1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: A camera shootout iPhone versus Pixel. Uber launches a rewards program. 2 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: Apple recalls some of its gadgets. Amazon kicks off Black 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Friday early, and Spotify comes to the Apple Watch well 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: kind of sort of what's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech and this is a longer 6 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: version of the show where I'm gonna go over some 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: of the hottest topics in the tech world happening this week. 8 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: Not everything, but this is the stuff that I think 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: you should know about. And let's start with Amazon, because 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: they are kicking off Black Friday a little bit early. 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: Seven days of deals. They've got lots of them. They're 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: calling it seven Days of Black Friday Deals, and now 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: through November twenty third, which is Black Friday. Amazon is 14 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: just really trying to do a lot of stuff to 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: get you to shop on their website. And Amazon is 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: kind of a powerhouse when it comes to to Black Friday. 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: They do all these exclusive deals. Prime members, I feel 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: like have been a little bit edged out this year 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: because now Amazon is offering free shipping with no minimum 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: purchase to everyone, not just Prime members this holiday season, 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: and for Prime members they're giving free same day shipping, 22 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: so I did order something the other day. It was 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: actually thirty five dollars for free same day shipping, and 24 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: I saw the credit on my order where it said 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: it will give me that for free. So if you're 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: a Prime member, you're not totally out. They are giving 27 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: you some perks as well for that one hundred and 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: twenty dollars you pay for the year. 29 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: So what are some of these. 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: Deals that Amazon has going on. Well, the majority of 31 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: them are on Amazon devices. Obviously, this is when Amazon 32 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: pulls out all the stops, so they are discounting these heavily. 33 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: Let me go over some of those Amazon devices. So 34 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: starting November sixteenth, if you have your eye on one 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: of the Fire tablets, those are anywhere from thirty to 36 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,639 Speaker 1: fifty dollars off. So, for instance, the all new Fire 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: HD ten tablet is one hundred bucks versus one fifty 38 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: starting November eighteenth, the new fireTV Stick four K, which 39 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: is kind of their highest powered stick, is fifteen dollars off, 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: so that's only thirty five dollars. On November twenty second, 41 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: you can get the all new Echo Dot for twenty 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 1: four dollars. You can get the all new Echo Plus 43 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: for one hundred and nine dollars, which is forty dollars off. 44 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: You can get an Amazon Smart plug for just five 45 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: dollars with any Echo purchase, or you can get the 46 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: Kindle paper White for forty dollars off. That's eighty dollars. 47 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: Now. 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: One of the things that I actually purchased is this 49 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: new fireTV recast, which is their new DVR for over 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: the air. I paid two hundred and twenty nine dollars 51 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: for that, and it's on sale now for one hundred 52 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: and eighty dollars. So I'm actually gonna go ahead and 53 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: call up Amazon and see if they will honor the 54 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: new price, because that's fifty dollars. That's a significant amount 55 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: of money. They also have some deals on TVs. Fifty 56 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: dollars off a Toshiba thirty two inch TV, the fireTV Edition, 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: which I really like. By the way, this has Amazon 58 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: software built into it. That's only one hundred and thirty dollars. 59 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: Or if you want a bigger TV, you can get 60 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: a Toshiba fifty inch four KTV, again a fireTV Edition, 61 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: for only three hundred dollars. And if you have Amazon's 62 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: assistant lurking in your house, and if you have Amazon's 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: assistant in your house, I will not say the name 64 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: starting November seventeenth at nine pm Pacific until November twenty. 65 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: First you can ask her what are my deals, and 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: Prime members will get exclusive early access to some Amazon 67 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: device deals. Moving on to Apple now, they've launched a 68 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: couple of repair programs to know about. The first is 69 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: for the thirteen inch non touchbar MacBook Pro. That's the 70 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: computer that I have. Apparently these have an issue with 71 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: their solid state drives, which basically might crash. And when 72 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: a solid state drive crashes, it is not pretty. 73 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: You do lo everything. 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: It's not like a regular hard drive where you might 75 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: be able to recover some of the data on it. 76 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: So this is serious. 77 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: If you have a MacBook Pro one of the newer 78 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: models between June twenty seventeen and June twenty eighteen, you'd 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: definitely want to go to this Apple website, pop in 80 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: your serial number and see if it's one of those affected. 