WEBVTT - Holiday Gift Picks, Google Under Fire & Apps to Simplify Your Life 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.280 Instagram just got a reset button. Find out how the 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:06.279 new tool can refresh your feed and make your scrolling 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:10.440 feel brand new again. Want to snag the best holiday deals. 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:13.000 We've got the top insider tips to save big and 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:17.560 avoid Black Friday headaches this year. And there's a new 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:20.400 kind of transportation on the horizon that's about to change 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:24.600 how we travel, fast, silent and eco friendly. I'll tell 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:28.760 you where it's happening and when, plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:32.000 What's going on. I'm Richdmiro and this is rich on Tech. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:34.639 This is the show where I talk about the tech 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.080 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.920 place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:44.839 the tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.040 up those phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.360 That's eight eight eight seven four to two, four to 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.040 one zero one. Give me a call if you have 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:57.200 a question about technology. Email is also open. Just go 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:01.480 to rich on Tech dot tv and hit contact guests. 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:05.880 This week, we've got Jacob Palmer from Best Reviews dot com. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.720 He's gonna share some top holiday gift recommendations. Then in 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.760 the second hour, we've got Wirecutter to join us. Nathan 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.000 Burrow will be here to share strategies for finding the 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.000 best Black Friday deals and have some of their holiday 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:20.120 gift recommendations. 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.400 And later in the show bake. 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:26.800 Bot Ai creator but Bet Papi, we'll explain how artificial 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:30.880 intelligence is transforming the way that we bake and cook. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.520 She's got a very cool tool called bake bot Ai 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.360 that we used it the other day. It was really fun. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.200 It's basically a chat GBT voice but to help you 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:47.280 cook and it can modify recipes. She'll explain, very very cool. Well, 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.840 it is the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. Amazon 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.360 has started their sales, which means all of the other 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:59.280 retailers have followed in line. That means Walmart, Best Buy, Target, 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.920 just about every other store has to keep pace with 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:06.400 Amazon because their prices are so competitive. So when Amazon 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.919 kicks off their sales, the other stores do the same thing. 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.760 And the reverse is true. Whenever another store has a sale, 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.960 what does Amazon do? They pretty much match the price, 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.680 and I guarantee this is very frustrating for retailers who 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:23.280 negotiate exclusives and deals and then Amazon has a way 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.440 of matching exactly what they do now with all this 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.200 in mind, I've tested a lot of gadgets over the 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.680 past year, and I am presenting to you some of 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.880 my favorites. I think that these are all great gadgets 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.440 for the holidays. If you're looking for a gift for someone, 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:40.760 and don't just take my word for it. There are 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.400 lots of other places you can look for recommendations. I 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.760 figured I would just give you mine. Two other places 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.359 that I like to look. Amazon has this Top one 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:53.320 hundred Gift idea category and you can go through there, 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.840 scroll through and see what they like. And then Google. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.400 This year, Google has something called the Holiday one hundred. 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.240 These are trending gifts. So these are based on all 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.000 the searches they saw. They looked at what people were 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.119 searching for, and they came up with a whole bunch 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.840 of gift ideas based on that. One of them is 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:16.640 the Lego Tuxedo Cat. That's pretty awesome. They've got a 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:18.720 Oh wow, see I just got an idea for my 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:22.760 kid Uno Elite NFL card game. How cool is that. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.160 Let's see a pickleball paddle set. Yeah. So that's a 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.280 whole bunch of stuff that Google has put up. I'll 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.320 put the links on the website. Just go to rich 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.680 on Tech dot tv and hit the light bulb icon 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.120 up at the top. In real time you can find 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:40.560 links to anything I mentioned. All right, So, without further ado, 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.840 and this is also on my website. This is the 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.760 rich on Tech Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide. Let's start with 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.000 some essentials. I love this thing. It is on my desk, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:53.360 the Amazon Echo Spot. This is a compact smart speaker 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.520 with a screen which shows you kind of the weather, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.720 anything that's responding to with a question, a little bit 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.760 more information there, the music it's currently playing. It's just 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.240 really handy to have a screen on your echo speaker. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.160 And this is forty five dollars on sale, perfect for 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.800 your desk or your bedside table. It is so great. 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:13.560 I love that thing. I use it every day in 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:14.880 my office. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:15.160 Now. 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.960 When it comes to power banks, I am loving the 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.760 Anchor mag Go power bank. So what I love about 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.200 this and you can see that I love having information 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:25.320 at my fingertips. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:27.240 This also has a screen on it. 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.760 So I'm not sure if you've used many power banks, 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.240 but most of the time they either have no information 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.440 at all about their battery level or it's it's very obscure. 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.840 It's like, you know, maybe four dots that light up 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:39.760 or two dots that light up, and letting you know 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.600 if it's twenty five percent seventy five percent. This has 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.560 a screen that not only tells you the exact battery level, 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.240 but also shows you what wattage it's using to charge 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.479 something else, So when you plug something in, you can 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.880 see if it's charging fast or slow, which I love. 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.159 It also has an Apple Watch charger built in, so 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.920 this not only has a cable USB you can plug 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.159 stuff in, but it has an Apple Watch charger, so 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.840 when you travel, that is one less cable you have 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.159 to bring. This is fifty five bucks on sale if 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.840 you're looking for a thin and lightweight Windows laptop with 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.440 great performance. I love the Asus zen Book. This is 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.920 five hundred dollars and it's slick. It's kind of like 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.119 the MacBook Air of the Windows world. Now, this next 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.560 thing is just the most tried and true gift I 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.120 can think of the Aura digital picture frame. If you 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.040 are stumped on what to get someone for the holidays, 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.880 this is incredible. I gave this to my dad a 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:35.359 couple of weeks ago when I was back home in 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.200 New Jersey. I have never seen someone like a gift 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.640 so much so quickly. He was adding pictures to this 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:46.400 thing in seconds. So this is a Wi Fi enabled frame. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.479 You can upload unlimited photos to it. It's perfect for 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.920 your parents or grandparents because you can add not only 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.200 can they add photos to it, but you can too, 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.400 right from your phone. If you're on the Samsung side 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.640 of things and you want the gale Watch Ultra, it 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:05.440 is a fantastic deal right now, four hundred and ninety dollars. 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:09.080 It's typically six hundred and fifty. And this is their 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.159 most rugged design. It's got long battery life, it's got 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.000 cellular built in. Of course you have to pay for 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.800 a cellular plan, but that's built in. And it's just 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.279 a great watch. I really like. It's a it's a 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.880 beautiful watch if you have a Samsung phone. All right, 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.479 how about some of the unique and fun gift ideas. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.839 So this is one that it's funny. I tested this 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.720 out of my home. It's called the below sixty air freshener, 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.520 and it's it looks like you know, you can get 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.039 an air freshener anywhere, but this one is promoted by 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.200 Hillary Duff or yeah, Hillary. 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.000 Duff and my wife. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.279 When I stopped testing this thing, She's like, what happened 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.520 to that air freshener. I said, oh, you know, I'm 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:46.000 done with it. I tested it, I liked it. We 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:47.440 ran out of the sense. She goes, well, can you 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.440 order more? That's when you know a product is good. 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.359 So this not only looks cool, this is like a 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.520 very nice looking air freshener. It's got fun sent names 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.520 like Vanilla buys a timeshare in Paradise, so that's on well, 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:01.720 you can get it. It used to be like one of 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:03.320 those things you had to subscribe to. Now you can 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.719 just order it on Amason. This is really fantastic. It's 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:11.920 called the Clicker Phone Grip and Kickstand twenty bucks. Magnetically 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.360 attaches to the back of your phone and it just 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.000 lets you mount, like you know, prop up your phone 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:18.960 so you can watch movies on it and things like that. 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.440 The other one I like that's great for this is 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.920 called the Gator Grip. So if you don't have mag 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.800 Safe on your phone, get the Gator Grip. This is 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:29.720 basically an oversized clothes pin that you just clip to 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.360 the back of your phone and again twenty dollars lets 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.480 you have hands free entertainment on planes. I use either 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.000 one of these every single time I fly. It is 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.239 just the greatest thing to watch stuff on your phone. 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.480 I have Actually before I had these, was so desperate 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.840 one time I figured out how to fold the in 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.400 flight magazine to prop up my phone. I like took 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.720 the magazine, I folded it backwards and made like a 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.160 loop and then prop my phone up because you can't 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.720 watch your phone flat on the surface on the tray 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.440 in front of you. Now, this is that's something I 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.880 saw at the Verizon holiday event the other night. It's 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.800 called a mag Moji. Brilliant idea. It's a cute little 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.680 stuffed animal that magnetically attaches to the back of your 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.760 phone using mag Safe. These costs anywhere from fifteen to 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:15.400 thirty dollars and they are sort of like a little purse, 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:17.640 so there's like a little pocket that you can on 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.120 zip inside. But it's just fun. You got a kid 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.760 or a teenager, these are just kind of a fun 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.360 little way to you know, express yourself and have a 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.240 little stuffed animal on the back of your phone. That's 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.160 called the mag Moji. This was a hit at last 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.160 year's holiday party. Still going strong. At a much better price. 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:38.960 This Sway Miniochi Karaoke Set. So this is a tiny 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.200 karaoke machine. It fits in the palm of your hand. 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.920 It's got a microphone wireless microphone, and it's also got 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:48.440 cool led lights on it that light up while you sing. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:52.000 This thing is just thirty dollars. If you are looking 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:55.280 for some karaoke fun at your next holiday party, check 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:59.360 out the Sway Minioki Karaoke mic set. We had such 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.120 a blast with this at our last holiday party. All right, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.760 couple other accessories. I love the cord brick. So now 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.600 when you have a cable on your desk and you 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.360 unplug your phone, the cables and it, like you know, 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.040 sucks like a piece of spaghetti in your mouth, and 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.080 it just goes to the back of the desk. So 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.319 that is the cord brick. This is like a little 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.080 weighted piece of rubber that has a bunch of grooves 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:21.360 in it. 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.760 You put your cords through those grooves. 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.040 And now you can pull your cables out, but they're 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.000 not going to slide back behind the desk. This is 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.280 twelve bucks. I also spotted it at Low's but that's 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.240 a great little device. I have it on all of 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:36.439 my all of my desks. If you want a screen 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.840 protector that's super cheap and easy to install, I love 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:43.440 the Spegan screen protectors. They are sixteen dollars for a 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.360 two pack. If you have a cracked screen on your 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.320 phone right now, crack screen protector. 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:50.160 Just buy this right now. 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:52.439 Please. You don't need to have you don't need to 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.480 pay fifty dollars to have someone at the mall install 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.240 this thing for you. This Spgan is incredible. It does 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.720 a great job, and it's so easy to install. All right, 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:05.520 let's see what else here. Let's see before we go 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.120 wise products. Remember whyse This is the company that made 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.720 its name on a twenty dollars security camera. When that 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.320 thing first came out, people were asking me, rich, is 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.839 this legitimate? How can you have a security camera that's 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.440 twenty dollars? Yes, and it's even cheaper right now during 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.640 the holidays. Seventeen dollars for the Why's original security camera. 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.960 Let's see what else here. The Mophy three to one 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.640 travel charger. Last year, this was one hundred and fifty dollars. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.040 Right now it's seventy five dollars. If you have an 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.640 iPhone on an Apple Watch, and AirPods. This is the 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:37.920 best way to charge them all on the go in 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:40.839 your hotel room. You plug one thing in and that's it. 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.920 That's all you need to do to charge all three 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.080 of those items. All right, I'll link up all of 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.480 my holiday gift picks and I'm gonna continue to update 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:48.920 that list. 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:49.920 It's all on the website. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.199 Rich on Tech dot TV eight to eight rich one 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.040 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.280 zero one. My name is rich Dmiro, and you are 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:04.320 listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.760 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.840 Triple A rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.240 four to two four one zero one. I am a 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.840 big believer in what's meant to be is meant to be. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.120 I've often thought about that, like, think about this is 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:25.120 your life predetermined from the moment you get here until 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:29.480 the end? Or do you have the ability to affect 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.160 what happens in your life? That's a you know, there's 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.480 a lot to think about, but I am a big 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.160 believer in kind of what happens. Sometimes something happens to 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.440 you that you think is devastating or you think is 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:44.840 really not a good thing, and maybe it's a good thing. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:46.720 Maybe it all works out for the better. 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.480 That is the reason I have my car. Now that's 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:51.800 the reason you have your car because of your philosophy. 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:52.880 What was my philosophy? 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.160 Which meant to be will be? 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.679 What? Tell me explain? Okay, this is bobo, this is weird. 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:00.280 You know my other car had a Camaro. As you 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:04.320 went out, me and my wife have been talking about children. 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:06.840 We want children, we want children, and I'm like, Okay, 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.280 I'll put it off for like two years, you know 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:10.640 what I mean, Like, let me, i can get a 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.520 car in two years, but I'm not trying to have 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.480 kids that old. All of a sudden. Okay, well, no 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.000 car dies, so I have no choice but to buy 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.280 a car, and I have to get a family friendly car. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:25.440 There you go, and now we're in the process. Yeah. 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:26.640 I thought you were going to say you had a 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:27.360 butN in the oven. 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.320 No, I wouldn't tell you like that. Oh I don't know. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.240 I didn't know where that was going. But it's exciting. 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.040 Now you're prepared. See, we are prepared. It all happens 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:39.800 for a reason. You know, who has to prepare for something? Google, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:45.080 they have been under attack from the United States Justice Department. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.080 Remember a couple months ago, I told you how a 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.839 judge did find that Google search ads were a monopoly. 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.200 He didn't have a problem with the fact that Google 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.480 runs a really good search engine, Like he said, Yeah, 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.600 the search engine's really good. But the problem is it's 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.440 so good and they've done all these deals and they've 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:06.559 solidified their dominance in the search market that pretty much 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.120 they have monopoly in those search ads. You know, those 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.719 little ads you see when you Google search something, it's 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.840 right at the top, those sponsored links. Well, now the 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:20.000 Justice Department is pushing for Google to sell its Chrome browser, 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.640 So this is, you know, they want them to divest 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.120 this to another company, which would be really tricky because 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.400 when you think Google, you think Chrome. When you think Chrome, 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:33.280 you think Google. And it kind of has a lot 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:37.240 of implications because is Chrome a business on its own? 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.280 Would a company even want to buy that? 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.720 And already, if you go on Chrome, you can, you know, 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.640 you can choose any search engine you want through Chrome. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:49.320 Most people choose the search engine that's the default, which 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.920 is Google, because it's so good. You can try another 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.960 search engine, you usually come back. Now, I'm not saying 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.040 that Google isn't under a lot of pressure right now 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:02.280 from other AI companies, right Chat GBT just added search 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:04.640 on the web through THEIRS, of course you have to 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.480 be a paying member for that. You've got Perplexity, which 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:11.120 does really good web searches, and you've got a whole 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.760 plethora of other search engines out there that you can 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.600 choose from. But Google is still at this point the best. 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.840 So what else do they want Google to do? They 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:24.120 also want to prohibit Google from paying companies like Apple 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.320 and Samsung to make sure it's search engine is the 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.360 default on those devices. So like the iPhone, you buy that, 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.800 you fire it up, you do a search, it's going 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.640 to bring you to Google, Samsung, same thing. It's going 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.840 to be Google is your default search engine. But they 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.760 pay billions of dollars to be there, and so the 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:45.560 Justice Department wants that to stop, and some other things. 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.040 They also want Android to change. They're not going to 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.120 say you got to sell Android, but they're saying you 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.680 got to stop mandating your own services on Android devices. 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:58.000 So typically when a manufacturer agrees to get Android for free, 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.200 the operating system they have to put Gmail on there, 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:03.760 They have to install a certain amount of Google apps 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.600 on that phone. It's like a package deal. It's like Gmail, YouTube, 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.680 Chrome Browser, obviously Google Play Store. And so if they 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.160 don't do that, they can't use Android for free. And 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.800 so the Justice Department is saying, maybe we should stop 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:20.479 that as well. So this is not gonna happen overnight. 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.000 I'm not sure it's gonna happen at all, but that 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.960 is what the Justice Department is pushing for. They want 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.400 Google to kind of change its ways. But I'll be honest, 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.680 and this is what always happens kind of with like 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.080 the law and tech. Tech is so ahead of the 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:38.320 law now already. I think Google runs a big business. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.280 They are very dominant in their world. But the problem 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:46.320 is they are on the shakiest ground they have ever 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:50.320 been on in any point in their history because of AI. 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.200 And yes they have Gemini, Yes they're doing stuff of AI, 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.000 but you've got these competitors coming out of nowhere. And 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.640 by the way, they don't have the overhead that Google has, 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.920 so they can do things a little bit more lean, 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.680 they can do things differently. And so I do think 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.840 that we're gonna see some talk about this stuff with Google, 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.680 but I'm not sure anything's gonna happen. The earliest anything's 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.160 can even hear on this is in April of next year, 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.440 so we've got a while. Nothing's gonna change right now. 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:22.560 I got a question here from Dave in Colorado. Hey, Rich, 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:24.920 is there software or something where I can save a 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.880 website or URL forever, frozen in time so that I 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.040 can open it in the future and it remains the same, 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.520 or maybe a procedure I can use to save a 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.560 page from the Internet for viewing later in its original content. 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:39.720 Thank you, Dave. Yes, Dave, there is. The website is 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:47.480 it's called archive dot Today, Archive dot Today, and so 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.320 if you go there, you can pop in a URL 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.280 and that will save the URL forever. Now, I guess 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:57.520 as long as this website is around. So that's one 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.720 way to do it. The other way is you can 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.160 take a well, there's a couple apps. I like rain 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:09.880 Drop raindrop dot io. I don't think it snapshots the URL, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.239 but it does save it's like a bookmarking site. So 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.359 that's also a good way to save you URLs. And 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.200 then Obsidian, they just came out with the web clipper. 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.679 Obsidian just came out with the web clipper. It's completely 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.760 free and that will save the web page. Maybe not 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.679 in the same exact format, but in very similar And 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:31.440 of course you can also use a screenshot app. What's 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:32.879 the one that I like? I'm trying to find the 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:34.680 name here, I'll come. I'll come up with it. After 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:38.280 the break. Rich on Tech dot TV eighty eight rich 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.560 one on one, Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.919 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.360 eight rich one oh one. We'll get back to those 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.360 phone lines in just a moment, but let's talk deals 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.479 for the holiday shopping season. Joining me now is Jacob 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:58.679 Palmer from Best Reviews dot com. This holiday season, what 0:17:58.760 --> 0:17:59.920 do you think are the deals there? 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:00.320 Oh? 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.879 Yeah, And the thing with this holiday season is is 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.320 that there's more of an impetus to jump early because 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.480 of how late Thanksgiving is. Right now is a great 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.200 time to buy, and especially if you have any concerns 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.840 about getting what you really want, the earlier you jump 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.439 out of the better because of how late Thanksgiving is. 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:19.600 Any early trends that you're seeing with pricing or products 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:23.399 or what people are interested in, Yeah, basically across. 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:24.320 The board is what we're so on. 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.800 Pricing across the board we're seeing twenty percent is kind 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.920 of the starting point for a good deal, and that's 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.120 usually the case where we will usually say, hey, look 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.439 for twenty percent of starting point, But the retailers are 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.720 jumping at that now and they're making basically all of 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:37.840 that across the board. In terms of the kinds of 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.720 products that are really popular so far, obviously tech, obviously 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:43.679 home those are always going to be huge, but a 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:45.439 lot of luxury beauty right now and a lot of 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:48.000 wellness and personal care stuff is what we're seeing as 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.000 well in terms of what people are really jumping at, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.720 because we are seeing really good markdowns there as well, 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.600 and it's such a competitive space that basically the sellers 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:57.400 have to be able to put these big deals up 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:58.639 to grab some market share. 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:00.879 Let's start with what do you want to start with? 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:03.760 So we should start with the best gift for kids. 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.200 What we've got here is the climbing Gecko, and I'm 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.760 excited to show you this one because it is just 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:11.960 straight up cool and it's perfect for the younger kids. 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:13.399 You know, if there's a teenager, they're not going to 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.600 be blown away by this, but it's a super straightforward thing. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.320 It goes on to the wall and then you can 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.720 climb around the wall and it's remote controlled so you 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:22.680 can direct it all around the wall. It even works 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:24.680 on the ceiling, so you can have a crawl on 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:26.760 the ceiling. And I mean for a kid, you know, 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:28.399 my kid is two years old, and then all the 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:30.119 way up to you know, like that seven eight year 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.000 old range. Like, it is a lot of fun, even 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.640 if it is simple fun and it's a STEM gift. Yes, 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.720 what's the price point on that. It's going to be 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:39.480 around thirty dollars and so it's super reasonable, and you 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.040 know it's also going to be marked down while supplies last. 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:43.160 What's next? 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.280 So next up, we've got the best for frequent flyers. 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:50.720 It is the Beats Studio Pro over ear headphones. They 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:53.280 have incredible noise cancelation, you know, the kind of thing 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:55.840 that you expect. The technology there is so solid in 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:57.600 terms of what you expect there. It's also got all 0:19:57.640 --> 0:19:59.920 the spatial audio, which I think has basically become kind 0:19:59.920 --> 0:20:01.959 of table stakes for all kinds of headphones. But it's 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.720 got the audio quality, it's got the noise cancelation. But 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:07.359 the reason why we are naming it the best for 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.879 frequent flyers this holiday season is because of how comfortable 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.080 it is. And it's the kind of headphones that if 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:15.000 you fall asleep wearing them on the plane, you won't 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:16.919 you know, wake up with a headache about it. So 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:19.919 in the Bestity's testing lab, we've put it through about 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.320 a half dozen of this kind of headphones with the 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:24.199 biggest brands, you know, the biggest brands that you can 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.080 think of, and this was the one that came out 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.199 the top in terms of just comfortability, and so we 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:29.639 like it for that. You know, if you're gonna be 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:32.520 talking about the sound, and that's what you want to 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:34.479 be going for. The Bows was our favorite. And then 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.160 if you want compatibility with your iPhone, the AirPods Max 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:37.840 are really solid. 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:39.520 And what's the price point on these? 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:41.600 These are a couple hundred bucks right now, and we're 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:43.800 already seeing super good deals on these. And these are 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:47.000 coming down to around two hundred and fifty dollars right now, 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:49.080 down from their full list price. 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:50.479 Which is closer to three hundred fifty three and hud 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:51.000 five dollars. 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:54.080 This is a common problem even in Los Angeles. You 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:56.560 get to your kids ballgame and your hands are freezing. 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:57.399 What if you got for that. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:01.080 Yeah, and so this is the Acopa handwarmer and they're rechargeable. 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:03.879 The perfect stocking stuffer is what we're calling them this 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:07.120 year because they're perfect for you know, the soccer mom, 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:09.679 the hockey mom, or really anybody. Maybe you're going out 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:11.639 to a tailgate and you're gonna be standing outside for 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:15.439 a while. We kind of hated the old handwarmers because 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:18.720 they're wasteful. You use them, they work for twenty minutes maybe, 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:20.879 and then you throw them out. This is great because 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:22.560 you know you've got it. You know that you know 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:24.680 no matter what events coming up, you're gonna be covered. 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:25.880 All you need to do is make sure you charge 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:28.080 it ahead of time. They charge really fast. You can 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:29.960 plug it in the car on the way to the 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:31.120 hockey game and you'll be covered. 