WEBVTT - CEDIA 2025 smart home tech, Windows 11 upgrade check & Gemini photo tricks (138, September 6, 2025) 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:04.280 Google Gemini can now restore your old photos and remove 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:08.960 fences from them. Amazon ends a prime shipping perk. I 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:12.559 will end the confusion around that. Highlights from the home 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:17.959 tech show Cedia twenty twenty five plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.200 What's going on? I'm Richdmiro and this is Rich on Tech. 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.200 This is the show where I talk about the tech 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.239 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.560 place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.360 the tech should be interesting, useful and fun. With that 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.280 in mind, let's open up those phone lines at triple 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.800 eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:43.000 four to two four one zero one. Give me a 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.919 call if you have a question about technology. Email is 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.920 also open. Just go to rich on tech dot TV 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:54.440 and hit contact. Rich on tech dot TV hit contact. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:56.600 I guess you can also just send an email to 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.279 hello at richon tech dot TV. Either way it'll make 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.760 its way to my inbox. We've got some guests this week, 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:08.440 including Julian Keel, founder and CEO of Points Path. I'm 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:12.039 going to share some tips for smarter travel, including the 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.600 tool they make that helps you decide when to book 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:18.600 flights with cash or points you can install it right 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.240 into Google Flights. When you search for flights, it'll say 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.640 here's the points, that's a better deal, here's the cash 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.480 that's a better deal. And of course we'll have you 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.440 on the show as well well. This week I was 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:37.080 in Denver, Colorado for CEDIA twenty twenty five. CEDIA have 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.679 not been to this show in probably about a decade. 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.720 The last time I went it was in Indianapolis, and 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.200 it is a show that started out as sort of 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.039 the home theater show. So these are all the people 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.800 that would install home theaters at rich folks houses, and 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.600 it's now become this big show where they show off 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:58.480 just all kinds of technology for the home, but for 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.480 still for people that install and all the people surrounding 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.880 that business, right the people that sell it, people that 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.240 install it, all that kind of stuff. So this is 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:10.400 a trade show not open to the public, but think lighting, 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:18.120 energy management, audio video, outdoor wellness, security systems, and a 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:19.560 lot of the stuff that where you saw at the 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:24.640 show is dealing with, like smarter lighting tied to circadian rhythms. 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.000 I know that sounds silly, but the lighting in your 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.680 home can now sort of reflect what's going on outside. 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:32.799 When it's time to wake up, the lighting's really bright. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.919 When it's time to go to bed, the lighting gets warmer. 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:38.920 Outdoor living that is a huge, huge growth area for 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.160 this industry. You know, people are putting stuff that's typically 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.600 inside outside. I mean we've always had a grill outside, 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:48.320 but now we're talking TVs, refrigerators, all that good stuff. Lighting, 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.880 better home networks. And also, you know, this is a 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:54.760 new thing that we talked about on the show a 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.920 couple months ago. But when I had a leak with 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.120 my washer when I was out of town. But that 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.200 idea of you can put these censors on your pipes 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.280 that will detect if there is a leak, and not 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.280 only the leak, but it's also going to tell you, you know, 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:11.440 energy management if you put it on your your electricity stuff, 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.480 and then you also have it for your your water 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:18.079 pipes too. About three hundred exhibitors, not as large as CS, 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.480 about fifteen to twenty thousand attendees. But here is what 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.280 I think, you know, my takeaway. You know, many of 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.040 us and I'll get to some of the gadgets I 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:27.760 saw in a second, but many of us live with 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:29.640 like sort of this mashup of just a bunch of 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:33.160 random smart home gadgets that we've purchased. They work with Google, 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.520 they might work with Alexa, they might work with Apple, 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.840 and you know it works for us, right Like I've 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.760 got lighting, I've got some smart speakers, I've got some 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.600 you know, smart security stuff, the different cameras. But I 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.320 think the idea of this show is you have a 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.720 pro come and put all of this stuff in your 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.880 home and make it all work together in harmony. And 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.640 I think for most of us it feels like that's 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.920 probably unattainable because it's very expensive to do that. But 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.000 there are a lot of people out there that are 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.480 doing this, and they build these multimillion dollar homes and 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.800 then they spend another one hundred and fifty three hundred 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.640 thousand or more on getting this technology built in. Now, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.360 I will tell you my problem with all this stuff. 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.440 In the past, I personally thought it was really interesting 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.839 that you would get all this technology, you know, this lighting, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.520 these speakers, and then you have to control it with 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.080 like this really old school controller. Right Like when the 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.080 phone came along, the phone was just such a better 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.680 way of doing these controls and the voice, and so 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.240 I always felt like it was funny that you would 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.400 have all these people spend so much money on this 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.280 high end home technology and then they have to use 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.160 this like silly controller straight out of the eighties or 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.720 nineties to control it all. But nowadays, I mean that's 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.360 getting an upgrade too, all right, So what are some 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.760 of the things that I saw? TCL was there. They 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.919 were showing off their QM nine TV. This TV was 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.479 super bright, their brightest yet. It also has the first 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.839 to have Gemini built in, so basically AI built into 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.080 the TV, which means you can search it using your 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.640 natural language instead of searching, you know, by type. You know, 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.120 just by saying the name of a movie. You can 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:05.719 say like, oh, I want that movie where the guy 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.640 travels back to the future, and it will or you 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.760 can just say, hey, I'm feeling kind of like excited 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.440 about the sports season. Give me some great sports movies 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.440 from the eighties or whatever, and it'll give you that 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.440 kind of information. They also had this Z one hundred 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.680 wireless speakers. I get a kick out of that name 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.159 because that's a big radio station I grew up with 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.720 in New York City. But these are the name of 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.200 the speakers Z one hundred. They're wireless speakers and they 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:32.800 auto calibrate in about ten seconds. So they brought me 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.520 into this room. You place the speakers wherever you want, 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:38.160 so you plug them into the wall and basically they 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.479 are wireless to the TV, but the TV listens for 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.560 the speakers. So it sets up kind of like the 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.600 perfect wireless setup with these speakers. And it sounded fantastic 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.839 and it's doing Dolby autmost so that's amazing. That's going 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.400 to save people a lot of headaches with running speaker wire. 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:57.880 They're called flex Connect. By the way, four speakers plus 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:02.320 a sub is about twelve hundred dollars. Let's see what else. Oh, 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.760 outdoor TV. So I spent a long time talking to 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.600 this representative from a company called Neptune TVs. They make 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.599 these outdoor TVs, and he told me what to look 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.840 for when you buy an outdoor TV. Sustain brightness, right, 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:16.880 you want a TV that can stay bright, not just 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.080 peak knits, which is basically saying, oh, we get to 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.560 this brightness, but only for a second. You want something 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.479 that can sustain that brightness. Commercial grade panels they last 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:30.480 longer outside minimum of IP fifty four to keep out dugs, 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:35.240 dust bugs, and moisture, and then if there's protective glass, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.719 it should be optically bonded or ventilated. That way you 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.479 don't get condensation behind the screen. So ballpark prices a 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:46.000 fifty five inch TV runs you about eleven twelve hundred dollars. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:50.200 Seventy five inch full sun about forty two hundred dollars 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:54.360 next year. That's expensive lighting. Again, we talked about that, 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.680 brands are pushing for this idea of following the sun 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.880 so color temperatures to help you get a way, help 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.640 you focus when you're working the afternoon and then wind down. 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.960 So they have these lights that basically do all that. 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:07.919 And we've seen smart bulbs that can do that, but 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.080 now you know these are fixtures that they're putting in 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.480 throughout your home, in the bathroom, in the kitchen that 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:16.200 do all that stuff. Let's see I talk to simply safe. 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.880 They're making a new outdoor camera. The big thing with 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:23.200 outdoor cameras and security cameras is AI. So AI is 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:27.120 now detecting what's happening on that camera screen or on 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.160 that camera you know frame, and then the cloud is 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.600 kind of checking, okay, is this typical for their home 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.000 or is it you know, is this a familiar face 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.440 or is it someone that we should probably flip this 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.240 to an operator and then a live agent can come 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.600 through and say, hey, what's happening, what's going on? Why 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.200 are you on this property? And usually nine times out 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.320 of ten the person runs away, but the AI or 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.000 the AI the live agent can then you know, call 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.040 for backup whatever they need. So we've seen this now, 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.720 it's simply safe. Ring has a feature like that. And 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.560 then it started with this company called Deep Sentinel. Deep 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.200 Sentinel and they were also there. I didn't get to 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:03.480 talk to them, but we did a story with them 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.480 a while ago, but they kind of pioneered that idea 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:10.040 of AI live video monitoring. Eero this is the company 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.520 that I like for my Wi Fi signal. They have 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.640 this new thing called the Eero Signal. This is a 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.160 cellular backup module. So if your network at your house 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.080 is always going in or out, this is going to 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:24.840 save you and make sure that you're never without internet ever. 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.760 So it's a little box that you sort of plug 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.560 into your network and it takes in a signal from 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:33.640 all three carriers, a wireless signal from AT and T, Verizon, 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.600 a T Mobile and then if your Internet ever goes back, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.040 ever goes out, this just springs into action and just 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:44.640 fills in the gap with a wireless cellular signal. So 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.480 it's ninety nine dollars a year for a ten gigabyte 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.320 backup total per year, or this is wild for two 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.000 hundred dollars a year. You get one hundred gigabytes a 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.600 month of backup data. So I guess it just really 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.559 depends on how often your your your network goes out, 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.920 whether you have Cale or fiber. If it goes out 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:03.360 a lot, you might want to get that two hundred 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.320 dollars month a year, or two hundred dollars a year. 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:06.760 If it goes out a little bit, maybe just the 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.920 ninety nine dollars a year. That's going to launch early 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.079 next year. This was really cool. I spent way too 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.199 much time at this. If you look something up, just 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:20.120 look up vesta board. It's a mechanical flip tile message 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.760 board that it kind of looks like those old message 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.600 boards you would see at the airport. But this is 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.160 for your home and so it shows whatever you want. 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:30.960 You can send a little message from your phone. It'll 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.440 show a text, it'll show weather, it'll show sports scores, 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.840 now playing from Sons and they've sold a big version 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.960 of this for the past couple of years for several 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.600 thousand dollars. Now they have a new smaller version which 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.760 is called the Note, and that's going to sell for 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.120 about fifteen hundred dollars, but right now it's on pre 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.200 order for about a thousand. And I'm telling you, I 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.440 really want this thing. It's just so old school and 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.400 retro looking, and the way the little tiles flip to 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.520 display the message is just super super cool. I got 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.800 to post a video of on my Instagram when I 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.319 have it. Let's see gadget that made me smile. The 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.760 laundry jet. I did post this on my Instagram at 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.520 rich On Tech. This is sort of like a central 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.600 vacuum back in the day, but for dirty close. So 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.000 these little ports are in your room, you open them 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.360 up and it sucks the dirty laundry right into your 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.920 laundry room. I mean, who needs this? Come on, are 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.080 we really that lazy that you can't put your laundry 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.040 in a laundry basket and bring it to the laundry room. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.320 But that's really silly. And then if you want something 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.640 that's actually gonna save you money. This company they make 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.960 Soul Loucks, makes what's called the EOS. This is a 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.240 smart awning, so you install it on your window outside 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:41.240 above it. It's solar powered and basically, when it gets 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.040 really hot and the sun comes out, the thing automatically 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.760 extends an awning, and then when the sun goes down 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.520 or it gets cool, it retracts the awning. So basically 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.000 it keeps your glass cool, it cuts the amount of 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.800 AC that you need to use, and it's all automatic, 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.440 so it's doing everything by itself. And it'll even detect 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.760 the wind so if it's too windy, it won't extend. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:04.400 About one thousand to two thousand dollars. So long story, short, 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.120 fun time at CDIA. Lots of cool stuff to see. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.400 I'll put it all on the website. Rich on Tech 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:11.880 dot TV. All right, coming up, Your call is eighty 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.280 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:18.120 to two four one zero one. Welcome back to rich 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.199 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.120 technology at triple eight Rich one oh one eight eight 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:29.640 eight seven four to two four one zero one. I 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:34.079 mentioned that I went to Denver this week, and uh, 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:37.880 I gotta say Denver is a city that tries like 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:42.840 so impressed with that city. I wrote about this in 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.720 my newsletter that I love public transit, and so anytime 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.480 I land in a new city, I always try to 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.000 see if I can take public transit to my hotel. 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.560 And sure enough, they built this giant airport in the 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.079 middle of nowhere. But they said, you know what, We're 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:57.960 gonna make it easy for you. We're gonna put a 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.920 train directly from the airport right to downtown. And by 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.240 the way, it's only gonna cost you ten bucks. Now, 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.080 if you traveled that far, it was about a forty 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.319 five minute train ride. If you travel that in any 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.079 other city, you're talking, you know, fifty sixty if you're 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.040 in you know, Los Angeles or New York, one hundred 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.440 dollars uber ride. Right, this was ten bucks. And you know, 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.280 they accommodate the luggage and all that because they know 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.560 everyone's going right to the to the airport, which, by 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:24.560 the way, is incredible, huge airport, beautiful, brand new as 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.720 I don't know. Let's see, what was a Denver airport built. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:33.080 Let's see it was built in uh Okay. Well, now, 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:38.839 there's no way nineteen ninety five that can't be right. Okay, well, 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:40.680 maybe it's been there for a while, but anyway, it 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.560 looked new. They were renovating it. Anyway, I say this 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:48.080 because what's that they remodeled it? Maybe they remodeled it. Yeah, 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.760 new Airport was a massive undertaking, eleven thousand workers, five 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.280 billion dollars, sixteen months behind schedule, and significantly over budget. 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.959 What isn't over budget when it's you know, built. Anyway, 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.400 I just say this all because I just love visiting 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:05.400 cities that try so hard to like be a great city, 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.520 and it just has this fun vibe like it's just 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.880 kind of this outdoor place. So anyway, I loved it. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.880 I was only there for two days, but I really 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.200 really enjoyed it. Didn't get to do anything outdoors, but 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.000 now I want to go back. But I will tell 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.560 you I had one of the best steaks of my life, 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.840 best stakes of my life at this restaurant. It was 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.520 called Guard and Grace, And I don't know what they did, 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.400 they they did it perfectly and it was just so good. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.240 That kudos to you, because I do like to test 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.079 a steakhouse when I go to a new city and 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.200 they can't all get them right, and this one was perfect, 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.040 Like I'm talking perfect. Anyway, if you're in Denver, check 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:41.839 it out. There's also one in Houston apparently, and they're 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.520 building one in Charlotte. Okay, so I talked I want 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.480 to talk about this because it's really important Amazon. There's 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.200 a lot of talk going around about how Amazon is 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:56.080 ending this free Prime shipping outside your home, Okay, and 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.080 there's a lot of confusion around it. But let me 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.360 just explain what this is all Aboutazon is ending what 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.240 they called their invite program. Okay, So if you were 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.280 a Prime member in the past, you were able to 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:12.560 invite just random people to share your membership for free. So, 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.240 for instance, I had two family members back on the 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:19.480 East Coast that just basically had free Amazon Prime. So 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.400 because you had a Prime membership, they said, oh, you 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:22.520 could share it with like I think it was like 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.840 two or three or four people, whatever it was. And 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:26.920 so I used that and I said, hey, why pay 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.760 for Prime when they're letting you do this. This was 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.320 not illegal, It was not like under the table. It 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.200 was like a program that Amazon had and this was 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.520 for many, many years. So I think my family members 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.000 had free Prime for like ten years. Prime is like 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:41.760 one hundred and fifty bucks a year, so they were 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.960 saving a significant amount of money. Not anymore. Amazon says 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:51.080 it's ending that program as of October first, twenty twenty five. Now, 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:52.920 if you were part of this program, you already know 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.360 because you're frustrated because you got an email from Amazon 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.200 that said, hey, the free ride is over. Now you 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.600 got to pay for your own Prime membership. It wasn't 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:01.840 It's not like they've found people that were doing this 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.680 illegally or under the table or whatever. They are just 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.840 ending something that legitimately you could do in the past, 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.040 and now they're just saying, no, you can't do this anymore. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.240 So invitees will You'll have to sign up for your 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.600 own Prime. They are giving you a discount. It is 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.440 fifteen dollars for the first year, but then after that 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.600 it's fifteen dollars a month, so it's like eighty five 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.120 percent off. Yeah, it's a very good deal for the 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.400 first year, because they're saying, we get it. This is 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.680 a big change. You're going from paying nothing to paying 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.640 for your own Prime. So they do have what's called 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:38.040 Amazon Family, which is replacing the Amazon Invitee program, but 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:42.480 only people that live at your same address qualify for this, 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.440 So that means you can share with one other adult 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.040 in your house. So you know, if your mom lived 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:48.960 with you, sure you can share with her, but it's 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.760 mostly for like a spouse or a partner whatever. And 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:55.680 then you can also share with children and teenagers, but 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.960 that's very limited. Like children, yes, like what kid is 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.000 gonna have their own Prime account? But teenagers they really 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.280 want them to have their own. So it's kind of 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.840 like the way I see this. Streaming services started to 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:10.840 crack down on password sharing, and now Amazon's doing the same. 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.640 Why because they want to grow the memberships. They know 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:18.440 that there's probably another fifty million people out there who 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:22.160 knows sharing Prime memberships that now they're going to force 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.560 a certain percentage of them to sign up for their own, 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.400 which means more money for Amazon. So you know, if 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:32.800 you're one of those people, Rick writes in what is 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:34.840 the name of the service that will help keep track 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.760 of your subscriptions and ask you if you want to 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.080 request cancelation. I've got so many out there, I've lost track, Rick. 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:42.800 It is called Rocket Money. You link up all of 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.680 your accounts, your credit card, your bank accounts, and then 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:49.200 it finds your subscriptions, your recurring subscriptions, and then you 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.680 can decide if you want to keep them or cancel them. 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.560 It will also help you do that as well. Again, 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.000 it's called rocket Money. It is a really nice app. 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.360 I found an app that I like better. Actually now 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.200 it doesn't help you cancel subscriptions, but it does help 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.879 you keep everything in one place with your with your finances. 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:10.320 The difference is Rocket Money is free. The new one 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.520 I found is not. It's called monarch Money. But I 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.360 will tell you I am completely obsessed. If you want 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:20.000 to track all of your bank accounts, do all your budgeting, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:24.480 see your net worth, monarch Money is absolutely incredible. I'll 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.159 put a link to it on the website rich on 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.720 tech dot TV. All right, eighty to eight rich one 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.879 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.840 one zero one. Your calls next, Welcome back to rich 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.399 on tech rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:41.080 technology at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:45.040 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:49.119 Phone lines are open. Email is also an option. Just 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:53.160 go to the website rich on tech dot TV. It's 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.360 also where I take great notes. So if you want 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.400 to anything. I mentioned that restaurant in Denver, the money 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.600 app that I like, it's all there. This is episode 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:06.040 one eight Rich on tech dot TV. All right, let's 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.880 go to Tim in Huntington Beach. You're on with Rich. 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.000 Well, thank you, Rich, I love your show. 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:16.040 Thank you calling today because I have a very old 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:20.440 computers two thousand and two. It's a desktop as half 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:24.000 a terrabite of hard memory, and Windows of course is 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:29.200 telling me that they're ready to update by October. By 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.240 the way, I pay a monthly for Windows. The question 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.760 is will lift older computer be able to handle Windows eleven. 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.600 I don't think so. I don't think that it will. 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.120 But there is a way that you can check. There's 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.440 an app that you can download called the PC health 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:51.760 Check app. So, yeah, PC health Check app. I'll link 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.600 it up. Just make sure you get the official one 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.280 because there might be some imposters out there. But it's 0:18:56.280 --> 0:19:00.719 called the PC health Check. Once you install that, it 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.720 will scan your computer. And I'm doing this right now, 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:06.880 and it will scan your computer and tell you if 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:11.600 it's a fit for Windows eleven. So I'm pressing check 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.520 now now. My computer already has Windows eleven, so it's 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:19.520 saying great, news it's already there. So this PC meets 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:21.840 Windows eleven requirements. But that's what I would do. And 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:27.960 basically it tells you exactly which requirements your computer meets 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:29.920 in which one it does not. So it says, you know, 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.280 there's a couple things. The main thing that Windows eleven 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:36.040 needs is this secure boot thing and this TPM two 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:39.200 point zero, and that basically means that your computer is 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.520 much more secure than it has been in the past. 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.040 And so a lot of the older computers do not 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:48.680 support that, but they might, so, you know. So here's 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:52.280 what it says. This PC supports secure boot, TPM two 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.359 point zero is enabled on this PC. The processor is 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.480 supported for Windows eleven. There's at least four gigs of 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:03.080 system memory, the system disc is sixty four gigs or larger, 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:06.600 and the processor has two or more. Course, so those 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.800 are the things that it's looking for on your computer. 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:11.480 Do you think your computer meets those specs or no? 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:14.040 I'm not sure. 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:16.320 I'm not even sure a gigabyte was available in two 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.480 thousand and two, but I can check. 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.040 Yeah. Now, there are some ways to force Windows eleven 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:26.639 onto a unsupported PC, and I'll link that up as well. 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.600 There's a there's an article, great article from edbo at 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:33.480 zd net. He explains how he can do that, and 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:35.720 I've got I've got two articles that explain how to 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:37.800 do that. So I would say for a two thousand 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:41.000 and two computer, there's two things you can do. By 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.320 the way, you can try to force upgrade Windows eleven 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:45.840 on it. I don't think it's going to run very 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:49.359 well at all, but it may. The second thing is 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.960 that you can you can sign up for one more 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:57.000 year of support directly through Windows. Have you heard about that? 0:20:58.000 --> 0:20:58.119 No? 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.199 Okay. So if you go back back into your search 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:05.639 and you type in Windows Update, okay, and if you 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:08.560 go to check for updates, there should be a screen there. 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:10.400 I don't have it on my computer, but in your 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:14.320 Windows Update screen it should say that you can extend 0:21:15.000 --> 0:21:17.200 updates for one more year, and you can go through 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:19.040 and you can sign up. In the way they do that, 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.600 they give you three options. You can either pay thirty 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:24.199 dollars for the additional year and they'll give you through 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:29.119 October of twenty twenty six. You can redeem it's a 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:33.000 certain amount of Being Rewards points and you may have those. 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:35.160 If you just search Being Rewards, you might have those 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:37.720 like already banked, so I think you have to redeem 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:39.640 like a thousand or two thousand of them. You might 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:42.399 even have them already. And the third thing you can 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:44.520 do is just upload some of your data to one 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:48.000 drive and it will give you an extra year if 0:21:48.000 --> 0:21:50.080 you do that. So those are the three things. I'm 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:51.800 gonna link it all up, Tim, because I think a 0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:53.680 lot of people are in your same shoes right now. 