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Speaker 1: Apple sets a date for the iPhone reveal. Amazon sets

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Speaker 1: a date for Prime Day. Instagram celebrates ten years plus.

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Speaker 1: Your tech questions answered? What's going on? My name is

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Speaker 1: Rich Dumiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast

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Speaker 1: where I talk about the tech stuff I think you

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Speaker 1: should know about. It's also the place where I answer

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Speaker 1: the questions that you send me. Once again, my name

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Speaker 1: is Rich Dumiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the show. I can't

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Speaker 1: get over the tech season right now. There is so

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Speaker 1: much going on. Every company wants to send me stuff

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Speaker 1: to test out, and I just have to hold them

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Speaker 1: all back because I'm like, look, I gotta do just

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Speaker 1: the stuff that I think my audience is interested in

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Speaker 1: at this point, because there's just two watch, too many phones,

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Speaker 1: too many gadgets, too many things, And you know, it's

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Speaker 1: just one of these things where I am the editor,

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Speaker 1: I'm the filter, and I do try to filter things

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Speaker 1: down to just the stuff that I think is the

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Speaker 1: most interesting, the most compelling, and the most valuable. I'm

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Speaker 1: not always right, but you know, I have to do

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Speaker 1: my best because I only have so much time and

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Speaker 1: placements on TV and on you know, the radio and anyway.

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Speaker 1: So this week bunch of stuff arrived. But the Pixel

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Speaker 1: four A is in the house, and I have already

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Speaker 1: fallen in love with this device. It's a four hundred

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Speaker 1: I'm playing with the Pixel four A, comparing that against

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Speaker 1: some of the other phones out there. The other thing

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Speaker 1: is so brilliant, because Google has basically done for streaming

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Speaker 1: services what they've done for data on the Internet, so

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Speaker 1: web pages. So they have gone through and they've scanned

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Speaker 1: all the streaming services and they now have made this

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Speaker 1: want to watch a Halloween movie, you just asked the

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Speaker 1: Google assistant for Halloween movies and they will show you

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Speaker 1: a whole bunch of them. You can narrow down to

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Speaker 1: just kids movies, or just slasher movies or thriller movies,

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Speaker 1: or you know, whatever you're into, and it's the same

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Speaker 1: here it is, and this is the movie you want.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, it's on HBO Max. So brilliant,

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Speaker 1: so awesome. And it really just came to me this

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Speaker 1: with Google TV. I've found more to watch on that

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh, here's Hulu, here's to be TV, here's YouTube.

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Speaker 1: Google does not care about any of that. All they

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Speaker 1: care about is content, and so it's a really interesting

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Speaker 1: So so that's the chrome Cast TV. Let's get into

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Speaker 1: the first story of the week, which is Apple finally

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Speaker 1: announced their iPhone event for October thirteenth, they sent out

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Speaker 1: an invitation to journalists, including myself called time. Sorry that's

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Speaker 1: the last one. This one said, Hi Comma Speed, Hi

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Speaker 1: Comma Speed. And what is that tagline? You know? Apple

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Speaker 1: But this one is all about high speed, which is

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Speaker 1: a nod to five G arriving on the iPhone for

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Speaker 1: the first time. And if you've listened to this podcast

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Speaker 1: for any length of time. If you haven't, welcome to

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Speaker 1: five G networks are not all there yet, and so

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Speaker 1: We're expecting apparently, according to nine to five Mac four

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Speaker 1: do is cover Apple? Why youse such an Apple fanboy?

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Speaker 1: And then I post something like the pixel four A

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Speaker 1: everyone wants to know. So I get it. iPhone's very popular.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, the iPhone event is happening on October thirteenth,

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Speaker 1: What are they saying? You know, It's one of these

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Speaker 1: So I don't know. I feel like maybe I'm ready

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Speaker 1: get some other people's problems, right opp Hugo says, I

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Speaker 1: need your help asap. I have an iPhone ten and

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Speaker 1: to Apple. It's an iPhone ten, which has been you know,

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Speaker 1: I just don't do it because it's just such a

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Speaker 1: pain to do. But if you want to do it,

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Speaker 1: I think the program to look at is handbrake, and

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Speaker 1: that should point you in the right direction. Let's get

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Speaker 1: to another story, and what do we want to talk

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Speaker 1: about next. Let's talk about Instagram. Talk about Instagram because

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Speaker 1: everyone uses it. A couple of new features on Instagram.

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Speaker 1: Instagram is turning ten. I can't believe it. I can't

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Speaker 1: believe that Instagram has been around for ten years. That's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: But when I think about it, my kid is nine,

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Speaker 1: and I think that when he was born, we were

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Speaker 1: still using Facebook, but shortly after that we must have

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Speaker 1: switched to Instagram. So I can't tell you. I actually

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Speaker 1: can't go back to my Instagram account and say, like

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Speaker 1: when I opened it, because I deleted it at some

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Speaker 1: point and then, you know, I said I'm done with this,

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Speaker 1: no more Instagram, no more social media. And then I

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Speaker 1: came back, so well, there's definitely all the stuff that

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00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: I first had on my Instagram is gone. And then

445
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 1: I came back sometime and restarted my not I even

446
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,159
Speaker 1: restart my account. I started a new account with a

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Speaker 1: rich on Tech because I think my old account used

448
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 1: to be rich to Miuro. So anyway, I you know,

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00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,920
Speaker 1: so Instagram is great. I love it. It's gotten a lot

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Speaker 1: more blow over the years. It continues to be more like,

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00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: you know, Facebook is great, but they realize that Facebook

452
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Speaker 1: is not as hot and cool as it used to

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00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,680
Speaker 1: be and Instagram is, so they're just trying to push

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Speaker 1: everything on Instagram. Anyway. A couple of features you're getting

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00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: is with your archives. I don't know if you realize this,

456
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 1: but when you post a story on Instagram, it does

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Speaker 1: stick around, even though it looks like it disappears after

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Speaker 1: twenty four hours. It goes into something called your archive.

