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Speaker 1: How tech companies are responding to the crisis in Ukraine.

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Speaker 1: Apple sets a date for its next event, Amazon closing

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Speaker 1: its physical stores. Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on?

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. What is going on?

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you're having a great day. Let's talk about the

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Speaker 1: big topic of the week. I mean, gosh, so we

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Speaker 1: finally I mean I live in Los Angeles, one of

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Speaker 1: the most tightly locked down cities in the world for

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Speaker 1: the pandemic, and we are finally, finally, just getting out

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Speaker 1: of it. I think tomorrow, as every request, this is

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Speaker 1: the first day that a majority of the restrictions are

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Speaker 1: finally being lifted when it comes to masks and rules

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Speaker 1: and all this stuff. I think for kids in schools,

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Speaker 1: it's happening in the next two weeks. So we are

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Speaker 1: very much behind the rest of the world, the rest

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Speaker 1: of the US, But nonetheless none of that matters because

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Speaker 1: this is where I live, and so for me personally,

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Speaker 1: it's a very exciting time because I went to the

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Speaker 1: So and also people's attitudes just around this are changing,

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Speaker 1: like we're finally getting to a point where people are

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Speaker 1: a little bit more comfortable, people are gathering more, and

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Speaker 1: so it feels like a sigh of relief. And then

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Speaker 1: we have Russia invade Ukraine. So it's like we go

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Speaker 1: from finally some sense of taking a breath to this.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not going to get into the entire war

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Speaker 1: because number one, I'm not even sure it is a war,

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Speaker 1: because it's just basically Russia invading Ukraine. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: an expert in anything's anything politics over there. I have

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Speaker 1: no idea. I mean, I've tried to read up and

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Speaker 1: try to understand what's happening. But the reality is this

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Speaker 1: affects a lot of people. It affects a lot of

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Speaker 1: innocent people. It affects the fabric of those two nations

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Speaker 1: and our world at large, because this this world we

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Speaker 1: it is fully connected in every way, shape and form.

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Speaker 1: I've been to Russia and I've I've been to Moscow

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Speaker 1: and it was, uh, you know, it was it was

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Speaker 1: not sure what the future holds for for visitors to

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Speaker 1: where we might be able to do that again. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's just it's a very like it's always been such

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Speaker 1: a mysterious place to Americans and now it's just very

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Speaker 1: much so even more so, and just trying to understand

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Speaker 1: and unpack everything is really tough, I think for the

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Speaker 1: average American myself included. So my thoughts are with the

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Speaker 1: people in Russia that don't don't want what's happening to happen.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure there are many dissenters and people that just

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Speaker 1: want to have a regular life that are totally one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent affected by this. And what I'm going to

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Speaker 1: it's just it's been phenomenal Obviously, America and other countries

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Speaker 1: have sanctions against Russia, but when it comes to private corporations,

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Speaker 1: And technology is this connector for all of us in

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Speaker 1: really really quite wild. So let's start with Apple. Apple

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Speaker 1: They also remove the RT News and Sputnik News from

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Speaker 1: the idea being that those are spreading propaganda and so

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Speaker 1: They've disabled that in Ukraine because again, if you're seeing

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Speaker 1: which of course owns Facebook, is demoting any content that's

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Speaker 1: They also are doing encrypted Instagram dms in Ukraine and Russia,

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Speaker 1: which we should have that every day everywhere. Encrypted is

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Speaker 1: YouTube also part of Google blocking the Russia back to

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Speaker 1: in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. They also pledge fifteen million

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Speaker 1: They are helping to relocate them as well. Twitter is

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Speaker 1: up to one hundred Ukrainian refugees. Last year they housed

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Speaker 1: so it's just I mean, I was talking to my

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Speaker 1: So if you've been following cryptocurrency with this war and

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Speaker 1: for the Ukrainians because people were tweeting out QR codes

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Speaker 1: that has been key on both sides, you know, good

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Speaker 1: So if you have an account in coinbase, basicly Coinbase

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of a quick rundown of what the

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Speaker 1: media or sorry, what the tech companies are doing in

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Speaker 1: their efforts to kind of help out here. But it's

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Speaker 1: just just observing what's happening over in Russia. I mean,

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Speaker 1: are they are essentially isolated from the rest of the world,

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Speaker 1: both by sanctions and by what individual companies are doing so.

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Speaker 1: Another example is like I don't know how you say

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Speaker 1: sixty eight retail stores, including sixty six of them here

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Speaker 1: in the US. Now, these are not Amazon Fresh stores.

