03:26.360 --> 1:03:29.760 the high and low heart rate notifications. You can check 1:03:29.800 --> 1:03:32.720 some of your ECG stats on these things as well, 1:03:32.760 --> 1:03:35.760 depending on the model. There's a lot of stats that 1:03:35.800 --> 1:03:39.560 you can find. But don't over rely on these things 1:03:39.600 --> 1:03:41.840 because there are certain things they cannot do. And the 1:03:41.880 --> 1:03:44.880 doctor I interviewed for my story on Katla said these 1:03:44.920 --> 1:03:47.440 things do not predict a heart attack or can they 1:03:47.520 --> 1:03:51.040 sense one, So keep that in mind with there are 1:03:51.120 --> 1:03:53.200 limits to what these can do. But between the fall 1:03:53.240 --> 1:03:56.680 detection the crash detection, I mean, there really are so 1:03:56.720 --> 1:04:00.640 many benefits to these wearables and Peter is example of that. 1:04:01.120 --> 1:04:02.920 So thanks for sharing the story there. We're gonna get 1:04:02.960 --> 1:04:05.000 to more calls and just a bit here eighty eight 1:04:05.240 --> 1:04:08.480 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 1:04:08.520 --> 1:04:11.280 two four one zero one, and the comments are coming 1:04:11.320 --> 1:04:13.960 in about the mb and os. I'll share more of 1:04:14.000 --> 1:04:18.280 those coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome 1:04:18.320 --> 1:04:21.640 back to rich on Tech. Eight e eight rich one 1:04:21.680 --> 1:04:24.720 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:04:24.800 --> 1:04:28.560 one zero one. The website for the show richon Tech 1:04:28.800 --> 1:04:31.560 dot TV. While you're there, be sure to sign up 1:04:31.600 --> 1:04:34.919 for the rich on Tech newsletter. It is free, it's 1:04:34.920 --> 1:04:38.600 delivered to your inbox weekly. It's got a lot of 1:04:38.600 --> 1:04:42.840 great information in there. And uh what else? Oh, you 1:04:42.880 --> 1:04:45.080 can follow me on social media at rich on Tech. 1:04:45.160 --> 1:04:48.280 There you go. We we have hit AB's nest. We 1:04:48.280 --> 1:04:50.280 could do an entire show on mv and o's. I 1:04:50.320 --> 1:04:53.560 did not realize this, but the comments keep coming in. 1:04:54.280 --> 1:04:57.400 Ed says, if you switch from Verizon cell service to 1:04:57.520 --> 1:05:02.120 Verizon prepaid and Auto fifteen gigabytes is thirty five dollars 1:05:02.160 --> 1:05:08.040 a month, same service, half the price. Jim says, I 1:05:08.160 --> 1:05:10.640 like saving money, but a few reasons. I haven't switched 1:05:10.640 --> 1:05:13.880 to an mv and O. A few friends switched to 1:05:13.960 --> 1:05:17.040 Mint and they've had trouble sending SMS messages for some reason. 1:05:17.080 --> 1:05:21.480 Their messages take hours to arrive. They don't send your 1:05:21.840 --> 1:05:24.400 name to people with caller ID, so you don't see 1:05:24.440 --> 1:05:26.080 caller ID on incoming calls either. 1:05:26.720 --> 1:05:27.960 No international roaming. 1:05:28.360 --> 1:05:30.760 He travels a lot, needs to receive calls and messages 1:05:30.760 --> 1:05:35.480 anywhere in the world. Deprioritization. I've tried mv and o's. 1:05:35.520 --> 1:05:37.640 When I'm in a crowded place, I find my data 1:05:37.680 --> 1:05:41.000 won't flow even though I have a strong signal. For me, 1:05:41.160 --> 1:05:43.439 it hasn't been worth the twenty eight dollars a month 1:05:43.440 --> 1:05:44.040 I would save. 1:05:46.240 --> 1:05:47.280 And then let's see. 1:05:47.320 --> 1:05:50.280 Glenn here wrote in and said MV and o's do 1:05:50.400 --> 1:05:52.880 not have the same access to cell sites. I've worked 1:05:52.880 --> 1:05:55.360 for two of the major carriers for over three years, 1:05:55.720 --> 1:05:57.440 and I can tell you the MV and o's are 1:05:57.520 --> 1:06:02.400 fine for normal, everyday communication, but in an emergency like earthquakes, fires, 1:06:02.480 --> 1:06:05.919 or severe weather, the subscribers to the main carrier will 1:06:05.920 --> 1:06:09.760 have first access to a congested cell tower, just below 1:06:09.880 --> 1:06:10.760 police and fire. 1:06:11.360 --> 1:06:13.640 MV and o's are at the bottom of the priority. 1:06:14.520 --> 1:06:19.400 These are all probably valid things, yes, but again they 1:06:19.400 --> 1:06:23.840 are all sort of edge scenarios. So it all depends 1:06:23.920 --> 1:06:27.520 on what you need out of it, right. So if 1:06:27.560 --> 1:06:29.920 I'm saying, you know, if it's a good idea to switch, 1:06:29.960 --> 1:06:31.640 I think you have to weigh what you want for 1:06:31.720 --> 1:06:36.080 me personally. I have not switched because I need certain things. 1:06:36.200 --> 1:06:40.040 I need access to the most premium data, the most 1:06:40.040 --> 1:06:42.880 premium priority on the network as I am uploading and 1:06:42.920 --> 1:06:46.360 downloading tons of stuff on a daily basis with my jobs, 1:06:46.880 --> 1:06:50.120 and so for me, that is what works now. My 1:06:50.280 --> 1:06:52.800 secondary line, Yes, it's an envy and O. And my 1:06:52.840 --> 1:06:56.040 wife who literally when you look at her data usage 1:06:56.200 --> 1:06:58.520 is like less than two gigs a month. She does 1:06:58.560 --> 1:07:01.360 not need an unlimited plan ninety dollars a month. She 1:07:01.440 --> 1:07:05.480 does not need the extra you know, whatever it is 1:07:05.680 --> 1:07:07.960 that these companies offer. And she told she's been on 1:07:08.000 --> 1:07:09.880 a couple MV and ohs, and she's told her friends 1:07:09.880 --> 1:07:11.560 about it, and they don't trust her. 1:07:11.560 --> 1:07:13.160 They don't believe her. They say, well, I don't know 1:07:13.240 --> 1:07:15.040 what am I missing out on? Nothing. 1:07:15.480 --> 1:07:18.840 It works, Yes, there are some downsides, but it depends 1:07:18.920 --> 1:07:21.320 what you need. And I think that is the beauty 1:07:21.320 --> 1:07:24.200 of listening to a show like this and doing your 1:07:24.240 --> 1:07:27.920 research is that you understand what you're getting into, so 1:07:27.960 --> 1:07:30.439 you're not surprised when you say, wait my apple watch 1:07:30.480 --> 1:07:32.840 Wait hold on, I can't get cellular, or wait, I've 1:07:32.880 --> 1:07:35.480 got to travel internationally. I don't have international So you 1:07:35.520 --> 1:07:40.400 have to remember all of that stuff. Let's go to 1:07:40.400 --> 1:07:43.400 Tom in San Diego. Tom, you're on with Rich. Welcome 1:07:43.440 --> 1:07:43.840 to the show. 1:07:44.720 --> 1:07:48.040 Hey, Rich, I know you've touched on this a few 1:07:48.040 --> 1:07:50.640 times obviously, and you're touching on it right now again. 1:07:50.760 --> 1:07:54.440 But so I have a cabin that my parents built, 1:07:54.600 --> 1:07:56.439 you know, fifty years ago. That's out in the middle 1:07:56.440 --> 1:08:00.800 of Sambordino Desert. It does have electricity, it's been broken 1:08:00.800 --> 1:08:02.800 into a few times. So I'm thinking, well, I should 1:08:02.800 --> 1:08:05.080 put some cameras up or something that could tell me 1:08:05.120 --> 1:08:08.240 if something was going on. There is no ISP service 1:08:08.280 --> 1:08:11.520 out there. So I've been looking at, you know, either 1:08:11.720 --> 1:08:17.400 cellular game cameras or other things, or doing something like 1:08:17.439 --> 1:08:20.040 a MYPI with Wi Fi cameras and just trying to 1:08:20.040 --> 1:08:25.200 find a plan that isn't going to break me to have, 1:08:25.320 --> 1:08:28.479 you know, some security footage and video footage. I don't 1:08:28.520 --> 1:08:30.360 even have an idea of how much data I would 1:08:30.400 --> 1:08:34.160 need or something like that, and just wondering what your 1:08:34.160 --> 1:08:36.240 recommendations were. I know you were talking about a whole 1:08:36.240 --> 1:08:40.479 bunch of different carriers a couple of weeks ago. 1:08:40.880 --> 1:08:43.760 Yeah, well I would actually I would just go with 1:08:43.880 --> 1:08:46.759 a I would just go with a cellular security camera 1:08:46.920 --> 1:08:50.040 in general, like skip the Wi Fi hotspot because that's 1:08:50.040 --> 1:08:52.080 going to be that's not going to be the most 1:08:52.120 --> 1:08:55.200 reliable connection for these cameras, so if it depending on 1:08:55.200 --> 1:08:58.160 how many need, but I would say just go with 1:08:58.240 --> 1:09:00.439 one that has built in cellular and there are a 1:09:00.439 --> 1:09:04.200 couple out there. I have personally not tested one with 1:09:04.360 --> 1:09:07.280 the cellular built in, but they do come from a 1:09:07.280 --> 1:09:10.040 couple of reputable brands. Now there are many out there. 