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Speaker 1: What's going on on Rich Damiro And this is Rich

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Speaker 1: on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech

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Speaker 1: stuff I think you should know about and it's where

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Speaker 1: I answer the questions you send me. Again, my name

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Speaker 1: is Rich Dmiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles. I hope you are having a great day.

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Speaker 1: It is Black Friday. It is the kickoff to the

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Speaker 1: holiday shopping season. Although let's be honest, we've all been

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Speaker 1: working from home, We've been shopping all all the time,

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Speaker 1: and this weekend we'll just be more shopping. Now, normally

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Speaker 1: I don't make a big deal about the day that

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Speaker 1: it is, but since this is the uh, pretty much

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Speaker 1: the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season, this show

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Speaker 1: is going to be dedicated to just your question So

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Speaker 1: just the questions that you send me. This is a

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Speaker 1: special episode to the show. And before you tune out,

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Speaker 1: wait wait, wait, it's gonna be good. I got a

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Speaker 1: lot of stuff to talk about, so many questions that

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Speaker 1: need to be answered. But like I said, it is

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Speaker 1: Black Friday, or if you're listening on the weekend, it

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Speaker 1: is this kind of you know, kickoff to the holiday

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Speaker 1: shopping season. Before you know, the day we all give

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Speaker 1: gifts to each other. And you might think that people

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Speaker 1: are not going to be spending money this season, and yes,

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Speaker 1: some might not be, but apparently people are. And according

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Speaker 1: to Adobe Analytics, I love the data that they always

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Speaker 1: put out, US online holiday sales are going to total

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Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty nine billion dollars this year, thirty

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Speaker 1: three percent year over year increase. Wow, that's two years

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Speaker 1: of growth in one season. Now, I don't know what

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Speaker 1: that is related to. I think that's because they're talking

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Speaker 1: about online sales, and I'm guessing, if I had to guess,

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing that's taking some of the chunk out of

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Speaker 1: the brick and mortar sales as they normally say, you know,

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Speaker 1: like going into a Best Buy, because I can't really imagine,

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Speaker 1: you know, I used to love waiting in line for

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Speaker 1: a Black Friday, and believe me, I've done many many

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Speaker 1: a Black Friday in my past. And I've waited in

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Speaker 1: line at Sears for a TV deal one time, Best Buy,

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Speaker 1: many times Target, one time for a PlayStation. I won't

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Speaker 1: say which one because it was a long time ago,

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Speaker 1: but I've been known to do that. In fact, that

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Speaker 1: used to be my tradition. My wife thought I was crazy.

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Speaker 1: She's like, why would you do this? Why do you

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Speaker 1: do this? Now? I haven't done it in years past,

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Speaker 1: Like in the last couple of years, I haven't really

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Speaker 1: done it. But you know this is I'm talking. You know,

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Speaker 1: get such great deals. And there's also a camaraderie of

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Speaker 1: sitting outside in the freezing cold. And no matter where

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Speaker 1: like this camaraderie. The store would come and like, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe I'm confusing the Apple launch events,

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Speaker 1: but you know I've done a lot of those too,

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Speaker 1: so you know what, I've been outside early in the

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Speaker 1: morning many times and with lots of shoppers. And the

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Speaker 1: thing about it, people think they're crazy, but you know what,

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Speaker 1: it is fun and there is, like I said, a

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Speaker 1: camaraderie and a kind of shared experience that you know,

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Speaker 1: you only get in certain aspects of life. And right

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Speaker 1: now there's none. I mean during the pandemic. You know,

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Speaker 1: I mean you gotta think about it. You got to

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying to go out for these you know,

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Speaker 1: your computer this year. And let me tell you about

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Speaker 1: all these sites. I love looking at the deal sites

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Speaker 1: So it gives you just kind of that perspective on

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Speaker 1: go around looking for on the web, and it's not

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Speaker 1: always easy to find all right, slickdeals dot Net. I

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Speaker 1: love this website. I check this website every single morning.

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Speaker 1: I check about fifty five websites every morning to kind

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Speaker 1: and slick deals dot net is definitely one of those,

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Speaker 1: and I just love seeing just all the deals. And

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Speaker 1: what's cool about this website is that anyone can submit

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Speaker 1: a deal, but then the members vote them up. So

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Speaker 1: the front page deals are going to be fantastic because

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Speaker 1: people have said, yeah, these are really good deals. And

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Speaker 1: then not just the front page, but there's also a

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Speaker 1: bunch of other a bunch of other pages as well,

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Speaker 1: where you can kind of narrow down and see exactly

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Speaker 1: like just ideas on how to use. It's just great.

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Speaker 1: Like here one month's CBS All Access membership for new

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Speaker 1: up again unless I pay. Well, if you're checking slick deals,

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Speaker 1: see fifty dollars. Nintendo E Shop gift card for forty

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Speaker 1: slick Deal's always a fun site to visit. Clarkdeals dot com.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't I know Clark. I don't know Clark Howard,

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Speaker 1: clarkdeals dot Com. They're also really great, and again they

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Speaker 1: which they vet the deals. They say like, oh this is,

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Speaker 1: dot Com, then I've got another another way to kind

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Speaker 1: now here you go and note twenty is fifty percent

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Speaker 1: Well I want the regular one, the not the five version. Well,

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Speaker 1: I guess five would be fine. Coupon cabin This one

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Speaker 1: maybe I'll do that. And then first time Amazon gift

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Speaker 1: So that's like a no brainer if you've never purchased

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Speaker 1: they've extended returns windows to January thirty first, twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: all right. Two more sites to go through Wirecutter Deals,

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Speaker 1: And you know, I love Wirecutter. It's a great, fantastic

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Speaker 1: website that always has a lot of great picks in

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Speaker 1: various categories. Their deals are cool because it's only stuff

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Speaker 1: that they've said is good, so it's like stuff that

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Speaker 1: they've reviewed which is really cool. And then Reddit Deals.