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Speaker 1: These are not there just walk out stores. They're Amazon

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Speaker 1: Books stores. They're four Star stores and also any pop

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Speaker 1: up shops they might have at the mall or in

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Speaker 1: other places. Most of the time they're at the mall.

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Speaker 1: In fact, most a lot of these stores are at malls.

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Speaker 1: So clearly, if they're shutting these things down, many of

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Speaker 1: them have not been around that long. I mean, you're

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Speaker 1: talking just a handful of years. That is not a

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Speaker 1: good sign. So you're telling me that Amazon, the world's

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Speaker 1: smartest online retailer, cannot figure out a way to have

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Speaker 1: a harmonious relationship between an online store and an in

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Speaker 1: person store. That's unbelievable to me. Now, every time I've

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Speaker 1: been into one of these stores, ninety nine percent of

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Speaker 1: the people are returning stuff, and I think that that's

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Speaker 1: probably where it's at. So to staff these stores, even

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Speaker 1: though Amazon has a lot of data about their customers, like,

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Speaker 1: for instance, the four Star stores and even the bookstores,

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Speaker 1: what they did was they sold a lot of products

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Speaker 1: that were top sellers in those areas. But here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: Most people that are Amazon shoppers are so used to

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Speaker 1: shopping online for Amazon stuff that they don't want to

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Speaker 1: go into a store. And so, yes, they were brought

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Speaker 1: into the store when they needed to return something or

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Speaker 1: when they were in a mall and they happen to

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Speaker 1: see it and they said, all right, let me stop

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Speaker 1: in here. But were these destinations probably not. Were they

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Speaker 1: even a big hit on people's radar when they went

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Speaker 1: to the mall, probably not. Now, personally, I could not

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Speaker 1: go to any mall without stopping one of these. I

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Speaker 1: love the Amazon stores. I thought they were so cool.

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that I knew the prices in

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Speaker 1: them were really good and just the same that I

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Speaker 1: was going to pay on the website you as a

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Speaker 1: prime member. And so I think it's kind of confusing

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Speaker 1: that they're getting rid of these now. There may be

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Speaker 1: some more things at work here. There may be some

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Speaker 1: union labor issues there, maybe some pay issues, like who knows.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it seems like Amazon is always pursuing efficiency,

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Speaker 1: and I think that these stores, just by nature of

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Speaker 1: having a brick and mortar store, they're just not very efficient.

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Speaker 1: There's just a lot of waste, in know, in human workers.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not knocking human workers. Obviously they're fantastic, but

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Speaker 1: I'm saying I'm saying waste the in the When you

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Speaker 1: look at an online website, it's just like running twenty

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Speaker 1: four to seven on a server. It's so efficient. When

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Speaker 1: you look at a store, you've got to have someone

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Speaker 1: to clean it. You've got to have someone to do

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Speaker 1: loss prevention. You've got to have someone to organize it.

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Speaker 1: Stock the shelves, you know, put things out, put things back.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a whole thing. I mean there's just

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Speaker 1: a lot of manpower or people power that you need

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Speaker 1: to run a store. And Amazon is like, wait a second,

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Speaker 1: it's costing us all this money to run this thing

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Speaker 1: when we can run our website and make even more sales,

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Speaker 1: and okay, let's close them. So what are they going

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Speaker 1: to concentrate on now. They're going to concentrate on their

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Speaker 1: physical stores, including Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods, and a lot

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Speaker 1: of the whole food stores are now being converted into

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Speaker 1: the just walk out technology. I know, they just opened

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Speaker 1: the first one in Washington, d C. They converted it

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Speaker 1: or they I don't know if it was new or converted,

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Speaker 1: but that's happening and I've heard that they're going to

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Speaker 1: do that to more stores as well. So the writing

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Speaker 1: is on the wall. Amazon wants to be fully automated.

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Speaker 1: That's the reality. They want you to go into their

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Speaker 1: stores walk out. It's got to be a very efficient thing,

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Speaker 1: just as efficient as the website. So they're concentrating on

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Speaker 1: Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods, Amazon Go, which is their convenience

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Speaker 1: stores again that have that just walk out, and also

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Speaker 1: the Amazon style. So a bunch of stores in the

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Speaker 1: LA area are going to be closed, and of course nationwide,

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Speaker 1: but we've got a bunch here in LA. And so

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Speaker 1: Amazon's Style was a new clothing store that was going

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Speaker 1: up at the Americana at Brand. It looks like that's

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Speaker 1: still going to happen, but again, that is a store

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Speaker 1: that employs some efficiencies with when it comes to workers

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Speaker 1: and the way that they do things. And so I