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Speaker 1: And this is something only you can see and access,

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Speaker 1: but it's still there. So if you go into your

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Speaker 1: settings and look at archive, yes, it will be there,

462
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: so you can see all your old stories. Previously it

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00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: was just one big, massive scroll. Now they're bringing back

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Speaker 1: this app view, which you can you know, if you

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Speaker 1: went to Japan, you can see all the things you

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00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 1: posted in Japan. You can also see it as a

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00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 1: calendar of view as well, so if you want to

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Speaker 1: go back to your birthday last year, or the year

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00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: before and the year before and the year before and

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Speaker 1: the year before, you can see what you posted on

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Speaker 1: your birthday. So that's cool. The other thing they're doing

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Speaker 1: is with bullying. I guess there's a big problem with

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Speaker 1: comments that are rude. Surprise online. I never thought that

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Speaker 1: would happen, But they are now going to automatically hide

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Speaker 1: comments that they're AI deems bullying or rude or whatever.

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00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: And they're also going to expand the whole thing where

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Speaker 1: if you're like you're ugly, they will say, are you

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Speaker 1: sure you want to post that? Because it's not very nice?

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Speaker 1: Why would you say that? And if you look at

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00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: my Instagram today you'll see, you know, this whole idea

481
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: of the perfect picture on Instagram. I'm guilty of it.

482
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 1: Everyone is. But it's really tough to post like real,

483
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,560
Speaker 1: honest portrayals of you and your life on Instagram, and

484
00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,159
Speaker 1: I'm guilty of not doing that sometimes. You know, you

485
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: post the best looking picture you post, you know, your

486
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: the favorite part of your day or your best vacation picture.

487
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: But you know, today, after I took a run, I

488
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Speaker 1: just posted like me, you know, sweaty and all, doing

489
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Speaker 1: a little review of the power bar I was eating.

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Speaker 1: So you can watch that, and yeah, you're gonna be like,

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Speaker 1: whoa rich, oh now looking so good? But you know what,

492
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 1: it's real and we all do that, right. You don't

493
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 1: go out to dinner on a Friday night, you know,

494
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: rolling out of bed and just you know, throwing on sweats.

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Speaker 1: You put on something nice, right, You're gonna be paying

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Speaker 1: someone to be your waiter and bring you food and

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00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: sit at a nice restaurant. And of course I'm talking

498
00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: about pre COVID days, right, remember remember going to the restaurant.

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Speaker 1: I don't even care about going to the restaurants anymore.

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00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 1: I've gotten so used to just staying at home for

501
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: everything that I like it. I like the money savings.

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Speaker 1: And yeah we've gone out to eat a couple of

503
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Speaker 1: times throughout the pandemic, but it's just not as fun.

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00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 1: You know, you've got the person talking through the mask

505
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: and they've got the the face shield on. It's just

506
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Speaker 1: not fun. So and you're outside, which is fine in LA.

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00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 1: It's great when you're outside. I mean, that's that's that's

508
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 1: the only normal part. But it's like, you know, you

509
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 1: feel like every time, like, oh my gosh, every time

510
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,920
Speaker 1: you touch something, you touch the menu, you gotta sanitize

511
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: your hands, go to the bathroom, you gotta like, you know,

512
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 1: wash your hands. Just kidding. I mean, I hope you,

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00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: I would hope you have done that before covid. Okay,

514
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: enough about that, but Instagram does have an Easter egg

515
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: as well, which if you follow me on any sort

516
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: of social media, you've probably already seen this. But you

517
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 1: can now change your icon on the app to a

518
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: retro icon or just any icon you want. It's kind

519
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: of like a different day, have like twelve to choose

520
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: from that are unique, and so if you want to

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00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 1: do that, just go tap your profile, go into settings

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00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: and then pull down on the settings page until you

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00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: reveal some emojis and then it'll go into like this

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00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: ole confetti burst and you'll get a hidden menu that

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00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 1: lets you change your icon on'm Android and iOS. So

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. Next question comes from Danielle. Hey Rich. I

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Speaker 1: purchased a Toshiba laptop a few years back and it

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Speaker 1: had Windows ten. I didn't like the format, so I

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00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: took it into Staples and spent a lot of money

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Speaker 1: to have them convert it to Windows seven. And let

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Speaker 1: me tell you, it was quite a challenge for them.

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00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 1: It took longer than I expected. I ended up spending

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00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: a couple hundred bucks. Yeah, I would imagine. So I've

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00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 1: had no problem. But now we're being advised to purchase

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Speaker 1: a new computer that has Windows ten and my Windows

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00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: seven is no longer supported. Should I give up and

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00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: purchase a new computer? Or do you think my Toshiba

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00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: still has the brain power and capability of being converted

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Speaker 1: back to Windows ten. I'm scared to do anything on

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Speaker 1: my laptop until this is resolved. Thank you, Danielle. I

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Speaker 1: wonder there must be it must be something work related.