81 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: It's only the one twenty eight gigabyte and two fifty 82 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: six gigabyte size hard drives on those devices, So if 83 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: you have one of those that sounds like your MacBook 84 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: Pro even remotely, you might as well just pop your 85 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: serial number in. 86 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: I put mine in. 87 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: I actually have a five hundred and twelve gigabyte drive, 88 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: so mine was not affected according to the Apple website, 89 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: but if it is, they will do a free repair. 90 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: And on the iPhone ten, Apple says some devices might 91 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: have touch issues because of a component inside that is failing. 92 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: The display might not respond to your touch, it might 93 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: respond only sometimes, or it might react like you're touching 94 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: it even though you're not. So again, this is something 95 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: that Apple will repair for, and you can put your 96 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: serial number into their website. It will tell you if 97 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: it's affected. But if you have an issue with your phone, 98 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: like a crack screen, they're not just gonna go ahead 99 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: and give you a new device. In fact, I found 100 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: this out the hard way when I brought my wife's 101 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: device in for a repair. I thought they would just 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: give me a fully refurbished model, just swap it out. 103 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: They said, oh no, we noticed there's a scratch on 104 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: her screen. We will actually repair the device inside after 105 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: you accept our terms. And I got back the same 106 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: exact phone that I dropped off there. So don't think 107 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna get an upgrade just because Apple is repairing 108 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: your device. This I thought was pretty interesting. Uber is 109 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: launching a rewards program, and I am a rewards program guy. 110 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are out there. I 111 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: think American Airlines actually invented the first major airline rewards program, 112 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: and now we know that just about every product, service, website, 113 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: retailer they love these rewards programs. 114 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 2: Why because they get in there. 115 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: And if you think about it, the way that all 116 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: these rewards programs work is they kind of muddle the math, 117 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: so you don't really know. Like let's say, for instance, Walgreens. 118 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: You know they've got like a thousand points if you 119 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: buy this product, and five thousand points you have to 120 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: save up to get a dollar off whatever it is. 121 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: The reality is we can't do this math in our head. 122 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: It doesn't automatically translate for the money we're spending to 123 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: what the rewards we get. So it's kind of this 124 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 1: mystical thing where we just keep spending. Like the Starbucks 125 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: rewards program. I know it's one hundred and twenty five stars. 126 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: I don't know how I get those stars, but I do. 127 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: And once I get those stars, I know I get 128 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: that free drink, which, by the way, always buy the 129 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: most expensive drink. When you get those when you redeem 130 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: those stars, because it could be, you know, the most 131 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: expensive drink and you. 132 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: Still get it for free. 133 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: Uber Rewards is their first program. There's four membership levels. 134 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: You've got Blue, You've got Gold, You've got Platinum and Diamond, 135 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: and basically anyone can sign up for free. And once 136 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: you're in the program, you get one point per dollar 137 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: spent on Uber Pool and Uber Eats, two points for 138 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: Uber Uber XL, select three points for Black and Black 139 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: SUV and then once you get five hundred points, you 140 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: go from Blue to Gold. Then at twenty five hundred 141 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: points you go to Platinum. Then at seventy five hundred 142 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: points you get to Diamond, which is a status I 143 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: want to achieve. Earning speriods are six months long, so 144 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: basically you have six months to earn the points that 145 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: you need for the next kind of jump in your status, 146 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: and then once you get to that status, you get 147 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: to keep it for the rest of those six months 148 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: plus the next six months. So it's basically a rolling 149 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: six month program. So let's say it's February, you reach 150 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the Platinum tier. Six months after you know, let's say 151 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: there's four months left for those six months, you would 152 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: have four months plus another six months after that. So 153 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: what are the perks of this new program. Well, the 154 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: number one thing you get when you reach Gold is 155 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: flexible cancelations. So that's kind of nice because right now 156 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: Uber has really kind of made canceling a little bit 157 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: tougher because if you cancel, you meet get hit with 158 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: this little fee that you can get reversed if you 159 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: go into the app, into the help section and say 160 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: hey Uber and you explain