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Speaker 1: guess they'll test that and if it doesn't work, they'll

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Speaker 1: cancel that as well. Christina writes, Hey, Rich, I'm a

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Speaker 1: longtime Android user. Wow, this is all andro today. I'm

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Speaker 1: looking to upgrade. Which phone do you recommend? I'm open

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Speaker 1: to switching to iPhone. I'm curious what you have to

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Speaker 1: say about each product and your overall pick. Kind regards

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Speaker 1: and blessings, Christina. Christina, you are asking me the million

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Speaker 1: dollar question. I mean, here's a thing, like you know,

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Speaker 1: I love the iPhone. I love, love, love the iPhone.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's like the perfect phone. In fact,

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Speaker 1: I can't get away from it. I wanted to switch

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Speaker 1: to the S twenty two Ultra because it was so great,

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Speaker 1: but there's just so many little things that the iPhone

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Speaker 1: does and Honestly, it's really about the ecosystem that they've

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Speaker 1: got you in. And I'm not talking I message like,

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Speaker 1: that's a big part of it, for sure, but it's

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Speaker 1: also the Apple Watch, It's the air tags, it's how

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Speaker 1: it works with the Apple TV, it's how it works

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Speaker 1: with Apple Fitness, and you know how it works with

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Speaker 1: you know, I can see where my kid is on

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Speaker 1: a map. I mean, there's just so many little things

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Speaker 1: that Apple has over the years built into the phone

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Speaker 1: that it's not just the iPhone anymore. It's this entire

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Speaker 1: world that you're entering. Yes, we've heard the ecosystem all

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Speaker 1: the time, but it's true. I mean, it really is.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of like a world that you get into

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Speaker 1: that is not just one thing. It's not just the iPhone.

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Speaker 1: It is a whole bunch of stuff that all adds

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Speaker 1: up to a really really unique experience. Now with that said,

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Speaker 1: I am open to you switching and if your friends

539
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Speaker 1: have the iPhone, it's kind of nice because you can

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Speaker 1: finally get on those group conversations with them and not

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Speaker 1: be the green bubble. You also get access to a

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Speaker 1: ton of accessories, the best apps, easy repairs, you can

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Speaker 1: go to any store. If you need help with your iPhone,

544
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Speaker 1: you can ask any random person on the street, a

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Speaker 1: do you know how to do this? How do I

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Speaker 1: flip my phone into airplane mode? And any random person

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Speaker 1: can tell you because they've chances are have an iPhone

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Speaker 1: here in the US. Now, when it comes to Android,

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Speaker 1: you have more choices, and so there are many many

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Speaker 1: different types of phones out there. With Apple there are

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Speaker 1: two at this point, You've got everything from the Mini

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Speaker 1: to the Standard, to the Pro to the Promax and

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Speaker 1: also the iPhone SE and then you've got all the

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Speaker 1: old models as well. But with the Android, of course,

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Speaker 1: there's a bunch of different models. The only Android phones

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Speaker 1: I'd recommend at this point are the Pixel six, the

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Speaker 1: Pixel six Pro, and the Samsung S twenty two plus

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Speaker 1: or the S twenty two and then the Ultra. You

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Speaker 1: didn't say which phone you have, so oh, longtime Android user,

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Speaker 1: but you didn't say exactly which one you have, and

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Speaker 1: you know, so those are the phones with the Android

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Speaker 1: that I'd recommend. But the you know, it just kind

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Speaker 1: of depends. It depends what you want. Do you want

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Speaker 1: to customize your phone? Do you want more options? It's

565
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Speaker 1: just a different world, and so personally, I love the

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Speaker 1: operating system and the way it works on Android and

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Speaker 1: the way I can customize things. But it's the iPhone

568
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Speaker 1: has really gotten me so locked into like this world

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Speaker 1: of apps and things and the way stuff works that

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Speaker 1: it's really tough for me to switch at this point,

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of frustrating. Actually, oh, the Apple watched.

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Speaker 1: I even mentioned that that's a whole nother thing. So

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Speaker 1: you know, if your friends and family have iPhone, you're curious,

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Speaker 1: you just want to see what it's all about, what

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Speaker 1: the hype is, go for it. It's a good time

576
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Speaker 1: to switch. The new phones just came out on both sides,

577
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Speaker 1: whether it's a pixel you know, they all came out

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Speaker 1: kind of October November or I guess September October and

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00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: now with the SAMSUNGS, so you're you're getting pretty new,

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Speaker 1: new model phones that are going to last a bunch

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Speaker 1: of years. So either way, you know, like I said,

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Speaker 1: it comes down to a personal choice. Do you want

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Speaker 1: to get jump into that Apple world where you're gonna

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Speaker 1: start buying a bunch of stuff to accessorize your phone

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00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: and accessorize you know, your experience, or do you want

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Speaker 1: to go Android where you have a bunch more options

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Speaker 1: and a little bit more flexibility when it comes to

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Speaker 1: how you personalize your phone and device. It's just it's

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Speaker 1: just like I said, personal preference. But I'm fine with

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Speaker 1: you switching if you want. If your family members are

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Speaker 1: on there and they're really pressuring you, then maybe it's

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00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: time to take a look at that. Instagram is shutting down.

