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Speaker 1: Google releases a new pixel, but it's not the one.

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Speaker 1: How to store a digital vaccine card on your smartphone,

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Speaker 1: Say goodbye to the magnetic strip on your credit or

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Speaker 1: debit card. Plus your tech questions answered? What's going on?

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Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, the

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Speaker 1: podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think

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Speaker 1: you should know about. It is also the place where

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Speaker 1: I answer the questions you send me. I'm the tech

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Speaker 1: reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for tuning me in. Welcome to the folks listening

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Speaker 1: on Facebook Live with their rooms feature, which I love.

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Speaker 2: It's weird.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't always show up in my app. Sometimes when

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Speaker 1: I open the app, it's there, other times it's not there.

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Speaker 1: But it's a fun way to reach a lot of

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Speaker 1: people that may not listen to the podcast per se,

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Speaker 1: but then they get to see it on my Facebook

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Speaker 1: page and they say, hey, what's that? Let me let

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Speaker 1: they stick around sometimes.

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Speaker 2: So let's see what's been going on this week? Hm?

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Speaker 1: Well, my mom was in town for so long that

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Speaker 1: I felt like I was on vacation in my own city.

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Speaker 2: We were you know, going out to eat.

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Speaker 1: We were staying out late, we were looking at sites,

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Speaker 1: we were going places. I'm sure you do this when

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Speaker 1: people come to visit you, but it's really interesting how

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Speaker 1: much there is to do that you just don't do

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Speaker 1: we went to Malibu, we went to different restaurants. I

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Speaker 1: got to shout out my friend Brian Tong for okay,

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Speaker 1: so I'm not a lobster person.

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Speaker 2: I've only had it like once in my.

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Speaker 1: Life, and I thought it was okay, but I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: consider myself like I don't really seek it out ever.

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Speaker 2: I know people go wild over lobster.

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Speaker 1: So my mom, which came out here, said the only

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Speaker 1: And I said, all right, well, we're in California. I'm

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Speaker 1: We found this little place that was a little hole

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Speaker 2: So that was cool.

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Speaker 1: Then I'm browsing Instagram and I see my friend Brian Tong,

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Speaker 1: you know who covers technology.

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Speaker 2: He posted about this place.

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Speaker 1: He went to in Malibu that was I think it

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Speaker 1: Or something like that, and it was a lobster roll

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, lobster roll in California, in Los Angeles, okay, So.

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Speaker 1: He's like, absolutely, So my mom and I go and

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Speaker 1: I guess that goes right into my first story. Google

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Speaker 1: It's like getting a box from Amazon that's just like

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Speaker 2: The four A five G. This is so confusing, but

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Speaker 1: It's got a forty six hundred eighty milliamp hour battery.

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Speaker 1: But it does have a audio jack, which is really cool.

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Speaker 1: So I would say, honestly, sight on scene, I guess

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Speaker 1: I was not on the list of Google sent this

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Speaker 1: Why did I say something bad about the Pixel.

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Speaker 1: They've sent me every Pixel since it ari, since it

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Speaker 1: not going to tell Rich about this. So every single influencer,

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Speaker 2: Was tweeting, oh got my free gift from Google.

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Speaker 1: And someone like myself, who my audience is actually really

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Speaker 2: Ram, the best screen.

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Speaker 1: If you just want a phone that you can pull

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Speaker 1: look at Instagram, take amazing pictures on have great battery life.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's the bottom line. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: this phone is four hundred and forty nine dollars. That

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Speaker 1: is a fantastic price. Under five hundred dollars. You buy it,

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Speaker 1: you get it. It works, it's gonna last for minimum

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Speaker 1: three years, and it's It's not the fastest phone in

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Speaker 2: It's not the sexiest phone in the world.

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Speaker 1: But guess what it does what you need it to do.

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Speaker 1: And for that reason, I really like this phone. It's

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Speaker 1: just a phone for the everyday person and it you know, yes,

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Speaker 1: you might say, rich, why not recommend a Samsung? Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the samsungs are fine, but they've they're so busy, They've

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Speaker 1: got so much going on that unless you're a Samsung person,

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Speaker 1: you don't necessarily need all the things that Samsung has

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Speaker 1: to be just fine for a lot of people. So

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Speaker 1: I hope that I end up getting my hands on

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Speaker 1: one of these. But honestly, I'm buying the Pixel six

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Speaker 1: no matter what, so I will I will get that, and.

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Speaker 2: Of course I'll talk about that as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the first question of the show.

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Speaker 1: Let's see, Ivory says rich, due to the price of

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Speaker 1: Adobe Acrobat Pro twenty twenty, what product do you recommend

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Speaker 1: that performs similar functions for a Windows ten machine. Now,

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Speaker 1: Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty is wow.

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Speaker 1: Is it really four hundred and fifty dollars? WHOA, that

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Speaker 1: Mac computers, there's a lot of iPads, and as long

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Speaker 1: as one of those is nearby, it's gonna, you know,

440
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Speaker 1: update this little device and you're gonna see the location

441
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Speaker 1: on the find my app on your iPhone.

442
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Speaker 2: And that's fine.

443
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 1: Now you have to remember the updates may not be

444
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,239
Speaker 1: in real time, so you can see if your child is,

445
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: you know, at school, you can see where they are

446
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 1: at any given time as long as the air tag

447
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 1: has gotten a fresh connection or a recent fresh connection

448
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: to the internet using you know, a nearby device, and

449
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,359
Speaker 1: so that's that's the simplest, cheapest, easiest way. But again

450
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Speaker 1: you need to know that it's not real time.

451
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Speaker 2: Now.

452
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Speaker 1: If you want real time again, you've got T Mobile

453
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Speaker 1: sync Up Tracker. This is a tracker that actually has

454
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Speaker 1: a cellular connection and GPS built in. Now, it's not

455
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 1: meant for kids again, but it can work for them

456
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 1: because you can put it on their backpack and you

457
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,320
Speaker 1: can get real time tracking. You can check in at

458
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Speaker 1: anytime and it will actually connect to the Internet itself.