the situation, which I've done 161 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: many times, they will credit that fee almost instantly. But still, 162 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: this is kind of nice because it's it's pretty much 163 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: automatic that you get those fees or you get that 164 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: flexible cancelation. You also get priority support. Now once you 165 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: get to Gold, you get price protection on a route, 166 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: which is kind of cool, so you can lock in 167 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: lower prices between your two favorite places on uber x. 168 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: So let's say that you commute using uber x from 169 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: your house to work. You can use that as you're 170 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: two locked in locations, and whether it is surge pricing 171 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: or not, you're going to get a pretty good price 172 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: on your route between those two places. So that's kind 173 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: of a nice thing as well. Then once you're platinum, 174 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: you get priority pickups to reduce weight times at airports, 175 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: which is really nice. I know a lot of people 176 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: complain about how long it takes to get picked up 177 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: at Lax with Uber. I did this one. It did 178 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: take a long time. I ended up using the taxi 179 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: line after that, and I have gone back to Uber 180 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: on several occasions. I haven't found it to be that long, 181 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: but they do. They haven't been some sort of waiting 182 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: area that takes them a while to get through in Lax. 183 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: Traffic in general has gotten pretty bad around that horseshoe 184 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: if you're familiar with it, so I think that's part 185 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,719 Speaker 1: of the problem as well. And if you want to 186 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: get to the highest level, this is diamond. Diamond gets 187 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: dedicated phone support twenty four to seven, and my favorite part, 188 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: complementary surprise upgrades from Uber X to premium products like 189 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: Uber Black at no extra charge. And I love this. 190 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: You get access to the best drivers, which I always 191 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: thought was kind of a good idea. I know when 192 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: Uber first started they said that the best passengers were 193 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: linked up with the best driver. So if you were 194 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: a five star passenger, their algorithm would try to pair 195 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: you with five star drivers. I don't think that happens anymore, 196 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: just based on personal experience where I have a pretty 197 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: decent score, but I can tell you I'm getting drivers 198 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: that are not very good. Sometimes it feels like it's 199 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: their first stage driving. So Uber Reward starts in nine 200 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: cities immediately. Those nine cities are Miami, New Jersey, Denver, Tampa, 201 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: New York, Washington, d C, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Diego. 202 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: The good news is if you're not on one of 203 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: those lists, they will be rolling it out everywhere very 204 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: soon in the next few months. But every dollar you 205 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: spend today will actually count towards your first status when 206 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: the program launches in your city, So that's kind of fun. 207 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Rich on Tech podcast. This is 208 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: where I talk technology and help you get the most 209 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: out of your gadgets. We're talking about some of the 210 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: top tech stories this week and the things that I 211 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: think you should know. Moving on now, Spotify finally came 212 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: out with an app for Apple Watch. So if you 213 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: update your Spotify app on your iPhone, you'll notice there 214 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: is a new companion app for your Apple Watch. 215 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: It's not the. 216 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: App that everyone wanted. What everyone wants right now on 217 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,479 Speaker 1: the Apple Watch is Spotify to allow you to download 218 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: your songs to your watch. So good case could use. 219 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: Case scenario would be me, I went for a run 220 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 1: yesterday just with the Apple Watch and the AirPods. It'd 221 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: be great if I could just use my Spotify playlist 222 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: on the Apple Watch, even though I don't have a 223 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: cellular connection as I kind of run along without my phone. 224 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: That's kind of the dream we're looking forward to here 225 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: that is not happening. 226 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 2: What you do get is the. 227 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: Ability to control your playlist, so you can actually go 228 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: on your Apple Watch, choose one of your Spotify playlists, 229 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: have it start playing. Then you can direct where you 230 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: want that to play, whether it plays on sort of 231 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: a speaker, an airplay speaker, or your phone. 