1:09:10.080 --> 1:09:12.320 You can go on Amazon and probably find one for 1:09:12.400 --> 1:09:15.760 fifty bucks, but I probably I mean, you can try it, 1:09:16.000 --> 1:09:19.400 but I think if you want something that's reliable. The 1:09:19.720 --> 1:09:22.439 thing that separates a lot of these security cameras between 1:09:22.520 --> 1:09:24.679 the really cheap ones that you can find on Amazon 1:09:25.080 --> 1:09:28.120 and the companies that have made a business on security cameras, 1:09:28.200 --> 1:09:30.559 like the Rings of the World and you know the 1:09:30.680 --> 1:09:33.559 Ufe's of the World is the software that you get 1:09:33.800 --> 1:09:37.400 and maybe sometimes the support. So I would personally go 1:09:37.439 --> 1:09:40.120 with a camera that just has cellular built in and 1:09:40.200 --> 1:09:42.080 a couple of the brands that make a camera that 1:09:42.120 --> 1:09:46.439 are pretty reasonable price wise, and the brands that I 1:09:46.560 --> 1:09:50.560 know for cameras that people like UFI, eu f Y, 1:09:51.160 --> 1:09:54.599 They've got a whole bunch of cellular security cameras and 1:09:54.640 --> 1:09:57.559 they actually will tell you how much data. So, by 1:09:57.560 --> 1:10:00.640 the way, there's something else to think about here. Some 1:10:00.760 --> 1:10:04.200 of the cameras may want you to use their data connection, right, 1:10:04.240 --> 1:10:05.760 like you have to buy the data from them, which 1:10:05.800 --> 1:10:07.439 of course is going to be it's going to limit 1:10:07.479 --> 1:10:09.840 you in some ways. Some say, hey, just put a 1:10:09.960 --> 1:10:12.240 put a simcard in and you're good to go, as 1:10:12.240 --> 1:10:16.439 long as you have a network. This this UFEE says 1:10:16.479 --> 1:10:18.479 it's got a three and one SIM card compatible with 1:10:18.520 --> 1:10:21.040 AT and T, T Mobile and Verizon. It selects the 1:10:21.080 --> 1:10:25.439 most stable network to optimize connectivity and ensure uninterrupted viewing. 1:10:25.880 --> 1:10:28.800 I would also look for a camera that has a 1:10:28.840 --> 1:10:32.679 solar attachment as well, So the UFI one looks pretty good. 1:10:32.680 --> 1:10:34.439 This one's two hundred and fifty bucks for a four 1:10:34.520 --> 1:10:39.720 g LTE. There's then Real Link r EO l I 1:10:39.920 --> 1:10:42.880 n K. Real Link is. They're not as well known, 1:10:42.920 --> 1:10:45.800 but they do make decent cameras, and they have one 1:10:45.840 --> 1:10:49.040 that is battery and solar powered. It's got a four 1:10:49.080 --> 1:10:52.200 g lt E. It's two hundred and twenty dollars and 1:10:52.240 --> 1:10:56.960 it tells you your estimated data usage here on the website, 1:10:57.040 --> 1:10:59.080 so you can go on there and see how much 1:10:59.200 --> 1:11:02.160 data it's exped to use and it will tell you that. 1:11:02.800 --> 1:11:05.519 Let's see in the facts, how much data does a 1:11:05.560 --> 1:11:08.559 camera use? One hour of live feed and ten ADP 1:11:08.760 --> 1:11:12.479 will use about one gigabyte of data, so that's live 1:11:12.520 --> 1:11:15.880 feed if you're you know, if you're streaming NonStop, this 1:11:15.920 --> 1:11:18.240 will you'll probably want a camera that records clips to 1:11:18.280 --> 1:11:20.559 the cloud when something moves so that that won't use 1:11:20.800 --> 1:11:23.559 as much data. And then finally, the other brand is 1:11:23.680 --> 1:11:26.640 r Low a R l O. People really like the 1:11:26.760 --> 1:11:30.360 R Low cameras. This has Wi Fi or LTE and 1:11:30.400 --> 1:11:32.760 that camera is one hundred and ninety nine two hundred 1:11:32.760 --> 1:11:35.479 bucks basically, and they've got four different versions, a T 1:11:35.680 --> 1:11:38.920 Mobile of Verizon, a US Cellular, and a cell coom 1:11:38.960 --> 1:11:41.439 which I haven't heard of, but you can use that 1:11:41.520 --> 1:11:41.920 as well. 1:11:42.080 --> 1:11:43.599 So those are the. 1:11:43.520 --> 1:11:45.799 Brands that I would recommend taking a look at tom 1:11:45.880 --> 1:11:49.000 and see which one works the best, and you know, 1:11:49.240 --> 1:11:51.080 just depends on the features you need the price you 1:11:51.120 --> 1:11:52.880 want to pay. The other thing you can look at 1:11:52.960 --> 1:11:56.320 is a trail camera. Some of those have cellular as well, 1:11:56.640 --> 1:11:59.360 and those are mostly meant for far off places that 1:11:59.400 --> 1:12:02.920 don't have a connection. Those can also record to an 1:12:03.040 --> 1:12:06.439 SD card as well. Great question. Have fun out there 1:12:06.439 --> 1:12:07.880 in the cabin? I wish I had a cabin in 1:12:07.880 --> 1:12:11.840 the desert. Get away from it all right, enjoy. I 1:12:11.960 --> 1:12:13.479 got to take my kids to see that like a 1:12:13.560 --> 1:12:15.679 dark sky area with all the stars in the sky. 1:12:15.760 --> 1:12:17.799 We don't get that in LA eighty eight. 1:12:17.720 --> 1:12:20.040 Rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 1:12:20.040 --> 1:12:22.120 two four one zero one. More rich on Tech come 1:12:22.160 --> 1:12:25.880 your way right after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:12:25.960 --> 1:12:30.920 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology eight 1:12:30.960 --> 1:12:33.759 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:12:33.880 --> 1:12:37.599 four to two four one zero one. The website rich 1:12:37.920 --> 1:12:41.439 on Tech dot tv. You can hit contact to send 1:12:41.439 --> 1:12:44.599 me an email and uh man, you really like that keyboard. 1:12:44.640 --> 1:12:44.840 Today. 1:12:44.880 --> 1:12:47.120 You're sending a lot of messages today. I will get 1:12:47.120 --> 1:12:50.479 through them at some point. I can't get through to 1:12:50.600 --> 1:12:53.599 all of them today, but we'll get some of those 1:12:53.640 --> 1:12:57.920 comments and questions and things on the show. Let's see 1:12:57.960 --> 1:13:01.880 here familiarity. By the way, my mom is playing DJ 1:13:02.080 --> 1:13:06.680 this weekend for the show, so she has chosen all 1:13:06.720 --> 1:13:09.160 the songs we're playing. And Kim, I think call screen 1:13:09.240 --> 1:13:11.519 er Kim put it best. She said, your mom is 1:13:11.520 --> 1:13:15.639 the epitome of jack FM, just playing what we want right, 1:13:15.720 --> 1:13:17.920 She's just all over the place. 1:13:17.960 --> 1:13:18.439 I love it. 1:13:20.120 --> 1:13:24.120 Familiarity. Let's see if we can say this word. So 1:13:24.240 --> 1:13:28.000 people are familiar with AI, but people still have concerns 1:13:28.040 --> 1:13:31.920 about it. This is a study from Parks Associates. Forty 1:13:31.960 --> 1:13:35.840 seven percent of US households say they are familiar with 1:13:35.920 --> 1:13:38.920 at least one AI technology. Forty percent of them are 1:13:38.960 --> 1:13:43.880 actually using them regularly for personal, professional, or educational purposes. 1:13:45.479 --> 1:13:49.439 But sixty nine percent of consumers are concerned with the 1:13:49.560 --> 1:13:53.599 data and privacy implications of AI. And I totally understand 1:13:53.640 --> 1:13:55.760 that because when you type something into AI, when you 1:13:55.760 --> 1:13:58.519 feed it something, you have no idea how the AI 1:13:58.680 --> 1:13:59.280 is using it. 1:13:59.360 --> 1:14:00.479 Are they trained on that? 1:14:00.800 --> 1:14:02.559 Are they going to take your picture that you upload 1:14:02.640 --> 1:14:04.800 and make it into a selfie for someone else who 1:14:04.840 --> 1:14:08.600 knows No one's reading the terms of service. But the 1:14:08.640 --> 1:14:12.040 bottom line, companies and individuals who do not start experimenting 1:14:12.080 --> 1:14:16.200 with AI risk being left behind by those that do. 1:14:16.760 --> 1:14:19.120 And I thought that was really interesting as kind of 1:14:19.120 --> 1:14:22.479 a tease for my interview later in the show with 1:14:22.840 --> 1:14:26.639 work expert Ken Coleman. He talks about the impact that 1:14:26.800 --> 1:14:29.880 AI has on the job market, we'll have on your 1:14:29.960 --> 1:14:33.120 job and what you can do to best prepare yourself 1:14:33.520 --> 1:14:37.080 for this new future where AI is a reality. So 1:14:37.120 --> 1:14:38.880 you won't want to miss that that's coming up later 1:14:38.920 --> 1:14:41.200 in the show, and if you want to get your 1:14:41.280 --> 1:14:45.080 email in for the feedback. I will be reading some 1:14:45.160 --> 1:14:48.639 of those later on in the show as well. 1:14:48.760 --> 1:14:54.080 Let's go to Fabrice in Newport Beach. You're on with Rich. 1:14:55.439 --> 1:14:57.360 Hell Rich, I am on speaker. 