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:32.440 In those ranks which are freezings. 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:36.040 Literally price point on these very cheap lesson twenty dollars. 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:38.200 Let's move on to the Fitbit. You've got a verse 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:39.760 of four here. Why do you like that? 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:41.439 It's one of Fitbit's newest models. 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:44.879 It comes with all the fitness tracking and wellness stats 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:46.600 that you've come to expect from Fitbit. You know, they 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:48.720 were one of the absolute first, when it comes to 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:51.680 this biometric hacking and checking that everybody is now into, 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:54.760 and the verse of four is a great kind of 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:58.639 evolution of it because it looks like the smart watches 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:00.679 that people have come to know. You can wear it 0:22:00.840 --> 0:22:03.080 going to work and you're not gonna feel silly about 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:04.840 it and be wondering, you know, should I be wearing 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:05.240 this or not. 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:07.080 But it also has great sleep tracking. 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:09.000 When we put it to the test against a lot 0:22:09.000 --> 0:22:11.120 of others, it was our favorite for the sleep tracking, 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:14.200 and I think what people are awakening to pardon the pun, 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:17.639 is that sleep tracking really does matter to the overall 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.240 wellness profile that people are putting together right now. So 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:22.600 we love it for that, and so it's our best 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:25.479 gift for the fitness enthusiast in your life, because you know, 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:27.520 we're great for the run. It's got the GPS built 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:30.119 into it, which we love as well, but it also 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:32.480 is super well suited to be able to help you 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.320 track your sleep and all those really important metrics that 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:36.400 are going to help you maximize your wellness. 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:38.760 And it works with iPhone and Android. 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:40.359 And we're seeing it now in that hundred dollar range, 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:43.439 so you know, more than one hundred dollars, but uh, 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:45.119 you know it's it's definitely marked on right now and 0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:48.040 under two under two hundred and for the newest model. 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:50.080 I mean, that's something that we're pretty excited to see 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:51.199 on that price learrange. 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:53.399 What is the lofty alarm clock? 0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:57.800 So the lofty alarm clock is basically the ultimate evolution 0:22:58.000 --> 0:22:59.480 of those alarm clocks that you would see in every 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.199 hotel room that I think all of us grew up 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:03.800 having in our rooms. But instead of a harsh red 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:06.280 light beeping in your face and flashing in your face, 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.159 it is super customizable. 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:11.040 It also works as a white. 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:13.320 Noise machine, and it can also have a bunch of 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:17.520 different features on it that will allow you to really 0:23:17.640 --> 0:23:19.280 figure out how do you want to wake up, so 0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:21.480 you can set it to have a gentle reminder to 0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:23.119 wake up at one point if you're the kind of 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:25.000 person who hits the snooze twenty times before you're willing 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:27.080 to get out of bed. So then it also gets 0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:29.320 increasingly harsh, so you know you're not going to miss 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:30.920 your meeting if this thing's really going at you. 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:33.400 Just now, does this have a display on it? 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:33.760 It does? 0:23:33.840 --> 0:23:35.800 Okay, it does, and you can customize it so you 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:38.280 can use different color tones on it, you can pick 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:41.200 what information it's showing you, and then also you can 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:43.920 program it to go night blackout when you want to 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:46.000 be sleeping, because there's a lot of studies out there 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:48.080 now that any amount of light in your bedroom while 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:49.760 you're trying to sleep is harmful for your sleep. 0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:50.240 I love it. 0:23:50.240 --> 0:23:52.360 It's sort of like a modern alarm clock that's been 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:54.840 rethought for sort of how we work today. 0:23:55.160 --> 0:23:57.080 What's the price point. It's around one hundred and twiny 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.240 dollars right now. Is it Internet connected? 0:23:59.359 --> 0:23:59.560 Yes? 0:24:00.280 --> 0:24:02.600 Okay, yeah, it's connected to and then you can control 0:24:02.600 --> 0:24:04.200 it from your phone as well. It's got like different 0:24:04.200 --> 0:24:06.080 settings on it that you can use through an app. 0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:06.840 Okay, I want that. 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:10.720 Yeah, gotta have some tunes. Tell me about the Soundcore speaker. 0:24:10.960 --> 0:24:12.960 So it's a Bluetooth speaker that I mean, as you 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:15.159 can see, this thing is not a small one that 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.800 you're gonna attach to your backpack. This is a formidable 0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:19.119 piece of equipment that we've. 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:19.680 Got right now. 0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:22.800 And this is our best gift from a hidden gem brand. 0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:26.560 Because during these big shopping events, you're always looking to 0:24:26.560 --> 0:24:29.360 figure out like is this deal worth it? Are these 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:31.520 you know, is this price too good to be true? 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:33.840 And it bestially because we're always testing products to figure 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:36.760 out like, is this lower price point product as good 0:24:36.800 --> 0:24:39.040 as some of the bigger names, and Anchor fits that 0:24:39.080 --> 0:24:41.639 bill perfectly because it sounds great. 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:43.439 This is a powerful speaker. 0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:44.719 I mean, if you look in front of you, you can 0:24:44.760 --> 0:24:47.200 power the entire party, whether you're at the park, you're 0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:50.359 at a tailgate, you're in your backyard, wherever. This is 0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:52.600 going to keep everybody going. So we love it for that. 0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:55.200 But it's also super affordable, especially when you compare it 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:57.360 to some of those bigger names like Bows or Sonas 0:24:57.440 --> 0:24:58.000 or something like that. 0:24:58.160 --> 0:24:59.880 I also like that it looks like there's some lights 0:24:59.880 --> 0:25:01.720 on the sides. Is it light up while it's playing 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:02.120 the music? 0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:03.800 It will give you some lights on the side and 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:05.800 it will go with the you know, the rhythm of 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:07.359 the song that you're playing as well. So that's that's 0:25:07.359 --> 0:25:10.040 another fun quirk that, frankly is another thing that's happened 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:12.919 with a lot of the higher end the Bluetooth speakers. 0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:15.280 But you're getting all these features from Anchor, which is 0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:16.120 always really impressive. 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:18.920 Okay, so the Anchor Soundcore, what's the price point on this. 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:19.919 This is gonna be a little bit more than one 0:25:20.000 --> 0:25:22.840 hundred dollars as well. But when you're getting these bigger ones, 0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:25.520 you know, over these holiday events, these can get up 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.520 to you know, from the JBLS and those brands like that, 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:30.480 these can get up to like two hundred, three hundred. 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:31.520 Dollars depending on what you're looking at. 0:25:32.040 --> 0:25:35.080 Last, but not least, the theough gun. This looks like 0:25:35.119 --> 0:25:37.600 a newer model. It's kind of a compact model. 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:39.400 Yeah, And it seems like every year when we start 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:42.240 talking about gifts, I started talking about Thera guns because 0:25:42.359 --> 0:25:45.080 of how well received they are. This is a model 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:46.840 that's a little bit more affordable. So you're gonna see 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:49.119 it around one hundred and sixty dollars right now marked down, 0:25:49.520 --> 0:25:52.560 So it's coming down from the bigger price point. But 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:55.320 it also has evolved the technology itself, so on that 0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:58.280 led screen it has right there, it'll self guide you 0:25:58.359 --> 0:26:01.280 through the routine, and it's got all the other features 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:03.640 that you've come to expect from Thera gun, whether it's 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:05.720 the patent to triangular handle to help you kind of 0:26:05.720 --> 0:26:09.440 get deep into your own muscles, or you know, it's 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:12.200 the way it helps the circulation or helps you get 0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:14.960 a better night's sleep because of the relaxing factor. And 0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:18.040 then it also comes with a few different attachments, so 0:26:18.119 --> 0:26:19.880 depending on what you want to be doing in terms 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:21.080 of muscle relief, you can do it. 0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:23.240 And I've noticed a couple of improvements from the one 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:26.879 I have. This has USB C which is a nice improvement. 0:26:27.040 --> 0:26:29.360 It's got the screen so you're kind of guided through 0:26:29.440 --> 0:26:31.600 instead of using like the phone app. And it's really 0:26:31.640 --> 0:26:34.560 small in compact, which is nice. What's the price point 0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.320 on the theragun Sense right now? We're seeing it for 0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:39.520 that one hundred and sixty hundred two hundred dollars range. 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:42.879 And I do expect as the shot shopping goes on 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:45.120 and as we get closer to the event, like especially 0:26:45.160 --> 0:26:47.240 Cyber Monday, I do expect them to probably keep coming 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:50.240 down on that. Thank you, Jacob Palmer of best reviews 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:53.600 dot com and just full disclosure. Best Reviews is owned 0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:57.160 by the same parent company as KTLA, the television station 0:26:57.400 --> 0:26:59.560 I work for. All right, get those phone calls in 0:26:59.600 --> 0:27:02.720 triple A Rich one one eight eight eight seven four 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:05.480 two four one zero one more rich on Tech coming 0:27:05.480 --> 0:27:08.760 your way right after this. Welcome back to Rich on 0:27:08.840 --> 0:27:13.680 tech Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking Technology. 0:27:13.800 --> 0:27:16.560 The phone line for the show eight eight eight Rich 0:27:16.760 --> 0:27:20.080 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:27:20.560 --> 0:27:22.160 four one zero one. 0:27:22.240 --> 0:27:24.080 The website for the show. 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.800 Rich on tech dot tv doing the show notes a 0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:30.600 little bit different today, so they're still in the same place. 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:32.639 If you hit the light bulb, it will take you 0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:37.080 to the show notes. This is episode ninety nine, and 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:39.280 uh you can. It's just a little bit different. The 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:41.280 format's different, but all the notes are there. They're there 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:43.560 in real time. So if you want links to anything 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:47.000 that Jacob Palmer from Best Reviews just mentioned, you can 0:27:47.040 --> 0:27:49.560 find them there, or anything that I mentioned earlier in 0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:50.040 the show. 0:27:50.119 --> 0:27:51.439 It is all there. 0:27:52.200 --> 0:27:52.320 Uh. 0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.440 Dave in Uh, let's see. Dave writes in, I missed 0:27:55.440 --> 0:27:57.399 it on your show. Please tell me the software you 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:01.000 use to answer emails with your voice. I would like 0:28:01.040 --> 0:28:03.440 to compose emails with my voice and send them back. 0:28:03.520 --> 0:28:03.919 Thank you. 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:06.879 So the thing that I mentioned on the show is 0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:12.600 called whisper flow wisp r flow that is available for 0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:19.240 Mac only, So that is a Mac Mac format right now, 0:28:19.359 --> 0:28:24.280 Windows and iOS and Android coming soon. It works really well. 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:27.480 It's very accurate. You get two thousand words for free. 0:28:27.560 --> 0:28:29.760 I think a week after that you do have to 0:28:29.840 --> 0:28:32.080 pay so or a month. 0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:32.439 I don't know. 0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:34.159 There's there's some sort of free level. I have not 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:36.199 reached a point where I have to pay for anything, 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:39.120 so that it works just fine. If you're on Windows, 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.880 Windows and Mac by the way, both have built in 0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:44.840 voice to text, it might not be as good as 0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:47.760 this because this is AI powered. But on Windows, if 0:28:47.800 --> 0:28:50.000 you want to try this, you can turn on voice 0:28:50.040 --> 0:28:53.480 typing by pressing the Windows key plus H. That will 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.400 bring up the hardware keyboard on your computer screen, and 0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:58.960 then press the microphone key next to the space bar, 0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:03.320 so Windows H plus the microphone key, and that will 0:29:03.320 --> 0:29:08.080 bring up the voice to text. On Windows eleven, let's 0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:11.560 see what it's like on Windows ten. Windows ten, yeah, 0:29:11.640 --> 0:29:15.240 same thing. So again that is how you do it 0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:17.160 on there, you know, it's it's one of these things 0:29:17.200 --> 0:29:20.600 where the dictation that we have, like especially on iPhone, 0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:23.760 is just it's not that good. Like I really rarely 0:29:23.840 --> 0:29:25.520 use it because it's not as fast as I want 0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:27.520 it to be. On Android it's very fast. If you're 0:29:27.600 --> 0:29:31.600 using g Board by Google, that's Google's keyboard, the voice 0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:34.440 to text is like incredible and it's really fast, especially 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:36.040 if you're on a Pixel. If you're on a Samsung 0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:38.400 and you're using it, it's good. The Pixel is like 0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:40.880 somewhat I don't know a little bit better because it's 0:29:41.280 --> 0:29:43.400 goes back to what we were talking about. It's Google's products, 0:29:43.440 --> 0:29:45.280 so I guess they favored a little bit. 0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:45.720 Let's go to. 0:29:45.760 --> 0:29:50.680 Jerry in Irvine, California. Jerry, you're on with Rich HII Rich? 0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:51.720 How you doing today? 0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:53.520 I am doing fantastic. 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:54.120 What's up? 0:29:54.440 --> 0:29:55.240 Oh? 0:29:55.520 --> 0:29:59.720 I have like the last five phones that I have 0:29:59.760 --> 0:30:03.360 bought over the years, and they have made me more 0:30:03.440 --> 0:30:08.320 or less use Gmail on them to activate them, and 0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:11.400 now I don't use any of them anymore. And I've 0:30:11.400 --> 0:30:15.720 been finding lately that when I've been trying to start 0:30:15.840 --> 0:30:21.320 up a new account, they have blacked me because I've 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:24.880 already had a Gmail account. So how can I delete 0:30:25.360 --> 0:30:28.600 like four or five of them and then start from. 0:30:28.440 --> 0:30:33.720 Scratch delete the Gmail account? Yeah, like the whole thing. 0:30:34.640 --> 0:30:38.600 But like the whole thing. Yeah, because the phones were 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:41.880 only used for a while until they died, and then 0:30:41.920 --> 0:30:45.840 the account was still active, so the system seems to 0:30:45.880 --> 0:30:48.640 think that I'm still using the account where the phone 0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:52.360 get so there's like five or six accounts out there 0:30:52.760 --> 0:30:56.280 with you know, they're basically connected to me that are 0:30:56.440 --> 0:31:00.000 being used okay, and I can't get to them any more. 0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:01.600 They don't know what their. 0:31:01.640 --> 0:31:07.000 Password is or what the actual address is because they're 0:31:07.040 --> 0:31:07.600 so old. 0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:09.400 Okay, Well, there's two things you can do here. So 0:31:09.440 --> 0:31:11.640 there's number one. You can you can get rid of 0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:15.040 a device that has access to your account by going 0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:18.560 to Google dot com slash devices, and I recently did this, 0:31:19.000 --> 0:31:20.520 and there's a whole bunch. This will give you a 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:23.239 list of every single device that has access to your 0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:24.040 Google account. 0:31:24.800 --> 0:31:26.080 So I'm looking at mine. 0:31:26.120 --> 0:31:28.680 I've got four sessions on Mac computers right now, I've 0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:31.880 got twelve sessions on Android devices. You know, I test 0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:35.720 a lot of devices, and it'll even tell you how inactive. 0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:39.040 Like so for instance, Google pixel fold says it's been 0:31:39.320 --> 0:31:42.240 inactive for ninety nine days because I was a test phone. 0:31:42.280 --> 0:31:45.000 I've not used it, and so that is a phone 0:31:45.040 --> 0:31:47.280 that I would when I click, I can sign out. 0:31:47.640 --> 0:31:51.000 I can sign myself out of Android. So that will 0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:54.720 get rid of that device off of my Android account. Now, 0:31:54.760 --> 0:31:57.480 in your in your case, these phones, if the batteries 0:31:57.480 --> 0:31:59.160 are dead, you haven't turned them on in a while, 0:31:59.360 --> 0:32:01.240 it doesn't matter. They're still going to be signed out 0:32:01.320 --> 0:32:03.880 if that phone is ever turned on again. As soon 0:32:03.880 --> 0:32:06.440 as it gets turned on and connected to the internet, boom, 0:32:06.480 --> 0:32:09.240 it's not going to have access to anything. So now 0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:11.160 the thing is, if there's stuff on those phones that 0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:15.920 you know is residing on the physical drive there or 0:32:15.960 --> 0:32:18.160 the storage on the phone, people would be able to 0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:20.280 access that if they were able to unlock your phone 0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:22.240 and open it and turn it on, so you know, 0:32:22.280 --> 0:32:24.200 all those things would have to happen. They probably wouldn't 0:32:24.200 --> 0:32:27.320 have your passcode. So anyway, that's the first way to 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:29.800 do it. So again, go to Google dot Com. And 0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:32.040 this is something that's good to do in general. I 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:34.760 know most people are not activating as many devices as 0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:37.240 I am, Like I'm always activating something on my account, 0:32:37.280 --> 0:32:39.200 so I'm always going through and getting rid of those. 