232 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 2: You can do that. 233 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: You can also listen to your podcast again basically just 234 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: controlling them. And you can also heart songs, so if 235 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: you see a song that you like, or you're listening 236 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: to your phone and you hear a song that you 237 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: like on Spotify, you can just lift up your watch 238 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: and from your wrist give that song a little heart 239 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: and it will be in your library so you can 240 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: find it again easy later. The reality is we can't 241 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: wait for the offline listening feature to come to the 242 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: Apple Watch. And they do say that this is kind 243 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: of the first version of this whole thing, and there 244 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: will be more updates coming soon. 245 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 2: I cannot wait. 246 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: And yes, one of those updates will be the ability 247 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: to listen to your music and podcasts offline. There are 248 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: so many great rivalries in this world. If you're in 249 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: the LA area this weekend, it's a big football weekend, 250 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: it's USC versus UCLA. Of course, you've got coke versus Pepsi. 251 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: But I like to think of the biggest one of all, 252 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: Google versus Apple, and that's when it comes to these smartphones. 253 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: I think a bigger rivalry is really Apple versus Samsung 254 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: in years past. But here's the thing. The iPhone has 255 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: the most popular camera in the world. Right This is 256 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: the camera that is in everyone's pocket. You pull it out, 257 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: you take a picture, you're on your merry way. 258 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: Right. 259 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: Well, along comes the pixel from Google. And this really 260 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: shakes things up because the camera uh on the Google 261 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: pixel is so good. It's almost scary how good the 262 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: camera is on the pixel. And I'm not saying the 263 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: pictures always look better in every situation. I think that 264 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: the iPhone takes some fantastic, realistic looking pictures, but the 265 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: pixel really shows you what you can do with a 266 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: smartphone camera with one lens with a little bit of 267 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: artificial intelligence backing it up. Now, the new iPhone ten 268 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: S has this feature called smart HDR, which combines multiple 269 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: frames for one great looking shot on the pixel. They've 270 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: been doing this for a long time. They call it 271 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: HDR plus, and they kind of back this all, like 272 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: I said, with a little artificial intelligence. And so they're 273 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: taking several pictures at once, mixing the best attributes of 274 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: those pictures, and in Google's case, kind of bumping it 275 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 1: up just a little bit with what they've learned from 276 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: their computational awareness of these things. So Google does a 277 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: really nice job of kind of really making pictures pop, 278 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: and they are very clear. So I took both phones 279 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: to Times Square couple weeks ago to see, you know, 280 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: how they performed side by side. I bought this little 281 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: thing on Amazon, kind of a little holder where both 282 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: phones are able to snap in side by side and 283 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: you can hold it up and take both pictures at 284 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: the same exact time. And so the first thing I 285 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: did was take some video of me walking, and look, 286 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: the video looked perfect on both phones. Now, I used 287 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: to think that the Pixel had better stabilization than the iPhone, 288 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: but I'll be honest, when I was walking, I couldn't 289 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: really tell the difference between these two. 290 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: The only thing I. 291 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: Could really tell is that the audio definitely sounded better 292 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: on the iPhone for sure. So I also think the 293 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: video on the iPhone has a much more cinematic look 294 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: than it does on the Pixel. I think the Pixel 295 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: does a great job with the video, but I think 296 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: the iPhone just has much more of a Hollywood look 297 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: to it. Then we took some portrait shots. I had 298 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: my brother Justin on hand with me, so we took 299 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: some portrait shots of him, and again, both of these 300 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: things look great. The Pixel kind of looked brighter and 301 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: the shot from the p pixel is slightly wider, But again, 302 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: the portrait shot on both the Pixel and the iPhone 303 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: was great. On the iPhone, you can adjust the background 304 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: after you take it, which is kind of a nice 305 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: feature that they recently rolled out. Then we took a 306 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: picture of Times Square, just kind of a standard picture 307 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: that you know a million people take every single day. 308 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: Pixel really nailed that picture because when you think about 309 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: times square, there's kind of a sky in the background. 