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Speaker 1: It's this doesn't this This is like a story for

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Speaker 1: the one percent, one percent of people who care. Rahm

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Speaker 1: is shutting down at standalone IGTV app. I mean, have

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Speaker 1: you used the IGTV app anytime in the past year.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely not. I don't think so. So IGTV was this

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Speaker 1: big push by Instagram. You know, Instagram started as a

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Speaker 1: pure photo sharing app, and then they added IGTV so

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Speaker 1: they can get into video or I think I think

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Speaker 1: they had maybe short videos where you can do like

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Speaker 1: a sixty second video. Then they did IGTV so you

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Speaker 1: can have longer form, bigger videos. That were they all

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Speaker 1: had to be sixteen by nine, which was a whole pain.

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Speaker 1: And now they're just saying, you know what, never mind,

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Speaker 1: We're just going to do video on Instagram. That's what

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Speaker 1: it's called. You can do sixteen by nine. You can

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Speaker 1: do square, you can do four by three, you can

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Speaker 1: do horizontal, vertical, whatever you want. It's all gonna work

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Speaker 1: inside Instagram video. Now. The one major downside to this

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Speaker 1: is that a lot of people made money on IGTV videos.

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Speaker 1: There was like, if you're you can have ads in

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Speaker 1: your videos, and you would make money on those ads.

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Speaker 1: So that's going away. But on the flip side, right now,

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Speaker 1: what Instagram's doing this is the reason why you're seeing

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Speaker 1: so many reels. And I've talked about this because they're

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Speaker 1: paying creators' money bonuses to make those reels, and so

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Speaker 1: when you make those reels, you make a little money

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Speaker 1: on them, and so that's how they're getting so many

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Speaker 1: people to do those reels, and so that's why you're

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Speaker 1: seeing so many of them. So you know, look, we're

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Speaker 1: seeing an evolution. Instagram used to be the absolute top

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Speaker 1: of the mountain, and now it is TikTok. And now

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Speaker 1: not for everything just yet, but TikTok is where a

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Speaker 1: lot a lot of the energy is and a lot

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Speaker 1: of the momentum, I should say, the momentum is behind TikTok.

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Speaker 1: It may be younger people right now, but it will

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Speaker 1: eventually switch and so you know, you might be saying, oh,

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Speaker 1: why is Instagram have to change so much? Why is

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Speaker 1: I have to change? But the reality is Instagram needs

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Speaker 1: to survive. I mean, it's not a given. It is

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Speaker 1: not a given that this app is going to be. Okay,

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Speaker 1: it's owned by Facebook or Meta, i should say, and

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00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: Facebook itself, yes, is still a behemoth. But again, this

635
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Speaker 1: is what's so wild about the tech world. Any app

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Speaker 1: can come along and suddenly take the reins. And yes,

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00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: it's tougher and tougher because of the money that these

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Speaker 1: other bigger apps have and a lot of times they

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Speaker 1: swallow the smaller apps, but there is still a chance.

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Speaker 1: I mean, TikTok's a great example. TikTok came out of

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Speaker 1: nowhere and it is absolutely dominating. It dominated that short

642
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: form video and YouTube had to race to catch up.

643
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 1: Instagram had to race to catch up. Facebook is just

644
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: starting with short form. They just introduced reels on Facebook.

645
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,760
Speaker 1: So it is one of these things where you see

646
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: these these apps come along and they just kind of

647
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: sweep everyone off their feet and next thing you know,

648
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: everyone's using them, they've all downloaded them. And TikTok is

649
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: definitely that app. I find myself using it more and more,

650
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: and it's, Uh, it's full of a lot of garbage,

651
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 1: but there's also a lot of really interesting, useful, fun

652
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: silly stuff on there, and it's it's definitely something that

653
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,240
Speaker 1: is is it keeps making its way into my mix

654
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: because it's really easy to like kind of watch when

655
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,839
Speaker 1: you have a couple of minutes of downtime. But it's

656
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: also like I have a love hate because I'm like, oh,

657
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,760
Speaker 1: all these things are so frustrating, Like there's zero production

658
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: quality on ninety nine percent of the videos people will

659
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: watch anything. There's so much stuff that's like either you know,

660
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 1: fake or like not real or just like I'm like what.