459
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 1: It connects to the T Mobile network and then you

460
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,679
Speaker 1: can also get boundary alerts, so you can set a

461
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Speaker 1: boundary around your kids school and as soon as they

462
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,400
Speaker 1: enter that boundary, you will get an alert to your

463
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,159
Speaker 1: phone that they have entered, or you can do an

464
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: exit boundary as well. The battery lasts an average of

465
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 1: three to four DA's, so you're gonna have to charge

466
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Speaker 1: this thing pretty frequently, as opposed to the air tag,

467
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,360
Speaker 1: which is like once a year. The T Mobile sync

468
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Speaker 1: Up is also sixty dollars plus five dollars a month

469
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Speaker 1: for service, so that costs money, but you're gonna get

470
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Speaker 1: more accurate reporting. Now, if you want something that was

471
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: made specifically for tracking kids, check out the geobit. This

472
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 1: is a monitor. I met with the I think it

473
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Speaker 1: was the founder of the company at CS a couple

474
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Speaker 1: of years ago, and he said, it's great for elderly folks,

475
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Speaker 1: it's great for kids.

476
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Speaker 2: You know. You has a.

477
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Speaker 1: Built in again, built in GPS, built in cellular. But

478
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 1: the magic here is that they optimized the software for

479
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,640
Speaker 1: tracking kids. So that's like the main difference is that

480
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: a lot of the software was written specifically with tracking

481
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Speaker 1: kids in mind, so you can see real time GPS

482
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,000
Speaker 1: location history, and like I mentioned earlier, the alerts when

483
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,879
Speaker 1: they arrive or leave trusted places. Now this is a

484
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: little more expensive. It's one hundred and thirty dollars plus.

485
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Speaker 1: The service starts at nine dollars a month. And by

486
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Speaker 1: the way, when I say nine dollars a month, that's

487
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Speaker 1: if you you know, do like a three year.

488
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Speaker 2: Contract or a two year contract.

489
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Speaker 1: If you're paying by the month, all of these things

490
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Speaker 1: are a little bit more expensive, like fifteen a month.

491
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Speaker 1: Next up is gab Watch. Gabb and I have not

492
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Speaker 1: tested the gab watch, but I did meet with this

493
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 1: try another product from gab and they're basically a company

494
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: that's making like inexpensive unlocked wireless products that are just

495
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 1: pretty easy to use. So this watch is one hundred dollars,

496
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: but it's a smart watch, and yeah it's no Apple Watch,

497
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: but it's gonna let your kids make phone calls. They

498
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: can text, but just to the contacts that you allow.

499
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Speaker 1: There's an emergency SOS feature, there's a fun little digital

500
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 1: pet they can play with, and there's a step counter

501
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: as well. This service starts at ten dollars a month.

502
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Speaker 2: And finally, if you want like.

503
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Speaker 1: Sort of the most thorough solution, the Apple Watch with

504
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: cellular can can really be the best solution, especially if

505
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Speaker 1: you're looking for a bridge for your kids to have

506
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: one of these tracker solutions but not have a full

507
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 1: fledged smartphone. So the Apple Watch, they introduce this feature

508
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Speaker 1: called Family Setup, and so this means you can you know,

509
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,440
Speaker 1: typically an Apple Watch always required an iPhone to work,

510
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Speaker 1: so you had to have an iPhone, you had to

511
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: activate it on your account, they had to work in Unison.

512
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Speaker 1: Now they have this thing called Family set Up, where

513
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Speaker 1: as long as you have an iPhone or I think

514
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: an iPad as well. You can just activate an Apple Watch,

515
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: and once you do, it'll just live on its own.

516
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: It just does its own thing. And there's two ways

517
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: you can do it. It can live on its own

518
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: which is Wi Fi, but if you want to use

519
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: the family setup feature, you have to use a cellular connection,

520
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: and so that means you have to get the price

521
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Speaker 1: her Apple Watch with the cellular connection. The cheapest is

522
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Speaker 1: the Apple Watch se with cellular that's gonna be about

523
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 1: three hundred and thirty bucks.

524
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 2: But this can do everything.

525
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,239
Speaker 1: You can make calls, it can track your kid, they

526
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: can set them texts including I messages, you can they

527
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: can fully track their activity. They can listen to music

528
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: on this thing. There's all kinds of apps on it.

529
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,879
Speaker 1: So I mean it's an Apple Watch. It's gonna be,

530
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 1: you know, the gold standard of smart watches. And they

531
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Speaker 1: have this cool classroom watch face which is less distracting

532
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: and I don't believe that the messages come through when

533
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,959
Speaker 1: they're in the classroom function, so you can have that

534
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 1: turn on a certain time and turn off at a

535
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,120
Speaker 1: certain time during the day.

536
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 2: So that's a really cool feature.

537
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: This is gonna be, Like I said, you gotta go

538
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 1: with the Apple Watch s with cellular, or you can

539
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: go Apple Watch four with cellular and above, and I

540
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,639
Speaker 1: believe it's the four and it's three hundred and thirty bucks.

541
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Speaker 1: Like I said, service runs about ten dollars a month.

542
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Speaker 2: Apple Watch.

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Speaker 1: Let me just see Apple Watch family set up. Let

544
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Speaker 1: me just see what it requires, because I think it

545
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: was the Apple Watch for yeah, Apple Watch series four

546
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Speaker 1: or later with cellular or Apple Watch.

547
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:36,920
Speaker 2: Se with cellular.

548
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Speaker 1: So if you have an old Apple Watch like you're,

549
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,719
Speaker 1: but you have to have cellular on it for this

550
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: to really work. I mean, you can activate it without cellular,

551
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 1: but it's just not gonna You're not gonna get the

552
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: features that you need without cellular. So I wouldn't even

553
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: bother if you didn't have cellular, because honestly, it's gonna

554
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,959
Speaker 1: be such a nightmare that sometimes you can get through

555
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: to your kid. Sometimes you'd be able to see where

556
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 1: their location is, and other times you wouldn't, based on

557
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 1: whether this thing can find a Wi Fi signal and

558
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: also be connected to that Wi Fi signal. So for

559
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: that reason, I would definitely not go the Apple Watch

560
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: route unless you're prepared to do the cellular plan and

561
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: get the cellular model. Otherwise, I mean, unless they're just

562
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: using it in the house or something, that's the best.

563
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 2: Way to do it.

