1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Faster internet for free. Here's how Roku, Amazon and Sons 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: all have new speakers. Facebook does dating the thing you 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: should do if you use Gmail on your iPhone. Plus 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: your questions answered? 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro. 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: about the stuff I think you should know about happening in. 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: The tech world. 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Plus it's the place where I answer the questions that 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: you send me. Welcome producer Megan to the show. 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 3: Welcome Rich to the show. 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: Thank you. How's it going very good? 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been busy. 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: It has been very busy. 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: And you know, next week is the whole big Apple thing, 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: so we've prepping for that. Megan did a great job 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,959 Speaker 1: of booking her hotel room. She was like a pit 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: bull on the phone with the hotel because we you know, 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: the hotels all sell out, especially the ones that are close. 20 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: And I usually, based on speculation, make a hotel reservation. 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: Wayne advanced, just guessing when the event is gonna be. Yeah, 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: years in advance. Yeah, I have next year's iPhone already on. 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: And so I told Megan, well, were staying and you know, 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: get a room, and of course they said, no, there's 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: no rooms. 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: There's no availability. 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 3: Well you told me tuesday, You're like you can yeah, 28 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 3: And I was like, okay. 29 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, it all happens. 30 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: You get the invitation two weeks before, and then we didn't. 31 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, we just didn't have time figured out. Yeah, 32 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: but the reality is you did work it out. She 33 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: went from having no availability at the hotel to them 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: telling her it was a three day minimum to stay 35 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: there to getting a room. 36 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 3: I called like ten times and then at the tenth 37 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 3: time they were like, oh, it's a three day minimum. 38 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: And I was like, uh, okay, well if I stayed 39 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 3: three days, and then I basically yeah, you. 40 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: Got your way, So good job. That was very good. 41 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: It was a new side of you that I that 42 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: I have not seen. 43 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: Before, but you coached me. 44 00:01:59,080 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: Very impressed with that. 45 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: On the flip side, for me personally, I finished my 46 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: iPhone book the first draft, so yesterday. That was a 47 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: huge deal because I'm you know, I have this book 48 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and one handy tech Tips for the iPhone. 49 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: I'm revising it for iOS thirteen, so I've been using 50 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: the beta to get all the new tips, and then 51 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: my goal is to have it out as soon as 52 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: possible when the new one, you know, the new phone 53 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: comes out and the new software. But I still have 54 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: a lot of work ahead. I got to revise it, 55 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: i got to come up with a cover. I've got 56 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: to everything marketing. It's a whole big thing. But in 57 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: the meantime, if you do want to be notified when 58 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: the new book is available, you can go to Amazon 59 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: and follow my author page. 60 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: Oh I'm going to do that, so you'll. 61 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: Get notified, like literally the minute it's like up there, 62 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 1: you'll get like the little notification. 63 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 3: So it's really cool. That's so exciting. 64 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: It is exciting, and I'm excited for this book because 65 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: I made it simpler and better. 66 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: You know. 67 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: I've this the third version, so I've learned a lot 68 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: along the way, and I'm using a new program to 69 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: write it, which I'm I can't wait to do, so 70 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: I to publish it or whatever. 71 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: You want to say. Let's talk about Facebook. 72 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: Facebook is finally getting into the dating game. Facebook dating 73 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: is brand new here in the US. And this is 74 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: interesting because Facebook, it's weird. I have a love hate 75 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: with Facebook because Facebook is the place that we all 76 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: know and sort of love, but I feel like it 77 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: has fallen out of favor with a lot of people, 78 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: but people still use it in a big way. Now 79 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: are the people that are dating using it? 80 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. So. 81 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: I mean you have these big dating apps like tender Match. 82 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a million others out there. I think 83 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: what makes Facebook dating so interesting is that they have 84 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: the most data on us. And so here's the line 85 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: from what they're basically what they're doing. They're not going 86 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: to link you up with your friends. They will if 87 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: you do something, and I'll tell you about that in 88 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: a second, But here's what they're doing. So how it 89 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: works is you create a separate dating profile that's separate 90 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: from your main profile, and they're going to suggest people 91 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: on the Facebook platform based on your preferences, interests, and 92 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: other things you do on Facebook. 93 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 3: Okay, they stalk people, no. 94 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: But they really understand who you are. They see what 95 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: you're looking at on Facebook, they see the types of 96 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: music that you like. 97 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: They just see what you interact with. 98 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: Right with something like Tinder or Match, they're not getting 99 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: all that rich data about a person. The person's typing 100 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: in saying I like wine, I like going for long 101 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: walks on the beach. Facebook knows this person spends ninety 102 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: five percent of their time looking at Iron Maiden records 103 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: from the seventies or something. 104 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 3: I don't know, Wait through through what Like, how do 105 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 3: they know that whatever you do? 106 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: No, while they can do that too. They can link 107 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: up what you do on Google through the through the 108 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: Facebook like buttons that are everywhere, so they're collecting all 109 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: this data no matter where you are on the web. 110 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: Okay, because I feel like with my Facebook, all the 111 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 3: interests and all the artists that I've liked are from 112 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: when I was like. 113 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: Twelve, That's true, and a lot of people are trying 114 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: to update that to be fair for you. 115 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 2: That was only like two years ago. 116 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: I know, because I'm fourteen. Everyone I don't know Rich 117 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 3: told you I don't. 118 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: Want to reveal Megan's very young age. 119 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 3: But yes, but that's a thing that's when I started Facebook. 120 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: But they're still going to see like the kind of 121 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: posts that you interact with, the kind of things that 122 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: you like. 123 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: Okay, I mean, it's it. 124 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: Facebook has a lot of data, and I agree, Like 125 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: what you're saying is very valid that just because they 126 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: build this profile of you doesn't necessarily mean it's right. 127 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: Like you can go into Facebook and look at the 128 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: advertiser like targeting for you right now, like half it's wrong, 129 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, but anyway, I find that interesting. The other 130 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: interesting feature about this that I find could be very 131 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: interesting is there's a secret crush feature where normally they 132 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: don't link you up with your friends, but you can 133 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: identify nine of your friends that you're interested in, and 134 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: then let's say your friends identify you as one of 135 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: those people that they're interested in. If you both do that, 136 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: Facebook will notify you and kind of hook you up. 137 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: But it only has it's all secret, so if if 138 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: if someone doesn't request, you know, put you as a crush, 139 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: then nothing happens. I'm curious how many times you can 140 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: change those secret crushes? 