WEBVTT - OnePlus Open foldable phone & cybersecurity tips 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.240 Hey there, podcast friends, rich tamiro here rich on Tech, 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:04.560 thanks for tuning in for a. 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:05.600 New episode of the show. 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:08.720 I want to quickly explain what happened last week. So 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.320 the radio show is a best of episode. That means 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:15.240 it wasn't completely new. So I figured podcast subscribers like 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.840 yourself wouldn't want to hear the same stuff again, so 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.800 I skipped posting it in the feed. Now, I probably 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:22.880 should have alerted you to that I was answering a 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:25.079 lot of emails this week about why there wasn't a 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.160 new show. Anyway, I'm still new with this radio slash 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:30.800 podcast thing, and in the future I'll either just post 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:33.000 this show with an explainer that it's a best of 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:35.000 or let you know that there's no new episode this 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:36.400 week instead of saying nothing. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:38.720 This won't happen a lot. It only happens a few 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:39.320 times a year. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:39.839 Anyway. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.639 Enjoy this brand new episode of Rich on Tech, and 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.240 thank you for listening, and please tell a friend about 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:51.520 the show. Enjoy Netflix raising prices. A new foldable phone 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.360 takes on Samsung and Google. But is it any good? 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.720 An app to help you delete your personal data? 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This is 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.760 a new foldable phone that is challenging the likes of 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.160 the Samsung Fold and the Pixel Fold. 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.240 It does things a little bit differently. 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:03.000 So we'll talk about and Michael Sino very important conversation. 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:07.400 October is cyber security month and he is a Google 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.160 cyber security expert. He's got tips on how to protect 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.760 yourself online. It's some basic stuff. It's stuff that's sort 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.720 of reminders. It's stuff you may say, oh yeah, that's 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.240 good to know, and of course it's shareable tips with 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:22.080 friends and family. 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:24.320 You've got me here in Paso. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.040 You've got Kim on the phones, You've got Adam on 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.600 the board, We've got the whole crew here ready to 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:34.000 talk technology with you. So lots of things happening in 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.680 the tech world this week. Got a new video game, 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.240 couple of new video games, new Mario video game, new 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.840 Spider Man video games. Those are exciting. Can't wait to 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:45.440 get home and play those. I've been driving a Rivian 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.920 around this week. I actually took it up here on 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.480 a road trip and so I will report back on 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.560 what it's like to drive that car, which is quite incredible. 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.160 Let's see, I've been testing the Pixel eight Pro camera 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.600 on that phone. It's probably one of my favorite phones, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.480 well is it. Yeah, it's my favorite phone of the year. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:06.120 So I think the iPhone fifteen Promax is amazing and 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.160 so is the Pixel eight Pro. Those are two of 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.840 my favorite devices, and I don't think that's going to 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.360 change by the end of the year. So if you 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.200 are looking for a new phone, I think those are 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.600 the two to beat this year, and of course that 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:18.720 will go into next year as well. 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:19.640 We're only in October. 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.960 Let's see what else I tested out some new Samsung products, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.080 the Galaxy Buds, fe the Galaxy Tab nine. 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:27.920 I'll talk about that. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.039 And I was in New Jersey over the weekend last 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:36.839 weekend and I rented a Tesla. Now, I probably it's 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.799 tough for me to recommend that you do the same, 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.919 because I was very hesitant to do this, but I 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:43.880 wanted to test it for you and see what the 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.200 process is like, because Hertz has gone through this big 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.120 thing where they're promoting EV's and they're promoting Tesla's and 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:51.960 they did like a big deal to buy it or 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:53.520 I don't know if they're buy them or however they 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:55.240 figure out however they get them in their fleet, but 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.000 that's what they did, and so they're really pushing evs 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.839 a lot. Now I own an EV so for me, 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.159 it's quite easy to kind of slip into a rental 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.080 car and figure it all out. But I will say 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.120 I think there's a pretty big learning curve if you 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:12.200 have never driven a Tesla and you're getting one on 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.480 your vacation. Now, of course, when you go on vacation, 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.920 people like to rent exotic cars, they like to rent 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.320 fun cars. But at the end of the day, most 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.320 people are just renting the cheapest car. They get fined 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:22.960 because they don't want to spend a lot on the rental. 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:24.960 It's just getting them around from point A to point B, 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.480 unless you're in place like you know, Hawaii or something 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.440 where people go with that convertible, which, by the way, 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:33.679 pro tip convertible in Hawaii is fun like once because 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.280 you know there's not much space back there. La same 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.719 thing people think they need to rent a convertible. It's 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.080 not very It's fun for like a minute, and then 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.200 it's not very fun, So do it the first time, 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.760 but then of course later on you'll probably just get 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:50.880 a regular car. So the Tesla as a rental car, 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:52.560 I think that you need to be aware that there 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.440 is a learning curve if you haven't driven one of 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.159 these cars. It just does things very differently from the 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.520 way it physically drives to the way you open the car. 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.000 So I mean, there's no key, there's like a key card, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.520 and there's two places you got to tap that key card, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.680 once on the door to get in the door jam, 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.800 and then once inside the car kind of like in 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.800 the center panel. Just those two things alone might take 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:14.880 you twenty minutes to figure out. If you've never driven 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.960 a Tesla before, and then when you're driving the Tesla, 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.000 which it drives amazing. It's a great car, and there's 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.880 chargers everywhere. So I have no problem with the charging situation. 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.040 I think people will figure out the charging. But again, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:28.800 that's another one of those things where if you've never 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.160 charged a car before, now you got to take into 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:36.120 consideration on your drive if you're going to charge this thing, 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.520 and so that's another consideration, and you got to pull 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:39.159 up to the charger. 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:40.320 You may not know how to use it. 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:41.960 You may not realize you don't need to put a 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.200 credit card in or anything like that. It just figures 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.800 out the car and it charges you appropriately and it 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.520 routes that through the car itself. So my takeaways from 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.640 this couple of things, I thought this was really fun. 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.400 I really enjoyed having the electric car and the rental car. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.559 I think that if you never drove one, it would 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.560 be tricky. And then the main thing that I had 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.400 a problem with was returning the car. So when I 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.320 return the car, you have to return it at eighty 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.320 five percent charge or more or else they charge you 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:15.120 kind of like a regular rental car. But here's the difference. 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.600 Gas stations are everywhere. They're very simple too. While you're 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.840 pulling into the airport, fill up the gas, and you're done. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.640 With a Tesla, you've got to plan ahead. So is 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.760 there a charging station near the airport? How long is 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.800 that charge going to take? Thankfully, Tesla's charged pretty quick, 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.360 so it's not that big of a deal. But I'll 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.760 be honest, even me, a person who is very experienced 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.680 in the electric car, said, you know, I can't deal 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.560 with this. I don't have enough time to figure this out, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.200 and so we return the car with like a thirty 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.440 percent charge because it was just easier. I didn't want 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.240 to wait at the charger. I didn't want to figure 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.360 out where the charger was. It was just too much 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.960 work to make sure that the car would be charged up. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.400 So what do they do. They will happily charge you 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.960 either twenty five dollars or thirty five dollars. Now, I 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.840 did the math to charge up the car probably about 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.000 maybe twelve to fifteen bucks, so realistically you're paying like 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:07.760 a twenty dollars searcharge. Now, I think if Hurts really 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:11.400 wanted to get these things going for the first two 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.120 or three years, they should really waive that charge let 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.760 people get comfortable with the idea of renting an electric car, 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:20.040 and then start tacking on the fees, because, as we know, 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.320 everything starts out very nice, and then as these companies 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:27.480 get us accustomed to the niceties of these things, they 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.800 start piling on the charges. Like have you been to 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.160 a hotel lately? The room rate charge is just one 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.000 of the things on your bill, and then there's seventeen 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:39.880 other charges, everything ranging from you're somehow financing their downtown 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:45.160 conference center, to a resort fee to a printing fee. 