1:14:57.439 --> 1:14:58.040 Can you hear me? 1:14:58.320 --> 1:14:59.240 I can hear you? Great? 1:15:00.840 --> 1:15:04.360 Which honey, got to talk to you. I listen to 1:15:04.360 --> 1:15:04.959 your show. 1:15:04.760 --> 1:15:09.559 Once on Saturday. It's great. Here's the thing I love. 1:15:10.080 --> 1:15:11.559 I have actually an HP. 1:15:13.000 --> 1:15:15.760 This HP is a Core five, so it's an older one, 1:15:16.120 --> 1:15:18.600 but I love it. I love my HP because he 1:15:18.680 --> 1:15:23.280 has three function it has. It has about sixteen gigs, 1:15:23.640 --> 1:15:26.759 it has the illimited key board, and it's a touch screen. 1:15:27.000 --> 1:15:30.000 I love it. Okay, glad you love it. Don't don't 1:15:30.040 --> 1:15:30.760 change a good thing. 1:15:31.760 --> 1:15:33.639 Yes, however, it's an old one. 1:15:33.680 --> 1:15:33.880 There. 1:15:33.920 --> 1:15:36.679 I was told it's a Core five, so I need 1:15:36.720 --> 1:15:39.080 to update it or maybe get. 1:15:40.560 --> 1:15:41.280 Another model. 1:15:42.240 --> 1:15:46.120 I have. Also on my toolbar, I have three browsers. 1:15:46.439 --> 1:15:51.040 I have Google Chrome, I have Firefox which is Mozilla, 1:15:51.160 --> 1:15:54.439 and I have Internet Explorer. Do I need all those 1:15:54.479 --> 1:15:57.679 three browsers and what's the difference between those three? 1:15:58.080 --> 1:15:58.879 Great question. 1:15:59.560 --> 1:16:02.360 Well, for Internet Explorer, you can cross off the list 1:16:02.400 --> 1:16:05.800 because that is no longer supported. That is that's dead, 1:16:05.960 --> 1:16:09.600 So don't do not use Internet Explorer. It is not 1:16:09.840 --> 1:16:13.439 in any way, shape or form supported by Microsoft anymore. 1:16:13.520 --> 1:16:16.800 So you're not getting security updates. You're not getting you 1:16:16.880 --> 1:16:18.519 just don't want to use that. So you can easily 1:16:18.560 --> 1:16:21.679 uninstall that or safely uninstall that, and don't worry about 1:16:21.720 --> 1:16:23.599 that one. Now, when it comes to the other two, 1:16:23.720 --> 1:16:27.559 Chrome or Firefox, you know, it really comes down to 1:16:27.720 --> 1:16:30.800 a matter of personal preference. I would say that Firefox 1:16:31.000 --> 1:16:34.800 is going to be more private than Chrome because Chrome 1:16:34.880 --> 1:16:37.320 is owned by Google and I love Chrome. That's what 1:16:37.439 --> 1:16:40.240 I personally use, and I think it's incredible and it's 1:16:40.240 --> 1:16:42.519 gotten a lot better over the years. It turned out 1:16:42.520 --> 1:16:45.160 to be a kind of a resource hog on computers 1:16:45.200 --> 1:16:47.240 for a long time, but I've gotten it to a 1:16:47.280 --> 1:16:50.120 place and I think Google has where it works really well. 1:16:50.160 --> 1:16:53.080 It has the features I need, and personally I really 1:16:53.160 --> 1:16:57.160 enjoy it. So it's really what you want to use. 1:16:57.280 --> 1:17:02.160 So Firefox, you know, if you look at this, let 1:17:02.160 --> 1:17:05.280 me look at their website and see how they're advertising Firefox. Yeah, 1:17:05.560 --> 1:17:08.519 they say the it's the browser that puts your privacy first. 1:17:08.640 --> 1:17:13.640 So because Firefox is open source and because Firefox is 1:17:13.680 --> 1:17:16.720 known kind of as a privacy company, they are going 1:17:16.760 --> 1:17:19.080 to put your privacy first with this browser. So if 1:17:19.120 --> 1:17:22.120 you're concerned about your privacy and you don't want Google 1:17:22.200 --> 1:17:24.479 to know every single thing about you as you're browsing 1:17:24.520 --> 1:17:28.439 the web, then maybe you want to pick Firefox as 1:17:28.439 --> 1:17:32.040 your preferred browser. According to their website, it says it 1:17:32.080 --> 1:17:35.919 automatically blocks two thousand plus online trackers from collecting information 1:17:35.960 --> 1:17:39.240 about what you do online. Now, these browsers talk a 1:17:39.280 --> 1:17:42.000 big game with that. Personally, what I've done on Chrome 1:17:42.520 --> 1:17:46.120 is I have disabled third party cookies, So when I'm 1:17:46.120 --> 1:17:50.479 browsing the web, websites are not exchanging information about me. 1:17:50.560 --> 1:17:53.360 They're not allowed to because I've blocked those third party cookies. 1:17:53.800 --> 1:17:56.320 Sounds like Firefox is probably just doing that out of 1:17:56.320 --> 1:17:59.479 the box by themselves. And there is actually a little 1:18:00.640 --> 1:18:04.000 compare browsers on here on their website, so you can 1:18:04.000 --> 1:18:07.800 compare the different things that Mozilla does versus Google. So 1:18:07.800 --> 1:18:10.360 if they're number one thing we block trackers by default, 1:18:11.760 --> 1:18:13.640 let's see, and basically that's it. 1:18:13.720 --> 1:18:15.160 That's kind of their main thing. 1:18:15.720 --> 1:18:18.559 So I would say that you could probably get ninety 1:18:18.560 --> 1:18:21.080 percent of what Firefox is doing by blocking the third 1:18:21.080 --> 1:18:24.320 party cookies. And you can do that by going into 1:18:24.320 --> 1:18:29.439 your settings and going into more tools or sorry settings, 1:18:30.320 --> 1:18:36.720 and then let's see here, where is it privacy? Oh wow, 1:18:36.760 --> 1:18:38.920 they changed it's all privacy and security. Here we go 1:18:39.000 --> 1:18:42.680 privacy and security. And then it says third party cookies, 1:18:43.360 --> 1:18:46.920 and so you can block third party cookies and that 1:18:46.960 --> 1:18:48.960 should take care of a lot of that kind of 1:18:50.080 --> 1:18:53.680 information that's being exchanged about you across websites. But that 1:18:53.720 --> 1:18:56.960 doesn't keep Google itself from collecting all the data it 1:18:57.000 --> 1:18:59.400 wants about you, which of course that's what they want 1:18:59.439 --> 1:19:01.560 to do because one of the biggest advertising networks in 1:19:01.600 --> 1:19:05.080 the world. So at the end of the day, Fabrice, 1:19:05.160 --> 1:19:07.879 I think it comes down to what you're comfortable with personally. 1:19:08.000 --> 1:19:11.280 I'm sticking with fire I'm sticking with Chrome right now. 1:19:11.360 --> 1:19:16.920 But Firefox is a perfectly reasonable use of a browser 1:19:16.960 --> 1:19:20.559 as well, so hopefully that helps. And you know, with 1:19:20.600 --> 1:19:23.160 that computer, you probably got some life left out of it. 1:19:23.200 --> 1:19:24.760 I don't know, it must be kind of old if 1:19:24.800 --> 1:19:27.360 you've got the Internet Explorer still installed on there. 1:19:27.360 --> 1:19:29.599 But great question today. Thanks a lot. 1:19:31.560 --> 1:19:36.519 Question here via email from Let's See, Michelle says, hey, Rich, 1:19:36.560 --> 1:19:39.200 I'm being required to download an app that has GPS 1:19:39.240 --> 1:19:42.120 tracking on my personal device, my iPhone for my job. 1:19:42.560 --> 1:19:44.560 I'm a crossing guard and the company wants me to 1:19:44.600 --> 1:19:46.439 sign in remotely when I get to my post and 1:19:46.439 --> 1:19:48.840 when I leave. I'm very concerned about this on my 1:19:48.880 --> 1:19:51.519 personal device. I'm not tech savvy. Is there any way 1:19:51.560 --> 1:19:54.759 tracking can still occur when the app is off? Also, 1:19:54.760 --> 1:19:57.439 when I look at the developer's description, it said something 1:19:57.439 --> 1:20:00.360 about having access to my data. Of course, I feel 1:20:00.400 --> 1:20:02.680 completely this is out of line requiring this app to 1:20:02.680 --> 1:20:05.480 be on my personal phone. But I live in California. 1:20:05.520 --> 1:20:07.800 I could be fired at any reason at all. I'm 1:20:07.840 --> 1:20:10.160 thinking of getting an entirely separate phone to install the 1:20:10.160 --> 1:20:13.120 app on, not affiliated with my current phone. Please give 1:20:13.160 --> 1:20:15.320 me your thoughts advice. I want to keep my job. 1:20:15.479 --> 1:20:17.439 Thank you, and I really enjoy your show on KFI. 1:20:17.560 --> 1:20:18.120 Michelle. 