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Speaker 1: This is one that I don't generally check, but I've

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Speaker 1: give me a break. And it took me like three

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Speaker 1: years to realize just what an amazing idea this guy had.

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Speaker 1: And it's it's absolutely brilliant, and the peloton classes are fantastic,

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Speaker 1: the instructors are fantastic. But I do see some headwinds

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00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 1: come in their way because a gyms are going to

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00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: reopen eventually, and so of course there's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: little bit less interest at home workouts. But also Apple

433
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,159
Speaker 1: Fitness is coming out with their version of this, and

434
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,960
Speaker 1: so it'll be interesting to see. You know, it's gonna

435
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: be tough for people to have two memberships to two

436
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 1: different things, and the Apple Fitness is probably not gonna

437
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Speaker 1: play very nicely with the Pelotons of the world, so

438
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to have a bike like the Bowflex.

439
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,359
Speaker 1: So anyway, these are the things that keep me up

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Speaker 1: at night. Folks. All right, Jose says, Hey, Rich, I

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00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,680
Speaker 1: was wondering if I can get your help. I'm thinking

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Speaker 1: about getting my wife the ie Robot S nine, but

443
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 1: not sure if it's a goodbye or worth it. If

444
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Speaker 1: it's not too much to ask, can I get your input?

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00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,640
Speaker 1: Thank you in advance, Jose. So I'm taking a look

446
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,719
Speaker 1: at this ie Robot Rumba S nine and this is

447
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,959
Speaker 1: one of the more expensive rumbas. If not is it

448
00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,400
Speaker 1: the most expensive, it's it's pushing up almost you know, yeah,

449
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 1: almost one thousand dollars at full price, so, you know,

450
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:04,119
Speaker 1: not on sale, but let's see. Definitely, these robotic vacuums

451
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 1: are going to be a very hot cellar through this

452
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 1: entire holiday season. Do I think you need the best one? So?

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Speaker 1: I think if you, you know, have a dog or

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Speaker 1: some sort of animal or pet in your house, you

455
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: probably want something that's really high end. I have been

456
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,560
Speaker 1: testing out the I seven series, and this is the

457
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 1: one that kind of puts itself in its own little vacuum,

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Speaker 1: so it kind of, you know, like it goes back

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Speaker 1: to home base and then it sucks all the stuff

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Speaker 1: out of the vacuum like into a separate vacuum that

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Speaker 1: you then empty. I know it's kind of tough to imagine,

462
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 1: but it's kind of like the uh if you've ever

463
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Speaker 1: been to a hair salon or a barber shop that

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Speaker 1: has like one of those little suction things on the

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Speaker 1: wall that like they brush all the hair like nearby,

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Speaker 1: and then they turn it on. It like sucks all

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Speaker 1: the hair into this little like vacuum container canister thing.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of what the Ruma does. So it does

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Speaker 1: its own vacuuming, then it goes to home base and

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Speaker 1: then the canister kind of gets it like sucks out

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Speaker 1: all the stuff that it just sucked up from your floor.

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Speaker 1: So it's really cool, it's really amazing. I think that

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Speaker 1: the Rumba. I used to have a d bot. I

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00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,399
Speaker 1: think that the Rumba is really really advanced with some

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Speaker 1: of the features it has. It also gets stuck less

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Speaker 1: than my old vacuum, and so I do highly recommend it.

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00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 1: But do you need this super super expensive one. I

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Speaker 1: don't think so. I mean, you can get the I

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Speaker 1: seven without the you know, the little cradle thing that

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00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: sucks up the dirt, and that's even less. So I

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Speaker 1: think that you probably don't need the nine, Jose, you

482
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: could probably go with a slightly lesser expensive I'd go

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Speaker 1: with a seven, or maybe even lower than the seven

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Speaker 1: if you don't have a pet because or especially if

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Speaker 1: you have like hardwood floors throughout the house. But it

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Speaker 1: really depends. But I think Rumba does a really nice job.

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Speaker 1: There's so many of these out there. I mean it really,

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Speaker 1: you know, like I think the differences with these things

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Speaker 1: the quality of the suction of obviously, the kind of

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Speaker 1: the app, how much you know, how much do you

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Speaker 1: want to deal with like a poorly formed app if

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Speaker 1: you even want to connect it to your WiFi, you know,

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00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,879
Speaker 1: and like the mapping abilities, the ability for it to

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Speaker 1: kind of figure out where it's been before and not

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00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: just go over the same spots, and and also the

496
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Speaker 1: ability not to get stuck in different places. So those

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Speaker 1: are the things that I'd say are probably most important

498
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Speaker 1: when looking at these things, especially when you go and

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Speaker 1: look at like the hundred dollars ones or the two

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars ones, which are fine. I think my old

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00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: one was a couple hundred bucks and it was fine.