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.680 I mean, there's just so many fees that it's like, wait, what, 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:49.600 why don't you just put this all into my room? 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.520 So I like the Tesla, but it was a little complicated. 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.360 I think you should try it. I think if you 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.800 have a lot of time on your trip, like if 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.960 you have extra time, that's what you really need. If 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.040 you're just trying to get in, pop into the car 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.559 and go, not going to be so great. But if 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.000 you do have some extra time you want to try 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.840 things out, go ahead. So with me, with my family, 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.280 they know I am always testing something. When my wife 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.120 and I go for a walk, we've got to stop 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.839 seventeen times to take pictures with two different smartphones, and 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.959 then I post them to my Instagram, which of course 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.320 you can see them on there at Richon Tech. One 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.560 thing I will say about the Tesla. We had a 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.800 close call, Like this is serious. We had a really 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.959 close call on the road on a highway in New 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:32.840 Jersey and it was raining and a car lost control 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:33.439 next to me. 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:35.360 And I'm not kidding. 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.280 This car came at me sideways on the highway and 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.000 I just missed it. I mean I was thankfully, thankfully. 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:43.920 And by the way, please do not text and drive. 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.280 Please do not fumble with your phone while you're driving. 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:48.360 Please do not. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.160 Get distracted, because if I was distracted for even a 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.240 second during what happened to us, I would not be 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:54.800 here today. 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.080 Guaranteed. It was that close. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.720 Now, the interesting thing about it is that it's a Tesla, 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.720 and I said, oh my gosh. And I was in shock, 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.920 by the way, when this happened. Thankfully, we're okay. The driver, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.960 I'm not sure what happened to them. They actually, you know, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.400 a bunch of people stop behind me. I was in shock. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:16.440 But anyway, the cameras on the car actually captured this incident, 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.120 and so it was a one car incident, by the way, 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:22.520 so nobody else was impacted by this, but it did. 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:23.000 I remember it. 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:24.240 I was like, oh my gosh, this car has a 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.320 DVR on it. Let me press and there's a little 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.640 symbol you can press on the Tesla and it will record. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.280 It's constantly recording what's happening in front of it. But 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.480 then there's a way you can press to save that 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.800 recording so it doesn't record over it after you know, 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.200 ten fifteen hours whatever it does. Anyway, So we have 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.880 the video of this little incident, which is just wild 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.199 to rewatch because it makes you realize that when you're 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.080 in a car, it is a very serious thing when 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.520 you are not looking directly at the road ahead without 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.480 being distracted. Because again, if I was distracted in any way, 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.840 shape or form, it would not have been good because 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.800 I would have slammed right into this car. 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:00.480 Uh. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.200 This car would have either t boned me or I 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:03.920 would have t boned them being in front of me, 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:05.640 one or the other, depending on the timing. 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.360 But it was it was pretty scary. 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.000 So please put those phones down, put them in the 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.160 glove compartment, whatever you have to do. Just listen to 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.480 the radio and just ignore everything else because my kids 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:16.400 were yelling in the backseat, saying, Dad, can you call 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:18.960 this person? And I was like a minute away from 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.920 like dialing the number of someone in like you know, 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:25.240 trying to chat. So anyway, Uh, okay, We've got lots 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.960 coming up on the show today. We've got I'm gonna 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.880 tell you about the Samsung Galaxy Fe tablet, the headphones 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:32.880 that I tried out on the airplane. We're gonna talk 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.520 about Netflix raising prices. But of course it is your turn. 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:38.720 We've got some of your calls right here at Triple 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.959 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.360 four to two, four to one zero one. Give me 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.880 a call if you have a question about technology. Once again, 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.320 my name is Rich d'miro and you are doing something 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:56.920 smart today. You are listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.800 back to Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:03.440 with you. You talking technology live from Passo Roebules today, 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:09.160 broadcasting coast to coast and talk in Tech. By the way, 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.080 if you've ever been to Passo Roebules, there is a 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.080 little bit of a debate on how to pronounce the 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.240 name of this city. You will hear it pronounced many 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.120 different ways. But I had someone that grew up in 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:24.600 the area tell me that it is robulls rhymes with mobiles, 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.800 which I like because I'm a tech guy, so I 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.000 thought that was pretty good. But I've called it all 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:30.640 kinds of things over the years. And if you're not, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.679 you know, from California originally, like I am not, there's 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.480 a lot of names in this in this state that 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.920 are tricky for me. Even in Los Angeles, there's a 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.880 place called Losienaga Boulevard. I think I called it Los 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:47.160 Sienga for like many many years, and sub pulvida sepulvita, 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:48.640 I mean, there are you you will hear. 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:49.760 All kinds of stuff. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.160 But I guess that's kind of the way it is 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:52.760 around the world, right You go to one of these 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.439 countries that you don't really know the language, and you're 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:59.240 gonna be mispronouncing stuff all day long. This is the 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.400 show where I talk about that's tech stuff I think 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.440 you should know about. It's a place where I answer 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.760 your questions about technology. Phone lines are open at triple 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.439 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:13.480 four to two four one zero one website rich on 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:20.320 tech dot TV. So Netflix is raising prices as promised. Uh, 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.760 they said they wouldn't actually, but then they did. So 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:26.160 Netflix has a lot of subscribers two hundred and forty 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:30.440 seven million at this point. They actually added eight point 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.680 eight million subscribers in the last quarter, which is all 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:37.600 because you know why, they cracked down on that password sharing. 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.520 So it used to be you could share your password, 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.520 your Netflix account with pretty much anyone you wanted, and 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.880 they really really stopped that from happening in a big way. 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:48.640 So eight point. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.679 Eight million new subscribers in a time when a lot 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.520 of these streaming services are contracting or stagnant. So that's 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.960 pretty good. I'm sure they wanted more. No, it says 0:13:58.000 --> 0:13:59.120 exceeded expectations. 0:13:59.120 --> 0:13:59.640 So there you go. 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.240 It was even better than they expected. Now here's the 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:07.200 bad part. Price increases for US plans. So if you 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.440 are still on the basic plan, which by the way, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:13.240 you cannot get anymore. That is a grandfathered plan, that 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.640 is a nine to ninety nine plan, Okay, nine dollars 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.920 ninety nine cents a month, that is going up to 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.800 eleven ninety nine a month, so two dollars increase there. Now, 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.360 if you're on the premium plan, like I am. This 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:26.800 is the one that has four K ultra HD video, 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:28.680 which I can't even tell the difference, but I do 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.120 it because you get more devices. You can download Netflix too, 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.040 and I've got a family of Force. We're all downloading 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.960 stuff for the plane. That plan is going up from 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:40.640 nineteen ninety nine a month to twenty two ninety nine 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.280 a month, So nineteen ninety nine a month to twenty 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:44.120 two ninety. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:44.720 Nine a month. Now. 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.440 The plans that are not changing are the two plans 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.440 that are the AD Supported Plan that will remain the same, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.960 and also the Standard plan that is I think it's 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.560 like fifteen forty nine. Those two plans are staying the same. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.320 So if you you have one of those two, you're fine. 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.320 But it's all the people in the middle like myself 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.960 that are on these either the Premium Plan or the 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.000 Grandfather Plan. So the AD Plan is still going to 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.240 stay at six ninety nine a month, the Standard Plan 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:14.960 is going to be fifteen to forty nine a month, 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.080 the Premium Plan, like I said, is twenty two ninety nine, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.280 and the Basic Plan, which is no longer available. So 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.800 if you're on that plan at this point, even though 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.320 it's raising two dollars. I would probably stick with it 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:30.640 because it's still three dollars or four dollars cheaper than 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:31.680 the next cheapest plan. 