141 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: Could think about it? 142 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: What if you could change them every day and you 143 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: just went through all your friends until you found a match, right. 144 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 3: Yeah and then yeah wow yeah, So anyway, I think yeah. 145 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: Anyway, So that is Facebook dating in a nutshell. It 146 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: is available starting today. The other thing that's weird about 147 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: this are you gonna try it? 148 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe you should. 149 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: You should try it and report that quest. 150 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 3: Okay, I'll let you know how go. 151 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: But the other thing that's interesting is that they're sort 152 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: of merging Facebook and Instagram for the first time because 153 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: now it's cross friends, so it's your friends from Instagram 154 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: as well. 155 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, because I feel like Instagram's a great way 156 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 3: to you know, slide into dms meet people. Right, yeah, 157 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 3: I don't. 158 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 2: Know theoretically, you would know better. I have no idea. 159 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: All right, So this first question comes from Jerome. And 160 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 3: by the way, if you want to send a question, 161 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 3: all you have to do is go to Rich on 162 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 3: tech dot tv, click on the contact link, and you 163 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 3: can send Rich your question. So Jerome writes in is 164 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: it The subject is video chat Android to iPhone. The 165 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: question is it possible? How to make it happen? 166 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: This is one of those questions that I read and 167 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: I'm just like, oh wow, this is interesting that this 168 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: is a question because it seems so simple in my mind. 169 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: But the reality is, all we've heard about over the 170 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: years is FaceTime, FaceTime, FaceTime, FaceTime. That's the way people 171 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: video chat and skype. But in reality, there are many 172 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: other ways to do this, and there are many simple ways. 173 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: The simplest way is the program that's probably installed in 174 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: your both phones already, even if you're iOS and Android, 175 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: and that is Facebook Messenger. People forget that Facebook Messenger 176 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: has a video chat feature and you can easily use that. 177 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: So if Facebook Messenger is installed on both phones, go 178 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: ahead and use that to chat. You're already friends on there. 179 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: You don't have to set up a separate account. It's 180 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: all done and it works nicely. The other thing, and 181 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: I think this is probably the better way to do it, 182 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: is Google Duo and Google Doo. I did a video 183 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: on Facebook when this came out a couple of years ago. 184 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: I think it was like five years ago at this point, 185 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: let's say August sixteenth, twenty sixteen. 186 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: Three years ago. 187 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 3: I was nine. 188 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 2: Sorry, continuing with the young joke. 189 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: I like that, okay, But this app came out and 190 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: I thought it was the greatest thing ever because it 191 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: was really the first time you had a dedicated app 192 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: that you could use to video chat. And Google Duo 193 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: is very simple, it has better quality video than a 194 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: lot of the other apps out there. It's totally free. 195 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: It works on both Android and iOS. But for some reason, 196 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: nobody thinks about it ever. Did it come to mind 197 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: when you saw this? 198 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: I think about it all the time. No, no, no, 199 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 3: I've actually never this is the first time I've ever 200 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 3: heard of it. 201 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 2: But I really the first time see that. 202 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 3: But I was also thinking, I know people that not 203 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 3: a ton of people, but my sister facetimes or video 204 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: chats with people on Instagram, like her friends on Instagram. 205 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: Yes, you can do Instagram as well. So there, okay, 206 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: So here are your options. Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, Google Duo, 207 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: and obviously face and Skype. 208 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: Skype is a little bit more old school. 209 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: I think that's more like people think of that for 210 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: business purposes, yeah, for personal and yeah, Instagram is probably 211 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: one of those other ones that's really easy because it's 212 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: already on your phone and everybody's on Instagram. So I 213 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: would say those are probably the two or three ways 214 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: to check it out. 215 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: But it can be done. It's very simple. 216 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: I think the main thing is that on Android versus 217 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: iOS or going cross platform, it's not as simple as 218 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: FaceTime because FaceTime, it's like you click their phone number 219 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: if they have an iPhone, boom, it just connects. And 220 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: that's of course part of the magic and nightmare of 221 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: the way Apple sets things up. 222 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 3: Is it going to be blurry if you're on an 223 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 3: iPhone and you're video chatting with the Android on Duo. 224 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, quite quite contrary. It's Duo is very clear. 225 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: In fact, they have this cool night site feature which 226 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: makes your nighttime chatting like even brighter, which is kind 227 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: of cool. 228 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: And no, it looks great. 229 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: And the thing that when Duo came out versus FaceTime, 230 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: the thing that was different is FaceTime was I mean, 231 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: it's gotten better, yeah, and plus internet speeds. 232 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: Have gotten better over the years. 233 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: But when FaceTime was first, it was it always dropped out, 234 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: it was blurry, it didn't hold a connection very well. 235 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: So when Duo came out, Google was using their YouTube. 236 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: Google has learned so much from YouTube about compressing video 237 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: and making video delivered very fast. They apply that to 238 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: all their products, so Duo is no different. They're figuring out. 239 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: You know, when you have a good connection, they'll make 240 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: the screen look really good, the picture really clear. When 241 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: you don't have as good of a connection, they'll drop 242 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: back that quality, but still keep the conversation going and 243 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: still keep the video. Sometimes the video may go out 244 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: if you have a really terrible connection, but I rarely 245 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: see that anymore. Anyway, good question and check those things out, Jerome, 246 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for emailing in so many things to talk about 247 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: this week, including Samsung. And I'm not going to give 248 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: this much more than like thirty seconds, because nobody cares 249 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: about this phone. Nobody is buying this phone, and the 250 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: only reason we care about it is because it's like 251 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 1: our hurt player in sports. I'm not sports guy, so 252 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: I don't even know this analogy, but like you're hope 253 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: that you want to see them win, right that guy? 254 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: That never mind, I'm not going to also try to because. 255 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: No, we don't do sports analogies here because we don't 256 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 1: do sports sports. There's a reason why I talk about technology. 257 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: But the thing is, the Galaxy Fold was supposed to 258 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: launch on April twenty sixth. It did not launch because 259 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: there's a whole bunch of problems. We've been waiting for 260 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: it to launch. Nobody's really been waiting for it to 261 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: launch except the media that just wants to talk about it. 262 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: Nobody really, Like, no one go up to thirty people 263 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: in the street and not one person is ready to 264 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: buy this thing. But nonetheless, it's cool that Samsung is 265 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: experimenting with new technologies, and I do think this will 266 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: be indicative of technologies to come, and I think we 267 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: will see more foldable phones. But the story is that 268 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: the Galaxy Fold will launch in the US in the 269 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: coming weeks. It is available in South Korea. So Megan, 270 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: if you have nothing to do this weekend and you 271 00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: want to get. 272 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: A plane the fold, go ahead. 