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:54.920 So does that help? 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:57.720 Yeah, that helps a lot. Thank you so much. 0:21:57.760 --> 0:22:01.040 It gives me some recourse. You're at least to search it. 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.160 And if you still want that, yeah, if you still 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:06.080 want to use this computer, you can also transform it 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:09.440 into a Chrome os Flex computer as well, So I'll 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:11.600 put that link as well. Lots of options. I mean, 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:14.040 there's so many things you can do. I know everyone's 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:16.760 in this kind of like turning point with Windows where 0:22:17.040 --> 0:22:21.280 you know they're going to stop supporting Windows ten in October. 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:24.200 So that's coming up next month. Wow, we're already in September. 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:27.520 So October fourteenth, twenty twenty five, Windows will no longer 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:31.880 provide free software updates. So here's the thing. Windows ten 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:35.359 will continue to work after that date. The problem is 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:38.639 you are putting yourself, your data, and your computer at 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:42.960 risk of any sort of hacking issue or security issue, 0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:45.199 and then programs are going to start saying, no, we 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:47.440 don't run on that Windows because it's no longer supported. 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:50.600 So if you want to continue getting those software updates, 0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:52.320 I'm going to put all the links on the website 0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:54.879 rich on tech dot TV. This just gave me a 0:22:54.920 --> 0:22:58.680 great idea for my TV segment because so many people 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:02.400 are emailing me right now about this this changeover, and 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:04.119 I really need to give all the options. I mean, 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:06.199 I just laid them out for Tim, but I know 0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:09.320 that there's so many more. You know, everyone wants to 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:11.159 see their path, like what they're going to do, and 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.240 it's a little bit differently for everyone. So I'll lay 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:14.760 it all out. I'll link it up on the website 0:23:14.840 --> 0:23:16.879 rich on tech dot TV. It'll be there in the 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.720 next couple of minutes or so. Thanks for the call, Tim, 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:21.960 really appreciate it. Let's see what do we have a 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:23.440 couple of minutes here? I think I could take another 0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:27.080 call right, Let's go to h Drew in Orange County. 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:28.640 This looks like a pretty simple one. 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:28.960 Drew. 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:32.560 What's up, hey, Rich how you doing glad you had 0:23:32.600 --> 0:23:34.320 good time in Denver. I hope you were able to 0:23:34.359 --> 0:23:36.720 eat some of those good restaurants from the Denver Airport. 0:23:37.040 --> 0:23:40.160 Oh my god. Yeah, Well, funny you should say that 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:43.119 I ended up going into the United Club because I 0:23:43.160 --> 0:23:45.080 needed to work. I had like three hours. But I 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.000 loved it because it had it was like kind of 0:23:48.040 --> 0:23:51.119 based on a lodge, kind of like a you know, 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:54.880 wilderness lodge, so it was pretty cool. But I spent 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.919 like three hours sitting there writing my newsletter, so it 0:23:57.000 --> 0:24:00.159 was great. Unfortunately I did not take advantage of the 0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:01.760 free drinks, which I really. 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:03.800 At least the view was good. 0:24:03.840 --> 0:24:04.280 I know that. 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:06.080 Yeah, the view and the and the snacks were great. 0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:08.160 So yes, what can I help you with? TROW? 0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:08.720 Yeah? 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:10.960 My question is I'm no longer in the day to 0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:15.200 day business environments, so I really don't need a computer. 0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:18.359 I don't want to buy a new one, but I'm 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:21.800 thinking about, uh getting a tablet that I can just use. 0:24:22.520 --> 0:24:22.639 Uh. 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:26.720 I'm not doing any access databases or big Excel spreadsheets 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:28.040 any more in my life, thank god. 0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:29.560 Uh, thank god. 0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:32.280 I'm looking at me. Yeah, right, so I'm looking at 0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:37.000 the Samsung Galaxy nine Plus and the Galaxy s tn 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:40.800 f E. Just like to get your thoughts on on 0:24:40.840 --> 0:24:41.480 the two of those. 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:44.159 Uh, let's see that. So the the fee is the 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:46.080 one i'd recommend. That's the one that I've used, and 0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:50.080 it's basically the It's it's perfectly fine. It's been out 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:51.800 for a while, so it's not going to be the 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:54.159 most powerful. But if you're are you what are you 0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.719 doing on this thing? Watching videos and just some some 0:24:56.800 --> 0:24:57.960 emails and searching the web? 0:24:58.080 --> 0:25:01.680 Yeah, I'll do I'll do some emails, YouTube, read the 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:04.399 La Times. Uh you know. 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:07.679 Yeah, I mean it's gonna be great. It's gonna be 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:09.840 great for all those things. I think the fee is 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:12.560 probably the way go. The A nine plus is I'm 0:25:12.600 --> 0:25:15.640 thinking it's cheaper. Let's see that. 0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:18.120 One is got a bigger screen, I think. 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:20.600 Yeah, but it's you know what, this one, I wouldn't 0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:22.840 recommend this one because it's gonna be it's probably gonna 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:26.040 be too too underpowered for you, Like you're gonna get 0:25:26.040 --> 0:25:28.000 frustrated with this. So I would just spend a little 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:30.840 bit extra and go with that fee model. It's gonna 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:32.439 it's gonna be a little bit more expensive. But I 0:25:32.440 --> 0:25:34.520 think if you're using this as like your main device. 0:25:34.960 --> 0:25:37.800 You're gonna be happy you did that because it's gonna 0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:40.399 have just a little bit more horsepower and features that. 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:42.600 I think the screen is gonna be better, like just 0:25:42.680 --> 0:25:44.760 everything's gonna be better about it. I'd say go with 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:45.200 that way. 0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:45.679 Uh. 0:25:45.920 --> 0:25:49.760 My only downside is it is a little bulkier than 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:52.560 you know, a standard kind of iPad. But it's not 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:54.440 a deal breaker. It's fine. It's just a little heavy. 0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:57.080 That's it. That's my only downside. But I think it 0:25:57.160 --> 0:25:58.440 all right, And you don't. 0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:00.960 I'm not flowing on airplane about carrying it anymore. 0:26:00.960 --> 0:26:02.960 Okay, but you don't you don't want an iPad, do you? 0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:04.439 You want Samsung specifically? 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:07.879 Yeah, I had an iPad and I don't know. I 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:11.640 just fill constraint with the the Apple locations. 0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:16.080 Oh I hear you, yep, Yeah, I get it totally. Okay. Well, 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:17.880 I think the the fe is gonna be the way 0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:19.720 to go, and I think you're gonna enjoy it. 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:22.520 Drew, hey Rich, thanks a bunch, enjoying the show and 0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:23.400 have a great week. 0:26:23.440 --> 0:26:26.360 All right, Thanks you too. You know, the the Samsung 0:26:26.600 --> 0:26:30.760 Fi models, they are the kind of you know, Samsung 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:33.080 comes out with a lot of lineups. So they've got 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:36.320 the A models, which are their basic, like their cheapest 0:26:36.480 --> 0:26:38.000 I hate to say the word cheap, but it's just 0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:41.720 like the least expensive. Then you've got the S models, right, 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:44.679 so anything that says S like the Samsung Galaxy S 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:47.320 twenty five Ultra, that's their top of the line, the 0:26:47.520 --> 0:26:50.800 S models. Then you've got the Z models. Z is 0:26:50.840 --> 0:26:53.280 all of their foldable models. And then you've got the 0:26:53.440 --> 0:26:55.639 F E, which when it first came out from Samsung, 0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:59.000 that meant fan edition, but now they've just dropped that 0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:01.119 moniker that doesn't stand for anything. But now they come 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:04.840 out with an FE version of most of their devices, 0:27:04.880 --> 0:27:07.880 whether it's their earbuds, whether it is their tablets, whether 0:27:07.920 --> 0:27:10.359 it's their phones, their foldables, they all have an F E, 0:27:10.800 --> 0:27:13.280 and F E means it's not going to be the 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.119 best of the best, but it's going to be pretty 0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:18.800 darn close. And for most casual users, the FI is 0:27:18.800 --> 0:27:20.840 going to save you a lot of money. It might 0:27:20.880 --> 0:27:23.520 be a little bit of last year's technology, but it's 0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:26.200 going to be just as good, and ninety nine point 0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:28.280 nine percent of people are not going to know the difference. 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.280 They're only going to notice it in their pocketbook or wallet, 0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:33.679 because you're going to save a bunch of money. With 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:37.920 that said, With that said, Samsung this week came out 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:43.639 with the S twenty five FE. So again, S twenty 0:27:43.640 --> 0:27:46.680 five FE launched this week. It's six hundred and fifty dollars. 0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:50.560 Positioned as an attainable flagship, so it has many of 0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:53.960 the S twenty five features. Of course, Galaxy AI is 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:57.320 built in. It's got Gemini, it's got a twelve megapixel 0:27:57.359 --> 0:27:59.760 front camera, It's got all the lenses you need for 0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:03.119 the camera, all the I mean, it's just it's got 0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:05.040 a great camera on it. I'm not kidding. I've tested 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:08.399 the fees and it's like I almost can't tell the difference. 0:28:08.440 --> 0:28:10.320 I'm like, wait a second, how is this so good 0:28:10.760 --> 0:28:13.360 for such an inexpensive price. You're getting a really nice 0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:17.520 Samsung device. They've got the audio eraser built in. They've 0:28:17.560 --> 0:28:20.160 got auto trim for video editing. It's got a forty 0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:23.560 nine hundred million battery, which is really big, super fast charging, 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:27.119 wireless charging, a six point seven inch screen, maybe not 0:28:27.200 --> 0:28:29.639 their top of the line screen, but still gonna be 0:28:29.640 --> 0:28:33.360 really good. It's got an aluminum frame, IP sixty eight, 0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:39.160 water resistance seven years of operating system updates, comes in navy, jet, black, white, 0:28:39.200 --> 0:28:41.720 and Icy blue, and it comes with six months free 0:28:41.800 --> 0:28:46.360 of Google's AI. They're higher end AI. So again, if 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:48.800 you're looking to get into those Samsung devices, you don't 0:28:48.800 --> 0:28:52.240 want to pay the high prices of the foldables or 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:55.200 the the s line. The fe is a really nice 0:28:55.240 --> 0:28:59.600 way to have a really well equipped Samsung with all 0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:01.959 the things you need at a decent price. And by 0:29:01.960 --> 0:29:04.480 the way, they get discounted too, So I would not 0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:07.880 pay that six hundred and fifty dollars. Look for a discount, 0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:12.480 education discount, first responder discount. All those discounts are out there. 0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:15.120 Trade is eighty eight Rich one oh one eighty eight 0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:18.720 seven four to two four one zero one richontech dot TV, 0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:26.040 Welcome back to rich on Tech Rich DeMuro here. Fifteen 0:29:26.200 --> 0:29:33.080 years later, Instagram finally has a proper iPad app. Why 0:29:33.120 --> 0:29:36.640 did it take so long? Well, for many years, uh, 0:29:36.840 --> 0:29:40.280 Facebook Meta, they said, Oh, we don't need an Instagram 0:29:40.280 --> 0:29:42.840 app on the iPad. Nobody cares, nobody wants it, nobody's 0:29:42.880 --> 0:29:45.480 asking for it. There's two little people using it. Well, 0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:49.040 now it's here, so clearly something changed. What changed? Oh, 0:29:49.120 --> 0:29:54.920 TikTok changed because the app opens directly to a feed 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:59.600 of reels, not your standard Instagram feed, so you can 0:29:59.640 --> 0:30:01.600 sol access all that stuff. But as soon as you 0:30:01.640 --> 0:30:05.000 open up the app, boom, you're in it. You're into videos, 0:30:05.600 --> 0:30:08.800 so that is the main thing. Let's see bigger screen. 0:30:09.400 --> 0:30:13.720 Comments appear next to videos. Dms show the inbox plus 0:30:13.800 --> 0:30:15.800 chats side by side. So I guess that's good if 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.320 you like that idea of like writing back to all 0:30:18.320 --> 0:30:21.760 your messages on your tablet. Meta says the same layout 0:30:21.840 --> 0:30:25.280 is coming soon to Android tablets. But you know, the 0:30:25.280 --> 0:30:28.160 message is pretty clear. They are all in on these reels. 0:30:28.200 --> 0:30:32.200 They are really trying to push these reels. I'm going 0:30:32.280 --> 0:30:34.600 to tell you about the how Google Gemini has some 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:39.600 new tricks with photos. It's pretty incredible, like really incredible. 0:30:40.240 --> 0:30:42.320 But let's go to uh, let's see here. Let's go 0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:46.080 to Gary in Lagodo, Miguel Gary, you're on with Rich? 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:49.520 Yes, Rich, I can tell you. I got back from 0:30:49.560 --> 0:30:52.920 Arizona on Sunday. I was over there for a week 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.840 and a half and I was absolutely depressed on where 0:30:56.840 --> 0:31:00.040 are the areas that Verison used to cover? The I 0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:03.640 don't cover anymore? And I would like to know about 0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:07.320 these satellite phones. Maybe you can tell me about what's 0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:11.720 going on with what T Mobile and right and now have. 0:31:12.400 --> 0:31:14.640 Now how abine teens here are they're gonna be coming 0:31:14.720 --> 0:31:15.560 up with satellite phone. 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:18.600 Well, okay, so it's not a satellite phone per se, 0:31:19.080 --> 0:31:23.400 but it's satellite backup. So let me let me explain. 0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:28.560 So the carriers, they all have a level of satellite connectivity. Okay, 0:31:29.280 --> 0:31:31.800 whether it's AT and T, whether it's Verizon, whether it's 0:31:31.800 --> 0:31:35.480 T Mobile. Now here's what makes this a little complicated. Okay, 0:31:35.480 --> 0:31:37.560 you got to start at the top level, which is 0:31:37.560 --> 0:31:41.960 your phone. If you have a pixel, a pixel nine 0:31:42.000 --> 0:31:45.040 or a Pixel ten, or you have an iPhone, iPhone 0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:48.920 fourteen and up, you have satellite connectivity built into your 0:31:49.000 --> 0:31:53.120 phone without your carrier even coming into the picture. So 0:31:53.360 --> 0:31:55.880 let's just say you had a Pixel nine. You're in 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:58.440 the middle of nowhere, like you said in Arizona, and 0:31:58.480 --> 0:32:02.240 there's no signal from your carrier. Your pixel would still 0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:07.320 allow you to send and receive a message, and it's 0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:10.600 an emergency message on the pixel at this point, I believe. 0:32:11.160 --> 0:32:13.240 But on the iPhone you'd be able to send an 0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:16.000 I message. You just be able to send your message 0:32:16.040 --> 0:32:19.120 as you usually would. So that's at the top level 0:32:19.120 --> 0:32:23.480 where the phone itself is offering you that added layer 0:32:23.640 --> 0:32:28.840 of satellite connectivity. Then you have the carriers, so this 0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:32.040 is much more dependent on your plan. So let's say 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:35.080 you have Verizon and you have to have a certain 0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:37.080 phone by the way, so it's not every it's not 0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:39.400 every phone that supports it. But let's say you're on Verizon, 0:32:39.440 --> 0:32:42.520 You've got a Samsung phone. If you go into your settings, 0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:45.720 it will tell you that you have satellite from your 0:32:45.880 --> 0:32:49.000 carrier as well. And so you can look into your 0:32:49.040 --> 0:32:51.520 settings if you go into your settings on your Android 0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:54.720 network and Internet and then go into your SIM and 0:32:54.760 --> 0:32:56.920 I believe if you tap your sin your sim, it 0:32:56.960 --> 0:33:00.200 should show you this satellite connectivity and whether you have 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:04.600 that on your device. It's interesting because again it's like 0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:07.840 it's a little bit confusing because the phones have them, 0:33:07.840 --> 0:33:11.840 but also the carriers have them. So T Mobile let 0:33:11.880 --> 0:33:14.800 me go through them. T Mobiles working with SpaceX, so 0:33:15.000 --> 0:33:18.040 they are really pushing this, which means a lot of 0:33:18.080 --> 0:33:21.960 phones are supported, a little bit of data is supported, 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:24.920 and coming soon calls are going to be supported, but 0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:27.040 that's still a ways off. But at the very least 0:33:27.120 --> 0:33:28.640 you might be able to. You know, the main thing 0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:30.000 you want to be able to do is get in 0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:31.960 touch with nine one one, whether that's through a call, 0:33:32.080 --> 0:33:34.960 whether that's through a message that you send them with 0:33:35.080 --> 0:33:38.320 emergency help. AT and T is partnering with something called 0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:42.520 AST Space Mobile, and they have launched some of their 0:33:42.560 --> 0:33:46.760 satellites in the US, and you know, you have to 0:33:46.800 --> 0:33:49.720 have a compatible phone for this, and so AT and 0:33:49.720 --> 0:33:52.880 T has their own flavor, and then Verizon they've rolled 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:54.760 it out. You probably saw during the Super Bowl last 0:33:54.800 --> 0:33:58.000 year they had a big commercial. They're partnering with Skylow 0:33:58.440 --> 0:34:01.560 and AST Space Wars, so some of the same companies 0:34:01.600 --> 0:34:04.800 that AT and T is using. But again they have 0:34:04.840 --> 0:34:09.680 satellite text messaging on select Android phones. So it really 0:34:09.719 --> 0:34:13.720 depends on both your phone and your carrier. Your phone 0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:16.880 may offer satellite, or your carrier may offer satellite, or 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:21.000 they may both offer satellite. And then there's a third option. 