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.120 So let's see any other interesting things about this. No, 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.120 not really. Oh, there is one thing. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.720 So the ad supported plan is going to get an improvement, 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.600 which is kind of cool. So for that six ninety nine, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.640 they're going to add downloads to that plan. You couldn't 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.440 download stuff before on that plan, and they're going to 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.080 let you stream in two places instead of just one. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.000 So some improvements as well as some things that are 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.560 not so good on there. So there you go, Netflix 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:03.880 raising prices. Let's go to line one. Carmen is in Hollywood, California. Carmen, 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:04.720 you're on with Rich. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:11.400 Yeah, good morning, Good morning. My messages of one contact 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.800 in What'sapp? I have no idea how did I get 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.680 rid of them? I didn't erasein. I didn't mean to 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:22.239 throw them, but I don't know where they went and disappear. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.200 How can I get them backly? If they're not in Trussian? 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:28.720 Okay, well, if you deleted them, it's going to be 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.000 tough to get them back, but you may have a backup. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:35.240 So if you look on your WhatsApp. Typically, when you 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.080 first set up WhatsApp, it asks you if you'd like 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.200 to back up your messages, whether that's to Google Drive 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:44.120 or whether it is somewhere else, to an online cloud storage. 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:45.520 If you're using the iPhone, you can back it up 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.000 to iCloud. So what you can do is you can 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:52.800 go into the message into the app, and you can 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:56.440 see if you can restore those messages. So I'm looking 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.800 at my app and I don't have anything saved on here, 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.360 but every time I redownload this app, it asks you, 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:03.680 do you want. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.320 To restore messages? 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.720 So what you need to do is figure out if 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.560 you have a backup, and if you do have a backup, 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.359 you need to restore those messages from that backup. So 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.520 again you want to go to your settings, and then 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.199 your chats and then your history. I personally don't have that, 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.000 but you can see if you have that backed up. 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:24.760 I hope you set it up when you first set 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:26.800 up WhatsApp, because it does ask you to do it, 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.320 and most people, I think set up either a backup 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.959 to Google Drive or iCloud, depending on the phone you're on. 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.719 But again, just go into those settings, go into chats, 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:38.200 and it should say chat backup and you can see 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.880 if you can restore the backup from there. 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:41.680 So once you. 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:47.480 Once you find that backup, you can Actually it might 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.920 be tricky, but you may have to delete WhatsApp kind 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.639 of start fresh, and then when you get that message 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:55.119 that says restore, that's where you can restore them too. 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:56.399 So hopefully that helps. Carmen. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:00.520 Please back up everything you've got rich on Tech right 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.080 here at triple eight rich one on one eight eight 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.800 eight seven four to two four one zero one. If 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.120 you have a question about technology, give me a call. 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.360 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.200 out with you talking technology at Triple eight rich one 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:19.640 o one eight eight eight seven. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:23.040 Four to two four one zero one. Email is also 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:23.520 an option. 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.800 You can go to the website rich on Tech dot 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:30.840 TV hit contact. That's exactly what Gary did. Gary said, 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:35.240 paso robles is Spanish, give it a little justice. Yes, uh, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.439 that is the other pronunciation that people often debate is 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.199 passo roblaze or I guess I must say now I 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:46.080 feel like I'm really messing it up. But yes, it's 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:47.920 just you know, it's one of these things where it's 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:52.040 just it's y as ten people, You're gonna get different, 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:53.560 ten different opinions on this place. 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:54.679 So that's just the way it is. 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:58.160 And then Mary wrote in she said, uh, hey, Rich, 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:00.879 how are you able to broadcast from your her place 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.400 in Passo to the broadcast studio in Los Angeles? 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.960 What's the path? And it's pretty simple. 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.600 Actually, we just have some equipment that helps me connect 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:12.040 like you like, I never left the studio, so I'm 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.880 very impressed with it. And We've used this in various places, 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:16.879 including overseas. 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:18.600 I'm trying to think. I know we did it in Berlin. 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:20.240 I'm not sure if I did it when I was 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.880 in Asia, but yeah, it works like a charm. It's 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:27.439 quite amazing. Let's see, let's get to question here. You 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:32.080 guys sell me so many questions, So let's see. Isabelle says, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.920 my daughter has a brand new Apple watch she does 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.040 not want to use. I would like to use it 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.359 because I think they are very nice looking. However, I 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.199 have an Android cell phone. I don't care to connect it, 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:44.639 nor do I care to switch to an Apple cell phone. 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.280 My question is can I still use it? The only 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.479 thing I actually want to use is the time and 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.600 the watch. I only want to see the time. Is 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:55.680 this possible, please help Isabelle. Yes, it is possible, and 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:59.199 there is a setting for the Apple Watch. You do 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.359 need an iPhone to set up an Apple Watch, but 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:03.480 once it's set up, it will work on its own. 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:06.520 And I don't think you're gonna get the full benefit 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:07.560 of having an Apple Watch. 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:08.360 But if you just. 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:10.560 Want the time, like you're saying, then surep you can 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.719 absolutely do this, and it will do some other basic 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:14.960 things as well. Now I do think you're gonna need 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:17.320 to set up an iCloud account to do this, so 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.320 if you don't have that, it's free, you can do that. 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:23.240 But the feature is called family set up, and you 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:26.440 actually need to use your daughter's iPhone to do this. 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.440 So once you reset the Apple Watch, go into settings 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.199 and factory reset it. That'll bring it to like a 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.960 fresh start. Use your phone, your daughter's iPhone to set 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:38.720 up the Apple Watch, and it will say are you 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:41.879 setting this up for yourself or a family member? And 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:44.159 you are the family member, so say yes, I'm setting 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:46.320 this up for a family member, and it will guide 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:48.520 you through the process of setting up that phone for 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:51.399 you and not her phone, so all of your stuff 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.359 will be just on the watch. It will be separate 0:20:54.359 --> 0:20:56.639 from anything that she has on her account. But like 0:20:56.680 --> 0:20:58.199 I said, you will need to log in with your 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:00.680 own iCloud account just so that Apple can keep track 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:02.240 of everything and make sure that you've got your own 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.520 account on there, so you can set that up for 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:07.800 free during the setup time. And if you just want 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:09.840 to use the time and the watch, that's fine, but 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:11.800 you can use other features. I mean, you could use 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.639 like you know, the stop watch, the calendar. My kids 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:18.040 have Apple Watches and they use them independent of a phone, 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:19.480 and they do a whole bunch of stuff. They've even 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:22.600 downloaded little games on there. So there are definitely things 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:24.359 you can do on the Apple Watch even if you 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:28.280 don't have an iPhone. And this is because a lot 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:31.680 of people use these for their kids or even adults 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:34.679 that you know may have a disability or something like 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:36.480 that where you want to be able to keep track 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:38.359 of them or have this watch on their wrist, but 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:41.200 they're not necessarily using an iPhone. 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:43.040 So there are many many reasons. 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:44.400 Why you might want to set this up this way, 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:48.720 but it can be done very easily. A good question Isabelle, 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:52.840 Thanks so much for writing Let's see. Rob from Los 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:55.159 Angeles says, Hey, Rich, I follow you on social media 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:57.879 and your podcast, and I think you're pretty funny and informative. 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:00.320 Oh well, thank you, Rob. I have a question about 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:03.560 two factor authentication apps. I use two FA open source 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:07.480 app and Microsoft Authenticator app on my accounts. What if 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:10.639 I want to stop using Microsoft Authenticator and switch to 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:11.520 the two FA app? 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:12.520 Will that create. 