1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: The apps that connect you with your neighbors. I'm rich 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: jamiro This is Rich on Tech daily. Between high speed 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: internet and Wi Fi cameras, our homes are better connected 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: than ever, But what about our neighborhoods. Sure Facebook is 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: great for connecting us to all the people we know, 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: but think about the homes in your neighborhood. You probably 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: know your neighbors to the left and to the right, 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: maybe the person across the street, but go down a 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: few houses, you probably don't know them. Or maybe over 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: a few streets that's still your neighborhood, but you don't 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: really know those people. 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 2: Well, there's a whole bunch of. 13 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: Apps that can connect you with the folks in your 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: neighborhood for lots of reasons. Number one is crime, but 15 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: there's many other uses of these apps, including if you 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: want to get a recommendation for a service provider. 17 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: That's a good use, or maybe you just want to 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: sell your stuff. 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: How easy is it for someone down the street to 20 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: just collect an old bed that you have or a sofa? 21 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: First off, let's start with nextdoor. This is a social 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: network for your neighborhood. So maybe you've gotten an invitation 23 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: for it maybe you're already on there, or maybe you 24 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: don't use it that much even though you have an account. 25 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: This one could be really handy, and this is probably 26 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: like one of the best use case scenarios of the Internet, 27 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: because the deal is it's connecting you to people that 28 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: are nearby. These are the people that are in your neighborhood. 29 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: They're day in, day out seeing what's going on. And 30 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: it's good to chat with these people because you know, 31 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: you're exchanging information like back in the old days, except 32 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: now it's all online. So when you make a post, 33 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: you can make it seen by just like your immediate neighborhood, 34 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: or you can expand it out to include other neighborhoods 35 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: around you. And the categories they have that are pretty 36 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: popular include recommendations, So these are things like, hey, I 37 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: had this plumber, he was great, use them for your 38 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: house items, for sale events, so anything locally that's happening, 39 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: and of course crime. When we talk to the company, 40 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: they said they work with a bunch of agencies like 41 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: local and official agencies, so they post a lot of 42 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: stuff to the neighborhoods as well. So if you're on 43 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: these for any reason at all, if you want to 44 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: get into your community or more involved. This is a 45 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: great way to do just that. Now, I see a 46 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: lot of crime posts on here, so it's a lot 47 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: of that stuff. And it's a lot of kind of 48 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: things like Hey, did you just hear that sound down 49 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: the street? 50 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: Or why is there a helicopter flying over our neighborhood? 51 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: So it's a lot of that stuff. It's kind of 52 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 2: like a real time conversation with your neighbors. 53 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: Next Door says they do their best to verify that 54 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: people live in the neighborhood that they sign up for, 55 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: and they do that in several ways. First off, you 56 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: can get a referral from someone that lives in the 57 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: neighborhood that's already signed up. They might mail you a postcard, 58 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: they might do a phone call, but either way, they 59 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: want you to use your real name when possible, and 60 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: they also want you to list as much of your 61 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: address as possible, so at least at the very least. 62 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: It will say your name and your street. 63 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: Some people even opt to put their exact house number 64 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: on there as well. The company says they do this 65 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: because by using the real name and a verified address, 66 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: they think it helps people become a little bit better 67 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: than all the anonymous stuff that's out there on the internet. 68 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: So nextdoor dot com that's the first one. Now let's 69 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: talk about a new future from Ring. And I was 70 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: just taking a walk in my neighborhood yesterday and I 71 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: can't believe how many people have these Ring video doorbells. 72 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Actually I can because I'm a big fan of them. 73 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: I think they're really cool and they're everywhere. So now 74 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: Ring has a new feature in their app. It's called 75 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: Ring Safe Neighborhoods, and what they do is they actually 76 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: let you share the videos that you're collecting with these 77 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: Ring video doorbells, so you can share a little snippet 78 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: of a clip to this sort of social network that's 79 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: inside the app. 80 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 2: You can also create text. 81 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Posts as well, but a lot of people use this 82 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: to share their videos and also screenshots from the videos 83 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: of things happening, basically crimes happening in their neighborhood or 84 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: even weird stuff. You know, we see a lot of 85 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: things happen on these cameras nowadays, so people are just 86 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: sharing anything that's interesting. When we talk to Ring, they 87 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: say their mission is to reduce crime in neighborhoods and 88 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: they've done that. 89 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: With products like their video doorbell. 90 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: They also have these really cool floodlight cams as they're called, 91 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: and these are really neat because it's a floodlight. So 92 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: if you already have the wiring for a floodlight on 93 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: the side of your house, well, you can easily connect 94 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: the Ring floodlight cam and now you have floodlights with 95 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: a video cam as well. So that's an easy way 96 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: to get the security of a camera without adding a 97 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: bunch of wires to your house. The ney thing about 98 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: the Ring Neighborhoods app is that you don't have to 99 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: have a Ring product to use it, so you can 100 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: actually just sign up for the app and you can 101 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: set your neighborhood and set a radius around your home 102 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: and then you can see the videos that people are 103 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: sharing nearby. 104 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: Ring CEO and founder Jamie Simmonov, a very nice guy 105 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: by the way, says it's a positive. 106 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: Way for neighbors to come together around something that really matters, 107 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: which is making neighborhoods safer. And by the way, right 108 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: after we recorded our interview with Jamie, the news broke 109 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: a couple days later that Amazon purchased Ring for like 110 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: a reported one billion dollars, so expect to see many 111 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: more ring video doorbells in your neighborhood in the near future. 112 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening. If you like this podcast, be. 113 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: Sure to rate and review it in the Apple Podcasts 114 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: app Rich on tech dot tv for links to everything 115 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: I mentioned here. 116 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich Damiro. I'll talk 117 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 2: to you real soon.