0:32:39.640 --> 0:32:43.600 But that's Google dot Com slash devices. Okay. Now if 0:32:43.600 --> 0:32:47.160 you want to delete these Gmail accounts, that's a whole 0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.520 other thing. So that's actually deleting your Google account. And 0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:54.640 I I'm trying to see if it immediately deletes I 0:32:54.640 --> 0:32:56.920 feel like there's probably some sort of like waiting period 0:32:56.960 --> 0:32:59.960 where it probably deletes and then it probably still link 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:02.360 for a while. I know Facebook did that for a while, 0:33:02.800 --> 0:33:06.160 but I'm trying to find the direct link to this. 0:33:07.400 --> 0:33:10.520 It's a support page. And if if you search for 0:33:10.640 --> 0:33:13.320 delete your Google account, the support page that comes up, 0:33:13.320 --> 0:33:15.560 which I'll put in the show notes, has a button 0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:18.000 that says delete Google account. Now I'm not going to 0:33:18.040 --> 0:33:19.840 tap that button because I don't want to start that process. 0:33:19.840 --> 0:33:21.400 I don't even want Google to think I'm doing that. 0:33:21.840 --> 0:33:24.480 But that's where you go. And so once you tap that, 0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:27.520 you will log in with your Google information, there will 0:33:27.560 --> 0:33:30.360 be some sort of verification, and then you will be 0:33:30.360 --> 0:33:34.440 able to delete that account. So those are the two 0:33:34.440 --> 0:33:36.880 places I would go to check to see if your 0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:39.160 account if you need to get rid of those Gmail. 0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:43.000 If I have one quick question on my desktop, what's 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:46.960 a really good free email service to start with a 0:33:47.640 --> 0:33:48.800 separate from the phone. 0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:54.160 I mean, I would say Yahoo is probably good after 0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:56.400 Gmail if you don't want to use Gmail. Yahoo just 0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:59.640 got like a big revamp, so they're really pushing there. 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:02.720 Had cots for a while, and need transfer me o to. 0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:07.000 Yacht okay, so like automatically, So yeah. 0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:09.960 I want missing a few emails here and there, and 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:13.080 people call me out, you respond and I never got it. 0:34:13.160 --> 0:34:17.120 But okay, well the other you can you can use that. 0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:21.279 There's proton Mail, which is very uh secure, and then 0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:24.680 there's Outlook. So Outlook is obviously Microsoft's mail, so you 0:34:24.680 --> 0:34:26.640 can use that as well. I mean, there's a lot 0:34:26.680 --> 0:34:28.839 of different email providers out there. I'm not a big 0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:32.080 fan of some of the smaller ones, just because you know, 0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:34.320 it's just I think sticking with one of the bigger 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:36.319 ones is probably better just because their software is going 0:34:36.360 --> 0:34:37.799 to be better. But I would I mean, if you 0:34:37.800 --> 0:34:40.040 want something that's secure, tried proton Mail. A lot of 0:34:40.040 --> 0:34:43.920 people are using that. There's a free level. Let's see 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:46.360 what you get for free. Uh so you get a 0:34:46.400 --> 0:34:48.520 gig of storage for free. I would do that, do 0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:51.920 proton proton Mail is uh, you know, it's nice and secure. 0:34:52.040 --> 0:34:55.719 So and it's one gig for free, one user, one 0:34:55.760 --> 0:34:57.919 email address, and that's completely free every month. 0:34:58.000 --> 0:34:59.360 So I would do that. 0:34:59.440 --> 0:35:01.600 Jerry, excellent, Thank. 0:35:01.400 --> 0:35:03.040 You, Rich, I appreciate your time. 0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:05.880 Have a great day, all right, Thank you, Jerry, appreciate it. 0:35:05.920 --> 0:35:08.719 Eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:11.960 four to two four one zero one A new trick 0:35:12.040 --> 0:35:16.239 in phishing scams might bypass your email security. It's all 0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:18.839 because it's hidden in image files. This is from a 0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:23.239 bleeping computer. They say that hackers are now using what's 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:28.919 called SVG files. Those are scalable vector graphic files, and 0:35:29.280 --> 0:35:33.160 they're sneaking malware into your inbox through these files. So 0:35:33.200 --> 0:35:35.640 it typically when you get an email, it might have 0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:40.200 an attachment like a PDF or a JPEG, or you know, 0:35:40.280 --> 0:35:43.319 some other type of file name, and you recognize that 0:35:43.360 --> 0:35:46.200 and you say, I wasn't looking for this doc file 0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:49.680 or something. If you see an SVG file attached to 0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:52.960 an email, just I would disregard it because unless you're 0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:56.080 expecting it, it could be malware. It could be a problem. 0:35:56.440 --> 0:35:58.840 SVG attachments could be dangerous. 0:35:58.920 --> 0:35:59.839 Be careful out there. 0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:03.000 Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:06.279 four to two four one zero one. This is rich 0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:10.720 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro 0:36:10.880 --> 0:36:14.839 here hanging out with you, talking technology. The phone line 0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:17.480 for the show eight eight eight rich one oh one 0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:22.439 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:36:22.520 --> 0:36:27.279 The website for the show richon Tech dot tv. If 0:36:27.360 --> 0:36:29.280 you want to link to anything I mentioned on the show. 0:36:29.880 --> 0:36:31.840 Just hit the light bulb. If you want to email me, 0:36:31.960 --> 0:36:34.680 hit contact and while you're there, be sure to sign 0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:38.040 up for the newsletter. I also have my Ultimate Holiday 0:36:38.200 --> 0:36:40.480 Gift Guide on the front page, so you can check 0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:43.239 out and get some ideas for some of the gadgets 0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:47.040 that I personally have tested and enjoy a lot, and 0:36:47.320 --> 0:36:49.719 pretty much the majority of them are on sale right now. 0:36:50.680 --> 0:36:53.400 John writes in Hey, Rich, I love to listen to 0:36:53.440 --> 0:36:55.680 you on KFI. Thanks for being a helpful person. I 0:36:55.719 --> 0:36:58.920 apparently locked myself out of my Facebook account. They just 0:36:59.000 --> 0:37:01.239 keep asking me to change my password over and over. 0:37:01.600 --> 0:37:03.800 I believe you said you can pay meta to access 0:37:03.840 --> 0:37:06.759 help on this. Please let me know what that URL 0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:10.560 would be. Thanks again, John. Okay, you are referring to 0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:15.080 the story of the woman in San Francisco who walked 0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:18.240 to Facebook headquarters because she was locked out of her account, 0:37:18.280 --> 0:37:20.280 and she banged on the door there. 0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:22.200 And said, hey, can you help me, and they're like no, 0:37:22.320 --> 0:37:22.839 and they gave. 0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:25.200 Her a print out actually with a piece of paper 0:37:25.480 --> 0:37:27.439 that gave her like all the different ways to get 0:37:27.840 --> 0:37:31.120 access to her account. The main way to get access 0:37:31.200 --> 0:37:34.520 to your account that is hacked on Facebook is Facebook 0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:39.840 Dot com slash hacked, Facebook dot com slash hacked. That 0:37:39.880 --> 0:37:43.879 will also work for Instagram. People have varying degrees of 0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:46.480 luck with that. Now here's how you get hacked. By 0:37:46.480 --> 0:37:49.840 the way, hackers are not trying to get into your account. 0:37:49.920 --> 0:37:53.480 What's happening is that you are clicking a link that 0:37:53.560 --> 0:37:56.680 you thought was a notification for something, and you're logging 0:37:56.719 --> 0:37:59.839 in and you're handing over your password and you don't 0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:04.160 have two factor authentication enabled. So to protect your Facebook account, 0:38:04.440 --> 0:38:08.080 Number one, do not log in to random Facebook account 0:38:08.400 --> 0:38:10.960 questionnaire kind of things where it's like, hey, did you 0:38:11.000 --> 0:38:13.160 see this picture someone shared of you? And you click 0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:17.480 and it makes you log in. Do not do that. Also, 0:38:17.480 --> 0:38:19.080 if you get a notification that says you've got a 0:38:19.120 --> 0:38:22.160 copyright infringement, you gotta log you gotta verify that. 0:38:22.320 --> 0:38:23.200 Do that's fake. 0:38:23.320 --> 0:38:24.000 Do not do that. 0:38:24.760 --> 0:38:27.880 Anytime you have to log into a Facebook account, anytime 0:38:27.920 --> 0:38:31.480 that login screen comes up, be very very critical of 0:38:31.520 --> 0:38:33.759 that screen. In fact, I would never I would just 0:38:33.800 --> 0:38:35.759 close out that screen and I would just go to 0:38:35.800 --> 0:38:38.319 Facebook dot com and see if Facebook comes up, and 0:38:38.360 --> 0:38:40.880 if it doesn't and you're there, then you can log in. 0:38:41.520 --> 0:38:44.120 The Other way is to turn on two factor authentication 0:38:44.239 --> 0:38:46.640 that will protect you if you did give your password out, 0:38:47.000 --> 0:38:48.879 that will at least keep the hackers from being able 0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:50.920 to access your account, and you can go back in 0:38:50.960 --> 0:38:54.120 and change your password once you realize the foolishness that 0:38:54.160 --> 0:38:58.080 you just participated in. Now to answer your question, what 0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:00.160 the woman did was she signed up for some thing 0:39:00.239 --> 0:39:04.280 called meta verified. This is a fifteen dollars a month 0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:12.200 service that basically gets you, you know, the VIP service 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:14.200 for the help on your account. If you try to 0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:16.479 contact someone at Facebook, you're not going to get any help. 0:39:16.920 --> 0:39:21.200 But this has prioritized support, which means you can actually 0:39:21.239 --> 0:39:23.680 speak to a person and get help about your account. 0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:25.719 So what she did was she signed up for this, 0:39:25.880 --> 0:39:28.200 got the help, and then I'm assuming she canceled it. 0:39:28.680 --> 0:39:29.439 Now here's the thing. 0:39:29.920 --> 0:39:32.680 You have to have a It looks like you have 0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:38.320 to have a Facebook page, Instagram page, or a business profile. 0:39:38.400 --> 0:39:42.080 So this is not necessarily for regular folks. So unless 0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:46.040 you are running John a Facebook page for a business, 0:39:46.080 --> 0:39:47.920 I don't know if this will work for you. You can 0:39:47.920 --> 0:39:49.879 try it. You can go to the page, but it's 0:39:49.920 --> 0:39:54.560 called Facebook. It's called meta verified. The website, I mean 0:39:54.600 --> 0:39:56.360 the website's a little wonky, so I'll put it in 0:39:56.400 --> 0:39:58.680 the show notes. But it's Facebook dot com, slash business, 0:39:58.760 --> 0:40:03.520 slash tools, slash Meta, Dash verified dash for Dash business. Yeah, 0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:06.640 you're not gonna remember that, so just search meta verified 0:40:07.120 --> 0:40:10.440 and that should bring you to the page, says, Get 0:40:10.440 --> 0:40:14.239 a verified blue check on Instagram, Facebook and Meta and 0:40:14.800 --> 0:40:17.239 that maybe might help you get it back. 0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:18.200 Good question. 0:40:18.920 --> 0:40:23.560 Let's go to Jeff in Clearwater, Florida. 0:40:23.640 --> 0:40:24.600 Jeff, you're all with Rich? 0:40:25.440 --> 0:40:26.640 Hey Rich, how are you doing? 0:40:26.800 --> 0:40:29.200 I am doing fantastic, enjoy your show? 0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:33.120 Quick? Thank you listening since the really beginning. Maybe you 0:40:33.120 --> 0:40:36.440 could help me out a really perflexing problem I'm having 0:40:36.520 --> 0:40:39.719 with Google Voice, trying to get it set up for 0:40:40.360 --> 0:40:43.279 a little part time business that my wife and I 0:40:43.320 --> 0:40:46.680 are running. We established a you know, a phone number, 0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:51.160 a Google Voice phone number, which fortunately or unfortunately we've 0:40:51.200 --> 0:40:53.920 printed on Business Courage and a couple other things, so 0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:57.799 we've already invested in so it kind of stuck to 0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:02.160 that number. What we want and are trying to accomplish, 0:41:02.480 --> 0:41:09.399 is to port that Google Voice number over to a 0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:18.000 personal T mobile iPhone. It had that ring on that iPhone. Uh, 0:41:18.040 --> 0:41:20.719 and you know, cool, if we pick it up. But 0:41:20.800 --> 0:41:23.560 if we're not available, we don't pick it up. We 0:41:23.600 --> 0:41:28.280 want it to go and be answered by the Google 0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:34.839 Voice you know, business message that we've left over at 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:39.879 Google Voice. Instead of doing that, it's being answered by 0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:45.799 the personal you know message that we've left on our iPhone. 0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.280 And it seems to me that I should be able 0:41:49.320 --> 0:41:53.680 to do that, but I can't. It's it's driving me 0:41:53.719 --> 0:41:54.200 in circle. 0:41:54.320 --> 0:41:55.560 Yeah, there is a way to do it. There is 0:41:55.560 --> 0:41:57.440 a way to do it, but you can't. You can't 0:41:57.760 --> 0:42:00.080 have both things. You can't port the phone number or 0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:03.400 the Google Voice number to that device and have the 0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:06.920 Google Voice pick up the Google voicemail. So what you 0:42:07.000 --> 0:42:08.920 do is okay, the way you would set it up 0:42:09.080 --> 0:42:13.720 is you basically have to you set up that phone. 0:42:13.760 --> 0:42:15.799 So iPhone's a little weird with the Google Voice stuff 0:42:15.840 --> 0:42:18.520 because everything has to go through the Google Voice app. 0:42:18.560 --> 0:42:19.080 You can't. 0:42:19.280 --> 0:42:21.600 It doesn't like integrate into the dialer like it does 0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:23.640 on an Android phone. On Android phone, you can have 0:42:23.680 --> 0:42:27.040 Google Voice take over that entire phone, so you make 0:42:27.080 --> 0:42:30.120 calls from your native dialer, it will go through Google Voice. 0:42:30.480 --> 0:42:33.080 You can get calls through Google Voice. It's very seamless. 0:42:33.360 --> 0:42:36.600 But iPhone The way iPhone is set up is very 0:42:36.719 --> 0:42:41.319 very particular because everything's sandbox. You can't have Google Voice 0:42:41.320 --> 0:42:43.879 sort of take over the native dialer. Now, at that said, 0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:46.080 you could do exactly what you need. So what I'm 0:42:46.120 --> 0:42:48.000 hearing is you want people to be able to call 0:42:48.160 --> 0:42:51.280 this Google Voice number. It's going to ring your personal 0:42:51.360 --> 0:42:54.480 phone number, your personal phone, and then if you don't 0:42:54.520 --> 0:42:56.640 pick up that phone, it's just gonna go to Google 0:42:56.719 --> 0:42:58.280 Voice and not your personal voicemail. 0:43:00.280 --> 0:43:03.440 That's what we want, Okay, So there there. 0:43:03.320 --> 0:43:06.400 Is a setting that you have to go on your 0:43:06.840 --> 0:43:09.960 Let me think about this. So it's like basically a 0:43:09.960 --> 0:43:11.800 setting that you have to do on your T mobile, 0:43:11.800 --> 0:43:16.120 which is like busy no answer forward to Google Voice. 0:43:16.920 --> 0:43:19.280 So now here's the thing. It's going to forward. 0:43:20.920 --> 0:43:23.319 It's probably going to forward your regular calls to that 0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:25.640 line as well, if someone calls you like on your 0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:26.439 personal line. 0:43:27.400 --> 0:43:28.120 Yeah, that's kind. 0:43:28.800 --> 0:43:30.040 But there's a way there there is. 0:43:30.239 --> 0:43:32.200 I think there's a way to do this because it's 0:43:32.239 --> 0:43:34.680 it's like a lot of little settings, but I'm sure 0:43:34.719 --> 0:43:36.200 there's a way to do what you're talking about. You're 0:43:36.239 --> 0:43:40.839 basically I think it's the busy no answer forwarding. I 0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:46.160 think that's what you want, because that means if you yeah, 0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:49.520 let's see, so this will send incoming calls to another 0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:51.720 number when your phone is busy or you don't answer 0:43:51.719 --> 0:43:56.000 after a certain number of rings. So I'm trying to 0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:59.680 figure out if they call your Google Voice and your phone, 0:44:00.160 --> 0:44:02.759 you don't want your your regular voicemail to pick up. 0:44:02.880 --> 0:44:04.200 That's what you don't want to happen. 0:44:04.320 --> 0:44:10.279 No, okay, And I think I want the business voicemail, 0:44:10.480 --> 0:44:13.200 you know, message from the Google Voice to pick up. 0:44:13.560 --> 0:44:13.799 Yeah. 0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:15.600 Well, the good news is, look, I think there is 0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:17.160 a way to do this. I've got to look into 0:44:17.160 --> 0:44:18.799 the It's been a while since I played with the 0:44:18.800 --> 0:44:21.479 Google Voice settings. The thing is, it takes a little 0:44:21.520 --> 0:44:23.680 bit to figure it out because there are a whole 0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:28.680 bunch of settings both on your phone and also you know, 0:44:28.680 --> 0:44:30.880 the Google Voice app. Now here's the other thing. Is 0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:35.799 your iPhone doing that thing where it's screening the calls 0:44:35.800 --> 0:44:39.520 on its own because Apple and iOS eighteen added like 0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:43.000 a new voicemail feature where it's like screening the calls itself. 0:44:43.680 --> 0:44:46.480 Yeah, I know what you're talking about. We're using, by 0:44:46.520 --> 0:44:51.360 the way, thirty iPhone thirteen. So I'm not sure we 0:44:51.480 --> 0:44:56.959 have that full ability on thirteens. So I don't think 0:44:57.040 --> 0:44:59.400 we're doing that, you know, I don't see that we 0:44:59.480 --> 0:45:01.759 really have that ability. I know what you're talking about. 0:45:01.880 --> 0:45:04.759 Okay, I think the main thing that you have to 0:45:04.760 --> 0:45:06.759 do here, and I'm really like I used to so 0:45:06.840 --> 0:45:08.560 I was a Google Voice user from day one. It 0:45:08.600 --> 0:45:11.200 used to be called grand Central, and I I use 0:45:11.320 --> 0:45:14.080 this thing for years, I mean, and so I had 0:45:14.080 --> 0:45:17.920 it all figured out where basically if my phone didn't, 0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:21.000 I don't. I think the problem is I'm not sure 0:45:21.040 --> 0:45:23.640 that you can have your phone not pick up the 0:45:23.640 --> 0:45:28.120 Google Voice call but also not go to your regular voicemail. 0:45:28.160 --> 0:45:31.160 I think it's either one or the other. Yeah, the game, 0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:34.400 and why why do you want if this is a 0:45:34.600 --> 0:45:36.879 call a phone line for work, why do you need 0:45:36.880 --> 0:45:39.400 it to answer your Can't you just turn off your voicemail? 0:45:41.719 --> 0:45:46.040 Even turned off our person the personal voice bade? Yeah, yeah, 0:45:46.239 --> 0:45:52.399 I suppose we could do that. Yeah, you know, it's 0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:54.239 just kind of a half. I guess we want best 0:45:54.239 --> 0:45:56.200 of both worlds, you know, service. 0:45:56.560 --> 0:45:58.520 But yeah, the only thing I can think of is 0:45:58.520 --> 0:46:01.160 that I think this is what what thelution is from before, 0:46:01.400 --> 0:46:04.120 is that there might be a way to have T 0:46:04.320 --> 0:46:07.799 Mobile answer your calls like later, like it might take. 0:46:07.880 --> 0:46:10.360 Like let's say, let's say Google voicemail will go to 0:46:11.160 --> 0:46:14.600 Gmail or Google Voice will give it three rings before 0:46:14.640 --> 0:46:17.319 it goes to its own voicemail. I think I think 0:46:17.360 --> 0:46:19.520 you can ask T Mobile to pick up their voicemail 0:46:19.560 --> 0:46:21.759 on the fourth ring. And I think that's sort of 0:46:21.800 --> 0:46:23.480 like the hack. Have you asked them if you could 0:46:23.520 --> 0:46:23.680 do that? 0:46:25.239 --> 0:46:28.440 You know, I didn't know who to talk to. I 0:46:28.480 --> 0:46:29.560 wanted to talk to you first. 