0:34:21.800 --> 0:34:27.280 T Mobile is letting anyone sign up for SpaceX. They 0:34:27.360 --> 0:34:30.360 call it TE Satellite is their brand name, no matter what. 0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:33.080 So if you want to just pay for satellite connectivity 0:34:33.120 --> 0:34:34.880 on your phone, you can you can go to T 0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.680 Mobile and just sign up. I think it's like twenty 0:34:37.680 --> 0:34:41.279 bucks a month. And now here's the caveat about all 0:34:41.280 --> 0:34:46.000 of this satellite messaging and satellite connectivity. It is pretty slow. 0:34:46.360 --> 0:34:49.040 It's not something where you just like you know, boom, 0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:51.480 you send a message. It takes two seconds, it goes through. 0:34:52.320 --> 0:34:54.640 I think T mobile satellite is probably the best out 0:34:54.640 --> 0:34:56.719 of all of them right now. But you've got to 0:34:56.760 --> 0:34:59.000 hold your phone up. You've got to angle it. You've 0:34:59.000 --> 0:35:01.680 got to have a clear vision of clear view of 0:35:01.719 --> 0:35:04.440 the sky. You hold your phone there, you type out 0:35:04.440 --> 0:35:06.879 your message. It says, hold on, hold on, hold on, Okay, 0:35:06.960 --> 0:35:10.279 we're sending, we're sending, we're sending. Okay, sent. Now move 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:12.560 your phone a little bit. Follow the satellites in the sky. Okay, 0:35:12.560 --> 0:35:14.560 we're waiting for a message, waiting, waiting, wait, okay, it 0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:17.560 came back. So it's not a perfect system right now. 0:35:17.600 --> 0:35:20.600 But like you said, Gary, if you're in the middle 0:35:20.600 --> 0:35:23.239 of nowhere, if you're hiking, if you're a hiker, if 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.360 you're a biker, if you are someone who's always camping 0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:28.480 out in the middle of nowhere, and you want that 0:35:28.480 --> 0:35:33.000 that little comfort blanket of knowing that if something ever 0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:35.839 happened that's really bad. You would be able to at 0:35:35.880 --> 0:35:39.640 the very least get in touch with emergency services or 0:35:39.680 --> 0:35:42.120 send your location to someone that can then send help. 0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:46.759 But again, check your carrier, check your phone. Check to 0:35:46.800 --> 0:35:49.160 see if you have satellite availability, because you might be 0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:52.200 able to breathe asier when you're out. And about eighty 0:35:52.280 --> 0:35:54.640 eight rich one oh one eighty eight seven four to 0:35:54.640 --> 0:35:56.480 two four one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell you 0:35:56.560 --> 0:36:00.759 how Gemini can restore old photos and even remove right 0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:04.560 here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:36:04.640 --> 0:36:08.799 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:10.360 triple eight rich. 0:36:10.239 --> 0:36:10.839 One oh one. 0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:14.719 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:36:15.120 --> 0:36:19.360 zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech 0:36:19.600 --> 0:36:22.080 dot tv. There you can do a lot of stuff. 0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:24.439 You can sign up for the newsletter, you can see 0:36:24.440 --> 0:36:29.120 the show notes, you can watch my TV segments, and 0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:32.200 you can also read my newsletter. I already mentioned that 0:36:32.239 --> 0:36:34.040 you can watch the weekly show. I've got a show 0:36:34.080 --> 0:36:37.080 called rich on Tech Weekly, And uh, let's see what 0:36:37.160 --> 0:36:38.680 else can you do there? Oh, you can listen to 0:36:38.680 --> 0:36:42.160 the radio show after so you can subscribe to the podcast. 0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:44.799 If you're not just search rich on Tech in your 0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:48.279 favorite audio app. It is right there and coming up 0:36:48.840 --> 0:36:51.080 later we are going to have Oh, this is a 0:36:51.120 --> 0:36:55.120 great guest. I'm always booking some sort of like you know, 0:36:55.280 --> 0:36:57.200 flight or something, and you know, it was just I 0:36:57.239 --> 0:36:59.120 was just walking my family through a flight that we're 0:36:59.120 --> 0:37:01.640 booking together and up and then do that. We've got 0:37:01.719 --> 0:37:05.000 Julian Keel later in the show to talk about points Path. 0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:10.520 This is an award flight search engine that basically when 0:37:10.520 --> 0:37:13.320 you're on Google Flights, it'll tell you if you should 0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:16.040 book with points or if you should book with dollars, 0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:18.000 which one's a better value for your money. So we'll 0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:19.919 have him on a little bit later in the show, 0:37:20.160 --> 0:37:22.400 but first you have to try this. This is just 0:37:23.400 --> 0:37:26.200 every so often there comes a feature that is just 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:29.759 so cool that when I am wowed by it, I 0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:31.680 want to share it with you and make sure you're 0:37:31.719 --> 0:37:35.680 aware of this. So Gemini, that is Google's version. I 0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:37.680 hate to say this, but it just helps people understand 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:40.520 what it is. But that's basically Google's version of chat 0:37:40.520 --> 0:37:44.160 GBT Gemini. It was called barred when it first came out. 0:37:44.280 --> 0:37:47.280 Now it's called Gemini and you can access it. People 0:37:47.400 --> 0:37:50.319 think that you can only access Google's AI on an 0:37:50.320 --> 0:37:53.040 Android phone. That is not true. You can download the 0:37:53.080 --> 0:37:56.560 Gemini app right now for the iPhone. Make sure you 0:37:56.560 --> 0:38:00.720 get the right one. There's also a Gemini cryptocurrency app. 0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:03.440 This is you know, make sure you're getting the Google 0:38:03.560 --> 0:38:07.839 Gemini AI app and the official one. But anyway, once 0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:09.520 you have that, you can do a whole bunch of things. 0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:11.480 You can search, you can ask you questions, you know, 0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:13.200 all the stuff you can do on chat GBT. But 0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:20.040 where Google has truly pulled ahead is in images, not 0:38:20.200 --> 0:38:24.239 just creating images, but also working with photos that you 0:38:24.239 --> 0:38:28.279 already have. So they had this big update okay called 0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:34.239 Nana Nano banana, Nano banana. I know it's silly, but 0:38:34.680 --> 0:38:38.560 Google Gemini when it got this Nano banana upgrade, which 0:38:38.680 --> 0:38:40.040 is just a silly name. I don't know if they 0:38:40.080 --> 0:38:42.120 just came up with that name. I think Nano is 0:38:42.120 --> 0:38:44.520 some sort of like tech term. But banana, I think 0:38:44.520 --> 0:38:48.080 they just had fun with just rhymed with nano. Well 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:51.200 does it wait, nano banano, No, it doesn't, Nano banana 0:38:51.719 --> 0:38:55.320 doesn't rhyme. Anyway, when they came out with this upgrade, 0:38:55.480 --> 0:39:00.600 people went nuts because not only can it reimagine photos 0:39:00.640 --> 0:39:02.160 in any way you want to do, but it can 0:39:02.280 --> 0:39:07.560 maintain your look as you edit. So most of these 0:39:07.600 --> 0:39:12.480 AI image generators, they completely generate a new image right 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:15.080 you feed it an image. It just recreates that image 0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:18.360 from scratch with the changes that you want. What Google 0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:20.600 is now doing with is nano banana. It is changing 0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:23.279 the actual image, so it's keeping the elements of the 0:39:23.320 --> 0:39:25.600 image intact, and then it's just changing the stuff that 0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:29.040 you want, which makes it very powerful. So I tell 0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:31.040 you that because there's two things that you need to 0:39:31.080 --> 0:39:36.680 try right now. Number one, it can restore an old photo. 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:40.399 So if you have a faded or damaged image, the 0:39:40.440 --> 0:39:44.040 AI will bring back the color and detail. So you 0:39:44.080 --> 0:39:47.080 can do this right now for free. Go to Gemini 0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:51.479 dot Google dot com, tap create image and then tap 0:39:51.520 --> 0:39:54.600 the plus sign. Upload your photo and then type in 0:39:54.719 --> 0:39:57.279 restore this photo. So you can take an old black 0:39:57.320 --> 0:40:00.080 and white photo, you can take a damage photo. You 0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:02.040 can take any kind of picture from the past, put 0:40:02.080 --> 0:40:04.839 it in there and ask AI to restore it. Now. 0:40:04.920 --> 0:40:06.880 Is it going to be perfect? No, But is it 0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:09.879 going to do a pretty good job? Yes? Is it free? Yes? 0:40:09.960 --> 0:40:11.879 Are there a million apps out there that can do this, yes, 0:40:12.000 --> 0:40:15.160 but a lot of them cost money. This is free, 0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:20.160 and it's there's no there that's going to say a 0:40:20.160 --> 0:40:24.080 word I probably shouldn't say on the radio, but it doesn't. 0:40:24.200 --> 0:40:26.879 There's no like ads, there's nothing on the screen. It's 0:40:26.920 --> 0:40:29.080 not trying to sell you anything. It just does what 0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:32.120 it needs to do. So that's number one. You can 0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:35.080 also do something like restore this photo to look like 0:40:35.120 --> 0:40:38.480 a modern color photo while keeping all original details, so 0:40:38.960 --> 0:40:45.799 that is number one. Number two. Finally, back in twenty seventeen, 0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:49.040 Google announced they showed this thing on stage at one 0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:51.319 of their events, where they said, this is our dream 0:40:51.360 --> 0:40:53.319 for pictures to be able to edit them like this, 0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:56.640 And they showed a picture of a kid playing baseball. 0:40:57.000 --> 0:40:58.879 And if you've ever had a kid in little league 0:40:58.960 --> 0:41:01.120 or baseball, you know that it's always behind a fence 0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:04.759 that you're watching the action. And so Google showed the 0:41:04.760 --> 0:41:08.160 fence and then it showed the fence dissolving away and 0:41:08.200 --> 0:41:10.759 seeing the kid there playing baseball, and they said, this 0:41:10.800 --> 0:41:13.080 is our dream, this is what we're trying to get towards. 0:41:13.280 --> 0:41:16.160 Why can't we just ask a photo editor to remove 0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:19.200 the fence and it removes it and guess what. It 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:21.799 took a couple of years. It's twenty twenty five. They 0:41:21.800 --> 0:41:25.479 announced this back in twenty seventeen, but the promise is here. 0:41:26.840 --> 0:41:29.320 They have delivered on that promise. You can now remove 0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:33.640 fences from a photo. It is incredible. I did a 0:41:33.680 --> 0:41:35.600 whole bunch of them this morning. If you want to 0:41:35.640 --> 0:41:38.520 see the examples, go to rich on Tech on Instagram, 0:41:38.560 --> 0:41:42.640 go to my stories, and it is quite incredible. I 0:41:42.640 --> 0:41:44.520 have a picture of my kid looking at an animal 0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:46.759 through a fence. Fence is gone now it just looks 0:41:46.760 --> 0:41:50.160 like the kid and the animal are just face to face. 0:41:51.000 --> 0:41:53.600 Another one where this is this big, complicated fence is 0:41:53.640 --> 0:41:56.640 in front of this alleyway home. It's got all these 0:41:56.640 --> 0:42:02.240 things in the background. I don't know, statues, a heart, plants, 0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:04.360 all this stuff. Tin Man, I don't know why they 0:42:04.400 --> 0:42:07.239 have a tin Man statue, but it's all erased the 0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:10.360 fence and it looks perfect. Another one, my kid is 0:42:10.400 --> 0:42:13.439 looking out over the Hudson River and there's a big 0:42:13.480 --> 0:42:15.959 fence in front of him. Took away the whole fence 0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:19.080 except for the top rail. And then finally I did 0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:22.640 the actual dream photo, which is your kid playing baseball. 0:42:23.040 --> 0:42:25.520 Can you remove the fence in front of him playing baseball. 0:42:25.560 --> 0:42:28.640 Sure enough, it did it unbelievable. So if you want 0:42:28.640 --> 0:42:31.040 to do this, you can do this again on the app, 0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:33.720 or you can do it on your desktop. So Gemini 0:42:33.960 --> 0:42:37.840 dot Google dot com, upload the photo and just press 0:42:37.880 --> 0:42:41.360 that image button and say erase the fence, and just 0:42:41.400 --> 0:42:44.239 try it. I mean, it's quite incredible what you can do. 0:42:44.440 --> 0:42:47.200 And it's just I get it. It's you know, do 0:42:47.239 --> 0:42:48.799 you need this every day? Do you need this all 0:42:48.800 --> 0:42:51.800 the time? No, but the ability to now restore photos 0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:55.840 and to remove fences from photos simply and easily is 0:42:55.880 --> 0:42:58.600 pretty incredible to me. It really is. And the fact 0:42:58.640 --> 0:43:02.239 that it's free is just really really amazing. So if 0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:05.680 you haven't played with Gemini and the Image generation, just 0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:08.759 try it. Just that's your homework today. Just try it. 0:43:09.880 --> 0:43:12.080 Auto writes in I love the show and I tried 0:43:12.120 --> 0:43:14.920 calling but couldn't get through. I've been downloading MP three's 0:43:14.960 --> 0:43:19.480 and adding details in Windows File Explorer for a few files. 0:43:19.520 --> 0:43:23.080 Everything saves except the year. Restarting didn't help, and the 0:43:23.120 --> 0:43:29.239 files aren't marked read only here. Use a program called 0:43:29.400 --> 0:43:33.960 MP three tag. MP three tag. This program has been 0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:37.120 around forever. It is kind of like the you know, 0:43:37.239 --> 0:43:40.879 the Universal Tag Editor for Windows. So it adds all 0:43:41.000 --> 0:43:44.800 that metadata to your MP three So if you're still, 0:43:44.840 --> 0:43:47.839 you know, building an MP three collection, just use this 0:43:48.920 --> 0:43:52.719 and basically it will let you have full control over everything. 0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:56.680 So file name, the title, the artist, the album, the track, 0:43:56.719 --> 0:43:59.239 the year, the genre, whatever you want to do. What 0:43:59.280 --> 0:44:03.839 else can you put in comments directory? I guess that's 0:44:03.840 --> 0:44:08.400 where it's located. Disc number, You can change the album, artwork, 0:44:09.040 --> 0:44:12.160 the composer. I mean, this is like one of those 0:44:12.200 --> 0:44:16.880 things where if you really want to make your collection exact, 0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:20.160 this is what you need. And so it is Let's 0:44:20.200 --> 0:44:24.799 see is it free? It is free and they've got it. 0:44:24.800 --> 0:44:29.000 It's uh, oh, let's see they've Windows is the main area. 0:44:29.040 --> 0:44:31.680 So they've got it for free for Windows and it 0:44:31.719 --> 0:44:35.080 says MP three for Mac. Are you looking? Oh, you 0:44:35.080 --> 0:44:37.080 can even get it for Mac now, So there you go. 0:44:38.600 --> 0:44:40.680 So you can get it for Mac or Windows. So 0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:42.640 if you have your own MP three collection, you want 0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:45.960 to make sure that all the information on there is correct. 0:44:46.080 --> 0:44:47.920 You can do that, by the way. It all you 0:44:47.920 --> 0:44:50.040 don't have to type it all in yourself. You can 0:44:50.120 --> 0:44:54.000 also use a look up database so they connect to 0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:59.120 these databases like discogs, music Brains and free dB which 0:44:59.200 --> 0:45:02.600 lets you all automatically tag and download cover art for 0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:05.200 your music library. So this just gives you a lot 0:45:05.280 --> 0:45:08.799 of a lot of options, and it is free as 0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:11.480 far as I can tell. And they just updated it 0:45:11.600 --> 0:45:14.239 August fifteenth, twenty twenty five. It was updated, so it's 0:45:14.239 --> 0:45:16.120 not like a you know, it's a program that when 0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:17.480 you look at it, you're like, Okay, this looks a 0:45:17.520 --> 0:45:20.319 little old school, but it's still being actively updated, which 0:45:20.360 --> 0:45:22.759 is really nice. So if you really like it, I 0:45:22.760 --> 0:45:26.040 guess you can donate it. But MP three tag has 0:45:26.040 --> 0:45:29.360 been around for twenty years now, so you can support 0:45:29.600 --> 0:45:31.120 you know, you can give them a couple bucks if 0:45:31.160 --> 0:45:33.359 you want to support them. I always like that. I 0:45:33.400 --> 0:45:36.000 love when people have a program like that and they 0:45:36.360 --> 0:45:38.279 you know, they just keep it updated and they say, look, 0:45:38.320 --> 0:45:40.239 I just love to do this. I want this out there. 0:45:40.280 --> 0:45:44.680 But if you can donate, donate, that'd be amazing. MP 0:45:44.960 --> 0:45:50.440 three tag dot de MP three tag dot de. I'll 0:45:50.440 --> 0:45:52.839 put the link on the website. Rich on tech dot 0:45:52.880 --> 0:45:57.600 tv once again, this is episode one thirty eight. Al R, 0:45:57.600 --> 0:45:59.120 I'm looking at my things that I tell you to 0:45:59.160 --> 0:46:02.680 do every week let's see, I already told you about 0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:06.000 the podcast. I already told you about the newsletter. The 0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:08.560 newsletter is really the thing that I think is the 0:46:08.600 --> 0:46:10.879 best way to keep in touch. You know, I've done 0:46:10.920 --> 0:46:13.160 a bunch of the Instagram. I mean really, at this point, 0:46:13.239 --> 0:46:17.080 here's where I'm updating. I'm updating Instagram and I'm updating 0:46:17.080 --> 0:46:19.600 the newsletter. That is like the two best ways, and 0:46:19.680 --> 0:46:22.520 of course this radio show the three best ways to 0:46:22.600 --> 0:46:25.359 keep in touch with what I'm talking about. And you'd 0:46:25.360 --> 0:46:29.000 be surprised. I'm not kidding. I get emails every single day, 0:46:29.120 --> 0:46:32.360 a lot of them from you. And I got this 0:46:32.440 --> 0:46:35.600 email this morning from someone, and I said, I can't 0:46:35.640 --> 0:46:37.960 believe I almost can't believe it because they asked me 0:46:38.000 --> 0:46:41.680 a question. They basically asked, Hey, do you have a 0:46:41.760 --> 0:46:44.440 recommendation for any app that can clean up my iPhone? 0:46:44.440 --> 0:46:47.960 Like the storage Now. I talked about it at length 0:46:48.000 --> 0:46:50.880 on the radio show last week, I did a segment 0:46:50.920 --> 0:46:55.360 on KTLA on TV. I posted it to my social 0:46:55.400 --> 0:47:00.640 media and what else the podcast, I mean, the newsletter, 0:47:00.680 --> 0:47:03.120 I mean everywhere. I was all over this. By the way, 0:47:03.120 --> 0:47:06.200 the app is called Clever Cleaner, all over it, and 0:47:06.239 --> 0:47:09.400 I said this person clearly does not follow me anywhere anyway. 0:47:09.400 --> 0:47:12.000 How did they find me? How did they email me 0:47:12.080 --> 0:47:17.000 on my website without even noticing the large giant blog 0:47:17.080 --> 0:47:19.880 post that says, here's my best cleaner for your iPhone, 0:47:20.520 --> 0:47:24.080 but anyway, it's called clever cleaner. Uh eighty eight rich 0:47:24.160 --> 0:47:26.640 one oh one eight eight eight seven four two four 0:47:26.719 --> 0:47:31.319 one zero one rich on tech dot tv. I'll tell 0:47:31.320 --> 0:47:34.239 you how you can get free Microsoft three sixty five 0:47:34.280 --> 0:47:39.040 Personal if you're a college student. Coming up next, really, 0:47:40.719 --> 0:47:43.680 welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:47:43.760 --> 0:47:49.359 out with you talking technology. Well, sure, okay, you got 0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:51.880 a little bit of me and Bobo chatting. I'm leaving 0:47:51.880 --> 0:47:55.200 that in a podcast. Do you really have to edit 0:47:55.239 --> 0:47:55.840 the podcast? 