1:20:18.560 --> 1:20:20.920 Michelle, the good news is you're using an iPhone and 1:20:21.000 --> 1:20:24.000 so I think with this app, what I would do 1:20:25.240 --> 1:20:28.759 is if it sounds like something you need to check 1:20:28.760 --> 1:20:29.280 in with. 1:20:30.320 --> 1:20:31.040 It says you have to. 1:20:31.000 --> 1:20:32.880 Sign in remotely when I get to my post and 1:20:32.920 --> 1:20:36.320 when I leave. So there is a setting on so 1:20:36.400 --> 1:20:38.679 number one, when you set up this app, I would 1:20:38.760 --> 1:20:42.080 not give it access to your data, your location, at 1:20:42.120 --> 1:20:44.040 all times. So usually when you first open up an 1:20:44.080 --> 1:20:46.720 app that wants to track your location, it says do 1:20:46.720 --> 1:20:49.760 you want to give your precise or exact location? And 1:20:49.800 --> 1:20:51.599 then it also says do you want to allow this 1:20:51.680 --> 1:20:53.759 all the time or just when the app is open 1:20:53.880 --> 1:20:55.800 or just when you're using the app? So what I 1:20:55.800 --> 1:20:59.960 would say is try saying just while using the app. Now, 1:21:00.120 --> 1:21:02.759 if they want to track your whereabouts twenty four to seven, 1:21:03.280 --> 1:21:05.840 then that's a different story. So there is a way 1:21:05.880 --> 1:21:08.080 around it, though it takes a little bit of work. 1:21:08.120 --> 1:21:09.960 But what you'd have to do is you'd have to 1:21:10.840 --> 1:21:14.360 take away the app's permissions every day. So I don't 1:21:14.360 --> 1:21:16.679 know how many days you're working as a crossing guard, 1:21:16.720 --> 1:21:20.040 but basically you would have to go in. So let's 1:21:20.040 --> 1:21:22.040 say I'm going into an app here. If I go 1:21:22.120 --> 1:21:25.040 into my settings on my iPhone and then I tap 1:21:25.080 --> 1:21:27.639 an app, so for instance, all Trails is an app 1:21:27.680 --> 1:21:30.840 that uses my location, Okay, so if I tap in there, 1:21:30.880 --> 1:21:33.160 it says location. If I tap one more time, it 1:21:33.200 --> 1:21:37.639 says allow location access. Never ask next time or when 1:21:37.680 --> 1:21:42.439 I share while using the app or always. So what 1:21:42.520 --> 1:21:45.920 I would do is set this to while using the app, 1:21:46.240 --> 1:21:48.479 and that will enable you to open up that app, 1:21:48.800 --> 1:21:50.960 they will see that you are indeed in the location 1:21:51.040 --> 1:21:53.840 that you should be at. With the GPS, it will 1:21:53.840 --> 1:21:56.840 ping the towers and send your location. And then when 1:21:56.880 --> 1:22:00.000 you close out that app, it will no longer get 1:22:00.040 --> 1:22:02.800 your location. And then when you open it up again, 1:22:03.000 --> 1:22:04.760 it will have access to your location for you to 1:22:04.840 --> 1:22:07.479 check out of your job and to move on with life. Now, 1:22:07.520 --> 1:22:10.000 if you want to be super super secure and safe, 1:22:10.600 --> 1:22:13.320 you can once you log out of your job and 1:22:13.360 --> 1:22:15.760 you're done working for the day, you can go back 1:22:15.800 --> 1:22:18.400 into settings and then the app and then tap never 1:22:19.439 --> 1:22:22.360 or I would say ask next time or when I share, 1:22:22.760 --> 1:22:24.599 and then the next time you open the app, it'll say, hey, 1:22:24.600 --> 1:22:26.960 do you want to share your location? But it's a 1:22:27.080 --> 1:22:29.960 little bit of a it's kind of a process, especially 1:22:30.000 --> 1:22:33.400 if you're doing that five days a week. I would 1:22:33.479 --> 1:22:36.120 ask the company and say, hey, are you tracking my 1:22:36.200 --> 1:22:38.920 location at all times with this app? Or is it 1:22:39.160 --> 1:22:41.960 just getting my location when I check into my job 1:22:42.240 --> 1:22:44.360 and when I check out of my job? Those are 1:22:44.360 --> 1:22:47.160 two very different things. And so I think at the 1:22:47.240 --> 1:22:49.120 end of the day, if if the company wants to 1:22:49.160 --> 1:22:51.960 track you twenty four to seven, they should probably supply 1:22:52.040 --> 1:22:54.000 the phone that they are tracking you on, so that 1:22:54.080 --> 1:22:57.160 you have the ability to decide when you want to 1:22:57.160 --> 1:22:59.320 be tracked and when you don't want to be tracked. 1:22:59.760 --> 1:23:05.080 But yeah, this is pretty common nowadays with company issued equipment. 1:23:05.160 --> 1:23:07.320 If you have a company issued computer, if you have 1:23:07.360 --> 1:23:11.120 a company issued phone, company issued car, your company is 1:23:11.200 --> 1:23:13.720 tracking you. They are seeing what you're doing, they are 1:23:13.720 --> 1:23:15.800 seeing where you're going, and they are totally within their 1:23:15.880 --> 1:23:18.680 rights to do that because it is their equipment. And 1:23:18.760 --> 1:23:21.880 you probably when you signed on saw a little piece 1:23:21.920 --> 1:23:24.400 of text that said, hey, by the way, our company, 1:23:24.439 --> 1:23:27.439 we can do whatever we want monitoring this system. You 1:23:27.479 --> 1:23:29.439 probably didn't read it, you probably didn't even see it, 1:23:29.560 --> 1:23:32.519 but it's somewhere there. Because these big companies, guess what, 1:23:32.680 --> 1:23:34.920 they employ big lawyers and so they know what they're doing, 1:23:35.200 --> 1:23:38.120 and they're covering their butts and you need to cover 1:23:38.160 --> 1:23:40.360 yours as well. Eight to eight rich one oh one 1:23:40.479 --> 1:23:43.439 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:23:43.800 --> 1:23:46.680 Coming up, I'll tell you about the next state to 1:23:46.800 --> 1:23:49.160 adopt a digital license. 1:23:49.240 --> 1:23:51.160 You can now add to your iPhone. 1:23:50.720 --> 1:23:55.280 And Google's AI photo editing tools are available to everyone. 1:23:55.520 --> 1:23:59.120 I'll explain right here on rich on Tech Welcome back 1:23:59.120 --> 1:24:04.360 to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking technology the 1:24:04.400 --> 1:24:08.640 website rich On Tech Dot TV special thanks to my 1:24:08.800 --> 1:24:09.719 mom this week. 1:24:09.720 --> 1:24:12.800 Who's in town. She is the guest. 1:24:12.920 --> 1:24:17.439 DJ Greg says Canton, Ohio says, your mom needs to 1:24:17.439 --> 1:24:21.200 produce the intro music segments every week. Man, everyone's making 1:24:21.200 --> 1:24:23.519 me and Bobo feel bad here because you know, usually 1:24:23.520 --> 1:24:28.160 I pick the music Bobo, but clearly my mom has uh, 1:24:28.240 --> 1:24:32.799 she's got a knack for this, So thanks mom. Ohio 1:24:32.920 --> 1:24:36.839 driver's licenses and IDs can now be added to Apple Wallet, 1:24:37.080 --> 1:24:39.679 so you can if you live in Ohio, you can 1:24:39.680 --> 1:24:42.479 add your driver's license or state ID to Apple Wallet 1:24:42.920 --> 1:24:48.200 for use quote select businesses apps and TSA apps and 1:24:48.280 --> 1:24:52.880 TSA security checkpoints, so basically businesses. This is what's really 1:24:52.880 --> 1:24:55.360 cool about And I'm I know it sounds scary to 1:24:55.439 --> 1:24:58.360 not carry your ID, but I'm I can't wait for 1:24:58.560 --> 1:25:01.800 this to happen widely because it's one less thing I'll 1:25:01.800 --> 1:25:02.120 have to. 1:25:02.080 --> 1:25:04.120 Carry and it's actually more secure. 1:25:04.240 --> 1:25:08.040 So they put out this free age verification app for 1:25:08.080 --> 1:25:12.479 Ohio businesses. It's called Ohio Mobile ID check. So what's 1:25:12.560 --> 1:25:15.679 neat about this is that right now, when you give 1:25:15.720 --> 1:25:18.400 your ID to a clerk right at target or whatever, 1:25:18.439 --> 1:25:21.760 when you're buying alcohol or something, they type in your 1:25:21.840 --> 1:25:24.120 data birth right, and they see it, and they see 1:25:24.120 --> 1:25:25.519 all your information where you live. 1:25:25.560 --> 1:25:27.400 They can look at your entire ID. 1:25:28.240 --> 1:25:32.000 When you're using a digital driver's license, what you do 1:25:32.120 --> 1:25:35.000 is you tap, and so what happens is only the 1:25:35.000 --> 1:25:39.280 information that's need to verify you is exchanged, and in 1:25:39.320 --> 1:25:43.720 many cases no one sees the actual information. So just 1:25:43.760 --> 1:25:46.160 to very much simplify it, let's say that you are 1:25:46.160 --> 1:25:49.640 buying booze right and it needs to say if you're 1:25:49.680 --> 1:25:52.080 twenty one or not. You would tap your phone on 1:25:52.160 --> 1:25:55.599 a special reader. The reader would verify that you're twenty 1:25:55.640 --> 1:25:58.599 one because of your ID stored on your phone, and 1:25:58.640 --> 1:26:00.760 it would say green or red, you know, depending on 1:26:00.800 --> 1:26:03.400 whether you're twenty one or not. And maybe your picture 1:26:03.439 --> 1:26:05.400 would come up so they can verify that it is 1:26:05.479 --> 1:26:09.439 you on that ID. But again, the clerk or whoever's 1:26:09.479 --> 1:26:11.919 looking at this wouldn't see all of your personal information. 