0:46:29.680 --> 0:46:31.399 Well, you're not going to find anyone at Google Voice. 0:46:31.440 --> 0:46:32.279 I can guarantee that. 0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:35.920 Talk to After I talked to you, I should talk 0:46:35.960 --> 0:46:36.640 to T Mobile. 0:46:37.239 --> 0:46:39.920 I would see if you could. I would see if 0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:43.880 you can turn off or extend the calls the amount 0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:47.600 of rings before T Mobile's voicemail picks up. So let's 0:46:47.600 --> 0:46:49.560 say let's say right now, it's set up for three 0:46:49.800 --> 0:46:53.000 three rings, and then T Mobile picks up Google Google 0:46:53.040 --> 0:46:55.239 Voice by that time will go to its own voicemail. 0:46:56.320 --> 0:46:58.600 Okay, but I think I really do. 0:46:58.760 --> 0:47:00.200 I've got to think about this, and I don't want 0:47:00.200 --> 0:47:01.600 to take too much more time on this call because 0:47:01.600 --> 0:47:04.400 I know it's it's a very nuanced thing. But I 0:47:04.440 --> 0:47:06.839 think there is a way you can do this. But 0:47:06.920 --> 0:47:10.480 it turns out to be one of the sort of 0:47:10.800 --> 0:47:14.239 conditional call forwarding features on your phone line. So I 0:47:14.239 --> 0:47:16.480 think that's what it is. Jeff, send me an email. 0:47:16.520 --> 0:47:18.560 Go to the website rich on Tech dot tv hit contact, 0:47:18.560 --> 0:47:19.120 send me email. 0:47:19.160 --> 0:47:20.759 We will figure this out. I guarantee it. 0:47:21.120 --> 0:47:24.000 Eighty eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven 0:47:24.080 --> 0:47:27.160 four to two four one zero one. This is rich 0:47:27.200 --> 0:47:30.720 on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro 0:47:30.840 --> 0:47:34.319 here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight 0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:37.040 rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:47:37.080 --> 0:47:41.319 two four one zero one. Matthew and Murrieta call to 0:47:41.640 --> 0:47:44.120 let me know. He confirmed that what I was saying, 0:47:44.719 --> 0:47:47.759 uh is the right path for the Google Voice. So 0:47:47.840 --> 0:47:51.239 he basically said, yes, set your T Mobile voicemail to 0:47:51.280 --> 0:47:55.400 pick up in a longer number of rings than the 0:47:55.440 --> 0:47:57.560 Google Voice. So if your Google Voice picks up after 0:47:57.600 --> 0:48:00.400 three rings, set your T Mobile voicemail to pick up 0:48:00.440 --> 0:48:03.520 after four or five rings. And there are short codes 0:48:03.560 --> 0:48:06.000 on the website you can help to do that. Otherwise 0:48:06.040 --> 0:48:08.239 you could probably call Team Mobile to reset that. 0:48:08.320 --> 0:48:09.840 Thank you, Matthew and Marietta. 0:48:10.400 --> 0:48:12.399 Yeah, it's been a while, so I was actually all 0:48:12.440 --> 0:48:15.719 in on Google Voice for a while. The problem is 0:48:16.239 --> 0:48:19.520 Google has not really updated Google Voice in a big way. 0:48:19.600 --> 0:48:21.520 So yes, I still use it for a couple of 0:48:21.520 --> 0:48:24.000 texts and things like that, but it's kind of like 0:48:24.160 --> 0:48:27.080 if you're trying to integrate it into your car audio 0:48:27.120 --> 0:48:29.160 and all that stuff, and you're not and you're using 0:48:29.160 --> 0:48:32.000 an iPhone, it's really tricky. Android much easier because Android 0:48:32.040 --> 0:48:34.920 it just becomes your phone line. It's very very simple, 0:48:34.960 --> 0:48:38.360 but iPhone is very very tricky with that. If you 0:48:38.440 --> 0:48:43.160 have Amazon Music Unlimited, you just got free audiobooks. So 0:48:43.400 --> 0:48:47.720 Amazon is building Audible into Amazon Music Unlimited. So Amazon 0:48:47.800 --> 0:48:51.480 Music Unlimited is there kind of their Spotify. It's ten 0:48:51.520 --> 0:48:53.160 bucks a month for you know, all the music you 0:48:53.200 --> 0:48:57.120 want to listen to. But now they are adding audio 0:48:57.160 --> 0:48:59.480 books into the mix. So if you're a Prime member 0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:03.640 and you've got Amazon Music Unlimited, you can basically listen 0:49:03.719 --> 0:49:07.239 to one audiobook title a month. And it's kind of 0:49:07.239 --> 0:49:11.480 weird because Spotify gives you fifteen hours of audiobooks a month, 0:49:11.840 --> 0:49:15.400 you can listen to fifteen different books at an hour each. 0:49:16.000 --> 0:49:20.040 This service through Amazon only lets you listen to one 0:49:20.120 --> 0:49:22.680 title per month, so you can carry on into the 0:49:22.719 --> 0:49:24.920 next month if you don't finish it. But it doesn't 0:49:24.960 --> 0:49:27.560 sound like you can start a new book until the 0:49:27.640 --> 0:49:31.640 next month. Again, so again, one audiobook per month from 0:49:31.680 --> 0:49:35.160 Audible's catalog. And I had someone email me this morning saying, Rich, 0:49:35.200 --> 0:49:38.680 I downloaded Audible. I'm a Prime member, I'm Amazon Music 0:49:38.719 --> 0:49:41.920 Onlimited member. I don't see anything about being free, and 0:49:42.000 --> 0:49:44.560 so I downloaded the Amazon app. I subscribe to the 0:49:45.480 --> 0:49:47.600 free trial, which, by the way, they're doing three free 0:49:47.600 --> 0:49:49.200 months right now, so you can just listen to three 0:49:49.280 --> 0:49:52.120 months of books for free. But if you go into 0:49:52.120 --> 0:49:54.640 Amazon Music, it's up at the top. It used to 0:49:54.680 --> 0:49:58.239 say music and podcasts. Now it says music, Audible and podcasts. 0:49:58.280 --> 0:50:01.080 You pop into Audible now you can listen. It says 0:50:01.120 --> 0:50:04.360 audio books from Audible are now included with Amazon Music Unlimited. 0:50:05.560 --> 0:50:09.960 Select one audiobook each month, so kind of a cool perk. 0:50:10.000 --> 0:50:12.439 And it's just an all out war between Amazon Music 0:50:12.480 --> 0:50:15.799 Unlimited and Spotify because Spotify added audiobooks a couple months ago. 0:50:16.400 --> 0:50:20.640 I found the Spotify audiobooks to be very convoluted. It 0:50:20.719 --> 0:50:23.480 kept it would not keep my place in the audiobook 0:50:23.920 --> 0:50:25.799 and so for that reason I just gave up on it. 0:50:26.080 --> 0:50:29.240 Now Audible works perfectly. It keeps your place across every device. 0:50:29.640 --> 0:50:32.080 For some reason, Spotify just could not get that right, 0:50:32.760 --> 0:50:36.799 so hopefully Amazon Music does. Uber is adding new features 0:50:37.120 --> 0:50:39.040 just in time for the holiday season. They've got a 0:50:39.080 --> 0:50:44.840 new car class Uber XXL. This has extra space. So 0:50:44.960 --> 0:50:47.240 this is for when I was traveling with my kids 0:50:47.239 --> 0:50:49.960 when they were younger. We had like literally a thousand 0:50:49.960 --> 0:50:52.799 things we were bringing with us. Two car seats, ten 0:50:52.800 --> 0:50:57.600 pieces of luggage, baby booms, boombox seat whatever they call 0:50:57.640 --> 0:50:58.200 those things. 0:50:59.040 --> 0:50:59.440 I don't know. 0:50:59.480 --> 0:51:02.640 There's so so many things. So now Uber XXL. So 0:51:02.880 --> 0:51:04.719 I remember even when we got like the biggest car 0:51:04.760 --> 0:51:06.360 you could get through Uber to go to the airport, 0:51:06.400 --> 0:51:08.680 you still couldn't fit everything in there. We had luggage 0:51:08.719 --> 0:51:12.239 on our laps. So now XXL has room for six 0:51:12.280 --> 0:51:15.440 people and extra space. So it's probably like those like 0:51:16.840 --> 0:51:19.440 those tahoes or those suburbans that have like the extra 0:51:19.560 --> 0:51:23.640 extra back sprinter van. Yeah, there you go something big. 0:51:24.120 --> 0:51:27.719 So Uber XXL if you're looking for extra trunk, extra 0:51:28.560 --> 0:51:34.080 extra roomy seating, that's at sixty airports worldwide, and then 0:51:34.120 --> 0:51:36.000 what else. Oh, they also have a feature which I've 0:51:36.040 --> 0:51:38.200 already tested. This has been available in my Uber app 0:51:38.200 --> 0:51:40.120 for a while. So you know how when you're trying 0:51:40.120 --> 0:51:41.480 to get to the airport, you never know what time 0:51:41.520 --> 0:51:44.239 to leave your house. Well, Uber will let you just 0:51:44.320 --> 0:51:46.919 put in your flight number and they will say, here's 0:51:46.920 --> 0:51:48.960 what time we think we should pick you up. And 0:51:49.000 --> 0:51:51.280 so it kind of takes the legwork out of figuring 0:51:51.320 --> 0:51:54.240 out the departure time. Now I have a whole system. 0:51:55.280 --> 0:51:57.520 Now I also get to the airport about five minutes 0:51:57.560 --> 0:52:00.719 before my flight boards, which I don't reckomon end. I 0:52:00.719 --> 0:52:04.120 actually pride myself the last time I got to the airport, 0:52:04.120 --> 0:52:06.640 I'm not kidding, I waited about seven minutes before we 0:52:06.680 --> 0:52:08.839 board it, and I was I was last in line, 0:52:08.880 --> 0:52:11.520 which kind of sucked, but whatever, it was fine. But 0:52:11.600 --> 0:52:13.719 I pride myself on trying to ride that right up 0:52:13.760 --> 0:52:16.080 until the end. I don't recommend it. Don't do that. 0:52:16.120 --> 0:52:19.560 It's very stressful, but it's like a personal bragging right 0:52:19.680 --> 0:52:20.800 that I can be like, oh, I got to the 0:52:20.840 --> 0:52:23.160 airport like one minute to spare. No, don't do that. 0:52:23.600 --> 0:52:25.360 Get there with a lot of time to spare, especially 0:52:25.360 --> 0:52:28.200 if you don't fly a lot. But yeah, so I 0:52:28.200 --> 0:52:29.759 have a whole system where I will look at my 0:52:29.840 --> 0:52:32.720 boarding past time and I will do this whole math equation. 0:52:32.840 --> 0:52:35.719 It takes like takes like Russell Crowe. It wasn't him, 0:52:35.760 --> 0:52:38.560 beautiful mind takes like it takes like him to figure 0:52:38.560 --> 0:52:41.399 out what time to leave for me. It's like it's 0:52:41.440 --> 0:52:45.160 like a whiteboard with like thousands of dry erase equations 0:52:45.200 --> 0:52:46.799 on it for me to be like, Okay, that's what 0:52:46.840 --> 0:52:49.760 time I leave to the airport. No Google, Uh, Uber 0:52:49.760 --> 0:52:52.560 will figure it out for you. Plan ahead. That's with 0:52:52.680 --> 0:52:55.560 Uber Reserve, so that's if you're reserving a car, which, 0:52:55.560 --> 0:52:57.360 by the way, you got to check for these promos 0:52:57.400 --> 0:52:59.640 on Uber. They're doing a lot of promos these days, 0:52:59.680 --> 0:53:02.719 so check the app if you're in compare against lyft 0:53:02.760 --> 0:53:05.480 because it's not always the same price. Eighty to eight 0:53:05.560 --> 0:53:07.840 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 0:53:07.840 --> 0:53:09.759 two four one zero one. Coming up, we're going to 0:53:09.800 --> 0:53:16.719 talk to Wirecutter about some holiday deals. Welcome back to 0:53:16.800 --> 0:53:19.120 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 0:53:19.200 --> 0:53:22.680 talking technology at triple eight rich one o one eight 0:53:22.719 --> 0:53:25.440 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:53:25.480 --> 0:53:28.160 I see you holding on the phones. We'll get back 0:53:28.200 --> 0:53:30.080 to those in just a moment. If you want to 0:53:30.120 --> 0:53:32.080 email me you can go to the website Rich on 0:53:32.239 --> 0:53:35.560 tech dot tv. Hit contact if you want to link 0:53:35.600 --> 0:53:38.040 to anything I mentioned, hit the light bulb that will 0:53:38.040 --> 0:53:40.640 bring you to the show notes for this show, it 0:53:40.760 --> 0:53:46.480 is episode ninety nine. Joining me now is Wirecutter Senior 0:53:46.520 --> 0:53:49.920 Deals editor Nathan Burrow. Nathan, welcome to the show. I 0:53:49.920 --> 0:53:51.839 bet this is a busy time of the year for you. 0:53:52.640 --> 0:53:55.279 Absolutely. Thanks for having me, Rich. It's great to be here. 0:53:55.320 --> 0:53:59.120 Absolutely. So let's let's talk Wirecutter. First off, explain we 0:53:59.200 --> 0:54:00.800 talk about it a lot. I talk about it a 0:54:00.880 --> 0:54:03.440 lot on the show because I refer to the reviews 0:54:03.440 --> 0:54:04.520 and ratings you guys have. 0:54:05.040 --> 0:54:06.720 I guess it's not real. I guess it is ratings. 0:54:06.719 --> 0:54:07.000 You don't. 0:54:07.040 --> 0:54:08.799 You don't give it a number rating, but you know 0:54:08.840 --> 0:54:12.440 you rate stuff, so I'm a big fan. Explain what 0:54:12.600 --> 0:54:13.680 Wirecutters all about. 0:54:14.320 --> 0:54:17.439 Yeah, Wirecutter is exactly what you said. 0:54:17.440 --> 0:54:21.360 We review products everything from bluetooth headphones to washing machines, 0:54:21.600 --> 0:54:25.360 and we have experts in each of those respected beats 0:54:25.760 --> 0:54:28.160 that take a look at all the options out there. 0:54:29.040 --> 0:54:31.520 We test the stuff that we review, so. 0:54:31.440 --> 0:54:34.400 It's not just you know, we're not We're not giving 0:54:34.400 --> 0:54:37.319 it a ratings site unseen, and ultimately our goal is. 0:54:37.239 --> 0:54:37.880 To explain that. 0:54:38.200 --> 0:54:40.840 Explain that because you know, ever since you guys pioneered 0:54:40.840 --> 0:54:46.279 this model, you know, every single newspaper, magazine, website has 0:54:46.400 --> 0:54:49.600 the best of lists, and they're really getting those a 0:54:49.640 --> 0:54:52.160 lot of the times by just literally looking at Amazon 0:54:52.200 --> 0:54:54.920 and saying, you know, this has a thousand ratings, that 0:54:55.000 --> 0:54:56.520 must mean it's a good product. 0:54:57.840 --> 0:54:58.320 Exactly. 0:54:58.719 --> 0:55:00.520 There are a lot of sites there, a lot of 0:55:00.600 --> 0:55:03.480 review sites that are just basing things on Amazon reviews 0:55:03.800 --> 0:55:05.240 or basing things, I mean. 0:55:05.120 --> 0:55:07.920 To be frank on the work of people who have reviewed. 0:55:07.600 --> 0:55:13.040 The stuff elsewhere, whereas Wirecutter gets that stuff either in 0:55:13.440 --> 0:55:17.040 the residences of our writers or at our office and 0:55:17.080 --> 0:55:20.440 testing facility in New York, and we're actually testing the 0:55:20.480 --> 0:55:24.000 stuff out. I was there last week and they were 0:55:24.040 --> 0:55:26.120 testing the massage chairs, which was awesome. It was nice 0:55:26.160 --> 0:55:27.959 to hit the sage chairs on a break. 0:55:28.239 --> 0:55:29.520 That's a good day to be in there. 0:55:29.600 --> 0:55:29.920 Why not. 0:55:30.080 --> 0:55:33.280 We had we had someone in the studio yesterday talking 0:55:33.280 --> 0:55:36.919 about the thorough gun, you know, like that they've got. 0:55:37.080 --> 0:55:37.600 They've gotten a. 0:55:37.600 --> 0:55:40.280 Lot smaller over the years, but anyway, we were testing 0:55:40.280 --> 0:55:43.960 that out, so that was great. Okay, So wirecutter. This 0:55:44.040 --> 0:55:47.439 time of the year, this is when all the sales start. 0:55:47.480 --> 0:55:50.200 Amazon already kicked off their Black Friday a couple of 0:55:50.239 --> 0:55:52.680 days ago, which means all the other retailers follow suit. 0:55:52.760 --> 0:55:55.560 So what are the trends you're seeing this early on. 0:55:57.000 --> 0:55:59.600 Yep, that's exactly right. Amazon kicked off on Thursday. 0:56:00.080 --> 0:56:04.040 We anticipate, uh, you know, other retailers matching Amazon prices, 0:56:04.040 --> 0:56:07.879 and many already have. Walmart formally starts dair sale on 0:56:08.320 --> 0:56:10.920 this coming Monday. But what we're seeing so far are 0:56:10.920 --> 0:56:11.640 a couple of things. 0:56:11.880 --> 0:56:12.160 Uh. 0:56:12.600 --> 0:56:15.600 One, we're seeing the usual collection of electronics that are 0:56:15.640 --> 0:56:18.239 always gonna pop off this time of year. Uh So 0:56:18.280 --> 0:56:21.040 that means headphones, That means televisions. 0:56:21.320 --> 0:56:21.640 Uh. 0:56:21.960 --> 0:56:25.279 A brand called high Sense that we recommend, not necessarily 0:56:25.280 --> 0:56:28.200 a super well known brand, but it's it's a great 0:56:28.320 --> 0:56:32.640 value brand in TVs is offering amazing deals already, and 0:56:32.680 --> 0:56:35.560 we're seeing those via best Buy, via Amazon and via 0:56:35.600 --> 0:56:40.440 Walmart for that matter. We're also seeing kitchen appliances, uh, 0:56:40.560 --> 0:56:44.240 you know, things like uh stand mixers are are already 0:56:44.239 --> 0:56:49.080 seeing price drops toast drivens stuff like that. And and finally, 0:56:49.160 --> 0:56:52.520 like we're seeing sort of those those household mbs like 0:56:53.160 --> 0:56:57.680 air Pure fires, even even baby gear, uh you know, 0:56:57.719 --> 0:57:01.080 personal grooming gear like razors. It's very typical to see 0:57:01.080 --> 0:57:02.080 all that stuff go on sale. 0:57:02.160 --> 0:57:05.560 This time here, I've got the high sense and I 0:57:05.600 --> 0:57:08.920 love it. Mine is great, it's perfect, and it was 0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:11.680 so inexpensive. You know, when you used to buy a TV, 0:57:11.719 --> 0:57:13.359 it was like a big deal, and this was like, 0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:16.040 I'm not kidding. We bought the TV. I bought it 0:57:16.120 --> 0:57:18.400 from the best Buy app and it was in my 0:57:18.480 --> 0:57:20.920 house delivered within i'd say three hours. 0:57:21.080 --> 0:57:22.280 I was like, that is incredible. 0:57:22.960 --> 0:57:25.280 Yeah, absolutely, And that's one of the things that you 0:57:25.280 --> 0:57:28.320 know most most listeners probably already know this, but you 0:57:28.360 --> 0:57:31.440 really don't have to venture into stores to have a 0:57:31.480 --> 0:57:36.000 good shopping experience during Black Friday. Shopping online can get 0:57:36.040 --> 0:57:41.560 you the opportunity to quickly compare prices across retailers and 0:57:41.680 --> 0:57:45.760 also to leverage other opportunities to save, whether it's Wirecunter's 0:57:45.800 --> 0:57:48.840 deals coverage where we're highlighting the best prices out there, 0:57:49.200 --> 0:57:53.680 or whether it's you know, price tracking applications. A few 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:56.720 of those that I personally use are called KIPA and 0:57:56.840 --> 0:57:59.880 Camel Camel Camel and what those allow you to do 0:58:00.720 --> 0:58:03.160 is they allow you to throw an Amazon URL into 0:58:03.200 --> 0:58:06.440 a search field, and basically it'll give you a bar 0:58:06.520 --> 0:58:10.200 graph of or a line graph rather of the price 0:58:10.280 --> 0:58:11.640 of a given item over time. 0:58:12.160 --> 0:58:14.600 And so so you're seeing like you're seeing this. 0:58:14.600 --> 0:58:17.200 TV was nine hundred dollars, you know, three or four 0:58:17.200 --> 0:58:19.400 months ago, and eight hundred dollars two months ago, and 0:58:19.440 --> 0:58:21.320 finally it's seen that significant. 0:58:20.920 --> 0:58:21.880 Drop to six point fifty. 0:58:22.640 --> 0:58:25.000 We always expect electronics to go down over time, but 0:58:25.040 --> 0:58:28.560 what we're looking for are those precipitous drops that are 0:58:28.640 --> 0:58:31.160 that are more significant than they would be at other 0:58:31.200 --> 0:58:31.720 times a year. 0:58:32.160 --> 0:58:35.600 Yeah, you can't go by the retail price or the 0:58:35.680 --> 0:58:38.200 MSRP or whatever the price they like, the original price 0:58:38.240 --> 0:58:41.280 they have listed there. I mean, ninety nine percent of 0:58:41.280 --> 0:58:43.480 the time, nobody's ever paid that price for that product. 0:58:43.480 --> 0:58:45.880 So it's better to look at these price drop charts 0:58:45.920 --> 0:58:49.840 to see has this price gone down before? And that's 0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:51.400 a good way to like kind of look forward. Like 0:58:51.480 --> 0:58:53.560 for instance, if you have your eye on a product 0:58:54.040 --> 0:58:56.520 and you pop the URL into like kipo or like 0:58:56.600 --> 0:59:00.080 you mentioned, Camel, Camel Camel, and you notice that this 0:59:00.120 --> 0:59:02.720 thing never goes on sale, you might as well just 0:59:02.760 --> 0:59:04.560 get it right now if you notice it's been on 0:59:04.600 --> 0:59:07.600 sale a bunch of times in the past and you 0:59:07.640 --> 0:59:09.440 know now it's time to wait for it to go 0:59:09.480 --> 0:59:09.919 on sale. 0:59:11.240 --> 0:59:11.479 Yep. 0:59:11.640 --> 0:59:15.840 Absolutely, I think that you have the capacity to anticipate 0:59:15.920 --> 0:59:18.000 when certain things are going to go on sale, and 0:59:18.000 --> 0:59:21.000 there are patterns that like I can identify and looking 0:59:21.040 --> 0:59:22.760 at a keep a chart where you're just like, oh, okay, 0:59:22.760 --> 0:59:24.920 this goes on sale every other month, and it's on 0:59:24.960 --> 0:59:27.120 sale every other month of twenty percent off and to 0:59:27.200 --> 0:59:31.720 your point, you know MSRP and generally like the percentages 0:59:31.760 --> 0:59:33.880 that retailers put out there in terms of the amount 0:59:33.920 --> 0:59:36.640 off during the season, really it's not something that I 0:59:36.640 --> 0:59:38.840 would trust, you know, where retailer is going to throw 0:59:38.840 --> 0:59:42.320 out a huge number like forty percent off, fifty percent off, 0:59:42.440 --> 0:59:43.440 and those. 0:59:43.240 --> 0:59:44.880 Deals are really few and far between. 0:59:45.080 --> 0:59:47.040 I would say the average amount that we see off 0:59:47.240 --> 0:59:49.160 and this is you know, these are deals that we 0:59:49.160 --> 0:59:52.360 have vetted, these are deals that we verify are great 0:59:52.440 --> 0:59:55.640 ones for our readers on Wirecutter picks usually falls between 0:59:55.680 --> 0:59:58.240 about twenty and twenty five percent off. That's the that's 0:59:58.280 --> 1:00:02.200 the best sort of you know, the media invest and 1:00:02.240 --> 1:00:04.560 then only very rarely do we see better than that. 1:00:04.920 --> 1:00:07.439 So if you're seeing something like right now, my kid 1:00:07.480 --> 1:00:11.320 wants a food composter, don't ask me why, but this 1:00:11.400 --> 1:00:14.240 is what he wants, and it's saying it's forty nine 1:00:14.320 --> 1:00:16.800 percent off. I guarantee. I bet if I put that 1:00:16.880 --> 1:00:19.160 into Camel Camel Cammell, I bet you that thing has 1:00:19.160 --> 1:00:21.800 gone on sale before. Because it's not really forty nine 1:00:21.840 --> 1:00:24.560 percent off, it probably doesn't sell for the list price 1:00:24.640 --> 1:00:27.640 the rest of the year. I'm guessing that's right. 1:00:28.160 --> 1:00:32.040 Especially like I imagine it might be that Vitamins FC fifty. 1:00:32.560 --> 1:00:35.160 We covered that, I think at some point, but it's yeah, 1:00:35.240 --> 1:00:38.680 that's that's a model that sees somewhat regular sales. There's 1:00:38.720 --> 1:00:41.280 a new one that came out I believe, made by 1:00:41.360 --> 1:00:45.640 a different brand in recent in recent months, and those 1:00:45.760 --> 1:00:49.000 are likely to see regular sales during windows like this, 1:00:49.120 --> 1:00:53.280 whether it's Black Friday or Amazon's events at at the 1:00:53.280 --> 1:00:54.040 time of the year. 1:00:54.040 --> 1:00:56.040 And this is the thing, like, this is the time 1:00:56.080 --> 1:01:00.440 to buy because after Cyber Monday, you're probably not going 1:01:00.480 --> 1:01:02.280 to get as good deals through the rest of the 1:01:02.280 --> 1:01:05.240 holiday shopping season. Is that usually true? 1:01:05.800 --> 1:01:08.959 Yes, I think you know. My personal feeling about Black 1:01:08.960 --> 1:01:12.120 Friday and cyber Monday is that it's it really is 1:01:12.480 --> 1:01:16.400 one of the last windows where you'll see great prices 1:01:16.480 --> 1:01:21.680 across retailers, not just the big retailers, but smaller retailers get. 1:01:21.520 --> 1:01:22.400 In on the act as well. 1:01:22.520 --> 1:01:25.600 So if you're somebody who prefers to shop smaller, that's 1:01:25.640 --> 1:01:28.600 an option. Or if you prefer to shop at direct 1:01:28.640 --> 1:01:33.080 to consumer retailers that you know, like like mattress retailers 1:01:33.080 --> 1:01:35.680 for instance, that that often are the only place where 1:01:35.680 --> 1:01:38.320 their product is available, this is a great time to 1:01:38.360 --> 1:01:40.840 do so. And then the sales are going to evaporate 1:01:41.360 --> 1:01:42.960 and we're not going to see them again for a second. 