310 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: You've got a bunch of bright video screens all around you, 311 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: and then you have a bunch of things in the middle, people, places, stuff, 312 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: and it's really tough for a camera to get all 313 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: those things in focus and to also get them to 314 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: have the right levels all at the same time. So 315 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: on the iPhone, I noticed that a lot of the 316 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: bright video screens were blown out, But on the pixel, 317 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: it really nailed this shot. And this is where the 318 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: pixel excels when it is a complicated lighting situation. When 319 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: it's a complicated shot, maybe not too much light, the 320 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: pixel really performs very well in those circumstances. Definitely won 321 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: that one. Now, we took some selfies. Took a selfie 322 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: with my brother, and I will say that both of 323 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: them look great. Selfies on the pixel are very very clear, 324 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: even in lower light. So I think selfies on the 325 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: iPhone look great mainly in bright light. Right, So if 326 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: you look at the pixel, I think the skin looks 327 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: smoother on there. That could be what they're doing on 328 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: the pixel in post processing, but they both look fantastic. 329 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: The background was also more in focus on the pixel 330 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: as well. But here's where I think the iPhone is better. 331 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: I think faces look more realistic. So the shape of 332 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: our head actually seems to look more realistic the shape 333 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: of our face on the iPhone. And maybe that's due 334 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: to the lens. Maybe that's due that it's a slightly 335 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: it's not as wide of a shot as it is 336 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: on the pixel. But I thought that the shape of 337 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: our faces definitely look more realistic on iPhone. But the 338 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: one thing you can't do on iPhone, and this has 339 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: always been a problem, and I've talked about this for 340 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: so long, but on the iPhone, the selfie lens is 341 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: so close up and everyone's taking these group self picture 342 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: selfie pictures. It's really tough to get your friends in 343 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: the shot, right. So Google now has this thing called 344 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,959 Speaker 1: super Wide, so you can actually take a super wide 345 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: picture with the selfie camera because there's two lenses on 346 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: the front. One's a super wide angle, and so you 347 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 1: just pop out basically to that other lens while you're 348 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: taking a selfie, and man, you can fit a lot 349 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: of people into those pictures. It's pretty amazing. So the 350 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: pixel wins on that one, for sure. But I've seen 351 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: people struggle with trying to fit a lot of people 352 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: into their iPhone shots many many times, and unless you 353 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: have a really long arm, it's impossible. That's why the 354 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: selfie stick was invented. See the selfie stick was made 355 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: for the iPhone. When you talk about the Samsungs of 356 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: the world, a lot of the Android devices always had 357 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: a wider front facing camera lens, and that's why you 358 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: could always kind of get a better shot on the 359 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: selfie camera when you had a group of people. When 360 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: it's just one person, I actually think the iPhone looks better, 361 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: but when you have a group of people definitely helps 362 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: have one of these Android cameras with the wider lens. 363 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: As for other pictures, just kind of standard shots, I 364 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,719 Speaker 1: really thought the Pixel was going to blow away the iPhone, 365 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: but it didn't. I think they both look really really 366 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: good these days, and I think you'll be happy with 367 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: either one of them. I think slightly in more scenarios, 368 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: the Pixel is going to take clearer pictures, kind of 369 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: more vibrant pictures, but the iPhone is a very good 370 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: everyday shooter. 371 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 2: Now. 372 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: One thing they just added to the Pixel, the Pixel 373 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: three and some other pixels as well. Is this feature 374 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: called night Sight, and I just got it on my 375 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: device today, and so I took a picture on the 376 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: rooftop of our garage and I wanted to see kind 377 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: of what it looked like, right, what it looked like 378 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: in almost near darkness. It was the city scape skyline 379 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles. So I will tell you the iPhone 380 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: did a nice job right in basically near darkness, everything 381 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: is very clear, it's just not as bright. So when 382 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: you look at the one that was taken on the pixel, 383 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: it is very bright. And what the pixels do? They 384 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: have a whole blog post about this, but they're basically 385 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: making you hold the camera still for a little bit longer. 386 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: And this will take a bunch of different pictures, it'll 387 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: take a bunch of different data in and it is 388 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: then mixing all that data and capturing all that light 389 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: to sort of minimize noise. Let's see, before you press 390 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: the shutter button, nightsite measures your natural handshake. Oh, that's interesting, 391 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: as well as how much motion is in the scene. 392 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: If pixel is stable and the scene is still, night 393 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: Site will spend more time capturing light to minimize noise. 