1:26:12.040 --> 1:26:16.120 So what I like about this whole digital ID kind 1:26:16.120 --> 1:26:18.839 of future is that it will be much more secure, 1:26:18.920 --> 1:26:21.320 So kind of cool. We're seeing a lot of this 1:26:21.439 --> 1:26:25.120 kind of happening, but it's not widespread just yet, only 1:26:25.200 --> 1:26:30.320 five states do this. Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, and Georgia are 1:26:30.360 --> 1:26:34.719 the five states that actually take these digital driver's licenses 1:26:34.840 --> 1:26:36.839 or allow you to add them to your Apple Wallet. 1:26:37.200 --> 1:26:41.160 Some cases it's Google Wallet as well. In California we 1:26:41.240 --> 1:26:44.040 have which is kind of ironic, the you know, the 1:26:44.160 --> 1:26:49.120 tech capital of the world. Basically we still don't have this, 1:26:49.280 --> 1:26:52.160 but we do have a digital California has like a 1:26:52.200 --> 1:26:55.400 weird DM like they basically made their own app that 1:26:55.560 --> 1:26:57.880 I tried, I downloaded, I got my license digital, but 1:26:58.000 --> 1:27:00.120 it's like it's only accepted in a few places and 1:27:00.160 --> 1:27:03.080 it's not part of Apple Wallet or Samsung or Google. 1:27:03.280 --> 1:27:05.840 So I think the idea here is that this should 1:27:05.840 --> 1:27:10.679 be universal and all phones should have that. Google Photos 1:27:10.720 --> 1:27:14.320 AI photo editing tools are coming to all phones already 1:27:14.320 --> 1:27:17.280 popped up on my iPhone with all of these different features. 1:27:17.320 --> 1:27:21.760 So you get Magic Eraser, Magic Editor, Photo Unblur, portrait light. 1:27:21.880 --> 1:27:24.640 They are all available to all users without a subscription 1:27:25.200 --> 1:27:27.439 and if you have an old photo. I just did 1:27:27.439 --> 1:27:30.519 this yesterday to test it out. The photo unblur feature 1:27:31.120 --> 1:27:33.640 is just magical. So I had an old picture of 1:27:33.640 --> 1:27:36.400 my kid. He was completely blurry. I put it into 1:27:36.400 --> 1:27:39.240 photo unblur and you could not believe it. They really 1:27:39.320 --> 1:27:43.360 just use AI to make it look clear. So again 1:27:43.400 --> 1:27:46.840 this is for Android and iOS devices. So if you 1:27:46.960 --> 1:27:49.640 want to try out Google Photos AI features, all you 1:27:49.640 --> 1:27:51.599 have to do is download Google Photos to your device. 1:27:52.040 --> 1:27:54.479 And of course, again this is all to get you 1:27:54.520 --> 1:27:56.519 to use Google Photos, right, I mean, that's the whole 1:27:56.560 --> 1:27:58.439 point here is to get you to use that. So 1:27:59.360 --> 1:28:02.280 I do want to get to Jerry. I've got just 1:28:02.320 --> 1:28:04.679 two minutes, So Jerry, welcome to the show. 1:28:04.600 --> 1:28:05.280 You're on with Rich. 1:28:06.280 --> 1:28:12.280 All right, thank you. So my question is my grandson 1:28:13.080 --> 1:28:20.559 uses a continuous glucose monitor and he's sends that signal 1:28:20.680 --> 1:28:25.680 to his iPhone and so his parents could monitor his 1:28:26.800 --> 1:28:32.000 blood sugar. The phone he uses is it looks to 1:28:32.080 --> 1:28:34.760 me be pretty big. It is an iPhone. I don't 1:28:34.800 --> 1:28:39.120 know what the model it is, and since he's ten 1:28:39.200 --> 1:28:41.439 years old, he does a lot of sports and he 1:28:41.520 --> 1:28:45.160 has to keep that phone basically very close. 1:28:47.800 --> 1:28:50.960 So you're looking for something that's that's similar but not 1:28:51.040 --> 1:28:53.080 the phone. 1:28:53.560 --> 1:28:59.360 Yeah, either either another phone with a smaller format or 1:28:59.560 --> 1:29:01.120 some of their device. 1:29:01.760 --> 1:29:02.639 Well here's the deal. 1:29:02.680 --> 1:29:05.400 So this is sort of this is sort of an 1:29:05.479 --> 1:29:09.559 area where things are progressing quickly, but right now it 1:29:09.640 --> 1:29:12.200 is still a little bit old school, but the phone 1:29:12.240 --> 1:29:16.160 is still probably the best way. They just approved the 1:29:16.280 --> 1:29:19.639 dex Com G seven to connect directly to the Apple Watch. 1:29:20.479 --> 1:29:23.439 I'm not sure which monitor your grandson is using, but 1:29:23.600 --> 1:29:26.640 it would require that Dexcom G seven. But it's the 1:29:26.640 --> 1:29:29.400 first time you're able to pair that directly with a wearable, 1:29:29.479 --> 1:29:31.599 so I do think that that probably would be a 1:29:31.600 --> 1:29:34.320 better way to go if he's using the dex Com 1:29:34.360 --> 1:29:38.640 G seven. Otherwise, the only thing I could recommend is 1:29:38.680 --> 1:29:41.760 with the phone, maybe a smaller iPhone if he does 1:29:41.840 --> 1:29:44.800 have to have that nearby at all times, maybe look 1:29:44.880 --> 1:29:48.400 for an iPhone Mini from a couple of years ago 1:29:48.800 --> 1:29:51.559 that is much much smaller. Apple doesn't make him anymore, 1:29:51.560 --> 1:29:54.520 but you can find him on the third party marketplace, 1:29:55.040 --> 1:29:57.639 so that would be our recommendation, either the Apple Watch 1:29:57.760 --> 1:29:58.400 or the Mini. 1:29:58.680 --> 1:30:00.120 Thanks for the call, Jerry. 1:30:01.760 --> 1:30:04.719 Welcome back to rich on Tech Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:30:04.720 --> 1:30:08.280 out with you, talking technology. The website for the show 1:30:08.560 --> 1:30:12.519 richon Tech dot TV. We're gonna do the feedback segment 1:30:12.640 --> 1:30:14.519 in just a moment, so if you want to get 1:30:14.560 --> 1:30:16.200 your comments in, go to the website. 1:30:16.240 --> 1:30:18.960 And hit contact and perhaps I will read them on 1:30:19.080 --> 1:30:19.559 the show. 1:30:19.960 --> 1:30:23.599 Joining me now is Ken Coleman, bestselling author, speaker, and 1:30:23.680 --> 1:30:26.559 host of The Ken Coleman Show. Ken likes to help 1:30:26.600 --> 1:30:29.599 people discover their true calling and turn their dream jobs 1:30:29.600 --> 1:30:33.000 into reality. We talked about the impact of AI on 1:30:33.040 --> 1:30:37.040 the job market and the changing landscape of work. Ken 1:30:37.080 --> 1:30:40.760 shares his expert advice on navigating these new challenges and 1:30:40.880 --> 1:30:45.120 embracing new opportunities thanks to AI. First, I wanted to 1:30:45.160 --> 1:30:47.479 know where we stand with the job market. 1:30:48.520 --> 1:30:50.679 Where does it stand? The great resignation is over. 1:30:51.760 --> 1:30:55.000 Companies aren't hiring us quickly and as a result, people 1:30:55.080 --> 1:30:58.639 are staying put. I think we're in this general let's 1:30:58.720 --> 1:31:02.519 wait and see, and we have a very very topsy 1:31:02.600 --> 1:31:05.240 turvy election season that we're going through as well. So 1:31:05.280 --> 1:31:09.160 I think weight hold is the response of companies, and 1:31:09.240 --> 1:31:12.120 I think employees are a little bit reticent to jump 1:31:12.120 --> 1:31:14.599 out and go to something new or look for something new. 1:31:15.439 --> 1:31:17.040 What's been the impact of AI? 1:31:17.240 --> 1:31:20.720 Have we seen an impact on jobs immediately or is 1:31:20.760 --> 1:31:21.639 it still happening? 1:31:21.800 --> 1:31:22.320 Not yet. 1:31:22.400 --> 1:31:25.599 What we're seeing is the impact of the coming storm, 1:31:25.720 --> 1:31:27.599 and people are paying attention to it. It is a 1:31:27.640 --> 1:31:30.599 scary proposition for a lot of people. The headlines are 1:31:30.600 --> 1:31:33.679 saying things like AI is going to eliminate your job. 1:31:34.080 --> 1:31:38.080 And so what we're seeing is AI being adopted in 1:31:38.160 --> 1:31:38.920 the workplace. 1:31:39.840 --> 1:31:41.720 Chat GPT comes on the. 1:31:41.680 --> 1:31:45.799 Scene, Lawyers are using it, of course, writers, content people, 1:31:46.160 --> 1:31:48.400 and so we're beginning to see the adoption of it. 1:31:48.439 --> 1:31:51.960 But are we seeing wholescale changes Not yet, but those 1:31:52.080 --> 1:31:52.719 are coming. 