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00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: If we're being advised to purchase it must be work related.

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00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 1: I'm guessing which is odd because they're making her buy it.

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00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: But whatever, Danielle, it's funny that you converted your Windows

545
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: ten computer to Windows seven because my father in law

546
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: I talk about him a lot on this show, I've realized.

547
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: But he's a funny tech guy. He's like very like

548
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: particular about his technology, and so he I remember when

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00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: Windows ten was kind of this big transformation, and he

550
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: searched high and low for a computer that's still like

551
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: a desktop that still came with Windows seven because he

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00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: hated Windows ten and Windows ten. Yes, was a rough

553
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 1: start at the beginning. So I understand that, but now

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00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: it's fine and it's actually quite good. So to answer

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00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: your question, I would say, since your computer already had

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Speaker 1: Windows ten at the beginning, and it sounds like you

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00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 1: said this a couple of years ago, and so I'm guessing,

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00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: you know, three years maybe I think your computer. Here's

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00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,719
Speaker 1: what I would do. I would find the installation discs

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00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: for your Windows ten that came with your computer, and

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Speaker 1: I would format your computer with the Windows ten on

562
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: it and see how it does. It's not going to

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00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: cost you a dime, and so that would be my

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00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 1: first You know, whenever I'm looking at solutions to things,

565
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: I'm looking for the path of least resistance number one

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Speaker 1: and of course the lowest cost. So that's what I

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00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: would do. First off, get the disk, spend the afternoon formatting.

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Speaker 1: You know, of course, back up your computer, put everything

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Speaker 1: in the cloud, and then you know, format it, bring

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00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: it to Windows ten, and then see what happens. Now.

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00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: You can probably also just do an upgrade to Windows ten,

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00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: depending on how your computer is set up, But personally,

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Speaker 1: I would do a clean install just to kind of

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00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: set things fresh, and you know that would give you

575
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: your the most mileage out of this older computer going forward,

576
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: because if you just install it on top, things get

577
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: a little ichy and you know it might run slower

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00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: than you'd like or whatever. So I would personally do

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00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 1: a format a clean install and look that up and

580
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: you can see how to do that. But I would

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00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 1: do a clean install, install Windows ten, try it out

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Speaker 1: for a little bit, and if it totally is a

583
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: terrible experience, everything's laggy and slow and just annoying, then

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00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: I would go ahead and buy a new computer. But again,

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00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: go with the Windows ten. It came with a computer,

586
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: so clearly it can handle it. It's been a couple

587
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: of years, so maybe it's gotten slow, but just see

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00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: how it works and you know, go from there. So

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00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: first solution doesn't cost you anything, and then you've you've

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00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: exhausted that solution, then you can go and try out

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00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: the next So that's what I would do. All right,

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00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: let's go to the next question. I just realize I'm

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Speaker 1: trying today. If I'm a little bit slower today, it's

594
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Speaker 1: because I'm trying to be eco friendly. So I go

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Speaker 1: through this thing with you know, whatever I talk about

596
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: in the show, I kind of print out from the web, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, the articles that I want to talk about,

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Speaker 1: and when I do that, I once I do that,

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00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: I put them, I print them out and then I

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00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: highlight the stuff that I want to talk about in

601
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Speaker 1: those articles. Well it's a lot of paper. It's like

602
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: fifty pages every week, and you know, I hate that

603
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: because that's it. I just print it and it goes

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Speaker 1: into the trash or recycle whatever. So I'm trying this

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Speaker 1: week to use my iPad, and I've done this a

606
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Speaker 1: couple times. It's not as pretty, it's not as easy,

607
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: but it just takes me a little bit longer to

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Speaker 1: navigate the iPad because it's kind of like the same

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Speaker 1: but not really. I mean, printed page is always going

610
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Speaker 1: to be better. But I'm trying to use the iPad

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Speaker 1: for eco reasons. So bear with me if it takes

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Speaker 1: me a little bit longer because the stories are not

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Speaker 1: as easily. I can't just pull a piece of paper

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Speaker 1: and start looking at it and interpreting it. I have

615
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: to kind of like look through this list of things,

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00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 1: and you're getting the real inside baseball this week. I

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00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this podcast because you know, when I'm

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00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: on TV, I'm on KTLA for about blink and you

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00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: might miss it. So when I get here, I just

620
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: talk and I talk and I talk and I talk

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Speaker 1: and I talk, because I feel like if you've gone

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Speaker 1: through the trouble of finding me online, following me online,

623
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Speaker 1: giving me a chance to download my podcast, and listening

624
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: this far in thirty minutes, you might like what I

625
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: have to say, and so I feel like you deserve

626
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: to be rewarded for all of your effort. And I

627
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: will tell you really what's going on in my life

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00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: and really what's happening with everything. So that's why I

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Speaker 1: do all this. All right, let's move on to uh,

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Speaker 1: let's see T Mobile. This is interesting. So T Mobile

631
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Speaker 1: they are expanding their T Mobile ISP, which I think

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Speaker 1: is really cool. I just have yet to see a

633
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: place for this actually works. But I love that they're

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00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: doing this. So T Mobile is T Mobile is like

635
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,239
Speaker 1: kind of like all excited because they finally have all

636
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: the spectrum with the purchase of sprints, So they just

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00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: have like a lot of like spectrum. And I think

