1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: The tech that can prevent ports pirates. What's going on? 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech Erg Madies. 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Whether you believe it or not, ports pirates are a thing. 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, the USPS actually says they deliver eight hundred million 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 2: holiday packages and nearly one third of Americans are reporting 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: package theft. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: That's Google Search trends expert Justin Burr, So. 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: Google's here to help with that. Actually, we have two 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 2: security cameras, the Nest Cam and then the smart doorbell 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: the Nest to load it can actually just help you 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: know what's going on on your doorstep at all times, 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: so you see a package be delivered and can go 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 2: out there and make sure that it's not sitting out 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: there for too long and actually just grab it and 15 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 2: put it inside. So just making sure that you are 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: aware of when that package is actually delivered, so you 17 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 2: can't give those individuals any any time to actually go 18 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: out there and potentially steal from the doorstep. 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: I love my nestcams which do a unique thing with AI. 20 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: They can actually recognize faces in and outside of your 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: home and send you an alert when one of their 22 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: cameras recognized as an unfamiliar face It's not always perfect, 23 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: but it is pretty neat to get a little thumbnail 24 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: sent to your smartphone that has a snapshot of the 25 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: person walking up to your home. Both the nestcams and 26 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: the Nest Video doorbell are great for live video, but 27 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: you do need a subscription to go back and watch 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: anything that just happened. So the other day, my kid 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: fell in the dining room and we wanted to figure 30 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: out what happened? Do you slip on the rug? What 31 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: do you slip on a toy? When I went back 32 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: to look at the tape from our nestcam, I realized 33 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: it wasn't actually recording. Yeah, big problem. So when you 34 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: first get one of these cameras, you do get the 35 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: recording history as a free trial, but if you don't 36 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: sign up for the monitoring service afterwards, you don't get it. 37 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: So otherwise you can only access a live stream. And 38 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: if you were holding out because it was too expensive 39 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: for the monitoring service, you'll be happy to know that 40 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Nest just introduced a cheaper version of its yearly subscription, 41 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: which is called Nest Aware. You can now get a 42 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: five day recording history, which we'll have twenty four to 43 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: seven video for five full days for just fifty dollars 44 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: for the year. They still have the ten days video 45 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: history for one hundred dollars a year and a thirty 46 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: day video history for three hundred dollars a year. But 47 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: I think for a lot of people five days is 48 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: probably enough to know that something happened and you want 49 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: to go back and look. You might need more time, though, 50 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: if you're using one of these cameras at a rental property, 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: or if you just like the idea of having the 52 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: extra time. Nestcam start at two hundred dollars. The Nest 53 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Hello video doorbell is two hundred and twenty nine dollars. 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: The big thing to know about the video doorbell from 55 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: Nest is that you need a wired doorbell. You also 56 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: need a chime and the right transformer for it to work. 57 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: It's not as diy as the video doorbell that started 58 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: at all from the folks at Ring. Recently I met 59 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: up with founder Jamie Simonov. He was famously on Shark 60 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: Tank but did not make a deal. But a lot 61 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: has changed since then. 62 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 3: What Rings change is presence. So we were not in 63 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 3: our neighborhoods where both you know, both spouses work. Now 64 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 3: our kids are busier, so our houses are empty, and 65 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 3: now we have these packages there. What Rings change is 66 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 3: the presence someone comes up, you get an alert, you 67 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: open it up. They're bending down and you have these videos. 68 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 3: They're bending down to pick up that package and say, hey, 69 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 3: get out of here. And that's how you can stop 70 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 3: the porch piracy. 71 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: Ring's second generation video doorbell is two hundred dollars. What's 72 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: neat about Ring is that it can be installed on 73 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: the outside of any home. Now, they do have models 74 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: that do require some wiring, but they're basic versions. You 75 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: just pop on the wall and that's it. It's ready 76 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: to go as long as you have a Wi Fi connection. 77 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: The new version of their product, the Ring Video Doorbell, too, 78 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: has better video quality, plus a battery that you can 79 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: easily pop out of the bottom of the device so 80 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: you can recharge it. 81 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 3: During the holidays. You want to be much more sensitive 82 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: to this. There's just more of these packages out there, 83 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 3: which brings out more of these porch pirates. So if 84 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 3: you don't have a Ring, have a neighbor come over 85 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 3: and check for packages. If you're going to be away, 86 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 3: maybe ask the package person to put it around the side. 87 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: There's things also like Amazon Key, which is a way 88 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: of actually allowing the delivery to go into the home. 89 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: So there's a lot of different options you can do. Obviously, 90 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: we believe a ring system is great, but really it's 91 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 3: delivering that presence of getting that package either out of 92 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 3: the way or being as if you're home. 93 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: I did a story with Ring back in the day 94 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: when their first product was called the door Bot. I 95 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: remember Jamie telling me that people didn't like the name 96 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: because it was too techy for something that they placed 97 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: outside their front door, which apparently many see as a 98 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: very sacred place. So I wanted to know from Jamie 99 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: after all these years, does having a ring video doorbell 100 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: make a difference. 