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:17.320 Conflict since my accounts were accepting codes generated by the 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:19.920 app the Microsoft app before, or do I have to 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:23.040 stick with the same Authenticator app once I attach the 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:24.160 account to one app. 0:22:24.200 --> 0:22:24.960 Please explain. 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:29.119 Thanks in advance, Rob in Los Angeles, Rob, great question. 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:31.960 Now it's interesting because I don't I don't talk about 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:34.880 the two factor authentication apps too much, but I think 0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:38.119 they are very very important. And if you've heard of 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:41.280 me talk about securing your online accounts, there are two 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:44.919 ways you do that. Number one, very strong password, unique 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:47.919 password for every account, and then the second way is 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:54.400 with a two factor authentication enabled on your account. And 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:56.199 there are two ways of doing that, and this is 0:22:56.200 --> 0:22:57.880 why it gets a little bit complicated. And I don't 0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:00.280 want to I don't want people to be detracted from 0:23:00.320 --> 0:23:02.399 doing this right like I want them to do this, 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:04.080 so I want to make it as simple as possible. 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.040 And the simplest way to do two factor authentication is 0:23:07.040 --> 0:23:09.359 with the text message code. And so you put in 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:11.520 your phone number on something like Instagram and it says, hey, 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:13.119 we're going to text you every time you try to 0:23:13.160 --> 0:23:15.359 log in. If you don't give us that secret code 0:23:15.359 --> 0:23:16.919 that we text you, we're not going to allow this 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:19.560 log in to happen. Well, the problem is that the 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:22.920 cell phones and phone numbers are a little bit easier 0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:26.199 hacked than we'd like, and so some people could get 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:28.639 a hold of your cell phone number or intercept that 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:32.000 code and hack you still even if you have two 0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:34.199 factor on. But it's still a very good way to 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:36.960 protect your account in most, like ninety nine percent of cases. 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:39.760 But if you really want to be safe and secure, 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:41.359 what you want to do is use one of these 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:44.840 two factor authentication apps. And what these apps do is 0:23:44.880 --> 0:23:48.160 they generate a unique code every thirty seconds or so, 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:50.280 and when you want to log in, you just go 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:52.719 to this app and you check out the code and 0:23:52.760 --> 0:23:56.159 you just type it in. And again that's the second factor. 0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:58.879 The first is you logging into the account. The second 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:01.480 is this app that is generating a code. Now, the 0:24:01.480 --> 0:24:04.480 app is nice because it is independent of your phone number. 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:06.879 So if you switch phone lines, if you get a 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:09.600 different carrier, if you get rid of your phone number altogether, 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:13.240 you don't lose those ways to log into your account 0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:15.840 because you can no longer access those codes. You can 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:18.359 get them on this app no matter what service you're using. 0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:21.200 So that's why I like to use this service whenever possible. 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:25.680 And there are apps called authie. There are Google Authenticator, 0:24:25.760 --> 0:24:30.280 there's Microsoft Authenticator. There are several of these authentication apps 0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:32.080 out there. You just have to pick one that you like. 0:24:32.200 --> 0:24:34.119 I would personally say pick one that does not have 0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:36.879 any sort of cost because you don't want to be 0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:39.240 paying for this down the line over time. 0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:42.959 So the question rob is can you switch apps? 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:44.880 And I had to do some research on this one, 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.800 but I looked up on Wired had an article about this. 0:24:48.440 --> 0:24:50.800 And it's funny because I've been not wanting to switch 0:24:50.840 --> 0:24:53.040 because it is a time consuming process, but it can 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.399 be done. And so, as I suspected, you basically have 0:24:56.480 --> 0:25:00.840 to disable the two factor authentication temporarily and then re 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:03.119 enable it using the new app. And the way that 0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:05.480 you do that is once you enable it. Typically, you 0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:08.840 just scan a QR code on your screen to enable 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:12.440 this two factor authentication. It links up and then all 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:15.840 of your codes are right on that app. So, for instance, 0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:18.320 I use an app and I've got all of my 0:25:18.440 --> 0:25:21.480 codes on here for Twitter, I've got it for my Facebook, 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.360 I've got it for my website at work, I've got 0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:27.480 it for my Instagram. And so of course the number 0:25:27.480 --> 0:25:29.600 one thing you're thinking is, well, what if someone hacks 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:30.119 that app? 0:25:30.640 --> 0:25:31.840 Yeah, you've got to be careful. 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:34.040 And this is why you have to have a password 0:25:34.080 --> 0:25:37.360 on your phone or face ID or a fingerprint scanner, 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:41.400 and there is a log in for that app as well. 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:44.320 So again, all of these things do require a little 0:25:44.320 --> 0:25:47.639 bit of planning, a little bit of kind of just 0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:50.560 setting things up so that they work. And I know 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:54.040 people get very hesitant to set this stuff up because 0:25:54.040 --> 0:25:56.120 it sounds so complicated and it feels like you're never 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:58.680 gonna be able to get into your your logins when 0:25:58.680 --> 0:26:01.400 you need to. But believe me, I will tell you 0:26:01.480 --> 0:26:06.720 I get emails every single day, every single day from 0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:11.160 people that get hacked on Facebook, on Instagram, on their email. 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:14.240 And when you do that, there is no guarantee that 0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:16.119 you're getting that account back. And I have people that 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.320 are saying, rich, I have my photos on there, I 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.280 have my emails, I have all kinds of personal data 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:23.280 that I will never be able to get back, and 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:26.960 I say, you know what, I'm sorry, but the reality 0:26:27.080 --> 0:26:30.320 is you have to lock down these accounts, and most 0:26:30.359 --> 0:26:33.960 people just don't want to. And if you don't, you 0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.680 will be hacked. I'm telling you that because it's not 0:26:36.840 --> 0:26:39.280 like they're they're targeting you. They are just coming after 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:42.359 a lot of people. By the way, coming up on 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:44.679 the show, we've got a couple of great guests. Marcel 0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:47.320 Campos is going to talk about the one plus Open. 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:49.760 This is a new foldable phone. After the break, i'll 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:53.680 tell you some details about that phone. And Michael Sino 0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:56.159 later in the show is going to talk about tips 0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:59.200 on how to protect yourself online. He is a Google 0:27:00.040 --> 0:27:03.760 Google he is a Google cybersecurity expert, and we had 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:06.639 a great conversation about some of these ways you can 0:27:06.680 --> 0:27:09.280 protect yourself and some of it is pretty basic, like 0:27:09.280 --> 0:27:13.000 I said, the two factor authentication, but Google is also 0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:16.800 pushing this new way of authentication called pass keys, and 0:27:16.880 --> 0:27:19.520 this actually uses your phone as. 0:27:19.480 --> 0:27:20.960 Almost an authentication app. 0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:23.640 So instead of actually using that app to generate a code, 0:27:24.080 --> 0:27:28.199 your phone is the authentication code. So let's say you 0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:30.160 go to a website and it says, hey, you log 0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:32.640 in with your password, and then it says, okay, now 0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:36.159 go to your phone and okay that log in and 0:27:36.200 --> 0:27:38.640 you scan your fingerprint on your phone or you scan 0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:42.040 your face and it will then accept that and let 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.560 you log into the website. So again, we're basically protecting 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:50.119 ourselves from phishing attempts, from scam attempts, from all this 0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:52.879 stuff because there are people out there twenty four to 0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:53.320 seven that. 0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:55.400 Are trying to figure out how to hack us. 0:27:56.320 --> 0:27:58.240 And believe me, it's pretty easy because there's so many 0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:01.480 people out there that just are wide open. So it's 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:03.160 it's not that tough for them to do this stuff. 0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:05.880 But when it happens, it's not good. All right, Phone 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:08.639 lines are let's see triple eight rich one O one 0:28:08.760 --> 0:28:12.200 eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one 0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:16.520 on the website richon tech dot TV. Hit contact if 0:28:16.520 --> 0:28:19.120 you want to get in touch, give me a call. 0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:21.120 You have a question about technology. My name is Rich 0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:29.360 d'miro and you are listening to Rich on tech. Welcome 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:32.440 back to Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here talking tech 0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:35.120 with you. You can follow me on social media. I'm 0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:39.800 at rich on tech, on Instagram, Facebook, X and threads, 0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:43.560 and I usually go over what I posted to uh Instagram. 0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:46.920 This previous week, ooh, I posted some pictures I was 0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:49.640 talking about being back east. I posted some pictures from 0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:51.400 my trip. You can see if I come from a 0:28:51.400 --> 0:28:55.120 family of five siblings, so when we get in the room, 0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:57.120 it is a instant party. 0:28:57.160 --> 0:28:59.440 And believe me, they are a wild group of folks, 0:28:59.480 --> 0:28:59.959 my siblings. 0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:02.040 So if you want to see them and see some 0:29:02.080 --> 0:29:04.560 of the pictures of me and my family are at 0:29:04.600 --> 0:29:06.440 the wedding we went to, you can do that on 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:07.360 my Instagram at. 0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:07.760 Rich on Tech. 0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:11.000 I posted a tip about you ever be on the 0:29:11.040 --> 0:29:13.360 iPhone and it shows you like, hey, would you like 0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:15.160 to rate this app on the app Store and it 0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:17.400 pops up like a little five stars, and it's like 0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:18.959 right in the middle of what you're trying to do. 0:29:19.480 --> 0:29:21.720 So I posted a tip on how to get rid 0:29:21.720 --> 0:29:23.800 of that and make it so apps can't ask you 0:29:23.880 --> 0:29:27.880 to do that anymore. I also posted this cool light 0:29:27.960 --> 0:29:31.000 up clothing. It's let's see what's it called. It's called 0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:34.640 go Glow by Pat Pat and these are really fun. 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:36.760 I always try to do something like unique and techie 0:29:36.840 --> 0:29:37.920 for Halloween. 0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:40.160 So these are light up clothing. 