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Speaker 1: what that means is that they have a lot of

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Speaker 1: bandwidth that they're kind of able to use in different

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Speaker 1: ways and you know whatever. And I get that their

641
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Speaker 1: network is still you know, they're still figuring things out

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Speaker 1: with how they're merging these two networks and with the

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Speaker 1: five G and stuff. But I like what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: I really do like T Mobile as a carrier. I

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Speaker 1: think that they are very customer centric, let's put it

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Speaker 1: that way. And so what they're doing is they are

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Speaker 1: opening up what's called T mobile ISP to more people

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Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty cities and towns. And what they're

649
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Speaker 1: doing is they're just using their their network that they have,

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00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: their wireless network. They give you what amounts to sort

651
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 1: of a little router that taps into their wireless network

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00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: at your house and then creates a Wi Fi signal.

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Speaker 1: So it's kind of like having a hot spot, but

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Speaker 1: a little bit more industrial. And also the plan is

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Speaker 1: a fifty dollars unlimited plan, and so I think this

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Speaker 1: is really cool because it kind of opens up Internet

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Speaker 1: without getting a wire to your house for a lot

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Speaker 1: of people nationwide. And so they say they're fifty fifty

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Speaker 1: dollars a month, no contract. Internet Home service is now

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Speaker 1: available in four hundred and fifties, four hundred fifty cities

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Speaker 1: in towns and that's it. So if you're one of these,

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Speaker 1: you can do this in fifty dollars with auto pay,

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Speaker 1: of course. But here's here's some of the details. It's

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Speaker 1: self installation, so no one comes to your house. They

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Speaker 1: just send you this little device. No hardware fees, so

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Speaker 1: zero hardware. Lease with service. So lease means they send

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Speaker 1: you the device to use. When you cancel service, you

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00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: have to send it back. Taxes and fees are included.

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Speaker 1: No contracts, no introductory price off offers, what you sign

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Speaker 1: up for is what you pay, and no data caps.

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Speaker 1: So they talk about cities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, including

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Florida, Georgia, Florida, Georgia, Line, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,

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Speaker 1: miniapp Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 1: South Carolina, Tennessee. Is this just every state? Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin,

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Speaker 1: West Virginia. So anyway, I would check it out. T

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Speaker 1: mobile dot com slash isp is the place to go

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Speaker 1: to check it out. I put in my address. I

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00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: put in a couple other addresses. I know. None of

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Speaker 1: them are coming up as like service. Yes, service in

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Speaker 1: your place, which I know T mobile works at my house,

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Speaker 1: so I don't know what their criteria is, but and

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00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: maybe it's still kind of like propagating. But anyway, that's

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00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 1: the deal. And if you are in a rural area

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Speaker 1: or you just want a different alternative to what's available

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Speaker 1: at your place, pop your address in and see if

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Speaker 1: it's available. Because this is really cool. I wish all

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00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: the service providers did this. All right, let's get to

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Speaker 1: the next question. Let's go to Oh, this is a

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Speaker 1: good one. Richard in Hemmett says, good morning, rich Sorry,

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Speaker 1: I heard you mention. You get a lot of questions

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00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: referencing mornings. I usually listen to podcasts the first half

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Speaker 1: of the day and then news radio the second half.

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Speaker 1: My question is a sign in prompt. I see with

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Speaker 1: every new app sign up, a lot or a lot

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Speaker 1: of them have the option to sign in using my

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Speaker 1: Google credentials. I almost never use that option, but with

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00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,919
Speaker 1: an email sign up, since I use a password app,

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00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: you recommend it a long time ago dash Lane, I

699
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: don't have a problem remembering passwords, although I have to

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00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: go through the steps to open dash Lane and had

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00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: the app info. Is there any danger in going with

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00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: Google to sign up sign in? Any advantages? Thank you

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00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: rich Richard In hemet a great question. I love this

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00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: question and it's a great opportunity for me to explain this.

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00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 1: So you see this a lot, and you see at

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00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: this point when you go to download a new app,

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00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: you see a sign in for you know, one click

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00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: sign in for Facebook. Sometimes it's Twitter, let's see Google

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00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 1: and now Apple is also up there, and it's super easy, right,

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00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: It's so tempting to just click that and boom, you know,

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00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: it's like there you go, You're in. But here's why

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00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 1: I do not recommend doing this. And I think you're

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00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 1: doing the right thing by creating an independent log in

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00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: through something like a password manager, because then that does

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00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: not link your account. Now you have to understand why

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00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: all these companies want you to, you know, sign in

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00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: with them. It's in their best interest because if you

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00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: have one hundred sign ins with Twitter, are you ever

719
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: gonna cancel your Twitter account? Absolutely not, You're gonna keep

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00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: that account forever. Same thing especially with Facebook. I mean,

721
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: this is what Facebook specialized in. It's that stickiness, right,

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00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: They just get you because they have you signed in.

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00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: You can't cancel your Facebook Now. I use that to

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00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: sign in on one hundred different websites. Apple. I like

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00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 1: Apple's approach a little bit more because they had the

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00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: whole privacy thing where it will create like an anonymous

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00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 1: login for you, which is great, and I will admit

728
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Speaker 1: I do use that sometimes when I'm testing apps because

729
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 1: it's so easy. But again it's the sticky factor. Apple

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00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 1: is doing that because the more you log in with

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00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: their stuff, the less you're gonna give up your iPhone

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00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: or any Apple product. So what I recommend is that

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Speaker 1: you continue to create these independent app sign ins. I

734
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: know it's a little bit more work and it takes

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00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: a little bit more time, and I know we're all

736
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: rushing through these app sign up processes, but believe me,

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00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: it's better. And there's a couple of reasons why it's better.