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00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: All right, long answer, but good question, Chris, and thanks

565
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 1: for the segment. Watch for it on KTLA soon. All right,

566
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: let's talk about Okay, we've all been on Zoom for

567
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: you know, a year and a half. I wonder what

568
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: the numbers are like on Zoom at this point, Like

569
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,120
Speaker 1: they must be so much lower than last year, because

570
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: so many kids are back in school and so many

571
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: people are back at work. Even though you know, it's

572
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: still this virus or whatever, COVID is still just wrecking

573
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: havoc on our world. It's so wild that it just

574
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:56,959
Speaker 1: keeps going. But this this idea of a virtual reality

575
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,439
Speaker 1: meeting room, this is what face Book has introduced with

576
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: their new Horizon Workrooms through their Oculus brand. So Oculus,

577
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: you know, is their virtual reality headset and brand, and

578
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,640
Speaker 1: so they introduce this thing called Horizon Workrooms, which are

579
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 1: free virtual meeting rooms. And I think this is so

580
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 1: so cool, but I don't see it taking off in

581
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,360
Speaker 1: a huge way just yet. But I totally think it's amazing.

582
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: And so what is it. It's a virtual meeting room.

583
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: You put your headset on and you get into this

584
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: room with your colleagues and now you can see each

585
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: other as an avatar. You can pick the room that

586
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,719
Speaker 1: you want to meet in, so they've all got all

587
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: kinds of fun rooms. The rooms get bigger and smaller

588
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: depending on how many people are in there. This can

589
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: support up to sixteen people in VR, up to fifty total,

590
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: because not everyone has a VR headset in fact, like

591
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: nobody does, so you know, you might have one person that's.

592
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 2: Like, can we please do the meeting in a VR please.

593
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: And everyone else like, uh okay, I mean no one

594
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: else has VR, but sure you can do VR rich

595
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: and then we'll just call in so you can do that.

596
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 1: But they've got all kinds of neat features that you

597
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: would need in a meeting, like you know, your desk

598
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: and keyboard tracking so you can kind of do mixed

599
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: reality where you can when you're typing on your keyboard,

600
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 1: other people will see that. They've got hand tracking, so

601
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: you can actually write on like a whiteboard. They've got

602
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: your desktop or so you can actually show share your screen.

603
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: They've got all spatial audio, which is really cool too,

604
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: because spatial audio is allows you to hear people, and

605
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,239
Speaker 1: like let's say I'm sitting here at my desk and

606
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: i hear someone that's talking on my left, the audio

607
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: sounds like it's coming from the left.

608
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 2: That's what spatial audio is.

609
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: And we're seeing more and more of this, and I'll

610
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: have another story about that in a moment.

611
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 2: But it's just it's such.

612
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: A cool feeling because it literally feels like the person

613
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: is where they look like they are, if that makes sense.

614
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 2: So you've got spatial audio, you've got.

615
00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 1: The virtual whiteboards, you can actually draw in VR and

616
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: you can and you know, keep that and save whatever

617
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: you do. You've got all kinds of different virtual rooms.

618
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just everything you need to actually have

619
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: these meetings in the virtual world. But again, like I said,

620
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: this is gonna be really really tricky to take off,

621
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 1: because let's be honest. I mean, think about a meeting

622
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: that you have at your office. When you had meetings,

623
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: I mean, it's basically a bare bones conference room. You know,

624
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: people are on their phones, they're distracted, they get in there,

625
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: they're sitting on their laptops. Like it's not this like

626
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: idealized vision of the future where everyone's like okay, let

627
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: me strap on my headset.

628
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 2: And let's get to this meeting.

629
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Speaker 1: Like even with Zoom meetings, I'm always like a couple

630
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: minutes late. I'm just plugging in my headphones, like I'm

631
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: literally adjusting like which input and output for my speakers,

632
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: or like my Bluetooth isn't working, Like it's a mess, right,

633
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: Like we're lucky that we actually can, you know, do

634
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: some of these meetings and make them, and then you

635
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: know people are sick of them. They're you know, let

636
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: me go, and they click off so fast that like

637
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,719
Speaker 1: you don't even say a bye practically. So to go

638
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,959
Speaker 1: from that to a virtual meeting room where everyone has

639
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: an Oculus headset and and they're sitting there like using

640
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: that Oculus headset and trying to refer to their notes

641
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: on their computer, I mean, it's it's gonna be pretty wild.

642
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: It's definitely a stretch. But I do see this kind

643
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: of thing taking off in the future because it is cool,

644
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: and I do think a large element of future work

645
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: is going to take place with virtual meetings instead of

646
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: face to face, just because people always want to meet

647
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: face to face. But I think is as companies can

648
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: save money on travel and people realize they don't necessarily

649
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: need to travel. We will see more of an emphasis

650
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: on this.

651
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 2: Now.

652
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 1: The other big thing about this is that you're talking companies, right,

653
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: And what do you think when you think you're discussing

654
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: stuff with your company, it's most of the time it's private.

655
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 2: You don't want this.

656
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,239
Speaker 1: Thing aired anywhere. So you have to wonder, okay, well

657
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: if this is you know, with Zoom, you know, it

658
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: was a big deal when they first came out, like okay,

659
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 1: what's where is this stuff traveling through? Is it traveling

660
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: through servers in China? Is it here in America?

661
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: Like?

662
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: Where where is my stuff going? And you know, that

663
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: was a big deal when Zoom first kind of came

664
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: to fruition, when people started using it a lot, and

665
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: so they got to the bottom of that and they said, hey,

666
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: you know, they gave some clear indications of how your

667
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: stuff was being used, how private it was. You know,

668
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: they introduced end to end encryption, which you know satisfied

669
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: a lot of the privacy issues. And so now with Facebook,

670
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: you know, we need to know this. They didn't mention

671
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: anything about encryption, so they didn't mention that word at

672
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: all in their blog posts. So that's probably not happening.

673
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: But they did say it's designed to be safe, so

674
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: let's see what they say about safety. So safety and privacy.

675
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: So workrooms will not use your work conversations and material

676
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: to inform ads on Facebook. Okay, sad that they have

677
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 1: to say that, but yes, that's a consideration. The audio

678
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: contents of your meetings are processed on Facebook servers, but

679
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: they're not stored, but someone can record them and send

680
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: us a clip as part of a report. In this case,

681
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: we'll use the information to take appropriate action and then.

682
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 2: Delete the recordings.

683
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: So that is a very interesting aspect of this is that,

684
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: you know, think about this idea that these meetings are

685
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: likely to be recorded, and if someone is you know,

686
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: being a little bad in that meeting, or says something

687
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: that's not right, or someone doesn't agree with or whatever,

688
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: it could be a recording that you know, could not

689
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: only It's just there's a lot of implications of this,

690
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: so we'll see what happens. I think it's really cool. Again,

691
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: it's called Horizon Workrooms. It's from Oculus. I'd love to

692
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: try it out.

693
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 2: I don't have an.