661
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 1: So you gotta be careful when you're when you're watching

662
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: any of these you gotta just keep a keep a

663
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:50,879
Speaker 1: critical eye no matter what you're watching. April says, Hey, Rich,

664
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: what do you think of the T mobile five G

665
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: home Internet? Good or not good? Sent from my iPad? April, Uh,

666
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: It's funny you ask, because I'm actually well doing a

667
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: story I've already done it. Did some research on this

668
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: for my story for KTLA, where I looked at T

669
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: Mobile five G Home Internet and Verizon's five G home Internet.

670
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: So those are the two that I would compare Team

671
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: AT and T. At this point, I do not believe

672
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: has A has a five G home Internet offering, at

673
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: least not widely available that I know of. So you've

674
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 1: got T Mobile and you've got eighteen Verison. So I

675
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: tested the Verizon five G. You think it's called five

676
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: G home or something like that, And I'll be honest,

677
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: it's pretty phenomenal. It's so easy, it's it's actually one

678
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: of those things. And this happens to me. I've been

679
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: covering this stuff for a long time, but every so

680
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: often a product comes along and it's just brilliant. So

681
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,959
Speaker 1: for so many years, and I've moved to so many

682
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: places around the US and my job as a reporter,

683
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: and what do you do when you move into a

684
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: new place. The first thing you do is you call

685
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: the cable people. They install your cable, they install your internet,

686
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: and you get your water and power hooked up. You

687
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: might get your direct TV installed, whatever you do. But

688
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 1: this was the way you did things for so long.

689
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 1: When you moved, you would have to call someone to

690
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: come to your place and connect it, and there would

691
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,280
Speaker 1: be a date they'd say, Okay, we're coming out next Saturday.

692
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: The cable person will be there from ten am until

693
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: seven pm. You're like, oh, thanks for the thanks for

694
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: the long extended window that they'll arrive at. You know,

695
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: whenever you leave your house or want to, that's when

696
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: they'll arrive. But you know, the reality is that's the

697
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: way it was done for many, many years. And so

698
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: when I tried this team a Verizon box that you

699
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: just plug in, and so you plug this box in

700
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: it you have to do it in your window so

701
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: it can get the best signal. You plug it in,

702
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 1: it latches onto the five G signal, which is brand

703
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: new by the way, this five GUW signal, which is

704
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: like the ultra wideband that Verizon has. T Mobile is

705
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:53,760
Speaker 1: like I think it's called UC but it's these these

706
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: five G spectrum that the carriers have gotten a hold

707
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: of is so vast that they are now able to

708
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: do this. So when you think of cellular connections, all

709
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: we have thought about in the past is our smartphone.

710
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 1: It's like this a little tiny connection that's powering this

711
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: tiny screen. Sometimes you might hotspot your phone to your

712
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: tablet or your laptop, but it was always like a

713
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: not like a very long term thing. So the idea

714
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: of having five G wireless internet power everything in your

715
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: home is just one of those things that you have

716
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: to kind of shift your paradigm. You know, it's like, Okay,

717
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,439
Speaker 1: well can this really work? And I can say yes.

718
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: And so at my house, I personally don't get the

719
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: best Verizon signal. So I didn't test the Tea mobile one,

720
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: by the way, but you know, they work very similarly.

721
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: But I was able to test the Verizon signal at

722
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: a hotel in San Francisco and also at KTLA in

723
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:51,320
Speaker 1: the studio, they have a really good five G Verizon signal.

724
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: And so here's the bottom line with this. The plans

725
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: are cheaper. T Mobile is fifty bucks, no data caps.

726
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: Verizon's even cheap, or if you're a customer, it's like

727
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,240
Speaker 1: twenty five dollars for one plan or like fifty or seven.

728
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: You know, it just depends on if you're a customer

729
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: or not, and also the plan that you want. And

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00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: I'm telling you for twenty five bucks a month, if

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00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: you're a Verizon customer, this is like a no brainer.

732
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: If if you get a good five G UW signal

733
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: at your house. If you do not get that signal,

734
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: I would not recommend this because the speeds you're not

735
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: going to be that great. Now, you might not need

736
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: the best speeds. I mean, even if you get one

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00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: hundred or fifty, you'll be fine with things, like you know,

738
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: if you're just watching Netflix or just surfing the web.