1:01:43.520 --> 1:01:47.120 Now you are you're following, you know, shopping every day? 1:01:47.160 --> 1:01:49.640 Are you following this new Netflix documentary? Have you heard 1:01:49.680 --> 1:01:52.400 of this thing, the one about shopping? 1:01:53.640 --> 1:01:54.280 I have not. 1:01:55.160 --> 1:01:57.160 What's the deal with the netflixie? 1:01:57.200 --> 1:01:59.960 I don't know. It's called by now the Shopping Conspiracy. 1:02:00.040 --> 1:02:01.920 And of course last night it was like, you know, 1:02:02.440 --> 1:02:06.640 number two on the top list of Netflix stuff to watch, 1:02:06.720 --> 1:02:09.600 because of course they put it out, you know, they 1:02:09.680 --> 1:02:12.320 put it out right now during the holiday shopping season, 1:02:12.320 --> 1:02:14.560 so it's all like the apparently it's like I don't know, 1:02:14.600 --> 1:02:16.800 I haven't watched it, but apparently it's like controversial because 1:02:16.800 --> 1:02:18.800 it's like basically all the ways that these retailers are 1:02:18.800 --> 1:02:21.640 getting you to like buy stuff, which, well, I. 1:02:21.600 --> 1:02:22.800 Will definitely check it out. 1:02:23.200 --> 1:02:25.320 Like one thing that I can say from personal experience 1:02:25.360 --> 1:02:28.520 is that these retailers are definitely trying to create what 1:02:28.560 --> 1:02:31.640 I would describe as a false sense of urgency during 1:02:31.640 --> 1:02:34.600 this time of year, where they really they really make 1:02:34.640 --> 1:02:38.200 you feel like, you know, whether it's with a countdown 1:02:38.240 --> 1:02:40.360 clock or whether it's with one of those bars that 1:02:40.400 --> 1:02:42.400 tells you how much of a given product is left 1:02:43.320 --> 1:02:45.480 that you have to grab it right now, and you 1:02:45.560 --> 1:02:48.360 have to do so without comparison shopping, without taking a 1:02:48.400 --> 1:02:51.360 more measured sort of research based approach, and I would 1:02:51.360 --> 1:02:53.680 discourage people from doing that. I think that people can 1:02:54.080 --> 1:02:57.080 can you know, take a beat really think about whether 1:02:57.120 --> 1:03:00.280 this product fits their their life, but also take beat 1:03:00.320 --> 1:03:03.120 to assess the prices that are out there on the internet, 1:03:03.600 --> 1:03:07.720 to assess comparable products, and to consult review sites to 1:03:07.800 --> 1:03:11.200 see if this product is something that's quality first and foremost. 1:03:11.240 --> 1:03:13.200 You know, it doesn't matter how good a deal you 1:03:13.240 --> 1:03:15.520 get if something is of an inferior quality. 1:03:15.800 --> 1:03:18.120 Yeah, that is true. They do definitely put that. I 1:03:18.160 --> 1:03:20.880 will say the deals are there. There there are deals, 1:03:20.880 --> 1:03:23.680 And the thing is if you had your eye on something, 1:03:24.120 --> 1:03:26.120 that's when you can tell it's a deal. Because for me, 1:03:26.200 --> 1:03:28.160 I keep a lot of stuff in my Amazon sort 1:03:28.200 --> 1:03:30.680 of cart or that save for later, and so I 1:03:30.720 --> 1:03:32.960 have an idea of the prices. But if you're just 1:03:33.000 --> 1:03:35.000 going on these websites and you're just seeing you know, 1:03:35.120 --> 1:03:37.680 sixty percent off, eighty percent off, seventy four percent off, 1:03:37.680 --> 1:03:38.880 and you just say, oh, I got to get that. 1:03:39.400 --> 1:03:43.160 It's not always that that's the case. And so I 1:03:43.160 --> 1:03:46.040 think following things is probably a good thing to do, 1:03:46.120 --> 1:03:49.360 and also keeping those things in your cart. All right, 1:03:49.680 --> 1:03:55.040 Nathan Burrow from Wirecutter. Wirecutter dot com is the website 1:03:55.360 --> 1:03:56.880 I know you're going to be busy this weekend. 1:03:58.080 --> 1:04:01.560 Absolutely, It's in Why Times dot com, forward slash Wirecutter, 1:04:01.760 --> 1:04:04.560 and you can find our Black Friday coverage. We're covering 1:04:04.600 --> 1:04:07.600 all the early sales right now. We're covering sales from 1:04:07.640 --> 1:04:10.720 other retailers aside from Amazona Forest. 1:04:10.800 --> 1:04:13.400 All right, you're on the sale. I'm going so thank. 1:04:13.240 --> 1:04:18.320 You, Nathan, I appreciate it. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:04:18.400 --> 1:04:22.000 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology. The 1:04:22.000 --> 1:04:24.640 phone line for the show eight eight eight rich one 1:04:24.680 --> 1:04:28.160 on one eight eight eight seven four to two, four 1:04:28.120 --> 1:04:34.320 to one zero one. Let's see the email for the show. 1:04:34.400 --> 1:04:37.480 Just go to the website rich on tech dot tv 1:04:38.400 --> 1:04:42.640 and hit contact. That will bring you right to my 1:04:42.840 --> 1:04:45.240 email address and whatever you're right in there will go 1:04:45.320 --> 1:04:48.200 to my uh inbox. And by the way, I know 1:04:48.240 --> 1:04:50.960 you're wondering what was the high sense TV that I bought. 1:04:51.000 --> 1:04:54.400 It was the U eight and it served me well. 1:04:54.440 --> 1:04:56.640 We've had it for many, many months now, and I'm 1:04:56.760 --> 1:05:00.200 happy to report that the price is exactly what I 1:05:00.240 --> 1:05:04.680 paid still, so it's not any cheaper. But here's the thing, 1:05:04.680 --> 1:05:06.760 and here's the trick. So it's saying the TV is 1:05:06.840 --> 1:05:11.520 nine hundred dollars, was fifteen hundred, saved six hundred dollars. Nobody, 1:05:12.120 --> 1:05:15.080 nobody really is paying fifteen hundred dollars like I paid 1:05:15.160 --> 1:05:16.680 nine hundred six months ago. 1:05:17.640 --> 1:05:21.160 So but it's a great TV. Love it Ed in 1:05:21.240 --> 1:05:23.880 Las Vegas. You're on with rich Ed. Welcome to the show. 1:05:25.360 --> 1:05:27.800 Thank you, rich I appreciate your time and your help. 1:05:29.320 --> 1:05:33.560 So I've been a long time Windows user. I'm buying 1:05:33.640 --> 1:05:38.520 by the way, rich. My wife sascept my email where 1:05:38.520 --> 1:05:44.320 she's hotmail okay, and the news narrator so it can 1:05:44.360 --> 1:05:49.440 read it to me. And we recently switched over to 1:05:49.440 --> 1:05:53.000 to Mac. My wife's got a Mac Minnie, and I 1:05:53.040 --> 1:05:55.560 am considering, you know, if she wants to go back 1:05:55.600 --> 1:05:59.760 to the Windows, which is likely, then I don't want 1:05:59.800 --> 1:06:02.760 to see in the machine back if I can use it. 1:06:02.840 --> 1:06:07.120 But she has tried and says that narrator doesn't work 1:06:07.240 --> 1:06:11.040 under Matt to read my email, so it wouldn't do 1:06:11.120 --> 1:06:14.520 me any good. Is there an alternative? 1:06:16.280 --> 1:06:18.360 Well, there's a couple of ways that are built into 1:06:18.640 --> 1:06:21.919 the Mac operating system, and one of them is they're 1:06:21.960 --> 1:06:27.760 mostly in the accessibility area of the computer, so I 1:06:27.800 --> 1:06:29.880 would look in there and see. But there's a there's 1:06:29.920 --> 1:06:33.920 one called spoken content, and so you know, you can 1:06:33.960 --> 1:06:38.120 select the text in that email and there's a shortcut 1:06:38.120 --> 1:06:40.720 that will read that text to you. So that's number one. 1:06:40.800 --> 1:06:44.000 So basically you just highlight any text and say, you know, 1:06:44.120 --> 1:06:46.240 use the shortcut key to and it'll read that out 1:06:46.280 --> 1:06:47.680 to you. So that's number one. 1:06:47.760 --> 1:06:50.200 Where I have to do that for every email or 1:06:50.360 --> 1:06:51.200 is it continuous? 1:06:51.480 --> 1:06:54.320 No, it's every email because that's a one time thing. So, 1:06:55.720 --> 1:06:59.560 and the second one is voiceover, which is similar, but 1:06:59.640 --> 1:07:01.880 it's kind of like the same, you know as that 1:07:01.880 --> 1:07:04.640 that says you it'll just start reading out whatever's on 1:07:04.680 --> 1:07:06.680 the screen. That's a little bit more automatic as I 1:07:06.760 --> 1:07:10.280 understand it, So that I mean. 1:07:10.360 --> 1:07:13.000 Other other things other than the email. 1:07:12.680 --> 1:07:15.040 Too, right, Yeah, I think so, because I you know, 1:07:15.080 --> 1:07:17.120 I I've seen that feature in action and I think 1:07:17.160 --> 1:07:19.080 it just starts to read everything that's on the screen. 1:07:19.160 --> 1:07:23.200 So that's number two. The other thing is, uh, you know, 1:07:23.200 --> 1:07:26.440 there's a third party app and I'm trying to see, 1:07:26.440 --> 1:07:28.840 but this is the problem with this is that it's 1:07:29.440 --> 1:07:31.400 it looks like the same thing where it's just you 1:07:31.480 --> 1:07:34.440 have to feed the text into it, which is natural reader. 1:07:34.480 --> 1:07:37.280 I'm sure you've heard of that one. And there's also 1:07:37.320 --> 1:07:41.200 speech AFY which is similar. They're both natural reader and 1:07:41.280 --> 1:07:43.880 speech of FI are both kind of like natural you know, 1:07:44.160 --> 1:07:48.760 speech to text programs. So speech a FI might actually 1:07:48.920 --> 1:07:52.840 be a pretty good way to do it. Let me 1:07:52.880 --> 1:07:54.160 just see. I'm trying to see if they have like 1:07:54.200 --> 1:07:58.600 a specific email a way to yeah, text to speech 1:07:58.720 --> 1:08:01.800 email reader, Yeah, I think. I mean the problem is 1:08:01.920 --> 1:08:05.840 again with this, you have to you have to put 1:08:05.880 --> 1:08:08.200 the text into the program for it to work. 1:08:08.400 --> 1:08:11.720 Right, How would that work? 1:08:11.800 --> 1:08:14.200 I mean, if I'm trying to I just move down 1:08:14.200 --> 1:08:17.240 an email now and I open it up, and then 1:08:17.280 --> 1:08:21.439 I paint I arrow down to go to the next email, 1:08:21.640 --> 1:08:25.120 you know, after I either leave the one that I've 1:08:25.160 --> 1:08:28.000 just read or I deleted one or the other. But 1:08:28.040 --> 1:08:29.879 then I get down to the next one. 1:08:30.439 --> 1:08:31.960 Right, and then when you go to the next one, 1:08:32.040 --> 1:08:34.920 you'd have to highlight that. Basically, all the systems I'm 1:08:34.920 --> 1:08:37.320 looking at you have to highlight the text for it 1:08:37.360 --> 1:08:38.519 to read it too out loud. 1:08:39.520 --> 1:08:41.920 That wouldn't work for me. I can't see the screen. 1:08:42.160 --> 1:08:44.760 Right, So that's a problem. The other thing is what 1:08:44.840 --> 1:08:48.400 about using the Outlook app? Like, have you tried that? 1:08:48.760 --> 1:08:51.519 Because they have a read aloud functionality in the Outlook 1:08:51.560 --> 1:08:56.400 app that I've got to see if it's on the 1:08:56.439 --> 1:08:59.840 Mac side of things, But that is a functionality inside 1:09:00.760 --> 1:09:04.280 the I'm looking here. Okay, this is uh, this is Windows. 1:09:04.400 --> 1:09:06.920 They just came out with the new Mac version of Outlook, 1:09:07.520 --> 1:09:09.760 and so I'm wondering if okay, here we go, hold on, 1:09:09.880 --> 1:09:10.920 this looks like it may have it. 1:09:11.640 --> 1:09:14.599 H Yeah, they do have a read aloud yep. 1:09:15.880 --> 1:09:19.120 So I would use that, can you can you can 1:09:19.120 --> 1:09:23.920 you download the email? Yeah, this is it's like a 1:09:24.080 --> 1:09:28.360 it's functionality built into Outlook, and so it's called read aloud. 1:09:28.520 --> 1:09:31.599 And so if you download the Outlook out Outlook app 1:09:31.640 --> 1:09:37.599 on your computer and you log in with your hotmail account, Uh, 1:09:37.640 --> 1:09:43.479 then I would just use that that read aloud functionality. Okay, 1:09:44.040 --> 1:09:45.680 I think that's going to do it. I think that's 1:09:45.680 --> 1:09:46.960 probably the best way to do it. 1:09:48.479 --> 1:09:52.400 Okay, sounds good. Thank you very much, rich I appreciate it. 1:09:52.400 --> 1:09:54.120 All right, let me know if that works out for you, 1:09:54.320 --> 1:09:58.360 Ed send me an email. Okay, all right, thanks for 1:09:58.439 --> 1:10:01.479 listening there in Las Vegas, eighty eight rich one on 1:10:01.479 --> 1:10:02.559 one eight eight eight. 1:10:02.439 --> 1:10:04.200 Seven four to two four one zero one. 1:10:04.200 --> 1:10:06.640 If there's one thing I've learned doing this show is 1:10:06.680 --> 1:10:09.160 that there are many many ways to solve a problem, 1:10:09.200 --> 1:10:11.639 and not every way is the best for everyone. 1:10:11.880 --> 1:10:15.240 So there's always and there's also always a way. 1:10:15.040 --> 1:10:17.360 That I don't know or I'm not aware of, and 1:10:17.400 --> 1:10:19.880 which another reason I love this show is because someone 1:10:19.920 --> 1:10:21.720 is bound to email and say this is the best 1:10:21.720 --> 1:10:23.519 way to do it, or this is what works for me, 1:10:24.160 --> 1:10:27.120 and so I really enjoy the community aspect. Of this 1:10:27.240 --> 1:10:30.280 show that we can find solutions for people that are 1:10:30.320 --> 1:10:32.559 that go beyond just what I can do on the 1:10:32.600 --> 1:10:36.040 fly here or my knowledge base. Uh okay, if you 1:10:36.040 --> 1:10:39.080 still have an iPhone with the iOS eight on it, 1:10:39.120 --> 1:10:41.720 this is I mean, we're talking really really old at 1:10:41.720 --> 1:10:45.360 this point because we're up to iOS eighteen, so you're 1:10:45.400 --> 1:10:46.360 talking ten years ago. 1:10:46.880 --> 1:10:48.679 But you know there's a lot of people out there. 1:10:48.840 --> 1:10:51.040 If you're still having an old iPhone with iOS eight, 1:10:51.920 --> 1:10:54.799 iCloud backups on this phone are not only going to stop, 1:10:55.200 --> 1:10:58.040 but they're going to be deleted as well unless you update. 1:10:58.479 --> 1:11:03.000 So starting December eighteenth, twenty twenty four, iCloud backups will 1:11:03.040 --> 1:11:06.760 not work on iPhones running iOS eight or earlier. So 1:11:06.840 --> 1:11:09.559 if you can update your device to iOS nine or newer, 1:11:09.720 --> 1:11:12.960 you gotta do that. And if you can't update the device, 1:11:13.040 --> 1:11:15.280 like if it doesn't update past iOS eight and you're 1:11:15.280 --> 1:11:18.240 still using it somehow, you can back up your your 1:11:18.280 --> 1:11:23.640 phone using a macor PC. So that is what what 1:11:23.720 --> 1:11:26.840 I would do. But again, you're you're talking really really 1:11:26.880 --> 1:11:27.599 old at this point. 1:11:27.680 --> 1:11:28.360 iOS eight. 1:11:29.360 --> 1:11:33.439 I mean, let's say iOS eight release date, you're talking 1:11:33.479 --> 1:11:36.160 twenty fourteen, ten years So if you're still rocking, which 1:11:36.200 --> 1:11:39.080 you may just be aware. You gotta fix your iCloud. 1:11:39.120 --> 1:11:41.200 You got to get that backup somewhere else. Eighty eight 1:11:41.320 --> 1:11:43.600 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 1:11:43.600 --> 1:11:47.200 two four one zero one, rich on tech dot TV 1:11:47.479 --> 1:11:50.080 more after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:11:50.120 --> 1:11:55.719 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 1:11:55.760 --> 1:11:58.479 eight rich one on one. That's eight eight eight seven 1:11:58.600 --> 1:12:02.400 four to two four ones zero one. Coming up this hour, 1:12:02.760 --> 1:12:05.559 We've got the creator of bake ba Ai. 1:12:06.600 --> 1:12:07.679 But bet Papi. 1:12:08.800 --> 1:12:12.240 She is gonna explain how Ai is taken over the kitchen, 1:12:13.320 --> 1:12:15.439 and she'll probably tell me how to say her last 1:12:15.520 --> 1:12:19.839 name better than I just butchered it. You know it happens. 1:12:20.040 --> 1:12:22.200 I'm gonna tell you about the best recipe apps too. 1:12:23.080 --> 1:12:25.479 But first I was looking around. We had ed in 1:12:25.560 --> 1:12:29.960 Las Vegas asking about reading aloud the emails, and it 1:12:30.000 --> 1:12:33.439 looks like that feature is not available anymore on the 1:12:33.520 --> 1:12:35.120 Outlook for Mac. I don't know if they got rid 1:12:35.120 --> 1:12:38.880 of it or what, but it is not there, and 1:12:39.439 --> 1:12:41.599 I switched. There's a new version of Outlook and there's 1:12:41.600 --> 1:12:44.000 a legacy Outlook. I looked in both and they're just 1:12:44.600 --> 1:12:47.200 that read aloud button. Is just not there for some reason. 1:12:48.040 --> 1:12:50.160 Now I know on the smartphone, you can look on 1:12:50.200 --> 1:12:51.960 the help site and it says that they've gotten rid 1:12:52.000 --> 1:12:54.800 of that on the smartphone. So I don't know why 1:12:54.880 --> 1:12:57.840 why would they get rid of something that's this helpful. Now, 1:12:57.920 --> 1:13:00.280 I did try to see what you could do with 1:13:00.360 --> 1:13:04.839 an email, and sure enough, you know, you can select 1:13:04.880 --> 1:13:07.720 text and just built in you can write, click it 1:13:07.760 --> 1:13:09.520 and it says speech start. 1:13:09.320 --> 1:13:13.240 Speaking, CALLI first among us. 1:13:13.000 --> 1:13:17.360 So it'll just read. It'll just read that. I have 1:13:17.360 --> 1:13:20.920 no idea how to stop it now that it's reading anyway, 1:13:20.960 --> 1:13:22.880 So you could do that, but that again, Ed said 1:13:22.880 --> 1:13:25.000 that he needs it to like read. So there's got 1:13:25.000 --> 1:13:27.479 to be a program where it kind of knows like, okay, 1:13:27.520 --> 1:13:30.120 I've advanced to the next email. I want to hear 1:13:30.160 --> 1:13:33.240 this email out loud. And it might just be specialized 1:13:33.479 --> 1:13:37.599 accessibility software versus what's built into the machine. All right, 1:13:37.640 --> 1:13:40.680 So I got an email from gosh I got I 1:13:40.720 --> 1:13:43.320 don't know the person's name, but they were in Alabama, 1:13:44.600 --> 1:13:50.240 and let's see, they asked for a recipe management app 1:13:51.000 --> 1:13:54.400 and they said that they basically, you know, find a 1:13:54.439 --> 1:13:56.880 lot of recipes on TikTok and Instagram and they want 1:13:56.880 --> 1:13:58.120 to save them in an app. 1:13:58.160 --> 1:13:59.200 So of course what did I do? 1:13:59.240 --> 1:14:02.439 I downloaded one, two, three, four, five, at least five 1:14:02.479 --> 1:14:05.160 apps to see which one I like the best, So 1:14:05.200 --> 1:14:08.840 I'm gonna go over them. Mela Emyla. This is an 1:14:08.880 --> 1:14:12.360 app that's just for iOS and Mac. Now, all these 1:14:12.400 --> 1:14:14.960 apps pretty much work the same way. They're free for 1:14:15.040 --> 1:14:17.720 a limited amount of recipes. So what happens is you 1:14:17.760 --> 1:14:20.280 start using it, you save your recipes, you like it, 1:14:20.760 --> 1:14:22.120 and then all of a sudden you get your tenth 1:14:22.240 --> 1:14:24.200 or your eleventh or twelfth recipe and it's like, oh, 1:14:24.280 --> 1:14:25.760 got to pay up if you want to add this one. 1:14:25.760 --> 1:14:27.120 You're like, ah, I wish I would have known that 1:14:27.120 --> 1:14:28.040 at the beginning, So. 1:14:28.040 --> 1:14:28.479 Now you know. 1:14:29.560 --> 1:14:32.599 So Mela gives you ten recipes for free, five dollars 1:14:32.600 --> 1:14:37.200 for more. Simple interface. Didn't work with the Instagram recipe, 1:14:37.280 --> 1:14:39.479 but it worked with the Food Network recipe. So Mela 1:14:39.600 --> 1:14:42.000 is good if you have iOS and Mac only. It 1:14:42.040 --> 1:14:44.160 wasn't the best of the bunch, but you know it worked. 1:14:44.400 --> 1:14:47.200 Recipe Keeper this one has been around forever. I think 1:14:47.280 --> 1:14:51.600 recipe Keeper and Paprika are the two like og recipe 1:14:51.640 --> 1:14:55.200 keeper apps. So the recipe Keeper works on all platforms, 1:14:55.200 --> 1:14:58.280 but all the apps are sold separately, so if you have, 1:14:58.439 --> 1:15:00.960 you know, a Mac computer and an I, you'd have 1:15:01.000 --> 1:15:04.120 to buy those two apps separately, which is a little odd. 1:15:04.880 --> 1:15:07.519 Free for up to twenty recipes, but let's you scan 1:15:07.600 --> 1:15:09.680 recipes from PDFs, photos or websites. 1:15:11.120 --> 1:15:12.679 It did work with Instagram recipes. 1:15:12.800 --> 1:15:12.960 Now. 1:15:13.000 --> 1:15:15.400 This website is probably handy just to have in general. 1:15:15.439 --> 1:15:18.479 It's called just the recipe dot com. So you know 1:15:18.520 --> 1:15:20.320 how you go to a recipe website, it's got all 1:15:20.360 --> 1:15:23.320 the cluttered stuff on the recipe page. Well, you pop 1:15:23.360 --> 1:15:25.599 the url into this website and it cleans it up, 1:15:26.040 --> 1:15:28.639 and so it's completely free. It's got an Android app, 1:15:28.680 --> 1:15:32.800 it's got an iPhone app. But here's the thing. If 1:15:32.800 --> 1:15:35.320 you want to print out the recipe, it bugs you 1:15:35.360 --> 1:15:37.760 to pay. You can't even do it, so you just 1:15:37.760 --> 1:15:39.800 have to look at your screen. It's fine because it's 1:15:39.840 --> 1:15:41.160 nice and cleaned up, but you have to look at 1:15:41.160 --> 1:15:46.760 your screen. Crewton this is Apple Devices only, free from 1:15:46.800 --> 1:15:49.080 up to ten recipes. The best design of the bunch, 1:15:49.720 --> 1:15:53.240 really really nice design, and I love how it puts 1:15:53.320 --> 1:15:55.559 all this step by step instructions on their own screen 1:15:55.600 --> 1:15:58.760 so you can flip through really easily, and it supported 1:15:59.000 --> 1:16:01.240 a lot of different ways of importing recipes. I really 1:16:01.280 --> 1:16:04.240 like this one, but it's only available for iPhone, so 1:16:04.400 --> 1:16:09.040 I can't really I can't consider that one Umami. This 1:16:09.080 --> 1:16:11.240 one ended up becoming my favorite. So it works in 1:16:11.320 --> 1:16:14.360 iOS and Android. It's got a great design. You could 1:16:14.439 --> 1:16:16.559 use it for free, but they also have twenty bucks 1:16:16.560 --> 1:16:18.320 for the lifetime of the app, which I think is 1:16:18.400 --> 1:16:20.439 very fair. A lot of the other apps you have 1:16:20.479 --> 1:16:24.719 to pay per year. And everything worked, the TikTok, Instagram 1:16:24.880 --> 1:16:28.280 URLs worked, importing recipes was a little wonky at times, 1:16:28.320 --> 1:16:32.000 didn't always work perfectly, but they also have a browser extension. 1:16:32.360 --> 1:16:34.639 So overall, if you're gonna download one of these apps, 1:16:34.640 --> 1:16:36.759 I think Umami is the best one to download. 1:16:37.479 --> 1:16:37.799 Now. 1:16:38.000 --> 1:16:41.000 After I did this story, I found another app that 1:16:41.040 --> 1:16:43.760 I actually really really like, and I actually think it's 1:16:43.760 --> 1:16:50.160 the best. But it's called Flavorish fla vo rsh dot 1:16:50.200 --> 1:16:54.599 ai and this hits all of the benchmarks I want. 1:16:54.840 --> 1:16:58.439 It's available for iOS, it's available for Android, it's available 1:16:58.479 --> 1:17:01.280 on the web. It's got ai I built in so 1:17:01.640 --> 1:17:05.120 it can import a recipe and it just looks incredible. 1:17:06.040 --> 1:17:11.120 But here's the catch. It is expensive. It's five bucks 1:17:11.160 --> 1:17:15.040 a month or fifty dollars for the year, and you're 1:17:15.040 --> 1:17:16.960 gonna get hooked on this. If you download this app, 1:17:16.960 --> 1:17:19.200 you're gonna fall in love with it because it's so good. 1:17:19.920 --> 1:17:23.080 It's so good at importing recipes from images. So if 1:17:23.080 --> 1:17:25.960 you have grandma's old recipes sitting there on a piece 1:17:25.960 --> 1:17:28.479 of paper printed out, you could take a picture of 1:17:28.560 --> 1:17:32.120 that and it will import it perfectly. But again, you 1:17:32.240 --> 1:17:35.240 only get five of those a month, or I guess 1:17:35.240 --> 1:17:37.720 five in general, and of course you're gonna burn through 1:17:37.720 --> 1:17:39.360 those pretty quick, and then you're gonna want to pay. 1:17:40.080 --> 1:17:41.720 And fifty dollars a year is kind of a lot, 1:17:41.800 --> 1:17:44.320 you know, if you add up over you know, ten years, 1:17:45.160 --> 1:17:48.200 do the math, it's kind of a lot of money. 