1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: A unique new photo feature on the next iPhone, A 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: new app for travel geeks. Costco goes digital. Plus we're 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: answering your pressing tech questions. What is going on on 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: rich Demiro? This is Rich on Tech, the podcast where 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: I talk about the stuff I think you should know 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: about happening in the tech world. Plus, I'm answering your 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: tech questions. Joining me is producer Megan. Welcome to the show. 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: Hello, how are you? 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: I am good. It is been a good week. How's 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: your week been so far? 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: My week's been good. It's been busy, It's gone by 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: so fast. 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: Megan goes through two phases of life. She goes through 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: just getting done with vacation and then getting ready to 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: go back on vacation. So you're going back out of 16 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: town again already, aren't you? Where are you going now? 17 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: I'm going to Hawaii? 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: But that's not this is not this weekend. 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: It's next week, next week? 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: Okay? If I just reveal a surprise that no? 21 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: No? 22 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, so you post on Instagram like getting Hawaii ready, 23 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: So I figured it like the sea around days, although 24 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: you didn't say where you were going, right, that could 25 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: have been a secret. Oh, not a secret. Okay, I 26 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: mean you clearly you're just an open book. You don't 27 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: care the post. 28 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: It takes you to kawai the last time I see. 29 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: Instagram is so tricky with all these like weird little 30 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: like nothing is apparent like what like I didn't realize 31 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: you can click the post? Yeah you know. Anyways, So 32 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: why listen to a show like this megan to. 33 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 3: Learn about tech and how to you know, make it 34 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 3: through the world today. 35 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: Yes, so let me give you an example of why 36 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: you're just the average person. You're sitting there, you like rich, 37 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: all this tech stuff. It baffles me. I don't get it. 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: How does it affect me? Big deal? Come on, all 39 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: this stuff you talk about I don't really understand. But 40 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: here's why you listen to a show like this, because 41 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: number one, I am breaking it down in a way 42 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: that you can understand. We don't talk about stuff that 43 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: doesn't really apply to the average person. We're talking about 44 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: stuff that affects you. The apps you can use, the 45 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: everyday decisions you're making, whether you want to get a 46 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: fire TV or a Roku or Chrome cast. These are 47 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: the kind of things that we discussed on a weekly basis, 48 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: so that when it comes time for you to make 49 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: that decision. You remember, oh yeah, Rich did mention that 50 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: the Chrome cast doesn't have that feature, or the Roku 51 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: does that, but the Amazon doesn't. So you just have 52 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: this thing. I'm not saying this is an end all 53 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: for every decision you ever after make, but it just 54 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: gives you that basis of knowledge. Right. So an example, 55 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: how to colleague come up to me here at work 56 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: and she comes up to me with her brand new 57 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: cell phone and she says, hey, Rich, is this a 58 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: good phone that I got? It's from Verizon. I look 59 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: at it. I said, oh, that's the pixel. That's a 60 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: fantastic phone. But why'd you go with the original pixel? 61 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: It's like, what do you mean original? I'm like, that's 62 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: the first pixel that ever came out, by the way 63 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: back in twenty sixteen. You're talking a phone that's three 64 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: years old, right. So she said, I don't know, that's 65 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: the one that they said was like the best one. 66 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: And I said, well, they just came out with. I said, 67 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: how much did you pay for this? Did you get? 68 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: You obviously got it for free. She goes, no, it 69 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: was like six hundred dollars. Wait what hold on? So 70 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: now you bought a phone that's this this old, plus 71 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: you paid this much money, and I did, you know, 72 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: I just wanted to make sure I confirmed, you know. 73 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: I was like, I, you know, I noticed the phone 74 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: from the way it looked that it was a Pixel, 75 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: but I just wanted to confirm because it's been a 76 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: while since I played with the original Pixel. So I 77 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: looked at it. I said, okay, and it was still nice, 78 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: the software was still fresh and everything. But I said 79 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: to her, you know that Google just came out with 80 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: two new pixels that, by the way, are better than 81 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: this phone and cheaper. Yeah, and Verizon sells them, so 82 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: why would you not get that? And I wasn't yelling 83 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: at her, but I was explaining that I wanted to know. Yeah. 84 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: I was just very curious what happened in this transaction 85 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: at the Verizon store. Why a salesperson would lead her 86 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: to a phone that is three years old versus one 87 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: that came out two months ago. You remember, we went 88 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: to the Google event and I featured those phones, the 89 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: Pixel three A and the Pixel three A XL. So 90 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: I told her the differences. I said, well, here's the 91 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: difference the Pixel three A, which is a phone that 92 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: sells for three ninety nine unlocked, which is a smaller size. 93 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: She complained that she got the Xcel, which was kind 94 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: of big for her hands, and I said, well, the 95 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: Pixel three A is even smaller, so it'd be even 96 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: easier in your hands too. So all these things added 97 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: up to I said, you know what, I think you 98 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: got to go back to the store. She goes back 99 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: to the store. Ask her today and I said, did 100 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: you get your new phone? 101 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: Oh? 102 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, they had to order it. So I said, did 103 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: you ask them why they tried to sell you a 104 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: phone that was three years old? And she said they 105 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: basically ran around that and kind of gave her the 106 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: run around. And at the end of the day, I 107 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: think what it came down to is that the Pixel 108 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: three A was sold out at that location, OK, and 109 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: they didn't feel like going through the trouble of ordering 110 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: her device. Maybe they get more commission on a phone 111 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: that's in house, and plus it's an older phone, so 112 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: they make more on it. 113 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I'm confused if it's three years old. I mean, 114 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 3: the phone itself is not, but if it's a. 115 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: Three year old, it might be three years old. It 116 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: could have been sitting there for three years. 117 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, why is it six hundred dollars? Why isn't gone down? 118 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: What did it start at? It started at like nine hundred? 119 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I probably started it like a probably closer to 120 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: eight hundred, maybe something like that. I'm not really sure. 121 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: I don't remember what the price of that phone was. 122 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: But the reality is, this is why you listen to 123 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: a show like this because in your mind, you might 124 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: have a little bit of a memory of Rich talking 125 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: about a new pixel phone. You may not remember the 126 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: model number, you may not remember the details, but you said, 127 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: Rich just talked about a brand new pixel phone a 128 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago on the podcast, and I remember 129 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: him saying it was less expensive. Just those two keywords 130 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: in your head alone should be enough to make you realize, 131 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: hold on, why am I going for a phone that's 132 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: three years old? When I do remember this guy talking 133 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: about a phone that's newer and better and cheaper. And 134 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,119 Speaker 1: it's just that kind of knowledge base that you build 135 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: by listening to a show like this that does help 136 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: you out in real life. So I just figured i'd 137 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: share that story because I thought it was quite interesting. 