739
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: But if you're doing things like heavy duty uploads, heavy

740
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: duty downloads, that's where it could it could slow down

741
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: a little bit. But otherwise this is a great, great

742
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: alternative for so many people if you have access to it.

743
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: So there's a couple of things. You have to have access.

744
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: You have to be in one of the cities that

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00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: Verizon allows it or T Mobile. You also have to

746
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: be an address that's approved for it. And once you

747
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: qualify on those two things, you I think with T

748
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: Mobile you don't need to be a customer to get

749
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: that fifty dollars rate, but with Verizon you really have

750
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 1: to be a customer to get the best deal. Otherwise

751
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: it's just the deal goes downhill pretty fast because the

752
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: prices go up. Also, at least with Verizon, they're guaranteeing

753
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: the pricing is going to stay the same for two

754
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: to three years. Which is kind of cool. I think

755
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 1: it's amazing. In fact, I would probably switch mine at

756
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: home if I was able to get that signal that

757
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: I wanted here at my house, which I just don't have.

758
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: And so it's amazing. You set this thing up and

759
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: you can tell your cable company goodbye. You could tell

760
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: whatever company you have see you later. And the best

761
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: part is if it doesn't work out, Like, there's no contract,

762
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: so if it doesn't work out, you unplug it, you

763
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: ship it back, and you say, okay, that didn't work out,

764
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: and you reconnect your internet from your cable provider. Oh whoops,

765
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: we already did a Let's move on to a story. Oh,

766
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: speaking of TikTok, TikTok now taking aim at YouTube even

767
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: more with longer ten minute video uploads. So not much

768
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: more to know about this except you know, TikTok started

769
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: out either like fifteen seconds, then they went to like

770
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: thirty and sixty, then they went to three minutes. Now

771
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: they're going up to well, I guess, okay, so TikTok,

772
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: I guess was always sixty seconds. I thought that they

773
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: were like fifteen seconds when they first started out, but

774
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: maybe they were sixty I don't know, because I wasn't

775
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: on TikTok at the very very beginning. But anyway, so

776
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: let's just say they were sixty then they tried three minutes,

777
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: and now they're doing ten minutes, and that's that's a

778
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: significant change because you know, sixty seconds is a challenge

779
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: if you're trying to do certain things. You know, if

780
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: you're trying to you know, most of the things you

781
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: see on TikTok are very very short form, and so

782
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: because their short form, people are are forced to sort

783
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: of get their point across very quickly, and so they

784
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: try all kinds of different things and all different ways

785
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: of doing that. And that's why TikTok is very creative,

786
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,319
Speaker 1: because creators have to figure out ways of getting there

787
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: are points across very fast. But at the same time,

788
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: why not have a flexibility to go with longer videos

789
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: if you if you have a big following on there

790
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: and you want to start doing more, like you know,

791
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: more in depth travel videos or more in depth tech

792
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: reviews or whatever, it's nice to have this option. So

793
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: we'll see. I mean, but this takes aim at YouTube

794
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: because you know, YouTube used to be the place where

795
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: you would watch longer videos and if you don't have

796
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 1: to go there anymore. You know, it takes away some

797
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 1: of their viewing time. But we'll see, let's not get

798
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: ahead of ourselves. I was gonna say so TikTok. One

799
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,399
Speaker 1: of the things that TikTok is kind of like very

800
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 1: famous for is their algorithm and what their algorithm does.

801
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: And I've noticed this after using it for a couple months.

802
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: It really latches on to It knows exactly how long

803
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: you're watching videos for, and so if you're watching a

804
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: video to the end or even loop that video, it

805
00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: really registers a real deep kind of like check mark

806
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: in its algorithm. And so next thing you know, you

807
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: are going to start seeing those types of videos over

808
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: and over and over. And so for me, there's a

809
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: couple of videos that i'd see, especially the iPhone tip videos.

810
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: Like you you start watching one of those, next thing,

811
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, your entire feed is a lot of those.

812
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: You know, it just depends what you're into because it's

813
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: very customized for you. But I've noticed that that TikTok

814
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: really latches on and so if you if you watched

815
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: a video and now you're kind of like like I

816
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 1: was doing, like a healthy trader Joe's Trader Joe's meals,

817
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: and so you know those will be in my in

818
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: my feed. But let's say that I get bored of

819
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: those healthy Trader Joe's meals because they just don't appealch

820
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 1: to me anymore. I figure this out today. You can

821
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: press and hold on a video and it will give

822
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 1: you the option to say not interested, and so you

823
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: can press that and now you can get rid of

824
00:43:53,680 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: that sort of type of video on your feed. Next question,

825
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 1: Paul says, Hey, Rich, I have a one plus seventy

826
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: Android phone. Wow, another Android. Do you know if anyway

827
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: I can permanently save the voicemails on that phone? My

828
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: dad just passed away, sorry to hear that, and I

829
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 1: have seven of his voicemails and don't want to lose

830
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: them to the automatic deletion. After a certain period of time,

831
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: I have to go in and play each one and

832
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: resave it. I'm not really at the point where I

833
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: could even listen to my dad's voice right now, so

834
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,719
Speaker 1: it's kind of tough. My fears if I forget to

835
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: retrieve them for a couple of days, they will get deleted.

