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Speaker 1: Starwood and Marriott reveal a major data breach. Apple Music

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Speaker 1: is coming to the echo. Instagram makes it easier to

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Speaker 1: share stories with close friends and pay less fools influencers

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Speaker 1: or do they what's going on? I'm rich Demiro. This

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Speaker 1: is Rich on Tech coming to you with an extended

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Speaker 1: version of the podcast. This is the version where I

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Speaker 1: talk about all the cool things happening in the tech world,

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Speaker 1: all the stuff that I think you should know about,

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Speaker 1: including some of these top stories like the Starwood and

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Speaker 1: Marriott hack. I'm also going to talk a bit about

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Speaker 1: recast TV. You guys apparently love the idea of that

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Speaker 1: cord cutting DVR. Plus my book one hundred and one

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Speaker 1: Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone published as a paperback

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Speaker 1: this week, so I'll talk about that a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But let's get started. First off with star Ward. This

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Speaker 1: is really interesting and we're seeing these large scale data

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Speaker 1: hacks more and more. Basically, what happened was they had

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Speaker 1: an investigation. They determined there was an un authorized access

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Speaker 1: to a guest database which contained information relating to reservations

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Speaker 1: as Starwood properties on or before September tenth, twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: So you're talking a lot of people staying at these hotels.

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Speaker 1: They basically got an alert from an internal security tool

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Speaker 1: regarding an attempt to access this database, and they realized

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Speaker 1: that apparently there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood

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Speaker 1: network since twenty fourteen, so this went on for quite

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Speaker 1: a long time. Not sure why they didn't notice it

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Speaker 1: before that time. But here's the deal. They have not

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Speaker 1: figured out exactly. They have to kind of clean up

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Speaker 1: the database that they found that was kind of taken

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Speaker 1: in the hack, but they say they think it contains

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Speaker 1: information on approximately up to five hundred million guests who

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Speaker 1: made a reservation at a Starwood property, and for three

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty seven million of these guests, that information

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Speaker 1: includes name, milling address, phone number, email address, passport number,

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Speaker 1: your star War preferred guest number, which may have changed

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Speaker 1: now that they took over with the Marriotte rewards as well.

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Speaker 1: They merged those recently data birth gender, arrival and departure information,

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Speaker 1: reservation date and communications preference. All that stuff not so bad,

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Speaker 1: with the exception of the passport number. But the one

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Speaker 1: thing that is bad is the payment card numbers and

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Speaker 1: payment card expiration dates. So that was all taken apparently

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Speaker 1: as well, but the information used to decrypt all of

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Speaker 1: that data on the payment cards, they're not sure that

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Speaker 1: that wasn't taken as well. So again, let's say that

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Speaker 1: they took the database that was encrypted star Woods saying

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Speaker 1: that they also might have gotten the key to unlock

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Speaker 1: that database as well. So for other guests, information was

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Speaker 1: limited to name and other data like the mailing address,

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Speaker 1: email address, and other information. So what is Marriott doing

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Speaker 1: now that this all happened. They've set up a dedicated

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Speaker 1: call center email notification so they've been starting to send

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Speaker 1: emails to affected guests on November thirtieth, so that's the

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Speaker 1: first day, so if you haven't gotten an email yet,

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Speaker 1: they just started doing that, so it could take a

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Speaker 1: couple days for them to do that. And they're also

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Speaker 1: letting folks enroll in this web Watcher service, and this

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Speaker 1: is a service that monitors Internet sites where personal information

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Speaker 1: is shared, and you'll get an alert if some of

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Speaker 1: your information is shared. And if you're not sure what

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Speaker 1: a star War hotel is, if you stayed at a

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Speaker 1: w hotel A Saint Regis Chreton Weston element a Loft

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Speaker 1: luxury collection, Tribute Portfolio Lee Meridian four points and design

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Speaker 1: and also their timeshare properties. I have stayed in the

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Speaker 1: recent years at the w Shareton Weston element Aloft and

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Speaker 1: that's about it. So yeah, my information is probably out there.

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Speaker 1: This is bad. I mean the information that they got

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Speaker 1: not so bad. I mean, passport number definitely not something

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Speaker 1: seem like they got passwords, which is good. And if

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Speaker 1: you're still reusing your password on various websites, don't do that.