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Speaker 1: It just got stuck a lot. But I do recommend

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Speaker 1: that brand I like the Rumba. I like the old

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Speaker 1: brand I had, but you know, just beware when you're

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Speaker 1: getting some of these really off brands that you know,

506
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 1: the things I mentioned are the things that you might

507
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Speaker 1: be sacrificing. But once you do have one of these things,

508
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: they are fantastic. I mean, you leave the house, you

509
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,239
Speaker 1: turn it on, and when you come back, it's got

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Speaker 1: those nice little you know, lines on the carpet where

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Speaker 1: it went over it. It's just so great. And then

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Speaker 1: when you close it in a room, you know, you

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Speaker 1: hear it like just hitting do it sounds like there's

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00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 1: like a crazy like you know, someone just like having

515
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: a fight in that room when it's like knocking on

516
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 1: the door a bunch of times, just like boom boom

517
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 1: boom boom boom boom boom. I mean, it's really funny.

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00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: So these things have a mind of their own too.

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00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 1: And just watch them around cables, because, uh, once they

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00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: get that cable stuck in them, it's like, augh, that

521
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 1: cable is really tough to get. I've had to cut

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00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 1: many things out of the little spinners on the bottom

523
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 1: of these things. All right, Debbie writes, Hey, Rich, I

524
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Speaker 1: just found a cool new feature in iOS fourteen point two.

525
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: You may have already found it, but just in case

526
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: you hadn't. It has to do with a new Shazam

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00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,200
Speaker 1: button in the control center. Pretty cool. Have a good weekend,

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00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: Debbie in Bakersfield. Yes, Debbie, I did know about this

529
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: because the folks at Shazam actually emailed me about this

530
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: and mentioned that it will be there. Let's see. So

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Speaker 1: what Uh okay, this wasn't this was embargoed, so I

532
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 1: can I can read it now. Let's see what are

533
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 1: they saying? So Shazam has two hundred million monthly users

534
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 1: around the world. Let's see. Oh tones an I dance Monkey,

535
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: my Kid's My Kid's favorite song in the world is

536
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: the all time most Shazam song with thirty six point

537
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: six million Shazam's Wow, Okay, that's wild. Prayer and see

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00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 1: Robin Schultz and passengers Let Her Go is number three. Wow,

539
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: that's wild. I love that song. Let her Go, Let

540
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: her Go. Let's see. Shazam Control Center module is now

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Speaker 1: available for iOS and iPad users. Uh and on a

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00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,479
Speaker 1: note in Shazam from notifications bar is now enabled un

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00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: Android for quick recognition access to recognition of music playing.

544
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: Oh not only around you. But on device and in

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00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 1: other apps. I wonder if that. I don't think that

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00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: works on iOS, but on Android probably interesting, Maybe it

547
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: does work on iOS. I should try it. Let me see,

548
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: can I play I'm gonna play some music on my

549
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: phone and let's see if it can recognize what the

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00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: song is. So let's do let's see if I can

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00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: find a song. All my music right now is h

552
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: is like Christmas all right? So here I'm playing Marshmallow

553
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: one thing right, and I'm gonna do this. Now, let's

554
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: see Shazam Music recognition. Oh wow, it did figure it out. Wow,

555
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 1: look at that. Okay, good for you. Cool okay. So yeah,

556
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: so you know I'm gonna do Hold on, I'm gonna

557
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: turn the volume down on my phone fully now I'm

558
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: gonna play the song. And now I'm gonna try it

559
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: and let's see if it works. So Shazam Music Recognition on,

560
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: and let's see if it can figure it out even

561
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: with the mic off. H I don't think so. I

562
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: think it needed the mic on. Let's see if I

563
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: put my volume on. No, okay, so you have to

564
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: have your mic on. You have to or you actually

565
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: have the volume up on the song. But anyway, so, yes,

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00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: that is a cool feature. It is in the control center.

567
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: So if you're not familiar with what the control center

568
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: is on iOS, you can just swipe down from the

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00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: lower right hand or the upper right hand corner of

570
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: your phone, or if you have a phone with a

571
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: home button, you swipe up from the bottom. But that's

572
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: your control center. It's like all those little controls on

573
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: your phone. But you can add Shazam to that. So

574
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: the way to do that on the iPhone is to

575
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: go into settings and then look for a control center

576
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 1: and where it says shazam, or actually it doesn't say Shazam,

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00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: it says music recognition. Tap the little plus sign next

578
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: to that, and now when you swipe down from the

579
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: upper right hand corner, you'll see the little Shazam button

580
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 1: and let's see, does it say anything? Okay? Yeah, the

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00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,959
Speaker 1: control the control recognizes music playing in apps, even when

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00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: you're listening with air pods or headphones. Works with both

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00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: internal and external audio sources. So there you go. See,

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00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: if I just read the stuff that I get sent

585
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: to me, may I would actually have an understanding of

586
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: some of this stuff. So if I just would have

587
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: read that, it would have I would have known that

588
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: you can use it for internal and external audio. But

589
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: now I know. Anyway, cool find Debbie. I think it's

590
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: awesome too. Now you know, I don't really use Shazam

591
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,479
Speaker 1: as much anymore. I don't I don't really have as

592
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: much of a use for it, but it's still cool.