1:31:53.000 --> 1:31:54.599 And to that in I think you're going to see. 1:31:54.479 --> 1:31:55.040 A lot of. 1:31:56.680 --> 1:32:01.280 Let's just call it, administrative working that can be handled 1:32:01.600 --> 1:32:04.679 through a checklist at AI handles. I think those jobs 1:32:04.720 --> 1:32:07.240 are in trouble. But what we need to understand is 1:32:07.280 --> 1:32:11.160 that AI is just another man made technology, just like 1:32:11.200 --> 1:32:13.559 the Internet, cell phones that I can go on and 1:32:13.600 --> 1:32:17.000 on and on that have spun off jobs. So I 1:32:17.080 --> 1:32:19.600 don't see it as this big scary job eater. I 1:32:19.680 --> 1:32:21.680 think it's going to be a job creator. 1:32:21.800 --> 1:32:23.719 Before we get to the jobs it's going to create. 1:32:23.800 --> 1:32:25.479 Tell me about those jobs you think are going to 1:32:25.520 --> 1:32:27.639 be most impacted by AI. 1:32:27.760 --> 1:32:31.960 People that are in content heavy jobs, again, a lot 1:32:32.000 --> 1:32:35.720 of administrative paperwork. I think those jobs will be impacted 1:32:35.760 --> 1:32:39.559 for the better, in other words, more customer focused work. 1:32:39.760 --> 1:32:40.800 But again, as I just. 1:32:40.760 --> 1:32:42.519 Said, I think you're going to see a lot of 1:32:42.600 --> 1:32:49.600 administrative receptionist, secretarial type jobs, support jobs that are more administrative. 1:32:49.680 --> 1:32:52.439 Those jobs could be really affected. And then I think 1:32:52.520 --> 1:32:55.439 on the front line of the service industry, I think 1:32:55.479 --> 1:32:57.840 you're going to see in New York. For instance, I've 1:32:57.880 --> 1:33:00.680 seen a McDonald's in New York just recently, or I 1:33:00.760 --> 1:33:02.840 walk by it and we're talking just a couple of 1:33:02.840 --> 1:33:05.439 blocks from Times Square, and I didn't see one human 1:33:05.439 --> 1:33:07.880 in there other than a customer. Now, someone was cooking 1:33:07.920 --> 1:33:10.439 in the back, but everything else that front of house, 1:33:10.560 --> 1:33:13.240 point of service was all AI. 1:33:13.400 --> 1:33:14.599 And so those jobs. 1:33:14.400 --> 1:33:17.160 Will be impacted as well, because that's where we're seeing 1:33:17.200 --> 1:33:20.160 the biggest crunch with the minimum wage. We haven't had 1:33:20.200 --> 1:33:24.000 a legal change, a national change, but there's been this pressure. 1:33:24.160 --> 1:33:27.320 As you remember during the pandemic, I target Walmart to 1:33:27.400 --> 1:33:27.960 raise wages. 1:33:28.000 --> 1:33:28.960 Well, guess what happens. 1:33:29.360 --> 1:33:33.040 You want to lower the cost of a burger king combo, Well, 1:33:33.040 --> 1:33:34.280 what do you have to do? You have to lower 1:33:34.400 --> 1:33:36.680 your cost to make the combo. So I think you're 1:33:36.680 --> 1:33:39.639 going to see small businesses and restaurants move to AI 1:33:40.120 --> 1:33:41.800 to help with that human cost. 1:33:41.920 --> 1:33:43.360 On the point of service. 1:33:43.439 --> 1:33:45.439 You're always going to need humans to do certain things? 1:33:45.479 --> 1:33:46.960 What do you think humans are still good for? 1:33:47.240 --> 1:33:49.120 Yeah, well, I love that you asked this question, because 1:33:49.160 --> 1:33:51.960 I think AI is going to put a premium on 1:33:52.600 --> 1:33:56.439 the face to face, the voice to voice, the eyeball 1:33:56.479 --> 1:33:58.599 to eyeball. I think it's going to usher in I 1:33:58.640 --> 1:34:00.680 believe a new level of service, and I think it's 1:34:00.720 --> 1:34:05.559 going to accentuate our humanness because once machines and machine 1:34:05.600 --> 1:34:11.200 interaction becomes commonplace, we will appreciate the convenience of it, 1:34:11.560 --> 1:34:14.160 but we will absolutely crave. 1:34:14.479 --> 1:34:16.160 The human element. And so I think it's going to 1:34:16.240 --> 1:34:17.720 take customer service to the next level. 1:34:17.760 --> 1:34:20.880 I think the companies and the workers who figure out 1:34:20.920 --> 1:34:25.479 how to be adept and use AI to make your 1:34:25.600 --> 1:34:28.960 job more proficient, to make your results results more excellent, 1:34:29.720 --> 1:34:30.559 I think they're. 1:34:30.360 --> 1:34:30.840 Going to win. 1:34:30.960 --> 1:34:33.240 But I think companies that say, all right, we're going 1:34:33.320 --> 1:34:36.680 to use machines to be better at service, but it's 1:34:36.680 --> 1:34:40.000 going to allow us to be more personal. I think 1:34:40.040 --> 1:34:43.200 you're going to see those kinds of reactions in the marketplace. 1:34:43.280 --> 1:34:44.400 Everybody says we can. 1:34:44.280 --> 1:34:49.120 Do more of that, my pleasure, unbelievable customer service because 1:34:49.160 --> 1:34:51.800 you can be more human in the interaction and let 1:34:51.880 --> 1:34:53.920 machines do a lot of the execution. 1:34:54.600 --> 1:34:57.080 What does the average person need to know about AI 1:34:57.160 --> 1:35:00.960 and learning those skills to themselves. 1:35:00.560 --> 1:35:02.880 A great question. First of all, what's available for you 1:35:02.960 --> 1:35:04.880 and your role? So let's take you and I. We're 1:35:04.920 --> 1:35:07.840 in the media space, so we need to immediately go, Okay, 1:35:08.200 --> 1:35:12.760 how can I use AI in my role to be 1:35:13.040 --> 1:35:15.920 excellent and be efficient? So you start looking at all 1:35:15.960 --> 1:35:18.479 the different AI tools and they're sprouting up all over 1:35:18.479 --> 1:35:22.519 the place. So see what's available and what's applicable to 1:35:22.880 --> 1:35:25.360 your actual roles. So you know, if you again you're 1:35:25.400 --> 1:35:28.760 a lawyer, you know what can be done here on 1:35:28.800 --> 1:35:31.439 the stuff I have to do that's paperwork focused, and 1:35:31.520 --> 1:35:35.360 can I enhance through AI my ability to get that 1:35:35.439 --> 1:35:37.760 done so I can be more carrying, more present with 1:35:37.800 --> 1:35:42.040 my clients and take my human service up the next level. 1:35:42.120 --> 1:35:44.519 So whatever the industry you're in, you need to be 1:35:44.600 --> 1:35:46.479 researching and by the way, the answers are out there. 1:35:46.760 --> 1:35:47.960 Here's how you can use. 1:35:47.840 --> 1:35:51.880 AI in your role and get skilled, get skilled and 1:35:51.960 --> 1:35:54.760 get experienced. Because I don't think AI is going to 1:35:54.760 --> 1:35:59.160 replace your job. I think someone who uses AI better 1:35:59.200 --> 1:36:02.519 than you will replace you. I think that's our challenge. 1:36:02.520 --> 1:36:05.920 You go, Okay, am I skilled? Am I experienced? And 1:36:06.160 --> 1:36:07.480 it's just like any other technology. 1:36:07.520 --> 1:36:10.920 Imagine right now, not knowing how to use a computer, Yeah, 1:36:11.040 --> 1:36:12.160 same thing or typing. 1:36:12.200 --> 1:36:14.240 I mean back in the day it was typing. Now 1:36:14.479 --> 1:36:16.599 nobody learns how to type. But still yeah, but there 1:36:16.640 --> 1:36:17.840 are skills that you it. 1:36:17.920 --> 1:36:20.160 Basically back in the day, you'd put your skills on 1:36:20.200 --> 1:36:22.519 your resume, right, whether you're good at word, whether you're 1:36:22.560 --> 1:36:26.360 good at spreadsheets. And now it's the same thing with aiact. 1:36:25.479 --> 1:36:28.080 I love the spreadsheet example. You know, can you use Excel? 1:36:28.400 --> 1:36:29.519 And what's excel? 1:36:29.960 --> 1:36:31.240 And we all had to learn how to use it? 1:36:31.280 --> 1:36:33.799 And I think that wasn't that Excel replaced your job? 1:36:34.080 --> 1:36:36.240 They replace you with someone that knows how to use Excel. 1:36:36.760 --> 1:36:39.719 That's what I think has to be the warning flag 1:36:39.760 --> 1:36:42.400 about AI. Don't be so scared of it that you 1:36:42.439 --> 1:36:44.559 stick your head in the sand, because if that happens, 1:36:44.600 --> 1:36:46.719 you will get passed up and you will get replaced. 1:36:46.960 --> 1:36:48.559 How do you make sure you're not breaking any rules 1:36:48.560 --> 1:36:51.120 that your employer may have when it comes to using AI? 1:36:51.520 --> 1:36:53.400 And I think again, you're just gonna have to look 1:36:53.439 --> 1:36:56.439 at what your company policies are, what do you feel 1:36:56.520 --> 1:36:59.479 is right in here? But interesting that you asked this question. 