273 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 3: That's what I'm going to do tomorrow after work. 274 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: They did not say anything about the price. But the 275 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: other thing that I do want to mention is that 276 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: there's a rumor going around that Samsung will create a 277 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: second foldable phone for next year, and that one's supposed 278 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: to be more like the Motorola Eraser where it folds 279 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: in half, like like it flop folds down. I guess 280 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: you should say, right, instead of folding in half, you know, 281 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: so it folds like a flip phone, like the old. 282 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: School flip phone. 283 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:25,239 Speaker 3: Yeah. 284 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: And I think that that's really interesting because that could 285 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: be kind of cool to have a big screen phone 286 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: in your pocket that folds up small, not the one 287 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: square into a square, not the weird one that the 288 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: Galaxy Fold is just really thick and weird, Like, yeah, 289 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: you want like a thin phone that also when you 290 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: open it up, has. 291 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 2: A giant like a nice big screen. Yea. 292 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: Anyway, so I'm rooting for it. 293 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 3: You're excited. 294 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: I am excited for next year the square, not for 295 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: this one. 296 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 3: All right. This next question comes from Stephen. He writes, 297 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 3: thank you again for all your information. You're a life saver. 298 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 3: Oh wow, what is your opinion on thumb I D 299 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 3: for your iPhone? I don't want my thumb print out there, 300 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 3: so I don't use that doesn't matter. 301 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: I haven't heard uh number one. I didn't even know 302 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: people still use the thumb print. But I guess you 303 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: have it on your phone. 304 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 4: Okay, all right, but hate and this could be this 305 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 4: could apply to various phones because the Samsung phone still 306 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 4: have a fingerprint reader. 307 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 2: But is he talking about the iPhone or is he 308 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 2: talked does this say sent for my phone? 309 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 3: Thumb ID for your iPhone? 310 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 2: Your iPhone? 311 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So the thing about thumb I D they call it, 312 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: it wasn't called it called touch id. 313 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, but you I guess you could use your thumb. 314 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 3: You could also you can use your finger, but not 315 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 3: your elbow. 316 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 2: Not your elbow. 317 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: So the thing about this is that Apple has been 318 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: very clear that they do not store the fingerprint anywhere 319 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: except on your phone in what they call the secure enclave, 320 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: and that's just a fancy word for like a little 321 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: lock box inside your phone that all this secure stuff 322 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: is stored inside, and it's really tough to crack into, 323 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: and there are various safeguards that if someone did crack 324 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: open your phone or try to steal it, they wouldn't 325 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: be able to retrieve your information. And it doesn't go 326 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: on the internet. It's not transmitted anyway. It's not stored 327 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: in iCloud. So when you take an imprint of your 328 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: fingerprint on your iPhone, it's staying on that phone and 329 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: that's it. And it's only being used to authenticate the device, 330 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: and everything happens on device. It's not being sent to 331 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: the cloud for verification all that stuff I just said. 332 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: So I think that you're safe using the touch ID. Yeah, 333 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: and the face ID works in the same way. And 334 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, Apple has been a very big proponent of 335 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: privacy on your phone, and it shows. I mean a 336 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: lot of things that happen on the iPhone do happen 337 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: on device. I'll give you an example, since I'm writing 338 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: the book, and I was experimenting with a new photos 339 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: app on iOS thirteen, and it scans your pictures for 340 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: things that are inside them. So if you take a 341 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: picture of a piece of p pizza, you can search 342 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: for pizza and your iPhone will show. 343 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 2: You your pizza pictures. 344 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: And Google can do this on the you know, on 345 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: any phone with Google Photos. The difference is your pictures 346 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: are being sent to a server to be scanned by 347 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: Google's artificial intelligence, and that information indexed through Google. So 348 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: it's not as secure as the iPhone, where it's just 349 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: being done on the iPhone. So Apple sends a whole 350 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: bunch of instructions to the iPhone saying, here's how you 351 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: recognize pizza, Here's what a beach looks like, Here's what 352 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: a dog looks like, and then your iPhone identifies those 353 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: things and it's all kept kind of secret on your phone. 354 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: See the difference. 355 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, that makes sense. But now I'm curious about Google, Like, 356 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 3: so they have access to all of our photos basically, 357 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 3: or am I? 358 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: Yeah? Pretty much? 359 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: I mean they're scanning them to see what's in them 360 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: there but we know that well, I mean I do, yeah, 361 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: but it is there is a level of trust that 362 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: has to be given to these companies, especially when you're 363 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: getting something for free. Now, I would argue the iPhone 364 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: comes at a premium because if you really think about it, 365 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: and I go between iPhone and Android a lot, and 366 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: you can see, I've got my Android in front of 367 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: me and my iPhone, and there's a lot of things 368 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: that are different. Like when you think about it, I 369 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: message is really a service that you're sort of paying 370 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: for built into the price of your phone, because that 371 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: is a whole separate messaging service that is very private 372 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: and very encrypted and secure photos. 373 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: I mean, even though you might pay. 374 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: For iCloud space to store your photos, again, that's a 375 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: private service that nobody else is seeing your photos unless 376 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: you choose to share them. But with something like Google, 377 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: when you're uploading your photos, Google is looking at those 378 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: photos for different reasons. 379 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: And let's see what else. 380 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: Notes, like the notes app, you know, if you look 381 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: at the notes app on your iPhone is syncs with 382 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: your computer. That again, it is another service that you 383 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: might pay for. You might pay forever, Note, you might 384 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: pay for Bear, you might pay for any of these 385 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: other app note taking app programs. So a lot of 386 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: things that are built into the iPhone, you're sort of 387 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: they're front loaded. You're paying, you paid for it, You 388 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: paid for the iPhone and you're kind of getting these 389 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: services to go along with it. And yes, you have 390 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: to pay for iCloud to at more online storage. Yeah, 391 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: but a lot of the software that's built into the iPhone, 392 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: like maps, you know, a lot of that is much 393 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: more private than what Google's doing with Google Maps. When 394 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: you drive around, Google's recording everything that you do and 395 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: everywhere that you go to make their products and services better. Apple, 396 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: to a lesser extent, is doing that. They're still looking 397 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: at the place you're going. I'm not sure how they're 398 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: using that data, but in general, it's a little bit 399 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: more secure than what Google's doing. 400 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 3: So if you write in a doc on Google like right. 401 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: Google Docs, Yeah, I don't know, I mean, where does that? 402 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: I mean it is? 403 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 3: It's it's yeah, So all right, good to know. 404 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about some of the there's like 405 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: three speakers right now, three new speakers. 406 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 2: So Roku came. 407 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: Out with a Roku Smart soundbar, and the only thing 408 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: you need to know about this one hundred and seventy 409 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: nine bucks going to be available in October. 410 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 2: And the thing. 