836
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Rich. Well, Paul,

837
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,760
Speaker 1: First off, I am so sorry if you're a loss,

838
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 1: I can't imagine and it's even tough for me to

839
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: like think about your situation right now. So that's that.

840
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,760
Speaker 1: But with this said, I have actually gotten this question before,

841
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: and it's a very common thing, and it actually makes

842
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,879
Speaker 1: me really sad to even think of this situation because

843
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: I do have voicemails for my parents on my voicemail,

844
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: and my voicemail isn't even set up it anymore. These

845
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: these are voicemails that have been lingering for a long time.

846
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: But here are my suggestions. Number one, I believe the

847
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 1: one plus seventy. I'm not sure if it has a

848
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: headphone jack, but you can no matter what, if it

849
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: has a headphone jack. You can get a cable, a

850
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: three point five millimeter cable on both ends, plug one

851
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: end into your phone, plug the other end into a computer,

852
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: and then open up something like you know, Windows Record

853
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 1: or any sort of recording program you know, or on

854
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: a Mac you can open up quick Time and record

855
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: and record play the voicemails from your phone while your

856
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: phone is plugged in and record them to the computer,

857
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: and you know, you can ask a friend to help

858
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,759
Speaker 1: you with that, and just you know, try to figure

859
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,839
Speaker 1: out how you can do that and just save those

860
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: voicemails as MP three's. And again we're talking the Android

861
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: here on iPhone. I believe you can download these as

862
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,800
Speaker 1: a voice memo. Android. I don't think gives you that option.

863
00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: But now the other way and okay, now, if you

864
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 1: don't have a headphone jack on that phone, which I'm

865
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: not sure it is, if it's on there or not,

866
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,799
Speaker 1: you'll you're gonna need a USB C to three point

867
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: five millimeter connector that should be in the box with

868
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 1: the OnePlus they included them for a very long time.

869
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if they include those anymore. But if

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00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: you can find your box and you can find that

871
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: little connector, it's just a little tiny dongle I guess,

872
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: for lack of a better term, that has a three

873
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: point five millimeter on one side. That's kind of an

874
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 1: input and then yeah, an input, is it an input? Yeah?

875
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 1: And then it has a a three point or a

876
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: USB C on the other side. I guess it's a

877
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 1: female connector is what they call it, on the on

878
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,720
Speaker 1: the one side, and then USB C on the other side.

879
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: So that's what I would do. That's gonna give you

880
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 1: the cleanest audio. The other thing you can do is

881
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 1: if you just want to make sure that you've got

882
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: these things saved. I know you said it's tough to

883
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: hear your dad's voice, so maybe have a friend do this.

884
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: But you can have your phone, just place it next

885
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,720
Speaker 1: to another phone, open up the recorder on that phone,

886
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: press record, and then play these these voicemails and they're

887
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,240
Speaker 1: going to be better than nothing. I mean, the audio

888
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: quality is going to be pretty darn good when you

889
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: do it that way, as long as you're in a

890
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: quiet room, so at least you have something. Obviously, the

891
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: cord the corded way of connecting these would be a

892
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: lot cleaner of a connection. But anyway, thanks for the question.

893
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: That is a good one and something that you know

894
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: is just uh, something that sadly we don't want to

895
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: have to do it, but it is. It is good

896
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: to be able to do that, all right. Waimo. The

897
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 1: self driving unit of of you know, Google's alphabet I

898
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: guess start out as Google self driving car is now

899
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: able to charge for rides up in San Francisco. So

900
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 1: this is a an autonomous car that's driving by itself

901
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:58,840
Speaker 1: that now has the ability to charge people for rides.

902
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: So it's really pretty wild to see the progression of this.