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Speaker 1: Number one, if the site has ever hacked, you know,

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00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: you've got an independent password on there. It's a unique

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00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: password and it's just on its own right, You're not

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00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: sharing that with anything else. The second thing is that

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00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: when you sign in using one of these you know credentials,

743
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: these shared credentials, they're always trying to get a little

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00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: bit more information from you then you like. And that's

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00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: why Apple did the anonymous login is because when you

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00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: sign in with Google, you know, you have to watch

747
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 1: out for what they're able to access on your Google account.

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00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes it could be your entire Gmail, like, everything in

749
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 1: your Gmail, it could be everything in your Google Drive.

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00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: You don't want to do that with Facebook. It could

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00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: be your friend list, it could be your date of birth. Basically,

752
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: why should you give them any more information than they need.

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00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: And it's also linked to that account, so there could

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00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: be some cross talk on the back end there that

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00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: you may not know about. So again, go with the

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00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: independent logins. That's my advice, and it will keep it's

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00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 1: a little bit longer, a little bit more of a process,

758
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,760
Speaker 1: but it keeps everything separate, and it keeps everything nice

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00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 1: and tidy. Now, I'm not saying I never sign in

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00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: with Google or some of these other third party providers.

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00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: I do sometimes when it's a trusted site and when

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00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: I know what's happening. So for something like you know

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00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: a certain website that I understand what's going on, I

764
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: will sign in with Google, and there are pup I

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00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,280
Speaker 1: have with that, and it is easy, it is convenient.

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00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: But as a rule I always sign up with an

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00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: independent username and password, and that is the way to

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00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: do it. And you're doing it right if you're going

769
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,720
Speaker 1: through something like dash Lane. All right, Richard, great question,

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00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: Thanks for submitting that and thanks for listening. All right,

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00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: something to know about this is pretty quick, but the

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00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: Roku channel. Roku has been really expanding the reach of

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00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: the Roku channel that came out. I think I talked

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00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: about it last week with an app that's on Android

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00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: and iOS, and now they have it on fire TV.

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00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: So if you like to watch free stuff, this is

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00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: another option. And I've noticed with these free services like

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00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: to b and Pluto that the free live streaming stuff

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00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: is really getting interesting. So a lot of them are

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00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: doing like live streaming of like news networks. So this

781
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 1: is where it's at. I mean, people love free It's

782
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 1: kind of like TV all over again. It's free TV,

783
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: but it's streaming, and I get it. I'm not everyone

784
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: minds the commercials. In fact, my kids we watched Shrek

785
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: or they watched Shrek on UH. I think it's called

786
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:13,879
Speaker 1: is it IMDb TV whatever? What's uh? What's Amazon's free one?

787
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: Amazon free streaming they have like their own I forget

788
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: they I forget what it was called. Oh my gosh,

789
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: it was called IMDbTV, I think when it first came out,

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00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: and then they changed the name to something else. So

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Speaker 1: let's see if I can find that. Let's see im

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00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 1: D Yeah, I think it's IMDb TV, but it was

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00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: something else when it first came out. That was like

794
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: kind of confusing anyway, So my kids watched Shrek on

795
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 1: this and and it was so funny because my wife

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00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: is like, well, it's gonna have ads because it says

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00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,359
Speaker 1: ads supported, and they're like, nah, it won't have ads,

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00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 1: And sure enough, it didn't have any ads. So it

799
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,359
Speaker 1: was great. And by the way, Shrek looked like a

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00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: really funny movie. I'm gonna I'm gonna watch that. I'm

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00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: gonna go back to watch that because I was laughing,

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00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 1: just watching it sort of in the background. So let's

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00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 1: see see showtimes. See this is what I'm saying. Okay,

804
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: rent By, I'm so confused because what is this? I

805
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,760
Speaker 1: did a story about it, and now it's not free anymore,

806
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 1: which is also odd. So what is Amazon's Oh my gosh,

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00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: I can't believe Amazon's. Maybe it was called Freeview when

808
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: it first came out. I can't remember what it was called,

809
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: and I talked about it, but oh my gosh, you

810
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: know what, this podcast is just worthless to you this

811
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: week because I'm talking about all this stuff that I

812
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: just don't even know what I'm talking about anymore. But

813
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 1: it's on Prime anyway. So again, Roku Channel is another

814
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: option that is totally free and you can watch it

815
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: and you don't need anything except a Roku account. The

816
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: only caveat here is that you can't subscribe to premium

817
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: channels through the Roku channel app, so if you want to,

818
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: you have to sign up for those directly through Rokuti.

819
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 1: And this is another weird thing that, like, it's so

820
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: funny that all these little streaming things is becoming like

821
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 1: a cable TV service. So if you have Roku Channel,

822
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: you can subscribe to Showtime, Stars, Epics or HBO through

823
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: the Roku channel, which is so weird, but you know,

824
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: Roku makes a little percentage on that, so that's why

825
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: they do it. But anyway, that's what it's all about.

826
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 1: And I still can't believe I can't remember what this

827
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: thing was called because I did the story on it.