411 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: That I think is kind of interesting about this is 412 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: that it includes Roku in the bar, which is kind 413 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: of cool because I don't know about you, but most 414 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: TVs have terrible sound, Like even my TV like it 415 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: just don't have very good sound. I have Sonos, so 416 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: it sounds better, but it's still sometimes really tough to 417 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: hear dialogue. Maybe I'm just getting older, I don't know, but. 418 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: It's tough to you can't hear It's tough to hear. 419 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: Dialogue, and you know, my wife complains about that. And 420 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: Sonos has like a feature that supposedly. 421 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 2: Makes it better. It really doesn't, I don't think. 422 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: But the Roku Smart Soundbar apparently makes dialogue sound better, 423 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: and I think a soundbar is just a good thing 424 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: to have on any TV because think about it, TVs 425 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: are mainly screen. They're not known for their speakers. So 426 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy nine dollars you get a Roku 427 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: plus the soundbar built in, which is kind of cool. 428 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 3: Now. 429 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: I don't see anything when it comes to compatibility for 430 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: either Airplay or chrome Cast, which are two services that 431 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: might make it easier to use audio from your phone 432 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: with this soundbar. But if you have Roku, you don't 433 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: really need that because you can just dream, Spotify and 434 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: stuff from the Roku. Yeah, you'll have Roku, right, So 435 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: they have like a Spotify Appy, Pandora app. 436 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, they have. They have it all almost. 437 00:18:59,040 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: So that's that. 438 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: The other thing that I'm more excited for because I'm 439 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: out of Roku house, but I am a Sono's house. 440 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: They have a new speaker called the Move and this 441 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: is the first battery powered Sono speaker. 442 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 2: That you can use outside. 443 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: And not only does it connect to your existing son 444 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: No system, but it also uses Bluetooth. So for me, 445 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: for instance, let's say I'm having a party. I've had 446 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: a son No speaker on my back patio for a while. 447 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: Problem is, I always forget it in the rain and 448 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: next thing you know, you know, it's plugged in. 449 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 2: So that's dangerous. Number one. 450 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: Number two gets in the rain. It's lasted even getting 451 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: wet rain, yeah, which is I guess it dries out 452 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: and it's fine. I don't really trust it as much 453 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: and the control on it has kind of worn out 454 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: because of the rain, so I have to use. 455 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 3: It doesn't really rain that much, no, but it did 456 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 3: for a while, but you forget, Yeah, and it did 457 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 3: for a while all the time. 458 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: So I think that's really cool. So anyway, this is 459 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: going to be much better outside. So in the backyard 460 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: it would just connect to my existing Sonos system. But 461 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: let's say we go to the beach and you want 462 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: to use your son No speaker. You can now take 463 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: this speaker and it has a battery which lasts for 464 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: let's see, ten hours, oh wow, which is fine. And 465 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: it also has Bluetooth streaming, so you can just use 466 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: it with Bluetooth on your phone. 467 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 3: Nice. 468 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: I love this. 469 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 1: It also has an IP fifty six rating, which I 470 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: don't believe is that that with stands falls, bumps, rain 471 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: and moisture, dust and dirt. I don't think IP fifty 472 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: six is as good as you know, like a higher rating. 473 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: But that's still fine. It's still going to be able 474 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: to withstand being outside. I don't think it's meant to 475 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: be left outside, but it can be brought outside and 476 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: kind of like if you forget it overnight, it's gonna 477 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: be okay, right, okay, what else? Hands free Airplay two. 478 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: Here's the kicker on this whole Sono speaker. And what 479 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: my problem with Sona says over and over is that 480 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: it is a three hundred and ninety nine. 481 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 3: Dollars I was about to ask is it the praise? 482 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: Oh wait, hold on, that's for Is that a different story? 483 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: Oh that's not Yeah, it is three and ninety nine okay, yeah, three. 484 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 2: Hundred nine dollars. That's expensive for a Bluetooth speaker. 485 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 3: You can get a blue Tooth speaker for way cheaper, 486 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 3: way cheaper. 487 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: But the thing is, if you're like me and you're 488 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: in a son's house, you're kind of building out that 489 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: system that works really well. Like the first thing I 490 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: do every single day when I get home is put 491 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: on Sonos every single day. 492 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 3: What do you listen to? 493 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: Actually, recently I've been listening to I found a new 494 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: feature inside YouTube music which I use, and it basically 495 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: you search for an artist and then you scroll all 496 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: the way down it gives you all the similar artists. 497 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: So one of my favorite artists for like working is Tycho. 498 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: It's like instrumental music, and so it just I just 499 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: pick one of the other artists and listen to them 500 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: on shuffle or I do Tycho Radio Artist Radio, and 501 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: it mixes in all the Taycho songs and then all 502 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: the other artists that are similar, and I just leave 503 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: that on for like hours. It's very easy, kind of 504 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: like yeah, eats like cool, just chill beats. 505 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 3: Oh I want to listen, so Tycho write that. 506 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 2: Down, Tycho. 507 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: I believe that the album that I really fell in 508 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: love with is called Awake, and it is fantastic. 509 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: If you just want to get some. 510 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 3: Work done, Yeah, you can like focus. 511 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, Tycho away, it's really great. 512 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, because when I listen to rap music, I can't really. 513 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough. 514 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 3: It's tough. 515 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: It's tough with little Nas, Little Nas as your study guide. There, 516 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: let me do one more. I'll just get all the 517 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: kind of audio video stuff away. But they also have 518 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: a new Amazon Fire TV Cube. This is kind of 519 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: the highest end Fire TV as far as I know. 520 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: And the thing about the cube that is different than 521 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 1: the Fire TV sticks is that the cube lets you 522 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: control your TV hands free and your cable box. So 523 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: it has a lot of smarts built in where you 524 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: can say tune to channel five and it will turn 525 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: on your TV and tune into that channel on your 526 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: cable box. 527 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 2: So it's kind of cool. 528 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 1: It's only one hundred and nineteen dollars, and I think 529 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: that this is now the most powerful fire TV stick 530 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: because I have the or the Fire TV because I 531 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: have the stick four K, which is forty dollars, and 532 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: I'm looking at this and it has Yeah, the fire 533 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: TV Cube has a built in speaker, which means you 534 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: can have Alexa right there. You've got far field voice control, 535 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: which means the thing can be off and you can 536 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: just scream from across your room and well, yell whatever, 537 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: and you can you know, you don't. 538 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 2: Have to press anything. 539 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, you need to say a turn on the TV 540 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: and tune into whatever Netflix there's and it works with 541 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: a lot of different things as well. Okay, so the 542 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: processor is now hexacore instead of quad core, and HEXA. 543 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 2: Don't quote me, but hex is what eight hexagon? How many? 544 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 2: How many sides does a hexagon have? Six sides? 545 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: Okay, so six cores and two Okay, so six cores 546 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: versus four. And it has sixteen gigs of storage versus eight. 