0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:56.319 You don't. 0:47:56.360 --> 0:47:57.880 You don't have to do too much. Do you like 0:47:58.040 --> 0:47:59.040 most of the it sticks in? 0:47:59.160 --> 0:47:59.319 Right? 0:48:00.280 --> 0:48:00.680 What's that? 0:48:00.920 --> 0:48:01.839 Just take commercials out? 0:48:01.960 --> 0:48:06.400 Yeah? Oh wait a second, don't tell people that. No, 0:48:06.520 --> 0:48:12.000 but they get replaced with other commercials. Yeah, otherwise you'd 0:48:12.000 --> 0:48:14.919 have commercials on commercials. 0:48:13.840 --> 0:48:15.839 Pretty much, and it'll be longer than a radio show. 0:48:16.000 --> 0:48:19.520 Here's the thing I mean, I mean, yeah, okay, I'm 0:48:19.520 --> 0:48:21.600 not gonna get into that. Let's go to Oscar in 0:48:21.800 --> 0:48:25.200 uh Oscar in Winchester. You're on with Rich. 0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:34.319 By Rich. I've got a Windows ten desktop system and 0:48:34.480 --> 0:48:38.839 I have over I use the Chrome browsers. I have 0:48:38.960 --> 0:48:47.160 over fifty windows open, and each window has ten or 0:48:47.200 --> 0:48:52.080 more tabs on it. I would like to be able 0:48:52.120 --> 0:49:00.399 to bookmark all those you know, windoors with tabs, so 0:49:00.440 --> 0:49:03.879 that I can click on a window to reopen it 0:49:04.440 --> 0:49:09.760 and it opens with all the tabs. Yeah, and also 0:49:10.320 --> 0:49:17.080 to be able to access them individually, because with all 0:49:17.120 --> 0:49:19.160 those that I have open, I want to clean up 0:49:19.200 --> 0:49:25.520 the Chrome installation that I have with all those open windows, 0:49:25.920 --> 0:49:29.279 because it's slowing down my system. So I want to 0:49:29.320 --> 0:49:37.040 put them all into bookmarks other than the regular Windows bookmark. 0:49:37.200 --> 0:49:40.239 And I've got a couple of questions after you're done. 0:49:40.400 --> 0:49:42.280 A couple of questions after I'm done. 0:49:42.480 --> 0:49:46.400 I don't know questions about that, but question. 0:49:46.560 --> 0:49:49.360 So your your main question is number one, what do 0:49:49.480 --> 0:49:52.000 you track it across fifty windows with ten tabs each? 0:49:52.200 --> 0:49:54.280 Just various topics and things. 0:49:56.200 --> 0:50:00.759 I do marketing, and I don't close. You know, you're 0:50:00.800 --> 0:50:03.480 just keeping doors when when I opened up and that 0:50:03.520 --> 0:50:04.240 sort of stuff. 0:50:04.320 --> 0:50:07.760 You're keeping track of a lot of stuff, right, Okay. 0:50:07.560 --> 0:50:11.560 So it's almost like my my like my storage. Yeah, 0:50:11.680 --> 0:50:14.600 because so I can go back to it, you know, quickly. 0:50:14.840 --> 0:50:17.200 Sure? Okay, So bottom line, you want to be able 0:50:17.200 --> 0:50:20.320 to open up multiple tabs at once quickly and easily 0:50:20.360 --> 0:50:21.759 and have those remembered as well. 0:50:22.600 --> 0:50:26.279 I want to be able to save them right first. 0:50:26.080 --> 0:50:26.879 Of all. 0:50:28.040 --> 0:50:31.000 With with the window so close you know, each of 0:50:31.000 --> 0:50:36.120 those windows, and close the tabs with them, right so 0:50:36.400 --> 0:50:39.680 when I click on that window and reopen it, it's 0:50:39.680 --> 0:50:41.200 open the tabs. 0:50:41.520 --> 0:50:43.560 Okay. Well, that I'm not sure as possible to do. 0:50:43.760 --> 0:50:45.759 I I don't know if a way to easily do that, 0:50:45.920 --> 0:50:48.520 but I can tell you what I do that in 0:50:48.640 --> 0:50:52.359 two methods that you that might work for you. Number one, 0:50:52.440 --> 0:50:54.279 I mean the easiest thing. Now you said you didn't 0:50:54.280 --> 0:50:56.680 want to keep these in the Chrome folders or what. 0:50:56.800 --> 0:50:58.160 You didn't want to keep these in the Chrome, but. 0:50:58.560 --> 0:51:02.480 You know, I don't care folder. It goes into just 0:51:02.520 --> 0:51:06.640 so that I can reopen them as I need them. 0:51:07.040 --> 0:51:09.680 Okay. So I think I think there's two things you 0:51:09.680 --> 0:51:11.960 can do here that that make this pretty easy. So 0:51:12.080 --> 0:51:15.840 Chrome has Number one, you can use a folder in 0:51:15.880 --> 0:51:18.720 your bookmark. So I've got a folder with seventy five 0:51:19.000 --> 0:51:23.319 bookmarks inside, and I have it on my bookmark bar 0:51:24.040 --> 0:51:26.640 and basically it you know, when I write click it, it 0:51:26.600 --> 0:51:31.839 says open up all seventy five bookmarks and it gives 0:51:31.840 --> 0:51:34.040 you the option to open in a new window. So 0:51:34.080 --> 0:51:36.279 that's number one. I think that's probably the easiest way 0:51:36.280 --> 0:51:38.200 to do it. You save these. 0:51:39.080 --> 0:51:45.120 One thing about that, it does not have them all 0:51:45.200 --> 0:51:49.640 as one folder. You know, the tabs are not all 0:51:49.680 --> 0:51:51.080 on one as one window. 0:51:52.680 --> 0:51:54.279 Well it does online. I just did it. 0:51:56.400 --> 0:52:00.799 If you yeah, yes, you have the window with all 0:52:00.840 --> 0:52:01.680 the tabs in it. 0:52:01.760 --> 0:52:04.960 Yep, just did it. So now the tabs are not 0:52:05.000 --> 0:52:07.400 gonna be Now if you're trying to save the state 0:52:07.440 --> 0:52:09.640 of the tab like let's say you have something in 0:52:09.680 --> 0:52:11.799 there and you're trying to close that window and reopen it, 0:52:11.800 --> 0:52:14.600 that's not gonna work. That's not gonna happen. You're gonna 0:52:14.600 --> 0:52:16.880 be You're gonna be opening these up fresh each time. 0:52:17.640 --> 0:52:19.319 So that's the number one way to do it. That's 0:52:19.400 --> 0:52:22.000 probably the easiest way to do it. So what you 0:52:22.000 --> 0:52:25.640 would do is in Chrome, you would just create a 0:52:25.760 --> 0:52:28.200 folder and then you would put all those you know, 0:52:28.280 --> 0:52:31.960 you said you have fifty windows with ten ten bookmarks 0:52:32.000 --> 0:52:34.799 in each one, So you would just put those bookmarks 0:52:34.800 --> 0:52:37.040 in that in that folder, and then you right click 0:52:37.120 --> 0:52:38.920 that folder and it gives you the option to open 0:52:39.000 --> 0:52:40.960 a new window. So once you open that in a 0:52:41.040 --> 0:52:43.279 new window, all those tabs are gonna open, and you've 0:52:43.320 --> 0:52:46.319 got that in that instance of all those tabs in 0:52:46.360 --> 0:52:49.160 one place. The other way you can do it is 0:52:49.400 --> 0:52:52.960 they have this feature on Chrome called tab groups. So 0:52:53.239 --> 0:52:55.600 if you create, go to the left hand side, it 0:52:55.600 --> 0:53:00.000 looks like four little squares tap tab groups. Create new 0:53:00.120 --> 0:53:04.000 tab group, and now you can put in all the tabs. 0:53:04.520 --> 0:53:06.799 You can put all the bookmarks in there, and they 0:53:06.800 --> 0:53:09.840 call you know, as tabs, and then you say it 0:53:09.840 --> 0:53:12.880 says move to new group, Move group to new window. 0:53:13.160 --> 0:53:15.160 So once you put them all in you say move 0:53:15.200 --> 0:53:17.200 to new window, it'll open up in that new window. 0:53:18.000 --> 0:53:19.399 Those are the two ways to do it. The other 0:53:19.440 --> 0:53:22.600 app i'd recommend is called Raindrop dot Io that might 0:53:22.640 --> 0:53:25.080 also be worth looking into. Eight to eight rich one 0:53:25.080 --> 0:53:27.560 o one eighty eight seven four to two four one 0:53:27.840 --> 0:53:31.000 zero one. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro 0:53:31.120 --> 0:53:35.360 here hanging out with you, talking technology. Triple eight rich 0:53:35.480 --> 0:53:38.520 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:53:38.600 --> 0:53:41.000 four one zero one if you have a question you're 0:53:41.000 --> 0:53:44.040 trying to decide between something, looking for an app, whatever 0:53:44.080 --> 0:53:48.359 it is, comment, maybe we'll take a few of those. Uh, 0:53:48.520 --> 0:53:50.719 go to the website rich on tech dot tv. You 0:53:50.719 --> 0:53:53.600 can also send me an email there. I mentioned I 0:53:53.640 --> 0:53:57.840 was at CEDIA Expo twenty twenty five in Denver, Colorado 0:53:57.880 --> 0:53:58.319 this week. 0:53:58.840 --> 0:53:58.920 Uh. 0:53:59.040 --> 0:54:02.680 This is a big show focuses all on home like 0:54:02.840 --> 0:54:06.120 smart home goods, right, and this is really for people 0:54:06.200 --> 0:54:08.160 that are in this industry to see what they can 0:54:08.160 --> 0:54:11.239 install in people's homes. And so with all that, I 0:54:11.320 --> 0:54:14.840 interviewed Brian Pagel. He is executive vice president at Emerald. 0:54:14.920 --> 0:54:17.160 They put on the show every year and so we 0:54:17.239 --> 0:54:21.040 talked all about the latest trends and what Cedia is 0:54:21.360 --> 0:54:21.880 all about. 0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:26.280 So Cedio is a show dedicated to residential home technologies. 0:54:26.560 --> 0:54:29.880 Started off many years ago something around center around home theaters, 0:54:30.040 --> 0:54:31.839 and now it's of all every aspect of the home. 0:54:32.080 --> 0:54:35.360 So it's lighting, it's energy control, it's your home audio 0:54:35.400 --> 0:54:39.160 and video, it's going outside, it's wellness. So it's really 0:54:39.520 --> 0:54:42.279 creating that connected ecosystem within your home. Yeah, we've got 0:54:42.320 --> 0:54:46.160 over three hundred exhibitors leading brands throughout the home residential 0:54:46.239 --> 0:54:49.359 Technology space. We'll have about fifteen to twenty thousand guests 0:54:49.400 --> 0:54:51.600 here in Denver over the course of the week, all 0:54:51.600 --> 0:54:55.200 for the trade. So these are going to include builders, designers, 0:54:55.440 --> 0:54:57.160 and then residential home integrators. 0:54:57.480 --> 0:55:00.640 First, I asked how the stuff on display at is 0:55:00.760 --> 0:55:03.440 different than the off the shelf things you might see 0:55:03.480 --> 0:55:05.480 at a place like best Buy or Amazon. 0:55:05.840 --> 0:55:07.960 Well, actually a lot of what you see here can 0:55:08.000 --> 0:55:11.600 be purchased at a best Buy or through retail. But 0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:13.520 as this also goes through the channel, you're going to 0:55:13.600 --> 0:55:16.719 see touch panel controls, You're going to see window automation, 0:55:17.160 --> 0:55:19.719 You're going to see certain lighting solutions that are only 0:55:19.760 --> 0:55:22.839 available through the trade. So it's really what's next, What's 0:55:22.880 --> 0:55:26.920 what's coming up in terms of the next greatest technology Next. 0:55:26.960 --> 0:55:30.160 I was curious how this idea of home automation has 0:55:30.239 --> 0:55:31.680 evolved over the years. 0:55:32.320 --> 0:55:36.359 It's really evolved based on digital natives coming up through 0:55:36.360 --> 0:55:39.640 the through the ranks and having that accessibility and the 0:55:39.640 --> 0:55:42.680 opportunity to invest in their homes. People want that experience 0:55:42.920 --> 0:55:45.239 to follow them from their car to their house, to 0:55:45.280 --> 0:55:48.719 their backyard to their office, and so as the technology 0:55:48.760 --> 0:55:52.200 has become more readily available over time, prices have come down, 0:55:52.320 --> 0:55:55.560 so it's far more accessible. I think Amazon has really 0:55:55.719 --> 0:55:57.879 led the charge in terms of opening up. 0:55:57.800 --> 0:55:58.720 To a wider audience. 0:55:58.960 --> 0:56:01.920 So you know, when you're trying to create these connected ecosystems, 0:56:02.120 --> 0:56:05.000 it first started off with av Yeah, so now it's 0:56:05.040 --> 0:56:08.920 getting into lighting control, so you can follow your tarcadian rhythms. 0:56:08.640 --> 0:56:12.440 It's going into your backyard, it's going into your your automobile. 0:56:12.520 --> 0:56:14.640 So there's so much new and you know, there's some 0:56:15.040 --> 0:56:17.240 emerging areas that I think people need to pay attention 0:56:17.280 --> 0:56:20.080 to energy management in your home, knowing that your HVAC 0:56:20.239 --> 0:56:22.680 is efficient, that you don't have a water leak under 0:56:22.719 --> 0:56:25.960 your sake, and then wellness. Ultimately, people want to age 0:56:26.040 --> 0:56:27.759 in place no one wants. No one wants to go 0:56:27.800 --> 0:56:31.360 into a retirement home. So it makes for safer environments 0:56:31.600 --> 0:56:34.640 because you know that Grandma slipped and fell. So I 0:56:34.640 --> 0:56:37.320 think we've just scratched the surface in terms of what's possible. 0:56:37.640 --> 0:56:39.520 I think it's just going to continue to growing involved 0:56:39.520 --> 0:56:40.640 as the technology changes. 0:56:40.760 --> 0:56:43.480 We've heard a lot about eight K over the years. 0:56:43.520 --> 0:56:46.880 I was just curious if that trend is actually taking off. 0:56:47.480 --> 0:56:50.080 AK it's big right now, You've got Sony, you got 0:56:50.200 --> 0:56:53.000 LG and a number of these brands are unveiling you 0:56:53.080 --> 0:56:56.120 AK products. I think one of the challenges still becomes 0:56:56.120 --> 0:56:58.279 an eight K content. There's not a lot of it 0:56:58.320 --> 0:57:00.640 out there, but it's an amazing experience. 0:57:00.960 --> 0:57:03.240 One big trend I did see it this year show 0:57:03.440 --> 0:57:06.680 outdoor technology, the idea of all that stuff you have 0:57:06.800 --> 0:57:09.040 inside but made for outside. 0:57:09.480 --> 0:57:13.400 People want indoor outdoor spaces and so as kitchens for example, 0:57:13.440 --> 0:57:16.400 your outdoor grilling areas, patios, et cetera. Have evolved and 0:57:16.400 --> 0:57:19.240 people are designing this. They want that same technology experience 0:57:19.240 --> 0:57:21.439 to follow them. So you know at the show you'll 0:57:21.440 --> 0:57:25.280 see televisions that are specifically designed for outdoor so they 0:57:25.320 --> 0:57:28.240 deal better with lighting, they do better with weather, so 0:57:28.280 --> 0:57:30.439 you can really take that experience from inside and bring 0:57:30.440 --> 0:57:33.600 it outside and that that is an absolute massive opportunity 0:57:33.600 --> 0:57:34.280 for this market. 0:57:34.440 --> 0:57:37.680 Another big trend is lighting. It can really change the 0:57:37.760 --> 0:57:38.920 dynamics of a home. 0:57:39.240 --> 0:57:41.920 So what we're finding is, and actually I've got some 0:57:42.600 --> 0:57:45.000 colleagues that work in this space. You see these homes 0:57:45.000 --> 0:57:47.520 are built in lightings in afterthought. Lighting is really the 0:57:47.520 --> 0:57:50.440 bridge between the design build side and the hometech integrator. 0:57:50.720 --> 0:57:53.200 And given that that's kind of that centerpiece. It can 0:57:53.240 --> 0:57:55.720 really change the experience. So if you have the wrong lighting, 0:57:56.080 --> 0:57:58.360 that beautiful paint color that you put in your your 0:57:58.400 --> 0:58:00.880 living room isn't gonna pop, or it's gonna maybe that 0:58:00.960 --> 0:58:02.439 piece of artwork isn't going to work. 0:58:02.840 --> 0:58:05.000 So lighting is really really key. 0:58:04.800 --> 0:58:06.880 And that to me is the one area that bridges 0:58:06.920 --> 0:58:09.400 the divide between the designer and builder and the home 0:58:09.440 --> 0:58:12.920 technology integrator, and so that can really bring together that 0:58:13.200 --> 0:58:14.280 holistic experience. 0:58:14.560 --> 0:58:17.000 Smart security has been around for a long time. At 0:58:17.040 --> 0:58:20.200 the high end. Obviously you could get those cameras installed 0:58:20.200 --> 0:58:22.959 by a professional, but then Ring came along and made 0:58:23.000 --> 0:58:26.480 home security accessible to everyone. So I was curious what 0:58:26.520 --> 0:58:28.240 we're seeing in that area these days. 0:58:28.840 --> 0:58:30.600 Well, they can tell you if someone is at your 0:58:30.600 --> 0:58:32.320 front door, it can tell you if your kids got 0:58:32.320 --> 0:58:36.920 Home security is one of the top consumer trends in 0:58:37.000 --> 0:58:39.720 terms of what they want in a connected environment, and 0:58:39.800 --> 0:58:42.160 so now with camera technology being what it is, it's 0:58:42.200 --> 0:58:45.120 so easy to integrate that and just to make sure 0:58:45.120 --> 0:58:47.800 that hey, you could be in Italy and check in 0:58:47.880 --> 0:58:51.080 to see who's at your front door. It's something that's 0:58:51.160 --> 0:58:53.920 very central and people were really looking for those safe 0:58:53.920 --> 0:58:56.000 spaces and the technology is there. 0:58:56.040 --> 0:58:58.520 It's now, it's twenty twenty five, and many of us 0:58:58.560 --> 0:59:02.120 have bits and pieces of that dreams smart home already 0:59:02.160 --> 0:59:04.360 in our homes. So I was just curious to get 0:59:04.400 --> 0:59:07.960 his take on what a dream smart home would actually 0:59:08.000 --> 0:59:10.120 be like from start to finish. 0:59:10.320 --> 0:59:13.160 The dream is to have an experience. It's all your own. 0:59:13.680 --> 0:59:15.800 You walk into your house, the lighting. 0:59:15.520 --> 0:59:20.200 Is the right tone. Speakers are playing your favorite music 0:59:20.560 --> 0:59:21.040 that you know. 0:59:21.120 --> 0:59:23.880 You can walk outside, you know, have your lights on 0:59:24.360 --> 0:59:25.440 in your outdoor area. 0:59:25.760 --> 0:59:28.600 You can turn on your grill before you get home. Right. 0:59:28.640 --> 0:59:30.040 It's it's the creature comforts. 0:59:30.280 --> 0:59:33.600 It means a little something different for everybody, but it's 0:59:33.600 --> 0:59:36.880 so important that this audience is all about creating that experience. 0:59:36.960 --> 0:59:39.360 It's very specific to you based on what you want. 0:59:39.680 --> 0:59:42.120 So if you're really into wellness, we can build a 0:59:42.120 --> 0:59:45.760 solution around that. If you have elderly parents, we can 0:59:45.800 --> 0:59:47.560 build something for you that's going to help to keep 0:59:47.600 --> 0:59:49.760 them safe. Or if you just want to sit there 0:59:49.760 --> 0:59:52.520 and immerse yourself in the you know the NFL football 0:59:52.880 --> 0:59:54.880 this season, you can do that as well. So there's 0:59:54.880 --> 0:59:57.400 something for everybody, and it goes well outside the home theater. 0:59:57.440 --> 0:59:58.960 It touches every aspect of the home. 0:59:59.320 --> 1:00:02.520 Now, CEDIA is all about pro installers, but many people 1:00:02.560 --> 1:00:05.040 have the perception that they just can't afford a luxury 1:00:05.120 --> 1:00:07.640 like this. So my question is how do you know 1:00:07.680 --> 1:00:11.680 when you should contact a professional versus just installing things yourself. 1:00:11.880 --> 1:00:13.640 So I've always used the rule of thumber. 1:00:13.920 --> 1:00:17.080 I look at some of the readily available products that 1:00:17.080 --> 1:00:18.400 are out there in the market that you can get. 1:00:18.240 --> 1:00:21.040 A vest by. That's that's your three series BMW. 1:00:21.480 --> 1:00:23.840 But as you decide that you want to do more 1:00:24.040 --> 1:00:26.200 or you need it to do something very specific where 1:00:26.240 --> 1:00:28.440 my ab limitations. That's the point when you call it 1:00:28.480 --> 1:00:32.880 an integrated Certainly Amazon, Google app will have great, very 1:00:32.920 --> 1:00:34.600 basic suites. 1:00:34.200 --> 1:00:35.520 But depending on what you need. 1:00:35.720 --> 1:00:37.840 You know, if you want to integrate lighting, if you 1:00:37.880 --> 1:00:41.520 want to integrate shade automation, that's when you need to bring. 1:00:41.320 --> 1:00:42.040 In an integrator. 1:00:42.440 --> 1:00:45.520 I would say when it comes to a show like CDIO, 1:00:46.040 --> 1:00:48.760 this is always about what's new, what's next, what's on 1:00:48.800 --> 1:00:49.320 the horizon. 1:00:49.320 --> 1:00:51.000 One of the things we haven't thought of yet. 1:00:51.360 --> 1:00:53.720 And you know you have a group that it was 1:00:53.960 --> 1:00:56.840 it came together in CDIA, the association started in nineteen 1:00:56.880 --> 1:01:01.160 ninety four. They can bring these ideas is to reality. 1:01:01.400 --> 1:01:04.080 So it's all about bringing that experience that is unique 1:01:04.080 --> 1:01:07.000 to you and doing your way. That's it's going to 1:01:07.000 --> 1:01:09.160 continue to grow with you as you evolve in your 1:01:09.200 --> 1:01:09.680 needs of aolt. 1:01:10.320 --> 1:01:13.240 All right, there you have it. Brian Pagel, Executive vice 1:01:13.280 --> 1:01:16.720 president at Emerald They put on CDA twenty twenty five. 1:01:17.080 --> 1:01:19.080 If you want to see some of my coverage from 1:01:19.120 --> 1:01:21.440 this year's show, go to the website rich on tech 1:01:21.640 --> 1:01:25.320 dot tv. Check out the newsletter this week. All my 1:01:25.480 --> 1:01:28.520 favorite things that I saw there are listed all right 1:01:28.560 --> 1:01:30.720 eighty eight rich one on one eighty eight seven four 1:01:30.760 --> 1:01:37.360 to two four one zero one. Brenda writes in I 1:01:37.480 --> 1:01:40.920 recently had a bad experience at Tesla, so I posted 1:01:40.960 --> 1:01:44.080 about it on x Soon after, I got an email 1:01:44.160 --> 1:01:47.440 claiming they found the exact car I wanted, but when 1:01:47.480 --> 1:01:50.080 it came time to pay, they said the dealership only 1:01:50.120 --> 1:01:55.680 accepts cryptocurrency. The email came from a proton dot me address, 1:01:55.720 --> 1:01:58.280 which raised a red flag. Is this legit, Bobo? I'm 1:01:58.280 --> 1:02:02.520 gonna let you answer this one. No, you don't think 1:02:02.560 --> 1:02:06.200 it's legit that the dealership only accepts crypto Come on, really, 1:02:07.560 --> 1:02:11.160 I mean, this is just it's it's wild that people 1:02:11.480 --> 1:02:14.080 just I mean, I'm not saying Brenda, but like some 1:02:14.120 --> 1:02:17.200 person's out there like literally waiting for people to complain 1:02:17.240 --> 1:02:20.520 about Tesla on X and then swoop in and say, oh, yeah, 1:02:20.520 --> 1:02:22.720 here we can get you this car, pay me in crypto. 1:02:23.160 --> 1:02:27.600 Like come on, no, Brenda, that is a complete scam. 1:02:29.040 --> 1:02:30.840 I don't now. Here's the thing, And this is why 1:02:30.880 --> 1:02:33.760 I always say these scam artists, they always kind of 1:02:33.760 --> 1:02:37.520 prey upon the fact that they twist things around, right, Like, yes, 1:02:37.600 --> 1:02:40.400 at one point Tesla did accept bitcoin. I don't think 1:02:40.400 --> 1:02:42.840 they do anymore. Maybe they still do, but they they 1:02:42.840 --> 1:02:44.840 did at one point, so yes, they're and we know 1:02:44.920 --> 1:02:47.240 Elon is big into that stuff or I think he is. 1:02:47.280 --> 1:02:51.120 I don't know is he is Elon? I don't know anyway. 1:02:51.120 --> 1:02:54.040 But the point is it sounds like it could be legitimate. 1:02:54.080 --> 1:02:55.560 You're like, Okay, well I have to pay in crypto. 1:02:55.600 --> 1:02:58.760 I'm getting a Tesla. No, do not do that. Tesla's 1:02:58.760 --> 1:03:01.000 not gonna ask you to pay through crypto or use 1:03:01.040 --> 1:03:04.920 a proton dot me email address. Come on, what It's just. 1:03:07.080 --> 1:03:09.800 People are getting creative, The criminals are getting smart. They're 1:03:09.800 --> 1:03:12.880 trying new ways to get people to give them information. 