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00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: It was like, I think it's just IMDbTV now, but

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00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: it was something. It was IMDb formerly known as let's

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00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: see I think it was. Oh that's what it was. Okay,

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00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: used to be called IMDb Free Dive. I knew it

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00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 1: had a different name. And now it's called IMDbTV. Yeah,

833
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: so there you go. Now, you know, I like to

834
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: give you the full story. Okay, So that's it. And

835
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Speaker 1: if you want just again, you can say, find the

836
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 1: Roku channel app to Alexa on Fire and you can

837
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: download that, and I would say, go for it. I mean,

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00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,240
Speaker 1: if you don't mind setting up a Roku account, which

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00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: you know, I actually, you know what, when I did

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00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 1: that on my iPhone because I tested the Roku channel

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00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: on my iPhone when you can download it, they didn't

842
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,760
Speaker 1: even ask me to set up an account. So maybe

843
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: that's the same way on Fire TV. I'm not sure

844
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: I have not downloaded it just yet, but yeah, so

845
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: check that out if you like free stuff. All right,

846
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 1: do I have time for another question? I think I do.

847
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: My timing on this podcast is all off because I

848
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: tried to do it again. Whenever I try to do

849
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: things differently, it never works out. So I try to

850
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 1: do the timer on my Apple Watch this time because

851
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: it kind of gives me, like a little to keep

852
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 1: the pacing of the show. I try to, you know,

853
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,360
Speaker 1: I have like a little like buzzer that buzzes every

854
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,439
Speaker 1: three minutes or so to keep me moving. And sure enough,

855
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 1: I did it on my Apple Watch this time, and

856
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 1: it my Apple Watch is set to silent, and nothing happened,

857
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 1: so the timer is over. I can't tell if it's

858
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: done or whatever happened, but I will just keep going

859
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: for another ten minutes. And if it's a long podcast,

860
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 1: too bad. All right, Raoul says, good morning, Rich. What's

861
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: the best way to protect your iPhone from viruses? Malware? Oh?

862
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: Was I supposed to do that? What's the best way

863
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: to protect your iPhone from viruses, malware and other cyber attacks?

864
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: Is there an app for this purpose? Any assistance will

865
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 1: be greatly appreciated. Thanks Raoul. Raoul, the answer is, you

866
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: do not need anything. There are a million and one

867
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: anti virus and malware apps on the App Store. I

868
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,839
Speaker 1: don't even understand why Apple approves them because they don't

869
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: do anything you can't the iPhone. And I've said this before,

870
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: but the iPhone operating system is sandboxed, which means when

871
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: you are running an app, that app can only interact

872
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: with other parts of the operating system and other apps

873
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: in very specific ways that Apple outlines. It is not

874
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 1: like a Windows computer where when you get a virus

875
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: on there, it can take hold of that whole thing,

876
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: and you know. And again, this gets very complicated because

877
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: almost all all of the new platforms are set up

878
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: this way. Android a little bit more at risk, but

879
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: I still think that overall, on your smartphone, the chances

880
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: I guess on Android you could definitely download malware and

881
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:18,800
Speaker 1: and apps outside of Google Play. Google Play is pretty safe,

882
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: but if you're sideloading apps, yes, you can definitely install

883
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: an app on there that can wreck havoc on your phone.

884
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,720
Speaker 1: On iPhone, there's no real way to install a third

885
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: party app outside of the App Store. Unless you've jail

886
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 1: broken your phone. And if you've done that, that's way

887
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 1: above this podcast. This podcast is for the average consumer,

888
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: and if you're jail breaking your phone and doing things

889
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: like that, you're probably not listening to this. So I'm

890
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 1: not really even going into that because I would never

891
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 1: recommend jail breaking an iPhone. There's just no point to me.

892
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: Now an Android. What I like about Android is much

893
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 1: more open. You can do whatever you want an Android now. Again,

894
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: So to get to your question, Raoul, I don't think

895
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: you need anything on and they're the biggest The biggest

896
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: danger on an iPhone is really clicking links, and so

897
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: most of the exploits we've seen on iPhone have to

898
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,920
Speaker 1: do with links that you might get through a text message.

899
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: And even when you get you know, your average text

900
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 1: message link that you might get with like spam on

901
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: the iPhone, and I've clicked all of them, believe me,

902
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 1: this is what I do to test stuff. It most

903
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: of the time is trying to either steal your personal

904
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,920
Speaker 1: information through a phishing scheme, or it's trying to get

905
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: your personal information or you to sign up for some

906
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 1: sort of offer. So I don't recommend clicking those links,

907
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: And I would say if you're using an iPhone, just

908
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: be aware of the links that you're clicking more so

909
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: than apps that you're downloading. So if an app is

910
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: done through the app store, chances are it's not going

911
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: to be real malware. It might be annoying when you

912
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: open it, but it can't really once you close out

913
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,360
Speaker 1: an app on the iPhone, it's not really doing anything

914
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: in the background, So it can't like, you know, nefariously,

915
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: like put a key logger on your phone. Now that's

916
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: not to say, hey, this stuff can't be done. Believe me.

917
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,840
Speaker 1: I'm sure there are government organizations and you know others

918
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: out there that have devised things to do this stuff.

919
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: They're just not very prevalent in a main way on

920
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: your phone, Raoul, So I don't think you have to

921
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: worry too much about this stuff. But yeah, there's not

922
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: there's not an app I recommend to to protect your iPhone.