694
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: Oculus, but this would this wouldn't be my reason to

695
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: get one, but it's definitely the VR stuff if it

696
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: came along a little bit more. It's so compelling to me.

697
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: I just love virtual reality. There's just not that one

698
00:33:53,960 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: killer application just yet. All Right, Roy has kind of

699
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: a wow loaded question here. I'm interested in making my

700
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: home more automated with some smart devices. Might you recommend

701
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: products that work with home Kit for sensors, wall light switches,

702
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: light bulbs, Will light bulbs work by themselves? Or do

703
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: they need a smart plug? Smart plugs, outdoor cameras. Thanks

704
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: for all the time you put into your podcast, Roy, Well, Roy,

705
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 1: this is quite the question, and I'm gonna try to

706
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: break it down and explain. Now, home Kit is definitely the.

707
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 2: What's the word?

708
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: I love the word fledgling, but I don't think that's

709
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: the right term here. Fledgling means, oh, it is a

710
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped.

711
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,720
Speaker 2: So I'm right it is. Home Kit is the.

712
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: Most fledgling of the three sort of standards when it

713
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: comes to smart home. You've got Google, You've got alex A,

714
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: you know Amazon stuff, and you've got home Kit. And

715
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: so with Google you've got basically ninety nine point nine

716
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: percent of smart home products work with both Google and

717
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: Alexa A. Whoops, Okay, well alex A, so you know

718
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of the stuff works with them. Then

719
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 1: you've got home Kit, and you really got to look

720
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: hard because not too many things work with HomeKit. Now,

721
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 1: if you want to look at home Kit accessories, you

722
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: can go to Apple's website and you can look at

723
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,280
Speaker 1: Apple dot com, slash iOS, slash Home and they've got

724
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: all the different things, So you can look at all

725
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: the different stuff that works with it.

726
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: It's not that much.

727
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking a video doorbell, You've got Logitech

728
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: Circle light bulbs, You've got Nano Leaf, Logitech cameras, Wemo

729
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: Smart miniplug. So to answer your question, I think that

730
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: you have to look at some of these brands. So

731
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: I think for your lights, I would go two routes.

732
00:35:55,719 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: I would probably go Hugh Phillips. Hugh the most expense there,

733
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: but they're also the most flexible. So let's say you

734
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,879
Speaker 1: start building this thing out and you say, this home

735
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: Kit stuff is just not doing it for me, Well,

736
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: you can switch to you know, the other two platforms,

737
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: no problem, because Hugh works with all three. So that's

738
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: number one. Number two, what else did you ask about?

739
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 2: You said wall switches.

740
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: So when it comes to sensors and wall switches, I

741
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: think that you're.

742
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 2: Gonna have to look at something like a u oh gosh.

743
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: I think you know, like Weemo is gonna be for

744
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: like smart plugs. The wall switches, you're gonna have to

745
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: again go with Hugh. Sensors, You're gonna have to go

746
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: with Hugh. Outdoor cameras are a little tricky because there's

747
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: just not that much And if I look at cameras

748
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: literally on on Apple's website there is the UFI Cameras

749
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: one model, and then Logitech and and oh and eve Eve,

750
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: so you just don't get So for my what I

751
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: I've done is I think I really like the the

752
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: ring stuff for when it comes to like all around

753
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: the house with cameras and things like that. I like

754
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: the hue when it comes to lights. And that's basically it.

755
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: That's what I've built out, and I'm trying to stick

756
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: to those two things because they do work together.

757
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 2: They work pretty well.

758
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: And the home kit stuff is nice, Like I think

759
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: that Apple did a really nice job designing like the

760
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: app and everything and it's built into the iPhone.

761
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: And all that good stuff. It's just not there. It's

762
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 2: just not like the stuff that you need.

763
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,919
Speaker 1: And I don't know what the reasoning is, like why

764
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: these companies are so loath to like adopt it.

765
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 2: I probably think that it's just easier to do the

766
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 2: other two.

767
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: Less licensing, less hoops to jump through, and I just

768
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: think there's so many more products, And if you want

769
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: to go super cheap, you can get like a light

770
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: bulb for like five bucks at Walmart and it still

771
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: works with Google and alex A. So I mean, there's

772
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: just so many more options when it comes to these

773
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: other platform I think the home Kit stuff is you're

774
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: going down a very narrow path with that. And yes,

775
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: it will get better, but I just think at this point,

776
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: stick to Hugh, stick to Ring, and I think that

777
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 1: those two products, those two product lines will really help

778
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: you get you know, the most the most varied out

779
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: of you know, like the the most accessories out of

780
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: all the different things you can look for. But anyway, Roy,

781
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 1: good luck with building it out and hopefully you know

782
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: it all works out for you, all right. I talked

783
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: about spatial audio a little bit ago, and Netflix confirmed

784
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: to I guess users on Reddit and there's a report

785
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: from I Generation. I'm getting this from nine to five Mac.

786
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: But Netflix confirm it's rolling out spatial audio support for

787
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: iPhone and iPad apps, which is huge. I remember watching

788
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: a movie in with spatial audio and it's just fantastic.

789
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: I mean, it's really really cool. Yeah, to have air

790
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: pods pro or max to use it, but again, it

791
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 1: just means that the audio happens in the area where

792
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:08,720
Speaker 1: you'd expect it to happen.

793
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 2: So small thing.

794
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: But if you're on you know, i'd say on a plane,

795
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 1: but I'm not even sure you'll be able to hear

796
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: it on the plane, but I guess you would if

797
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:16,760
Speaker 1: you're with noise canceling.

798
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 2: But you know, if you're watching a.

799
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: Movie or a TV show that supports it, and you've

800
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: got it on Netflix, and you've got the iPad or

801
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 1: the iPhone and you've got the air pods and all

802
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: these things are in line, and the stars are also

803
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: aligned as well.

804
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 2: No, that's not it.

805
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: I thought I had like a no, okay, I thought

806
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: I had the Princess sound effect, you know, like the

807
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: Fantasy Land. But anyway, if all those things are all

808
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: those things are satisfied, you will hear the spatial audio,

809
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,479
Speaker 1: and once you do it is it is actually very cool.