1:17:48.880 --> 1:17:55.680 Let's see here, Let's let's let's go to Let's go 1:17:55.720 --> 1:17:58.439 to Carla Carla and Costa Mesa. 1:17:58.760 --> 1:17:59.840 Carla. You're on with Rich. 1:18:01.160 --> 1:18:01.439 Rich. 1:18:01.520 --> 1:18:04.000 How nice to talk to you. Thank you so much 1:18:04.000 --> 1:18:04.920 for taking my class. 1:18:05.600 --> 1:18:07.639 Absolutely low vision. 1:18:07.760 --> 1:18:11.120 I have been for like seven years. I have been 1:18:11.320 --> 1:18:14.559 very proactive in finding out everything I can to get 1:18:14.800 --> 1:18:19.519 because I can't drive anymore, read anymore, and so the 1:18:19.560 --> 1:18:22.280 most recent thing that I discussed that I wanted to 1:18:22.320 --> 1:18:25.880 pass along if everybody else knows about it. I have 1:18:25.960 --> 1:18:30.560 a Pixel seven pro cell phone and that's my mainstay. 1:18:31.600 --> 1:18:34.400 I discovered that all I need to do is ask 1:18:34.520 --> 1:18:36.799 my phone to read what's on the screen. 1:18:37.960 --> 1:18:40.320 Yes, and it reads. 1:18:40.000 --> 1:18:41.360 What it is on my screen? 1:18:41.640 --> 1:18:44.920 Yes, Yes, this is This is one of the reasons 1:18:44.960 --> 1:18:48.200 why I really like the the Android side of things. 1:18:48.240 --> 1:18:50.080 They've a lot of little things built in like that. 1:18:50.160 --> 1:18:53.280 Now I think iPhone has similar stuff. But yes, you 1:18:53.280 --> 1:18:56.200 can ask your phone to read what's on the screen. 1:18:56.200 --> 1:18:58.000 And what do you say, Just Hey Google, read what's 1:18:58.000 --> 1:18:58.559 on my screen? 1:19:00.120 --> 1:19:01.519 Oh no, I don't. 1:19:01.920 --> 1:19:05.120 It's not people doing it. But my phone is a 1:19:05.120 --> 1:19:08.960 Google phone. But all I have to do is say 1:19:09.840 --> 1:19:12.640 read what's on my screen, and then it kind of 1:19:12.680 --> 1:19:15.679 clicks and it and then it reads what's like a menu, 1:19:16.160 --> 1:19:16.960 it's on my screen. 1:19:17.160 --> 1:19:17.559 Okay. 1:19:18.080 --> 1:19:21.519 And you're not using the voiceover feature or the talkback feature. 1:19:21.560 --> 1:19:23.960 This is just you just say Hey Google. 1:19:25.560 --> 1:19:26.960 Right, it's not the Hey Google. 1:19:27.040 --> 1:19:28.439 Yeah, I'm with that. 1:19:28.640 --> 1:19:30.760 Yeah, okay, well you're breaking up a little bit. 1:19:30.840 --> 1:19:33.880 I just I just said, read what's on my screen? Damn, 1:19:34.280 --> 1:19:36.280 my friend just read what was on the screen. 1:19:36.640 --> 1:19:39.559 Interesting, Okay, well that's another way to do it. You know, 1:19:39.560 --> 1:19:44.120 there's also a an app on Android that's free and 1:19:44.520 --> 1:19:49.160 let's say, I believe it's called the Google Reader. Yeah, 1:19:49.200 --> 1:19:52.840 here it is. So so there's so many ways to 1:19:52.880 --> 1:19:55.639 do this, but yeah, so on Google you can say 1:19:55.760 --> 1:19:59.160 you can say, hey, Google, read this page, read it 1:19:59.360 --> 1:19:59.960 or read aloud. 1:20:00.680 --> 1:20:01.320 You can do that. 1:20:02.280 --> 1:20:05.960 There's also the feature I just mentioned, the talkback feature. 1:20:06.520 --> 1:20:10.679 And then there's also an Android Reader. There's an app, 1:20:11.320 --> 1:20:17.000 so you can go into Google Play and search for Reader, 1:20:17.520 --> 1:20:20.000 and I believe that's the app. ILL have to verify 1:20:20.000 --> 1:20:21.640 because I get to look it up. But it's a 1:20:21.640 --> 1:20:24.880 cool app. It's an accessibility app that works really well 1:20:24.920 --> 1:20:27.200 and it will read any page. And then of course, 1:20:27.280 --> 1:20:29.519 you know you can there's built in systems to do 1:20:29.600 --> 1:20:33.559 this as well, but there are yeah, let's see here. 1:20:33.840 --> 1:20:35.439 And then of course there's speech a FI. I mean, 1:20:35.479 --> 1:20:37.960 there's so many ways to do this, but there's one 1:20:37.960 --> 1:20:41.360 that Google makes that is probably the best one because 1:20:41.360 --> 1:20:44.800 it's it's completely free and here it is. It's called 1:20:45.240 --> 1:20:48.600 reading Mode. So if you have an Android phone, just 1:20:48.640 --> 1:20:52.400 go into Google Play and search for reading Mode. And 1:20:52.439 --> 1:20:55.760 this is completely free and not only does it read 1:20:55.800 --> 1:20:59.840 out loud what's on your screen anything, it also makes 1:20:59.880 --> 1:21:02.280 it easier to read it on the screen. So it 1:21:02.320 --> 1:21:05.680 puts everything in like very simple big font and it 1:21:05.760 --> 1:21:08.760 highlights as it's reading. So it's a real it's a 1:21:08.840 --> 1:21:11.360 hidden gem. And I don't know why, you know, people 1:21:11.400 --> 1:21:13.719 don't talk about this more, but it's called reading Mode 1:21:14.479 --> 1:21:17.200 on Google Play. It's made by Google. So when you're 1:21:17.240 --> 1:21:18.920 looking up this app, make sure you get the one 1:21:18.960 --> 1:21:22.519 that is made by Google. All right, I'm gonna put 1:21:22.560 --> 1:21:24.439 all these links on the website. Go to Rich on 1:21:24.520 --> 1:21:28.360 tech dot tv. Hit the light bulb icon up at 1:21:28.360 --> 1:21:30.320 the top if you want links to this show. It 1:21:30.400 --> 1:21:32.880 is episode ninety nine. We have shared a lot of 1:21:32.920 --> 1:21:35.040 great stuff here. I'm gonna put the recipe apps on 1:21:35.080 --> 1:21:37.720 there so you can get that link as well. While 1:21:37.760 --> 1:21:39.920 you're on the website, definitely sign up for the newsletter 1:21:40.280 --> 1:21:44.320 that is free comes out basically every Saturday, so there's 1:21:44.360 --> 1:21:46.840 a new issue right now, and if you want to 1:21:46.880 --> 1:21:50.080 email me, you can do that under contact. I've got 1:21:51.280 --> 1:21:53.280 the feedback today is just overflowing. 1:21:53.479 --> 1:21:54.040 I don't even know if. 1:21:54.000 --> 1:21:55.400 We're gonna be able to get to all of it 1:21:55.960 --> 1:21:58.480 coming up. We are going to talk about how AI 1:21:59.240 --> 1:22:02.960 is impacting the kitchen, plus more tech news. Right after this, 1:22:05.000 --> 1:22:07.479 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:22:07.520 --> 1:22:11.400 out with you talking technology. The website for the show 1:22:11.720 --> 1:22:18.280 is rich on Tech dot tv. And uh oh, just 1:22:18.280 --> 1:22:21.160 got an email from rod in Ukaipa. He said, what 1:22:21.200 --> 1:22:24.760 about Kurtana for outlook? Yes, that that is the way 1:22:24.800 --> 1:22:27.639 to read it on Windows though, So yes, Windows has 1:22:27.640 --> 1:22:31.639 it easily. Uh the Mac does not for some reason. 1:22:31.800 --> 1:22:33.880 So I guess you got to use Max. You know, 1:22:33.960 --> 1:22:35.640 with Mac it's just a little bit different because it's 1:22:35.640 --> 1:22:38.120 they're built in tools that you have to use. But 1:22:38.200 --> 1:22:40.400 I thought they had that read aloud feature. I guess 1:22:40.439 --> 1:22:43.040 they don't. Uh, you've heard a blue sky. A lot 1:22:43.080 --> 1:22:45.040 of people going to Blue Sky. I am on there 1:22:45.160 --> 1:22:47.599 at rich on Tech last week. 1:22:47.840 --> 1:22:48.800 Uh, I don't know what. 1:22:48.920 --> 1:22:51.160 I have a thousand people on there? What do I 1:22:51.160 --> 1:22:51.599 have now? 1:22:52.160 --> 1:22:52.280 Oh? 1:22:52.280 --> 1:22:57.639 A thousand people? I'm just kidding. No, I've got one 1:22:57.680 --> 1:22:59.960 point seven k that's not that much. I've seen a 1:23:00.040 --> 1:23:02.800 lot of people blow up on this Blue Sky. I 1:23:02.840 --> 1:23:06.559 guess their skies are bluer than mine. But here people 1:23:06.600 --> 1:23:11.639 are using this app called blue Arc. Thank You. People 1:23:11.640 --> 1:23:13.800 are using this app called blue Arc to move their 1:23:13.960 --> 1:23:19.040 entire Twitter history to blue Sky. Why, Like, your tweets 1:23:19.040 --> 1:23:21.439 are not that great. You do not need to pay 1:23:21.880 --> 1:23:24.200 this is yet to pay a fee. It's like, I 1:23:24.200 --> 1:23:26.120 don't know whatever it is, it's not worth it. Your 1:23:26.120 --> 1:23:28.840 tweets are not that exciting, especially if there's something old 1:23:28.960 --> 1:23:31.720 that you were younger and young minded. Yeah, it might 1:23:31.720 --> 1:23:33.479 come back and bite chin, But I like the way 1:23:33.520 --> 1:23:36.720 you think, like just delete, just to go ahead and 1:23:36.760 --> 1:23:37.720 delete your tweet history. 1:23:37.760 --> 1:23:39.400 Yeah, I don't even have a Twitter anymore if anybody 1:23:39.439 --> 1:23:39.840 has it. 1:23:40.080 --> 1:23:42.600 When I first started Twitter, I will I can't. I 1:23:42.640 --> 1:23:45.439 will tell this story. I would delete my tweet right 1:23:45.479 --> 1:23:47.879 after I wrote it because I thought that tweets were fleeting, 1:23:48.200 --> 1:23:51.200 so I would write something like going on you know, 1:23:51.280 --> 1:23:54.040 the Today Show to talk about technology in the next 1:23:54.080 --> 1:23:55.559 seven minutes, and then I would delete it when I 1:23:55.600 --> 1:23:57.280 was done, because like, why do you need to see 1:23:57.280 --> 1:23:59.559 that when I'm done with that? And then I realized 1:23:59.600 --> 1:24:01.080 that that was kind of silly. But anyway, you don't 1:24:01.080 --> 1:24:05.040 need to You don't need to bring your tweets over Instagram. 1:24:05.280 --> 1:24:07.280 You need a fresh start. They have a new feature 1:24:07.400 --> 1:24:09.480 that lets you wipe your recommendations. 1:24:10.000 --> 1:24:10.600 I love this. 1:24:10.720 --> 1:24:14.320 It's called a recommendations reset. It basically gives you a 1:24:14.360 --> 1:24:16.519 clean start. So all the stuff you know, you know 1:24:16.520 --> 1:24:20.680 how on Instagram or Facebook, you tap one thing and 1:24:20.920 --> 1:24:23.519 all of your posts start looking like that one thing. 1:24:23.600 --> 1:24:27.839 So my wife she tapped one Christmas cocktail that looked interesting. 1:24:28.520 --> 1:24:30.639 I think it was called like a moose Martini or something, 1:24:30.760 --> 1:24:33.439 or a Reindeer teeny whatever it was. It was cute, 1:24:33.479 --> 1:24:37.000 had like the little you know, cranberry you know, on it, 1:24:37.120 --> 1:24:40.240 a little sprig of something. Next thing, you know, every 1:24:40.600 --> 1:24:43.559 single thing in her feed is a Christmas cocktail and 1:24:43.560 --> 1:24:45.559 she keeps showing them to me. It's like, you know, 1:24:45.640 --> 1:24:49.200 Rudolph's Ruby Red, you know, grapefruit drink, do whatever it is. 1:24:49.720 --> 1:24:51.080 You know what I'm saying. They all have these funny 1:24:51.120 --> 1:24:54.479 little names. So this would be perfect for her. So 1:24:54.600 --> 1:24:59.160 Recommendations Reset is going to be inside Instagram. They're testing 1:24:59.200 --> 1:25:01.599 it right now. It's rolling out. You may have access 1:25:02.120 --> 1:25:04.560 if you want to check. It'll reset everything, so it 1:25:04.600 --> 1:25:06.400 won't you know, your followers will be there, all of 1:25:06.439 --> 1:25:09.920 your your stuff, but it'll just reset the algorithm, so 1:25:10.000 --> 1:25:12.320 that'll start giving you like new stuff in your feed. 1:25:12.720 --> 1:25:15.200 So if you go into your settings, it'll be under 1:25:15.280 --> 1:25:19.639 content preferences. So let's see if I have it yet. Okay, settings, 1:25:19.680 --> 1:25:23.040 content preferences, and so far I do not have it, 1:25:23.640 --> 1:25:26.600 So rolling out that means that's another word for like, 1:25:26.680 --> 1:25:28.599 you may get it in the next six months or so. 1:25:29.280 --> 1:25:29.479 Now. 1:25:29.600 --> 1:25:33.559 Roadblocks also rolling out some major updates to safety and 1:25:33.560 --> 1:25:36.760 parental controls. And I'm I'm not a fan of Roadblocks 1:25:37.560 --> 1:25:38.960 because I just don't like it. 1:25:39.120 --> 1:25:41.600 I do not like Roadblocks. My kids like it. I 1:25:41.640 --> 1:25:41.880 do not. 1:25:42.000 --> 1:25:44.200 I think it's I think it's worthless. Honestly, I'll just 1:25:44.280 --> 1:25:46.639 say it. I think that it's a it's a waste 1:25:46.680 --> 1:25:48.080 of time to play these games. 1:25:50.640 --> 1:25:51.080 I don't know. 1:25:51.280 --> 1:25:54.439 Oh, you like Roadblocks. I do play Robots with my goddaughter. Okay, 1:25:54.680 --> 1:25:58.880 Fortnite heavily. Okay, Fortnite okay, but Fortnite is becoming a 1:25:58.920 --> 1:26:02.400 newer Roadblocks. Okay, Well Fortnite's been around for a long time, 1:26:02.479 --> 1:26:06.000 so it's Roadblocks. Yeah, I mean, look, and nothing against 1:26:06.160 --> 1:26:09.080 the developers of Roadblocks games, which are other people. You know, 1:26:09.120 --> 1:26:12.280 this is crowdsourced, but they're kind of nonsense. You let's 1:26:12.280 --> 1:26:16.920 be honest, you're not accomplishing anything on a Roadblocks game 1:26:17.680 --> 1:26:20.040 goal or no, thank you, the where's the bell? 1:26:21.040 --> 1:26:22.479 Yeah, we need the bell for that. 1:26:25.680 --> 1:26:29.639 Now, with a Nintendo game, you know, you you have 1:26:29.680 --> 1:26:32.080 a beginning, a middle, and an end. You can beat 1:26:32.120 --> 1:26:34.360 the game, you can, but these games just go on 1:26:34.400 --> 1:26:37.360 and on, and quite honestly, kids get addicted to them, 1:26:38.000 --> 1:26:40.080 and they and they can't stop playing, and the games 1:26:40.160 --> 1:26:43.240 use tactics to keep them in. So with all that said, 1:26:43.520 --> 1:26:46.160 I get it, millions of kids play these games every 1:26:46.200 --> 1:26:48.080 single month. We're not going to stop this from happening. 1:26:48.160 --> 1:26:50.320 It's going to happen. But I do like some of 1:26:50.320 --> 1:26:53.479 these things that that Roadblocks has built in to help 1:26:53.680 --> 1:26:56.960 parents manage it. So now you can remotely manage your 1:26:57.040 --> 1:27:01.400 kids accounts. You can set up screen time limits, you 1:27:01.400 --> 1:27:03.760 can monitor their friend list, and you can do it 1:27:03.960 --> 1:27:06.040 through your account. So if you're an adult, you can 1:27:06.120 --> 1:27:08.320 say say this is my kid's account, and you can 1:27:08.360 --> 1:27:10.240 go on to your computer and do this. Now, I 1:27:10.320 --> 1:27:11.879 will tell you in this way. I don't like Roadblocks. 1:27:12.000 --> 1:27:13.600 When I told my kid I was doing this, he 1:27:13.720 --> 1:27:15.640 was like, no, you're not, Like, I'm not going to 1:27:15.680 --> 1:27:18.880 give you access to my account. So that's the other side, 1:27:19.439 --> 1:27:21.680 and I think I have a feeling that he has 1:27:21.720 --> 1:27:24.080 already set up to be his age is older than 1:27:24.080 --> 1:27:26.720 he really is. Of course, because you can also say 1:27:26.720 --> 1:27:28.960 the games that your kids can play, what maturity level. 1:27:29.200 --> 1:27:31.000 And I have a feeling my kid has already set 1:27:31.040 --> 1:27:33.960 to like seventeen because he's like, you're not taking away 1:27:34.040 --> 1:27:36.240 my mature games, Like, how'd you even know that was 1:27:36.280 --> 1:27:39.719 a possibility? He just knew taking away your system? Yeah, well, 1:27:40.840 --> 1:27:46.680 good luck. Yeah, it's okay. Kids under thirteen can no 1:27:46.720 --> 1:27:49.360 longer send direct messages outside of games. That was a 1:27:49.400 --> 1:27:51.920 big problem you had, like adults like interacting with kids, 1:27:51.920 --> 1:27:54.320 and that's you know, never necessarily a good thing on 1:27:54.360 --> 1:27:58.000 these games. And they're gonna have better labels for the uh, 1:27:58.400 --> 1:28:01.120 you know, the nature of in game experiences. So right 1:28:01.120 --> 1:28:04.360 now they're just labeled like one way. They're going to 1:28:04.479 --> 1:28:06.559 label them in a more direct way so you understand 1:28:06.640 --> 1:28:09.240 exactly what's happening in the game. And I will say, 1:28:09.240 --> 1:28:11.160 most of the games that I see my kids playing 1:28:11.160 --> 1:28:12.839 on this is pretty innocent. 1:28:13.240 --> 1:28:13.920 Some of them are not. 1:28:14.400 --> 1:28:17.080 But again, I think any of these parental controls is 1:28:17.080 --> 1:28:21.120 a good thing, all right. That's Rodblocks. Amazon unveiled the 1:28:21.160 --> 1:28:25.639 Echo Show twenty one. This is the largest smart display yet. 1:28:26.120 --> 1:28:29.040 They had the Echo Show fifteen. Now the twenty one 1:28:29.640 --> 1:28:32.240 has a twenty one inch screen. This is huge, four 1:28:32.360 --> 1:28:36.519 hundred dollars, and it's got a better camera, better audio, 1:28:36.920 --> 1:28:40.080 and built in compatibility for your smart home devices including 1:28:40.120 --> 1:28:44.320 Matter Zigbie and Wi Fi six e. So this acts 1:28:44.320 --> 1:28:46.600 as a photo frame, calendar, to do list. 1:28:46.880 --> 1:28:48.519 And we could just watch. 1:28:48.560 --> 1:28:50.479 I mean, it's basically a TV screen at this point 1:28:50.760 --> 1:28:54.160 that size four hundred bucks. The Echo Show fifteen is 1:28:54.200 --> 1:28:55.719 still available at three hundred dollars. 1:28:56.320 --> 1:28:57.840 All right, coming up, we are. 1:28:57.680 --> 1:29:01.280 Going to talk about AI in the kitchen. We're gonna 1:29:01.320 --> 1:29:04.320 talk about fixing up recipes and all the fun stuff 1:29:04.320 --> 1:29:07.519 you can do right here on rich on Tech. Welcome 1:29:07.520 --> 1:29:10.040 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:29:10.040 --> 1:29:13.800 with you, talking technology. The website for the show rich 1:29:14.000 --> 1:29:16.800 on Tech dot TV. While you're there, you can check 1:29:16.800 --> 1:29:20.440 out my Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, sign up for the newsletter. 1:29:20.520 --> 1:29:23.760 Hit the light bulb icon if you want notes for 1:29:23.840 --> 1:29:26.200 this show. This has show number ninety nine. I know 1:29:26.920 --> 1:29:29.840 we're on the verge of something big. Triple digits. My 1:29:29.960 --> 1:29:32.960 kid turned double digits and he was very excited, so triple. 1:29:33.840 --> 1:29:35.680 That's a big deal, even though it's just shows. I 1:29:35.720 --> 1:29:38.360 know it's not age, but hey, it means we've been 1:29:38.400 --> 1:29:40.600 around for a while and you can still get in. 1:29:40.840 --> 1:29:43.519 Actually i'd say you can get in on the feedback. 1:29:43.640 --> 1:29:46.880 But it's so overflowing that it took Bobo. I mean 1:29:46.920 --> 1:29:48.800 he was holding this thing up the stairs. He was 1:29:48.840 --> 1:29:52.520 just dragging. I mean, just thousands. It was so overfilled 1:29:52.520 --> 1:29:56.960 this week. So yeah, you're backers. There you go, all right, 1:29:57.080 --> 1:30:03.000 joining me now in studio. But Pepie Pepie, Yes, yes, 1:30:03.080 --> 1:30:04.880 I don't know why I stumble on your last name 1:30:05.200 --> 1:30:05.720 because it's it. 1:30:05.960 --> 1:30:07.559 Doesn't look like it says Pepie. 1:30:07.640 --> 1:30:09.240 It's spelled pep a j. 1:30:09.640 --> 1:30:10.520 It's Albanian. 1:30:10.720 --> 1:30:14.799 Albeit, there you go. Okay, uh, bake bought AI creator 1:30:14.960 --> 1:30:17.519 and also okay, so your website is bakespace dot com. 1:30:17.600 --> 1:30:19.680 You've had this for many years, and we're going to 1:30:19.720 --> 1:30:21.559 talk about sort of AI in the kitchen and how 1:30:21.560 --> 1:30:23.479 it's changing things. I think it's done a lot for 1:30:23.760 --> 1:30:26.880 I mean every industry, but cooking especially. So tell me 1:30:26.920 --> 1:30:29.200 about bake space. First off, why did you come. 1:30:29.160 --> 1:30:29.439 Up with this? 1:30:29.720 --> 1:30:29.920 Sure? 1:30:30.080 --> 1:30:32.559 Also, thank you so much for this opportunity to talk 1:30:32.560 --> 1:30:36.400 to your audience. I I I'm actually a fan as well. 1:30:36.479 --> 1:30:38.200 I listened to the show all the time. So to 1:30:38.320 --> 1:30:40.160 be here and see how the soup is being made 1:30:40.280 --> 1:30:42.559 is a And to meet Bobo in person. 1:30:42.680 --> 1:30:44.799 No, that's that was like the highlight. That was awesome. 1:30:44.880 --> 1:30:46.840 It was a little weird that you brought the you know, 1:30:46.960 --> 1:30:49.840 the Disney pen and the marker to get his autograph, 1:30:51.200 --> 1:30:52.160 but you know, it's fine. 1:30:52.280 --> 1:30:55.439 Hey, here's a celebrity. Here's a celebrity. So bake Space 1:30:55.640 --> 1:30:57.719 is a recipe community. 1:30:57.800 --> 1:31:00.320 So imagine like Facebook for foodies, where people can come 1:31:00.840 --> 1:31:04.120 create their own online kitchen, upload their own recipes, and 1:31:04.240 --> 1:31:06.479 swap them with the community of people who love to 1:31:06.520 --> 1:31:08.880 cook and bake. So it's not just baking, it's cooking, 1:31:08.960 --> 1:31:12.439 it's grilling. People make you know, homemade pet food. 1:31:12.520 --> 1:31:14.680 I mean there's oh my gosh, my kid was just 1:31:14.760 --> 1:31:18.439 talking about that yesterday. Okay, that actually happens, yes all 1:31:18.560 --> 1:31:20.200 the time. He was like, Dad, we should start a 1:31:20.280 --> 1:31:22.760 YouTube page where we prepare pet food. 1:31:22.800 --> 1:31:26.280 I was like, what are you talking about? And I'm 1:31:26.320 --> 1:31:28.080 not going to start and I don't care. No, I 1:31:28.160 --> 1:31:30.000 barely want to pet Well, people. 1:31:29.800 --> 1:31:30.959 Want to share their recipes. 1:31:31.080 --> 1:31:34.200 Recipes are all different types of recipes, and they come 1:31:34.240 --> 1:31:37.960 from all different places. Grandma, mom, you know, your favorite friend, 1:31:38.439 --> 1:31:39.800 you go you know, you go out and meet a 1:31:39.840 --> 1:31:41.840 friend and you're like, this recipe is amazing. You read 1:31:41.840 --> 1:31:45.240 a cookbook and you're like, wow, this is fantastic. And 1:31:45.240 --> 1:31:47.160 in two thousand and six when we launched, there really 1:31:47.240 --> 1:31:50.160 wasn't anything that connected home cooks in real time. A 1:31:50.200 --> 1:31:54.400 lot of things were blogs or forum posts, and also 1:31:54.520 --> 1:31:56.960 general social networking sites like MySpace, where it was like 1:31:57.080 --> 1:31:59.120 so big people would be like, how. 1:31:59.040 --> 1:31:59.720 Do I find them? 1:31:59.720 --> 1:32:02.840 People are into what I'm into, And so we launched 1:32:02.880 --> 1:32:05.000 bake Space and over the years we've done a lot 1:32:05.080 --> 1:32:08.280 of big innovations. You know, we launched a cookbook platform, 1:32:09.080 --> 1:32:12.240 We made profiles so that people can highlight their recipes. 1:32:12.760 --> 1:32:15.320 We also allowed them to sell their own cookbooks. And 1:32:15.560 --> 1:32:18.920 as I was looking at AI and thinking about how 1:32:19.080 --> 1:32:22.680 home cooks actually cook, most of what you see right 1:32:22.760 --> 1:32:26.680 now are recipe generators where it's like they let you, 1:32:26.800 --> 1:32:30.240 you know, select chicken and you know, coffee and whatever, 1:32:30.320 --> 1:32:32.880 and it's like, let's see what it's gonna make coffee chicken, 1:32:32.920 --> 1:32:35.840 I don't know, hey, maybe, and then it spits out 1:32:35.920 --> 1:32:38.720 something and you're like, well, I need to make a modification, 1:32:38.960 --> 1:32:40.960 and you're like, oh no, it only lets me make 1:32:41.040 --> 1:32:42.000 three recipes a month. 1:32:42.040 --> 1:32:43.479 And you're like, well, this kind of sucks. 1:32:44.360 --> 1:32:46.679 So I actually looked at We've had, you know, many 1:32:46.800 --> 1:32:49.360 years of working with home cooks directly, and I'm like, 1:32:49.760 --> 1:32:53.920 how are home cooks actually cooking? They're making modifications, they're 1:32:53.960 --> 1:32:58.040 asking cooking questions. They have a guest who's coming over, 1:32:58.240 --> 1:33:00.320 who's gluten free, and they're like, well, I want to 1:33:00.360 --> 1:33:02.240 make my recipe, but then how do I convert it? 1:33:03.360 --> 1:33:09.280 Yeah, all Bobo's going to be sad. But then, but 1:33:09.439 --> 1:33:10.599 you know, also with recipes. 