138 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, and they can always if they if they remember 139 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 3: that you talked about it, but they don't remember what week. 140 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: They can go to KTLA dot com and they can 141 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: search pixel and it'll come up. Because we post our 142 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: show to KTA dot com. 143 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, we post the show to KTLA dot com. You 144 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: can There's a great website called Listen Notoes dot com 145 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: which you can search for basically a topic in any podcast, 146 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: including ours. There is my website rich on tech dot tv. 147 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: So anyway, there's lots of ways, but remember a keyword 148 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: or two and it will definitely help you. 149 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 2: So we're gonna start with a question. 150 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, So this first question comes from Deb Pollock 151 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: and she asks do you know of a digital smart 152 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: calendar that you write on that will sync with your 153 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 3: calendar on your phone? I know there are notebooks that 154 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 3: do that. Thank you in advance. 155 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: This is a tricky one because I don't think that 156 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: there's something exactly what she's talking about, Like, I don't 157 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: think there's like a perfect product for this, right. But 158 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: I did a little research and have you ever heard 159 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: of Moleskine. These are like these little notebooks that people 160 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: carry around. 161 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I have. 162 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: So I've been a big fan of these things for 163 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: a while. 164 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: Are they digital? 165 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: Well, that's the thing. So there was two angles I 166 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: was looking at here, So one I don't if you remember, 167 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: in China we saw that that device that looked like 168 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: a tablet. It was almost like an ink display that 169 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: you drew on. 170 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember that, and I can't remember what. 171 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: The name of it is, but I remember it being 172 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: really cool and it was like it was like pen 173 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: and paper. It was like almost like a legal pad, 174 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: but it was digital and you can type on it. 175 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: I don't think that would do what she's looking for, 176 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: because I think what she wants to do is actually 177 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: write something in a calendar digitally and then the event 178 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: carries over to her phone, right, And I'm not sure 179 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: that there's a good, really good solution for that. So 180 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: the closest thing I found is from mole Skein. They 181 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: have something called the Smart Writing System, and what this 182 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: is is one of their notebooks, and it says that 183 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: it bridges the analog and the digital, so you can 184 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: write in their little notebook and you know, you get 185 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: smart Writing set and it looks like whatever you're writing 186 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: in the notebook shows up in your phone on their 187 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: app as well. I don't think this is perfect, and 188 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: it's also quite expensive because you have to buy the 189 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: special notebooks, you have to buy the special software whatever. Yeah, 190 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: but that's probably the clince you're going to get to 191 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: a solution like this. Maybe if if you're listening and 192 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: you have something that works for this. I would think 193 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: that something like the Samsung Note would work for this 194 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: because I do know that they convert handwriting into digital, 195 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: so on that device you could probably use your handwriting 196 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: to write into the calendar and then that will convert 197 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: into text. So that's probably the other solution, but that 198 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: requires getting a whole new phone and adopting a system. 199 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: But they are coming out with a new note on 200 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: August seventh, So if you want to wait to see 201 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: if that's the case or if that's going to work 202 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: for you, that probably is your best bet. So check 203 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: out mole skin as well. But if you have a solution, 204 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: email me for sure. So switching gears from Samsung to Apple. 205 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: Apple is going to release their new iPhones later in September. 206 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: We already know that, but of course now the rumors 207 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 1: are trickling out a speculation on what this phone is 208 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: going to have. So there's been a lot of rumors 209 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: that they're going to switch over from the lightning port, 210 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 1: which is what they have now, to something called USBC, 211 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,599 Speaker 1: which is what's on the iPad Pro. Remember when we 212 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: went to the event in New York City that they 213 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: changed the or do you not go to that? Was 214 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: that before your time? 215 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: I think that was before your time? 216 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: Okay, Apple? This was Apple. They did an event in 217 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: Brooklyn where they launched their new iPad pro and on 218 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: the bottom before I started, on the bottom, they had USBC, 219 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: which is what all the androids use, which is kind 220 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: of the standard connector these days. It's right here on 221 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: the side of my laptop and on your new laptop. 222 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: But everyone thought, okay, well now they're doing it on 223 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: the iPad, they'll do it on the iPhone as well. 224 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: Doesn't seem to be the case, so according to the 225 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: latest rumors, they're still going to stick with lightning. I 226 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: think that's smart for now. I know everyone wants like 227 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: this changeover, but it's kind of a big deal to 228 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: switch all your stuff, especially if you're in an iPhone world. Yeah, 229 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: you know, I think it'll be fine because USBC is everywhere, 230 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: But if you don't have other things, you're not really 231 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: caring too much. Like if you just have an iPhone 232 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: you charge with your cable you have. You don't want 233 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: to change that cable right now. 234 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 235 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: Now, if you're like me and you have a bunch 236 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: of different things android, iPhone, tablet, you know, computer that 237 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: you USBC, doesn't matter. I'd rather have one device and 238 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: one connector for every device. I'd rather, I should say. 239 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: So that's one thing. The other thing that's going away 240 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: is the three D touch. Have you ever used that 241 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: on your phone? So three D three D touch doesn't 242 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: it should? Yeah, press press hard on a on an 243 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: icon like on Safari, Press hard, okay, and it doesn't 244 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: do anything. Let me say, so, let's see if we 245 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: press Yeah, see how you press hard and it brings 246 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: up those little menus. So that's called three D touch. 247 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: And clearly, since you didn't know about it, there's a 248 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: billion other people that don't know about it either. So 249 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: they're getting rid of that. And what they're doing is 250 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: something called haptic touch. And I was testing this out 251 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: on the I'm writing my book for iOS thirteen right now, 252 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: and I was testing out haptic touch yesterday. The way 253 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: it works on the new iPhone is really weird because 254 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: now when you press and hold an app on your 255 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: screen like this, You no longer get the wobbly option. Oh, 256 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: it now gives you this. It now gives you how 257 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: do you say done? It now gives you this little 258 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: hard press menu along with an option to rearrange icons. 259 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: So it's like one extra step now to rearrange your icons. 260 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: So anyway, that's changing in the new iPhone. And then 261 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: the camera is the big story. There's gonna be three 262 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: cameras on the back of the new iPhone, at least 263 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: the upper models, you know, the top models, maybe all three, 264 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: but the extra space is going to have a wide 265 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: angle lens. And we saw this with the Samsung Galaxy 266 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: S ten. It had a wide angle lens, which is amazing. 