101 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 3: So not only do I think having a ring has 102 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 3: affected the difference of your safety, but we have video 103 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 3: after video after video showing how it's proven that when 104 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: someone comes and you answer it and you talk to 105 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: that person, that we've been able to stop crimes before 106 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,239 Speaker 3: they happen. 107 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: Earlier this year, Amazon purchased Ring for a reported billion dollars. 108 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: These synergy makes a lot of sense. Less packages stolen 109 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: mean happier customers and less money lost due to theft. Plus, 110 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: Amazon can promote the heck out of Rings products. 111 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 3: So yeah, Amazon purchased us earlier this year, and it's 112 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: actually been great. They've really left us alone to build 113 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: and to keep building on our mission and reducing crime 114 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 3: in neighborhoods, and they've just they've been a great foundation 115 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 3: to accelerate off of. So far, we've really worked more 116 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: on just having them sort of assist RING at really 117 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 3: realizing our vision and our mission it is. I mean, 118 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 3: Amazon is a huge force, and you know, we're just 119 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 3: happy to be part of the team with that. 120 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Ring charges thirty dollars a year for their monitoring service, 121 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: which again I highly recommend. This lets you access recordings 122 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: of everyone who walks up to your front door or 123 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: rings your doorbell. Depending on how you have things set up, 124 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: you can set up RING in two different ways. You 125 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: can do these motion zones where anyone who walks in 126 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: that zone will trigger a recording, or you can actually 127 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: have it set up where it only records when someone 128 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: actually physically presses the doorbell. That will result in longer 129 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: battery life, but I find that the battery either way 130 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: is pretty darn good. And finally, for a more fortified solution, 131 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: I talk to the founders of dino Safe. This is 132 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: another trend we're seeing giant lock boxes that you can 133 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: put outside your front door. This goes back to the 134 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: old days of the milkman. I used to have a 135 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: lot of neighbors that had those refrigerated boxes where you 136 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: get milk delivered outside your porch. Now those were not locked. Yes, 137 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 1: people didn't really steal milk. But these things are giant 138 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: kind of coolers that can hold packages and in this case, 139 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: refrigerated goods because you actually plug the dino safe in 140 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: and it's climate controlled. I talked to founder Rebecca Romanucci, 141 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: founder and CEO of dino Safe. 142 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: It's a container that secures to your porch and it's 143 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 4: climate controlled. So now you can order all of your 144 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 4: online orders that you normally do, but now you can 145 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 4: also order perishable items like groceries and electronics, flowers, medication, 146 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 4: and it's going to be kept safe from theft of 147 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 4: porch pirates as well as secure from the elements heat, rain, ice, 148 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 4: all of those things. So it provides the opportunity for 149 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 4: us to order everything. 150 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: So imagine a high tech cooler. This thing is a 151 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: bit big, but we're only getting more and more stuff delivered. 152 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: And this one even lets you get items like groceries, 153 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: which is handy for Amazon Prime. Now sometimes you get 154 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: milk delivered through their eggs. Whatever you need, this thing 155 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: can hold on to it. 156 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 4: It also has an alarm, so if it's moved, it 157 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: will notify the owner as well as let your neighbors know. 158 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: So how does it work, Well, it's all about those 159 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: one time codes. 160 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 4: You go over to our app, you get a one 161 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 4: time use for digit code. You put that on the 162 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 4: delivery instructions on your order, and when the delivery person 163 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: makes that delivery, he or she puts that four digit 164 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 4: code in. The device unlocks, they put the order in 165 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: and it closes. This is the first device that also 166 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: permits you to have multiple deliveries in a day. They 167 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 4: all have their own code and they all lock as soon. 168 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: As it's closed. 169 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 4: Then you wherever you are receive an alert on your 170 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 4: phone that or smart device that a delivery has been made. 171 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: I love this idea and I'm getting lots of pitches 172 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: for similar boxes. The Dino Safe is eight hundred and 173 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: fifty dollars. It goes on sale in twenty nineteen. No 174 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: doubt there will be plenty of others and the prices 175 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: will come down. There are even apartment and condo buildings 176 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: building in similar technologies. I mean, let's face it, the 177 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: delivery thing is only going to get bigger, and to 178 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: be able to get regular stuff, expensive stuff, and even 179 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: cold stuff just takes the stress out of online ordering. 180 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: Just want to say a quick thanks to everyone who 181 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: has purchased a copy of my book, and boy there 182 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: are a lot of you. Thank you so much for 183 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: the support. It's called one hundred and one handy tech 184 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: tips for the iPhone. If you're finding any of my 185 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: book helpful, useful in enlightening, whatever, I would love a 186 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: review on Amazon. It really helps, so thanks so much 187 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: in advance for that. It only takes a second and 188 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: it really helps other buyers of the book. You can 189 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: find links to everything I mentioned here on the website, 190 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: Rich on tech dot tv, or you can check the 191 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: show notes. I'm Rich Demiro. I'll talk to you real soon.