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Speaker 1: And this is another example of why you don't want

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Speaker 1: to do that. This is some big news coming out

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Speaker 1: of Apple and Amazon. Who would have thought that these

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Speaker 1: two would be playing so nice now? Recently Amazon and

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Speaker 1: Apple announced that Apple products would be available for sale

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Speaker 1: on Amazon. Now they're taking a step further. Apple Music

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Speaker 1: will be available on Echo devices beginning the week of

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Speaker 1: December seventeenth, and that's just in time for you to

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Speaker 1: enjoy some holiday music on your Echo device if you're

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Speaker 1: aren't available on any of these smart speakers except for

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Speaker 1: now ask ex A, I'll say, to play Beats one

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Speaker 1: fun fact they put out on the press release here,

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Speaker 1: top Country is the most requested music to wake up too,

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Speaker 1: So okay, there you go. Instagram is changing things up

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Speaker 1: with stories. This is basically the most popular feature of

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Speaker 1: Instagram right now, stories, and I love it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: don't believe this story one way. I don't believe this

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Speaker 1: story at all. But it's making the rounds. Payless fools

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Speaker 1: influencers with a fake store. That's the CNN headline, and

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Speaker 1: I think that. So Payless you obviously know them. They

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Speaker 1: have Payless shoe stores. They opened up a fake pop

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Speaker 1: And they invited influencers to a grand opening, and they

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Speaker 1: the shoes were twenty bucks, right, So they fooled, or

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Speaker 1: they said they fooled all these people. They of course

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Speaker 1: influencers attended over two nights. According to Payless, they shelled

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Speaker 1: out a total of three thousand dollars. One shopper spent

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Speaker 1: which represents a eighteen hundred percent markup Payless. However, he

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Speaker 1: So let me tell you why this story's bogus, because

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Speaker 1: number one, influencers do not spend any money when they

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Speaker 1: And I'm talking big electronics events where they're giving out

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Speaker 1: these influencers. I'm talking clothes, shoes, there is There's never

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Speaker 1: been an influencer event I've ever been to where someone

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Speaker 1: So if any influencer was at this event spending four

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Speaker 1: because that just doesn't happen at an influencer event. So

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Speaker 1: sort of told that this would be happening. You know,

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Speaker 1: we want you to act natural, We want you to

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Speaker 1: maybe purchase some stuff, but don't worry. We're you know,

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Speaker 1: you can purchase it, but we're going to reimburse you

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Speaker 1: at the end. Whatever. I think that this was all

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Speaker 1: highly set up. I'm sorry, but no one on. None

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Speaker 1: really important, emergency sos. One cool thing. You can change

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Speaker 1: the brightness of the flashlight. Did you know you could

431
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Speaker 1: do that on your phone? Let's see revealing the hidden

432
00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,919
Speaker 1: search bar that are all over, erasing one calculator digit.

433
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool, the secret redial button. I mean, there's

434
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,920
Speaker 1: so many little things. Changing your airdrop preferences fast. I mean,

435
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,040
Speaker 1: this thing just goes on and on and on. Oh

436
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 1: my gosh. I love this book, and I'm not just

437
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: saying that because I wrote it. I love it because

438
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 1: you have no idea how many questions I get from

439
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 1: people about the iPhone on a daily basis, and it

440
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,639
Speaker 1: does not frustrate me. It's just one of those things

441
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: that we all use this device. But we don't truly

442
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,679
Speaker 1: know how to manage it and all the things that

443
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: it's capable of. And so this book just kind of

444
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: goes through all those things that your phone does. You

445
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,639
Speaker 1: may not need to know how to do all this

446
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 1: stuff right now today, but the reality is I want

447
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: to give you the tools you need to know just

448
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,239
Speaker 1: to understand what the phone is capable of. And then

449
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 1: when someone says, hey, can you sign this piece of

450
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 1: paper and email it to me, and you go, I

451
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 1: don't know how to do that. Oh wait, I read

452
00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 1: in Rich's book. I can sign a PDF right from

453
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 1: my eyes iPhone. I can make a piece of paper

454
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: into a PDF right for my iPhone. Oh yeah. These

455
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: are the kind of things I just want to plant

456
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: in your brain so that when you need the functionality,

457
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: you know how to access it or you know that

458
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: it's there, and then you can go back to the

459
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 1: book and actually follow the step by steps and do it.

460
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,879
Speaker 1: So the book is one hundred and one Handy Tech

461
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: Tips for the iPhone. It's on Amazon. It's amazing the process.

462
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 1: I really want to write another book on just publishing

463
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Speaker 1: a book. I self published this on Amazon. The process

464
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 1: is just amazing the fact that we can do this

465
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,639
Speaker 1: in this day and age is just phenomenal. And the

466
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Speaker 1: fact that I can reach so many people and get

467
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: this book into their hands on the most popular shopping

468
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: platform in America, maybe the world. I don't know, maybe

469
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,159
Speaker 1: China has something bigger. But the reality is it's just

470
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: so cool and I love it. When Sam Rubin, one

471
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 1: of my colleagues at KTLA, looked at the book, he goes, oh,

472
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,360
Speaker 1: my gosh, this is real. I said, yes, it's real.