394 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: If there's more movement. Night Sight will use shorter exposure, 395 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: capturing less light to minimize blur. Anyway, your pictures are 396 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: gonna look fantastic if you're using that night site. But again, 397 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: it's not real life. Like what I saw in real 398 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: life looked different than what the pixel captured. It was 399 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: much brighter, much more vibrant. So and when it compared 400 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: to the iPhone, the iPhone was kind of darker than 401 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: what my eye saw. So I think the perfect picture 402 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: is somewhere in the middle. You guys know, I'm always 403 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: talking about two factor authentication. This is something that you 404 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: must absolutely, one hundred percent have turned on for all 405 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: of your accounts at this point. If you are still 406 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: just logging in with a password and a username, you 407 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: must stop because you need this extra layer of authentication. 408 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: And what it does is when you log into any 409 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: one of your accounts, you'll get a text to your 410 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: phone with a special code. You have to enter that 411 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: code before the login is approved and proceeds. So the 412 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: idea here is that if a bad person has access 413 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: to your account, they somehow got your password, they go 414 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: to log into your Google account. Google says, huh, that's weird. 415 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: This doesn't seem to be coming from the user's normal 416 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: computer or the normal location that user is in. We 417 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: send this code. So they send a text to the 418 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: phone of the user, and the user gets the text, 419 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: but the bad guy doesn't get it, and so the 420 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: bad guy just sits there waiting for this to go through. 421 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen because that text is not entered. So 422 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: again it's two layers of authentic. It's called two factor authentication. 423 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: Almost all of the major apps and websites support it. 424 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: Definitely turn it on. But here's the problem. We now 425 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: have the issue with two factor authentication, and according to 426 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 1: tech Crunch, they found a major security lapse with a 427 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including 428 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: these two factor authentication codes. The server was from a 429 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: company in San Diego. It wasn't protected with a password, 430 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: and it's Voxox. I think it is the name of 431 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: the company. But basically they were able to kind of 432 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: go through this database and see a whole bunch of stuff, 433 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: including all these short codes that people had requested. And 434 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: the idea here is that if someone had access to 435 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: this database and was getting those codes in real time, 436 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: they could intercept these logins and use those codes, which 437 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: is very dangerous. It sounds very scary. Now, the reality is, 438 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: I don't think that anyone got these codes. They could have. 439 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: And the other reality is that these codes are only 440 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: good for a short period of time and they're only 441 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: one time use. So when you get that code to 442 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: your phone, unless it's intercepted almost instantly by a breach 443 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: like this, someone would be able to use it, but 444 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: not the second time. So it only works one time 445 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: now for this reason, and I think we're going to 446 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: start hearing more about apps like this. You probably want 447 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: to start using and I know, another layer of protection, 448 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: another layer of complication. But there are apps out there 449 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: that actually let you generate these codes right on the app. 450 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: And if you've ever worked at a company that requires 451 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: one of these little they have these little keyfobs basically 452 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: that just set there and generate a different code every 453 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: twenty five thirty seconds, and you needed that code to 454 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: log in each Rate is a company that used to 455 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: give this out to some of their banking clients. Maybe 456 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: they still do, but now there are apps that can 457 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 1: do the same functionality on your So one of them 458 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: that's very popular is called authi au THHY And once 459 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: you authorize that it will generate all those codes on 460 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: your device, so they're not texted to you. You actually 461 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: go into this app. It's secure. You see the code 462 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: and you can use it, and the code changes every 463 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: couple of seconds. The other popular one is called Google Authenticator, 464 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: and Microsoft has an authenticator app. There's several of them 465 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: out there, but you basically link them up to your account. 