1:36:59.680 --> 1:37:03.200 There is a job that is about to become I 1:37:03.240 --> 1:37:06.439 think commonplace. Now this is a prediction, sure, but I 1:37:06.439 --> 1:37:09.680 think you're gonna see AI ethicists something like that. That 1:37:09.800 --> 1:37:12.000 may not be the title, but there will be people 1:37:12.080 --> 1:37:14.920 who humans like you and I whose job will be 1:37:15.200 --> 1:37:17.639 to make sure that AI isn't being used the wrong way, 1:37:17.720 --> 1:37:20.800 or that AI itself doesn't do something that's wrong. 1:37:21.240 --> 1:37:23.120 That's a whole new and I think you're gonna see 1:37:23.160 --> 1:37:25.400 that everywhere, you know, AI watchdogs. 1:37:25.680 --> 1:37:28.879 What are some of the side effects of AI beyond 1:37:29.200 --> 1:37:30.120 the standard jobs. 1:37:30.560 --> 1:37:34.400 I think AI is going to change the workplace. I 1:37:34.560 --> 1:37:37.720 see less and less forty hour weeks. I think we're 1:37:37.760 --> 1:37:41.080 gonna see a explosion of what is already happening right now, 1:37:41.080 --> 1:37:44.240 which is the freelance economy, you know, and and so 1:37:44.360 --> 1:37:45.559 I think you're gonna see. 1:37:45.320 --> 1:37:46.160 More and more of that. 1:37:46.439 --> 1:37:49.559 And I think specialization will happen because it's gonna make 1:37:49.560 --> 1:37:52.040 it so much easier. So I think keep your eye 1:37:52.040 --> 1:37:56.280 out for that, an explosion of entrepreneurship, especially because you 1:37:56.400 --> 1:37:59.439 got gen z. I'm raising three of them, and the 1:37:59.479 --> 1:38:03.360 younger willennials they're very tech savvy, and I think they're 1:38:03.520 --> 1:38:06.760 very entrepreneurial hungry is how I would label them, So 1:38:06.880 --> 1:38:09.360 watch out for that. I think we can see an explosion. 1:38:08.920 --> 1:38:09.599 Because of AI. 1:38:10.360 --> 1:38:13.200 That's Ken Coleman, author, work expert, and host of The 1:38:13.240 --> 1:38:15.760 Ken Coleman Show. I think the bottom line is that 1:38:15.880 --> 1:38:18.960 AI will forever change the way we work, just like 1:38:19.000 --> 1:38:23.080 the Internet itself did. But the key takeaway embrace AI 1:38:23.240 --> 1:38:26.240 as a tool to enhance your skills. Focus on what 1:38:26.439 --> 1:38:30.759 makes you uniquely human, and continue to develop your skills. 1:38:31.080 --> 1:38:33.439 Like Ken said, it's probably not AI that's going to 1:38:33.479 --> 1:38:35.519 replace you, but someone who knows. 1:38:35.280 --> 1:38:37.160 How to use AI better than you. 1:38:37.880 --> 1:38:40.120 I'll put a link to Ken on my website at 1:38:40.280 --> 1:38:43.439 rich on Tech dot tv. Mor rich on Tech, come 1:38:43.479 --> 1:38:46.760 your way with the feedback right after this. Welcome back 1:38:46.800 --> 1:38:49.800 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:38:50.160 --> 1:38:55.799 talking technology the website for the show richon Tech dot TV. 1:38:57.040 --> 1:38:59.000 I'm going to get through a few items here before 1:38:59.000 --> 1:39:04.479 we get to the feed bag. This AI powered necklace 1:39:04.600 --> 1:39:07.160 called Friend got quite the buzz this week. It's a 1:39:07.280 --> 1:39:11.840 ninety nine dollars pendant necklace that you wear all day long. 1:39:11.960 --> 1:39:14.840 It listens to everything that's happening around you, and it 1:39:14.920 --> 1:39:17.519 texts you when it wants to say something to you, 1:39:18.160 --> 1:39:21.080 so it's kind of always listening and it's AI powered 1:39:21.160 --> 1:39:23.559 and the person who created it, a nineteen year old. 1:39:23.760 --> 1:39:26.280 Our twenty one year old said it's because he was 1:39:26.320 --> 1:39:28.960 lonely and he doesn't want people to be lonely. Ninety 1:39:29.040 --> 1:39:31.640 nine bucks and you got to watch the video on this. 1:39:31.760 --> 1:39:35.280 If you go to the website Friend Believe it's friend 1:39:35.320 --> 1:39:38.360 dot com and it looks like something out of Black Mirror. 1:39:38.479 --> 1:39:39.200 It's not a joke. 1:39:39.280 --> 1:39:39.719 It's real. 1:39:40.200 --> 1:39:43.640 This idea of AI companionship will happen. But it's like 1:39:43.680 --> 1:39:45.799 if you're playing a video game or watching a movie, 1:39:46.200 --> 1:39:48.559 this thing is listening or having a conversation with your 1:39:48.560 --> 1:39:50.600 friend and it will literally text you and be like 1:39:50.640 --> 1:39:53.640 that was awkward or whatever. It's pretty wild and you 1:39:53.680 --> 1:39:55.439 can talk to it by pressing a button on it. 1:39:55.520 --> 1:39:58.320 So yeah, Black Mirror is coming true. 1:39:58.360 --> 1:39:58.519 Now. 1:39:58.520 --> 1:40:02.320 Two other devices that were AI companion kind of powered things, 1:40:02.640 --> 1:40:06.080 the Humane and the Rabbit they have they flopped, So 1:40:06.120 --> 1:40:07.599 we'll see if this does any better. It's a lot 1:40:07.720 --> 1:40:09.960 cheaper for ninety nine bucks. I mean, I'll try it out. 1:40:11.560 --> 1:40:15.640 T Mobile is launching a Friday Night five G Lights competition. 1:40:15.760 --> 1:40:17.880 This is for small towns to win a two million 1:40:17.880 --> 1:40:22.120 dollars high school football field tech makeover. Open to high 1:40:22.120 --> 1:40:24.519 schools in towns with populations of one hundred and fifty 1:40:24.520 --> 1:40:27.799 thousand or less. Grand prize includes a one hundred thousand 1:40:27.800 --> 1:40:30.959 dollars cash grant, a new scoreboard, five G network upgrades, 1:40:31.000 --> 1:40:36.200 a tailgate party, halftime drone show, and a new workout room. 1:40:36.600 --> 1:40:39.600 So the entries open on August first, they close on 1:40:39.640 --> 1:40:43.519 September twentieth. The website is Let's see what it is 1:40:43.680 --> 1:40:49.479 Friday Night FIVEG lights dot Com. Friday Night FIVEG Lights 1:40:49.479 --> 1:40:52.479 dot Com. Obviously T Mobile trying to promote the fact 1:40:52.479 --> 1:40:55.400 that they are upgrading their five G network in rural areas. 1:40:56.120 --> 1:40:58.479 So check it out. I'll put a link on the website. 1:40:58.520 --> 1:41:00.599 All right, Let's get to the feedback, the the emails, 1:41:00.640 --> 1:41:03.120 the comments, and the questions. Just send me all day long, 1:41:03.240 --> 1:41:07.320 every day at Richontech dot tv hit contact. David was 1:41:07.360 --> 1:41:09.680 listening to the show and said, very interesting listening to 1:41:09.760 --> 1:41:13.040 Peter today. In August last year, I was home watching TV, 1:41:13.160 --> 1:41:15.479 not doing anything stressful. I got an alert on my 1:41:15.520 --> 1:41:18.360 Apple Watch saying my heart rate was unusually high one 1:41:18.560 --> 1:41:21.600 eighty eight. I had no physical symptoms. I went to 1:41:21.640 --> 1:41:25.600 the er. They confirmed the watches reading. A cardiologist treated me. 1:41:25.960 --> 1:41:27.800 If it wasn't for the alert, I would have carried 1:41:27.840 --> 1:41:31.160 on watching TV, and according to the cardiologist, I probably 1:41:31.160 --> 1:41:33.760 would have had a stroke at some point. I'm a 1:41:33.800 --> 1:41:36.000 watch guy, but now I keep my classic time pieces 1:41:36.000 --> 1:41:38.160 in a box and I wear my Apple Watch all 1:41:38.320 --> 1:41:38.800 the time. 1:41:39.400 --> 1:41:41.799 Wow, that's quite the story. Thanks for sharing it, David. 1:41:42.920 --> 1:41:46.599 Let's see Joe says, Hey, Rich, I was wondering how 1:41:46.640 --> 1:41:49.600 long I should keep my empty electronic boxes because I 1:41:49.720 --> 1:41:51.439 just bought a ring outdoor camera and now I have 1:41:51.439 --> 1:41:52.120 an empty box. 1:41:52.120 --> 1:41:55.280 Should I keep it? And for how long? No real 1:41:55.360 --> 1:41:55.920 need to keep it. 1:41:55.960 --> 1:41:58.400 The only three reasons I keep something is if I'm 1:41:58.400 --> 1:42:00.400 going to return it. So if you think you're going 1:42:00.439 --> 1:42:01.920 to return this, I would keep it for at least 1:42:01.960 --> 1:42:04.320 the return window. If you're going to resell it, like 1:42:04.320 --> 1:42:05.759 if you're ever going to put this thing on eBay 1:42:05.840 --> 1:42:08.080 or something like that, you want to keep the original box, 1:42:08.200 --> 1:42:10.439 you can do that. Or if you're going to ship 1:42:10.520 --> 1:42:13.880 it to someone later, So maybe, for instance, with my computers, 1:42:13.920 --> 1:42:16.280 if I give an old computer to a family member. 