267 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: I love having the wide angle lens because you can 268 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: get more creative with your pictures. It's really fun, especially 269 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 1: if you're traveling there's a big mountain or you know, 270 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: big building that you want to fit in there. Yeah 271 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 1: so and you just they just look unique because you 272 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: have this nice wide angle. If you're a realtor, that's 273 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: a great use of it taking pictures of inside people's 274 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: homes where you want to get the whole room captured. 275 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: So the way that. Of course, Apple likes to one 276 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: up things, so they're not only going to have this 277 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: wide angle lens apparently, but according to Bloomberg, they're gonna 278 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: have a new feature that utilize is it called smart frame. 279 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: And so when you take your regular picture, the iPhone 280 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: will take your regular picture. Let's say I take a 281 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: picture of you, but it's also going to take a 282 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: wide angle picture around you. So later on, let's say 283 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: that I had I noticed later on that I want 284 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: to include a little bit more of something to the 285 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: left of you or to the right of you. Yeah, 286 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: Now I can use that wide angle to kind of 287 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: see the whole canvas, and you can like crop it 288 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: exactly recrop. So it's kind of fun and it's a 289 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: smart idea and it's interesting. Now Apparently, according to this 290 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: Bloomberg article, the extra data is going to be thrown 291 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: away at it after a certain period of time, because 292 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: you could imagine that in some pictures when you take 293 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: a wider angle that you're not really thinking of, there 294 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: might be something in that picture that you didn't think of. 295 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: And I'll just give an example. Let's say I take 296 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: a picture of Megan and there's a wineglass next to 297 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: you right, and in a picture that I frame up, 298 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: that wineglass isn't in there. Yeah, But then all of 299 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: a sudden when I go work, Yeah, at work, and 300 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: when I go to the bigger picture, it's it's like 301 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: there's the wine glass, Like ooh yeah, maybe don't want 302 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: someone seeing that. So they're going to automatically throw away 303 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: the extra data after a certain amount of time. 304 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 2: Which is so it's two pictures or is it one? 305 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: It kind of reminds me of like the live picture. 306 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I was gonna say, it's like live. 307 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you won't see it unless you go to look 308 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: at it. 309 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 2: Okay, got it. 310 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: But if you flip through someone's camera roll and you 311 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: kind of look at all the larger pictures, you're like, 312 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: oh interesting, Like yeah, it's kind of like that Instagram 313 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: versus reality. It's like the Instagram is like perfectly posed, 314 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 1: but like when you go to the wide shot, it's 315 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: like you just see like it's a mess behind them 316 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: or like like cables and stuff. So anyway, kind of fun, 317 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: good stuff. 318 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: Okay. 319 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 3: Our next question comes from Peter Garcia, Google assistant or 320 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 3: Alexa Hey Rich and Family, wondering if you can help. 321 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: I'm a big Apple products fan. My dogs are even 322 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 3: called Mac and Apple. My question is what would be 323 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: more friendly to my Apple ecosystem between Alexa and Google assistant, 324 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 3: calendar's map, contacts, controlling other devices, etc. I know what 325 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 3: Siri is behind on this front. I also realized I 326 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 3: should have asked this before prime date to take advantage 327 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 3: of the sales. 328 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: My mistake. Anyway, hope you can help. 329 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 3: And my wife and I are big fans watching you 330 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 3: on Kate Tla. 331 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Peter, Peter, Peter. So this is the 332 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: million dollar question. I am in my house. I am 333 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: all in on Google, and I think that Google has 334 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: done a fantastic job of the smart home. The smart home, 335 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're doing a really good job 336 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: at controlling stuff. The thing that I've noticed between Alexa 337 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: and Google is that Google seems to understand my commands 338 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: way better than Alexa. So when I had Alexa setup, 339 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: I'd say, can you change the lights to green in 340 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: the living room. I don't know why you'd want that, 341 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: but if you did, it would be like, sorry, we 342 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: don't see the living room lights. You have nothing named 343 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: living room lights because I call them living room dual 344 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: lights or something. You know what I mean, like, it 345 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: needs the exact way you've named things to like work properly. 346 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: Whereas with Google, on the other hand, if I'm in 347 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: my kitchen and I say turn on the kitchen lights, 348 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: or if I just say turn on the lights, it 349 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: will turn on just the kitchen lights, because it's smart 350 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: enough to know that that Google Home is in your kitchen, 351 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: you're in your kitchen. It's assuming you just want the 352 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: kitchen lights on. It's that smart. So that's why I 353 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: would say go towards the Google stuff. But Peter, you're 354 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: saying you want this to work with your iPhone and 355 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: your iPhone ecosystem, and I feel like, and I don't 356 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: know this to be certain, but I feel like the 357 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: Alexa products might work a little bit better with Apple 358 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: because they have their own app that works on the 359 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: iPhone and you can import your contacts. I assume you 360 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: can put your calendar in there, whereas with Google, it's 361 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: much more like it kind of knows you're using Google 362 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: products and it gets all the data from your Google products. 363 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: So in this case, I would probably lean towards the 364 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: Amazon side of things. And it's a problem that we're 365 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: all facing right now and that's that none of these 366 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: products really play nicely with each other. So if you 367 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: have an iPhone, it's like you're using Siri all day 368 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: at work, and then when you get home, you've got 369 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: to remember what the Alexa or Google commands are and 370 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: vice versa. If you're using Alexa at home, and by 371 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: the way, I've probably just activated everyone's device and I 372 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: apologize for that like a thousand times. But if you're 373 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: using a at home and then you have an Android phone, 374 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: now you're using Google commands there. So it's like this 375 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: whole big thing. But if you probably if you have 376 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: an Android phone, maybe you won't with Google anyway at 377 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: home because you had Android. So I think that's the 378 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: that's the kind of the differences I would see in 379 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: the two products. 380 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, do you think Apple's going to come out with 381 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: their own smart They are. 382 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: They have the home Pod, which works, and they have 383 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: home Kit, and they have Siri, which works. But the 384 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: problem is they have not taken the home in as 385 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: big of a way as these other two companies have. 386 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: So right now, when it comes to home automation and 387 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: smart home, you've got Google and you've got Alexa. It's 388 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 1: a two horse race. Yeah, series there and home Kit 389 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: is there, but the amount of products you can get 390 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: that work with it are just it's a blip on 391 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: the radar, and that's why most people don't consider it 392 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: because they're looking at all the stuff they want, the 393 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: cameras and all this stuff, and it's just not really 394 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: available in a big way through Apple. Apple's trying to 395 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: change that and they're doing a lot of cool stuff. 