0:29:40.280 --> 0:29:42.480 So they have like a skeleton on them that lights 0:29:42.560 --> 0:29:45.080 up and changes color. You know, they have different things 0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:47.120 that they do, and it's really cool because I've tried 0:29:47.120 --> 0:29:49.520 this type of clothing before that lights up. This is 0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:52.200 the best I've seen because the battery pack is so tiny, 0:29:52.240 --> 0:29:55.920 it's rechargeable, it's USBC, and the clothes are washable too. 0:29:56.240 --> 0:29:57.200 Some of the other ones I've. 0:29:57.040 --> 0:29:58.800 Tried in the past they have like these big cables 0:29:58.840 --> 0:30:00.480 you got to run through the clothes. 0:30:00.520 --> 0:30:02.920 This one, it's all self contained. It's very very cool. 0:30:03.360 --> 0:30:06.680 And then finally, have you heard of Fingerlings? These are 0:30:06.800 --> 0:30:10.600 the little toys that you put on your finger and 0:30:10.880 --> 0:30:13.320 they are kind of an animated I don't know, it 0:30:13.320 --> 0:30:16.400 looks like almost like a monkey, and it's really really cute. 0:30:16.480 --> 0:30:19.160 And so I was talking to the creator of the fingerlings. 0:30:19.280 --> 0:30:21.360 She's got a new product out, so we were talking about that, 0:30:21.440 --> 0:30:23.400 and then she showed me the old one that sort 0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:26.560 of you know, gave her a pretty big name because 0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:30.080 she's very young. I think she invented these under thirty 0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:33.400 and anyways, she has a new product that my kids love, 0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:35.920 so I'll be talking about that soon as well. 0:30:36.960 --> 0:30:39.120 Let's see, let's go to the phone lines. 0:30:39.360 --> 0:30:43.680 Let's see here, we've got Francesca in Los Angeles. 0:30:43.760 --> 0:30:45.720 Line one. Francesca, you're on with Rich. 0:30:45.920 --> 0:30:49.880 Hello. I love to listen to you. You're very knowledgable 0:30:49.920 --> 0:30:54.680 and charming and all that, and I am in big trouble. 0:30:54.960 --> 0:31:00.240 Of course, I finally decided to overcome my anxiety by 0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:03.640 the cell phone. I had a bad case of cancer 0:31:04.000 --> 0:31:06.560 and I was told that if I don't need the 0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:09.840 cell phone now, I should not have it because of 0:31:09.920 --> 0:31:15.640 the radiation. So because of this, I was very paranoid. 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:20.160 Now this is many years later, I decided stop that 0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:24.160 and get the cell phone. Now I don't really even 0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:28.080 know how to make a phone call, so if you 0:31:28.200 --> 0:31:33.920 could help me with that, I'm not sure you know 0:31:34.440 --> 0:31:39.280 when I'm changing the pages, whether I'm using I should 0:31:39.360 --> 0:31:44.479 be using one finger to swipe or three fingers. I 0:31:44.520 --> 0:31:48.520 can't read the instructions because it's too tiny, and even 0:31:48.560 --> 0:31:51.120 with my glasses, I can't read it. So I'm going 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:52.600 to have to get new glasses. 0:31:54.560 --> 0:31:57.000 Well, thanks for the kind words. Sorry that you had 0:31:57.040 --> 0:31:58.760 to go through what you went through with the cancer. 0:31:59.120 --> 0:32:02.080 I hope you're doing or with that. The phone? What 0:32:02.160 --> 0:32:03.240 kind of phone did you get? 0:32:03.520 --> 0:32:04.440 The track phone? 0:32:05.960 --> 0:32:06.880 Okay, it's a track phone. 0:32:06.960 --> 0:32:09.360 Is it a smartphone or is it just a flip 0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:10.240 standard phone? 0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:11.840 I think it's a smartphone. 0:32:13.280 --> 0:32:15.560 It is a smartphone, okay, So it has like Android 0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:15.840 on it? 0:32:15.880 --> 0:32:20.560 Maybe I don't see that shine anywhere. 0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:24.760 On the does it is it a is it a Samsung? 0:32:24.920 --> 0:32:26.760 Is it an Apple? Is it an iPhone? 0:32:28.960 --> 0:32:32.000 I don't really know. It was given to me. It's 0:32:32.040 --> 0:32:32.400 a t. 0:32:34.640 --> 0:32:39.080 TC okay, TCL, Yes, got it. Okay, that's an that's 0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:41.080 an Android phone. Yep, TCL. 0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:43.920 So TCL is the company that's they're pretty famous for 0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:47.560 TVs now on this phone because TCL makes two different 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:49.840 types of phones. They make a flip phone. So does 0:32:49.840 --> 0:32:52.719 it have a physical keyboard or is it all screen? 0:32:55.520 --> 0:32:55.640 Like? 0:32:55.920 --> 0:32:57.680 Does it have buttons you can physically press? 0:32:58.080 --> 0:33:01.640 I have to press but yeah the symbols? 0:33:01.720 --> 0:33:05.320 Yes, okay, but it's all on the screen. 0:33:06.320 --> 0:33:06.880 I got it. 0:33:06.960 --> 0:33:09.960 So it's not like it's not like an right, Okay, 0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:12.120 got it? So it is a smartphone. Okay, So it 0:33:12.160 --> 0:33:16.600 sounds like you have you know, one of their TCL smartphones, 0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:19.200 which are good little phones. But again you have to 0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:21.120 learn how to use this. So if you want to 0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:23.840 learn how to use an Android phone, the main things 0:33:23.920 --> 0:33:26.400 that you need to do are make a phone call 0:33:26.720 --> 0:33:29.480 and you're calling me, so maybe you figure that part out, 0:33:29.880 --> 0:33:33.800 but it really comes down to downloading apps and just 0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:36.200 getting this phone to do things that you need to do. 0:33:36.400 --> 0:33:38.320 So what I would do is just set up the 0:33:38.320 --> 0:33:41.000 home screen with the things that you want to do, 0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:43.560 and if that is Facebook, maybe you put that app 0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:43.960 on there. 0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:46.720 If it's your phone, you put that app on there. 0:33:46.760 --> 0:33:49.000 Texting you're probably gonna want to text folks as well, 0:33:49.040 --> 0:33:51.200 so you want your texting app on there. And you 0:33:51.200 --> 0:33:53.400 can do other stuff too, like of course take pictures, 0:33:53.480 --> 0:33:55.480 you can surf the web. But I think if you 0:33:55.560 --> 0:33:58.720 just want to get the basics down, the way to 0:33:58.800 --> 0:34:01.320 learn this phone is just to use it. There is 0:34:01.440 --> 0:34:06.320 typically in smartphones and app called tips, so you might 0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:08.400 search for that, and the way that you search on 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:10.960 your phone is you swipe up and then you search 0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:13.719 inside there, or you can just search on the bar 0:34:13.800 --> 0:34:17.040 that says Google right on your phone screen. So it 0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:20.000 is a little bit intimidating. I understand because you are 0:34:20.239 --> 0:34:23.720 just getting to learn this phone. I would also think 0:34:23.840 --> 0:34:28.120 that TCL probably has a book about this phone online, 0:34:28.480 --> 0:34:30.680 so if you have access to a computer and you 0:34:30.719 --> 0:34:32.719 want to read kind of like a simple book on 0:34:32.760 --> 0:34:34.960 how to use this But I think the main thing, 0:34:35.200 --> 0:34:37.680 Francesca that you need to know is that you want 0:34:37.719 --> 0:34:39.520 to be able to make calls on this phone, and 0:34:39.560 --> 0:34:41.360 you want to customize it for the things that you 0:34:41.440 --> 0:34:44.560 want to do. And I would say, personally, if you 0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:47.440 have a family member or a friend or a neighbor 0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:50.640 that has an Android phone, just ask them, just say, hey, 0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:53.120 how do you make phone calls? I would say one 0:34:53.160 --> 0:34:54.880 thing you probably want to make sure you're doing is 0:34:54.920 --> 0:34:57.719 connecting it to Wi Fi in your home if you 0:34:57.760 --> 0:35:00.920 do have Wi Fi in your house, because otherwise I'm 0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:02.840 not sure how much data you have with your plan 0:35:03.040 --> 0:35:05.919 with trackphone, but it's typically not that much with them, 0:35:06.680 --> 0:35:08.600 and so you probably don't want to gobble up all 0:35:08.640 --> 0:35:10.239 that data when you're at home if you're in a 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:12.120 Wi Fi area, So try to connect to Wi Fi 0:35:12.120 --> 0:35:13.040 as much as possible. 0:35:13.400 --> 0:35:15.400 But you know, these. 0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:17.719 Things are mainly just a matter of trial and error. 0:35:17.719 --> 0:35:20.320 You're not going to break anything. I would also I 0:35:20.320 --> 0:35:22.560 would try to learn how to turn the phone off 0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:25.759 and on and also restart it, and that's typically going 0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:27.640 to be either holding down the power button on the 0:35:27.680 --> 0:35:31.040 side or swiping down from the top and pressing the 0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:33.880 settings which looks like a little gear. The other thing, Francesca, 0:35:33.880 --> 0:35:36.120 I think is really fun is just searching Google. So 0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:39.160 there's a microphone icon on your home screen. Just tap 0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:41.719 that and ask Google whatever you want answers to and 0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:43.239 you can have a lot of fun there too, So 0:35:43.880 --> 0:35:46.560 have fun with the phone. I'm glad you are coming 0:35:46.560 --> 0:35:49.399 around and getting into the twenty first century here, So 0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:53.000 thanks for the call today, appreciate it and enjoy You 0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:55.279 are listening to rich on Tech. Phone lines are open 0:35:55.360 --> 0:35:58.279 at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight 0:35:58.400 --> 0:36:01.760 eight seven four to two, four to one zero one. 0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:04.400 Coming up, I'm gonna tell you about the one plus 0:36:04.480 --> 0:36:07.520 open foldable smartphone. Plus I'll give you my thoughts on 0:36:07.560 --> 0:36:11.600 some of Samsung's new products, including the Galaxy Buds f 0:36:11.719 --> 0:36:14.239 E and the Galaxy tab S. 0:36:14.280 --> 0:36:15.000 Nine f E. 0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:19.320 These are affordable gadgets from Samsung, and I've got thoughts 0:36:19.360 --> 0:36:20.120 because I used them. 0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:22.439 You are listening to rich on Tech. 0:36:27.200 --> 0:36:29.359 What's going on rich de Barrow here, rich on Tech 0:36:29.400 --> 0:36:32.640 talking technology with you at Triple eight Rich one oh one. 0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:36.080 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:36:36.440 --> 0:36:36.960 zero one. 0:36:37.040 --> 0:36:41.399 Doing the show today from Paso robles, a U an 0:36:41.400 --> 0:36:45.200 area in I guess it's central California that is known 0:36:45.239 --> 0:36:47.759 for their wine and their restaurants and just kind of 0:36:47.800 --> 0:36:50.600 a nice, relaxed place. It's a fun place to spend 0:36:50.640 --> 0:36:53.399 a weekend, for sure, if you haven't been. Gloria wrote 0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:55.920 in on the website richon Tech dot TV. We were 0:36:55.920 --> 0:37:00.399 talking about how people mispronounce names of places, and Glory says, 0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:04.840 there's a street in your Belinda baston Cherry, but everyone 0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:07.719 pronounces it as baston Cherry. And when I try to 0:37:07.760 --> 0:37:11.560 explain the why, they just ignore me. Yeah, you know, 0:37:11.640 --> 0:37:14.720 people are setting their ways sometimes. Coming up on this hour, 0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:17.000 we are going to talk about the one plus Open. 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:19.560 This is a new foldable phone. I'll tell you about 0:37:19.760 --> 0:37:22.680 some details on that in just a moment. We're gonna 0:37:22.680 --> 0:37:23.200 talk about. 0:37:23.000 --> 0:37:26.480 The Galaxy Buds FE and the Galaxy tab S nine 0:37:26.480 --> 0:37:27.760 f E. These are two new. 0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:32.200 Less expensive products from Samsung that deliver a lot of 0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:35.000 the things that people like, and we're gonna take more 0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:35.600 of your calls. 0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:36.640 So let's get to. 0:37:36.760 --> 0:37:41.279 The calls right now, let's go to Mickey and so 0:37:41.480 --> 0:37:44.360 here's a city that people mispronounce cam Rio. Right, So 0:37:44.440 --> 0:37:45.839 Mickey and Camerio line too. 0:37:45.960 --> 0:37:47.719 You're on with rech. How do you say Camrio? 0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:48.719 Hi? 0:37:48.840 --> 0:37:50.680 Yes, good morning cam Mario. 0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:56.399 Yeah, I got it right. See, oh there you go. See. 0:37:56.400 --> 0:37:58.239 I think when I first moved to California, I might 0:37:58.280 --> 0:37:59.879 have said like Camarillo. 0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:02.160 Yes, many do. 0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:05.640 So what can I help you with? 0:38:06.440 --> 0:38:09.600 Okay, I'm pulling over. I've had conflicting let me make 0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:10.360 sure you can hear me. 0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:12.600 Yeah, I hear you. 0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:15.600 Be careful please, okay, yeah, no, I'll pull over. So 0:38:15.960 --> 0:38:22.960 I had conflicting information from my uh the anti virus company. Well, 0:38:23.360 --> 0:38:26.400 I was told to leave this VPN at home and 0:38:26.560 --> 0:38:28.799 on my mobile my cell phone okay, and the cell 0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:32.319 phone house also another antivirus. But anyway, so I even 0:38:32.320 --> 0:38:35.120 talked to a manager. This manager told me. I told 0:38:35.200 --> 0:38:37.320 the manager, I was told by one of your representatives 0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:41.440 in the tech department tech support that the VPN uh 0:38:41.600 --> 0:38:43.239 A lady. She said, Oh, you're supposed to leave it 0:38:43.280 --> 0:38:44.960 on at all times? Who told you turned it off? 0:38:45.000 --> 0:38:46.920 I said one of the text one of the tech 0:38:46.960 --> 0:38:50.399 support people, because I've called back and forth several days times. 