593
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,280
Speaker 1: I guess if you're hearing a song for the first time,

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00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 1: I do know that Shazam is well. I think I

595
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: talked about this another podcast, But anyway, it's a cool feature.

596
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: It's been around for a while, and you know, or

597
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: the service has been around for a while, but now

598
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: that new way of accessing it on the iPhone, which,

599
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: by the way, Apple bought Shazam. That's why this is

600
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Speaker 1: all happening. Lorii Wrights, Hey Rich, what do you think

601
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Speaker 1: about the app get Upside? I'm just trying it and

602
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: wondering if there is a catch. Seems pretty good so far.

603
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: Thanks Lourie. All right, I had to look this one

604
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: up because I don't know anything about get Upside, but

605
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: I can tell what is going on here, and so

606
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: what it looks like is an app that you download

607
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: and then you go to these certain businesses and once

608
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: you kind of use your you know card at these businesses,

609
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,959
Speaker 1: you get you know offers, so you know, it's like

610
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: you can save on food. About twenty thousand businesses so

611
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: like Shell, BP, Circle K, Marathon, a lot of gas stations,

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00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: Burger King, Papa John's, Dunkin Donuts, Popeyes, Gelson's, Wendy's, a

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00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of gas stations. So, I mean,

614
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: here's the thing with these these sort of apps. I mean,

615
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: the main thing is that I'm just searching my areas,

616
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: see what's what's here. The main thing with this is

617
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: that you know, you kind of well, twenty two percent

618
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: cash back. I gotta see. I'm curious how this works?

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00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: Like what this It doesn't really say like how the

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00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: how it works? Oh, how does it work? Okay, let

621
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: me see there's a little link. So, I mean a

622
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: lot of these apps, the way they work is that

623
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, you're doing business with the with the companies

624
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: that they want them to do business with, or they're

625
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: you know that they partner with, and then you know,

626
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: you get the the little money I guess the kickback

627
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: they're split. They're splitting some of the kickback with you

628
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: that they get from these companies. So I mean, you

629
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: know what, this one actually doesn't look so bad. You know.

630
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: The main thing that you're giving up is that you

631
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: are giving up sort of your privacy because when it

632
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: comes to these apps, you're sharing some of the data. Okay,

633
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: here it is. How does it work? Claim your offer

634
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: through the app, Pay as usual with any credit or

635
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: debit card, check in or snap and submit a photo

636
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: of your receipt. Cash out anywhere you want. You can

637
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: cash out via PayPal, E check, E gift card, or check.

638
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: We partner with local businesses who want to win you

639
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: over with experiences personalized for you. So I mean, it

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00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: looks cool. I don't have a problem with it. I

641
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: need to try it out and see if it works.

642
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: But there's another one that I that I used to

643
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: use called drop I think that was yeah, yeah, Earn Yes,

644
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: so it was the same thing Earn withdrop dot com.

645
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of these apps out there that

646
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: sort of want to reward you for shopping at places.

647
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 1: But here's the bottom line. With all these apps, and

648
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: as a person who is always trying to spend less money,

649
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: not more, you know, the reality is with these apps, yes,

650
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: you can argue that you would be going to Dunkin

651
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: Donuts anyway, and spending that money anyway and getting that,

652
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, five ten percent cash back is amazing. It's

653
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: free money. But the reality is this, no matter what

654
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: you think, these marketing geniuses that are employed by these apps,

655
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: that have degrees in marketing and degrees in psychology and

656
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: all this stuff, they are smarter than our little brains.

657
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: And what they're doing is they are marketing to us.

658
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: So in the back of your head, when you know

659
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,240
Speaker 1: that you're getting five percent cash back at dunkin Donut's

660
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: just for shopping there as normal, you are a gonna

661
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: spend more money there and b You're gonna go there

662
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,959
Speaker 1: more often. And I know this for a fact because

663
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: I know it happens to me when I you know,

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00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: my credit card and you know I'm not a big

665
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: credit card person, but yes I have one. But my

666
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: credit card has these things called like offers built in right,

667
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: and so you can activate these offers and then when

668
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: you shop there, you get you know, five percent back,

669
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,400
Speaker 1: ten percent back, a dollar back, whatever. But the reality

670
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: is it's always in the back of your head, like, oh,

671
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: I should go to this place today because I would

672
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: get you know, if I use uber, I get ten

673
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: percent back, and so it just it works. And this

674
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: is why these companies do this, because it works. It

675
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: builds sales, it generates sales, it generates higher per check averages.

676
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: So yes, you can use this app. And if you

677
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: only use it to buy a gas at the gas

678
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: station that you always shop at. Perfect, But you know,

679
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: once you start venturing out and start buying Burger King

680
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: and Wendy's and all these other things that you may

681
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: or may not have purchased, you know, the couple of

682
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: dollars that you're getting in cash back, I don't know,

683
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: you got to see. But with that said, I am

684
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: going to download this app. I'm gonna try it out

685
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: and see what it's all about. But I do think

686
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 1: you are giving up a little bit of your privacy

687
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: in exchange. And also, of course you know you're also

688
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: going to be spending just a little bit more I

689
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: think than you normally or typically would if you didn't

690
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: have these things. But good question. And you know, hey,

691
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, whatever works for you, right,

692
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: if you like it, you like it, and it's fine.

