WEBVTT - Disney gets the tech treatment 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:15.800 Yet another streaming service raises prices. Another Apple event will 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:20.200 be online only. Tips from my Disneyland adventure plus your 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.800 tech questions Answered? What's going on on Richidimiro And this 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:26.319 is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk about 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.200 the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.479 also the place where I answer the questions you send me. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:37.000 I'm the tech reporter at Channel five KTLA in Los Angeles. 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.040 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the show. Welcome. 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.120 If you are watching on Facebook Live, thanks for tuning 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.479 me in. I mentioned I went to Disneyland? 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:48.400 Was it last week? 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:52.120 So I will give you a couple of my takeaways 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.080 from Disneyland later in the show. You typically I do 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:56.360 that at the beginning of the show, kind of my 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.000 personal whatever you know, I don't know what you call it, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.280 my personal twist on things or spin, I don't know what. 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:03.880 Whatever you want to call it. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.240 But I'll do that at the end of this show, 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.640 or maybe not the end, but just somewhere somewhere in 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.600 the middle of the show. Let me talk about what 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.160 I've been testing out this Let's see, we've got two 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.880 phones here, so I'm gonna have a story on KTLA 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.119 next week. But I'll show you the phones here this week. 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:24.160 So this is the iPhone S I've got in my 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.520 hand here, and I was I didn't really know what 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.160 to expect. I kind of it took me a bit 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:31.160 to open this one up because I just kind of, 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:33.440 you know, was not that interested in it. I mean, 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.440 it's a four hundred and twenty nine dollars phone, and 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:38.560 it's very basic. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:38.840 You know. 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.399 The main appeal is that it's cheap and it has 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.840 this fingerprint reader still on it. But after using this 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.400 phone for a little bit, I mean, realistically, to get 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.440 this iPhone S, you know, it has to be a 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:56.400 real you know, it's a budget play, which is fine, 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:58.880 but you know, and it has the best thing about 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.000 it is that it has the latest processor from Apple. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.720 But compared to the iPhone thirteen Pro, which has like 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:09.400 a better screen, this thing just seems so antiquated, and 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.480 so I've been playing with it a little bit. It's 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.480 just got one lens on the back too, which is 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:18.120 also really kind of retro and old school. Overall, it's fine. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.000 It's just very simple. So if you need like a 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.880 very simple iPhone, the beauty of this is that it 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.720 comes with all the iPhone accessories, plus it has that. 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.520 Really it's got a good camera, it's just a very 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.840 basic camera because it only has that one lens. So 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.280 four hundred and twenty nine dollars for the iPhone. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.560 Se Then you've got this. 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.000 This is the Samsung what's this called. This is the 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.720 A fifty three to five G So this is about 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.680 the same price. This is about four hundred and fifty dollars. 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.480 And the big difference here is that look at the 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.760 cameras on the back. There's a whole bunch of cameras 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.920 on the backside, so you've got not just a macro camera, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.760 but an ultra wide camera and a standard camera. And 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.639 this is the screen. So the screen is a lot 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.240 lot bigger. The screen on the small iPhone, I think 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.560 it's like something like under five inches. This one is 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.880 like six and a half inches, and so it just 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.000 feels much more modern. But it really depends what you want. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.480 I'm not telling folks whether they should go with an 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:16.680 iPhone or Samsung. 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:17.680 I feel like so. 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.880 Many people have already made a decision in that aspect 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.040 of their lives, So I'm not trying to get you 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.600 to switch over. I'm just telling you that you definitely 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.240 get more for your money when it comes to the Samsung. 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.079 For sure, it's probably not going. 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.359 To be as fast of a device as the iPhone, 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.800 but it's it's quite like a really nice device for 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.880 the price that you're paying. So for four hundred and 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.600 fifty dollars, and actually I wouldn't even pay the four 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.000 to fifty. I would wait until some kind of discount 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:46.720 happens on this phone because already, if you trade in 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.160 any phone, even when with a crack screen, you can 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.080 get one hundred dollars off. That brings this phone down 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.240 to three hundred and fifty dollars. And this is a 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:54.920 great little phone. I mean I was playing with it, 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.680 and I'm sitting here like taking pictures with it, and 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.360 we went out and about and it's just like, it's 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.600 amazing what you can get for like I'm going to 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.520 say four hundred bucks these days. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.680 So that's the phone. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.640 We've got the Samsung A fifty three five G and 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.040 the iPhone SE and again they both work on five 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.840 G networks as well. I'm gonna have my full comparison 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.599 next week on KTLA. This podcast is not like a 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.720 tease for KTLA. I really that's One of my pet 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.039 peeves is when people think that because you're listening to 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:27.000 this podcast, you watch every single story I do on KTLA. 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:28.360 I don't assume that at all. 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.440 I think that people are very compartmentalized on what they do. Yeah, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.840 there's some crossovers. Sometimes you might catch a story other times, 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:36.880 but I don't expect you to see everything. But of 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:38.800 course I'll post all that on my social media, so 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:39.320 you'll have that. 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.000 All right, let's get to the first story of the day. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.080 I'm not gonna spend a whole bunch of time on this, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:48.920 but Elon Musk is joining the board of directors at Twitter, 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.920 and so why is this important. I don't really think 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.440 Twitter is a big part of most people's lives unless 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.240 you're in the news business, the entertainment business. They have 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.039 the least amount of followers or users, I should say, 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.200 out of any of the social networks. So when you 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.800 look at something like Facebook, I mean you're talking over 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.039 a billion users. When you look at something like Instagram, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.159 I think, I don't know how many they have, but 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.040 they have a lot and people are on there. I mean, 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:17.159 it's a popular, growing service. When you look at something 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.640 like Twitter, it's not really that popular. I think in 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:25.360 this CNBC article they just had two hundred and seventeen million. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.000 Daily active users. That is not very much. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.880 So Elon Musk, you know, he's kind of like a 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.479 kind of a love hate relationship with Twitter. You know, 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:39.080 he's kind of this outspoken, over not oversized, like size wise, 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.400 but like what's the word when he's just kind of 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.160 he's just a big, big you. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:45.680 Know what I mean. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.280 He's a larger than life individual, and not just because 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.440 of his money. It's just the guy is just very 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.839 outspoken for being a CEO of a company. You know, 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.880 a lot of CEOs just kind of like to sit back, 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:01.440 not really say much, do kind of like the press. 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:02.960 But Elon Musk. 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.960 Likes to really get his hands dirty and just kind 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.240 of get in there, whether it's controversial, whether it's not. 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.760 He just likes to be out there. And so, you know, 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.760 some people like that, some people don't. But he has 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.559 joined Twitter's board of directors by buying a nine point 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:20.000 two percent stake in the company, which I don't know 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.159 how much that cost him, but it probably cost. 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:23.479 Him a lot. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.560 I think he paid all cash for it, which is 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.960 just totally wild. But the Twitter stock went up as well, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:30.599 which you know, I'm not going to get into stock 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:31.559 numbers and all that stuff. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:32.640 This is a consumer show. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.720 But Elon Musk has about eighty million followers on the platform. 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:40.159 But why does Twitter want him? I mean, I don't 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.039 know if they want him. Actually they probably don't, but 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.480 they're saying they do, and they said. The new CEO 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.040 of Twitter, Prague Argowall, said that he is. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.520 Looking forward to. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:55.839 Helping Twitter from Elon Musk make significant improvements in the 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.440 coming months, whatever those improvements are. And one of the 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.160 big things that has been talked about on Twitter for 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.360 so long now is this idea of an edit button. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.400 I will tell you why I don't think it's a 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.479 good idea and why I think Twitter has shied away 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.119 from it. It's because, Okay, so let's say you tweet 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:11.960 something I love pizza. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:13.240 You get a whole. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.520 Bunch of people to retweet it and like it, and 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.760 then all of a sudden, you change the tweet, you 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.840 edit it to say I hate pizza. Uh, And then 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.800 all of a sudden, that follows through to all the 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.200 different people that are that are you know that like. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:26.760 That tweet and retweeted it. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.320 So there's an there's an obvious issue there, and I 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.080 don't know how Twitter gets around that. What do they 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.360 do check every single tweet that you change? There's just 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.120 no way they can do that. So we'll see what 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.320 happens with Elon Musk joining the board of Twitter, see 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.600 if anything changes, see if more people join. I will say, 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.000 as much as I don't like Twitter for the reach 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.680 of Twitter, it does reach the right people in my business. 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.080 So I don't have a lot of followers on Twitter, 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:52.720 but the. 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.080 Followers I do have are a lot of the tech 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.720 people that also have a lot of followers, and it's 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.160 kind of this network. So that's what I do like 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.680 about Twitter is for professionals like myself, I can tweet 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.040 something and it can rise up and because the right 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.800 people see that tweet. And I also really like the 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:15.400 fact that Twitter is almost the best platform agnostic social 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.360 media platform out there because it almost operates the same 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:20.920 way on iOS and Android. A lot of these social 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:24.400 media networks are vastly different on android and iOS, and 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:31.480 it's really really annoying, besays bsays Shout Out from the Philippines, Awesome. 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:34.840 One day, I'd like to do a meet up with 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.920 my followers and just meet them in all these different 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:37.800 cool places. 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:39.480 All right, first question of the show. 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.000 Victoria says, I keep receiving texts about selling my home. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.160 Some of them say type stop to opt out. Do 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:50.079 you think that's safe, Victoria, This is a great question, 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:54.160 and here is the answer. The answer is it is 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.800 only safe to opt out of, whether it's text or emails, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.320 if it is a legitimate sender. So if you are 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:05.040 getting this from say a Redfin or a Zillow or 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:09.280 a you know, even even a local realtor that you 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.880 might have looked at an open house and they started 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.160 texting you and now you're getting those texts from them, 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.800 those are all examples of a legitimate business that you 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.600 can safely type the word stop and those texts will stop. 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:25.280 They will take you off of that list. Uh, in 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.000 a business that I would not do this too. Is 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.880 a text that you've you don't really understand where it's 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.240 coming from. The return phone number is not very good. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.680 It just seems spammy or weird. Just go ahead and 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.280 delete that text because they're they're by by clicking a 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.920 link inside that text or by replying to that text, 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.840 you are actually confirming to those spam spammers that that 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:50.000 phone number is good. 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.280 And when you do that, guess what's gonna happen. 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:56.839 You're gonna get a whole lot more spam texts. So again, 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.920 if it's a Macy's Home Depot, any of these companies 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.160 that you do business with that you have signed up 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:05.559 for a lot of times nowadays, you have to give 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.640 your phone number as part of like a sign up 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:12.200 process or whatever. You know, if you give that phone number, 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.280 a lot of these companies text you because text is 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.199 so universal and it's really sticky. So when you get 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.720 those texts, you know, it's easy to get a hold 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:21.640 of you because you're gonna look at your texts. And 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.000 so people love text messaging because it's kind of a 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.960 really good way to get a hold of people. But 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.280 you don't have to be beholden too these companies don't 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:32.080 feel bad. Go ahead, type stop and get rid of 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.640 the Home Depot text, Get rid of the Walmart text. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.719 Whoever's texting you if you don't need them, if they're 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.360 not sending you coupons on a regular basis, get rid 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.240 of them because it's just making you spend more money. 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.520 So when it comes to these companies that do not 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:49.320 have a legitimate track record. Don't even do anything to 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.640 these texts, just delete them. You can try blocking them, 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:54.840 but honestly, these people are not texting from the same 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.880 numbers anyway, so you know it's not worth it to 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.000 go ahead and block these people. Blocking really only works 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.040 for someone that you know or a legitimate business. But 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.200 legitimate businesses are going to take you off the list 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:11.400 when you type stop. So I am really you have 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.280 no idea with my emails. I unsubscribe to everything. I 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.400 mean literally, even companies that I like, even companies I 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.839 do business with, unless they are sending me discounts. 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:21.880 That's my delineation. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.560 If you are not sending me a discount in that email, 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.559 if you're just like advertising a new product, a new service, 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.679 reminding me about something, then you're gone because I just 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:31.839 want those coupon codes. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.160 I want those promo codes. I want those discount codes. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:36.400 That's how you get me to stay on your email 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.520 list if you keep sending me those codes. Otherwise I'm 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.520 just gonna say please, I'll see you later. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:45.440 Great question, Victoria. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:49.079 All right, next story on the list for today, Apple's 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.040 Worldwide Developers Conference is. 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:56.080 Going to be online only once again. 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.800 You know, I think the pandemic sort of quote unquote 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.719 ended a little bit too soon for Apple to kind 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.240 of switch gears. This is happening in June. This happens 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:11.439 from let's see June sixth through June tenth. And this 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.960 is a very big event. This is the third year. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.040 Now for those of you on the Facebook Live, I'm 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.000 holding up four fingers. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:20.240 There you go. 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.680 This is the third year that Apple is doing this 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:28.800 in a virtual way. So the first year was let's see, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:33.040 it was twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, twenty no, 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.760 oh gosh, hold on, now, I got to remember when 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.000 the pandemic started. Was it twenty twenty or twenty twenty, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:39.760 I've got it all wrong. I think it was yeah, 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.680 three years, so probably March twenty twenty was when the 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:47.440 first when the pandemic first started, So that would be 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.920 twenty twenty in June, then twenty twenty one in June, 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:53.679 then twenty twenty two in June. So yeah, So this 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.480 is an event where I would say about five thousand 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.439 people fly in from all over the world. All these developers, 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.920 all these people that make apps for the iPhone will 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.360 fly in, and they fly in and they learn more 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.520 about what they can do with iPhone software, and so 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.080 for us the consumers out there, we get to see 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.280 the next version of iOS, We get to see the 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.000 next version of iPad. 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.000 Os, mac os, watch os, and tvOS. 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.240 Yeah, they have one, two, three, four, five operating systems 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.680 at this point. So it's kind of fun because you 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.800 get to see what, let's say, in this case, iOS 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.760 sixteen is going to do, and watch OS, I don't 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:34.679 know what they're up to eight or something like that, 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.040 or I guess it'd be nine. So we get to 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.160 see all these different things, so it's kind of fun. 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.120 Sometimes we get hardware. Most of the time we don't. 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.880 You never know, they could throw something in there. But 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:47.600 this year they are going to do a little bit 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.839 of a live portion and this is kind of cool. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.640 They're going to host a special day for developers and 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.600 students at Apple Park on June sixth, so they can 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.079 watch the keynote and the State of the Union videos 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.160 along with the online community. Space will be limited, and 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.800 details about how to apply will be provided on the 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.840 Apple Developer site and app soon. So for sure I 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.959 would apply to that if you want to go. I mean, 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:13.800 they're going to select a few people, but it's you 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:15.360 might as well be in it to win it, right, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.360 And then they also have this Students around the world 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:22.080 are invited to create a swift Swift Playgrounds app project 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.320 on a topic of their choice and you can submit 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.040 it through April twenty fifth, not very much time, but 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.720 it's the Swift Student Challenge website. So if you know 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.800 a student that's coding already, get them to start this, 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.360 get them to enter this Swift Student Challenge, because you 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:36.760 never know. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.720 I mean I interviewed a kid. I call him a kid. 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.480 I mean he's a young man a couple weeks ago 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.920 up in San Francisco who was one of these students 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.440 that they selected for this challenge a couple of years ago, 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.320 and now he's a very successful developer. He came up 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.280 with an app that we featured on KTLA and I 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.240 have no doubt that kid is going to be a 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:00.600 millionaire by the time he is thirty years old, because 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.160 he's only like twenty something and he just graduated college. 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:07.360 But his app was like downloaded by so many people. 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.680 Let's see, it was called Locket Camera, so let's see 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.520 if it's been acquired yet. It's like basically a little 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.560 tiny I mean, look at this seventy three thousand ratings. 