396 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: One of the things they announced with iOS thirteen and 397 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: home Kit is that if you want to offer a 398 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: smart home camera with Apple, they will give you it's 399 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: like free iCloud storage for your clips, so for like 400 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: they require like a certain amount of time. So basically 401 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna challenge these two incumbents based on like some 402 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: of the services you get out of them, like privacy 403 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: number one, and also like free storage. Like right now, 404 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: if you buy a Ring camera or a Nest camera, 405 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: you're not getting any free storage with those cameras. You 406 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: have to buy that and that costs money every year. 407 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: Wise came that's a twenty dollars camera, they do give 408 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: you storage for free. The Amazon Cloud Cam they do 409 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: give you some storage for free for fourteen days. So 410 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: Apple is really going to push these companies, which is good. 411 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: It's a little bit more competitive that way. 412 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 2: Totally. 413 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Galaxy Fold from Samsung. This is 414 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: the phone that was a oh my gosh, a complete 415 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: failure at launch. Remember this was the phone that they 416 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: sent to a couple of journalists, not myself included, which 417 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 1: I still feel like that's why they this whole thing 418 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: failed because they never sent it to me. 419 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: That's why. 420 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: That's why. That's what they get for. 421 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 3: That's what happens when you don't let rich try the phone. 422 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: So a bunch of these reporters got the phone. They 423 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: immediately had problems with the screen. And this is their 424 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,239 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars Galaxy Fold smartphone, which looks like two 425 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: phones folded up like almost like a taco you know, 426 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: like a taco phone, a taco phone. So Samsung took it. 427 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: They did not launch the phone. They said, we're going 428 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: to go back to the drawing board. We're going to 429 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: evaluate this device. And finally now they're saying they figure 430 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: it out. So here's what they've done. The top protective 431 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: layer of the display, which a lot of reporters peeled 432 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: off by accident, they're making it very apparent that you 433 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: don't peel that off, So that's number one. Then some 434 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: other reporters had problems with little crumbs and things getting 435 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: behind the screen and ruining the screen because it got 436 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: in through the hinge. So they said that they're going 437 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: to reinforce the device so that you can't get external 438 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: particles under the screen. And the way they're doing that 439 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: is they're putting extra top and bottom hinges, like protection 440 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: caps on the hinges, and then additional metal layers underneath 441 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: the display, and then they also made the space between 442 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: the hinge and the body reduced. Now I'm not an engineer, 443 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: but I don't know how you when this phone was 444 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: supposed to launch, How do you have a million phones 445 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: sitting in a warehouse do all these changes and now 446 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: you have to retrofit these phones. I don't know. Yeah, 447 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: seems like I don't want this thing. I feel like 448 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: it's just not gonna go well, like especially for two 449 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. 450 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 2: And if they run into more issues. 451 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: Oh god, it game over. 452 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: It's like it's a little bit embarrassing. 453 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: That would be really bad. But Samsung is the king 454 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: of embarrassment because you know, they already had that first 455 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: issue with the exploding phone. So I hope that this 456 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: will be okay. But I don't see anyone purchasing this 457 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: phone in a big way, right because it just seems 458 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: like you have that phone. Oh, isn't that the one 459 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: that had all the problems? Like why would you spend 460 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars on a phone like that? 461 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 2: Exactly? 462 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: I could see if they did a fire sale of 463 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: like three ninety nine just to get it out there 464 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: and prove that it's amazing, But. 465 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 2: I think they need to lower the price too. 466 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: They might. They have not said if the price is 467 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: going to lower, because don't forget this phone is now 468 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: like six months past its original date or whatever. So 469 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: in the lifetime of a phone, it's not worth nineteen 470 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: eighty anymore because the processor and everything inside is kind 471 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:52,239 Speaker 1: of lesser because you've got things getting better, all right. 472 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 3: So this next question comes from your Facebook page from 473 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: Vicky Faine. Good afternoon, Hoping this isn't a completely lame question. 474 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 3: I'm wanting to get a fipbit or other similar device 475 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 3: to track my steps. My concern is that when I 476 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 3: sink it to my phone, my information on my phone 477 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 3: is not as secure. Can the manufacturer of these devices 478 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 3: track my activity on my phone banking, shopping, etc. If yes, 479 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 3: is there a way to prevent that from happening? Do 480 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 3: you have any recommendations for these devices? And then she says, 481 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 3: want you to know how much I appreciate all you 482 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 3: do for us olders as she calls them, get an 483 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 3: understanding of all that technology has to offer, Vicki Vicky. 484 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: So the question is if she gets a fipbit, she 485 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: connects it to her phone, does fipbit suddenly have access 486 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: to all of her activity on her phone, including banking 487 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: and all these other things she's doing. The short answer 488 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: is no. Does fipbit have a better idea of who 489 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: you are and what you're doing and when you're sleeping 490 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: and when you're running and when you're walking, and where 491 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: you're going to work and where you're going to play? Yes, 492 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,959 Speaker 1: so think about it. Yeah, there's GPS and a lot 493 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: of these devices, or if there's not GPS on the 494 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: fippit you get, they sync up to the GPS on 495 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: your phone. So in that way, fipbit is getting a 496 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: very good picture of who you are, what you do, 497 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: where you go banking. No, they're not getting your banking 498 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: info as far as I know, what was the other one? Shopping, shopping, shopping. 499 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: That's an interesting one because theoretically this is just theoretically, 500 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 1: I don't know the fippit does this. But if you 501 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: go into a gap and you have your fippit on, 502 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: they know that GPS and they know that you linger 503 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: in that little area that they geos, you know, sync 504 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: to your GPS. They say, oh, we assume that Vicky 505 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: went to a gap yesterday. Now they could be selling 506 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: that data. We don't know, they could be collecting that data. 507 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: We don't know. Yeah, but it's very likely because you 508 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: are handing over GPS data to them. So shopping now, 509 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: shopping online probably not so much. They're not looking at 510 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: your web browser. They're not doing that kind of stuff. 511 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: But it's an interesting thought, and it's I'm glad that 512 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: you're thinking this way, Vicky, because the more that we do, 513 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: the more we have to think this way. And what 514 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: is the implications of these gadgets that we welcome into 515 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: our lives. Right and you think about the Google Home 516 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: in your house that's listening all the time. You think 517 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: about an Apple Watch. Believe me, the Apple Watch is 518 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: collecting a lot more data than it's displaying on its screen. Yeah, 519 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: and Apple is looking through that data. I remember one 520 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: time that and this is pretty common. But these apps 521 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: and Apple Watch and things, they can see what you're 522 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: doing on your watch, how you're using your watch, and 523 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: how you're scrolling through your watch, and how you're you know, 524 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: how do you get to the stopwatch? Do you Siri? 525 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: Or do you scroll through your apps on the watch? 