810
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: All right, Since that was such a short story, I'll

811
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: just move on to the next story. This is a

812
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: sad day in history. Well, you still got a couple

813
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: of years, but the magnetic stripe we'll start to disappear

814
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: from cards in twenty twenty four. So Master Card is

815
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: the first bank to say, you know what, we just

816
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,479
Speaker 1: don't need these things anymore now, the magnetic stripe. There's

817
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: some history behind this. I don't know if you're old

818
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: enough to remember this, but back in the day when

819
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: I was a kid and i'd watch my parents use

820
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: their credit card, it was a by the way, it

821
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 1: was always American Express, and it was one of those cards,

822
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: you know. You put it in this little machine and

823
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: it was like a metal like I don't know how

824
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,360
Speaker 1: you describe it, but you would physically place the card

825
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,919
Speaker 1: down and then there was like this roller thing on top.

826
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: They put this little piece of paper with some carbon

827
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 1: in between it, and it would they would go chick

828
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: and it would literally you would roll this this rolly

829
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: thing over the card and make a physical imprint of

830
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: the card onto this little slip, and a lot of

831
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: times you would fill out this slip with like the

832
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: amount of the transaction and then you would sign this slip. Now,

833
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: that is just wild that we've gone from that to

834
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: tap and pay in my lifetime. I mean, that is

835
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: pretty amazing. And so after the whole there was a

836
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: magnetic stripe, and the problem with it is that there

837
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: was no authorization. Now, I remember there were certain times

838
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: when it was like a big amount the retailer. And

839
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: I'm reaching way back into memory here and maybe this

840
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,320
Speaker 1: was just made up in my memory, but I remember

841
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: like the retailer would actually have to call up like

842
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: American Express and be like, hey, we've got Joe Schmoe

843
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: here and he's got a a four and seventy five

844
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,720
Speaker 1: dollars bill.

845
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: Can we authorize that?

846
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 1: And they would give you like an authorization number that

847
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: you can write down so that you knew the card

848
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,240
Speaker 1: was good for that amount.

849
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 2: So, I mean, think about that.

850
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: When the magnetic stripe came along, it allowed companies to

851
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: in real time not only capture the data from the card,

852
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: but also authorize the amount and the transaction. And so that,

853
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 1: of course, I'm sure cut down on fraud. It cut

854
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: down on all kinds of stuff. It was just more efficient.

855
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: And then of course we've got the the the chip

856
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: which they added to the card, and the chip brings

857
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 1: another level of of security because now it's a unique

858
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: number every time, So every time you dip your little

859
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,919
Speaker 1: card in the chip reader, it doesn't exchange the card

860
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: number from your card. It actually exchanges a one time

861
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: number that is then authorized and the transaction goes through.

862
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,879
Speaker 1: So that's even more secure because if that card number

863
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: ever got out there, well it wouldn't work again, so

864
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter.

865
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 2: And so that was really cool.

866
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: And then kind of at the same time that the

867
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: man that the chip came out, we got tapped to pay.

868
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: And I remember doing a story with Apple Pay. Oh,

869
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: let me se how many years ago? This was Apple Pay.

870
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: By the way, if you ever want to look up

871
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: a story I did, all you have to do is

872
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,919
Speaker 1: type in the keyword Apple pay ktla DeMuro and that's

873
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: it and that'll bring you. And so here November seventeen,

874
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, is when I did a story when Apple

875
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: Pay first came out, and I walked out, walked down

876
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 1: Third Street promenade with Apple's Eddie Q and we kind

877
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: of went to Panera, went to Disney Store. Some of

878
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 1: the early adopters of the tap and pay, which Apple

879
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:21,919
Speaker 1: never called it that, They always called it Apple Pay.

880
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 1: They wanted you to think it was proprietary, special to them,

881
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: when in reality, you know you've got Apple Pay, You've

882
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: got it's basically just RFID, and in fact, a lot

883
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 1: of credit cards have it built in right on the

884
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: card itself these days. I don't really see the point

885
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: of that because I always had my phone with me

886
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: and I'd always rather just tap my phone.

887
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 2: But I guess you know, it's good to have in.

888
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: Case you haven't set up the the Apple Pay or

889
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 1: Google Pay or Samsung Pay on your smartphone. But I

890
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: just recommend doing that because it's more secure, it's easy,

891
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 1: it's simple. And I actually read an article, I think

892
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: it was life Hacker where someone said this was an

893
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: added benefit that if you're traveling and you lose your

894
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: physical card, they can update the digital card on your phone,

895
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 1: so you actually would still have a way to pay,

896
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 1: which is kind of cool. I think I mentioned that

897
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: on the podcast as well.

898
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 2: But anyway, so with all that said, here is the deal.

899
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,359
Speaker 1: Newly issued master Card credit and debit cards will not

900
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,919
Speaker 1: be required to have a stripe starting in twenty twenty four.

901
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: In the US it's twenty twenty seven, because we're just

902
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: slow here to adopt.

903
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 2: I don't know.

904
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 1: Europe is like so much faster in Europe and Asia

905
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: for the chip based transactions and the tap and pay

906
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: are just so much so ahead of the US. And

907
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: then by twenty thirty three, no master card, credit or

908
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: debit card will have magnetic stripes. So there's a big

909
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: runway here. But I'm not sad to see it go,

910
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 1: because I mean, it's called progress and we're all good.

911
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: So to me, if I could tap and pay everywhere,

912
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: that would be amazing. I can leave my card behind.

913
00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: But it's just not everywhere just yet. Restaurant being the

914
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: major holdout, and in the US especially, restaurants do not

915
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,919
Speaker 1: come to your table to let you tap and pay

916
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: or put the chip in. Although I was at a

917
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: restaurant last week with my mom that did do this.

918
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 2: It was called a Paradise Cove in Malibu. I know.

919
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: We went to Malibu, lat and to my surprise, the

920
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: place was like a tourist trap.

921
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 2: It was great. It was on the ocean.

922
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: You know it was beautiful, but we're talking like twenty

923
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: five bucks for a drink because it's like, you know,

924
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: there's nothing on the menu that's less than like twenty

925
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: dollars because it's a you know, it's you're paying for

926
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: the view, right But when they came to my table

927
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: for the bill, you know you could they came right

928
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: to your table with the little machine that they run

929
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: the cart in right away, which I just love. You

930
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: tap the card, it does it. Some restaurants i've been

931
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: to take it a step further they give you like

932
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: a portfolio and you can actually split the bill right

933
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: on your check. That would be awesome. That would be

934
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: my dream for every restaurant, especially when you go out

935
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 1: with friends. A lot of times, not everyone at the

936
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: table is, you know, in agreement that you just want

937
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: to split it. Let's say you're with you know, three

938
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: other couples. You know, some people want to split it

939
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: three ways. Some people don't, and I'm fine with that.