547 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: And it also has an Ethernet adapter built in, which 548 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: is really cool because if you want really fast Internet 549 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: instead of using Wi Fi, you can plug an Ethernet 550 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: cable into the. 551 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 2: Back of the fire TV Cube. 552 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: So if you want the best kind of home system 553 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: for fire TV, the cube is now the best. 554 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 2: I may have to upgrade. But I'm very happy with 555 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 2: my stick. It works. 556 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 3: Just that's what my mom and dad have. 557 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: I gave it to them, oh Christmas. 558 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 3: They never use it. 559 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: Well, then it's oh it doesn't work. What do they use? 560 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 3: They just you know, watch cable. I can't really get 561 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 3: into it right now. 562 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: We need an old school, old. 563 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 3: School, all right. So this next question comes from Sam. 564 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 3: He says, who do you recommend for online backup? I 565 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 3: had a bad experience with Carbonite, so not them. 566 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: Oh wow, abrupt endings Carbonite. I'm wondering what the bad 567 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: experience was. I think that the experience with all these 568 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: online backups, and the reason why I don't use them 569 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: is because there's two number one. Almost everything I'm doing 570 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: is in the cloud these days. So I'm laughing because 571 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: Megan was taking a sip of her was it coffee, Yeah, 572 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: trying to trying to get caffeinated here. It was just 573 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: a very funny sip because we wear these microphones and 574 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: you kind of have to, like anything you have to do, 575 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: you have to. 576 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: Like kind of do it around and Ale, Yeah, it's 577 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 2: it's just funny. 578 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. I was trying not to look at you. 579 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, but you did and you looked like 580 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: those funny eyes that are like off to the side 581 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: that you're doing something wrong. 582 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 3: So classic. 583 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: So uh, the reason why I find these online backup 584 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: services kind of tricky is because a almost everything I'm 585 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: doing is in the cloud. Anyway, I'm using Google Docs, 586 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 1: all my pictures are with Google. I like to have 587 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: a physical backup close by. Because Number one, to do 588 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: one of these backups, if you have everything on your computer, 589 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: takes a while to like actually get the first backup, 590 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: and then after that it's fine. It's incremental, so anything 591 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: that changes on your computer, it will update, but that 592 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: first update could take a couple of weeks depending on 593 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: your internet connection. 594 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 2: And I used to do I should probably do this again. 595 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: And because last week we talked about on the show 596 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: how I did lose my desktop because that wasn't backed up. 597 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: But if you have iCloud and a Mac, your desktop 598 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: can be backed up on iCloud. In fact, a lot 599 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: of your computer can be backed up in die cloud. 600 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 2: So anyway, to. 601 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: Get to his answer, I would say, the other one 602 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: to look at is Backblaze, and Backblaze is kind of 603 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: like the biggest competitor to carbonite and all of these companies. 604 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: There used to be a ton of them out there. 605 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: They've all pivoted sort towards the enterprise or business solutions. 606 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: But Backblaze, I am checking. They still do a personal 607 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: backup for six dollars a month. Now, six dollars a 608 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: month doesn't sound expensive, but over time, that is a 609 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: very expensive way to back up your computer. Six dollars 610 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: times twelve is seventy two dollars. You can get a 611 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: drive on Amazon to back up your computer for I 612 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: think it's like sixty dollars for like a terabyte or 613 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: even wow, let me look that up. 614 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 3: You know what. You're right, that's definitely how much mine 615 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 3: was what I think. 616 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: It was sixty Yeah, for like one terabyte of hard drive. 617 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: It might even be two terabytes. At this point, Western 618 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: Digital two terabyte drive is now sixty dollars, So imagine 619 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: a two terabyte drive sixty bucks. You plug it into 620 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: your computer. Both Windows and Mac both have very easy 621 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: to use backing up systems, which on Makets Time Machine. 622 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 1: On Windows it's just backup, so search on your Windows 623 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: and if you just go to backup settings and if 624 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 1: you go into there you plug in a drive. Windows 625 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: will say hey, backup using file history. 626 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 2: So that's what it's called. So you just plug in 627 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 2: your drive. 628 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: Every time you plug in that drive, it automatically backs 629 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: up all the new stuff and boom, sixty bucks, a 630 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: lot cheaper than seventy two for the year. The benefit 631 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 1: to the online is that it's online, so you don't 632 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: really have to think about it as much. You don't 633 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: have to worry about your backup drive crashing. The problem 634 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: comes when you want to restore from an online backup 635 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: and guess what, Downloading all those terabytes. 636 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 2: To your computer takes forever. 637 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: And so what they want to do is they'll say, oh, 638 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: we'll send you a hard drive with all this stuff 639 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: on it. Maybe they do it for free, but a 640 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: lot of times it might cost you a one time 641 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: fee of like, you know, twenty five fifty bucks, okay, 642 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: which again, now add that all up and you're talking 643 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: it's a lot of money. 644 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 645 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 2: But with that said, it's peace of mind totally. 646 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: And you're using back blaze or carbonite. It's very simple 647 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: because it's peace of mind. 648 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that reminds me, I think I really need 649 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 3: to backup my laptop, my old laptop. 650 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: You should, yeah, but I think in general, if you 651 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: have the external hard drive with Time Machine or on Windows, 652 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: and you have everything on your computer that's in two places, 653 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: so hopefully both of those things don't crash at the 654 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: same time. Yeah, you're hoping either you're not hoping, but 655 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: either your computer hard drive is going to crash or 656 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: the external is going to crash, hopefully not at the 657 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: same time. 658 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. 659 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: The only time that you have to be worried is 660 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: I mean, God forbid, you're in the house, your computer's 661 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: in your house, and your heart drives in your house 662 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: and everything burns down, right, Yeah, that's when you. 663 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 3: But again the other but if there was a fire, 664 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 3: I'd probably just grab my laptop. 665 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: No, you probably wouldn't grab my dog. You'd want to 666 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: save yourself and you know, anyone else, my puppy. 667 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I always think about that. 668 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, with a fire like that puts you 669 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: in a tough place if you didn't back up. 670 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, because you're like, I knew I should have listened 671 00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 2: to Rich on tech. 672 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 3: I don't know why, but that really stresses me out. 673 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 2: Oh, it's totally stressful. 674 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: It's the worst, like anything that has to do with 675 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: your house or that's why it's. 676 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: Better to live in a brick house, right, because I 677 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 3: can't catch on. 678 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: I don't know. 679 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: I'll never forget asking my Oh my gosh, this is embarrassing. 680 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 3: You have to tell us now. 681 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: I didn't even want to tell because it gets into 682 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: religion and stuff, but I'll never forget. In third grade, 683 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: my teacher we were talking about fires and somehow like 684 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: a church came up and I was like, well, a 685 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: church can't burn down because it's God's house. Yeah, and 686 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: my teacher was like, and I didn't go to Catholic school, 687 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: it's just public school, and she's like, oh, no, I 688 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: can burn down. 689 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 2: I was like what. 690 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: I was like devastated to know that, Like, oh my gosh, 691 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: God can't protect his own house. 