473
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: It's a real it's a paperback, it's thick, it has

474
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Speaker 1: a lot of information, and when you get this thing

475
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: mailed to you, there's gonna be a little smile that

476
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: comes on your face because you're gonna go wow. I've

477
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,200
Speaker 1: known Rich, I've followed him, and I feel like this

478
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,879
Speaker 1: is like literally Rich placing this in my hands from

479
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: Rich's brain right to mine. And that's the way I feel.

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00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 1: So it's on Amazon now. It makes a great gift

481
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: for the holidays. If someone has an iPhone in your life,

482
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 1: especially someone that doesn't necessarily know how to use all

483
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,479
Speaker 1: the features, and you're kind of sick of telling them

484
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Speaker 1: how to do all these things on it, get them

485
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: this book. They will love you for it, and I

486
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,440
Speaker 1: guarantee you they will come back to you and tell you,

487
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,400
Speaker 1: you know what, I really learned this or that from

488
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,400
Speaker 1: the book, and I appreciate it. And so there you go.

489
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Speaker 1: That's the book, one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips

490
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Speaker 1: for the iPhone, updated, simplified and revised for iOS twelve.

491
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Speaker 1: So thank you so much in advance for that. It

492
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 1: is already climbing the charts on Amazon, and I love

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Speaker 1: the fact that they are doing that. All Right, a

494
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Speaker 1: couple more stories to talk about and then I'll let

495
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Speaker 1: you guys go. But Dji Osmo they came out with

496
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: DGI is the company known for their drones. They came

497
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: out with this little thing called the Osmo Pocket. This

498
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: is a new stabilized camera. They say it's the world's

499
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: smallest three axi three axis axi axis stabilized camera. Now

500
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: I'm torn on this kind of stuff because I do

501
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: carry around a GoPro in my bag. But I'll be

502
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 1: honest with the cell phones nowadays, I find myself needing

503
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,880
Speaker 1: these kind of small point and shoot cameras, video cameras

504
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: less and less, and I get it. If you're a

505
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Speaker 1: blogger influencer, maybe you want to have one of these

506
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Speaker 1: things on hand to produce content. I do that stuff,

507
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,639
Speaker 1: and I rarely find myself needing it. It's nice to have.

508
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: And this is a really cool thing because it's basically

509
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Speaker 1: a highly stabilized GoPro. Imagine a go Pro mixed with

510
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: a flipcam member flipcams from back in the day. That's

511
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 1: kind of what this thing reminds me of. It's four

512
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Speaker 1: inches tall, it's got a little gimbal, little stabilizer, it's

513
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,959
Speaker 1: got twelve megapixels for pictures and four K video up

514
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 1: to sixty frames per second, and it's a great little

515
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 1: device if you can afford it three hundred fifty dollars.

516
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 1: It also has a one inch touchscreen on it, which

517
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,199
Speaker 1: is cool because you can see what you're shooting. And

518
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,880
Speaker 1: you can plug this thing into a USBC or an

519
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: iOS lightning port to bring some extra functionality. The Osmo

520
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: Pocket sells for three hundred and fifty dollars and it

521
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 1: will ship on December fifteenth. Check it out if you're

522
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 1: one of those people that is looking for kind of

523
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,359
Speaker 1: a go Pro style solution, but this is just a

524
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: little bit different because you've got the go pro style

525
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 1: camera but also it's stabilized and it just looks cool.

526
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: It's really small. Android Auto is giving a little revamp

527
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: to make things a little simpler now. I've been using

528
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,360
Speaker 1: Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for a while now, I

529
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: personally think that Apple CarPlay has the much better layout.

530
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: It's easier to access your apps, it's quicker to access

531
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 1: your music, and the messaging function works better. And I

532
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: think that Google is realizing this with their Android Auto

533
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 1: layout and they're kind of revamping stuff. So they have

534
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 1: now made media browsing a little bit more visual and

535
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: a little easier. Plus, you also see a visual preview

536
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: of a message that someone sends you, which is also

537
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 1: really smart. That only happens when your car is stopped,

538
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: by the way, So if you come to a stop

539
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,199
Speaker 1: and you're at a stop sign or a light and

540
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 1: someone texts you, you'll be able to see what their

541
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: text says, which is really handy. I know distracted driving

542
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 1: is dangerous and I don't ever want you to text

543
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: or even look at your phone while you drive, but

544
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 1: this is smart because sometimes you just want to see

545
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: the response. You don't need to wait for Siri or

546
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 1: for Google Assistant to read the whole response if you

547
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: can just see something like okay, because it's actually more

548
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,399
Speaker 1: distracting for you to have to tap to hear that

549
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 1: message from Siri or from the assistant. But this new

550
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 1: revample be live in Google play Books, Google play Music, iHeartRadio,

551
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 1: Pocket Casts, and Spotify. Also popular messaging apps like Messages, Hangouts,

552
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: and Whatsapple work with the new messaging features. So when

553
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: it comes to the media, there's an improved layout with

554
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: larger album art views, so that's easier to find and

555
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: browse than I guess the old way of doing it.