0:38:50.440 --> 0:38:52.839 They said said, no, leave it off when you're on 0:38:52.880 --> 0:38:56.040 your computer at home, and uh off on your phone 0:38:56.160 --> 0:38:58.160 off here at home, but once you leave home, turned 0:38:58.160 --> 0:39:01.680 on your VPN. And then and yet someone else told it. 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:03.560 And the lady says, no, you're supposed to leave your 0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:05.920 VPN at home on the computer. Should be on twenty 0:39:05.920 --> 0:39:08.239 four to seven. She said, the one that told you 0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:09.719 to leave it off, I am going to do. You 0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:11.080 don't know the name, I said, know you, well, I'm 0:39:11.080 --> 0:39:12.920 going to report that. I said, I don't know why 0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:15.560 he would have told you that the supervisor. Then I 0:39:15.560 --> 0:39:18.480 called the nex Baseball was the supervisor. Supervisor said VPN 0:39:18.560 --> 0:39:22.080 should be on twenty four to seven phone and mobile devices. 0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:24.879 So of course I'm taking the words of a supervisor 0:39:25.160 --> 0:39:28.120 and he just he described, you know, some website the 0:39:28.320 --> 0:39:29.920 VPN will work with it to turn it off and 0:39:30.000 --> 0:39:33.040 turn it back on, et cetera. And anyway, So I'm 0:39:33.160 --> 0:39:35.440 just really you know, I'm taking a heart what the 0:39:35.480 --> 0:39:38.520 supervisor said, but I'm just really confused a little skill. 0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:41.640 Okay, what company are you using for your VPN? 0:39:42.360 --> 0:39:44.319 This is for McAfee. I had Basic and I went 0:39:44.360 --> 0:39:49.160 to McAfee Advanced Assists, so few days ago. 0:39:50.280 --> 0:39:53.160 There's a lot of advertising around VPNs. There's a lot 0:39:53.200 --> 0:39:56.799 of talk around VPNs for privacy. We had on a 0:39:56.840 --> 0:39:59.560 privacy or a VPN expert a couple of weeks ago, 0:40:00.600 --> 0:40:03.600 David Huerta, and so I highly recommend that you go 0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:05.360 back and re listen to that interview. 0:40:05.520 --> 0:40:08.000 That is the last. 0:40:07.719 --> 0:40:10.520 Show if you go to the podcast rich on Tech 0:40:11.360 --> 0:40:15.360 podcast and if you look at the episode that is 0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:22.800 titled Let's see it is, oh, VPN's Explained October seventh. 0:40:23.120 --> 0:40:25.600 So I highly recommend that you listen to that episode 0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:29.160 and he will explain exactly when you should use a VPN. 0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:32.600 Because there's so much advertising, because there's so much push, 0:40:32.600 --> 0:40:35.200 and because there's so much profit on VPNs, and of 0:40:35.200 --> 0:40:38.799 course privacy is paramount to everyone, there is a lot 0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:41.760 of misconceptions about when you need to use a VPN. 0:40:41.880 --> 0:40:44.040 So here is my rule of thumb. If you're on 0:40:44.080 --> 0:40:45.840 your home Wi Fi network, you do not need to 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:48.560 use your VPN. There is no reason for it unless 0:40:49.080 --> 0:40:52.800 you are trying to mask what you're doing to your ISP, 0:40:53.040 --> 0:40:56.080 your Internet service provider you want to change the location 0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:57.480 of where you are and you want to look like 0:40:57.520 --> 0:41:00.560 you are surfing the web from a different place, or 0:41:01.320 --> 0:41:04.759 you're like really really top secret and just don't want 0:41:04.800 --> 0:41:07.280 any sort of trackers tracking you as you move around 0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:09.600 the Internet. So those are the reasons why you might 0:41:09.640 --> 0:41:11.800 want to use a VPN at home. I don't recommend it. 0:41:11.840 --> 0:41:14.200 I don't think you need it now. When you're out 0:41:14.239 --> 0:41:17.520 and about, I would say, stay on your cellular network 0:41:17.719 --> 0:41:20.480 for all of your stuff as much as possible, and 0:41:20.520 --> 0:41:22.960 in that case, you do not need a VPN unless 0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.240 the same things apply. If you don't want your ISP 0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:28.279 to know what you're doing, if you don't want to 0:41:28.280 --> 0:41:30.040 be tracked all that good stuff, you can use the 0:41:30.120 --> 0:41:32.960 VPN even on your mobile network. Now, it's when you're 0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:35.800 on Wi Fi that I think you might need a VPN, 0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.839 but only during specific use cases. Only when you're doing 0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:42.920 something very sensitive on that Wi Fi network, might you 0:41:42.920 --> 0:41:45.520 want to consider using a VPN. So again, let's say 0:41:45.560 --> 0:41:49.640 you are a public shared plate. Do you want to 0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:52.080 check your bank account? Maybe that's when you might use 0:41:52.120 --> 0:41:55.080 a VPN. But the trick is a lot of these 0:41:55.160 --> 0:42:00.000 VPNs don't actually let you log in if you're sorry. 0:42:00.040 --> 0:42:02.400 A lot of these banks and things won't let you 0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:04.680 log in if you're on a VPN because VPNs can 0:42:04.719 --> 0:42:07.399 also be tricked, and so they want to make sure 0:42:07.400 --> 0:42:09.880 that you're on a direct connection through a cellular company 0:42:09.960 --> 0:42:10.480 or through. 0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:11.239 A Wi Fi. 0:42:12.040 --> 0:42:14.840 So I think the bottom line is there for the 0:42:14.960 --> 0:42:18.120 average person, there are not many many times when you 0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:21.040 need to use a VPN, but there are specific use 0:42:21.080 --> 0:42:23.360 cases where I will fire up the VPN to protect 0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:25.920 my web browsing, or to protect what I'm doing, or 0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:27.920 if I'm on a sketchy Wi Fi network that I'm 0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:31.400 not really sure, I will probably use a VPN to 0:42:31.440 --> 0:42:33.120 just protect those things. But most of the time I 0:42:33.160 --> 0:42:36.120 will stay on cellular, which is very, very secure, and 0:42:36.360 --> 0:42:39.160 there's not really a need for a VPN during those times. 0:42:39.160 --> 0:42:42.279 But Mickey, I understand there are so many questions about 0:42:42.280 --> 0:42:46.120 this stuff. I think the last episode on October seventh, 0:42:46.600 --> 0:42:50.040 VPNs explained with our guests. We'll explain a lot, but 0:42:50.120 --> 0:42:53.640 I kind of summarized what he had to say just now. 0:42:53.680 --> 0:42:55.760 So thank you for the call. Appreciate it. Use a VPN. 0:42:55.760 --> 0:42:57.279 I don't think you need to pay a ton for it. 0:42:57.640 --> 0:42:59.480 I don't think it needs to be activated all the time. 0:42:59.560 --> 0:43:02.440 I think that again, just the times that I mentioned 0:43:02.840 --> 0:43:05.120 are the critical times when you might want to do that. 0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:06.160 All right. 0:43:06.239 --> 0:43:09.440 So I was using the Galaxy Buds FE and the 0:43:09.440 --> 0:43:12.880 Galaxy tab S nine FE on my flight back to 0:43:13.200 --> 0:43:16.440 New Jersey last week. So the Galaxy Buds FE are 0:43:16.840 --> 0:43:20.480 earbuds that are ninety nine dollars. These are brand new 0:43:20.480 --> 0:43:23.640 from Samsung. They've got active noise cancelation. They've got ambient 0:43:23.719 --> 0:43:26.239 sound modes. They've got really long battery life up to 0:43:26.360 --> 0:43:29.480 eight and a half hours of playback time thirty hours 0:43:29.480 --> 0:43:32.640 with the case. They've got decent water resistance. They're only 0:43:32.680 --> 0:43:35.919 IPX two, which means they are splash resistant. They fit 0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:39.719 in my ears great, they sound really good. They have 0:43:39.760 --> 0:43:43.480 a three mic system, so it's got good, clean, clear calls. 0:43:43.840 --> 0:43:46.359 I will tell you though, I did not think these 0:43:46.400 --> 0:43:49.480 were that loud in my ears, especially on the plane. 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:51.239 I don't know what the deal was. 0:43:51.400 --> 0:43:54.000 I'm not sure why, but they were tough to hear, 0:43:55.000 --> 0:43:57.960 and I'm not sure if that was just limited to me. 0:43:58.560 --> 0:44:00.759 But I will say I switched to between these and 0:44:00.840 --> 0:44:03.480 several other earbuds, and the other earbuds did sound better. 0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:05.719 So I think these sound fine when you're not in 0:44:05.760 --> 0:44:07.799 a place like a plane, but and maybe they need 0:44:07.800 --> 0:44:11.359 a software update to sound better. But overall, I will 0:44:11.400 --> 0:44:13.439 say I do like them. I took them on a run. 0:44:13.480 --> 0:44:15.560 I thought they sounded good during the run. But it's 0:44:15.600 --> 0:44:19.000 one of these things where you know it's they're good. 0:44:19.560 --> 0:44:21.600 Maybe wait for the price to go down to they 0:44:21.760 --> 0:44:24.160 they retail at ninety nine ninety nine. I think that 0:44:24.200 --> 0:44:26.319 they're going to be cheaper during the holidays. So that's 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:29.919 the Galaxy Buds f E. I think overall they're fine. 0:44:30.320 --> 0:44:33.279 They're not. They they sounded okay on the plane. They 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:36.160 weren't the best noise cancelation headphones I've ever used on 0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:37.879 a plane, but a lot of the ones I use 0:44:37.920 --> 0:44:40.239 are maybe double the price of these anyway, So if 0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:42.359 you want something that's simple, basic, I think they're going 0:44:42.400 --> 0:44:43.080 to be a good bye. 0:44:43.000 --> 0:44:44.520 Especially if you have a Samsung phone. 0:44:45.200 --> 0:44:47.840 Now, when it comes to this Galaxy tab S nine 0:44:47.880 --> 0:44:52.200 f E, this is a large tablet and I will 0:44:52.239 --> 0:44:55.080 say I actually really like it, and I typically recommend 0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:57.520 the iPads, and that's for a reason. 0:44:57.719 --> 0:44:58.960 You get a lot for your money. 0:44:59.000 --> 0:45:01.400 This starts at four hundred and fifty bucks that's a 0:45:01.400 --> 0:45:04.040 lot of money. It's got a large screen, either a 0:45:04.040 --> 0:45:06.040 ten point nine in screen or a twelve point four 0:45:06.040 --> 0:45:08.359 in screen. It's got a great refresh rate. It's got 0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:10.800 an s pen included, so it's got a stylus included, 0:45:10.800 --> 0:45:12.759 which is kind of nice. It's got up to two 0:45:12.840 --> 0:45:15.840 hundred and fifty six gigabytes of storage. It's got a 0:45:15.880 --> 0:45:18.439 micro SD card. You can get one with a SIM card, 0:45:18.560 --> 0:45:20.840 so if you want to use cellular on this. The 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:23.040 other neat thing about this tablet is that it is 0:45:23.200 --> 0:45:26.680 IP sixty eight, which means it's water and dust resistant, 0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:28.600 which means you can take this thing like in a 0:45:28.640 --> 0:45:31.080 pool and get it wet and it's fine. I wouldn't 0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:32.719 put it underwater for a long time, but if you 0:45:32.719 --> 0:45:34.120 want to read in the pool, watch a movie in 0:45:34.160 --> 0:45:36.520 the pool, you can. I don't know why you'd want 0:45:36.520 --> 0:45:38.000 to do that, but you could if you want it to. 0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:40.520 It's got up to twenty hours of video playback. I 0:45:40.520 --> 0:45:43.239 had no problems with the battery situation. It charged really 0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:43.960 nice and fast. 0:45:44.040 --> 0:45:44.279 Again. 0:45:44.320 --> 0:45:48.120 It has five G connectivity available and this starts at 0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:51.600 four hundred and fifty dollars. The biggest downside to this 0:45:51.680 --> 0:45:53.320 tablet and I watched a couple movies on it. 0:45:53.400 --> 0:45:54.320 I used it on the plane. 0:45:54.440 --> 0:45:57.120 Is that it's just heavy, and I thought it was heavy, 0:45:57.160 --> 0:45:59.880 and then I confirm my suspicions by weighing it against 0:46:00.080 --> 0:46:03.120 the iPad, and yeah, it's definitely heavier than the iPad. 0:46:03.200 --> 0:46:06.320 So my only issue with this tablet is that it's heavy. 0:46:06.600 --> 0:46:09.120 But otherwise and the price, I think again you should 0:46:09.120 --> 0:46:11.080 wait for the price to come down on this because 0:46:11.520 --> 0:46:13.879 although they're releasing it at four forty nine, I think 0:46:13.880 --> 0:46:16.480 it's going to be cheaper during the holidays. This is 0:46:16.520 --> 0:46:19.120 the kind of stuff The fe product line is made 0:46:19.120 --> 0:46:22.279 for discounts. Samsung puts these products out there. They have 0:46:22.360 --> 0:46:24.640 a lot of great features at a great price point, 0:46:24.680 --> 0:46:27.520 but the price point gets even better during the holidays 0:46:27.520 --> 0:46:28.880 when they say, you know what, we're gonna make a 0:46:28.880 --> 0:46:30.560 lot of people buy this stuff, so we're gonna make 0:46:30.560 --> 0:46:33.680 these prices too good to refuse. And so I suspect 0:46:33.719 --> 0:46:36.680 the buds will be anywhere from seventy fifty nine to 0:46:36.680 --> 0:46:39.040 seventy nine bucks, and this tablet, they'll probably take a 0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:41.320 hundred bucks off this price to the tablet during the holidays. 0:46:41.360 --> 0:46:44.480 So if you're looking for a tablet that is Android 0:46:44.520 --> 0:46:47.080 that is not iPad. I still think the iPad offers 0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:49.880 a better selection of apps and a better experience overall, 0:46:50.200 --> 0:46:52.279 but I do like this, and I do like how 0:46:52.280 --> 0:46:55.799 Android tablets actually download stuff in the background, which the 0:46:55.880 --> 0:46:59.439 iPad really does not unless it's an Apple app. So again, 0:46:59.480 --> 0:47:03.000 Galaxy Fie Galaxy Tabs nine feu, put them on your 0:47:03.000 --> 0:47:05.360 list for the holidays. Definitely gonna make some good gifts, 0:47:05.400 --> 0:47:08.120 and I think the prices are gonna be right. Rich 0:47:08.160 --> 0:47:11.320 on Tech is my website, rich on tech dot TV. 0:47:11.480 --> 0:47:14.000 Go ahead, check me out on Instagram at rich on 0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:16.920 Tech and uh, like I said, download the podcast of 0:47:16.960 --> 0:47:19.000 this show. So if you want to listen to all 0:47:19.040 --> 0:47:20.880 the segments and all the answers and all the guests, 0:47:20.880 --> 0:47:22.080 they are always there. 