526 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: You know that kind of stuff that all goes into 527 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: their internal reports and they say, we noticed that every 528 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: single person in America and they wake up, they start 529 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: a stop watch, So let's put a shortcut to a 530 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: stopwatch on the home screen when they wake up. Let's 531 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: just put that on there. Those are the kind of 532 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: things that they think of. And I'm just just an example, okay, 533 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: but it's the kind of stuff that, like, you might 534 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: not think about as a random person, but the developers 535 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: are thinking about ways of making our lives easier. Why 536 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: do you think every night before I go to sleep, 537 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: my watch tells me what my resting heart rate is. 538 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: Because it's at the end of the day, and they're 539 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: saying like, okay, well you've had a whole day. Like 540 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: here's just kind of some stats that we might think 541 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: you find interesting. And then this morning when I woke 542 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: up and said, here's your walking heart rate, which I 543 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: thought was interesting. So yeah, it's like all these little 544 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: things that you just don't think of. But I like 545 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,959 Speaker 1: the Vicky's thinking that way, because too, you have to. 546 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 3: Well, it's also like how last week with the face app, 547 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 3: and then suddenly there's this backlash, like you're giving away 548 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 3: all your pictures and all your personal information. Like it's 549 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 3: great that people are actually concerned because a couple of 550 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: years ago. 551 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 1: One story, a couple of years ago people were downloading 552 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: that flashlight app that had GPS built in. And you 553 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: download an app and it says, can we have access 554 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: to your GPS? And everyone's saying yes, why would you 555 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: give access to GPS on a flashlight appy doesn't need 556 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: to know where you are. But a couple of years 557 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: ago that was like the top app and it was 558 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: like millions of downloads and everyone said yeah. And nowadays, 559 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: if you've got a flashlight app and you downloaded and 560 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: said we want to access to your photo library, you'd 561 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: be like what for? 562 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 3: What? 563 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: No deny? Right, And it's also good that the manufacturers 564 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: when Android first started out, and maybe Apple was like 565 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: this a little bit, but when Android first started out, 566 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: you would just give blanket permission to everything. So if 567 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: you were an app, you just got if I had 568 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: if I needed one thing from you, like your photo library, 569 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: it would say everything that would give like twenty five things. 570 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: You'd be like, sure, that's so great. So yeah, it 571 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: is creepy. This is an issue that Nintendo Switch owners 572 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: have been experiencing, and I've seen it on my kids 573 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: Nintendo Switch and it was really bugging me, really bugging 574 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: me because he would hand me his switch, which he's 575 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: obsessed with, but I would get it and I try 576 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: to do something on it, and everything on the screen 577 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: was just moving without me touching anything. I'm like, what 578 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: is going on here? This is like the weirdest thing. 579 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: And so I said Justin that's my brother's name. I 580 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: said to my son Parker. I said, look, I'm like, 581 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: you got to clean your hands before you use this, 582 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: because you know kids and their crumbs and dirty hands 583 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: and all this stuff. I go because it's getting all 584 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: messed up, like this thing is either gummed up or 585 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 1: there's like stuff underneath the controller whatever it is. And 586 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: he's like, h no, it's clean, it's fine. So I 587 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: cleaned the whole thing with alcohol, like wiped it down, 588 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: and still same problem. I thought maybe the screen was 589 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: messed up. Here's what was happening. It's a problem called 590 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: the joy Con drift, and apparently a lot of people 591 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: have had this issue where when you're not using the controllers, 592 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: the screen, the stuff on the screen still moves. Now, 593 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: people have kind of narrowed it down to it's something 594 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: with the controller. It's still being it has phantom movements 595 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: basically inside of it. Whether that's from use or a 596 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: defect in manufacturing, nobody's really sure. So these people have 597 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: been talking about this on Reddit and online and game 598 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: forms forever. Nintendo has not really publicly acknowledged this, but 599 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: there was a lawsuit I think it was last week, 600 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,239 Speaker 1: let's just say a week ago recently, depending on when 601 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: you're listening to this, that said, hey, this is a 602 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: class action suit. You guys know about this. You got 603 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: to stop this. Well, now Nintendo is saying, according to 604 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: a leaked memo that Vice got a hold of, that 605 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: they will fix this problem for free, even if your 606 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: JOYCN controllers are out of warranty. Now if you're not 607 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: familiar with what a Nintendo switch is like, are you. 608 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: It's got the middle part and it's got the two 609 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: controllers that snap on the sides, So theoretically you can 610 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: just fix the problem by replacing those two controllers with 611 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: a fresh set. Those controllers are eighty dollars. So I 612 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: planned on just buying a new set of controllers for 613 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: my son for his birthday. Yeah, now, maybe I'll just 614 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: call Nintendo and get them replaced. I'll probably just buy 615 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: them because it's easier to goat on Amazon. 616 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,239 Speaker 2: But did you go to like best Buy or you 617 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 2: you'd have to go through No. 618 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: I think you have to go through Nintendo. So Nintendo's 619 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: official official statement, according to The Verge, they said, at Nintendo, 620 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: we take great pride in creating quality products. We're continuously 621 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: making improvements to them. We are aware of recent reports 622 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: that some JOYCN controllers are not responding correctly. We want 623 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: our customer that's funny, they said. We want our consumers 624 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: to have fun with Nintendo Swim, and if anything falls 625 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: short of this goal, we always encourage them to visit 626 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 1: support dot Nintendo dot com so we can help. Kind 627 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 1: of a little cop out right now, there's no formal 628 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: replacement program in place. My suspicion is that that will 629 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:13,959 Speaker 1: change depending on how widespread. 630 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 3: Only Nintendo n be like, oh, like you know, it's 631 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 3: gonna start to spread, and more and more people will 632 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 3: be aware. 633 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: At least they're aware. Like for me, I thought it 634 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: was something my son had done, right, and now I'm 635 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: seeing this, I'm like, no, he and here I am 636 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: yelling at him every day. 637 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 3: Parker, you dirty, gotta wash your hands every time you 638 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 3: play video games? 639 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: So classic, yeah, classic, rich. So the reality is now, 640 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: the more people that know about this, the more Nintendo 641 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: might say, okay, fine, we'll replace those for free. Here's 642 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: a formal program. If you bought one, send them in 643 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: or hopefully not even send him in. Just do a 644 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: claim online and we'll send you a new pair for 645 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: what it's worth. A a out of warranty repair is 646 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: forty dollars, but it's easier to just buy the new 647 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: pair for eighty I think for most people instead of 648 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: getting the old ones, especially when you don't know what 649 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: the issue is. 650 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, So our next question comes from Pam Jacobsen. 651 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 2: Money sharing apps is the subject. 652 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 3: Instead of sending a check monthly I'm wondering about a 653 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: safe app to send money directly to my son's bank account. 654 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 3: I am technologically challenged and do not do online biking 655 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 3: due to my paranoia. 656 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,479 Speaker 1: So she wants to send money to her son's bank account, 657 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: but she doesn't want to do it online. Right, Well, 658 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: there are I mean, this has been going on forever 659 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: you can, I mean ever since I was in college 660 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: when I needed like a couple hundred bucks and I 661 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: like bank, My dad like, please give you send me money. 