1:42:16.880 --> 1:42:18.720 When I get a new one, I will ship them 1:42:19.040 --> 1:42:21.360 that old computer. And I like to have the original box, 1:42:21.400 --> 1:42:24.880 but otherwise you can safely recycle those boxes. Good question, 1:42:25.600 --> 1:42:28.000 Anita writes in says, wow, kind of disappointing. How you 1:42:28.040 --> 1:42:32.679 didn't respond to my question. Anita, you know how many 1:42:32.720 --> 1:42:35.160 emails I get on a daily basis. If you had 1:42:35.200 --> 1:42:39.200 any idea you would you could not believe it. And yes, 1:42:39.240 --> 1:42:41.519 I do my best to respond to a lot, even 1:42:41.520 --> 1:42:43.519 off air. I try to respond to a lot here, 1:42:44.600 --> 1:42:47.000 but believe me, there's no way I can get to 1:42:47.040 --> 1:42:49.720 everyone's email that emails me. I do my best and 1:42:50.120 --> 1:42:54.960 I will try. But yeah, thanks for that. Mary says, hey, Rich, 1:42:54.960 --> 1:42:57.840 I'm looking for a portable battery pack that can accommodate USB, 1:42:57.960 --> 1:43:01.800 a plug, air compressor, jumper case. My German shepherd and 1:43:01.800 --> 1:43:04.160 I will be traveling in my van from California. 1:43:05.080 --> 1:43:07.599 I live in a van down by the river. 1:43:08.200 --> 1:43:09.080 Do you know that. 1:43:09.439 --> 1:43:14.600 Reference old Chris Farley reference from California, Ohio. I'll be 1:43:14.680 --> 1:43:17.400 living in the van during our trip. I want to 1:43:17.439 --> 1:43:19.600 plug in a regular house fan at night. Oh, you 1:43:19.680 --> 1:43:22.719 just want this thing to do everything. Mary, the battery 1:43:22.760 --> 1:43:24.559 pack should be able to keep it charge for two days. 1:43:24.560 --> 1:43:28.560 Any suggestions, thanks in advance. Yes, check out Jackery jack 1:43:28.680 --> 1:43:31.479 e r Y. What you want is called a portable 1:43:31.600 --> 1:43:35.240 power station. Every company in the world makes these. Jackery 1:43:35.439 --> 1:43:37.280 was one of the earliest. They're some of the best. 1:43:37.920 --> 1:43:41.439 They also make them with solar panels as well. But yeah, 1:43:41.520 --> 1:43:45.479 Jackery jack E r Y. There are many many brands, 1:43:45.479 --> 1:43:48.920 including Anchor and many others eco Flow that make these, 1:43:49.280 --> 1:43:51.200 But I like the Jackery. I just met with them 1:43:51.240 --> 1:43:53.719 recently and they've got some good stuff and at cheaper 1:43:53.760 --> 1:43:58.000 prices too. John from Appleton, I'm guessing that's Wisconsin Rights in. 1:43:58.080 --> 1:44:02.080 I volunteer at our local useum. We're considering replacing our 1:44:02.160 --> 1:44:05.880 five dollars entry fee with a free will donation system. However, 1:44:06.320 --> 1:44:09.880 we're noticing young visitors don't often carry cash. Is there 1:44:09.920 --> 1:44:12.840 a quick secure method for accepting digital payments? Maybe a 1:44:12.920 --> 1:44:16.799 QR code? Any security concerns? Can you recommend any companies? 1:44:16.800 --> 1:44:18.519 Should we work with a local bank, we'd like to 1:44:18.560 --> 1:44:23.200 minimize our fees, I would recommend a PayPal or a 1:44:23.280 --> 1:44:26.600 Venmo QR code or both. So I believe with the 1:44:26.600 --> 1:44:28.800 PayPal QR code you could set that up where you 1:44:28.840 --> 1:44:32.200 can just say, hey, scan this code and it will 1:44:32.200 --> 1:44:35.360 take you to a PayPal web website on their phone 1:44:36.040 --> 1:44:38.479 and they can just do the donation there. You can 1:44:38.520 --> 1:44:43.320 set the suggested as five bucks Venmo. I believe you 1:44:43.360 --> 1:44:45.840 would need to have the Venmo app for that to work. 1:44:45.880 --> 1:44:47.600 I'm not sure they have like a website where you 1:44:47.640 --> 1:44:51.200 can do that through, but I would check out those two. 1:44:51.320 --> 1:44:53.679 I think that's the easiest way to do it. Square 1:44:53.760 --> 1:44:56.519 might also have it. You might also check out Square 1:44:57.000 --> 1:44:58.439 and see if they have it. I know you can 1:44:58.439 --> 1:45:02.439 also you Square to tap phones to accept so that 1:45:02.520 --> 1:45:06.559 might actually you know what that might actually hold on 1:45:06.680 --> 1:45:11.920 tap to pay, tap phone to accept payment. I think Square, 1:45:12.040 --> 1:45:14.240 ooh if you do that. Yeah, you might just do 1:45:14.360 --> 1:45:16.840 that where you have they can actually you just have 1:45:16.880 --> 1:45:19.360 an iPhone set up there they can tap their phone 1:45:19.400 --> 1:45:21.360 for mobile payment. But I think the QR code might 1:45:21.360 --> 1:45:24.160 be easier. It's kind of going to depend because not 1:45:24.240 --> 1:45:26.799 everyone is set up for mobile payments. Not everyone's comfortable 1:45:26.880 --> 1:45:29.800 doing that, but I think people who aren't, you know, 1:45:29.800 --> 1:45:32.200 if they're a young person whatever, they probably have Venmo 1:45:32.280 --> 1:45:32.960 on their phone. 1:45:33.000 --> 1:45:34.400 A lot of people do these days. 1:45:34.640 --> 1:45:36.439 But I would look for a solution that does not 1:45:36.560 --> 1:45:38.639 require any sort of like sign up for the person. 1:45:38.680 --> 1:45:41.439 They can just literally scan the code, use their Apple 1:45:41.479 --> 1:45:45.320 pay or Google pay to make the payment, and yeah, 1:45:45.600 --> 1:45:49.679 you'll be golden there. Harry from Eden, North Carolina writes 1:45:49.680 --> 1:45:52.920 in I've encountered a troubling scam on Facebook. I've reported 1:45:53.000 --> 1:45:57.080 to the FCC. Scammers posing as agents are offering fake 1:45:57.120 --> 1:45:59.400 federal grants of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The 1:45:59.479 --> 1:46:01.680 catch you have to buy six hundred dollars worth of 1:46:01.720 --> 1:46:03.759 gift cards and give them the code numbers to claim 1:46:03.800 --> 1:46:06.519 your winnings. They're friending people out of the blue and 1:46:06.560 --> 1:46:09.479 sending links to initiate the scam. I provided as much 1:46:09.479 --> 1:46:11.360 as I could to the authorities, but I'm wondering who 1:46:11.360 --> 1:46:14.080 can really put a stop to this. Seems like they 1:46:14.160 --> 1:46:16.640 might be hacking Facebook. How can we protect ourselves and 1:46:16.720 --> 1:46:21.559 others from these increasingly sophisticated social media scams? Harry, thank 1:46:21.560 --> 1:46:24.640 you so much for being a good guy out there 1:46:24.680 --> 1:46:28.760 on the internet, but it is impossible so many scams. 1:46:29.160 --> 1:46:31.559 The best way to protect people is to tell your friends, 1:46:31.680 --> 1:46:35.160 especially your less tech savvy friends. That is the main thing. 1:46:35.200 --> 1:46:37.880 Because we understand it there's a lot of people out 1:46:37.920 --> 1:46:40.439 there who do not so share the spread the word. 1:46:41.560 --> 1:46:44.280 Victor from Winnipeg writes in, I'm a regular listener wanted 1:46:44.360 --> 1:46:46.439 to thank you for keeping me entertained on my recent 1:46:46.520 --> 1:46:50.360 journey from Pharaoh to Winnipeg, Pharaoh or Fargo after an 1:46:50.400 --> 1:46:52.680 air show and during my workdays. I'm impressed with how 1:46:52.680 --> 1:46:56.679 your website makes podcast content available to read later. It's 1:46:56.800 --> 1:47:00.120 a great feature. Looking forward to more great content in 1:47:00.160 --> 1:47:04.200 the weeks to come. Thank you, Victor, and let's see here. 1:47:04.520 --> 1:47:08.040 I think we have time for one more. Terry from 1:47:08.200 --> 1:47:11.040 Arlington Heights, Illinois writes in, I've been a faithful listener 1:47:11.120 --> 1:47:13.120 since you took over for Leo, and I never miss 1:47:13.120 --> 1:47:16.320 an episode. While I really appreciate the technology you share, 1:47:16.360 --> 1:47:19.240 it's your personal approach that makes your show a must listen. 1:47:19.640 --> 1:47:22.120 You come across as a genuinely nice person and you 1:47:22.160 --> 1:47:25.240 have a great radio presence. Thanks for keeping us informed 1:47:25.400 --> 1:47:28.920 and entertained. Terry, you get the gold star for the week. 1:47:28.960 --> 1:47:33.439 Thanks for making my day. Really really appreciate that. All Right, 1:47:33.479 --> 1:47:35.000 there you have it. That's gonna do it for this 1:47:35.120 --> 1:47:37.240 episode of the show, Like you just heard. 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