466 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: The danger in all this versus the text message is 467 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: that if you somehow lose your log into that app, 468 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: it is kind of a pain to reset up all 469 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: those authentications because you have linked that app to your account, 470 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: and the accounts don't necessarily like when you get rid 471 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: of that because they see that as a potential security 472 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: flaw so or a security hole. Anyway, check them out 473 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: and definitely turn on the two factor authentication for sure. 474 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: There's so much good stuff happening. I got a demo 475 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: of these the Roku TV wireless speakers, went to Roku's 476 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,239 Speaker 1: one of their satellite offices, I guess it was in 477 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: Santa Monica. They gave me a little demo of these things, 478 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: and I thought these were such a great idea. So 479 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: these are wireless speakers that Roku has come out with 480 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: and they're plug and play, so you literally just plug 481 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: them in behind your TV, or you know, I guess, 482 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: I guess you would plug them in on the sides 483 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: of your couch or maybe on the sides your TV. 484 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: Either way, whatever your setup is, if you want to 485 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: use them as in the front or on the back, whatever. 486 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: But the reality is they're usually two hundred dollars. Right now, 487 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: they're one hundred and fifty bucks from November sixteenth through 488 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: Cyber Monday November twenty sixth. So my advice, if you 489 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: have a Roku TV, think about getting these because they 490 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: will They will make your sound experience from that TV 491 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: so much better. And even the best TVs these days 492 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: still don't have good speakers. Think about it. A TV 493 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: is like ninety nine percent screen. The speakers aren't afterthought, right, 494 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: so you're not gonna get good sound quality. Personally, I 495 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: use Sonos and I've got the sons bar and I've 496 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: got the two speakers behind me on the either side 497 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 1: of my couch. That's actually a recent thing I set up. 498 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: It just came to me. I was like, wait, can 499 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: I use surround sound with Sonos? Sure enough, you can, 500 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 1: and it's just fantastic. You hear the little nuances of 501 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: the surround sound behind you, everything just sounds better. So 502 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: if you have a Roku TV, this is a way 503 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: to get that without setting things up, and the sonas 504 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: was pretty darn easy. It's also plug and play. But 505 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: if you're familiar with the concept of a standard surround 506 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: sound system, I have never ever recommended one of those 507 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: because they're so complicated. Who wants to run wires from 508 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: their TV all the way to the back of their 509 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: couch unless you are an expert in home wiring. I 510 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: don't even know how you get those wires there. It's 511 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: always been such a pain, not a clean setup, not easy. 512 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: This is super easy. So once it's paired, all the 513 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: audio from your TV is going through these wireless speakers. 514 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 2: But here's the catch. 515 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,959 Speaker 1: This is not something that you can add to a 516 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: Roku box. And that was my first instinct when I 517 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: heard about these. I thought, oh my gosh, this is 518 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: such a great thing for all the Roku users out there, 519 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: and there are a lot of them, right not so 520 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: you have to have one of these Roku TVs, and 521 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: a lot of people do. Believe me, it's a very 522 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: popular device. But this is something that you should look 523 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: into if you have a Roku TV. I hope Roku 524 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: is somehow able to figure out how to do this 525 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: for all the Roku users out there, because this extra 526 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: speaker system is just so much nicer to have. 527 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 2: It really does make life better. 528 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: And finally, if you are a content creator, I know 529 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: everyone's trying to up their game on Instagram and on 530 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,479 Speaker 1: Facebook and all these different Basically Instagram is where it's 531 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: at these days. But a app that I use called Buffer, 532 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: which is really handy. I've been using this thing for 533 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: several years now, but it helps you schedule your tweets, 534 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 1: it helps you tweet out using an app, It helps 535 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: you just do social media in. 536 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: A little bit of a better way. 537 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: But they always come out with some cool tools to 538 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: help you accomplish these things. Now they have this new 539 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: Instagram Stories creator. 540 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 2: So if you're. 541 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: Creating stories for Instagram for your job, for you know, 542 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: if you're in social media, or maybe just personally and 543 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: you want to kind of up your game, maybe you're 544 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: an influencer, or you know, it's just just for personal 545 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: use as well and you just want to make your 546 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: Instagram stories look better. Yes, there's a lot of tools 547 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: and apps and things that can help you do this, 548 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: but this is right online. It's a web tool again. 549 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: It's called stories Creator from Buffer and it helps you 550 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: create these little graphics very quickly. And they say they 551 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: wanted to focus on the foundation of a good story, 552 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: which are simple elements that keep your attention, which is 553 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: basically graphics, text, and a background image or color. So 554 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: you can basically choose kind of a template that they have. 555 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: You can add your picture, you can add you know, 556 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: your background image, like I said, some graphics, some text, 557 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: and then you can download them and share them to Instagram. 