1:03:13.240 --> 1:03:14.560 I don't know if I told you it is. But 1:03:14.920 --> 1:03:19.080 they called my phone looking for my mom. Oh, and 1:03:19.400 --> 1:03:22.240 they was like, yeah, somebody's trying to start a credit 1:03:22.280 --> 1:03:25.680 card in her name and we need some information to 1:03:25.800 --> 1:03:26.959 stop it from going through. 1:03:27.120 --> 1:03:27.560 Oh wow. 1:03:27.600 --> 1:03:29.920 And I'm like, just stop it, yeah, just stop. So 1:03:30.040 --> 1:03:31.960 we need to make sure that this is her. No, 1:03:32.080 --> 1:03:34.560 you don't, I'm telling you just to stop it. Well, 1:03:34.560 --> 1:03:36.880 we really need to speak to Cindy. And I was like, 1:03:37.400 --> 1:03:40.760 that's fine, I'm telling you as the person you called 1:03:41.040 --> 1:03:43.480 to stop it. Yeah, And they didn't want to stop it, 1:03:43.520 --> 1:03:46.280 and they had they had the last four of her social. 1:03:46.480 --> 1:03:50.000 Well okay, so that's something that you could probably find online. Yes, right, 1:03:50.040 --> 1:03:51.480 I mean now you can find with all these data 1:03:51.480 --> 1:03:54.840 breaches everything. Yeah, but that's interesting. So they they were 1:03:54.920 --> 1:03:56.840 trying to get the rest of the information. 1:03:57.200 --> 1:03:57.439 Yep. 1:03:57.920 --> 1:04:00.560 So hey, we've got we know you're so is two 1:04:00.600 --> 1:04:03.240 two seven two. We just need the rest to confirm 1:04:03.280 --> 1:04:04.320 before we go any further. 1:04:04.520 --> 1:04:04.760 Yep. 1:04:04.800 --> 1:04:07.120 That's exactly what they we're trying to do. That is unbelievable. 1:04:07.160 --> 1:04:09.000 I mean, I'm telling you so, I don't know if 1:04:09.160 --> 1:04:10.960 if you follow me on Instagram at Ridge on Tech, 1:04:11.040 --> 1:04:14.480 you know that I love posting these scams because so 1:04:14.520 --> 1:04:17.360 many people are now sending me scams that I go 1:04:17.440 --> 1:04:20.760 through them and I will kind of filter out the 1:04:20.760 --> 1:04:23.840 ones that I haven't seen before. So, for instance, the 1:04:23.880 --> 1:04:26.120 other day, I saw one that I've never seen, which 1:04:26.200 --> 1:04:30.160 is State of California Franchise Tax Board says, your tax 1:04:30.200 --> 1:04:34.480 refund has been processed and approved. Please provide your accurate 1:04:34.560 --> 1:04:37.520 collection information and then we'll deposit the money into your 1:04:37.560 --> 1:04:40.640 bank account or get this email a paper check? What 1:04:40.680 --> 1:04:43.280 does that even mean? Email a paper check? And then 1:04:43.320 --> 1:04:45.000 it gives a website that kind of looks like the 1:04:45.040 --> 1:04:47.480 California website. And I was like, all right, I've never 1:04:47.560 --> 1:04:49.760 seen this one before. Let's let's put it out there. 1:04:50.080 --> 1:04:53.160 And sure enough people were I mean, it got shared 1:04:53.240 --> 1:04:56.600 like crazy because people were like, yeah, I'm getting that 1:04:56.600 --> 1:04:59.560 one too, and it's like they will just try whatever 1:04:59.600 --> 1:05:01.040 they can and if you go to the website. So 1:05:01.080 --> 1:05:03.640 what I do is when when you send me these things, 1:05:03.680 --> 1:05:05.160 and you can, you can send them to me hello 1:05:05.200 --> 1:05:06.720 at rich on tech dot tv. You can go to 1:05:06.720 --> 1:05:09.560 the website and email me rich on tech dot TV. 1:05:10.560 --> 1:05:12.680 But what I do is I actually go through and 1:05:12.720 --> 1:05:14.560 I do not recommend you do this, but I go 1:05:14.640 --> 1:05:17.720 through and I click the links in those phishing emails 1:05:17.800 --> 1:05:19.880 or those scams or those texts that you send me. 1:05:20.320 --> 1:05:22.640 Because I know what I'm doing. I'm gonna be careful 1:05:23.400 --> 1:05:25.720 and I will check to see what they're trying to do, 1:05:25.800 --> 1:05:28.200 like what's their endgame and in this one, and then 1:05:28.240 --> 1:05:30.400 I'll post it and I'll kind of break it all 1:05:30.440 --> 1:05:33.080 down for you so you understand exactly what they're trying 1:05:33.080 --> 1:05:36.480 to do here. And so for your instance with this, uh, 1:05:36.840 --> 1:05:41.040 with this, my phone is acting wonky right now, for instance, 1:05:41.040 --> 1:05:44.480 with this California one, basically they are trying to get 1:05:44.560 --> 1:05:48.360 you to hand over your personal information. This is so wird. 1:05:48.400 --> 1:05:51.560 Instagram is actually physically not working on my phone. I 1:05:51.560 --> 1:05:53.840 can't swipe, like this is one of those carousel swipes. 1:05:54.320 --> 1:05:56.600 I can't swipe, and my phone just won't let me. 1:05:56.920 --> 1:05:58.200 Let me try my other phone. You know, I have 1:05:58.240 --> 1:05:59.680 like three phones in front of me when I do this. 1:05:59.720 --> 1:06:01.959 Show that way when you call in you have a question, 1:06:02.040 --> 1:06:04.560 there it is that one's working. My iPhone's not working. 1:06:04.560 --> 1:06:08.840 Android is anyway, you click the link and of course 1:06:08.840 --> 1:06:10.800 it brings you to a bogus website that looks just 1:06:10.920 --> 1:06:15.040 like the California tax website. Then immediately it says, oh, 1:06:15.120 --> 1:06:18.040 check your status, and first thing it asked for social 1:06:18.440 --> 1:06:20.200 and all your address, and then it says, oh, yeah, 1:06:20.240 --> 1:06:23.520 we found a refund of one thousand dollars and fifty 1:06:24.480 --> 1:06:25.960 How would you like us to send it to you 1:06:26.600 --> 1:06:29.880 bank or credit card? And the bank is great out 1:06:29.880 --> 1:06:31.920 it says, sorry, it's not working right now, so put 1:06:31.960 --> 1:06:34.080 your credit card in. You put your credit card in. 1:06:34.320 --> 1:06:35.840 Now what did you just do? If you made it 1:06:35.880 --> 1:06:38.240 to that last screen, you have given them your name, 1:06:38.520 --> 1:06:43.200 your address, your social your credit card information, and you've 1:06:43.240 --> 1:06:44.960 confirmed it all and now what are they doing? The 1:06:45.040 --> 1:06:47.680 last screen shows like a spinny ball while it's confirming. 1:06:48.040 --> 1:06:50.200 What do you think they're doing? During that spinny ball? 1:06:50.880 --> 1:06:53.720 They've got people in a room, hundreds of them, I 1:06:53.720 --> 1:06:55.760 don't know, or a bunch of them that are sitting 1:06:55.760 --> 1:06:58.360 there grabbing this information as it comes in live. We 1:06:58.440 --> 1:07:00.240 got a live one, We got a good one. And 1:07:00.280 --> 1:07:03.840 they literally try to hack you instantly as you're listening 1:07:03.840 --> 1:07:06.960 to them or as you're waiting for that thing to stop. 1:07:07.800 --> 1:07:11.120 So it's real and it happens every single day, So 1:07:11.160 --> 1:07:14.160 be careful. And yeah, I post all of these to 1:07:14.200 --> 1:07:16.040 my Instagram at rich On Tech. So if you want 1:07:16.080 --> 1:07:19.440 to keep you know, ahead of the curve, follow me 1:07:19.520 --> 1:07:22.440 there at rich On Tech. And I'm telling you, you know, 1:07:22.520 --> 1:07:24.800 send them my way, because I do investigate them and 1:07:24.840 --> 1:07:28.040 I only got you know. The other thing I recommend 1:07:28.080 --> 1:07:30.080 people always ask, oh, do I need antivirus? Do I 1:07:30.120 --> 1:07:32.240 need this? Do I need that? What you need is 1:07:32.280 --> 1:07:37.560 two things on your phone. Nord VPN has a great thing. 1:07:38.120 --> 1:07:39.680 I know you have to have a VPN, but they 1:07:39.680 --> 1:07:43.360 have a feature called Threat Detection, and what it does 1:07:43.480 --> 1:07:46.160 is in real time, it'll scan the things that you're 1:07:46.160 --> 1:07:50.040 clicking and it will look out for you. So if 1:07:50.080 --> 1:07:52.600 you're clicking on malware, it'll look out, it'll say sorry, 1:07:52.600 --> 1:07:55.560 you're malware. It also happens to block ads, which is 1:07:55.600 --> 1:07:57.439 really nice. And a lot of the ads, I hate 1:07:57.480 --> 1:08:02.640 to say, they're called malvertizing. They deliver malware to your phone. 1:08:03.040 --> 1:08:04.880 That's how a lot of these things happen as well. 1:08:05.600 --> 1:08:09.560 Now on your computer, same thing. I really recommend that 1:08:09.600 --> 1:08:12.800 you use Chrome because of this reason. Chrome has something 1:08:12.960 --> 1:08:16.439 called if you go into your settings, it is called 1:08:16.520 --> 1:08:21.439 safe browsing. Okay, under privacy and security, you've got let's 1:08:21.439 --> 1:08:24.280 see here it is security safe browsing, and they've got 1:08:24.320 --> 1:08:28.919 two they've got three levels no protection, which is not recommended. 1:08:28.960 --> 1:08:30.920 That means basically, you can click on anything in Chrome 1:08:30.960 --> 1:08:32.439 and it's not going to check it. It's not gonna 1:08:32.439 --> 1:08:35.440 say word to you. You want to go to website 1:08:35.479 --> 1:08:39.040 that steals myinformation dot com, it'll let you, no problem. 1:08:39.680 --> 1:08:43.920 Standard protection protects against the sites and the downloads that 1:08:44.120 --> 1:08:47.160 are known to be dangerous. So when you visit a website, 1:08:47.600 --> 1:08:50.200 Chrome just does like a quick little check and you know, 1:08:50.479 --> 1:08:53.080 tries to keep it as private as possible, and it says, 1:08:53.479 --> 1:08:55.720 we already know this website's pretty bad. Don't go there. 1:08:56.400 --> 1:08:58.800 Then the highest level, and if you're worried about all 1:08:58.800 --> 1:09:01.200 this stuff, I'd probably turn this up on. It's called 1:09:01.320 --> 1:09:05.360 Safe Browsing Enhanced Protection. Now, this is real time AI 1:09:05.560 --> 1:09:10.720 powered protection against dangerous websites, downloads, extensions. And what it 1:09:10.760 --> 1:09:13.719 does is it sends a little bit of the URL 1:09:14.320 --> 1:09:16.280 more than the other one, so it is a little 1:09:16.320 --> 1:09:20.160 bit more or I guess a little less private than 1:09:20.200 --> 1:09:23.000 the standard protection. So if you're worried about privacy, go 1:09:23.080 --> 1:09:25.080 with the standard. But if you want to protect yourself 1:09:25.120 --> 1:09:27.679 the most, go with the enhanced and this works nine 1:09:27.720 --> 1:09:29.760 out of ten times. When I click these links on 1:09:29.840 --> 1:09:34.160 these bogus emails, these scam text, it'll show up a big, 1:09:34.240 --> 1:09:37.680 bright red screen, rich, do not proceed. We think this 1:09:37.800 --> 1:09:40.080 site is dangerous. Now, if you know what you're doing, 1:09:40.120 --> 1:09:41.960 you got to click like three more times like I do. 1:09:42.240 --> 1:09:44.880 It'll bring you to the website. But for ninety nine 1:09:44.880 --> 1:09:46.920 percent of the people, that's enough for them to say, oh, oh, 1:09:46.960 --> 1:09:49.840 hold on, I'm not doing that. So again, go into Chrome, 1:09:50.280 --> 1:09:52.800 turn on safe browsing. Make sure you at least have 1:09:52.840 --> 1:09:56.920 the standard protection turned on. Enhanced protections good. I also 1:09:57.080 --> 1:09:59.600 like again the nord VPN. I know it's paid, but 1:09:59.600 --> 1:10:03.640 they've got this great threat protection built in and it 1:10:03.720 --> 1:10:07.360 basically just, you know, scans the websites that you're going 1:10:07.400 --> 1:10:09.400 to and we'll make sure that it alerts you if 1:10:09.400 --> 1:10:11.519 you're trying to do something. Most of the things are 1:10:11.560 --> 1:10:13.640 just trying to steal your data, your information, but some 1:10:13.680 --> 1:10:16.400 of them do actually download stuff to your computer. There's 1:10:16.400 --> 1:10:19.360 one scam that my son and I were investigating, and 1:10:19.400 --> 1:10:21.960 as soon as you click that link to download like 1:10:22.040 --> 1:10:25.080 a it was like, hey, we have your tax information 1:10:25.240 --> 1:10:28.720 or your Social Security statement. You click it. It immediately 1:10:28.800 --> 1:10:32.240 downloaded a virus to your computer that if you double 1:10:32.320 --> 1:10:34.679 click that to run it, it is like game over. 1:10:34.960 --> 1:10:38.600 They would get full access to everything. All right, I 1:10:38.600 --> 1:10:39.920 do want to tell you before we go to break 1:10:39.920 --> 1:10:43.879 that Microsoft is now giving Microsoft three sixty five Personal 1:10:44.520 --> 1:10:47.800 to all college students for free for a year. So 1:10:47.800 --> 1:10:50.479 we're talking all the stuff that comes with three sixty 1:10:50.520 --> 1:10:55.280 five Personal. You're talking the versions of Microsoft Word Excel, 1:10:56.240 --> 1:11:01.519 the terabytes of storage, one terabyte of cloud storage, the AI, 1:11:01.720 --> 1:11:05.160 the Copilot, all this stuff. Premium. Microsoft three sixty five 1:11:05.200 --> 1:11:08.400 Personal is now free. If you're a college student, you 1:11:08.439 --> 1:11:10.680 gotta claim it by October thirty. First, I'll put the 1:11:10.680 --> 1:11:13.040 link on the website because it's really long. Rich on 1:11:13.160 --> 1:11:15.880 Tech dot TV go to Show Notes, episode one thirty eight. 1:11:15.880 --> 1:11:18.080 If you're a college student, you might as well grab 1:11:18.120 --> 1:11:20.680 this eight eight eight rich one o one eight eight 1:11:20.720 --> 1:11:24.200 eight seven four to two four one zero one. I'll 1:11:24.240 --> 1:11:27.280 tell you when Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Google 1:11:27.280 --> 1:11:32.439 Home Coming up. Welcome back to rich on Tech Rich 1:11:32.520 --> 1:11:37.200 DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology. Eight eight 1:11:37.200 --> 1:11:40.559 a rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 1:11:40.600 --> 1:11:42.920 to two four one zero one. You gotta tech question. 1:11:43.000 --> 1:11:46.400 You gotta gadget. You're looking at an app. You need 1:11:46.439 --> 1:11:48.400 a recommendation on whatever it is. Give me a call 1:11:48.520 --> 1:11:51.240 eighty eight Rich one O one eighty eight seven four 1:11:51.280 --> 1:11:54.160 to two four one zero one. You can also go 1:11:54.200 --> 1:11:58.360 to the website rich on tech dot tv. This is 1:11:58.360 --> 1:12:00.559 turning out to be quite the program because we have 1:12:00.720 --> 1:12:05.280 gotten a lot of good recommendations so far. I talked 1:12:05.320 --> 1:12:07.240 about the money app that I like these days. If 1:12:07.240 --> 1:12:09.160 you're trying to figure out if your old Windows ten 1:12:09.200 --> 1:12:12.360 PC can handle Windows eleven. I talked about the app 1:12:12.439 --> 1:12:16.680 that can check that. Let's see what else. Oh, I 1:12:16.680 --> 1:12:22.639 got a message from follower Paulette on my Instagram and 1:12:22.760 --> 1:12:25.599 she just tried the remove fence in Gemini with the 1:12:26.320 --> 1:12:30.519 nano banana. Unbelievable. The picture she sent me, these are 1:12:30.600 --> 1:12:34.320 pictures of my boy forty years ago. It was a 1:12:34.360 --> 1:12:37.639 picture of her kid playing little League through a fence 1:12:38.400 --> 1:12:42.400 forty years ago. I'm not kidding. I'm looking at this picture. 1:12:43.439 --> 1:12:45.960 It's almost bringing tears to my eyes. It's that amazing 1:12:46.360 --> 1:12:48.400 the fact that you have a picture of your kid 1:12:48.400 --> 1:12:52.160 from forty years ago behind a fence that is obstructing 1:12:52.240 --> 1:12:55.160 him and now and it's a picture of the team too, 1:12:55.960 --> 1:12:59.760 and now seeing it without the fence, it's unbelievable. I'm 1:13:00.120 --> 1:13:03.400 believable that we can do this in today's day and age. 1:13:04.439 --> 1:13:07.200 It gives it's like a shiver down my back. It's 1:13:07.240 --> 1:13:09.960 just that wild to me anyway, Paula, I'm glad you're 1:13:10.000 --> 1:13:14.519 enjoying that. We talked about organizing MP three's how to 1:13:14.680 --> 1:13:17.519 Browse Safely and Chrome and coming up this hour, we're 1:13:17.520 --> 1:13:20.240 going to talk to Julian Keel, founder and CEO of 1:13:20.320 --> 1:13:23.240 Points Path. This is a cool extension for if you 1:13:23.280 --> 1:13:25.599 travel a lot, you book a lot of flights when 1:13:25.640 --> 1:13:29.519 you're on Google Flights, it basically inserts itself in there 1:13:29.920 --> 1:13:31.920 and it tells you if you should book with Points, 1:13:31.920 --> 1:13:33.840 if you have them, or if it's a better deal 1:13:33.880 --> 1:13:35.920 to actually pay for the flight. So we'll talk to 1:13:36.280 --> 1:13:38.720 him a little bit later on. I've been getting a 1:13:38.760 --> 1:13:43.160 lot of emails about Google Home and it's not really 1:13:43.200 --> 1:13:45.160 working as well as it used to. All these Google 1:13:45.160 --> 1:13:48.320 Home devices people have around their house, they've just kind 1:13:48.320 --> 1:13:51.120 of been defaulting to web answers for a while now, 1:13:51.160 --> 1:13:54.080 and they've just not been as full featured as people 1:13:54.520 --> 1:13:58.160 remember them being. And the reason is that Google has 1:13:58.200 --> 1:14:00.960 sort of been getting rid of some of the features 1:14:00.960 --> 1:14:05.960 of these devices and replacing it with Gemini. So Google 1:14:06.000 --> 1:14:08.519 Assistant used to control a whole bunch of stuff. Now 1:14:08.560 --> 1:14:12.559 they're kind of, you know, just switching it out for Gemini, 1:14:12.640 --> 1:14:15.879 which is going to be way smarter. And we finally 1:14:15.920 --> 1:14:19.599 have a date when that may happen. The date is 1:14:19.720 --> 1:14:24.599 October first, twenty twenty five. Gemini will officially replace Google 1:14:24.600 --> 1:14:28.479 Assistant on Google Home and Nest devices starting October first. 1:14:28.880 --> 1:14:31.080 This was announced a long time ago. I actually saw 1:14:31.120 --> 1:14:34.760 a demo last like holidays, like in New York City. 1:14:34.800 --> 1:14:36.439 I went to this event with Google and they showed 1:14:36.439 --> 1:14:39.000 me a little demo of Gemini on the speaker. I mean, 1:14:39.000 --> 1:14:42.080 you're talking a long time ago. That was nine months ago. 1:14:43.040 --> 1:14:45.000 But now we finally have a date. So if you 1:14:45.080 --> 1:14:49.240 have one of these Google Google Home devices a Nest 1:14:49.280 --> 1:14:52.720 device that uses Google Assistant in the past, Gemini will 1:14:52.760 --> 1:14:55.800 be way better, way better. I cannot wait for this 1:14:56.360 --> 1:14:59.879 to be able to just say, you know, h Google, whatever. 1:15:00.040 --> 1:15:02.439 Anything I would ask on Google on my phone, now 1:15:02.479 --> 1:15:04.240 I can ask on the smart speaker and it will 1:15:04.240 --> 1:15:06.720 actually give me an AI answer. I can't wait, and 1:15:06.760 --> 1:15:09.880 I think that. Hopefully controlling your smart home devices should 1:15:09.880 --> 1:15:13.360 be easier as well, So instead of saying very specific things, 1:15:13.400 --> 1:15:15.439 you can say things like, you know, turn off the 1:15:15.479 --> 1:15:18.360 back lights and also heat the pool. Not that I 1:15:18.360 --> 1:15:20.120 have that ability, but that would be cool if I did. 1:15:20.400 --> 1:15:22.439 But that's the kind of things that you'll be able 1:15:22.439 --> 1:15:25.519 to do. The other thing that you're not going to like, though, 1:15:25.720 --> 1:15:30.160 is that Apparently, according to Tom's guide, Google is hinting 1:15:30.240 --> 1:15:33.759 at paid versus free tiers. I don't know what that means, 1:15:34.439 --> 1:15:38.680 but they're saying it's unclear which features might require a subscription, 1:15:39.920 --> 1:15:42.599 so we'll see what happens there. Anyway, good news. I'm 1:15:42.680 --> 1:15:45.680 very excited about that. Speaking of AI, I guess we're 1:15:45.680 --> 1:15:49.040 getting through all the Google news today. This is amazing. 1:15:49.080 --> 1:15:52.679 I've been using this on the Pixel phone that I'm testing, 1:15:52.880 --> 1:15:55.760 and now it's available to everyone. But if you're using 1:15:55.840 --> 1:15:59.320 g Board, which is Google's keyboard on your Android device, 1:15:59.720 --> 1:16:03.840 there's a new little icon which looks like AI when 1:16:03.840 --> 1:16:06.400 you're typing. So if you type something out, let's say 1:16:06.439 --> 1:16:09.040 you're in like an email or something, and you type hey, 1:16:09.560 --> 1:16:12.880 what's up, you'll see there's a little it looks like 1:16:12.920 --> 1:16:15.960 a little pen with you know, stars around it. So 1:16:16.000 --> 1:16:21.720 that's like the universal icon for AI. So if you 1:16:21.760 --> 1:16:25.280 tap that, it's a new AI writing tool and it 1:16:25.320 --> 1:16:29.120 goes through whatever you just wrote, whether it's a text message, 1:16:29.160 --> 1:16:33.040 whatever text, and it just lets you start doing things 1:16:33.120 --> 1:16:35.000 with it. So not only does it proofread it right 1:16:35.200 --> 1:16:37.439 right off the bat. So I just wrote, Hey, what's up, 1:16:37.439 --> 1:16:39.679 and it corrected it to hey, coma what's up? Question 1:16:39.760 --> 1:16:42.320 mark and you can just tap use this and boom, 1:16:42.320 --> 1:16:45.519 it's in there, almost like grammarly, but anywhere on your 1:16:45.520 --> 1:16:49.160 phone right and for free. Then you can rephrase things, 1:16:49.240 --> 1:16:53.360 you can make it professional, make it friendly. Emogifi. Oh, emogifi. 1:16:53.400 --> 1:16:55.760 That's a good one. Let me try that. So now 1:16:55.800 --> 1:16:58.080 it just you tap that and it turns everything to emojis, 1:16:58.120 --> 1:17:02.599 Hey what's up? Hand ye I mean, this is such 1:17:02.640 --> 1:17:06.000 a cool feature. I am just I know everyone's scared 1:17:06.000 --> 1:17:09.240 about AI. It's changing things, it's changing everything that we do, 1:17:09.280 --> 1:17:12.240 and it's ruining jobs and it's just everything is like 1:17:12.360 --> 1:17:15.000 AI is just putting everything in flux. But at the 1:17:15.080 --> 1:17:18.360 end of the day, it is really handy in so 1:17:18.439 --> 1:17:21.120 many ways. So this AI writing tool, if you see 1:17:21.160 --> 1:17:23.960 it above your keyboard on Android, if you're using the 1:17:24.400 --> 1:17:26.880 g board. It is really handy. Tap it. I'm using 1:17:26.960 --> 1:17:31.040 it all the time. I just love it. Proofreading, spelling, grammar. 1:17:31.080 --> 1:17:33.800 One tap and everything happens on your device because you know, 1:17:33.840 --> 1:17:35.400 when you're doing a text or something, a lot of 1:17:35.400 --> 1:17:39.320 that's private. So Google's saying says that all processing is 1:17:39.320 --> 1:17:42.960 happening on the device, or everything's staying private. I love that. 1:17:43.880 --> 1:17:45.200 It kind of goes into what I was telling you 1:17:45.320 --> 1:17:49.599 last week. If you're in Gmail and you type a message, 1:17:50.800 --> 1:17:53.840 you gotta try the little the same little icon it's 1:17:53.840 --> 1:17:56.280 above your message. It looks like a pencil with a star. 1:17:57.120 --> 1:17:59.880 And basically I'm using that now for every message I write. 