662 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: So you know, you use something like money Graham or 663 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: Western Union. I mean those are like the the og 664 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: have you heard of those? Western Union so a lot 665 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: of people use it, but Western Union is like an 666 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: old school like it started out as like a telegraph 667 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: company where you would literally go into a store verbally 668 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: say a message. Some would type it out and you know, 669 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: or send it somehow over wire to another location in 670 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: the US and they print it out and send it 671 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: and give it to you. Okay, Now they're using that 672 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: to transfer money, but again these are old school ways. 673 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: They're also going to cost you more money. So Money 674 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: Graham looking at their website, if you do it online, 675 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: it's five dollars. Now if you do it in store. 676 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: I don't know how much it is. It's probably more 677 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: than that because you're going in store, so it doesn't 678 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: Let's see if there's like a I'm sure there's a 679 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: price list online. But the reality is, why put yourself 680 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: through all this trouble. 681 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: I'm just confused about a safe app. But she doesn't 682 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 3: want to do online banking. 683 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: Right, so I don't those two things? Okay, Well, she 684 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: could be saying she doesn't want to sign up for 685 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: her online banking app. But there are third party apps 686 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: like you could use like PayPal, or you can use 687 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: some while I was gonna tell you, my favorite is Zell, 688 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: which is that, to me, is the best money transfer 689 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: protocol out there right now. The reason for that is 690 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: because it's built into most banks. Yeah, so if you 691 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: go into your app, if you have Bank of America 692 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: or I'm not sure, is Chase one of them? I don't. 693 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: I bet you they're the one that's they hold out. 694 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 2: I know that. Yeah, wells Fargo is with zel. 695 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,959 Speaker 1: Okay, let's see if Chase is. I bet you they're not. 696 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: Let's say, oh they are. Okay, so Chase is there? 697 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: Give me a bank, Give me a bank, Wells Fargo 698 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: that's on there. Give me another one. 699 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: Oh, I can't. 700 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: Bank of America America Uh oh uh oh are they 701 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: not on there? Oh, there's the ANO. They're on there. Okay, 702 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: So all the major banks are on there. And plus, 703 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: if you're looking through this, look at all these banks 704 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: and nobody knows about Zel because they don't advertise. I 705 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: don't know what the deal is. But if you go 706 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: into your banking app and next time someone says, hey, 707 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: can you venmo me, which I don't Venmo. I don't 708 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: like Venmo. You know this, right, I'm a hater on Venmo. 709 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: Then if they say can you venmo me, just say, hey, 710 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: will you accept Zell? A lot of people will say yes. 711 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: And I just had to pay someone the other day 712 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: and they said, you know, except Zelle And they said no. 713 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: I said, well, how about PayPal? I'll do PayPal, but 714 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: not Zell? Sorry, but not but not. 715 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 3: You like if I use Sell on my Wells Fargo app, 716 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 3: don't I need like your just in my phone. 717 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: Number, email address? 718 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 2: Oh okay. 719 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: So and the first time you do that, let's say 720 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: you just say here, just try to send me a 721 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: hundred bucks. 722 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 2: Okay, So just send me, I'll do one fifty, okay. 723 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: Just to make sure it works. So you send me 724 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: one fifty. You type in my email address right, and 725 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: then it will send. If I've never used Zell before, 726 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: just went through, I'll get a message thank you. I'll 727 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: get a message that says, hey, can you confirm this 728 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty dollars payment for Megan? And you 729 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: go into your bank account and you basically confirm the 730 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: email address and phone number that you want to be 731 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,959 Speaker 1: associated with Zel from now on. When someone zell's you, 732 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: that money goes in your account like within minutes, and 733 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: it's really. 734 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 2: Really like to wait two days with them, I know. 735 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: And this is free also, so it's now Here's why 736 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: people don't like it because the big banks came up 737 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: with Zell and so that's why people don't like it 738 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: because they don't like the big banks and they just 739 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: think it's shady. So you don't even need to download it. 740 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: It's in your app, whatever app you have, like from 741 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: your bank, It's already in there, okay, So yeah, I'm 742 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: going yeah, no need to download the app. I mean, 743 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: you can download the app, but it's literally in your 744 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: bank's app. So I think you can sign up, okay, 745 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: So it's saying yeah, so I think that app that 746 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: you're looking at is for as. If your bank doesn't 747 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: support it, you can sign up a third party perfect, 748 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: So either way you're covering. I think she just do Zell. 749 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: I think just go at Zell and it's built into 750 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: your bank. So just you got to sign up for 751 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: online banking. It's safe. I've been using it for ten 752 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: years now. I mean it's been fine. 753 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 2: That's all I know. 754 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, door Dash is changing the way tips work. We 755 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: talked about this story on air and online, and actually 756 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: I talked about it online first, and then because it 757 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: was so popular, I talked about it on air and 758 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: on my Facebook page and it got a lot of 759 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: people talking about it. So the long of the short 760 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: of it is that New York Times didn't arty where 761 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: one of the reporters went out and tried their hand 762 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 1: at being a delivery person for a bunch of different 763 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: delivery places, and the whole idea of the article was 764 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: just to see kind of what it was like. Well, 765 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: inside that article, it came out how the tipping works 766 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,439 Speaker 1: for DoorDash, and that's the main thing that everyone retweeted about. 767 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: The article, and what the guy says is, here's how 768 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 1: it works. Your DoorDash courier, Megan, you turn on the app. 769 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 1: It says, hey, we're gonna pay you seven dollars guaranteed 770 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,919 Speaker 1: to deliver this salad to this address, and you say, 771 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: do I accept being I'll accept. You accept that job, 772 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: and next thing you know, you get a tip of 773 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: five dollars from the person that you deliver it to. 774 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 1: How much do you think you'd get from DoorDash. 775 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 2: You would get seven dollars? 776 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 1: Okay, so the tip just goes. 777 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 2: To where the tip goes to DoorDash. 778 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 1: Okay, Well that's the way they did it, so nobody 779 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 1: would think that. Why would you think that. 780 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 3: You think they would rip Okay, okay, okay, sorry, sorry, 781 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:56,479 Speaker 3: it's because I know the story. 782 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know the story. You're too involved in the story, Megan. 783 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 2: Think wou The average person would think. 784 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: Twelve dollars because they guaranteed seven and someone gave you 785 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 1: five extra. Right, That's not the way it worked. The 786 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,879 Speaker 1: way it worked is DoorDash would say, yeah, DoorDash would say, 787 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: oh cool, now we only have to now we only 788 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: have to put in two dollars because this person gave 789 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: in five, so we still pay Megan her seven that 790 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: she was guaranteed, but we only had to pay out 791 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,720 Speaker 1: two in that circumstance. Everyone thought that was kind of crazy. 792 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 2: So DoorDash couriers. 