1:33:10.640 --> 1:33:12.479 I'm just kidding. I don't mind the gluten free. I 1:33:12.880 --> 1:33:14.600 I like all the things. I mean, here's what we 1:33:14.680 --> 1:33:15.200 were joking. 1:33:15.280 --> 1:33:18.880 We had a dinner party and legitimately, like you're literally 1:33:19.000 --> 1:33:20.720 asking everyone like, what's your deal? 1:33:21.120 --> 1:33:23.200 What's your deal? By the end of the night, we 1:33:23.280 --> 1:33:23.880 were drinking water. 1:33:24.000 --> 1:33:24.280 That was it. 1:33:24.439 --> 1:33:27.759 It's the only thing we could all have. Yeah, anyway, 1:33:27.880 --> 1:33:28.280 that's sad. 1:33:28.680 --> 1:33:31.360 Well, you should come to one of my parties. I will, 1:33:31.400 --> 1:33:32.800 I will, I will treat you right. 1:33:33.720 --> 1:33:35.840 But a lot of people, you know, when they're making recipes, 1:33:35.920 --> 1:33:37.880 you know, they might go online and see like, oh, 1:33:38.240 --> 1:33:40.960 for an egg substitute, I can use apple sauce, but 1:33:41.040 --> 1:33:44.200 it's like, well, how much for that recipe? So when 1:33:44.200 --> 1:33:47.519 we started thinking about AI and this like smart kitchen, 1:33:47.920 --> 1:33:51.559 we started realizing that if we can empower home cooks 1:33:51.680 --> 1:33:54.439 to be able to go I have a question I 1:33:54.640 --> 1:33:57.280 have I want to make this recipe that just came 1:33:57.360 --> 1:33:59.960 to me. Or I have a great recipe for my grandmother, 1:34:00.200 --> 1:34:02.320 but I don't cook with lard, Like how can I 1:34:02.800 --> 1:34:04.679 be closer to her and make this recipe? 1:34:04.800 --> 1:34:04.960 You know? 1:34:05.760 --> 1:34:08.320 So that's why we launched bake bot, and bakedot is 1:34:08.320 --> 1:34:12.519 available on bakespace dot com. It's totally free. It's in 1:34:12.720 --> 1:34:14.760 a couple of different places on the site. It's on 1:34:14.960 --> 1:34:17.080 every page as a pop up chat where you can 1:34:17.200 --> 1:34:20.040 just like ask your question, have it create a quick recipe. 1:34:21.080 --> 1:34:24.040 It's great for emergencies when you're like cooking and you accidentally, 1:34:24.160 --> 1:34:26.479 you know, you forget that the word divided is next 1:34:26.520 --> 1:34:28.720 to an ingredient and you're like, oh no, I just 1:34:28.800 --> 1:34:31.040 put the entire amount of salt in, Like what do 1:34:31.160 --> 1:34:33.240 I do? Do I have to change my baking or 1:34:33.320 --> 1:34:36.439 my cooking And that's that's a great place to use that. 1:34:36.600 --> 1:34:38.599 But then we also have a whole suite of tools 1:34:38.680 --> 1:34:41.320 that allow you to upload recipes and allow you to 1:34:41.400 --> 1:34:46.160 really dive deep into recipe development. So if I have 1:34:46.200 --> 1:34:49.960 an idea for something, I want to make pink cupcakes 1:34:50.000 --> 1:34:52.080 that are a Taylor Swift theme and that have gluten 1:34:52.160 --> 1:34:53.840 free frosting, and it's like, how am I going to 1:34:53.920 --> 1:34:55.479 find that on the web? Like that's what my daughter 1:34:55.560 --> 1:34:58.040 wants for her birthday. You can put something like that 1:34:58.240 --> 1:35:00.760 in and it will start talking to you. It'll start 1:35:00.880 --> 1:35:03.840 making the recipe perfectly. Once you make the recipe, it'll 1:35:03.840 --> 1:35:06.840 also make a really cool picture as well. And then 1:35:07.040 --> 1:35:09.040 the thing that we're really the proud of is that 1:35:09.200 --> 1:35:11.759 you can actually it saves it as a real recipe 1:35:11.920 --> 1:35:14.679 that's shaable, So it's not just like in a thread 1:35:14.800 --> 1:35:18.800 somewhere on a chat gpt you know, you know where 1:35:18.800 --> 1:35:21.080 you're never going to find it again, and you can't 1:35:21.120 --> 1:35:23.240 really Yes, you might be able to share the thread, 1:35:23.320 --> 1:35:28.360 but it doesn't really it doesn't. Yeah, you can exact exactly, 1:35:28.439 --> 1:35:30.960 but but you with with your community, with your friends 1:35:31.040 --> 1:35:32.960 and family, it's like it's hard for them to see that. 1:35:33.160 --> 1:35:36.560 Plus with chatchept, when you ask for a recipe. It 1:35:36.600 --> 1:35:39.040 doesn't know it's like a generalist. It doesn't know that 1:35:39.120 --> 1:35:39.920 you're a home cook. 1:35:40.160 --> 1:35:41.120 Yeah, this is you have. 1:35:41.280 --> 1:35:43.360 You have kind of modified you know, and we have 1:35:43.640 --> 1:35:46.320 there are many AI chatbots out there. What you've done 1:35:46.439 --> 1:35:49.280 is you've crafted the prompts on the back end to say, like, 1:35:49.680 --> 1:35:52.240 here's the parameters. These are people that are cooking their 1:35:52.320 --> 1:35:56.200 home cooks. You've given it like these parameters to work with. 1:35:56.360 --> 1:35:59.840 So it's not just chatchabt general purpose everything. Yeah, this 1:36:00.240 --> 1:36:02.560 knows who you are kind of because it knows what 1:36:02.600 --> 1:36:03.560 you're trying to accomplish. 1:36:03.680 --> 1:36:06.559 Well, it's like we've empowered it to tap into all 1:36:06.640 --> 1:36:11.519 the culinary knowledge. It's not just I just need any 1:36:11.600 --> 1:36:13.960 kind of recipe's I need something that's good. 1:36:14.160 --> 1:36:15.759 I need something that understands cooking. 1:36:15.840 --> 1:36:18.240 I need something that might be based on what my 1:36:18.320 --> 1:36:21.200 taste and my likes are, so it can really refine 1:36:21.280 --> 1:36:22.040 that experience. 1:36:22.120 --> 1:36:25.519 And you don't have to say, Hi, I'm a salon, 1:36:25.560 --> 1:36:27.680 I'm a chef. I need you to create this. 1:36:27.960 --> 1:36:31.000 Because I've done a ton of searches on with recipes 1:36:31.080 --> 1:36:35.680 on some of the general Chutgypt and other sites. Copilot 1:36:35.720 --> 1:36:37.400 a lot of them are really good, but when you 1:36:37.479 --> 1:36:41.240 start looking at how they actually display the recipes, sometimes 1:36:41.320 --> 1:36:44.519 it's missing ingredients, sometimes it's missing directions. Sometimes it has 1:36:44.600 --> 1:36:48.040 no calorie, it has no serving size, And you don't 1:36:48.080 --> 1:36:50.080 have to do that with bake Bot. It basically you 1:36:50.240 --> 1:36:52.760 just say I need a cupcake recipe that's vanilla and 1:36:52.840 --> 1:36:54.800 gluten free and it nut free and whatever it is 1:36:54.920 --> 1:36:57.360 you need, and it will give you all that information 1:36:57.479 --> 1:37:01.000 that you would normally expect in a recipe, and then 1:37:01.000 --> 1:37:03.320 if you make a modification, it'll actually change it to 1:37:03.520 --> 1:37:05.880 the size that you need. Lots of times you can go, oh, 1:37:05.920 --> 1:37:07.880 I know it is a good replacement, but I don't 1:37:07.920 --> 1:37:10.280 know how much of that to put in. So it'll 1:37:10.280 --> 1:37:12.439 actually look at the recipe and go, oh, you only 1:37:12.479 --> 1:37:15.080 need a half a cup. You know, that's very difficult 1:37:15.200 --> 1:37:17.240 in the culinary world to be able to just look 1:37:17.240 --> 1:37:18.240 at an ingredient. 1:37:17.960 --> 1:37:19.760 And go, what do I need to re sure that 1:37:20.520 --> 1:37:23.400 we tested this with a so we did a segment 1:37:23.479 --> 1:37:26.680 for TV that will air Monday on KTLA if you're 1:37:26.720 --> 1:37:30.200 in the LA area. But we took a handwritten recipe 1:37:30.680 --> 1:37:32.960 that was actually I didn't realize incomplete, like I only 1:37:33.000 --> 1:37:34.160 had the ingredients they didn't have. 1:37:34.160 --> 1:37:36.000 The directions, and I was like, what am I supposed 1:37:36.000 --> 1:37:37.360 to do with this? And I was like a big 1:37:37.439 --> 1:37:38.000 bot thank you. 1:37:38.160 --> 1:37:40.320 It was for a rhubarb pie. And so it was 1:37:40.400 --> 1:37:42.519 actually like Grandma McClellan's or something. 1:37:42.560 --> 1:37:42.880 I don't know. 1:37:42.960 --> 1:37:44.360 I got it from my sister in law. I don't 1:37:44.360 --> 1:37:46.640 know where she got it, but we took that. We 1:37:46.760 --> 1:37:48.720 put it into baked Bot. It came up with the 1:37:49.400 --> 1:37:51.679 actual directions for the pie, but it also we said 1:37:51.720 --> 1:37:53.200 we wanted to make it vegan, just to kind of 1:37:53.280 --> 1:37:56.759 test it out a little bit, and it substituted apple 1:37:56.800 --> 1:37:59.599 sauce I think for the eggs right, and we made 1:37:59.640 --> 1:38:00.799 it tasted great. 1:38:00.640 --> 1:38:01.040 It was good. 1:38:01.080 --> 1:38:02.519 I'd never had rhubarb before. 1:38:03.400 --> 1:38:06.920 And so I guess my question is a couple of 1:38:06.920 --> 1:38:10.280 minutes remaining here, what impact do you think these are 1:38:10.320 --> 1:38:10.600 going to have? 1:38:10.760 --> 1:38:10.920 You know? 1:38:11.000 --> 1:38:12.519 Like, who should use these tools? 1:38:13.800 --> 1:38:14.120 You know what? 1:38:14.560 --> 1:38:17.200 People who want to feel empowered in the kitchen, people 1:38:17.360 --> 1:38:19.240 who you know. I can't tell you how many times 1:38:19.280 --> 1:38:22.080 I've looked online at a recipe and I'm like, this 1:38:22.240 --> 1:38:25.280 recipe looks amazing, but I don't have these ingredients, Like 1:38:25.400 --> 1:38:28.080 what else can I put in place of those ingredients. 1:38:29.040 --> 1:38:32.120 If I'm in the kitchen and I have a problem 1:38:32.360 --> 1:38:34.960 or I don't know what to make, or I'm trying 1:38:35.000 --> 1:38:36.960 to figure out I have ingredients and I want to 1:38:37.000 --> 1:38:38.560 make something at home, and I want to kind of 1:38:38.640 --> 1:38:40.360 like take my pantry and be like, I need to 1:38:40.400 --> 1:38:43.640 get rid of this food before it spoils. Those are 1:38:43.680 --> 1:38:46.800 the type of people I think would really benefit. When 1:38:46.800 --> 1:38:49.519 I think of bake bot, I think of it as 1:38:50.040 --> 1:38:53.479 imagine if you were in the kitchen and your best 1:38:53.520 --> 1:38:55.799 friend was in the kitchen with you, and a professional 1:38:55.960 --> 1:38:59.400 chef and your grandma, and they all were available twenty 1:38:59.439 --> 1:39:03.120 four to seven to basically give you every culinary answer, 1:39:03.400 --> 1:39:07.240 every recipe you know, and to give you confidence so 1:39:07.360 --> 1:39:09.280 that you know that when you go into the kitchen, 1:39:09.479 --> 1:39:11.719 like even if you don't have three of the ingredients, 1:39:11.840 --> 1:39:14.120 you can still make the recipe and it's still it's 1:39:14.160 --> 1:39:17.720 gonna be pretty darn good. So that that's the kind 1:39:17.760 --> 1:39:20.519 of community. And it's also built upon a community too. 1:39:20.640 --> 1:39:23.080 It's not just like you know, it's it's like a 1:39:23.320 --> 1:39:25.840 generator where it's like going somewhere and then you don't 1:39:25.840 --> 1:39:26.519 know where it's going. 1:39:26.600 --> 1:39:29.400 It's actually built on bakespace dot com so such. 1:39:29.240 --> 1:39:30.840 A change from the days when you wouldn't have an 1:39:30.920 --> 1:39:32.720 ingredient you asked your neighbor, you know, hey, can I 1:39:32.760 --> 1:39:34.400 get a cup of sugar or you know whatever. 1:39:34.520 --> 1:39:36.120 Many times I've been on pinterrest and I'm like, I 1:39:36.160 --> 1:39:38.040 have to go back to another page and I'm like ah, 1:39:38.160 --> 1:39:40.120 And that actually gave us the idea because people were 1:39:40.200 --> 1:39:43.840 leaving comments on pinchrest going you're missing an ingredient or 1:39:43.880 --> 1:39:47.040 you're missing something, and it will actually fill in the blank. 1:39:47.120 --> 1:39:48.960 Like when you're on the chat bot, you can say 1:39:49.520 --> 1:39:52.000 I love this recipe, it's chocolate, how can I make 1:39:52.040 --> 1:39:52.559 it vanilla? 1:39:52.680 --> 1:39:54.679 And it will make it for you. In the chat 1:39:54.840 --> 1:39:55.920 it will change it for you. 1:39:56.120 --> 1:39:58.360 And if you're logged into bake space, you can just 1:39:58.360 --> 1:39:59.920 say save and it'll save to your account. 1:40:00.080 --> 1:40:00.599 That is wild. 1:40:00.680 --> 1:40:04.200 So again, you've got bakespace dot com is the website. 1:40:04.720 --> 1:40:08.519 Bake Bot ai is the AI version of this. You've 1:40:08.560 --> 1:40:10.479 got chat if you just want to ask a question. 1:40:10.880 --> 1:40:13.320 You've got a recipe maker where you can actually make 1:40:13.400 --> 1:40:18.320 a recipe from scratch or optimize one. I'm guessing pantry magic, 1:40:18.400 --> 1:40:20.320 which is what you were talking about. You say, look, 1:40:20.360 --> 1:40:23.920 I've got garlic I've got green beans, I've got flour. 1:40:24.080 --> 1:40:24.720 What can I make? 1:40:24.800 --> 1:40:26.800 And it'll actually use what you have on hand. It 1:40:26.880 --> 1:40:29.240 won't be like I have three eggs and then I'll 1:40:29.400 --> 1:40:32.000 use one egg. It will use three eggs to make 1:40:32.040 --> 1:40:33.240 sure that you use that up. 1:40:33.439 --> 1:40:33.800 Oh wow. 1:40:33.960 --> 1:40:36.920 And then you've got the recipe Saver, which just saves 1:40:36.920 --> 1:40:39.360 your recipe. I'm guessing. And then recipe Uploader, which is 1:40:39.439 --> 1:40:41.320 what we used and it's kind of fun. It also 1:40:41.360 --> 1:40:43.519 has a little mascot, the Little Baked Bop, a little 1:40:43.560 --> 1:40:44.400 Bakebop mascot. 1:40:44.560 --> 1:40:49.920 Right, fun stuff, all right? But bet Papie Pepie, or. 1:40:49.960 --> 1:40:51.519 We should say on it like pie Pie. 1:40:51.840 --> 1:40:53.080 Why you just change your name. 1:40:54.720 --> 1:40:58.760 Pepie? Yes, there we go. Thank you, creator of bakespace 1:40:58.840 --> 1:41:02.400 dot com. Check it out bakespace dot com if you 1:41:02.479 --> 1:41:05.479 want AI in the kitchen. All right, coming up, it's 1:41:05.560 --> 1:41:11.960 the feedback your comments up next, Welcome back to rich 1:41:12.040 --> 1:41:15.400 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology. 1:41:16.800 --> 1:41:19.880 The website for the show Richontech dot tv. And if 1:41:19.920 --> 1:41:22.639 you like this show, please do not keep us a secret. 1:41:23.320 --> 1:41:26.160 Why keep a good thing a secret? 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It's the first electric hydrofoil 1:42:00.880 --> 1:42:03.160 ferry in the US. And I can tell you I've 1:42:03.160 --> 1:42:05.439 already taken a ride on this thing, which is really cool, 1:42:05.520 --> 1:42:08.639 or at least their prototype, so if you're not familiar 1:42:08.640 --> 1:42:11.439 with the hydrofoil, it uses underwater wings to sort of 1:42:12.000 --> 1:42:15.760 lift the boat up and have it fly above the water. 1:42:15.880 --> 1:42:18.160 The wings are in the water, but the whole of 1:42:18.240 --> 1:42:20.760 the boat is actually up above the water, so that 1:42:20.880 --> 1:42:25.599 reduces drag. It makes this much more energy efficient because 1:42:25.600 --> 1:42:29.040 it's electric, it's zero mission, it's silent, creates little to 1:42:29.160 --> 1:42:31.840 no wake, and it's going to cut travel time in 1:42:32.000 --> 1:42:36.120 half at Lake Tahoe in California, so just thirty minutes 1:42:36.560 --> 1:42:39.240 from north to south shore, which could take two hours 1:42:39.320 --> 1:42:40.320 by car in winter. 1:42:41.040 --> 1:42:44.080 So this is going to come. It looks like next year. 1:42:44.360 --> 1:42:45.240 Twenty twenty five. 1:42:45.920 --> 1:42:49.439 I took a ride on the Candela, just their prototype boat, 1:42:49.920 --> 1:42:52.400 up in San Francisco. I think it was two years ago, 1:42:52.800 --> 1:42:54.960 and it was pretty cool. I mean, this thing glides 1:42:55.000 --> 1:42:57.639 pretty fast and it just looks neat like it starts 1:42:57.680 --> 1:43:00.240 out in the water and then as it gets to speed, 1:43:00.320 --> 1:43:03.080 it lifts up out of the water for that efficient ride, 1:43:03.560 --> 1:43:07.320 and it's very quiet. Let's get to the feedback. Let's 1:43:07.360 --> 1:43:12.000 open it up with let's see Sid here. Sid writes 1:43:12.040 --> 1:43:14.200 in Hey Rich, my wife panicked when she opened her 1:43:14.240 --> 1:43:17.000 notes app and found nothing. Thank you for covering the 1:43:17.080 --> 1:43:19.840 topic in the recent podcast. I did turn the sink off, 1:43:19.880 --> 1:43:22.280 which gave the scary warning that your changes will be deleted. 1:43:22.560 --> 1:43:24.400 My wife was nervous, but I told her not to fret. 1:43:24.560 --> 1:43:27.360 I trust Rich, turn the sink back on, reboot to 1:43:27.400 --> 1:43:30.120 the phone, and voila, all the notes came back. Thanks 1:43:30.240 --> 1:43:34.240 as always, I'm glad it worked out for you. Christine 1:43:34.280 --> 1:43:37.080 writes in hey, thanks, for your kind words. I'll be 1:43:37.200 --> 1:43:41.040 listening as always this weekend. We all appreciate your expertise, 1:43:41.080 --> 1:43:45.479 good humor, and wonderfully down to earth style. Oh thank you, Christine. 1:43:45.479 --> 1:43:49.640 Appreciate that. Sean writes in I did not pay her 1:43:49.720 --> 1:43:53.160 a thing. Sewan writes in a tip about Google photo storage. 1:43:53.160 --> 1:43:55.240 When I upgraded from my Pixel four A to a 1:43:55.280 --> 1:43:57.719 Pixel eight Pro, I didn't want to lose my unlimited 1:43:57.800 --> 1:44:00.640 photo backup. I discovered that as long as photos are 1:44:00.720 --> 1:44:03.719 uploaded from the four A, they don't count towards storage, 1:44:03.760 --> 1:44:06.639 even if taken on another device. So I quick share 1:44:06.680 --> 1:44:08.840 photos from my Pixel eight Pro to my old phone 1:44:08.880 --> 1:44:11.120 and let it handle the uploads. Now I have unlimited 1:44:11.200 --> 1:44:14.560 storage and photos backed up on two devices. Sean, I 1:44:14.720 --> 1:44:17.360 love your hack, and yes I have an old pixel 1:44:17.840 --> 1:44:20.559 the original one that still has the unlimited storage. When 1:44:20.600 --> 1:44:24.320 Pixels first came out, they promised unlimited Google Photos storage, 1:44:24.320 --> 1:44:27.240 and of course that went away, but uh, yes, if 1:44:27.280 --> 1:44:29.800 you upload the photos from an old phone, you still 1:44:29.800 --> 1:44:31.040 get that unlimited storage. 1:44:31.040 --> 1:44:32.200 So I had like this whole setup. 1:44:32.240 --> 1:44:34.280 I was like, I'm gonna use sync sink thing and 1:44:34.400 --> 1:44:35.960 like sink all the pictures and then I was like ah, 1:44:36.000 --> 1:44:37.000 I'll just pay for the storage. 1:44:37.040 --> 1:44:38.200 But glad you're doing it. 1:44:38.960 --> 1:44:39.120 Uh. 1:44:39.360 --> 1:44:40.200 Pat writes in. 1:44:42.280 --> 1:44:44.840 Hello as a cat owner, I paid special attention to 1:44:44.920 --> 1:44:48.080 your segment on cat trackers. Surprisingly, you failed to mention 1:44:48.360 --> 1:44:49.880 radio frequency trackers. 1:44:49.960 --> 1:44:52.559 That's what my cats wear. The company is called tab Cat. 1:44:53.320 --> 1:44:55.840 Light and sound from the controller indicate when you're headed 1:44:55.880 --> 1:44:58.479 in the right direction, and the signals intensify as you 1:44:58.520 --> 1:44:59.080 get closer. 1:44:59.600 --> 1:45:01.800 No subscription required. I use it every night. 1:45:01.920 --> 1:45:05.280 Batteries are long lasting, looks like it's a range of 1:45:05.400 --> 1:45:07.800 five hundred feet, and it's about one hundred bucks for 1:45:07.880 --> 1:45:10.360 the tab Cat if you want to check it out. 1:45:11.720 --> 1:45:14.800 Agnes writes in Hey Rich, I'm definitely not a techie, however, 1:45:14.920 --> 1:45:18.080 as I listen to you every Saturday and always learn 1:45:18.920 --> 1:45:21.240 something new. Just heard you talking about the Aura frame 1:45:21.320 --> 1:45:23.240 you got for your dad. My kid got one for 1:45:23.360 --> 1:45:25.200 my husband and me a couple of years ago, and 1:45:25.280 --> 1:45:28.400 we love it. It sits on our kitchen table. It 1:45:28.439 --> 1:45:30.640 brings a smile to our faces, seeing memories with our 1:45:30.720 --> 1:45:32.880 kids and grandkids, and yes, all of us add to it, 1:45:32.920 --> 1:45:35.240 which makes it amazing to see pictures we didn't add. 1:45:35.760 --> 1:45:38.200 I'm actually looking at my Aura as I type this email. 1:45:38.280 --> 1:45:41.799 Thanks for your great show and information. Thank you, Agnes. 1:45:42.320 --> 1:45:46.320 Let's see here, let's see tu. Oh my gosh, so 1:45:46.479 --> 1:45:52.040 many of these things, okay Dale. Dale writes in I 1:45:52.080 --> 1:45:55.000 heard your broadcast about AI generated papers. I tested a 1:45:55.040 --> 1:45:58.000 book I wrote years before AI existed. I tested it 1:45:58.040 --> 1:46:00.760 through plagiarism tools and surprisingly at fled as one hundred 1:46:00.760 --> 1:46:03.960 percent AI generated. Interestingly, when I dumbed it down to 1:46:04.040 --> 1:46:06.080 my writing to a sixth grade level, it was recognized 1:46:06.120 --> 1:46:11.040 as human writing. It suggests college students writing sophisticated papers 1:46:11.080 --> 1:46:14.440 could falsely be accused of cheating. Like your show, very informative. 1:46:15.520 --> 1:46:17.280 Let's see Ryan, Oh, we got to get this in 1:46:17.439 --> 1:46:21.719 for Ryan, Ryan from Santa Anna. It is my birthday 1:46:22.560 --> 1:46:24.960 on episode ninety nine. Can you give me a shout 1:46:25.000 --> 1:46:27.240 out on the radio. You've done a good job for taking. 1:46:27.040 --> 1:46:27.599 Over for Leo. 1:46:27.760 --> 1:46:31.880 Thanks Ryan, consider this your shout out. Happy birthday, buddy, 1:46:32.520 --> 1:46:35.600 Ryan from Santa Anna. Enjoy the day. There you go, 1:46:38.280 --> 1:46:43.040 let's see here. Oh my gosh. Jonathan writes in Jonathan 1:46:43.120 --> 1:46:46.000 from Pittsburgh about the caller who didn't have enough storage 1:46:46.040 --> 1:46:48.559 to update to iOS. My first thought was to suggest 1:46:48.720 --> 1:46:52.680 enabling optimized iPhone storage for photos. By the way, I 1:46:52.800 --> 1:46:55.439 always enjoy when you suggest cool accessories for the tech 1:46:55.520 --> 1:46:57.720 we already own. Those little things can make a big 1:46:57.920 --> 1:47:01.839 difference in how we enjoy our device. Yesday, Ken, Jonathan, 1:47:01.920 --> 1:47:04.000 and yes, if you're having trouble with doing something on 1:47:04.120 --> 1:47:09.120 your phone, optimized storage does let Apple optimize the physical 1:47:09.200 --> 1:47:12.120 storage on your phone. Let's see here. 1:47:12.200 --> 1:47:14.599 Do we have time for one more quick one? 1:47:16.760 --> 1:47:19.240 Sam says, I hear people ask about webcams all the 1:47:19.320 --> 1:47:21.960 time on the show. One option you haven't heard, haven't 1:47:21.960 --> 1:47:24.000 heard you mentioned is using an old phone. I use 1:47:24.000 --> 1:47:26.960 an older phone and a phone holder behind below my 1:47:27.040 --> 1:47:29.840 mirror and get a decent view of my drive wondering 1:47:29.840 --> 1:47:32.040 if there's something I need to be aware of. I 1:47:32.120 --> 1:47:34.160 can also be used as a home security camera with 1:47:34.200 --> 1:47:36.599 the Alfred app. I used it to monitor my hotel 1:47:36.680 --> 1:47:39.600 room when I'm out. Okay, all right, that's going to 1:47:39.640 --> 1:47:42.240 do it for this episode of the show. Links to 1:47:42.280 --> 1:47:44.519 everything I mentioned on the website rich on Tech dot tv. 1:47:44.600 --> 1:47:46.680 I'm on social media at rich on tech. Thanks so 1:47:46.800 --> 1:47:49.960 much for listening. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Take the time 1:47:50.040 --> 1:47:53.000 to relax, enjoy being with your left ones. Don't forget 1:47:53.080 --> 1:47:56.599 to recharge with some downtime happy Thanksgiving. Thanks to everyone 1:47:56.600 --> 1:47:59.200 who makes this show possible. I'm Rich Tomiro. Talk to 1:47:59.240 --> 1:47:59.800 you real soon.