1:18:00.080 --> 1:18:02.160 I just speak it out and then I taped that 1:18:02.200 --> 1:18:06.320 little polish tool and Gmail looks at the person who's 1:18:06.320 --> 1:18:08.360 emailing me, they look at their question, they look at 1:18:08.400 --> 1:18:12.640 whatever the context is, and then it will polish it 1:18:12.760 --> 1:18:15.960 up with that data as well. So it is it 1:18:16.000 --> 1:18:21.880 is really really good. Let's go to Dan in Alabama. Dan, 1:18:21.880 --> 1:18:22.599 you're on with Rich. 1:18:24.160 --> 1:18:27.720 Hi, Rich, thanks for taking my call. Absolutely, I have 1:18:27.800 --> 1:18:30.200 an older computer. The last one I built was in 1:18:30.240 --> 1:18:33.840 twenty fifteen, and obviously my hardware is not going to 1:18:33.840 --> 1:18:36.479 allow me to upgrade to Windows eleven. So I was 1:18:36.520 --> 1:18:41.439 thinking about upgrading hardware. But I'm a little nervous because 1:18:41.880 --> 1:18:45.080 I don't want to lose my Microsoft Office sixteen and 1:18:45.240 --> 1:18:47.439 some of my other programs that I have on it. 1:18:48.880 --> 1:18:51.960 What would be the best way to transfer my C 1:18:52.240 --> 1:18:54.759 based drive to a new computer? 1:18:55.680 --> 1:19:02.559 Ooh, with those programs intact? Yes, sir, that could be tricky. 1:19:02.720 --> 1:19:06.280 So you're trying to get have you downloaded these programs 1:19:06.400 --> 1:19:08.240 or you just have them running on the old computer. 1:19:09.439 --> 1:19:14.799 Well, I downloaded the Office sixteen back in sixteen, okay, 1:19:14.920 --> 1:19:17.040 And so I don't know if I can still download it. 1:19:17.080 --> 1:19:19.559 I still have the key for it, but I don't 1:19:19.560 --> 1:19:22.439 know if I can continue if I could download it, 1:19:22.479 --> 1:19:25.520 because I don't even know if it's available from Microsoft anymore. 1:19:25.120 --> 1:19:29.559 Not officially, that's for sure. Yeah, yeah, I mean you really. 1:19:29.640 --> 1:19:33.760 You really can't directly transfer programs like that. It's just 1:19:33.760 --> 1:19:37.200 not it's not something that you can do. You can 1:19:37.240 --> 1:19:40.559 try to maybe run this hard drive on the new computer, 1:19:40.640 --> 1:19:41.960 like if you plug it in, you might be able 1:19:42.000 --> 1:19:43.599 to do that. I'm not even sure that would work. 1:19:44.680 --> 1:19:47.400 I don't really have a way to do that unless 1:19:47.400 --> 1:19:52.719 the program is physically downloadable or you have the physical 1:19:52.760 --> 1:19:55.160 media that you can, you know, install in the new 1:19:55.280 --> 1:19:57.559 drive and use the code. You may be able to 1:19:57.560 --> 1:20:01.400 find unofficial installations, but I yeah, I can't really recommend that. 1:20:02.960 --> 1:20:06.880 There's just wondered if like a Cronus or a drive 1:20:06.960 --> 1:20:10.559 duplicator would allow me to do that to the new 1:20:10.600 --> 1:20:12.040 hard drive on the new equipment. 1:20:12.200 --> 1:20:14.000 I was, I was wondering that like a drive like 1:20:14.040 --> 1:20:16.559 a disk image drive or something like a disc copy, 1:20:16.640 --> 1:20:20.120 Like if you like clone the drive, you mean that 1:20:20.479 --> 1:20:22.800 that may work. I have not personally done that, so 1:20:22.840 --> 1:20:24.760 I can't tell you if that's gonna work or not. 1:20:24.960 --> 1:20:28.720 So that's probably your best bet if you're so if 1:20:28.720 --> 1:20:30.280 you're trying to like, let's see, I'm trying to see 1:20:30.280 --> 1:20:34.280 I'm looking at a Cronus true image. The problem is, 1:20:34.360 --> 1:20:36.040 I just I haven't tried this, so I just don't 1:20:36.080 --> 1:20:37.800 know if it would work. I mean, it's it's maybe 1:20:37.840 --> 1:20:40.160 worth the fifty dollars to try it. If it's said, 1:20:40.240 --> 1:20:42.080 does it say it can do that? Does it say 1:20:42.120 --> 1:20:43.920 it can like run a program on a new computer 1:20:43.920 --> 1:20:44.840 if you clone it over. 1:20:47.280 --> 1:20:48.800 I don't know if it does or not. I mean, 1:20:48.800 --> 1:20:51.560 I've just been looking around at some of them commercially. 1:20:51.640 --> 1:20:55.479 I haven't purchased one yet, so yeah, I just you 1:20:55.560 --> 1:20:57.519 may have experienced this before or not. 1:20:57.760 --> 1:20:59.519 I mean, this says moved from a hard drive to 1:20:59.560 --> 1:21:03.479 an asset d drive, migration from a faulty drive. The 1:21:03.560 --> 1:21:05.960 problem is, here's what you're going to run into. Unless 1:21:05.960 --> 1:21:09.360 you're running the same exact operating system on the new device, 1:21:11.240 --> 1:21:13.679 you know that you almost have to run this old 1:21:14.439 --> 1:21:16.880 drive in its own instance, if that makes sense, you 1:21:16.880 --> 1:21:18.439 know what I mean, Like it might have to be 1:21:18.479 --> 1:21:21.720 like a virtual drive. I'm not even sure that's possible, Dan, 1:21:21.800 --> 1:21:24.000 I just don't know on that one. That one's something 1:21:24.040 --> 1:21:25.840 that I got to look into and see if that's 1:21:25.840 --> 1:21:28.160 something you do. All I know is that you know, 1:21:28.200 --> 1:21:31.320 if you're running something from twenty sixteen, you know it's 1:21:31.320 --> 1:21:33.400 shown its age. It might be best to just keep 1:21:33.479 --> 1:21:36.759 that on the computer you have, let that run. Clearly, 1:21:36.760 --> 1:21:40.000 you're out of You're going to be out of updates anyway. 1:21:40.000 --> 1:21:41.880 I mean, you're not getting updates for that anyway. So 1:21:41.880 --> 1:21:45.559 the software and security aspect is already out the window. 1:21:46.960 --> 1:21:49.400 So maybe just set up the new computer fresh so 1:21:49.439 --> 1:21:52.080 that you're good with security and all that stuff, and 1:21:52.120 --> 1:21:55.000 then when you need to run that program. You can 1:21:55.080 --> 1:21:58.639 run it there. There's also, by the way, and maybe 1:21:58.640 --> 1:21:59.720 this is not what you want to hear, but they 1:21:59.760 --> 1:22:03.280 also of a free version of Office Office Live on 1:22:03.320 --> 1:22:05.080 the web. Let me see if I can find the 1:22:05.120 --> 1:22:08.639 link for that. So if you go to U if 1:22:08.680 --> 1:22:11.600 you just it's so tough to find these things. I 1:22:11.720 --> 1:22:13.960 just searched Office Live on the web and it came 1:22:14.040 --> 1:22:17.759 up free Microsoft three sixty five online Word Excel PowerPoint, 1:22:17.880 --> 1:22:22.120 So you can actually use word Excel and PowerPoint on 1:22:22.240 --> 1:22:24.960 the web for free. A lot of people don't realize 1:22:25.000 --> 1:22:27.640 that Microsoft doesn't really advertise it, but it is the 1:22:27.680 --> 1:22:31.280 web version of the app, and you may not get 1:22:31.320 --> 1:22:33.679 all the features that you would get on the downloadable version. 1:22:33.680 --> 1:22:36.760 But that's another option. But yeah, that's a it's a 1:22:36.760 --> 1:22:39.640 good question. I'm just not sure that that's something that 1:22:39.680 --> 1:22:43.880 would be easily done with this new computer or something 1:22:43.920 --> 1:22:46.720 that you want to do. Actually. Eighty eight rich one 1:22:46.720 --> 1:22:49.080 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:22:49.200 --> 1:22:52.439 one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell you about queues, 1:22:53.040 --> 1:22:56.720 new cheaper light bulbs, and we'll get to more of 1:22:56.760 --> 1:23:00.479 your questions right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back 1:23:00.520 --> 1:23:04.000 to rich On Tech. Eight eight eight rich one oh 1:23:04.040 --> 1:23:07.000 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 1:23:07.280 --> 1:23:13.559 zero one, the website rich on tech dot TV. Let's 1:23:13.640 --> 1:23:17.240 go to I will mention these. I will tell you 1:23:17.240 --> 1:23:20.600 about the new Phillips Hoe lights. They're much cheaper. But 1:23:20.720 --> 1:23:23.920 let's go to Aldo in Los Angeles first. Although you're on. 1:23:24.000 --> 1:23:28.680 With Rich Hey, Rach, thanks for taking my call. Absolutely, 1:23:30.320 --> 1:23:32.280 I'll say like a first time, long time. 1:23:32.280 --> 1:23:33.280 Okay, I like that. 1:23:34.760 --> 1:23:37.479 I have a question if you have any recommendations for 1:23:37.680 --> 1:23:41.040 MP three players, like AMR day eight MP three players. 1:23:41.439 --> 1:23:44.200 I'm looking something for something stimular to like what an 1:23:44.240 --> 1:23:47.679 iPod used to be. That's just an MP three player 1:23:47.880 --> 1:23:49.280 knock next to the internet. 1:23:49.560 --> 1:23:50.519 That's something that's. 1:23:50.320 --> 1:23:55.080 Not going to distract me. If you have any recommendations, 1:23:55.560 --> 1:23:58.040 if you have like a high quality one and maybe 1:23:58.040 --> 1:24:01.280 something that's more uh efficient, would be cool. 1:24:01.600 --> 1:24:03.800 Okay, Well, I mean, look, there's a lot of these 1:24:03.840 --> 1:24:05.679 out there. What are where are you going to source 1:24:05.720 --> 1:24:07.519 the music? Do you have your own collection or are 1:24:07.520 --> 1:24:08.680 you trying to link it up with you? 1:24:08.760 --> 1:24:11.080 Yeah, just like well it's like I'm gonna I found 1:24:11.120 --> 1:24:14.200 my own uh I found my old iPod mm hmm 1:24:14.280 --> 1:24:18.799 so and like I still have my old music collection. 1:24:19.000 --> 1:24:24.760 But you know, I'm downloading some uh music, have some 1:24:25.000 --> 1:24:27.400 CDs still available, I'm converting over. 1:24:28.240 --> 1:24:31.439 Okay, So here's the deal. I mean at this point, 1:24:31.479 --> 1:24:33.759 you know, you know the main answer is that they've 1:24:33.800 --> 1:24:36.400 got you know, everyone's using their phone, they're using their 1:24:36.520 --> 1:24:40.320 their Apple Watch or they're smart watch. But the good 1:24:40.320 --> 1:24:43.760 news is they still sell MP three players. The bad 1:24:43.800 --> 1:24:46.679 news is there's not one that's better than the rest, 1:24:46.720 --> 1:24:49.360 you know, one that like is known to be the best, 1:24:49.400 --> 1:24:51.519 because there's just so many. And if you look at 1:24:51.840 --> 1:24:53.880 the recommendations, like if you go to like a Scene 1:24:54.160 --> 1:24:55.720 or any of these websites and you look at the 1:24:55.760 --> 1:24:58.960 recommendations for MP three players, you won't recognize any of 1:24:59.000 --> 1:25:03.240 the brand names because they're all just random. I'm not 1:25:03.280 --> 1:25:05.679 gonna say fly by Night, but they're just random brands 1:25:05.680 --> 1:25:08.640 that you know, most of them are just kind of 1:25:09.560 --> 1:25:11.360 you never heard of them before. Let's put it that way. 1:25:11.600 --> 1:25:15.760 There is one that Sony does still make a you know, 1:25:15.760 --> 1:25:17.760 an MP three player, and you said you wanted one. 1:25:17.800 --> 1:25:22.000 That's the expensive one. That is it. So it looks like, 1:25:22.080 --> 1:25:26.680 let's see, it's the Sony nw AO three six four 1:25:26.760 --> 1:25:29.080 hundred dollars and it's high rese so it's you know, 1:25:29.080 --> 1:25:32.200 it's this is this is the closest thing you'll find 1:25:32.880 --> 1:25:35.880 to an iPod if you want like that experience of 1:25:35.920 --> 1:25:39.240 like a nice screen, you can load the music onto it, 1:25:39.320 --> 1:25:41.640 and it's just it looks slick and sleek, and it's 1:25:41.680 --> 1:25:44.920 got a micro SD card slot, it's got USBC. I mean, 1:25:44.960 --> 1:25:47.599 that's probably gonna be your best bet for high end. 1:25:48.200 --> 1:25:51.000 I personally cannot imagine spending four hundred dollars on that. 1:25:51.000 --> 1:25:56.160 That just seems way, way expensive. Because if you look 1:25:56.200 --> 1:25:59.960 on Amazon, you will find there are many, many MP 1:26:00.120 --> 1:26:03.360 three players for way cheaper. And the bottom line is, 1:26:03.840 --> 1:26:05.720 I'm not going to recommend one that I think you 1:26:05.760 --> 1:26:08.479 should get, but I would look at this list of 1:26:08.560 --> 1:26:11.000 MP three players and look for the features that you want. 1:26:11.640 --> 1:26:14.519 There are a few, in general, like two of them 1:26:14.640 --> 1:26:19.640 that are very highly regarded. They've got thousands of reviews, 1:26:19.720 --> 1:26:22.599 and the stars are just one of them's got three 1:26:22.600 --> 1:26:25.360 point eight, one of them's got Yeah, they both have 1:26:25.360 --> 1:26:27.840 three point eight stars. But again, at these prices, you're 1:26:27.840 --> 1:26:30.800 talking twenty seven bucks. So for twenty seven dollars, you 1:26:30.800 --> 1:26:32.680 buy it from Amazon. You see if it does what 1:26:32.720 --> 1:26:36.920 you need and you return it if it doesn't. This one, 1:26:37.080 --> 1:26:41.479 let's see this agp tis. You can't even pronounce the 1:26:41.560 --> 1:26:44.519 name on this one. This has got one hundred and 1:26:44.600 --> 1:26:47.679 twenty eight gigs of storage. The one hundred and sixty 1:26:47.720 --> 1:26:51.599 gigs storage one. You know, it looks like it's running 1:26:51.640 --> 1:26:55.880 a modified version of Android and that is uh yeah, 1:26:55.920 --> 1:26:58.120 it's sixty five ninety nine, so I'd probably go. And 1:26:58.120 --> 1:27:00.519 they've got them a whole bunch of different colors. That's interesting. 1:27:01.040 --> 1:27:03.920 So I would say search is going to be your 1:27:03.920 --> 1:27:05.800 best friend on here, Reviews are going to be your 1:27:05.800 --> 1:27:09.479 best friend. Find something that's highly rated for a decent price. 1:27:10.000 --> 1:27:13.360 The other way you can go. They do have a 1:27:15.000 --> 1:27:18.519 this product called Mighty m I g h T Y 1:27:18.680 --> 1:27:20.680 And this is actually really cool, but it does it 1:27:20.680 --> 1:27:25.200 does require Amazon Music or Spotify. But basically, if you 1:27:25.240 --> 1:27:27.840 remember what the iPod shuffle look like back in the day, 1:27:28.360 --> 1:27:31.519 it looks like that. So it's just a clip and 1:27:31.840 --> 1:27:35.000 it's got a little controller on the front, you know, 1:27:35.120 --> 1:27:40.639 play pause, forward, volume, up, down menu, and it's screen free. 1:27:41.280 --> 1:27:43.280 And what it does is you said you didn't want 1:27:43.280 --> 1:27:44.960 this to connect to the internet, but this one does, 1:27:45.040 --> 1:27:48.000 but in a cool way. So it basically connects to 1:27:48.320 --> 1:27:52.080 your Spotify or your Amazon Music and downloads that music 1:27:52.120 --> 1:27:55.519 to the device. And that way you can listen to 1:27:55.600 --> 1:27:57.760 music on the go just like you did back in 1:27:57.800 --> 1:28:00.360 the day, without any screen, without worrying about it anything. 1:28:00.800 --> 1:28:03.919 But it still uses. It pulls from that nice library 1:28:03.920 --> 1:28:06.520 that you have of pretty much every song in the world. 1:28:07.040 --> 1:28:10.719 They're selling it for Let's see the mighty one hundred 1:28:10.720 --> 1:28:14.519 and twenty bucks and yeah, I mean that to me 1:28:16.000 --> 1:28:20.800 is really really cool. Thousand songs. It holds premium audio. Again, 1:28:21.000 --> 1:28:24.960 those are your options, Mighty MP three players, random names 1:28:25.120 --> 1:28:28.400 or the Sony MP three player. All We'll do what 1:28:28.479 --> 1:28:30.960 you need. Thanks for the call. Although coming up we 1:28:31.000 --> 1:28:33.120 are going to talk about points versus miles and the 1:28:33.160 --> 1:28:35.200 tool that can help you decide. Right here on rich 1:28:35.240 --> 1:28:40.160 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro 1:28:40.240 --> 1:28:44.519 here hanging out with you talking technology at well, So 1:28:44.600 --> 1:28:46.559 I give out the phone number now, Kim gets angry. 1:28:46.880 --> 1:28:49.040 So I won't because I don't think we can take 1:28:49.040 --> 1:28:51.639 any more calls. But you go to the website rich 1:28:51.760 --> 1:28:55.479 on Tech dot tv. You can still submit your email 1:28:55.520 --> 1:28:58.000 there and yes, we will get you on at some point. 1:28:58.000 --> 1:29:02.040 Here Joining me now is Julian Kiel, founder and CEO 1:29:02.160 --> 1:29:04.880 of points Path. This is a really cool extension that 1:29:04.920 --> 1:29:07.160 you can install in your computer and it does a 1:29:07.200 --> 1:29:09.040 lot of things, but the main thing it does is 1:29:09.040 --> 1:29:12.040 it tells you if you should book your travel with 1:29:12.120 --> 1:29:16.479 your points or pay. So, Julian, thanks for joining me today. 1:29:16.800 --> 1:29:19.120 Hey, Rich, thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. 1:29:19.439 --> 1:29:23.000 So tell me about points Path. First off, I discovered 1:29:23.040 --> 1:29:25.559 this and I have it installed on my Google Flights, 1:29:25.560 --> 1:29:27.120 and I love it because it's something I used to 1:29:27.120 --> 1:29:29.880 do manually. I used to say, like, okay, this flight 1:29:30.000 --> 1:29:32.920 is thirty thousand points or two hundred and eighty dollars, 1:29:32.920 --> 1:29:35.880 which one's better? This you kind of all figured out 1:29:36.200 --> 1:29:37.320 it's built in now. 1:29:37.560 --> 1:29:38.519 That's exactly right. 1:29:38.600 --> 1:29:38.800 You know. 1:29:38.880 --> 1:29:42.240 There's two problems that everybody has when it comes to 1:29:42.360 --> 1:29:45.360 using Frequent Flyer miles right. Number one is that you 1:29:45.360 --> 1:29:47.360 can never find flights you actually want to use your 1:29:47.360 --> 1:29:49.840 miles on. And number two, even when you do, you 1:29:49.840 --> 1:29:51.639 can't figure out if you're getting a good deal. Should 1:29:51.680 --> 1:29:53.360 you use your miles here or should you save them 1:29:53.360 --> 1:29:55.439 for later and pay cash. So that's what points path 1:29:55.560 --> 1:29:58.080 is trying to do. It adds all the points prices 1:29:58.120 --> 1:30:00.840 into any search in Google Flights and then tells you 1:30:00.880 --> 1:30:03.080 which is the better deal of cash or points. Like 1:30:03.120 --> 1:30:06.040 you said, it's doing what a lot of people have 1:30:06.200 --> 1:30:08.559 manually or just sort of trying to eyeball it have 1:30:08.600 --> 1:30:09.200 been trying to do. 1:30:09.439 --> 1:30:10.719 Gives you that answer right. 1:30:10.600 --> 1:30:14.599 Away, because there is like a value proposition with points, 1:30:14.640 --> 1:30:17.200 like sometimes the points are worth more than the flight, 1:30:17.360 --> 1:30:19.600 sometimes they're not, and so you have to kind of 1:30:19.600 --> 1:30:20.920 know you're not getting ripped off. 1:30:21.240 --> 1:30:25.080 Well, that's exactly yeah, exactly right, because I think what 1:30:25.120 --> 1:30:27.360 a lot of people do realize is that points from 1:30:27.479 --> 1:30:30.960 different programs are worth different amounts. If you have Delta 1:30:30.960 --> 1:30:33.960 sky miles, they're not worth as much as United miles. 1:30:34.000 --> 1:30:36.000 The United miles aren't worth as much as American miles. 1:30:36.000 --> 1:30:38.840 Americans not worth as much as Alaska. Every program has 1:30:38.840 --> 1:30:41.559 its own sort of you know, currency that is worth 1:30:41.560 --> 1:30:44.040 a different amounts, a little bit like foreign exchange, except 1:30:44.040 --> 1:30:46.640 its points instead of cash. So you really have to 1:30:46.680 --> 1:30:49.439 not only know what you're doing and know what's worth what, 1:30:49.880 --> 1:30:52.679 but also then understand how to do the math. We're 1:30:52.720 --> 1:30:55.600 trying to solve all that for you and save you 1:30:55.680 --> 1:30:57.880 the trouble of doing it all manually just doing it 1:30:57.880 --> 1:30:59.479 for you automatically. 1:30:59.040 --> 1:31:00.840 And so you've got the six sension that works with 1:31:00.880 --> 1:31:03.479 all the major browsers. You install it, and then when 1:31:03.479 --> 1:31:05.400 you go to Google Flights, it pops up and what 1:31:05.439 --> 1:31:05.840 does it do? 1:31:06.640 --> 1:31:06.840 Right? 1:31:06.920 --> 1:31:09.559 So once you install it, you really don't have to 1:31:09.560 --> 1:31:11.880 do anything else other than what you would normally do 1:31:12.240 --> 1:31:15.080 to find a flight. Most people start with Google Flights. 1:31:15.240 --> 1:31:17.439 It is the most popular search engine when it comes 1:31:17.479 --> 1:31:19.920 to doing flight searches, and all you have to do 1:31:20.000 --> 1:31:22.000 is act like you normally would do a search, like 1:31:22.040 --> 1:31:26.120 you normally would round trip, one way, international, domestic, doesn't matter. 1:31:26.400 --> 1:31:29.200 Once you get those results, points back will just automatically 1:31:29.280 --> 1:31:33.000 start adding retrieving and it's all live data and adding 1:31:33.000 --> 1:31:34.200 those points prices for you. 1:31:34.240 --> 1:31:36.040 And by the way, I always forget to measure this part. 1:31:36.240 --> 1:31:38.960 It is free, so make sure you give it a 1:31:38.960 --> 1:31:40.320 shot because that won't cost you a. 1:31:40.320 --> 1:31:43.719 Dot we do like free. Now, you just mentioned Google 1:31:43.720 --> 1:31:46.160 Flights because that's where I'm on there, like twenty four 1:31:46.160 --> 1:31:49.200 to seven. I'm always on Google flights. Is there a tool? 1:31:49.200 --> 1:31:51.320 Because everyone always says, like, rich, where do I book airfare? 1:31:51.360 --> 1:31:53.360 And I just say I always go to Google Flights 1:31:53.360 --> 1:31:55.680 And then I'll book directly with the airline. Is there 1:31:55.680 --> 1:32:01.160 a website that is like number two for searching for airfare? 1:32:02.400 --> 1:32:02.600 You know? 1:32:03.320 --> 1:32:06.679 To be honest, it really depends, right, So Google Flights. 1:32:06.680 --> 1:32:07.759 So what's beautiful about. 1:32:07.520 --> 1:32:10.679 Google Flights One, it's fast to it encompasses a lot 1:32:10.720 --> 1:32:13.200 of different search engines. I mean, in other words, if 1:32:13.200 --> 1:32:15.960 there's an Expedia price that's different than the airline price, 1:32:16.000 --> 1:32:18.719 it'll usually pop up on Google Flights, So it's trying 1:32:18.720 --> 1:32:20.880 to save you the trail of going from place to place. 1:32:21.160 --> 1:32:22.880 The other one that I would say is a little 1:32:22.880 --> 1:32:25.479 bit like that is Kayak, which does sort of the 1:32:25.520 --> 1:32:28.200 same thing. It tries to pull in all those different 1:32:28.200 --> 1:32:31.200 prices from different search engines, so that if you were 1:32:31.240 --> 1:32:33.960 looking for a number two for flights, that might be it. 1:32:34.439 --> 1:32:35.960 But you know, look, when it. 1:32:35.920 --> 1:32:38.240 Comes to travel, the biggest problem is that you do 1:32:38.360 --> 1:32:40.360 kind of have to search from place to place to 1:32:40.439 --> 1:32:43.120 find the best deal because everybody's sort of got a 1:32:43.200 --> 1:32:44.400 different deal going on. 1:32:44.640 --> 1:32:47.400 But all that stuff about booking on a Tuesday or 1:32:47.479 --> 1:32:50.200 this or that, or booking one way flights, you know, 1:32:50.840 --> 1:32:53.240 or using a VPN like all that stuff, I feel 1:32:53.240 --> 1:32:54.880 like a lot of it's bogus. 