923
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: Let's put it that way. It's more of your personal

924
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: kind of just looking out for what you're doing on

925
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: the phone that is the most important. Let's see, this

926
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: is just a really small thing. But uh, you know,

927
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,399
Speaker 1: since you're if you bought an iPhone last year, and

928
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: you did the free trial of Apple TV Plus, like

929
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: if you got the free year that is coming up

930
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: on November first, because on my phone it says that

931
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,840
Speaker 1: I'll be billed on November first for Apple TV Plus.

932
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,320
Speaker 1: And if you cancel it, you know you lose access.

933
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 1: So don't cancel it because according to nine to five Mac,

934
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 1: they're automatically extending all Apple TV Plus trials through February

935
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, which means you will get another couple

936
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: of months to get you through the pandemic of watching

937
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: Apple TV stuff Apple TV Plus stuff. So that's just

938
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: something to know. If you pay for a plan, you're

939
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: gonna get three free months of your plan. So I

940
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: have not played. Now here's the funny thing. Almost every

941
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: single subscription through the iTunes store, let's say you have

942
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,839
Speaker 1: a free trial, you can cancel. This is a little

943
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 1: tip by the way. Let's say you sign up for

944
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: something that's a two week free trial, right, you can

945
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: go into the subscriptions and cancel that free trial immediately,

946
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: and nine times out of ten, you still have access

947
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 1: to that service until the free trial is over. At

948
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: that point it'll just end and your card won't be charged.

949
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: But Apple lovely Apple. The way they do it is

950
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: if so, I've done this many times because I go

951
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: in there, I'm like, oh, I'm gonna miss this this

952
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,359
Speaker 1: November first deadline. I'm gonna get charged for a year

953
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,000
Speaker 1: of Apple TV or a month whatever it is. And

954
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: so I keep going in there a couple times throughout

955
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: the year and I say cancel because I figure, oh,

956
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: it'll it'll last through November first. Oh no, it doesn't.

957
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: Apple says, if you cancel this, you lose your access immediately.

958
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: So it's kind of interesting that Apple does that with

959
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: most of their services that I've noticed, But yet every

960
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 1: other app developer is pretty nice and saying, yeah, we'll

961
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: give you the two weeks and you can cancel tomorrow,

962
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: but you'll still have access for those two weeks. So

963
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: I have not, even though nine to five Max says

964
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,720
Speaker 1: that this is happening, it has not hit my personal

965
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: iPhone just yet. So if you're in kind of the

966
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: boat like I am, where you bought an iPhone around

967
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 1: launchtime last year, go into your subscriptions and kind of

968
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 1: monitor this, because if you have not canceled Apple TV

969
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: Plus just yet, check that date and see if it's extended.

970
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: To February twenty twenty one, and then you know you've

971
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: got a couple more months, but especially as you get

972
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: towards that November first date, depending on when you bought

973
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 1: your iPhone, this is coming up, so just be aware.

974
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: And I'm not really watching anything on Apple TV plus anymore,

975
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,799
Speaker 1: especially now with Google Chrome Casts, I don't really have

976
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: access to it anymore. So you know, I don't particularly care,

977
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: and I do want to watch Greyhound, but I do.

978
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,240
Speaker 1: I am looking forward to the second season of Morning

979
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: Show if that I know it's happening, but I'm not

980
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: sure when. All right, let's do one more question. Let's see,

981
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: let's do one more question from Keith. Keith says, I

982
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,400
Speaker 1: want to be able to watch TV using earbuds and

983
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: the TV sound on mute. I currently have a chord

984
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: connected to an audio port on the TV, but the

985
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:36,720
Speaker 1: chord is a hazard and I have no volume control.

986
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 1: Is there an easy solution? I would like to use

987
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: Apple AirPods if possible. So I don't know what type

988
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: of TV or setup you have, Keith, but the easiest way,

989
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,759
Speaker 1: I think is just to get a Bluetooth transmitter. If

990
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:50,919
Speaker 1: you're if I mean it sounds like whatever your TV

991
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: is has a three point five millimeter out because you're

992
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 1: plugging a chord in there to the audio port on

993
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,839
Speaker 1: the TV. So if you're if you're doing that, then

994
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: it sounds like you're halfway there. So I look on

995
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: Amazon and I see you know, if you just search

996
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: three point five millimeter to Bluetooth transmitter, this one is

997
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:16,960
Speaker 1: called Teotronics Bluetooth five point zero transmitter and for TV,

998
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:20,319
Speaker 1: home sound system, car, Nintendo switch. Pretty simple. You plug

999
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: it into the three point five millimeter jack and this

1000
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: has a Bluetooth transmitter on it. Then you connect your

1001
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: AirPods to this device and boom. There's even a transmit

1002
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: or receive toggle switch on here, so you'd want this

1003
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: in transmit mode. Obviously, this is thirty dollars and that

1004
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 1: would solve your problem and make it pretty simple. The

1005
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:42,480
Speaker 1: other thing you can do is if you're using one

1006
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: of these streaming services like an Amazon fireTV stick or

1007
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:50,160
Speaker 1: an Apple TV or even a Roku, a lot of

1008
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: them allow you to plug headphones. Sorry, a lot of

1009
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,840
Speaker 1: them allow you to bluetooth stream the audio from the

1010
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:59,480
Speaker 1: device to Bluetooth headphones. So check there and see what

1011
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,720
Speaker 1: type of device you're using. If you're using a Roku,

1012
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 1: the higher end remotes have a plug, which I love.