793 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 3: Do they get like some sort of thing that says 794 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 3: you got a tip? Or do they just never find 795 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 3: out that they got a tip? 796 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: I don't know what. 797 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 2: You imagine how much money? 798 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, they pocketed, that's what's so crazy. So when people 799 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: heard about this, they just started discussing it online. Yeah, 800 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: and nobody seems to think that's right, and a lot 801 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: of the other companies don't do it that way. 802 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 803 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: Now, I will tell you when I was a waiter 804 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: in New Jersey, the way the law worked there, and 805 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: this was many years ago. Nope, this was at a 806 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: place called on the Border. Oh okay, have you ever 807 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: heard of it? It was like a Mexican place. So 808 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,720 Speaker 1: it was owned by Chili's. I think it's still around. 809 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 1: So when I was there, I was paid two dollars 810 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: and fifteen cents an hour, which was fifty percent of 811 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: the minimum wage at the time, which I think was 812 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: like five dollars an hour New Jersey. Clearly back in 813 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: the day it was not very good. So I was 814 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: paid whatever, maybe it was two eighty five, whatever it was, 815 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 1: it was two dollars in something. But the way they 816 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: got around it is they said, will you make a 817 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 1: certain amount of money in tips every hour that brings 818 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: your hourly wage up to five or six or eight 819 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,919 Speaker 1: or whatever it was. And I was like, that's weird. 820 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: So when I got to California and I worked at CBK, 821 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 1: when I made whatever it was minimum wage back then, 822 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: I think it was five or six or seven dollars, 823 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe that I got that in addition to 824 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: my tips at CBK, because California is very they're a 825 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 1: little bit more progressive than the rest of the country 826 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: when it comes to like new laws and stuff. New 827 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,760 Speaker 1: Jersey is too nowadays, but back then, clearly they weren't. 828 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 1: So I thought it was like the most amazing thing 829 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 1: back in the day when I got all this money 830 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: for my base hourly wage and I got tips. Well, nowadays, 831 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: when you think about DoorDash just taking that money, that's 832 00:36:58,800 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 1: not very nice. 833 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 2: I feel like a. 834 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 3: Lot of these couriers, you know, they do Postmates, they 835 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 3: do door dash, they do like you know, and so 836 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 3: they probably know already. I'd rather do Postmas because I'll 837 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 3: get my tip. Absolutely, you don't make as much. 838 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: But here's how they get around that on the app side, 839 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: because don't forget it's a cat and mouse game with 840 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: these delivery people. Because you think you always see these 841 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: Uber and Lyft drivers with the little stickers on their car, 842 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: they're doing both. The problem with doing both in any 843 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,759 Speaker 1: of these situations is that you don't necessarily hit your 844 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: bonuses by doing both. So the way that like these 845 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 1: companies get around it is like with Lyft and Uber, 846 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,920 Speaker 1: they want you to keep the app open or do 847 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,319 Speaker 1: a certain amount of drives in an hour because they 848 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,959 Speaker 1: know that the average driver who who is just doing 849 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,919 Speaker 1: Uber can do let's say six pick up and drop 850 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: offs in an hour. But the person who's shifting between 851 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: both trying to make the maximum amount of money, you know, 852 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: being a little sketchy or looking out for themselves, I 853 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,240 Speaker 1: guess I should say, is not going to hit those targets, 854 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: so they don't get the bonus. So the way that 855 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 1: they entice these people to be loyal is by offering 856 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: bonuses that and according to the New York Times article, 857 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: are kind of tough to hit. But again they're there, right, 858 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: so anyway, that's anyway. So the guy who started DoorDash, 859 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: which I've interviewed, Tony Schue a couple of years ago, 860 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: by the way, he said that going forward, we're going 861 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: to change the door dash earnings structure so that it 862 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: will increase by the exact amount of customer tips on 863 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: every order. They didn't share specifics, but the fear is 864 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 1: now that instead of guaranteeing a minimum of seven as 865 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: in our original example, they would now guarantee just a 866 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,800 Speaker 1: minimum of four, based on the fact that we'll assume 867 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: that people are gonna tip. So now, two things I 868 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,799 Speaker 1: learned from this. Number one, always tipping cash. Yeah, even 869 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: if you're tipping through the app in the future, it 870 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: still seems like it just seems better to do cash. 871 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,600 Speaker 2: And you know that they're getting that. 872 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: Okay, let's get to question quickly, and then I've got 873 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,399 Speaker 1: one more thing I want to talk about. 874 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 3: Okay, last question is from Facebook from Pam Coonlean Coon Line, 875 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 3: wondering what you think the best slash safest emails are 876 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 3: for personal use. 877 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker 1: Oh okay, so I think the best is Gmail, if 878 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: you I mean, that's that's a simple one right, Yeah, 879 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 1: that's so yeah, I mean that's Gmail is like the best. 880 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,839 Speaker 1: It's just easy, it works everywhere. I'm talking best on 881 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: like a average use case space. You know, just you 882 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: just want email that works and this and that safest, 883 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,400 Speaker 1: i'd say, is something called proton mail. And so proton 884 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: Mail is totally encrypted. It's made by the Swiss, so 885 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,960 Speaker 1: you know that they're I don't know, Swiss just seems sophisticated, right, 886 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: like I don't know anything about that, but yeah, I've 887 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: been to Switzerland and it was very nice. But they're 888 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 1: the use well, okay, people have bank accounts in Switzerland 889 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,720 Speaker 1: because it's like yeah, it's it's like protected or whatever. 890 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 1: So according to their website, the user data, all the 891 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,839 Speaker 1: servers are located in Switzerland. This means your user data 892 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:53,840 Speaker 1: is protected by strict Swiss privacy laws. So proton mail 893 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: is the one that you want to use if you're 894 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,360 Speaker 1: doing the secure route. So and it has end to 895 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 1: end encryption. I don't know why you need it, but 896 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,399 Speaker 1: you never know. I don't know what PAM does. I'm 897 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,920 Speaker 1: looking a basic account is free, but then you probably 898 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: want to go with the plus. You probably want to 899 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: try the basic and then switch to plus plus is 900 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: four pounds a month, which whatever the math is a 901 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: couple bucks whatever, five dollars a month. Who knows something 902 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,880 Speaker 1: like that. Let me talk about two apps before we 903 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 1: close out the show here. Number one is for travel nerds. 904 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,799 Speaker 1: It's called a flight y. This is really cool as 905 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: you download it. Yet I told you about this. Oh 906 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: my gosh, you have to download this for your flights 907 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: to Hawaii. So it's a iOS app, only iOS right now, 908 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,279 Speaker 1: And it's a flight tracking app, and there's a million 909 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: of them out there. But what I like about this 910 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,800 Speaker 1: one is that it is all about the data. So 911 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 1: you get so much data about your flight, including delays. 912 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:53,360 Speaker 1: It has delay predictors, so immediately when you type in 913 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: your flight number and you kind of put your flights 914 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,439 Speaker 1: in there, or you can do it automatically if you pay. 915 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: But for the average person depends, this app is really 916 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:02,919 Speaker 1: not for the average person. It's for the person who 917 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,520 Speaker 1: really likes to fly as a frequent flyer. So you've 918 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,239 Speaker 1: got all kinds of alerts on if your flight's gonna 919 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,359 Speaker 1: be delayed. You get all kinds of data on your flight, 920 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: like what kind of plane you're gonna be on, what 921 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: the history of that is and it just is really cool. 922 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 1: So download it. It's called flight e fl I g 923 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: h t Y. Now there is a fourteen day trial, 924 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: but after that it is pricey nine bucks a month 925 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: or fifty dollars for the year as an intro rate, 926 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,720 Speaker 1: So you have to be serious about flying. 