940
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 1: If they don't want to do it, it's fine. Usually

941
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: there's an over under of about twenty dollars I've noticed,

942
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: but some people are not comfortable. They want to just

943
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: pay what they exactly had and that's fine, that's their progative.

944
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: But the problem is it's a pain if the server's

945
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: trying to do that. And we have the technology where

946
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: give me a tablet, let me choose the five or

947
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,320
Speaker 1: six things that we had, and give me my total

948
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: including the tip in the tax, and I'll pay it

949
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: and then I'll move it to the next person. They

950
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: choose their five things and they pay their little portion,

951
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: and then the final person gets hosed because they're on

952
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: the hook for anything that anyone else forgot. No, just kidding,

953
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: it's just you know, it'll work out. But I don't

954
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: understand why restaurants have not adopted that more often, because

955
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's a tip thing, or you know,

956
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: if waiters get cheaper tips because of that or what.

957
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: But it just it's probably just the expense of it

958
00:46:58,480 --> 00:46:59,760
Speaker 1: and the upkeep and the maintenance.

959
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 2: But it's just to me. I love the idea that

960
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 2: I can just say, Okay, I had.

961
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: A iced tea, I had a salad, Okay, I had

962
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 1: that appetizer, I had that dessert, I had that main entree,

963
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: and oh there's my total boom.

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00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 2: I love it.

965
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,760
Speaker 1: Uh, what was I talking about? I don't even know anyway,

966
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:17,919
Speaker 1: credit card going away?

967
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 2: All right?

968
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 1: So we talked about in the last episode about extended warranties.

969
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: I said that I never get them, and Tony wrote

970
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: in and said, I myself usually don't buy extended warranties on.

971
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 2: TVs, but I did with a TCL. I'll tell you why.

972
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 1: The version I was looking to buy I was getting

973
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:38,959
Speaker 1: great reviews, but some people said they were getting ones

974
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: with a dirty screen effect. So I bought the warranty

975
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: just in case. It wasn't very much. If I remember,

976
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 1: the TV costed about five hundred dollars. I bought it

977
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: from Amazon. Sure enough, when I got the TV, there

978
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 1: were some blotches on the screen whenever a screen was

979
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,479
Speaker 1: showing a completely white screen or a blue sky.

980
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 2: Not a big deal.

981
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:56,800
Speaker 1: I didn't want to go through the trouble of sending

982
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:59,439
Speaker 1: it back and not having a TV. About a year

983
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: or so later, I decided to go ahead and replace

984
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 1: it under the extended warranty. A repair guy called and

985
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: asked what the problem was. I told him about the

986
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: dirty screen effect, and he told me to email him

987
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: pictures of the screen. He called back and said no

988
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,439
Speaker 1: need for him to come by and repair. I would

989
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: just get a full refund. A few days later, I

990
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: got the full price credited to my Amazon account, so

991
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 1: I basically got a free TV. And while I occasionally

992
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 1: see those blotches, still it's not a big deal. I

993
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,760
Speaker 1: thought you'd like to know, Tony Well, sounds like, sounds

994
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: like it worked out in your favorite Tony and.

995
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 2: You know, honestly, I would. I get it. I get

996
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 2: what you're saying.

997
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 1: It's like you got your money backs, you can deal

998
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: with those little splotches. I am assuming this is not

999
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 1: your primary TV.

1000
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 2: Maybe it is, but I get it.

1001
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: Like there's Amazon does this thing now even when you

1002
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:47,440
Speaker 1: try to return things, They've got some kind of algorithm

1003
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 1: that sometimes if it's more expensive for it to be

1004
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,839
Speaker 1: returned or more trouble for their system, they just say

1005
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:57,719
Speaker 1: keep it. And you know, they're experimenting with a lot

1006
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: of different things when it comes to returns. So you

1007
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 1: bought the extended warranty, so so the reality is it

1008
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: worked out, and yes, sometimes the extend of warranty will

1009
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: work out like like it.

1010
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 2: Did in this case.

1011
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:14,560
Speaker 1: That's not always the case, but I'm glad that it did.

1012
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: I still don't really recommend them, because you know, there's

1013
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 1: you didn't.

1014
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 2: Know what was going to happen here.

1015
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: You know, you didn't know if this TV was gonna

1016
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: you know, if you had to slap it back to somewhere,

1017
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: you know, and bring it back into the store. But

1018
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 1: it you know, again, it's just one of these things

1019
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,239
Speaker 1: where it worked out this time. But there's probably one

1020
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: hundred other people that bought a TV in that month

1021
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 1: that they never made a claim and Amazon just got

1022
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 1: free money and split it with a surion or whoever

1023
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 1: provides the warranties at Amazon at this point. But anyway,

1024
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: I'm glad it worked out and it sounds great. And

1025
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, I'm not gonna fault you

1026
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 1: if you want to buy an extended warranty, and that

1027
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: makes you feel better when you buy electronics by all

1028
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,560
Speaker 1: means do it. I'm just saying there's a reason why

1029
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 1: these companies offer it. Math works out in the insurance

1030
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: company's favor. It always does. That's why it's called an

1031
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: insurance company. But it's also called insurance for a reason.

1032
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,640
Speaker 1: It gives you peace of mind. And I am as as.

1033
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 2: What am I with my money? I am not?

1034
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: I am frugal and as frugal as I am with

1035
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: my money. There is also something called convenience. There's something

1036
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 1: called peace of mind, and there is money that you

1037
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: have to spend in your lifetime that gives you those

1038
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: two things. It also gives you enjoyment. And so you know,

1039
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,759
Speaker 1: if you stay at a nice hotel that costs one

1040
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: hundred dollars more than a bad hotel, I can't fault

1041
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: you for that. You've you've got, you know, luxury in

1042
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,520
Speaker 1: your life. You've got a great feeling, You've got a

1043
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 1: great memory. So money does a lot of different things,

1044
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 1: and I don't like wasting money, and sometimes things fall

1045
00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: under wasteful spending. But at the same time, I'm not

1046
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: going to fault you for directing your money to what

1047
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:06,080
Speaker 1: gives you a return on that money in any way

1048
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: that you feel like that's a return. And if you

1049
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,359
Speaker 1: feel tony that you got the return, that's great. That's

1050
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: all that matters here. And so I'm just saying in general,

1051
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: you know, there are circumstances where people feel like they

1052
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 1: got ripped off or they feel like it didn't work out,

1053
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,319
Speaker 1: and so for those reasons, I typically don't recommend the warranties,

1054
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: but I'm not going to fault you if you go

1055
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:28,360
Speaker 1: ahead and do it all right. Another big story this week,

1056
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: CS twenty twenty two says they will require proof of

1057
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:36,280
Speaker 1: vaccination to attend CS twenty twenty two, which is happening

1058
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas January fifth through eighth, twenty twenty two.