558 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: They have over twenty five different fonts, alignments. You can 559 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: even add a background highlight to make it stand out. 560 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: You could even use PNG, which is cool because PNG 561 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot of times you can't really do that from 562 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: the iPhone, but you can do it from. 563 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 2: This Story's Creator. 564 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: And it also has an overlight which is really cool. 565 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: So this is my favorite part. It actually shows you 566 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: what is blocked by all the sort of user interface 567 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: elements on an Instagram story, which is you know, where 568 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: you can send a message, where your little profile is 569 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: in the upper left hand corner. All that good stuff 570 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: is shown on screen, so you can make sure that 571 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: none of your elements are blocked on these stories. So 572 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: all you have to do is create these things and 573 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: you can download and you know, air drop them to 574 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: your phone or however you get them to your phone, 575 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: email them to yourself, and then you can post them 576 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: to Instagram Stories. Now, this is a very simple tool. 577 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: I've kind of tried it out. It wasn't exactly working 578 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: properly yesterday for me when I first tried it. That 579 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: was probably because it was the first day. But I 580 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: do think that these kind of things are good to 581 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: know about. So again the Buffer Stories creator, and also 582 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: check out the Buffer app as well. It's a really 583 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: handy tool for scheduling tweets and things like that. I've 584 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: used it to kind of space out some of my 585 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: tweets since I don't want to bombarde you guys with everything, 586 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: but I know I don't want to forget to tweet something, 587 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: so I'll just kind of put them in my queue 588 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: and remember to tweet them later sometimes. 589 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 2: And the other thing. 590 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: If you want to really up your game when it 591 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: comes to Instagram and social media in general, there is 592 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: a fantastic, fantastic app called spark Post and this is 593 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: from Adobe, Adobe spark Post is the king of social 594 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: media apps when it comes to designing beautiful graphics, beautiful stories, 595 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: beautiful whatever. 596 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 2: You can create it. 597 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: You might spend a lot of time doing it, but 598 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: it will help you do it, and it is free, 599 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: but you do have to sign up for an account 600 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: through Adobe to make it happen. I've definitely used that 601 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: on occasion. I think that many times it's easier for 602 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: me to just kind of post a story organically and 603 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: use the tools that are built into Instagram, because sometimes 604 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: it just gets a little bit overwhelming to try to 605 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: create this amazing graphic that looks solely so overproduced, and 606 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: people don't necessarily care, especially for what I'm posting. I 607 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: think if you worked at a business or a brand, 608 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: maybe people would care more. But for me, I'm just 609 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: trying to get my stories out that I work on 610 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: in various ways, and it doesn't need to be super 611 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: super duper pretty. But again, I've used this in the past, 612 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: and it's called Adobe spark Post. The other thing that 613 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: I've been looking at with Instagram is this new app 614 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: called story locks. Well it's new to me, but this 615 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: actually gives you some templates for your stories very very simple, 616 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: but they do give you some templates that you can 617 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: add some pictures in make them look a little bit 618 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: better than what Instagram gives you. And finally, the other 619 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: Instagram tool that I've used in the past, and I'm 620 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: not a big hashtag person, I probably should be for 621 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: discoverability of my posts, but the one that I like 622 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: is called lee Tags Lee Tags. So again, if you're 623 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: doing any sort of social media for yourself, your company, 624 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: a business, a product, a brand, these are some of 625 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: the tools that you can use to kind of up 626 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: your game. All right, Thanks so much for listening to 627 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: the podcast. If you want more information on anything I 628 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: talked about here, you can go to my website richontech 629 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: dot tv, or you can check the show notes. Thank 630 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: you so much for listening. Hope you enjoyed this and 631 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: have a fantastic day, night, weekend, morning, wherever you are, 632 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,959 Speaker 1: whatever you're doing however you're listening, Thanks so much. 633 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 2: I'm rich Demiro. I'll talk to you real soon.