0:47:22.760 --> 0:47:25.480 Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:47:25.600 --> 0:47:25.880 four to. 0:47:25.880 --> 0:47:29.520 Two four one zero one back with the one plus 0:47:29.640 --> 0:47:38.479 open after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. Phone 0:47:38.480 --> 0:47:40.919 lines are open at triple eight rich one O one 0:47:41.040 --> 0:47:44.759 eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:47:45.680 --> 0:47:48.279 Wife just texted said she's going on a hike up 0:47:48.280 --> 0:47:51.200 here in the mountains, and I reminded her that because 0:47:51.200 --> 0:47:53.600 she's got a newer iPhone, you need to know about 0:47:53.600 --> 0:47:56.400 this feature called Emergency SOS. So, if you have an 0:47:56.440 --> 0:48:01.239 iPhone fourteen or fifteen, you have a satellite on your iPhone, 0:48:01.560 --> 0:48:03.439 which means if you ever needed help and you didn't 0:48:03.480 --> 0:48:05.520 have a cell phone signal, you could still get help 0:48:05.800 --> 0:48:09.239 just by having a clear view of the sky. So, 0:48:09.320 --> 0:48:12.600 if you have an iPhone fourteen, iPhone fourteen Pro, iPhone fifteen, 0:48:12.680 --> 0:48:18.040 iPhone fifteen Pro, familiarize yourself with Emergency SOS via satellite. 0:48:18.440 --> 0:48:21.600 This will let you text emergency services even when you 0:48:21.680 --> 0:48:24.520 don't have a cellular signal or a Wi Fi signal, 0:48:24.760 --> 0:48:27.160 and you can still get help. It's a very very 0:48:27.200 --> 0:48:30.400 amazing feature that Apple has built into the latest iPhones. 0:48:30.800 --> 0:48:34.080 You can familiarize yourself with it by going into Settings 0:48:34.760 --> 0:48:39.400 and scrolling until you see Emergency SOS and then scrolling 0:48:39.520 --> 0:48:41.960 all the way down and you can try a demo 0:48:42.320 --> 0:48:45.200 of the satellite feature. It's not going to make you 0:48:45.239 --> 0:48:47.440 call it the police or the fire or anything like that, 0:48:47.520 --> 0:48:50.120 but it can help you understand how this feature works 0:48:50.520 --> 0:48:52.960 because it is new and so not a lot of 0:48:52.960 --> 0:48:55.440 people understand it, and it's just basically works that if 0:48:55.480 --> 0:48:57.520 you don't have a signal and you try to dial 0:48:57.600 --> 0:49:03.560 nine one one, it will redirect to the basically the 0:49:03.760 --> 0:49:08.160 staffed response centers that can help you with your emergency. 0:49:08.200 --> 0:49:10.080 And it's not a phone call, it's a back and 0:49:10.120 --> 0:49:12.239 forth text. And by the way, it does take some 0:49:12.280 --> 0:49:15.160 time because it's going over satellite, so it's not instantaneous. 0:49:15.560 --> 0:49:17.719 I mean it is eventually, but it could take a 0:49:17.760 --> 0:49:19.920 minute to connect or something. It is going to a 0:49:19.960 --> 0:49:22.120 satellite that's thousands of miles above you. 0:49:22.719 --> 0:49:24.040 But it is a really cool feature. 0:49:24.080 --> 0:49:27.040 Again, if you have iPhone fourteen or fifteen, you need 0:49:27.080 --> 0:49:30.120 to familiarize yourself with emergency sos and set up those 0:49:30.120 --> 0:49:33.239 emergency contacts as well, because hopefully you'll never need them, 0:49:33.280 --> 0:49:36.280 but it's better to be prepared. If you're on Android 0:49:36.280 --> 0:49:38.160 and you want something similar, they have an add on 0:49:38.640 --> 0:49:42.239 called the Motorola Defy and this is the Motorola Defy 0:49:42.360 --> 0:49:47.200 Satellite Link, and it's basically a little accessory for Android 0:49:47.200 --> 0:49:51.040 phones that puts a satellite enabled messenger on your phone. 0:49:51.520 --> 0:49:54.239 So your phone connects this little link and then the 0:49:54.280 --> 0:49:57.200 link sends the messages up to the satellite. So if 0:49:57.239 --> 0:49:59.160 you need help or you can just text someone no 0:49:59.200 --> 0:50:01.359 matter where you are, if you hike a lot, you're 0:50:01.360 --> 0:50:03.720 on an oil rig in the middle of nowhere, whatever 0:50:03.960 --> 0:50:06.120 it may be in your life that you know, you 0:50:06.160 --> 0:50:08.719 want to stay connected without a cell phone signal. These 0:50:08.719 --> 0:50:11.279 little systems will work, and hopefully we'll see the first 0:50:11.280 --> 0:50:14.759 Android phones with this satellite technology built in very soon. 0:50:15.520 --> 0:50:17.360 Let's go to line three, Jerry and Northridge. 0:50:17.360 --> 0:50:19.000 You're on with Rich. 0:50:19.280 --> 0:50:22.160 Jerry, Hey, Rich, great show. I had a quick question 0:50:22.200 --> 0:50:25.880 about the how good the security is for the latest 0:50:25.920 --> 0:50:28.440 vision of Ventura. You got an older iMac is at 0:50:28.480 --> 0:50:32.560 twenty eighteen, so it cannot upgrade to Sonoma. Is that 0:50:32.600 --> 0:50:33.640 a big security risk? 0:50:34.760 --> 0:50:36.440 And the only thing you can run on it is 0:50:36.480 --> 0:50:38.440 what the highest. 0:50:38.160 --> 0:50:40.840 Thing could run on is the latest version of Ventura. 0:50:41.600 --> 0:50:44.520 Okay, so you've got to look online and see if 0:50:44.600 --> 0:50:50.440 Ventura is still getting security updates. So typically Apple will 0:50:50.760 --> 0:50:54.000 give out security updates for you know, a little while, 0:50:54.800 --> 0:50:58.600 even after they stop supporting the operating system, so it'll 0:50:58.640 --> 0:51:00.719 it'll continue to be supported for a while. So if 0:51:00.719 --> 0:51:04.399 I'm looking at Ventura right now, Ventura the last time 0:51:04.440 --> 0:51:08.160 it got a security update was September seventh, twenty twenty three, 0:51:08.280 --> 0:51:11.440 so that is very recent. That means that Apple is 0:51:11.480 --> 0:51:14.200 still supporting this. Typically they support these for a while, 0:51:14.680 --> 0:51:16.360 and so I think you're fine. As long as you 0:51:16.400 --> 0:51:20.040 can update that computer to the latest security patch, that 0:51:20.080 --> 0:51:22.920 should be fine. Obviously, with the newer computers, you want 0:51:22.960 --> 0:51:25.640 to put them on the latest software. But no matter 0:51:25.800 --> 0:51:30.040 what software you're running, the system number one, the security 0:51:30.080 --> 0:51:32.600 updates have been getting longer and longer for almost every 0:51:32.600 --> 0:51:35.520 operating system. So Google just announced that they're doing seven 0:51:35.760 --> 0:51:39.040 years of security updates for the latest Pixel phone, so 0:51:39.120 --> 0:51:41.680 Pixel eight it is twenty twenty three. You'll be able 0:51:41.719 --> 0:51:44.800 to get security updates for that phone until twenty thirty. 0:51:45.600 --> 0:51:49.520 And Apple has typically supported their devices for at least 0:51:49.560 --> 0:51:52.759 five years I'd say maybe five maybe six years with 0:51:52.800 --> 0:51:57.239 the latest iOS updates. But they've also separated the operating 0:51:57.280 --> 0:51:59.839 system update from the security updates. So even though they're 0:51:59.840 --> 0:52:02.560 not doing let's say a big operating system update for 0:52:02.600 --> 0:52:05.279 your device, like you said, on your computer, it can 0:52:05.320 --> 0:52:07.279 still get security updates. So as long as it's still 0:52:07.280 --> 0:52:10.640 getting those security updates, you should be fine. I would 0:52:10.719 --> 0:52:12.680 just check for the end of life date for the 0:52:12.920 --> 0:52:15.400 various operating systems and see what it says about that. 0:52:15.440 --> 0:52:17.919 I'm not sure what it is for Ventura, but it's 0:52:18.120 --> 0:52:20.960 easily findable online. But again, just came out with the 0:52:20.960 --> 0:52:23.720 security update on September seventh, So I think you are okay, 0:52:23.800 --> 0:52:26.319 Jerry for letting that run as long as possible. But 0:52:26.360 --> 0:52:28.480 the main thing is you just don't want to click 0:52:28.520 --> 0:52:30.399 any links that might be phishing and all that stuff, 0:52:30.400 --> 0:52:33.040 because that's really how they're getting you these days. All right, 0:52:33.040 --> 0:52:34.400 coming up, we've got a guest that is going to 0:52:34.440 --> 0:52:37.120 talk about the one Plus Open. This is one Plus's 0:52:37.200 --> 0:52:40.279 first foldable smartphone. Before we get to the guest, let 0:52:40.320 --> 0:52:41.960 me just tell you about this phone. I've been using it, 0:52:42.120 --> 0:52:45.560 and yeah, the reviewers really like it, including myself. This 0:52:45.640 --> 0:52:47.960 is called the one Plus Open. It launches on October 0:52:48.000 --> 0:52:51.799 twenty sixth. It's got a big outside screen six point 0:52:51.840 --> 0:52:54.520 three inches, which means it's like a regular smartphone on 0:52:54.560 --> 0:52:56.720 the outside. Then when you open up on the inside, 0:52:56.760 --> 0:52:59.799 it's seven point eight two inches, So it is big 0:52:59.840 --> 0:53:02.080 on the inside, big on the outside, and that's kind 0:53:02.120 --> 0:53:05.080 of the main thing. But it's also very lightweight. It's 0:53:05.080 --> 0:53:08.040 got a good camera setup. I think the camera is 0:53:08.120 --> 0:53:10.440 hit or miss in my testing. You can look at 0:53:10.480 --> 0:53:12.640 my Instagram at rich On Tech. I took some pictures 0:53:12.680 --> 0:53:15.880 against the iPhone. It's got all the best specs, sixteen 0:53:15.920 --> 0:53:19.360 gigabytes of RAM, five hundred and twelve gigabytes of storage, 0:53:19.400 --> 0:53:22.960 a giant battery, no wireless charging, which is a bummer, 0:53:23.200 --> 0:53:26.759 but the charging that is wired is really fast. The 0:53:26.840 --> 0:53:30.320 price seventeen hundred dollars, but if you trade in any phone, 0:53:30.760 --> 0:53:32.880 they're gonna give you this for fifteen hundred bucks. So 0:53:32.960 --> 0:53:35.759 any phone, I'm talking like literally any phone, they'll give 0:53:35.760 --> 0:53:38.520 you two hundred dollars off, effectively bringing the price down 0:53:38.560 --> 0:53:41.120 to fifteen hundred dollars. So how does this compare with 0:53:41.120 --> 0:53:46.359 the Pixel Fold and the Samsung Fold five. I think 0:53:46.400 --> 0:53:48.520 the Pixel Fold still to me, is better because of 0:53:48.520 --> 0:53:51.120 the camera. But I think that this is a very 0:53:51.160 --> 0:53:54.560 strong contender for a foldable phone because it has such 0:53:54.600 --> 0:53:58.280 great specs, It has such a great kind of stance 0:53:58.360 --> 0:54:00.920 and the screens. The only thing I wish it had 0:54:00.960 --> 0:54:03.480 a little bit better was the camera. But otherwise, the 0:54:03.520 --> 0:54:06.600 price is pretty strong, the design is pretty strong, and 0:54:06.640 --> 0:54:09.040 we're going to hear more about this from Marcell Campos 0:54:09.040 --> 0:54:18.200 with one plus coming up right after this. Rich Demiro here, 0:54:18.280 --> 0:54:20.600 rich on Tech, Welcome back to the show. I am 0:54:20.719 --> 0:54:24.400 on location in New York City at the one plus 0:54:24.400 --> 0:54:28.280 event for the launch of their latest foldable phone. Joining 0:54:28.320 --> 0:54:30.680 me now is Marcel Campos with one Plus. Thanks for 0:54:30.760 --> 0:54:31.120 joining me. 0:54:31.440 --> 0:54:32.200 It's my pleasure. 0:54:32.800 --> 0:54:36.200 So let's talk about one plus as a company. First off, 0:54:36.560 --> 0:54:38.320 explain what one plus is all about. 0:54:38.920 --> 0:54:42.799 One plus is a tech company. We start focus on 0:54:42.880 --> 0:54:47.640 smartphones mainly, and we are expanding to other devices like keyboard, 0:54:47.840 --> 0:54:51.279 zero phones. Many other things are coming and we are 0:54:51.320 --> 0:54:54.279 trying to establish our presence in US in a more 0:54:54.320 --> 0:54:54.960 broader way. 0:54:55.520 --> 0:54:58.000 One thing I've always appreciated about the one plus phones 0:54:58.120 --> 0:55:03.040 is the software. It's smart, it's speedy, it's smooth, and 0:55:03.080 --> 0:55:04.720 that has really set the phones apart. 0:55:05.080 --> 0:55:06.120 Do you really focus on. 0:55:06.120 --> 0:55:11.000 That fastens move that's our mantra. Yes, that's pretty much 0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:14.840 the essence of our product, the smartphones. That's how we 0:55:14.920 --> 0:55:17.520 got popular with but also with a lot of feedback 0:55:17.560 --> 0:55:20.840 from the community. We are very focused on community, and 0:55:20.880 --> 0:55:23.120 the community kind of drive us in the right direction. 0:55:23.480 --> 0:55:26.080 Sometimes we have some decisions we go in one direction, 0:55:26.120 --> 0:55:28.000 community come back and say we don't like that. 0:55:28.360 --> 0:55:29.879 We prefer if you're doing a different way. 0:55:29.920 --> 0:55:32.879 We listen today and try to incorporate their needs, their 0:55:32.880 --> 0:55:36.279 feelings about the products for the next generation products. That's 0:55:36.280 --> 0:55:38.920 pretty much how we work. That's our way of working. 0:55:39.200 --> 0:55:42.040 Listen to the community because they know better than anyone else. 0:55:42.640 --> 0:55:44.880 The first time I ever saw one plus phone, I 0:55:44.920 --> 0:55:47.520 was actually in San Francisco. I landed at the airport. 0:55:47.560 --> 0:55:49.759 I got a newber and the driver had a phone. 0:55:49.800 --> 0:55:51.560 And I cover phones for a living and I've seen 0:55:51.560 --> 0:55:53.920 most of them, but I'd never seen this phone. 0:55:54.040 --> 0:55:56.160 And I said, excuse me, what phone is that? 0:55:56.280 --> 0:55:58.520 And he said, oh, it's a one plus. I said, wow, 0:55:58.600 --> 0:56:00.400 it was such a good looking phone. That was the 0:56:00.400 --> 0:56:01.640 original device. 0:56:01.760 --> 0:56:04.560 Yeah, the one right, the first one, the original one 0:56:04.719 --> 0:56:07.360 that was crazy right, you could only buy by invitation. 0:56:08.560 --> 0:56:11.880 The back of the phone has a very distinctive feeling 0:56:12.239 --> 0:56:14.920 and texture. I think it was a very good debut. 0:56:16.280 --> 0:56:18.319 It went to the market in a very aggressive way. 0:56:18.360 --> 0:56:21.360 I think the receptions was definitely way better than we 0:56:21.400 --> 0:56:24.719 could expect. But from that moment on, you know, we 0:56:24.760 --> 0:56:27.799 are in our ear. This will be the ten year 0:56:27.880 --> 0:56:31.719 of one plus worldwide since we launched the brand, and 0:56:31.920 --> 0:56:35.439 a lot of things change and change for good. Those 0:56:35.560 --> 0:56:39.360 changes also make the products not only more interesting and 0:56:39.400 --> 0:56:43.719 more tachy, But we cannot forget or man mission to 0:56:43.840 --> 0:56:46.560 never settle. So we have to always go and look 0:56:46.600 --> 0:56:49.000 forward for what is new, but also what is important. 0:56:49.160 --> 0:56:52.319 Sometimes what is new is not necessarily important or something 0:56:52.360 --> 0:56:55.480 that is really going to change our mind. So finding 0:56:55.520 --> 0:57:01.360 the right compromises to have the best price possible with 0:57:01.520 --> 0:57:05.920 the best device possible, getting away from the fluff, keeping 0:57:06.000 --> 0:57:09.279 only what people really need and use. I think that's 0:57:09.320 --> 0:57:11.200 still the main focus of the company. 0:57:11.280 --> 0:57:14.840 Yeah, you're up against big players like Samsung and Apple 0:57:14.920 --> 0:57:17.520 and of course Google Pixel and so those are some 0:57:17.560 --> 0:57:19.600 of the biggest phones here in the US. But you 0:57:19.760 --> 0:57:22.479 continue to put out a product that is a little 0:57:22.480 --> 0:57:25.120 bit different, and I think that's what people appreciate about it. 0:57:25.360 --> 0:57:27.680 Let's talk about the one plus Open, because this is 0:57:27.720 --> 0:57:29.880 the foldable phone. In the US, we have only a 0:57:29.920 --> 0:57:33.360 handful of foldables. Other markets there are many more. Are 0:57:33.400 --> 0:57:35.760 first off, just kind of give me what the OnePlus 0:57:35.800 --> 0:57:36.680 Open is all about. 