692 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 3: It was really that's really sad. 693 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 2: I'm just going to end the podcast here. 694 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, if it's made out of stone, right, I 695 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 3: don't know anyway I. 696 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: Can still burn. I've seen churches burn, Notre Dame that 697 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: wasn't that a church that burned? 698 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 3: That was really sad. 699 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about something fun, talking about backing 700 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: up your stuff. If you live in the LA area 701 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: or any area that is serviced by Spectrum in a 702 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: large city, you might want to do a speed test. 703 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: I saw commercial on TV and I think we talked 704 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: about this in a previous podcast where it said now 705 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: speeds you're double to two hundred, and I pay for 706 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: one hundred. So I was like, what I want two 707 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: hundred because faster internet is always better. So I tweeted 708 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: about this and I got some responses online and some 709 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: of the folks said that, yeah, they live in the 710 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: LA area and they're all already getting the faster internet, 711 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: and one person told me that you don't have to 712 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: do anything. They chatted with the Spectrum folks and they said, yeah, 713 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: just reset your modem and you'll notice. 714 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 2: The faster speeds we have. 715 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 3: Spectrum I think. 716 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: Went to my house, went to my house and did 717 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: a speed test, and sure enough, I was not getting 718 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: the faster speeds. So this morning I chatted with Spectrum 719 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: and they said, oh, we looked up your account. You 720 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: are getting you got it. We are automatically upgrading pretty 721 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: much everyone that's paying for one hundred to two hundred, 722 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: which is awesome. Wow, never mind you I pay sixty 723 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: five dollars a month, so two hundred sounds, you know, 724 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: way better than one hundred for that price. Yeah, long 725 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: story short, I did a speed test and sure enough 726 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: I got over two hundred down. Still ten up, but whatever, 727 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: it's fine. So the thing is, they figure most people 728 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: are more downloading than uploading. But when you're uploading, that 729 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: comes in handy for things like backing up all that 730 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: good stuff, you know. But they're thinking most people are 731 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: just downloading stuff. 732 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 3: So wait, sorry, my brother has a YouTube channel, yes, 733 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 3: and he's always uploading stuff. Does that like slow our 734 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 3: internet down for us? 735 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 2: It could? 736 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you get a certain amount of bandwidth, 737 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: so yeah, it could do that if he's uploading all 738 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: the time. 739 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it can. You know, you only get so much 740 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 2: of the pie, you know. 741 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's why with cable internet in your neighborhood, 742 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: when all of your neighbors are online at the same time, 743 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: that's one of the downsides of cable internet versus the 744 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: internet from the phone company is that you're sharing that 745 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: line among your neighbors. Now, I think that things have 746 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: gotten so good these days that it's not that much 747 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: of an issue. But I will say sometimes at night 748 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: on a Friday or Saturday night, when everyone's streaming Netflix, 749 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: you might notice a hit on your speed versus two 750 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: pm during the day when I'm normally home. So anyway, 751 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: my advice to you is, if you have Spectrum, definitely 752 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: do a speed test. Couple of ways you can do that. 753 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: Number one, go to fast dot com on a web 754 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: browser that is connected to your Wi Fi at home 755 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: and check out the speed and see if you're getting 756 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: close to two hundred. If you're not, I would call in. 757 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: If you're getting something under one hundred. You got to 758 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: check see what's going on with your internet. 759 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: Now. 760 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: Your WiFi is not necessarily the best way to test 761 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: your internet because Wi Fi is generally slower than what's 762 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: coming into the modem because the signal is sometimes getting interrupted. 763 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: But if you have a system like Ero or one 764 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: of these mesh Wi Fi systems, generally like me, I 765 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: get the perfect Internet throughout my house because of that system. 766 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: The other thing to do if you're not getting it 767 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: is to just unplug your modem and restart it and 768 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: see if that triggers the upgrade. But otherwise, I put 769 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: this on my Facebook page and I got a lot 770 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: of responses, and people are all posting their Internet speed 771 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: tests and they're saying. 772 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, Rich, I got it. 773 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's so cool, and it just feels 774 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: good to get more for what you're already paying for. 775 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,239 Speaker 1: Right the other way to test and I like an 776 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: app called Meteor met eo R. It's available for both 777 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: iOS and Android, and you can do a speed test 778 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,959 Speaker 1: with that. It's just a fun little app that just 779 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: looks cooler than your typical speed test app. 780 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 2: All right, Megan, it's all you, all right. 781 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 3: So this next question comes from Madelina. She writes, Hi, 782 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 3: do you have any solutions for stopping mail from a 783 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 3: sender that uses various forms of an app called spot 784 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 3: dot com. I've been getting hundreds of unsolicited trashy emails 785 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 3: on my hotmail account. She says the suggestions that she's read, 786 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 3: I wait suggestions to set rules, and the settings do 787 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 3: not work. Although they automatically go to junk box, they're 788 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 3: irritating just the same. One blogger said they're even going 789 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 3: to his child's account. And then she goes on to say, 790 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,959 Speaker 3: I've never seen this addressed by tech pros. 791 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: Thinks you've never seen spam addressed by tech pros. 792 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 3: Come on, I think it's specifically this. No. 793 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: I looked up that website number on that website is 794 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: not trashy, so I don't know what there might be, 795 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: like a variation on that website. Yea, I looked up 796 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: the spot website and it's not trashy. So look, the 797 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: reality is she's saying that these are going to her 798 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: junk spam. 799 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 2: I mean, have you ever checked her spam? There's all 800 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 2: kinds of garbage. 801 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing. 802 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: So it doesn't to me if it's going into spam. 803 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: I don't really care. Yeah, and yes, I will take 804 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,800 Speaker 1: a casual glance at the spam every once in a 805 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,760 Speaker 1: while just to see like what's in there besides the spam, 806 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: and sometimes some legit emails do get in there. But 807 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: if you look at this stuff in spam, I mean, 808 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,280 Speaker 1: it's garbage. A lot of it is just terrible, terrible 809 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: stuff that you know, who cares though it's in your spam. 810 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think 811 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 1: if the spam filter is doing its job, people are 812 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,800 Speaker 1: gonna send spam. You're not gonna like put these people 813 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: in jail. It's like, the spam is going to come 814 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: no matter what. I think that if it's coming to 815 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: your inbox, that's a problem. And yes, some people are 816 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: saying to do filters, and usually I know a Gmail, 817 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: you can go into the menu for any email and 818 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: say filter messages like this. If it's not if your 819 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: spam blocker is not working, you can filter a message 820 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: and just send it straight to trash. If it's like 821 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 1: a mailing list that will just not stop. The other 822 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: thing you can do is report spam, and almost all 823 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,280 Speaker 1: of the email providers let you report spam by pressing 824 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,240 Speaker 1: the report spam. 825 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 2: She mentioned Hotmail. 