693
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: A lot of people like these cash back apps, all right,

694
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: let's see Hamela says hey, Rich, just a quick question.

695
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: I've seen your review many different products. I have two

696
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: boys and I've never gotten them any video game consoles.

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00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: I'd like to know how to place Xbox which you

698
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,240
Speaker 1: would recommend. Their ages are fourteen to nine. They're always

699
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 1: watching other people play games on YouTube. Thank you, helima. Yeah,

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00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: that sounds like my kids too. I can't believe that

701
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: watching people play video games on TV, or i should say,

702
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: on YouTube is a multi billion dollar business. I don't know,

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00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: it seems like it definitely multi million. My kids love

704
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: watching these people play video games, and I get it.

705
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: It's like it's just you're playing the game. You want

706
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: to see how they do it. And they've got good personalities,

707
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: a lot of them. So to answer the question, PlayStation

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00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: or Xbox, I think that you can find your answer

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00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: by checking out who they're watching on YouTube and the

710
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: games that they're watching them play. So if it's all Minecraft,

711
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: you know, maybe the Xbox is better. If it's all,

712
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: you know, Gears of War or what I you know,

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00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not a big gamer, but I

714
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: think that it all comes down to the games they

715
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: play and also where their friends are. That's a huge one. Now,

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00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: if they're friends are all in PlayStation, your boys probably

717
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: want to be on PlayStation. If they're all on Xbox,

718
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: they probably want to be an Xbox. So that's my advice.

719
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,839
Speaker 1: And you know, you can get an idea just by

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00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: asking them, say like, hey, you know, show me some

721
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: of these YouTubers that you follow. Let me see and

722
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: kind of do your research on them and see what

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00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: games they play, you know, because a lot of them

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00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: are known for like a big game like a you know,

725
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: Roadblocks or a Minecraft or a Animal Crossing or whatever. Like,

726
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,720
Speaker 1: they all have their favorites and so once you figure

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00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: that out, I think it'll lead you to the right console.

728
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: But with that said, good luck getting your hands on

729
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: these consoles. I cannot believe how popular they are. And

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00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: it's just like it's the same thing that's been going

731
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: on since I was a kid. I mean, I remember

732
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,439
Speaker 1: when I was a kid, I dragged my dad from

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00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:50,720
Speaker 1: store to store in North Jersey before I finally found

734
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: the copy of Super Mario Brothers three in the yellow

735
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: box that I wanted so bad, and we went from

736
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 1: store to stooris or and I remember, you know, saving

737
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: up my money for the game Boy and also I

738
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 1: had to have a turbographics sixteen. I mean, I just

739
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: had to have all these gaming systems and it's the

740
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,720
Speaker 1: same thing. Nothing has changed in all these years, PlayStation, Xbox.

741
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: And yes I am spoiled because I got to play

742
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,839
Speaker 1: with these things way before everyone else. But you know,

743
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: and do you need them first day? Probably not? But

744
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: do your kids know that? No, of course they want it.

745
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,280
Speaker 1: They're getting marketed left and right to buy these things.

746
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: And it's fun, it's different. We're in a pandemic. People

747
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: want new things and you know, something that's different. But

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00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: the reality is these two devices will be around in

749
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: six months. They'll be around in three months. And I mean,

750
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: maybe I'm wrong because here we are. I don't know

751
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: how long the Nintendo Switch has been out, and it's

752
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 1: still tough to get. So I know it's tough to

753
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: wait for these things. But if you can, you know

754
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: what you can wait, you can get it or you know,

755
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: of course you can go to the website. So got

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00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: them linked up on mine rich on tech dot tv.

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00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: Look for let's see how do I have it? Labeled?

758
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: It says where to find the new Xbox in PlayStation

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00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: five in stock and it's got a whole bunch of

760
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: websites listed there that you can try. I say try

761
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: because it's gonna be tough. It's it's really really tough

762
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: to find these things anyway. Cool, good luck with that,

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00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: and I hope you find one. Laura writes in Oh

764
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: my gosh, I still have so many questions. Hold and

765
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 1: let me see if there's a Oh. I didn't realize

766
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: that I had so many questions here, Okay, Laura says,

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00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: I'd like to scan and store my photos front and backside.

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00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: Which scanner would you recommend? I'd also like to be

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Speaker 1: able to tag people, places, dates, et cetera. Thank you, Laura, Laura,

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00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:48,479
Speaker 1: easy answer. It's the epsyn Fast Photo. I'm not sure

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00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: what model number they're up to, and they're a little expensive,

772
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: but I'm telling you it's the best. We did this

773
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: with my mom for a story on KTLA and it

774
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: was amazing. It scans the front and back. It can

775
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: restore your pictures. You can add tags, although to be

776
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: totally honest, I don't think you need to add tags

777
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: to your pictures anymore because what's gonna happen is, you know,

778
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: if you put them in something like an Apple Photos

779
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:16,720
Speaker 1: or a even Amazon Photos or Google Photos. It's going

780
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: to do a really good job of slicing and dicing

781
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: these pictures by people places things inside your pictures, and

782
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 1: you should be able to find pretty much any picture

783
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: you need one of those ways, like, okay, let's find

784
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 1: Aunt Edna and all the pictures. Okay, there here she is.