1059
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 2: Now, as you might.

1060
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 1: Recall, I did host the virtual show, the All Digital

1061
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: Show last year, or I guess it was the beginning

1062
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: of this year. I do not have any inside knowledge

1063
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 1: of CS. They have not contacted me to host this

1064
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: year's digital show. I don't know if that will happen

1065
00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:00,360
Speaker 1: again with myself. I hope it does, but I don't know,

1066
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,359
Speaker 1: and I will be ready to do it if that

1067
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: call comes in and I'm allowed to do it. But

1068
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:09,919
Speaker 1: with all that said, they are moving ahead with the

1069
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: physical in person version of the show as well. It's

1070
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:14,840
Speaker 1: gonna be a hybrid. You're gonna have in person and

1071
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,879
Speaker 1: you're gonna have digital. I'm assuming, and again I don't

1072
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 1: know this, but I'm assuming the in person is going.

1073
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 2: To be scaled back.

1074
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,600
Speaker 1: Typically there's over one hundred thousand people from around the

1075
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: world that come to CS. I don't think that will

1076
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 1: be the case in January.

1077
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1078
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: Things are very fluid with this coronavirus and with COVID,

1079
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,439
Speaker 1: and so who knows, we could be in a really

1080
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: good place in January.

1081
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 2: We just don't know.

1082
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:43,040
Speaker 1: So I think that they're hedging their bets on this

1083
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: year's show by requiring the proof of vaccination. And they're

1084
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:52,600
Speaker 1: also looking into accepting a proof of a positive antibody

1085
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:55,919
Speaker 1: test as an alternative requirement. That has not been solidified yet,

1086
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: but I guess that's for folks that have had COVID

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Speaker 1: that may not have this shot, and they say, I

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00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,440
Speaker 1: don't need the shot anyway, because I already had it,

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Speaker 1: and so I've got the antibodies.

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Speaker 2: I'm good to go. You know.

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Speaker 1: I think that this is, you know, just the way

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Speaker 1: the world right now. This is what's happening. We're seeing

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Speaker 1: a lot of places require the vaccine to admit I

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00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: see both sides of that argument. And you know, do

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00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 1: I have it?

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Speaker 2: Yes? And you know, I.

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Speaker 1: Got it because it's sort of the best I can

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Speaker 1: do to protect myself at this point, and I'm just

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Speaker 1: not going to keep myself from, you know, any downside

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Speaker 1: of of not having it, right, I just want to

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Speaker 1: do the best I can do. I know that some

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Speaker 1: people have reservations about it still, but again, I'm doing

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Speaker 1: what I did what's best for me in my life.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to travel to Hawaii. I wanted to travel

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Speaker 1: home to New Jersey. I want to go out and

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Speaker 1: do my stories. I want to interface with people, and

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Speaker 1: I just yes, I know that there's still always an

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Speaker 1: inherent risk right now with this thing. But again, like

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Speaker 1: I said, I did the best that I can do.

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Speaker 1: So CS is doing the best that they can do

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Speaker 1: by requiring this, and I'm sure that some people will

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Speaker 1: have a problem with that, but I am sure the

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Speaker 1: majority of people will be.

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Speaker 2: Totally fine with that.

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Speaker 1: Now, with all that said, since so many places are

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Speaker 1: requiring a vaccination card or a digital copy or whatever,

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Speaker 1: I have not run into this just yet, but it

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Speaker 1: seems like more and more places are doing this, and

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Speaker 1: so for that reason, I did a story on KTLA

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Speaker 1: about storing your digital vaccine pass on your phone, and

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Speaker 1: so there's not one official method. I think most people

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Speaker 1: are when they go on Google, they look up like,

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Speaker 1: you know, digital vaccination card, And honestly, I think that

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Speaker 1: the government probably should have thought about this when they

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Speaker 1: came out with this weird little cardboard card that someone

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Speaker 1: writes on that's a record of your vaccine. Like, give

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Speaker 1: me a break, I mean, come on, we're in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one. Like they there should have been a digital

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Speaker 1: component to this card from day one.

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Speaker 2: But there's not.

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Speaker 1: But different states have made their own, like here in California,

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Speaker 1: where I am. I was very surprised that you can

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Speaker 1: go on the California Department of Health website and apparently

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your vaccine, they feed the data into

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Speaker 1: this website. Because I put my information in and boom,

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Speaker 1: within a couple seconds, I had a QR code texted

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Speaker 1: to me. And then you take that QR code and

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00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 1: you can import it into various apps. I think the

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Speaker 1: easiest my okay, so bottom line solution that I came

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Speaker 1: up with. And if you get a QR code, like

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Speaker 1: one of these smart digital health cards that a lot

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00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 1: of these companies are using, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Carbon Health California.

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Speaker 1: If you get one of these smart health cards, you

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00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 1: download an app called common Pass and it will import

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Speaker 1: that card into the pass. It will make a nice

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Speaker 1: digital card that you can then show wherever you need

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Speaker 1: to show. It doesn't add to your Apple Wallet or

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Speaker 1: your Google Pay. It will add to Samsung Pay over

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Speaker 1: the next two weeks, so that's really cool.

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Speaker 2: I would hope they would.

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00:55:58,480 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 1: Make it so that you can add it to your

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00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:01,319
Speaker 1: app will Pay. I don't know why they didn't do

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00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:05,440
Speaker 1: that off the bat, but they didn't. So anyway, that's

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Speaker 1: the easiest thing that I can see to do. There

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00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 1: are also a couple other ways.

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Speaker 2: You can do it.

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Speaker 1: You can obviously just use the Notes app to make

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Speaker 1: a scan of your card. You can use the drive

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Speaker 1: app on Android to make a scan. You can also

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Speaker 1: use if you're in New York, the Excelsior pass. Check

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Speaker 1: with your I would say, check with your state to

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Speaker 1: see if they have a digital passport. Check with your

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Speaker 1: the person who or the provider that gave you your

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Speaker 1: shot if they have a digital passport. Some of them do,

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Speaker 1: like Carbon Health, I call it digital passport. I mean

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Speaker 1: a digital copy of your card the Clear app if

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00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:39,200
Speaker 1: you want to go, if you already have Clear, or

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00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,600
Speaker 1: if you just want to use their app, you can

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Speaker 1: create a digital vaccination card on their app.