826 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: I mean, realistically, if you're still using Hotmail, like, it's 827 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,400 Speaker 1: not the best email out there, So I would switch 828 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: over to something like Outlook dot com or Gmail dot 829 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: com or anything but Hotmail. Yeah, just I don't think 830 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: it's really kept up with the time. 831 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 2: So my mom uses AOL and it's so annoying. 832 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 3: My parents use SBC Global. 833 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 2: I don't even know what that one is. That like 834 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:55,879 Speaker 2: back in the day. 835 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 3: I made my dad a Gmail, like four years ago. 836 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: Yes, so did I my mom dad, and they barely 837 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: use it, and it's like it's just one of these 838 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: things where Gmail has sort of mastered email. So even 839 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 1: if you have to use iCloud, like you can set 840 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: up a free iCloud email address if you want, and 841 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: there's probably not as much spam there, but. 842 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 2: Anything but hotmail. 843 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:16,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 844 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 1: Oh, speaking of email, if you're using Gmail on the iPhone, 845 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,359 Speaker 1: there is a setting that I think you should look 846 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: into and this will help cut down on spam and 847 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: all kinds of emails that you don't want. But now, 848 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: in the iOS version of Gmail, there is a way 849 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: that you can turn off automatic image loading. And I 850 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: have this setting turned on on both my Android device 851 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: and also my web Gmail. What it does is it 852 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 1: does not load images. So when you get an email 853 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 1: like this, you can see. 854 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 2: Well, that loaded the image. 855 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 3: Wait, I thought you said it was on iOS. 856 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: Well, this is new on iOS. It's always been available 857 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: on the desktop and on Android. Now it's coming to iOS. 858 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:01,879 Speaker 1: So let's see if this one works. 859 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 3: Well. 860 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 2: That one that's weird. Uh, both of those images loaded. 861 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:05,720 Speaker 2: That's so strange. 862 00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: Here's one okay, So here's my Spectrum bill. See this 863 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,279 Speaker 1: and see where it says Spectrum logo at the top. 864 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,280 Speaker 1: How it's not loaded. It's like a broken image. 865 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 3: Ye. 866 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: That means that it's not going to load the images 867 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: until I press display images below. And now you see 868 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,359 Speaker 1: how it all comes in the reason why I do 869 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: that is because inside these images are a whole bunch 870 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: of trackers, and those trackers help identify when you've opened 871 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,439 Speaker 1: an email, where you've opened an email, how many times 872 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: you've opened an email, and it just generally lets people 873 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: track you in different ways. 874 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:36,240 Speaker 3: It's crazy. 875 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: So by having these off, you are less apt to 876 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: be tracked. Also, it does not send a signal to 877 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: these spammers that your email address actually works. Because let's 878 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: say you look at a spam email, it loads that image. 879 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: It tells a spammer, oh, we know that Megan just 880 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: opened this email. It then tells you that that's a 881 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,320 Speaker 1: good email address. A lot of times spammers are just spamming, 882 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 1: they're just sending a bunch of emails. So if you 883 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: have this feature turned on, it helps protect your email 884 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,320 Speaker 1: address just a little bit more. And yes it's annoying 885 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: because a lot of times you do have to press 886 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,359 Speaker 1: you know, let me see these images. But you can 887 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: also press the option for let me see these images 888 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: every time for this email address. So with people like 889 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,959 Speaker 1: my family and friends, like obviously I press always load 890 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: images for them, and when they send me something, I 891 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: see it immediately. I don't have to take that extra step. 892 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 1: But for all the other garbage that you get, all 893 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: the bills and the you know, random unsolicited emails and 894 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,920 Speaker 1: all the mailing list, it's just kind of one extra 895 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: little step. So you can go into settings on iOS 896 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: and look for the option to turn image blocking on, 897 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,879 Speaker 1: which it probably will say something like load images by 898 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: default or ask and I. 899 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,399 Speaker 3: Would change it under the Gmail like. 900 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, should be under the You have to probably go 901 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: into the app settings, so it's probably into Gmail apps side. 902 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,880 Speaker 1: On iPhone, there's two different settings. There's your setting settings 903 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: and then there's like inside the app you have setting right. 904 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:58,839 Speaker 1: Very confusing sometimes, but there you go. All right, let's 905 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: see what do I want to talk before we go? 906 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,280 Speaker 1: Let's see, Well, Android ten I know launched, but nobody 907 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: has it, but I do have it on my Pixel. 908 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 1: And the problem with Android ten this is like the 909 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: new version of the operating system. It's great, but nobody 910 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: really gets it unless you have a Pixel And if 911 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:18,759 Speaker 1: you have a Samsung phone, you're not going to get 912 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,399 Speaker 1: this for six to nine months, which is wild because 913 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: with iPhone, when the update comes out with iOS, you 914 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: get it that day. With Android it takes forever, so 915 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: I have been playing with this on my Android on 916 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:31,959 Speaker 1: the pixel and it's really cool. 917 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 2: It's very beautiful. They've had a lot of new features 918 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 2: that are just very nice. 919 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,880 Speaker 1: It works great. Smart reply is one of my favorite 920 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,880 Speaker 1: features on Android. When someone sends you a text, it 921 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: gives you a bunch of options at the bottom, which 922 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if you know that, but so for instance, 923 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,439 Speaker 1: like if you look at this text message on here, 924 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: this one didn't work, of course, but okay, so you 925 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: sent me a text that says everything's set up, and 926 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: at the bottom it says yay, little smiley face, awesome 927 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: and great. So with one tap, I can just send 928 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,320 Speaker 1: you that message. So that's really I don't have to 929 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: think about it. And they're expanding it into more apps 930 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,839 Speaker 1: so it works across various apps. They've got a dark theme, 931 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: so you can now have dark theme. I noticed on 932 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 1: my phone this morning as I was driving in everything 933 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: was black. That was kind of cool because it gives 934 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 1: you that dark theme. Easy on the eyes. Gesture navigation, 935 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: which is just like the iPhone. Location sharing is really 936 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,879 Speaker 1: upgraded in Android ten. So a lot of apps when 937 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,759 Speaker 1: you first use them, like Yelp, it gave me a 938 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: notification and said, hey, YELP just asked for your location. 939 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 2: In the background. 940 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: Did you know that? Did you want that? And it'll 941 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: give the option to say no. You don't realize that 942 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: all these apps are asking for a location in the 943 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,759 Speaker 1: background all the time. So now with Android ten, you'll 944 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: be much more aware of that. Somehow you can mark 945 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,239 Speaker 1: notifications to be silent. I've not really figured that out, 946 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:48,239 Speaker 1: but there's definitely more control there. And there's Focus Mode, 947 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,400 Speaker 1: which I've talked about I think in the last podcast, 948 00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 1: where you can now press one button and kind of 949 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: gray out some of the apps that disturb you or 950 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: distract you. 951 00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I love that feature and it's been really fun. 952 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,759 Speaker 3: So and you have that on your Instagram. 953 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 1: Right showing I think I put on my Instagram to 954 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,839 Speaker 1: show the folks. I think it might be on Twitter. 