785
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: Let's find all the pictures of Paris. Okay, there we are.

786
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: Because now it's not gonna get every Paris picture, but

787
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: it you know, if it has monuments in them, it

788
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,840
Speaker 1: will figure that out too. What else is gonna do?

789
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: It can do things? So all we want all the

790
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: Christmas pictures, Okay, search Christmas. So you can do all

791
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: that stuff. But you know, I think you're gonna be

792
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: just fine letting letting this do its thing and just

793
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: putting it in one of these photo organizing websites. The

794
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: other thing about this device is that you can batch

795
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: at it. When you put these things through the scanner,

796
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: you can say, like these were all taken in April

797
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight or whatever. But that's the one epsyn

798
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: fast photo. It's a little expensive, so you know, like

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00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: my mom's advice was to split it with a friend

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00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: or family member. Like, you know, even if this thing

801
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: is like four hundred bucks, once you're done with it,

802
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: you can, you know, of course, sell it on eBay,

803
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: but you can, you know, maybe split it with a

804
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: family member who also wants to do the same thing.

805
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: And now now you've just had your costs and you

806
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: don't need this thing forever. So there you go. All right,

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00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: let's see Timothy who Timothy via Instagram. Rich love your

808
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: podcast Thank You was listening this morning and you stated

809
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: that your phone bill was two hundred dollars for two lines.

810
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: Take a look at Visible. It works off Horizon cell

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00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: phone towers. It's all set up for forty dollars a

812
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: month per line, unlimited everything. Start a party and get

813
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: three others to join Visible, and your bill becomes twenty

814
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: five dollars a month. Have a good one and stay safe.

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00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: This is a great idea, Timothy. In fact, I was

816
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: one of the first people ever on TV to feature Visit,

817
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: and even I couldn't believe the price. I didn't know

818
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: what was going on because I knew they were owned

819
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,240
Speaker 1: by Verizon. I knew they were kind of a startup

820
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: inside Verizon. But I was like, I don't get it.

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00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: How can Verizon be ninety bucks in this be forty

822
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: and so a couple things. Number one, Yes, it's unlimited,

823
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: but the data is capped or the speed is capped

824
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: at it was at least at five megabits per second,

825
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: so which is plenty fast for most of the things

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00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: that you know the typical person is doing on their phone. Now,

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00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: I am a power user. I want the full throttle speed,

828
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: so this would actually not be that good for me

829
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 1: because of that reason. When I'm out and about, I

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00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 1: need to live stream or upload giant files. When I'm

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00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: in the field, video files we're talking about, and so

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00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: I can't be limited in any way, shape or form.

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00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: So I do want the maximum throughput of the network,

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00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: So that's number one. Number two, they don't support Apple Watches,

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00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: and so I have a cellular Apple Watch and I

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00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 1: need that connection, and so I can't for those those

837
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: two reasons, I can't do it. Now with that said,

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00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: I've gotten some of my family members to sign up.

839
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: My brother signed up and he loves it. It's fantastic,

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00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: it works, it's forty dollars a month, it's predictable, and

841
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: there you have it. I mean, what more do you need?

842
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: To know. So yes, Visible is fantastic. The other one

843
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: I really like, and I got my mom to sign

844
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 1: up for this one is mint Mobile, and mint Mobile

845
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: is really good. The difference is you can get even

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00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: cheaper than their plans, you know, forty dollars a month.

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00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 1: So I think her plan is like, I think it's

848
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: twenty five or thirty a month, and you know, it's

849
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: only a certain amount of gigs per month, but that's

850
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: all she needs. I think it's eight gigs a month

851
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: and that's it. And Visible Mint now has a unlimited

852
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: thirty dollars a month plan, which is even amazing too.

853
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: Now unlimited after thirty five gigs of data, they do

854
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: slow you down. So but anyway, there are Timothy, to

855
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: answer your question, there are lots of alternatives. Like I said,

856
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: I personally need I am. I am like a power

857
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: power user, and so I just need the maximum maximum

858
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: and that's just the reality of it. So I do

859
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: appreciate you trying to save me money, and believe me,

860
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 1: I'm always I did save on my bill twenty dollars

861
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:21,359
Speaker 1: a month because I did switch my plan recently. In fact,

862
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:25,439
Speaker 1: it was so jarring to my credit card or bank

863
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: account or something that I got like a message saying

864
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: you normally spend two hundred dollars a month at Verizon

865
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: and this month you only spent one seventy five. What

866
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: is wrong? And I was like, uh no, sweat, you know,

867
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 1: virtual assistant over here checking my account out. But I

868
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: didn't know they spied on my account like that. But yes,

869
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,479
Speaker 1: I saved twenty dollars a month by switching my plan,

870
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 1: and so I lost like fifteen gigs of hotspot data

871
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 1: a month, but otherwise everything's the same. And you know,

872
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: I was looking at my data usage anyway and it

873
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,879
Speaker 1: wasn't even that great. So I mean, I get it.

874
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: It's smaller right now because of the bend, but I

875
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,919
Speaker 1: can always go back. But for twenty bucks a month,

876
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: you know, I immediately went and spent that on something else.