1013
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: I think this is a brilliant, brilliant solution. The higher

1014
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:13,439
Speaker 1: end remotes have a three point five millimeter jack right

1015
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:15,479
Speaker 1: on the remote, so you can plug your headphones into

1016
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: the remote. That is amazing. Now, I do think that

1017
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: almost all the Rokus allow you to use the Roku

1018
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 1: app on your phone to then plug headphones into your

1019
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 1: phone and listen that way as well. So if you

1020
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:32,240
Speaker 1: have a Roku, I think they've thought about this. But again,

1021
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: I think it sounds like you're just listening to regular TV.

1022
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,239
Speaker 1: But you've got the Apple AirPods, which you know, leads

1023
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: me to believe, you know, maybe you have a streaming

1024
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,920
Speaker 1: setup going on. But that's what I would do. You

1025
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,399
Speaker 1: got a couple options, and any of them, just pick

1026
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:48,359
Speaker 1: the one that works best for you. All right, let's

1027
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 1: just end on this way. MOO is opening its driverless

1028
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: cars to the general public in Phoenix. How cool is that?

1029
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 1: So would you take a ride in one of these

1030
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 1: driverless cars? I don't know. I think I would. They've

1031
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 1: been around Phoenix for a while. Waimo. I don't know

1032
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,359
Speaker 1: if the rules over there are easier. The streets are easier,

1033
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:11,360
Speaker 1: but that's where they've been testing them a lot. But

1034
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: beginning October eighth, they're opening up their fully driverless offering

1035
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: to Waimo one riders. Members of the public can now

1036
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: take rides, can now take friends and family along in

1037
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,879
Speaker 1: their rides and share their experience with the world. We'll

1038
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 1: start with those who are part of Waimo one, and

1039
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: over the next several weeks more people will be able

1040
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 1: to book directly through the app, the Waimo App. One

1041
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 1: hundred percent of our rides will be fully driverless. Pretty cool,

1042
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:40,400
Speaker 1: I mean, kind of neat, kind of scary to get

1043
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,279
Speaker 1: into a driverless car for the first time. I've been

1044
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 1: in several of them, so I know what it's like.

1045
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 1: It's a little nerve racking, thinking like this computer might

1046
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,400
Speaker 1: make a wrong decision and end my life. That is

1047
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,280
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm saying that, but it's I'm not joking.

1048
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's weird, right, this computer is in charge

1049
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:01,000
Speaker 1: of you, but you know who. Hopefully they have these

1050
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: things to a point where they're pretty safe if they're

1051
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 1: letting random people into them. So the other cool thing

1052
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 1: is that there's no driver so COVID times. It's it's

1053
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 1: kind of like you don't have to worry about someone

1054
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:14,400
Speaker 1: coughing in there or sneezing. Now you might have to

1055
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: worry about the drive, the passenger before or after you,

1056
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:20,280
Speaker 1: But you know that gets into a whole nother conversation. Anyway,

1057
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 1: kind of cool if you're in Phoenix. I would try

1058
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: it out. In fact, I might make a drive to

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Speaker 1: Phoenix to do a story on this. Why wouldn't I write.

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Speaker 1: I've emailed Waymo to ask them if I can do

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Speaker 1: this with their help, you know, pr and they've said no.

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Speaker 1: So now if I just go there as a regular person,

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Speaker 1: they can't stop me. So I might be Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: might be in Phoenix very soon to try this out.

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Speaker 1: But it looks like it's rolling out, so it's probably

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Speaker 1: not going to be immediate, but I will. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna check the app and see if I can

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Speaker 1: book a drive or a ride. I should say, pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm I like the idea of driverless cars.

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Speaker 1: They do scare me in weird ways. That again, it

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Speaker 1: is a computer in charge of your life, so kind

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Speaker 1: of scary. I mean, you drop your iPhone and you

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Speaker 1: know it's gonna be just fine. You know, screen myke crack,

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Speaker 1: but you know, this car makes a wrong decision or

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Speaker 1: you know whatever, and it's a little different. Interesting. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for this episode of the show. If

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Speaker 1: you'd like to submit a question for me to answer,

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Speaker 1: just go to rich on tech dot tv hit the

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Speaker 1: email button at the bottom of the page. You can

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Speaker 1: also email me a voice memo Hello at richon tech

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Speaker 1: dot TV. So far nobody's taken advantage of that, which

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Speaker 1: is fine. I get it. That's a lot of work,

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Speaker 1: so I wouldn't I wouldn't do that either, but you know,

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Speaker 1: if you want to, it's an option. Also, i'd love

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Speaker 1: it if you would rate and review this podcast to

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Speaker 1: help other people discover it. Just go to rate this

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Speaker 1: podcast dot com slash rich on tech got I think

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Speaker 1: two hundred and something reviews. We're doing really well. There

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Speaker 1: a lot of you actually review the show by giving

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Speaker 1: it stars, but you don't write anything. So if you

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Speaker 1: write something, I will read it on the show. But

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Speaker 1: so far, nobody's writing anything new. It takes a little

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Speaker 1: bit longer to get those, So write something and you'll

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Speaker 1: hear your name on the show. How exciting is that

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Speaker 1: you can find me all the time at rich on

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Speaker 1: Tech across all of the various social media platforms. My name,

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Speaker 1: once again, in case you don't know, is rich Demiro.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. Stay safe, I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you real soon