955 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 2: I don't. I don't. I don't think it made it 956 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:13,719 Speaker 2: to Instagram. Did it? No? It did not? Sadly, Oh 957 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 2: that's so sad. Did not? 958 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 1: Should I talk about cyber insurance anyway? If you think 959 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 1: you need cyber insurance, Mercury's got it. You can google 960 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: about that one. 961 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 2: Do you want to do? One more question before we go? 962 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,719 Speaker 2: Quick question A quick one. 963 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, I have a quick one from Kathleen. She just 964 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,719 Speaker 3: bought a Sony Bravia Bravia Ravia. On the box it 965 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,239 Speaker 3: says I must agree to a Google account to use 966 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 3: the TV. I'm not thrilled about giving up my privacy. 967 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 3: Is this TV just an excellent spy that's. 968 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 969 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,720 Speaker 1: If she's saying that you have to have a Google account, Yeah, 970 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,360 Speaker 1: I have a Sony TV that was pre Google, pre Android. 971 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 1: So the Sony TVs, you know, like you have a 972 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,080 Speaker 1: Roku TV, or you have an Amazon TV or a 973 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 1: Samsung TV or an LGTV, they all use different operating systems, 974 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:09,000 Speaker 1: but the Sony uses Android Android TV specifically from Google. 975 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 1: And yeah, you probably have to agree to that, which, 976 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,399 Speaker 1: if you think about it, Google is collecting stuff, collecting data, 977 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,400 Speaker 1: probably information on what you watch, what you're streaming, how 978 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,880 Speaker 1: you're using the TV. They're getting some of that data. 979 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 1: So if you're not comfortable with that, I would recommend 980 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,480 Speaker 1: taking the TV back. And the TV might also have 981 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 1: a microphone on it, depending on the model. 982 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:29,759 Speaker 2: I don't know. 983 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,800 Speaker 1: That could also be a considering excellent It's probably funneling 984 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,240 Speaker 1: more information to Google about you now. It also depends 985 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,080 Speaker 1: on whether you think that's evil or not. Do I 986 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,480 Speaker 1: care if you're seeing what I'm watching on my TV? 987 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,360 Speaker 1: Not really, I don't really care. So at Google it 988 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,000 Speaker 1: if you do care, and that's a concern, And since 989 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,239 Speaker 1: you're emailing me, that probably is a concern of yours, 990 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:52,840 Speaker 1: I would say go with a different TV. 991 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:53,319 Speaker 2: Now. 992 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,840 Speaker 1: The problem is all the smart TVs are doing the 993 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: same thing. Whether it's Visio, whether it's Samsung. They're all 994 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,120 Speaker 1: collecting data on what you're doing on that TV, and 995 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,040 Speaker 1: now with the internet connections, they're sending it back. 996 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,000 Speaker 3: But you don't need a Gmail account for Roku, do you? 997 00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:09,280 Speaker 1: No? But Roku's doing their own thing. Yeah, they're also 998 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,720 Speaker 1: they're doing their own thing. Yeah, Roku they're a huge 999 00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,200 Speaker 1: advertising platform. Why do you think they're trying to get 1000 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,359 Speaker 1: people to get their system? It's all advertising. Yeah, they say, hey, 1001 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,560 Speaker 1: we've got twenty million people using Roku's we can sell 1002 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 1: ads against them, and we know that Megan is this 1003 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,399 Speaker 1: age and she makes this much money and she lives 1004 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 1: in this area, and we can target ads to her. 1005 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,920 Speaker 1: Don't you have ads on your homescreen on Yoku? 1006 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 3: You do? It's like a billboard in my room. 1007 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,359 Speaker 1: Exactly, and they know exactly who you are, and they 1008 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: also know what you're watching. They know what you like, 1009 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: they know what you don't like. It's all linked up. 1010 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,120 Speaker 2: That is so so if you don't want that to happen. 1011 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,239 Speaker 1: If you don't want that to happen, you need to 1012 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,839 Speaker 1: get a TV that is not smart. Alternatively, you can 1013 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: not connect your TV to Wi Fi. Then it's going 1014 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: to be tough to stream stuff. 1015 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:55,960 Speaker 3: Aka, it's not gonna happen. 1016 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:56,720 Speaker 2: It's not gonna happen. 1017 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,480 Speaker 1: All right, that's going to do it for the show. 1018 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. We do appreciate it. If 1019 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: you have a question for me, you can go to 1020 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: my website rich on tech dot tv, hit the contact 1021 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: button and send it my way. I can't guarantee at 1022 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,640 Speaker 1: this point any personal responses because I'm getting so many emails, 1023 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,480 Speaker 1: so many emails, I do try to respond to each 1024 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,319 Speaker 1: and every one of them. If it's something that I 1025 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,280 Speaker 1: don't understand or can't really easily explain in an email, 1026 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,440 Speaker 1: I just or you know, I may just explain it 1027 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,319 Speaker 1: here and I may just ignore you. It's nothing against you, 1028 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 1: and you're free to email again if you think you're 1029 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: not getting the service. 1030 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 3: You should email ten times a day. If you don't, 1031 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:34,840 Speaker 3: please don't don't do that. 1032 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,880 Speaker 1: But again, I am one person and I you know, 1033 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,319 Speaker 1: I do try to respond best to my abilities. But 1034 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,040 Speaker 1: I do have family, kids, and. 1035 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,160 Speaker 3: This is just part of my job kind of a life. 1036 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,520 Speaker 1: Oh, I don't have a life, So that's okay, that 1037 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: part you're covered with. Yeah, let's see. I told you 1038 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,040 Speaker 1: about the book. If you want to follow me on Amazon, 1039 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,400 Speaker 1: go ahead and do that, or you can sign up 1040 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,600 Speaker 1: for my newsletter go to rich on tech dot TV 1041 00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,239 Speaker 1: hit newsletter and that is where I tell you about 1042 00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,960 Speaker 1: all the stuff I think you should know in newsletter 1043 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,440 Speaker 1: format and that's kind of fun. And Meghan, how can 1044 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:03,400 Speaker 1: people get in touch with you? 1045 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 3: I'm on Twitter and my Twitter account is producer Megan, 1046 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 3: and I'm on Instagram. But it's not like. 1047 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,320 Speaker 1: Really tough to find until she changes it to producer Megan, 1048 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,120 Speaker 1: which she's really how is it hard to find? 1049 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:16,239 Speaker 3: Meghan mcmonoca? 1050 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,880 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's that just rolls off the monocle. 1051 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a very easy last name to pronounce. 1052 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,640 Speaker 1: I am at rich on Tech and you can find 1053 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,560 Speaker 1: me there on Instagram and Facebook. On Twitter, I'm at 1054 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,239 Speaker 1: Rich DeMuro, which is really tough to find too. I mean, 1055 00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:33,600 Speaker 1: how are you going to find that? You know how 1056 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,440 Speaker 1: to spell DeMuro? Just off the top of my head. 1057 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,719 Speaker 3: Should I changed my Instagram handle to Meg with tech No. 1058 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,959 Speaker 2: I think you should do producer Megan. It's good because 1059 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,080 Speaker 2: here's how easy this is. 1060 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,400 Speaker 1: You say producer Megan, and now you can just be 1061 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: like I'm producer Megan across all things and people just 1062 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,160 Speaker 1: find you Preucer Megan. But for a while, producer Megan 1063 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,759 Speaker 1: had her face, had her Instagram closed down. So but 1064 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 1: now it's open again. 1065 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,680 Speaker 3: You had a private Oh yeah, I've gone in and out. 1066 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, I changed my mind periodic. 1067 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,040 Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it. Thanks so much for 1068 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 1: listening to the show. If you like the show, please 1069 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,879 Speaker 1: rate and review us on iTunes. Tell your friends about 1070 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,080 Speaker 1: the show. We do appreciate it. 1071 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,319 Speaker 2: You know, we're trying to grow, trying to grow the show, 1072 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,520 Speaker 2: grow the show. Yeah, I am going to rhyme in 1073 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:16,040 Speaker 2: no time. 1074 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,400 Speaker 3: Oh maybe we should just end the show now, I 1075 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:18,719 Speaker 3: think so. 1076 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,120 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. Have a fantastic day, Umrich 1077 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:23,919 Speaker 1: shmiro Rich on tech dot TV. 1078 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,000 Speaker 2: We'll see you real soon.