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.800 It was like downloaded by millions of people around the 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.640 world instantly, and he made it for his girlfriend. It's 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:24.520 a little tiny widget that you put on your home 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.080 screen on your iPhone and friends and family can send 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.360 pictures to it. So instead of opening up your phone, 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.400 logging in or looking at Facebook or Instagram, you just 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.400 literally have this little picture right on your home screen 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.440 that your loved one sent to you or your friend. 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:43.640 And it's kind of a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant idea. So anyway, 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.520 I have no doubt that that will be acquired or 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.720 he will be what they call aqua hired, like acquire 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.920 like he he's an aquahirer, like basically a company like 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.880 Instagram will buy his app, but they'll also get him 0:15:55.880 --> 0:16:00.240 in the process. So A get a couple questions on 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.480 the live stream. I know it's really tough for me 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.720 to reply. The comments just kind of go really fast 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.720 in front of me. So I am going to eventually 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.080 try to do a show where I answer questions live 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.200 as well. So I haven't figured out exactly the cadence 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.480 on that, but please understand if you're watching on the 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.920 live stream. That that is My goal is to make 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.120 this an interactive process, because really what this show is 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.320 all about is answering your questions. So right now, what 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.880 I do is I select the best questions that I 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.720 get all week, and I answer those on the live stream, 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.000 the ones that I think appeal to the most people, 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.520 the questions that I think will resonate with the most people, 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.920 the things that people are wondering about the most. Right, So, 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.640 I don't really answer like the really kind of small 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.440 questions like how come my printer drivers not working? You know, 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.360 like that like you got to figure that out, you 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:50.840 know what I mean? Like, I'm trying to answer stuff 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.600 that has a much broader appeal that you all can 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.480 kind of have a takeaway from. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:02.560 With that said, let's get to the next question. All right, 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:04.080 good afternoon. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.320 I'm a longtime KTLA viewer of yours and enjoy when 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:08.840 you sub in for Leo Laporte. 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.240 We also we had a notice. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.359 On our doorknob that Frontier Fiber is coming to our neighborhood. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:18.200 I'm a relatively satisfied Spectrum customer, but it does peak 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.920 my curiosity your thoughts. Maybe a topic for your podcast. Sorry, 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.000 we don't have AT and T Fiber in our area, 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:28.240 Thanks Allen. I think the AT and T fiber is 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.800 a reference to the fact that they are a sponsor 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.480 of the KTLA segment, and they have been for a 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:35.920 long time. But that doesn't really affect my answer here 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:40.520 because I feel like what internet service provider you have 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:44.560 largely depends on where you live. I mean, many people 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.440 don't have a choice of more than one maybe two. 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:52.360 So okay, so you're you're a relatively satisfied spectrum customer 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.480 and Frontier Fiber is coming. So here's the big difference 0:17:55.480 --> 0:18:00.159 between fiber and cable Internet or any other Internet that 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.359 you get. When you get a fiber Internet connection, typically 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:07.639 the upload and the download speed are the same. 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:09.520 And what does that mean. 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.399 That means that not only will your download speeds be fast, 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:14.760 but if you're uploading stuff to the network, that's going 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.600 to be fast as well. That's really basically the only 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.159 advantage that I see to this situation. But there is 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.720 one other advantage to a new company coming into town, 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:29.120 and that is a better deal. So I can guarantee 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.919 you that Frontier will likely be offering a very nice 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:36.600 sign up deal. Maybe in the neighborhood of fifty bucks 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.240 for your service. If you've been a Spectrum customer for 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.320 a long time, they're probably charging you closer to eighty dollars. 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.399 A month, depending on the plan you're on, of course, 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:45.960 But the. 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.480 Reality is, yeah, I would switch check it out. I mean, 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:52.080 you say you're relatively satisfied. You know you can always 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.640 go back, right, I mean, it's not like they cut 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:56.800 the line to your house and you can never get 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:00.439 it reinstalled. So if it's a faster speed for a 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:02.920 cheaper price, you might as well test it out. 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:03.440 Now. 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.119 I know that some people have their problems with Spectrum, 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:09.840 obviously as a tech reporter, people are emailing me when 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.440 they're complaining about stuff. But you know, there's millions of 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.560 other people, or hundreds of thousands of other people that 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.440 don't have any problem. But I do get a fair 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.280 amount of complaints about Frontier. I probably get a fair 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:23.480 amount about Spectrum, but maybe not as much. 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.640