877
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: The Hallmark the Hallmark app, which we've been watching all

878
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: those cheesy Hallmark movies which are so good during the holidays.

879
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: So good question, Thank you, thank you, thank you. Rich

880
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: Can you point me in the direction of the Apple

881
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: refund rebate for the iPhone six S plus? Is Apple

882
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: still issuing a twenty five or thirty dollars refund? Jay Zambrano. No,

883
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: that one that you're talking about, the iPhone speed settlement,

884
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: there was a oh gosh, I forget what the website was,

885
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 1: but that one is expired. There was a there was

886
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: a thing where they would pay you twenty five bucks

887
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: to do that. But now there is a new one.

888
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: So now there is a new battery gate, another one

889
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen million dollars that Apple is paying out.

890
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:02,880
Speaker 1: But I'm unclear if states are going to see this

891
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: money or if people are going to see this money.

892
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: So I don't know. We I don't know still, so

893
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: it'll be one of these things where I'll just kind

894
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 1: of watch it. But yes, there is another settlement coming up,

895
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 1: and I will of course keep you posted on that.

896
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,239
Speaker 1: But right now the old one is closed up. I

897
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,479
Speaker 1: believe the deadline was a couple of weeks ago because

898
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: I did do a segment on it for News Nation,

899
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: our national news program, and that was it was like

900
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: the deadline was there. So but I will keep you

901
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 1: posted on the new one. All right, I'm just getting

902
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: right through these questions. We got so many. Veronica says,

903
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 1: have you checked the app total av for Android users?

904
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: It's three dollars. Please let me know if it's good.

905
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: I watch Enjoy and try to use your good info. Gosh,

906
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't think you need this, Veronica. Total av does

907
00:46:54,080 --> 00:47:00,280
Speaker 1: a really good job of advertising, and it's pretty clear

908
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 1: because when you look through the websites, ninety nine percent

909
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: of them are pretty much somehow related to total Av's website.

910
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: So total av is you know it's there. I just

911
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: don't think you need it on your mobile phone. I

912
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: really don't. I mean Android devices. I mean, let's see,

913
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: let's see features, and I've gone through this before, let's

914
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 1: see applications. I just don't think. I think on your

915
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 1: it's just really tough for me to recommend this, especially

916
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:35,399
Speaker 1: on iOS. You don't need it Android device. Make sure

917
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: your phone is virus free, reclaim disk space and increased speed.

918
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 1: I don't think you need to pay for that. So

919
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 1: virus free. You probably don't have a virus on your

920
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: Android unless you're downloading stuff from third party app stores

921
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 1: which you know, or you're sideloading apps. And if you

922
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: don't even know what those things mean, then you probably

923
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: aren't going to get a virus. Reclaim disk space. You

924
00:47:56,760 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: can use the free Google's Files app to do that.

925
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: That will do it for free, so you don't need

926
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: anything except that free thing, free app to do that

927
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,360
Speaker 1: increase speed. If you have a Samsung, you can just

928
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: go through and they have like a little thing in

929
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: the settings that will speed up your phone by kind

930
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: of closing out all the apps, or you can just

931
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,279
Speaker 1: close out the apps, or you can just restart your

932
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 1: phone and you'll probably do the same thing. So for

933
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,280
Speaker 1: all those reasons, I say, don't go with the total

934
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,320
Speaker 1: av I know it sounds like it's only three bucks,

935
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: but I'm sure there's some bigger cell later on, so

936
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: just don't worry about it. All right, We're gonna wrap

937
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: up soon. Get through two more questions. Hey, Rich, any

938
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: recommendations on portable instant photoprinters El Mikey vs. Okay, El

939
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: mikey VS. This is funny. You asked this because my

940
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: wife wants to get this from my kids for the holidays,

941
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: and I'm kind of like, eh, I don't know. I mean, okay,

942
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 1: So the one I tested a while back was called

943
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 1: the HP Sprocket, and this is like one of those.

944
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,359
Speaker 1: There's a company named Zinc that came out many years ago.

945
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 1: They were the ones who pioneered these portable printers, and

946
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 1: I think that became the Sprocket And this is about

947
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,760
Speaker 1: eighty bucks, and they make two by three inch prints

948
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,959
Speaker 1: and I think some of them can be stickers. It's

949
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 1: cool and it's like a small, tiny polaroid picture. And yeah,

950
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: it's cool that you can stick it up. And I'm

951
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,439
Speaker 1: sure that you know, the teens and the tweens would

952
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: probably like this, But I think that it's a whole

953
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 1: bunch of nothing. I mean that the paper is expensive,

954
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: the device itself is expensive, and how many times are

955
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: you really going to print out these little stickers? So

956
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 1: I think that that's something I would not recommend, but

957
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: that's one option. The other option and this is something

958
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: I actually think I would get and I might even

959
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,320
Speaker 1: get this from my kids is a Canon selfie printer

960
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 1: and selfie not like the selfie you take but it's

961
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: Selphy and these are about a hundred bucks and they're

962
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:55,720
Speaker 1: on sale, you know, because it's the holiday shopping season,

963
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: and you know, the printer paper, I think you do

964
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:01,840
Speaker 1: need special paper, but it's not as expensive. But you

965
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: can print from your phone, which is kind of cool,

966
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 1: and I think it just gives you more options and