927 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 2: Oh, you're gonna test it. 928 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna test it. I might do the fifty dollars 929 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,399 Speaker 1: for the year just because it's a one time thing, 930 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,399 Speaker 1: and I mean I'll do I'm doing the fourteen days. 931 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:39,880 Speaker 1: I've got a couple of flights coming up, so I'm 932 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,239 Speaker 1: gonna do that at the beginning of my flights. But 933 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do that. But the just look in ato 934 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 1: this thing on my phone. There's just so many cool 935 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 1: features and it's beautifully designed. Yeah, for me, an app 936 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:51,920 Speaker 1: when it's I can tell if an app is going 937 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: to be good when I launch it for the first 938 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: time and I see the design and the effort that 939 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,359 Speaker 1: a developer puts into the beautiful design and the thoughtfulness, 940 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,239 Speaker 1: I know that's gonna be a good app because if 941 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,600 Speaker 1: they're putting that much thought into what the app looks 942 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,759 Speaker 1: like when you first open it, and the homepage and 943 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,360 Speaker 1: the flow screens and all that stuff. The app is 944 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: going to be really good, and so this one has 945 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: a ton of data. They're saying the developer nine to 946 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,200 Speaker 1: five Mac talk to the developer. They say, we never 947 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:20,399 Speaker 1: need to we push They basically they say that the 948 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: Flighty is unfiltered and unbiased. If you think about it. 949 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: Airlines don't really want to tell you the truth, because 950 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: I've been where they don't tell you anything. When you're 951 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,919 Speaker 1: waiting at the gate and all of a sudden, I'll 952 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,439 Speaker 1: get a trip alert from like Trippet or something saying 953 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: your flight's delayed. I'm like, wait, why am I getting 954 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,880 Speaker 1: this from a third party and not the speaker system 955 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,399 Speaker 1: here or whatever? And so these are these are little 956 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: things that do help when you're traveling because in the 957 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 1: case of a flight being delayed or changed or something, 958 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:47,799 Speaker 1: if you can be first in line to get like 959 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: to the next flight that's going out, that can make 960 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: all the difference. There might only be three seats, and 961 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,279 Speaker 1: so if you have the heads up that that your flight, 962 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,839 Speaker 1: that your current flight is canceled and the next one, 963 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,640 Speaker 1: everyone's gonna be trying to jump on there, those three 964 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,359 Speaker 1: minutes that you get the word before everyone else can 965 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,160 Speaker 1: really help you get them on the next next flight. 966 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 1: The other app I want to tell you about, pretty 967 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: basics called the Costco app. But the Costco app has 968 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,439 Speaker 1: gotten an upgrade and you can now use it as 969 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,840 Speaker 1: your digital membership card. Now, Megan, I don't see you 970 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,879 Speaker 1: as a major Costco persons, do you really? 971 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? 972 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 1: Okay, I didn't really love Costco type kids. 973 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 2: Costco for the hot dogs and the pizza. 974 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,839 Speaker 1: Oh they are good. Allar fifty for a hot dog 975 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: and a drink is pretty good. My mom and I 976 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: like to go yeah yeah, just random like Costco dates. 977 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 2: You've actually gone and just like walked around. 978 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: And it's great, and my kids love the samples and 979 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,000 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. But I mean, I've always loved 980 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,880 Speaker 1: Costco because I love their business model and I love 981 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: how they do things. But I really started to appreciate 982 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,400 Speaker 1: them with a family because you buy stuff in bulk 983 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 1: and it like before and I'd buy stuff in bulk 984 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,440 Speaker 1: half it would go bad. Now if you buy stuff 985 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,759 Speaker 1: in bulk with kids, it's like you definitely use it all. 986 00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,359 Speaker 1: So you can now use your Costco app as your 987 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: digital membership card iOS and Android, So no worries there. 988 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:04,920 Speaker 1: I was not able to verify mine. I tried to 989 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,319 Speaker 1: set this up last night, like maybe my ZIP code 990 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: is wrong or something, maybe they have my old ZIP 991 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 1: or something. I don't know, so I couldn't successfully set 992 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,280 Speaker 1: this up. But it's in the app. It all works 993 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,399 Speaker 1: and you just have to verify who you are sign 994 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: up with the log in, all that good stuff. The 995 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,759 Speaker 1: big question I got on my Facebook page was will 996 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,960 Speaker 1: this work with Costco Gas? A lot of people like 997 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,600 Speaker 1: buying gas there, and the answer is not at this 998 00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: time because you need to swipe your card or insert 999 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: your card at the pump, which this is a scan. 1000 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,520 Speaker 1: But for me personally, this is awesome because I don't 1001 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:36,800 Speaker 1: carry around my Costco card because I don't It's like 1002 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,279 Speaker 1: one of those places I go once a month if that, 1003 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,120 Speaker 1: and so I'm not carrying around a card to my 1004 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: wallet just for that. Women are a little different because 1005 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:47,000 Speaker 1: you carry around a larger wallet that you carry in 1006 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,799 Speaker 1: a purse. But for me, I carry everything in my 1007 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,080 Speaker 1: back pocket. So the less I have, the less thick 1008 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,960 Speaker 1: my wallet is. I don't want like some guys don't 1009 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,920 Speaker 1: care they have like this giant thick wallet. You ever 1010 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:57,319 Speaker 1: see that. 1011 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:00,680 Speaker 2: You should see my dad's wallet. 1012 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 3: It's like really old, like falls apart whenever he opens 1013 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,560 Speaker 3: it up, doesn't. 1014 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:05,719 Speaker 1: It And like all little things fall out. 1015 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:07,280 Speaker 2: Like he has like three new wallets. 1016 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,359 Speaker 1: He won't use him. 1017 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 2: He's just like loves his old. 1018 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,319 Speaker 1: Guys get very attached to their wallets because they they 1019 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,920 Speaker 1: kind of like they get like molded to you and right, 1020 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,520 Speaker 1: that sounds kind of care but they kind of they 1021 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:20,920 Speaker 1: get broken in, let's put it that way. 1022 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:21,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 1023 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,239 Speaker 1: So but now I so I used to be a 1024 00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:25,839 Speaker 1: big like I only want to get a new wallet 1025 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,759 Speaker 1: like once every ten years. Guy. Now I like to 1026 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: get one like almost every year because I. 1027 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:31,760 Speaker 2: Just like, you know, new stuff. 1028 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:35,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, just you know, just throw out the old wallet, yeah, 1029 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,400 Speaker 1: with the money inside. Thanks so much for listening to 1030 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,720 Speaker 1: the show. Please subscribe if you have not done so already, 1031 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,279 Speaker 1: just search rich on tech in your favorite podcast app. 1032 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,719 Speaker 1: That could be Apple Podcasts, pocket casts, and overcasts. Those 1033 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,360 Speaker 1: are a few good ones. 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I did? 1042 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:11,560 Speaker 3: Why because I just felt like we had some funny moments. 1043 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:15,120 Speaker 2: That's always good and that's always important. 1044 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,400 Speaker 1: Like real life or you know, nothing worked very serious. 1045 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing's funny, all right. 1046 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,840 Speaker 1: You can find Megan where on Twitter? 1047 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:25,440 Speaker 2: On Twitter producer Megan within H. 1048 00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:28,600 Speaker 1: And you can find me on Twitter as well. I 1049 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: am at Rich Demiro everywhere else, I am at Rich 1050 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:35,680 Speaker 1: on tech Thanks so much for listening. Have a great day. 1051 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:36,879 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you real soon.