1:32:54.880 --> 1:32:56.680 It is a lot of it is bogus. There is 1:32:56.720 --> 1:33:01.120 definitely no best day to book your flight. That's leftover 1:33:01.840 --> 1:33:05.200 a myth from back forty years ago, thirty years ago, 1:33:05.240 --> 1:33:07.799 when airlines loaded all of their fares on a particular 1:33:07.920 --> 1:33:10.000 day and then didn't touch them for a week. That 1:33:10.040 --> 1:33:12.960 doesn't happen anymore. Airfares changed from hour to hour, even 1:33:13.040 --> 1:33:16.360 minute to minute. Now that being said, there is generally 1:33:16.439 --> 1:33:20.240 a best day to travel to actually fly, and that's 1:33:20.320 --> 1:33:22.639 Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the reason for that is simply 1:33:22.640 --> 1:33:25.639 there's less demand on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The worst days 1:33:25.640 --> 1:33:28.200 are Fridays and Sundays. That's when all the business travelers 1:33:28.240 --> 1:33:30.160 are either going home or trying to get to their 1:33:30.200 --> 1:33:33.280 next location. So there is a best day to get 1:33:33.320 --> 1:33:35.400 a deal to when you're flying, but not as far 1:33:35.400 --> 1:33:35.920 as booking. 1:33:36.120 --> 1:33:38.240 Yeah, And the only thing I know about booking is 1:33:38.280 --> 1:33:40.719 that as soon as I track a flight on Google, 1:33:40.880 --> 1:33:43.760 it's guaranteed to go up every single time. It's like, 1:33:44.160 --> 1:33:45.880 just book it when you see it the first time, 1:33:45.920 --> 1:33:49.599 because it's always going to go up for some reason. So, Julian, 1:33:49.960 --> 1:33:52.120 the other thing I really like about points Path is 1:33:52.479 --> 1:33:55.439 the emails that you send out. You guys put me 1:33:55.479 --> 1:33:59.120 on your newsletter, and I'm always finding great I think 1:33:59.120 --> 1:34:00.920 I've purchased a bunch of the stuff, like the little 1:34:00.960 --> 1:34:05.040 travel tools and things that you recommend. And it seems like, 1:34:05.160 --> 1:34:06.320 is it just you or do you have like a 1:34:06.360 --> 1:34:08.439 couple of people that are writing those newsletters as well? 1:34:09.080 --> 1:34:12.280 You know, it was just me to start and now 1:34:13.040 --> 1:34:15.040 because a lot of people, and thank you by the way, 1:34:15.479 --> 1:34:17.559 a lot of people have said what you're saying, which 1:34:17.600 --> 1:34:18.559 is we love that you know. 1:34:18.640 --> 1:34:20.760 Look you and I probably rich. 1:34:21.080 --> 1:34:22.880 Like you said, you have Google flights up in twenty 1:34:22.880 --> 1:34:25.200 four to seven, So do I even before I had 1:34:25.240 --> 1:34:26.519 a tool that worked on top of it. 1:34:26.560 --> 1:34:27.559 Because we travel a lot. 1:34:27.880 --> 1:34:30.439 Most people don't, right, Most people maybe fly once or 1:34:30.439 --> 1:34:33.080 twice a year, so they're not necessarily looking at those 1:34:33.120 --> 1:34:35.080 tools all the time. But they still want to talk 1:34:35.080 --> 1:34:37.000 about travel. They still want to know the tips and 1:34:37.040 --> 1:34:40.200 tricks how can they travel better. That's what the newsletter 1:34:40.280 --> 1:34:42.559 is trying to do. It's a daily email that you'll 1:34:42.600 --> 1:34:45.160 get and we cover all sorts of things, not just points. 1:34:45.280 --> 1:34:47.640 We even talk about you know, what's the best travel pillow? Like, 1:34:47.800 --> 1:34:50.000 you know, how can I get the most rest on 1:34:50.080 --> 1:34:50.519 a plane. 1:34:50.880 --> 1:34:51.919 So yeah, that's. 1:34:51.800 --> 1:34:54.439 What that email is about. It is now a whole 1:34:54.479 --> 1:34:56.519 slew of riders. I think we've got eight or ten 1:34:56.600 --> 1:34:59.120 riders in a managing editor. So it's really grown and 1:34:59.200 --> 1:35:01.240 it is a very popular part of the business. 1:35:01.320 --> 1:35:03.360 And for sure I've purchased. I'm thinking about what I 1:35:03.439 --> 1:35:06.080 bought because you always recommend like little gadgets and things, 1:35:06.080 --> 1:35:09.160 and I love it. I bought the the sleep masks 1:35:09.200 --> 1:35:11.360 you guys recommended a while back, so I have those. 1:35:11.800 --> 1:35:14.320 Those are great for naps. I haven't worn them on 1:35:14.320 --> 1:35:15.960 the plane yet because I'm a little bit like, okay, 1:35:16.000 --> 1:35:18.600 well but at home. And then I also bought the 1:35:18.880 --> 1:35:20.720 like the toiletry you know where you squeeze like the 1:35:20.800 --> 1:35:23.120 larger bottle into like the small bottle. What are those things? Yeah, 1:35:23.160 --> 1:35:25.120 like mini I don't know what do you call those? 1:35:25.240 --> 1:35:26.840 The silicon travel bombs? 1:35:26.920 --> 1:35:29.400 Yeah, yeah, so you can tick, Yeah, so you can 1:35:29.439 --> 1:35:31.200 take you know, you have your favorite shampoo, but it 1:35:31.240 --> 1:35:34.080 comes in a giant twelve ounce bottle. These are small 1:35:34.160 --> 1:35:38.000 three and a half ounce silicon travel bots that are 1:35:38.080 --> 1:35:41.160 good for you tsa security. You pour in just what 1:35:41.200 --> 1:35:43.000 you need, put them in your carry on ben. 1:35:42.920 --> 1:35:45.320 And they don't leak, but I do. I do draw 1:35:45.360 --> 1:35:48.760 the line Julian at shampoo, I do not need to 1:35:48.760 --> 1:35:50.960 bring my own shampoo. I don't understand that whole thing. 1:35:51.040 --> 1:35:53.160 I'm sure there's people that you know, they're they're loyal 1:35:53.200 --> 1:35:55.960 to their shampoo. I'm sorry, but I like using the 1:35:56.000 --> 1:35:57.760 shampoo that they give you there. I don't need to 1:35:57.760 --> 1:35:59.960 bring my own. Everything else, yes, I will bring my own, 1:36:00.200 --> 1:36:02.479 but shampoo, I'm like, come on, it's shampoo. It's like, 1:36:03.800 --> 1:36:04.640 how bad could it be? 1:36:05.200 --> 1:36:07.360 You know, I feel the same way. But I will say, Rich, 1:36:07.439 --> 1:36:09.840 I think your hair is better than mine. You have 1:36:09.920 --> 1:36:12.120 a lot better hair. I'm sort of, you know, at 1:36:12.120 --> 1:36:13.800 that age where I if I as long as I 1:36:13.840 --> 1:36:15.280 have some hair, I'm happy about it. 1:36:15.360 --> 1:36:18.000 So, Julian, what's your background? Why did you start this? 1:36:18.640 --> 1:36:20.080 You know, what's your world of travel? 1:36:20.200 --> 1:36:21.960 Like, yeah, you know, it's interesting. 1:36:22.080 --> 1:36:26.320 I fifteen years ago, I was actually a Hollywood director 1:36:26.360 --> 1:36:28.800 and writer, and one of the last gigs I did 1:36:28.800 --> 1:36:31.960 as part of that career was being a director for 1:36:32.080 --> 1:36:34.760 World Wrestling Entertainment of WWE, and I was on the 1:36:34.840 --> 1:36:38.040 road basically every single week, going from arena to arena 1:36:38.280 --> 1:36:41.559 and directing the background scenes for the Monday night raw 1:36:41.560 --> 1:36:45.000 on Friday night's backdown. Needless to say, when you're doing that, 1:36:45.080 --> 1:36:47.439 you very quickly learn your points in miles. The whole 1:36:47.439 --> 1:36:50.400 company knows pretty much. You know what the elite status 1:36:50.479 --> 1:36:52.680 is and hotel points and all of the above. So 1:36:52.960 --> 1:36:54.840 once I was done with that and was looking for 1:36:54.880 --> 1:36:57.439 something different to do. I had all this knowledge and 1:36:57.479 --> 1:36:59.960 experienced writing, but I hadn't didn't really have an out 1:37:00.200 --> 1:37:03.040 for it, so I started blogging for some small blogs. 1:37:03.200 --> 1:37:05.439 From there, I eventually got hired by The Points Guy, 1:37:05.439 --> 1:37:08.440 which is a big travel site that you and your audience. 1:37:08.120 --> 1:37:08.840 Is probably aware of. 1:37:09.040 --> 1:37:11.639 From there, I actually went to CNN and launched their 1:37:11.680 --> 1:37:15.360 travel rewards coverage for their e commerce site. CNN underscored 1:37:15.640 --> 1:37:17.800 and all look through all that time and these are 1:37:17.840 --> 1:37:20.799 all great sites, but it does mean somebody has to spend, 1:37:21.320 --> 1:37:24.720 you know, hours digging through that information to try and 1:37:24.720 --> 1:37:26.240 figure out how to use their points and miles. And 1:37:26.280 --> 1:37:28.720 that's where the idea for points path came along. I said, well, 1:37:28.760 --> 1:37:31.080 how can I, you know, do this in a way 1:37:31.320 --> 1:37:33.880 that we can use technology so that people don't have 1:37:33.920 --> 1:37:35.679 to spend their time figuring out the answer. 1:37:36.160 --> 1:37:38.000 It's funny you mentioned and I did not have that 1:37:38.000 --> 1:37:40.759 in my Bengo card by the way, the wrestling stuff. 1:37:41.880 --> 1:37:44.320 But I had this job one time where I was 1:37:44.320 --> 1:37:46.479 a reporter and I was traveling a lot, like I'm 1:37:46.479 --> 1:37:48.640 talking like a couple times a week, like for like 1:37:48.720 --> 1:37:51.880 five days a week basically like for different things, for 1:37:52.080 --> 1:37:54.559 you know, traveling around the US. And I remember, like 1:37:54.560 --> 1:37:56.559 the first trip or second trip, they're like, oh, we're 1:37:56.560 --> 1:37:59.120 going to go to I don't know whatever it was Austin. 1:37:59.479 --> 1:38:01.000 I was like, oh, well, there's a direct flight on 1:38:01.160 --> 1:38:04.120 you know this airline, Like, oh no, we are taking 1:38:04.160 --> 1:38:06.840 a connecting flight through this city to get there. And 1:38:06.880 --> 1:38:08.360 I said, wait, why would we do that? Takes so 1:38:08.439 --> 1:38:11.000 much longer, they said, points in miles. I said what 1:38:11.800 --> 1:38:13.760 I said, I can't believe. And then of course once 1:38:13.800 --> 1:38:15.479 you start doing that, you get into that because you 1:38:15.520 --> 1:38:17.600 realize that when you travel so much, and there's a 1:38:17.640 --> 1:38:20.040 reason why they have the clubs and the airports, there 1:38:20.080 --> 1:38:22.080 is the reason why there's these priority lines and things 1:38:22.080 --> 1:38:24.160 like that, is because when you travel a lot, you 1:38:24.200 --> 1:38:27.040 don't want to waste all that time and energy, and 1:38:27.080 --> 1:38:29.000 by the way, you want to be rewarded on the 1:38:29.000 --> 1:38:31.360 back end. Like people that travel a lot their families 1:38:31.400 --> 1:38:33.559 travel for free when they go on their leisure trips 1:38:33.600 --> 1:38:36.599 because these people have sacrificed, you know, spending all their 1:38:36.600 --> 1:38:38.360 time in a plane and an airport. 1:38:38.920 --> 1:38:39.400 That's right. 1:38:39.439 --> 1:38:42.680 And you know, even to add on to that, when 1:38:42.760 --> 1:38:44.680 you do have your points in miles and you can 1:38:44.680 --> 1:38:47.360 book them for a family trip and you can get 1:38:47.520 --> 1:38:50.719 everyone up front in business class, then it really doesn't 1:38:50.720 --> 1:38:52.960 matter if you're connecting, because it's like flying in your 1:38:53.000 --> 1:38:55.719 living room. You're just sitting there, you know, being served 1:38:55.840 --> 1:38:58.760 champagne and then meals and whatever. It really is a 1:38:59.040 --> 1:39:02.200 very different tread experience, and I think it's this is 1:39:02.200 --> 1:39:03.960 where look and not everybody. 1:39:03.600 --> 1:39:04.400 Needs to do that. 1:39:04.520 --> 1:39:06.720 It's a great reward for people who are on the 1:39:06.800 --> 1:39:09.400 road all the time for business, but a lot of 1:39:09.400 --> 1:39:11.720 our folks just want to know, well, how can I 1:39:11.800 --> 1:39:13.760 use my points and miles to get home for Thanksgiving? 1:39:13.760 --> 1:39:16.679 Because the ticket prices are insane. That so there really 1:39:16.720 --> 1:39:19.120 are two pieces of the puzzle here, two parts of 1:39:19.160 --> 1:39:19.639 the equation. 1:39:19.840 --> 1:39:21.439 You know, we're trying to help both sides. 1:39:21.800 --> 1:39:25.120 Yeah, okay, we got about a minute left. If you 1:39:25.160 --> 1:39:26.960 have any other tools you want to recommend, or any 1:39:27.000 --> 1:39:29.439 other travel tips, or you can talk about how AI 1:39:29.600 --> 1:39:31.360 is kind of changing everything once again with this. 1:39:31.960 --> 1:39:34.920 Yeah, there are a ton This is the golden age 1:39:34.920 --> 1:39:38.559 of tools. When it comes to using technology for booking travel, 1:39:39.200 --> 1:39:42.439 Hopper is a great place where they actually try and 1:39:42.560 --> 1:39:45.840 predict in advance whether a price is going up or 1:39:45.880 --> 1:39:48.040 down in cash. They've been around for a long time 1:39:48.120 --> 1:39:51.599 and they really have billions of flight data, freight flace 1:39:51.760 --> 1:39:52.880 data to base that on. 1:39:53.560 --> 1:39:54.320 Another one that. 1:39:54.280 --> 1:39:56.720 I love is Flighty. Flighty is great for when you 1:39:56.800 --> 1:39:59.840 are actually traveling. It can actually tell you when you're 1:40:00.040 --> 1:40:02.640 light is going to be delayed or canceled before the 1:40:02.680 --> 1:40:07.479 airline does. He uses traffic patterns, weather reports where your 1:40:07.520 --> 1:40:10.760 aircraft is and can actually predict better than the airline does. 1:40:10.800 --> 1:40:12.680 So it's a great one to have. And when it 1:40:12.680 --> 1:40:15.960 comes to tips, there's a really simple one. The one 1:40:16.520 --> 1:40:19.000 positive thing that came out of the pandemic is that 1:40:19.120 --> 1:40:23.080 most airlines now have airfares that you can cancel and 1:40:23.080 --> 1:40:26.720 rebook with on a penalty. Don't book the basic economy fair. 1:40:26.800 --> 1:40:28.599 That's the one to stay away from, but pretty much 1:40:28.600 --> 1:40:31.599 anything else, even that economy can be canceled and rebooked. 1:40:31.640 --> 1:40:33.559 So find a flight you want. 1:40:33.720 --> 1:40:37.360 Book it but keep looking, keep checking those prices, because 1:40:37.400 --> 1:40:39.760 if it drops, you can cancel and rebook at a 1:40:39.760 --> 1:40:40.360 lower price. 1:40:40.680 --> 1:40:42.559 That is one of the best, probably the only good 1:40:42.560 --> 1:40:44.920 thing to come out of the pandemic. Julian Kill, We're 1:40:44.920 --> 1:40:46.559 gonna leave it there. Thanks so much for joining me. 1:40:46.680 --> 1:40:50.799 Pointspath dot com. Pointspath dot com. Sign up for their newsletter, 1:40:50.880 --> 1:40:54.839 download the extension for your browser, and maximize those points. 1:40:54.960 --> 1:40:57.639 Thanks for joining me, toy, Julian. Thanks rich All right, 1:40:57.640 --> 1:40:59.680 coming up, we are going to open up the feedbag 1:41:00.200 --> 1:41:03.960 right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 1:41:04.040 --> 1:41:06.559 On Tech. A couple of things to get through before 1:41:06.600 --> 1:41:07.920 we open up the feedbag. 1:41:09.000 --> 1:41:09.200 Hugh. 1:41:09.400 --> 1:41:13.240 You know Phillips Hugh lights, very expensive but very reliable. 1:41:13.320 --> 1:41:17.679 Now they are finally coming out with cheaper versions of them, 1:41:17.880 --> 1:41:21.519 the new Essential line. This is designed to compete with 1:41:21.560 --> 1:41:25.640 competitors like Govy. Prices start at under twenty dollars, so 1:41:25.760 --> 1:41:28.160 bulbs a nineteen bulbs are going to be twenty five 1:41:28.240 --> 1:41:31.960 each or sixty for a four pack. They've got some bulbs, 1:41:32.000 --> 1:41:37.759 some spotlights, light strips. The trade offs slightly less dimming 1:41:37.880 --> 1:41:41.880 range norower right white spectrum, so it's not going to 1:41:42.080 --> 1:41:45.120 get the full spectrum there and not as good color accuracy, 1:41:45.160 --> 1:41:49.800 but it's still going to run on Hugh's platform, So 1:41:49.880 --> 1:41:53.679 that is a good thing, really really good that Hughes 1:41:53.720 --> 1:41:55.400 are a little bit cheaper because I love those. Those 1:41:55.400 --> 1:41:57.439 are the most reliable out of all the smart lights 1:41:57.479 --> 1:42:01.160 I've ever used. I thought this was interesting. Assurance says 1:42:01.200 --> 1:42:04.479 that people are trading in their phones a lot more 1:42:04.640 --> 1:42:08.000 sixty percent this year over last year, sixty percent increase. 1:42:08.880 --> 1:42:11.880 But here's the thing. People are also holding onto their 1:42:11.880 --> 1:42:16.160 devices even longer now three point eight eight years, up 1:42:16.200 --> 1:42:20.120 from three point seven years last year. That's forty seven 1:42:20.400 --> 1:42:25.679 months people are holding onto their phones on average. Popular 1:42:25.680 --> 1:42:29.479 models being traded in the iPhone thirteen and Samsung Galaxy 1:42:29.640 --> 1:42:34.120 S twenty two Ultra most common for four straight quarters now. 1:42:34.160 --> 1:42:38.240 But AI features are really pushing consumers to upgrade. That's 1:42:38.280 --> 1:42:41.519 why you're seeing AI advertise so much on TV, even 1:42:41.960 --> 1:42:44.599 if a company's not really delivering on that. Ooh, did 1:42:44.640 --> 1:42:50.559 I just say that Tesco is trialing an avocado ripeness scanner. 1:42:51.040 --> 1:42:54.360 This is the the big grocery store over in the UK. 1:42:54.840 --> 1:42:57.160 They have a scanner that basically lets you test to 1:42:57.160 --> 1:43:00.519 see if the avocado you want is ripe. Obviously, they're 1:43:00.520 --> 1:43:02.880 probably just doing this to sell more avocados, but it's 1:43:02.920 --> 1:43:06.479 probably you know, like what I do is I squeeze 1:43:06.520 --> 1:43:08.800 like every avocado till I find one, and then I 1:43:08.840 --> 1:43:11.920 squeezed the finalists like five more times. I'm sure they 1:43:11.920 --> 1:43:15.200 don't want everyone squeezing every avocado. So that's that's kind 1:43:15.200 --> 1:43:16.960 of a cool thing. Some people are saying it's a gimmick. 1:43:17.200 --> 1:43:21.679 All right, let's open up the feedbag. These are the emails, 1:43:21.720 --> 1:43:23.640 the comments, the questions you send to me on a 1:43:23.680 --> 1:43:27.120 weekly basis. Submit yours at richon tech dot tv, hit 1:43:27.160 --> 1:43:31.799 contact Pete wrights in. Apple photos does list videos by size, 1:43:31.880 --> 1:43:35.839 Go to settings General iPhone storage photos Mine does anyway. 1:43:36.479 --> 1:43:37.960 By the way, I love hearing about the Wizard of 1:43:37.960 --> 1:43:40.679 Oz at the Sphere. I saw Dead End Company last year. 1:43:40.720 --> 1:43:42.799 My floor ticket was three hundred and ninety five dollars. 1:43:43.280 --> 1:43:45.280 I thought that would be my only Sphere show, but 1:43:45.320 --> 1:43:47.320 now I'm thinking it'd be nice to see Oz too. 1:43:47.520 --> 1:43:50.680 I tune in every week, always downloading the podcast. Keep 1:43:50.760 --> 1:43:52.519 up the good work. You are a lot of fun. 1:43:52.640 --> 1:43:56.040 Thanks Pete, save that one. Forward it to my wife. 1:43:56.400 --> 1:43:59.360 Mark from Burbank rights In like so many others. I 1:43:59.400 --> 1:44:01.200 love listening to your show and look forward to it 1:44:01.200 --> 1:44:04.360 each weekend on KFI in Los Angeles and on the podcast. 1:44:04.760 --> 1:44:07.320 There's a regular caller with such a distinct voice that 1:44:07.360 --> 1:44:09.479 I can't help but picture him as an action hero, 1:44:09.960 --> 1:44:13.240 square jawed in a bomber jacket, ray ban aviators, leather 1:44:13.280 --> 1:44:16.639 gloves and a headset, commenteering a helicopter over La After 1:44:16.680 --> 1:44:19.800 a double cross, he's ejected, grabs the skids midair, pulls 1:44:19.840 --> 1:44:21.519 the pin on a grenade with his teeth, and still 1:44:21.520 --> 1:44:25.640 manages to drop safely into the Beverly Hills pool sunglasses intact. 1:44:25.960 --> 1:44:28.599 Next time he calls, please cue up some music from 1:44:28.640 --> 1:44:34.439 like the A Team. Quite the imagination. Mark Bob writes 1:44:34.439 --> 1:44:38.360 in from Victoria, Australia, listening on the podcast, enjoyed the 1:44:38.360 --> 1:44:41.640 show as usual, looking forward to your layman's explanation of 1:44:41.640 --> 1:44:44.680 how quantum computer works, because I came away more confused 1:44:45.160 --> 1:44:48.680 after your guest's explanation. I did get that there are 1:44:48.760 --> 1:44:53.040 things called quibbits, apparently little boxes with Schrodinger's cats inside 1:44:53.080 --> 1:44:55.800 that magically come up with answers faster than light. Maybe 1:44:55.800 --> 1:44:58.160 I wasn't paying close enough attention. Just like in high school, 1:44:58.160 --> 1:45:00.800 and I daydreamed about rc own for the next Star 1:45:00.840 --> 1:45:04.240 Trek episode. Also, I'd suggest asking callers who say their 1:45:04.240 --> 1:45:08.040 smartphones were quote taken over what they actually mean. Either 1:45:08.040 --> 1:45:10.479 they're important enough to be targeted by spy agencies, or 1:45:10.479 --> 1:45:13.519 they keep letting the same person install sneaky software. I 1:45:13.640 --> 1:45:18.680 love our emails this week. Oh my god. Tim in 1:45:18.880 --> 1:45:23.799 Richmond writes in recommending two free antivirus and malware tools 1:45:23.800 --> 1:45:27.679 directly from Microsoft. The first is the Microsoft Safety Scanner. 1:45:28.000 --> 1:45:31.600 The second is the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. He 1:45:31.640 --> 1:45:33.640 says you should download a fresh version each time so 1:45:33.680 --> 1:45:36.320 you've got the latest updates. He recommends running these weekly 1:45:36.439 --> 1:45:40.320 on his SSD, along with a full scan using Microsoft Defender. 1:45:40.439 --> 1:45:42.439 All right, Tim, thanks for that. I'll link that up 1:45:42.439 --> 1:45:46.840 on the website. A loyal listener in Richmond, Virginia says, 1:45:46.840 --> 1:45:49.120 I was intrigued by your interview with US Mobile. Based 1:45:49.160 --> 1:45:52.040 on your experience, I decided to switch. Unfortunately, it has 1:45:52.160 --> 1:45:55.880 not gone well. Even though Verizon's WARP network has five 1:45:55.920 --> 1:45:58.080 G I was only seeing two to three megabits down. 1:45:58.360 --> 1:46:00.360 I couldn't add my Wi Fi EI N I'm on 1:46:00.400 --> 1:46:03.479 one address. After four hours with Tech support nothing improved. 1:46:03.800 --> 1:46:07.040 They even had me reset my phone, which erased all 1:46:07.080 --> 1:46:10.240 my saved passwords. Tech support was polite, but troubleshooting felt 1:46:10.240 --> 1:46:12.880 like trial and error. I'm not feeling the same enthusiasm 1:46:13.000 --> 1:46:14.960 you had for US Mobile. I'm glad it's worked. I'll 1:46:15.040 --> 1:46:18.760 keep listening. I'm still a loyal fan. Thank you. John 1:46:18.800 --> 1:46:22.520 writes in finally listening from Wisconsin. We know that technology 1:46:22.600 --> 1:46:24.960 is useful. You make it interesting. After two and two 1:46:25.000 --> 1:46:27.360 thirds years, when does the fun begin other than the 1:46:27.360 --> 1:46:30.320 best ice cream in the country. Ps, you should hire 1:46:30.320 --> 1:46:33.320 your mother to select the music. Hey John, I think 1:46:33.360 --> 1:46:36.160 we have fun here and that's all that matters. Let's 1:46:36.160 --> 1:46:39.760 see we had one more here. Melissa writes in I 1:46:39.800 --> 1:46:42.080 look forward to your newsletter every Saturday morning. It's one 1:46:42.080 --> 1:46:44.000 of the highlights of my week. I read it first 1:46:44.000 --> 1:46:47.120 thing and immediately downloaded the Clever Cleaner app. It's amazing. 1:46:47.160 --> 1:46:49.960 I boosted my storage by almost forty percent, so easy 1:46:49.960 --> 1:46:55.560 to use. Felt like a trip down memory lane. Thank you, Melissa. 1:46:55.880 --> 1:46:57.160 That's going to do it for this episode of the 1:46:57.160 --> 1:46:59.840 show next week, all about the iPhone and Ai T 1:47:00.080 --> 1:47:02.320 travel insurance. Thanks so much for listening. My name is 1:47:02.400 --> 1:47:05.000 Rich Damiro, I will talk to you real soon