967
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:08,799
Speaker 1: of course there's more sizes of paper. I think it's

968
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,480
Speaker 1: a four x six or there might even be larger paper,

969
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: but I think that is a better choice. It's a

970
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 1: little bit more expensive, but I think the printer is

971
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: more more flexible. Now I might even step it up

972
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 1: a notch a little bit more and just go with

973
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: a nice printer that can print photos. So like a

974
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: nice Cannon printer or a nice HP printer that's highly

975
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: rated that can handle prints up to like eight x twelve,

976
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,720
Speaker 1: because for me, that's what I you know, I started

977
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: at what you were saying, like my wife's like, oh,

978
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: let's just get one of these little photoprinters. I'm like, ah,

979
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:40,560
Speaker 1: let's go with the Cannon. Well that only does four

980
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: by six. Let's go even bigger. Let's just go with

981
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:44,920
Speaker 1: a photoprinter, and that way I can print and I

982
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: can finally put some new pictures in all these photo

983
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 1: frames around my house that are just sitting here with

984
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: pictures that are ancient or pictures that I never even

985
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,720
Speaker 1: bothered to replace from the factory. But I would recommend

986
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: one of those. So, el mikey Vis, there you go.

987
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 1: That's my recommendation for a instant photo printer. All right,

988
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: I think we have time for one more. Let's uh,

989
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: let's see Ca moon Forever rights buying myself a gift?

990
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 1: Is it better to buy now or will prices get

991
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:20,840
Speaker 1: better after the holidays? And they sent a link to

992
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: my Instagram story that I posted about Apple's Black Friday

993
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: deals and Cyber Monday deals? Is it better to buy

994
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: now or price? Prices will probably not get better on

995
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: these things after the holidays. So specifically, Ca Moon Forever

996
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,359
Speaker 1: was looking at the Apple deals for their Apple Black

997
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 1: Friday Cyber Monday deals, which goes the whole weekend, and

998
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: what they're doing. Apple doesn't really discount their items, so

999
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,799
Speaker 1: they'll give you like a gift card in addition to

1000
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 1: your item. So some of the deals they have are

1001
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 1: fifty dollars if you buy an iPhone se and iPhone

1002
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 1: eleven or a ten R, twenty five dollars with an

1003
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: Apple Watch Series three, twenty five dollars with an air pods,

1004
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:03,720
Speaker 1: one hundred bucks with an iPad pro or a Mini,

1005
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 1: and up to one fifty with a computer. So I'm

1006
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,759
Speaker 1: assuming you're probably getting yourself a phone, maybe, but I

1007
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I think that these are good

1008
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:15,880
Speaker 1: but I think you can do better. I think that

1009
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:18,440
Speaker 1: you can do if you look at some of the deals,

1010
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,239
Speaker 1: Like let's say you want an iPhone twelve, which I

1011
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: highly recommend, I would just search like iPhone twelve deals

1012
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:29,280
Speaker 1: and see if on Google, like I said earlier the news,

1013
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,720
Speaker 1: and just see if you can get like a better deal,

1014
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:35,960
Speaker 1: and I think you're gonna find. iPhone deals are always tough,

1015
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 1: especially on the new model, but and usually have to

1016
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 1: like switch lines or switch into a different carrier. But

1017
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:42,839
Speaker 1: I think you know that that might be a better

1018
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: way to do it. Or if you want one of

1019
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 1: these that they're advertising, let's see iPhone se eleven or

1020
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 1: ten R, I'd maybe go with the eleven out of

1021
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: all those phones. But I think that you know, you'll

1022
00:52:57,719 --> 00:52:59,720
Speaker 1: just keep an eye out for deals on these iPhones

1023
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 1: if you If that's what you want for the other ones,

1024
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:05,320
Speaker 1: I think again, just search. Sometimes these third party websites

1025
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: like a best buy or an Amazon actually have way

1026
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: better deals on Apple products than Apple themselves does. And

1027
00:53:11,239 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: with the competition very intense right now, most of the time,

1028
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: if Apple is offering like a twenty five dollars gift

1029
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,279
Speaker 1: card with AirPods, you could probably find air prods for

1030
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: twenty five dollars less at some other retailer. Oh wow,

1031
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:31,960
Speaker 1: there it is the music you know and love. That's

1032
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:34,160
Speaker 1: gonna do it for this episode of the show. If

1033
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 1: you would like to submit a question for me to answer,

1034
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,040
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1036
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:44,920
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1037
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,520
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1038
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:50,799
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1039
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: see your message is through email. Hello at richontech dot

1040
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,759
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1041
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1043
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:06,879
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1044
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,759
Speaker 1: social media at rich on tech. Come on follow me

1045
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,080
Speaker 1: on Instagram. That's where I'm putting a lot of my

1046
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:16,439
Speaker 1: effort these days, So spar I'm spending a lot of time.

1047
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: What else do I want to say to you? Have

1048
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,520
Speaker 1: a fantastic weekend, happy shopping, don't buy anything that you

1049
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 1: don't really need. If you need advice on stuff, you know,

1050
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,200
Speaker 1: try not to text me too much because I might

1051
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 1: be off my phone. I might be trying to detox

1052
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 1: from my phone on Saturday and Sunday. MY name is Richdimiro.

1053
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. Stay safe, I'll talk to

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00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 1: you real soon