903
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: It's also allowed to operate twenty four to seven in

904
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 1: various parts of San Francisco, except if it's raining or

905
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: if there's heavy fog, which is like every morning in

906
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,399
Speaker 1: San Francisco. Maybe not in the city streets so much,

907
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: but definitely in the in the mountain areas or I guess,

908
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, there's a lot of fog

909
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. I mean, people that live up there

910
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: would no better than me of where it actually makes

911
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: its way in. But I've you know, I was blown

912
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: away by the fog up there. It's so beautiful. But

913
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: that's it. So now we have what accounts to an

914
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,840
Speaker 1: Uber style service that is autonomous, but you're also you know,

915
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 1: they can charge for us. So that means no tire drivers,

916
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: no human drivers, no one you know, drowsy, and it's

917
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: just like twenty four to seven. These cars can go.

918
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: Maybe they need to be refueled at some point throughout

919
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: the day, but that's pretty amazing. Now there is one

920
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: little caveat the California State says that they have to

921
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: have a safety driver in this vehicle at this point,

922
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,359
Speaker 1: still present because they are charging for rides, and that

923
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,719
Speaker 1: person can of course take over the steering wheel or

924
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,920
Speaker 1: the controls if necessary. But I am sure these cars

925
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: have done many, many, many of thousands of miles. I

926
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: know they are doing fully autonomous, no driver or no

927
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,800
Speaker 1: supervisor in their Phoenix area, where Waimo is also operating.

928
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: So it's probably just a matter of time before this

929
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 1: comes to California. But I just figured i'd tell you

930
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: that because it's something to keep in mind. I mean, really,

931
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,879
Speaker 1: you know, these car services like Uber and Lyft, they've

932
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 1: built they've been built on human drivers. But there will

933
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: come a time when there will be a transition, at

934
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 1: least for some of the fleet, not for all of it,

935
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: where they will have just cars that just drive you around,

936
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: that don't have people and in them no driver. And

937
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: it's just one of those things to be aware of.

938
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:56,800
Speaker 1: All right, Lee and Cathy, we enjoy all your tech info.

939
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: We are Android owners right now with Pixel threes. We're

940
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 1: having our first grandchild. Oh congratulations. Wondering which phone do

941
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: you think is best? We're on Google Fi. They have

942
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: the new Samsung S twenty two on sale for eight

943
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: ninety nine the Pixel six pro same price. Thanks in advance,

944
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: Lee and Kathy yeeha um. And they sent a nice

945
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: picture of them with their I don't know if it's

946
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 1: them with their their fish they cow. I don't know,

947
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,280
Speaker 1: but Lee and Kathy here's the thing. So I would

948
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 1: totally recommend the Samsung S twenty two except for one reason.

949
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 1: You mentioned your grandchild. Now, I will tell you nearly

950
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: every phone that I test has problem with kids and

951
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,839
Speaker 1: their movement except for two phones, and that is the

952
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,880
Speaker 1: iPhone and that is the Pixel phones. I don't know

953
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: what it is, but the iPhone nails it. They seem

954
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: to flee, freeze things in mid movement and they just

955
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,880
Speaker 1: get it and you get a clear picture. And the

956
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,880
Speaker 1: Pixel six does the same thing. The pixels have always

957
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: done this, but the Pixel six actually steps it up

958
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:00,359
Speaker 1: a notch. They have something called like I think it's

959
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: called face on blur where it's actively looking for like.

960
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:07,359
Speaker 1: They use the example of kids like moving around, and

961
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 1: it will use I believe it uses the wide angle

962
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: camera to find a secondary shot of the child's face

963
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 1: not moving. Then it will superimpose that. I know it

964
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: sounds weird, but somehow it works and you don't even notice.

965
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 1: I've seen it show up. You can't activate it manually,

966
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,800
Speaker 1: but if you're flipping through your pictures in Google Photos,

967
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 1: you'll see that some of them have this little face

968
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,920
Speaker 1: on blur icon and you're like, huh, I guess Google

969
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: applied some smarts to make sure that this face is

970
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: not blurry. So for that reason, and just in general,

971
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: I was doing some testing last night with the iPhone

972
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: versus the Pixel versus the Samsung, and the Pixel definitely

973
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 1: in the iPhone definitely have a slight advantage over Samsung.

974
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: Maybe not even slight, maybe like a really clear advantage

975
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: over Samsung when it comes to moving people and getting

976
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 1: a clear shot of those moving people. I mean, I've

977
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: got kids, and you know, quite honestly, kids often kind

978
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: of direct which phone you need to carry, because you

979
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,920
Speaker 1: do not want your pictures of your grandchild to be

980
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: all over the place and blurry and smeared looking, because

981
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:15,920
Speaker 1: that's just not good, not good. And so for that

982
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 1: reason I would recommend the Pixel six pro. Go for it,

983
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:23,280
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984
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,439
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