556
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: And they also have improvements to voice search, so you

557
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 1: can ask Google now to play songs and playlists and

558
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: also types of music, and apparently you'll get some categorized

559
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: search results from your app right on the screen, which

560
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 1: is also brilliant because the reason why I've stopped using

561
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: the voice commands in Android autos because if you don't

562
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: get them just right, it starts playing some playlist you

563
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,360
Speaker 1: don't even know if it's the right one. It's kind

564
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: of nice that they will actually now give you that

565
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: visual response and you're like eighties music and it will

566
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Speaker 1: show you kind of like the different playlists that have

567
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: to do with eighties music. That's smart. The functionality will

568
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: be rolling out over the next few days, so check

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Speaker 1: it out. And finally, let's end on this. I've got

570
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: a friend who we always talk about the interest rate

571
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: on our savings account because they seem to be going

572
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: up at some of these online banks, right. And I

573
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: remember back in the day, when I think it was

574
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 1: E Trade, I had an account there was like five

575
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 1: percent interest, which is pretty awesome. Now, obviously we know

576
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: that those I think that same account is down to

577
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: like point one zero. But some of these big accounts

578
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,719
Speaker 1: they do have, you know, one to two percent interest.

579
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: Maybe some of the online accounts have even more than that.

580
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: But T Mobile now has their own virtual bank that

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00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: you can sign up for. It's called t Mobile Money,

582
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: and they give you a debit card and for all

583
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: intents and purposes, this is a little checking account that

584
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: you can use. I don't think they actually give you checks,

585
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: but you can obviously bill pay and that kind of stuff.

586
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: Maybe they let's see, do they have checks in here.

587
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: I don't think they do. You know, maybe they do.

588
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: Let's see Mobile check deposits pay bills with T Mobile Money. Yeah,

589
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: I think you do have to use all the mobile functions,

590
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: and for me personally, I write like one check a

591
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: month to one place that does not take a credit

592
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: card or a a bill pay. I mean, I guess

593
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: I could do bill pay with them, but it's just

594
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: easier to write the check. But yeah, I hate writing checks,

595
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: so I don't really use that functionality on my checking account.

596
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: But long story short, the magic of this account is

597
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: that they give you four percent interest on your money

598
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: in the checking account, which is pretty rare. So there

599
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: is a catch. You have to be a T mobile

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00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: customer not to get the account, but to get that

601
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: four percent. Anyone can sign up for T Mobile Money,

602
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 1: and if you sign up, it's actually a pretty cool

603
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 1: little account. It's all digital, it's very high tech, it's

604
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: very slick. You get a MasterCard, debit card, you get

605
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: fee free ATMs at the All Point network, which there

606
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: are a bunch of All Point ATMs out there, fifty

607
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: five thousand of them. There's also no fees whatsoever, so

608
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 1: there's no overdrafts. No, there's really nothing. There's no fees

609
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: whatsoever with this, no monthly maintenance fees whatever. You do

610
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Speaker 1: have to deposit two hundred dollars a month. Into the account.

611
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: And does that have to be direct deposit. I'm not sure,

612
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: but yeah, so I mean there's really no fees at all,

613
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: which is nice. So if you're a T Mobile customer,

614
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: you get four percent interest on your money in this

615
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: checking account. If you're just a everyday person without tea Mobile,

616
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: you do get one percent interest, which is pretty much

617
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: in line with a lot of the major bank accounts.

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00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: So I think this is a cool deal, and if

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00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: you're a T Mobile customer, I take a look at it. Personally,

620
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: I have a a separate I don't. I don't like

621
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: using credit cards as much as I do my debit card,

622
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: and there's reasons for that. I like to stay out

623
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: of debt, so that's why I use my debit card

624
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: as much as possible. If I'm traveling, yes I will

625
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: use my credit card, but for day to day stuff,

626
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: I really like to use my debit card as much

627
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: as humanly possible because guess what, the money's there, and

628
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,719
Speaker 1: it it actually hurts me more to spend real money

629
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: than it does to have me spend money on a

630
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: credit card. And I'm sure you feel that way too,

631
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: So I love using a debit card, but I do

632
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: like the idea of having a separate a separate account

633
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: for your debit card of the day to day spend money,

634
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: right and so this is a perfect account for that

635
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: because you can get your debit card, you can put

636
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: your money in there. If you're T mobile customer, you're

637
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: getting four percent. There is one more catch, you only

638
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: get it up to three thousand dollars. But you know,

639
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how many people are keeping

640
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: more than three grand and they're checking account. So it's

641
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: it's not a bad deal. And you can use this

642
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: kind of as your day to day spending account. And

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Speaker 1: And that's going to bring us to the end of

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