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Speaker 2: It is free.

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Speaker 1: It is different from their health pass If you download

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Speaker 1: the app, look for it just says digital vaccine card.

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00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:54,839
Speaker 1: You click there or tap there, I should say, and

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00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 1: you follow the steps and you can make a digital

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Speaker 1: vaccination card. There is no subscription to Clear necessary, and

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Speaker 1: I like Clear because their app is really nice. It's

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Speaker 1: very well designed. But those are the basic ways Google

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00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,080
Speaker 1: and Apple are actually.

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Speaker 2: They are gonna bring. Sorry for that.

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Speaker 1: I think you heard my phone ringing through the through

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00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,280
Speaker 1: the podcast there. That's that's real high quality podcast there.

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00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:22,960
Speaker 1: When you hear my phone ringing through the podcast, that's

1183
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 1: because my phone is plugged in for the Facebook Live.

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00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:30,480
Speaker 1: Oh anyway, so what was I saying?

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00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:33,919
Speaker 2: I lost my train of thought.

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00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: But anyway, so that's the way to do it, vaccination

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00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 1: card on your smartphone. And yeah, I totally lost my

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00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: train of thought. But anyway, that's it.

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Speaker 2: Let's let's just get to a question. One of the

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Speaker 2: highest quality podcasts you can listen to. All right, let's

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Speaker 2: see here.

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Speaker 1: I think I have time for one more question. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So Justin via Instagram says, hello, mister Demiro. I've seen

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Speaker 1: you on KTLA five. I have a question. Do you

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00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: have any tips on how to clean up your Mac laptop?

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Speaker 2: Yes? I do. I do this very often.

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Speaker 1: Number one tip if you have not done this in

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Speaker 1: a while, and you're comfortable and a lot of your

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00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:14,240
Speaker 1: stuff is in the cloud, just do a full factory

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Speaker 1: reset of your computer.

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Speaker 2: Now. On a Mac, unlike.

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00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 1: Windows, you can't just say hey, Windows ten has a

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00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: feature called like refresh and you just basically it's kind

1204
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,640
Speaker 1: of like on a smartphone where you can just factory

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00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 1: reset it. Mac doesn't have that just yet. Maybe they

1206
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,439
Speaker 1: will in the future, but you do. You know, there's

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00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 1: a little bit of not know how involved, but you

1208
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,760
Speaker 1: can go through and if you look up online clean

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00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: install of you know, let's say, what are we on

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00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:45,120
Speaker 1: big sur? So if you do clean install of big

1211
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,440
Speaker 1: sur you can follow the directions. It does take a

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00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:50,200
Speaker 1: little bit, but that's what I like to do once

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Speaker 1: a year, is do a clean install of the software,

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00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: and that way it gets rid of all little fragments

1215
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: of garbage and junk and stuff and things slowing down

1216
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:02,640
Speaker 1: your system. That's like the nuclear approach. So if you

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00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: want a fresh, fresh computer, if you want to reset

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Speaker 1: the clock on your computer, maybe it's a little bit

1219
00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:11,479
Speaker 1: of an older Mac laptop, you want to reset the clock,

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00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:13,160
Speaker 1: give you another year before you have to buy a

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00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,240
Speaker 1: new one. That's the best way to do it because

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Speaker 1: you really clean your system off and you get things.

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00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:21,080
Speaker 1: You get to start from scratch once again. Now, if

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Speaker 1: you don't know how to do that, or you don't

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00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: want to do that, or you feel like that's too

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00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: much work, the next thing I would do is go

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00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 1: through your entire system and delete everything, all the apps

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00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,640
Speaker 1: that you don't need, you don't recognize, you don't want.

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00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,920
Speaker 1: I would do that, get rid of the big files

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00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,480
Speaker 1: and you know, empty your trash, do all the software updates,

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00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:45,800
Speaker 1: and restart your computer and that should bring things up

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00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:46,720
Speaker 1: to speed a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: The easiest way to do all those things that I

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00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 1: just mentioned is an app called.

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00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 2: Clean my Mac.

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00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 1: And so clean my Mac is like every other program nowadays.

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01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: Usually there's either like a subscription component or a you know,

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01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:04,720
Speaker 1: a fee component.

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01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:06,600
Speaker 2: You can do a free trial.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it does everything for the free trial,

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01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 1: but that's the best thing I know of. I use

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01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:14,280
Speaker 1: it all the time on my computer. I've used it

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01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:18,080
Speaker 1: for ten years and it's just fantastic. So it's got

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01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,480
Speaker 1: every single thing you need in there. It's your cleanup,

1246
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: which cleans up your system, junk, your mail attachments, your trash, bins.

1247
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:29,760
Speaker 1: It's got malware removal, it's got privacy kind of optimizations,

1248
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 1: it's got speed optimizations, maintenance, it's got an uninstaller that

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01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:36,680
Speaker 1: will uninstall all the little fragments of apps that.

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01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:38,840
Speaker 2: They may leave behind.

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01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: And also my other favorite thing is it can look

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01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: for large files taking up space or old files and

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01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: it does all of this stuff in one scan. It

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01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:50,760
Speaker 1: sounds like an ad for Clean my Mac X, but

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01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,120
Speaker 1: it's not. It's just I'm a big fan of the

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01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:56,479
Speaker 1: program and it just works really well. So the other

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01:00:56,560 --> 01:01:00,120
Speaker 1: program that is kind of the competition, and for a

1258
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 1: while it was actually kind of a crapwear, but it is.

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01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 1: It is cleaned up its act and it's actually become

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01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 1: legitimate again. It's called mac Keeper, and so mac Keeper

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01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:15,280
Speaker 1: is now legitimate and it will do similar things for

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Speaker 1: your computer. I have not tested mac Keeper as much

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Speaker 1: as I have the Clean my Mac because that's what

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01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:23,720
Speaker 1: I have installed, is Clean my Mac. So I would

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Speaker 1: look at those two programs, see which one you think

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01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:29,600
Speaker 1: works best for you. And that is my recommendation because

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Speaker 1: I think one of those two will we'll do exactly

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Speaker 1: what you need. Oh, look at that, you know what

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Speaker 1: stay safe, I will talk to you real soon