0:57:37.280 --> 0:57:40.439 It's a votable phone, not a flip phone. Right, there's 0:57:40.480 --> 0:57:43.320 a difference between flip phones and photable phones. Flip phones 0:57:43.360 --> 0:57:45.920 are those who you can fold in the middle and 0:57:45.960 --> 0:57:49.080 that become smaller. Votable phones in the market is the 0:57:49.120 --> 0:57:51.720 ones you have the right size of the phone. We 0:57:51.760 --> 0:57:54.760 call it candy bars, just like the format because like 0:57:54.760 --> 0:57:58.080 a retangle and then you can open and enlarge the screen. 0:57:58.440 --> 0:58:02.000 So those are the true differences Flip and photobos. This 0:58:02.080 --> 0:58:05.200 is a photoble phone. The main thing about that is 0:58:05.240 --> 0:58:07.520 it is not only another photable phone in the market. 0:58:07.520 --> 0:58:09.720 There's only two competitors with that right now and they 0:58:09.720 --> 0:58:12.160 are doing great. But we believe we have something unique, 0:58:12.560 --> 0:58:15.360 something that people enjoy. One of the things that we 0:58:15.440 --> 0:58:18.760 focus very much on this product is to provide the 0:58:18.880 --> 0:58:22.160 front screen and the right sizing because people spend more 0:58:22.160 --> 0:58:24.280 than seventy eighty percent of the time in the front 0:58:24.320 --> 0:58:27.120 screen and when they want to share something or then 0:58:27.320 --> 0:58:30.440 when they want to have some content consuming content in 0:58:30.480 --> 0:58:31.120 a bigger. 0:58:30.880 --> 0:58:32.200 Screen, they can open and have it. 0:58:32.320 --> 0:58:35.200 Or even in productivity you can have different apps together. 0:58:35.880 --> 0:58:37.400 But when you don't need it, you're going to use 0:58:37.520 --> 0:58:40.040 like a normal phone and have a narrow screen or 0:58:40.080 --> 0:58:43.560 have a blocky screen. It's not the right racial size 0:58:43.920 --> 0:58:45.720 for the people. Most of the people, they want to 0:58:45.800 --> 0:58:47.640 use the phone as a normal phone. So to make 0:58:47.680 --> 0:58:51.240 it thin, light and at the same time the right 0:58:51.400 --> 0:58:52.920 size of the screen, the front screen. 0:58:52.960 --> 0:58:54.320 That's the key for this product. 0:58:54.720 --> 0:58:56.560 Yeah, I mean, you're not going to come out and say, 0:58:56.560 --> 0:58:59.280 but I can. You've got the super narrow screen on 0:58:59.320 --> 0:59:02.160 the Samsung Fold the Ball, and then you've got kind 0:59:02.160 --> 0:59:05.840 of a more squat screen on the Google Pixel Fold. 0:59:06.240 --> 0:59:07.520 They both take different approaches. 0:59:07.560 --> 0:59:09.680 Those phones are very nice, but this is more like 0:59:09.800 --> 0:59:13.080 a traditional smartphone that also opens up into a nice 0:59:13.080 --> 0:59:13.680 big screen. 0:59:13.800 --> 0:59:14.440 Inside. 0:59:14.880 --> 0:59:18.120 It just feels right when you have in your hand. 0:59:18.840 --> 0:59:22.640 It just feels right. And there's an additional thing that 0:59:22.640 --> 0:59:25.760 I'd like to mention is about the cameras, because usually 0:59:25.840 --> 0:59:30.080 in foldobles you are fighting against the internal room, how 0:59:30.160 --> 0:59:32.600 much space you have inside the phone, how many things 0:59:32.640 --> 0:59:35.280 you put inside. Because you have the hinge, which takes 0:59:35.280 --> 0:59:37.040 a big part of it. It has to be durable, 0:59:37.120 --> 0:59:40.960 has to be sturdy, has to you know, be something 0:59:41.080 --> 0:59:42.920 nice to open and close hold on. 0:59:42.960 --> 0:59:45.600 While you're talking about that hinge up on stage, you 0:59:45.680 --> 0:59:48.560 mentioned that you have tested it for a million folds, 0:59:48.840 --> 0:59:51.000 when many of the other phones are several hundred thousand, 0:59:51.000 --> 0:59:52.560 maybe three hundred, four hundred thousand. 0:59:53.040 --> 0:59:55.240 So this is going to be pretty durable. 0:59:55.680 --> 0:59:59.240 Yeah, supposed to last at least ten years, just the hinge, 0:59:59.440 --> 1:00:02.200 So you can imagine The idea is to show something 1:00:02.240 --> 1:00:06.320 that if you invest your money, it can last. We 1:00:06.440 --> 1:00:09.640 consider that no matter how much dollars you're putting our product, 1:00:09.640 --> 1:00:11.880 no matter which product, it should be a product that 1:00:11.960 --> 1:00:14.480 may last, should be future proof. And that's one of 1:00:14.480 --> 1:00:16.320 a good of examples of how we do that. 1:00:16.920 --> 1:00:18.400 Okay, so back to that camera. 1:00:18.680 --> 1:00:21.360 You've got three lenses on this camera, so you do 1:00:21.400 --> 1:00:24.280 have the ultra wide, you got the standard and a telephoto. 1:00:24.760 --> 1:00:27.880 What is the quality going to be like on those cameras. 1:00:28.280 --> 1:00:31.800 It's going to be top notch quality. We have three cameras. 1:00:32.560 --> 1:00:35.600 They are amazing. They are We have a partnership with 1:00:35.720 --> 1:00:38.480 Hasselblaff to fine tune those cameras and have the best 1:00:38.520 --> 1:00:41.200 caller science behind it to have the best callers, the 1:00:41.240 --> 1:00:41.920 best picture. 1:00:42.280 --> 1:00:44.640 So the outside screen is six point three inches, the 1:00:44.680 --> 1:00:48.520 inside screen is seven point eight inches. You're really getting 1:00:48.560 --> 1:00:50.479 a two in one here. You're getting a standard almost 1:00:50.520 --> 1:00:54.720 a standard smartphone, plus that that tablet screen on the inside. 1:00:55.360 --> 1:00:57.480 What is the thought behind a fold of ball? Who 1:00:57.480 --> 1:00:58.280 needs a fold of ball? 1:00:58.920 --> 1:00:59.000 Not? 1:00:59.120 --> 1:01:00.520 Everyone? Definitely not. 1:01:00.800 --> 1:01:03.240 I think this is still a kind of a niche product, 1:01:03.680 --> 1:01:06.480 still enlarging and growing. We see a lot of people 1:01:07.360 --> 1:01:10.960 migrating for this format and trying and testing. But the 1:01:11.000 --> 1:01:13.320 most important thing to have in mind is once you 1:01:13.400 --> 1:01:16.120 start the using, you find your own users. For that 1:01:16.960 --> 1:01:20.320 for me was the case in the airport. I have 1:01:20.360 --> 1:01:22.440 a delay in a flight, I don't have my computer 1:01:22.520 --> 1:01:25.000 with me, and I want to start working and doing 1:01:25.000 --> 1:01:28.080 meetings that suppose that I should not. And when I 1:01:28.200 --> 1:01:30.800 open the screens, then when I start feeling ops, Now 1:01:30.800 --> 1:01:31.680 I see the difference. 1:01:31.760 --> 1:01:33.200 Now I see why this is good. 1:01:33.280 --> 1:01:35.400 And then I went to the airplane and I put 1:01:35.400 --> 1:01:38.200 like Netflix videos that I download and start watching them 1:01:38.320 --> 1:01:39.120 on the airplane. 1:01:39.480 --> 1:01:40.440 And seeing in a. 1:01:40.440 --> 1:01:45.040 Bigger screen changes the experience with the product. So you 1:01:45.080 --> 1:01:47.360 need to use it to figure out how it serves you. 1:01:48.000 --> 1:01:50.320 I'm telling you that is one of my favorite aspects 1:01:50.360 --> 1:01:51.080 of foldobles. 1:01:51.240 --> 1:01:52.960 And it's tough because people are not. 1:01:52.920 --> 1:01:55.040 Wowed very easily these days because we have so much 1:01:55.040 --> 1:01:58.440 stuff like chat, GBT and AI and various gadgets and 1:01:58.480 --> 1:02:01.480 everyone has a smartphone. The best thing I have realized 1:02:01.560 --> 1:02:03.440 is that you just take a picture and open up 1:02:03.480 --> 1:02:05.400 the phone and let them see it on that big 1:02:05.440 --> 1:02:08.000 screen and they're like wow, because you've never seen your 1:02:08.000 --> 1:02:10.000 smartphone pictures like that. People don't even look at them 1:02:10.000 --> 1:02:12.560 on their computer screens. It's only on social media, it's 1:02:12.560 --> 1:02:13.640 only on a tiny screen. 1:02:13.920 --> 1:02:17.080 It's an excellent device for sharing all the content you have, 1:02:17.160 --> 1:02:19.480 not only videos you made, pictures you took, but also 1:02:19.560 --> 1:02:22.720 the contents like I mentioned Netflix, Disney Plus, no. 1:02:22.640 --> 1:02:24.960 Matter which one. If you are a guy that is 1:02:25.080 --> 1:02:26.360 always on the goal. 1:02:26.720 --> 1:02:29.200 If you are kind of these digital nomads, you need 1:02:29.240 --> 1:02:32.760 to work in different places during the week, and you 1:02:32.800 --> 1:02:35.760 are always moving from one place to another, but you 1:02:35.880 --> 1:02:39.440 know the working keep going. This is the perfect companion. 1:02:39.760 --> 1:02:42.000 Again, we're talking about the one plus Open. This is 1:02:42.040 --> 1:02:44.760 the company's first voltable phone. It will launch with five 1:02:44.840 --> 1:02:48.320 hundred and twelve gigabytes of storage, twelve or sixteen gigs 1:02:48.320 --> 1:02:51.880 of memory, sixteen hundred ninety nine dollars fourteen hundred ninety 1:02:51.920 --> 1:02:55.360 nine dollars if you trade in pretty much any smartphone. 1:02:54.760 --> 1:02:57.600 Now we don't get it, it's any phone. You go 1:02:57.680 --> 1:03:01.480 to one plus dot com. You can any phone any condition. 1:03:01.600 --> 1:03:06.160 If you have those old lendline phones will accept if 1:03:06.200 --> 1:03:08.400 it's broken, the screen is broken, if it's not working, 1:03:08.440 --> 1:03:11.360 if it's the old Nokia you have the unbreakable one. 1:03:11.480 --> 1:03:12.960 You can trade that and. 1:03:12.920 --> 1:03:16.320 You're gonna have at least minimum two hundred dollars on 1:03:16.320 --> 1:03:19.320 OnePlus dot com. We are doing that for the life 1:03:19.360 --> 1:03:21.480 cycle of the product, so it's not something only for 1:03:21.520 --> 1:03:24.480 the launch, it's something for the whole life cycle of 1:03:24.520 --> 1:03:25.000 the product. 1:03:25.520 --> 1:03:28.840 Effectively, that takes the price down to about fifteen hundred dollars. 1:03:29.080 --> 1:03:31.439 Marcel Campos of one plus, thanks so much for joining 1:03:31.480 --> 1:03:31.840 me today. 1:03:32.040 --> 1:03:33.840 Oh, thank you very much. Was a pleasure to be 1:03:33.880 --> 1:03:34.240 here with you. 1:03:34.800 --> 1:03:36.080 All right, And of course, if you want to see 1:03:36.120 --> 1:03:37.880 some of the pictures that I've been taking on the 1:03:37.880 --> 1:03:39.440 one plus open, go to my website. 1:03:39.480 --> 1:03:41.600 It is rich on Tech dot TV. 1:03:42.200 --> 1:03:50.960 More show coming up right after this, Welcome back to 1:03:51.320 --> 1:03:55.280 rich on Tech. Earlier, we had a question about running 1:03:55.280 --> 1:03:58.320 an older software operating system on a computer and I 1:03:58.360 --> 1:04:03.640 found a good website, end of life dot Date, and 1:04:03.840 --> 1:04:08.480 this has the end of life dates for every platform 1:04:08.520 --> 1:04:13.600 you could ever imagine, the iPhone, the iPad iOS, iPad os, 1:04:13.840 --> 1:04:18.280 mac Os, Windows. I mean, this is pretty thorough. So 1:04:18.320 --> 1:04:21.320 someone clearly does their homework with this website end of 1:04:21.520 --> 1:04:25.160 life dot date, and so if you look at Apple macOS, 1:04:25.360 --> 1:04:29.840 it says all the different releases you got. Sonoma Ventura, Monterey, 1:04:30.120 --> 1:04:33.520 Big Sur, and Catalina, and it tells you the service status, 1:04:33.520 --> 1:04:36.000 if it's still being serviced, and when it got its 1:04:36.080 --> 1:04:40.920 latest software update. So if you look at this, macOS eleven, twelve, thirteen, 1:04:41.040 --> 1:04:46.000 and fourteen are still all getting software updates and Big 1:04:46.080 --> 1:04:49.160 Sur was so released two years and eleven months ago. 1:04:49.800 --> 1:04:53.800 Service status yes, latest update was September eleventh and September 1:04:53.840 --> 1:04:57.880 twenty first for the Monterey Ventura Sonoma. So anyway, great 1:04:57.880 --> 1:05:00.640 website to see if the software where you want to 1:05:00.720 --> 1:05:06.800 run is still being supported with active security updates. Let's 1:05:06.800 --> 1:05:09.840 go to line one FERUSA in Los Angeles. Did I 1:05:09.880 --> 1:05:10.560 say that right? 1:05:11.920 --> 1:05:12.120 Yes? 1:05:12.200 --> 1:05:12.600 You did? 1:05:13.200 --> 1:05:15.800 Oh great? 1:05:15.880 --> 1:05:17.120 How much for taking my call? 1:05:17.880 --> 1:05:20.120 Absolutely? What can I help you with today? 1:05:21.720 --> 1:05:26.200 I have an iPhone six and this holiday season I'm 1:05:26.200 --> 1:05:30.440 going to upgrade to an iPhone thirteen or fourteen, and 1:05:30.520 --> 1:05:36.720 I'm particularly interested in the double Eastern feature because I 1:05:36.800 --> 1:05:41.600 do travel internationally a fair bit and I just wanted 1:05:41.600 --> 1:05:45.760 to understand is it the same on both the thirteen 1:05:45.840 --> 1:05:47.200 and fourteen and how. 1:05:47.160 --> 1:05:47.720 Does it work? 1:05:48.680 --> 1:05:49.960 Yeah, it is the same feature. 1:05:50.000 --> 1:05:52.320 They've been I think they've had this on the iPhone 1:05:52.360 --> 1:05:55.439 since the iPhone ten. They did it secretly for many 1:05:55.520 --> 1:05:57.760 years just to test it out, make sure it worked, 1:05:57.840 --> 1:06:00.720 and then they decided to say no more simcard with 1:06:00.920 --> 1:06:04.080 the last year's phone, So now there's no there's no 1:06:04.200 --> 1:06:07.960 physical SIM card slot inside the iPhone anymore. But the 1:06:08.000 --> 1:06:11.040 way the eSIM works, especially for travel, is that you 1:06:11.080 --> 1:06:13.840 would have your regular SIM, which is still an e SIM, 1:06:13.960 --> 1:06:15.880 but you can have multiple SIMS on your phone. 1:06:15.920 --> 1:06:17.000 You can have a bunch of them. 1:06:17.400 --> 1:06:19.080 I had I think like two or three on my 1:06:19.120 --> 1:06:21.520 phone at one time, and you can activate them, you 1:06:21.560 --> 1:06:23.840 can deactivate them. You can keep one on there for 1:06:23.880 --> 1:06:25.640 a long time and just activate it when you go 1:06:25.640 --> 1:06:28.520 to a different country. But the way you install it 1:06:28.600 --> 1:06:30.320 is you just you know, let's say you have one 1:06:30.320 --> 1:06:34.120 of your main carriers here, that's you know, Verizon, T Mobile, 1:06:35.400 --> 1:06:38.120 any you know, Mint Mobile, whatever it is. You've got 1:06:38.120 --> 1:06:41.600 your main SIM, and then you can add a secondary SIM. 1:06:41.640 --> 1:06:45.120 And that secondary SIM could be an international SIM, it 1:06:45.160 --> 1:06:48.720 could be even a secondary cellular line here in America. 1:06:48.800 --> 1:06:52.240 So let's say you wanted one SIM for your phone 1:06:52.240 --> 1:06:54.960 calls and one for your data, or even. 1:06:54.720 --> 1:06:55.520 Two for your data. 1:06:55.600 --> 1:06:57.960 You can set that up so it's really unlimited what 1:06:58.040 --> 1:07:01.280 you can do. But the way it works over In particular, 1:07:01.320 --> 1:07:04.000 what I do is I typically turn off my main 1:07:04.160 --> 1:07:08.040 SIM and then flip on the international SIM and then 1:07:08.080 --> 1:07:10.440 that way I can still use my data through the 1:07:10.440 --> 1:07:13.680 international SIM and not pay the roaming charges. And there's 1:07:13.680 --> 1:07:15.520 a lot of different ways to do this, but that's 1:07:15.640 --> 1:07:19.160 kind of generally how it works. If you're traveling internationally 1:07:19.200 --> 1:07:21.720 to a different country, you can pick up a local 1:07:21.960 --> 1:07:24.440 eSIM there, or you can use one of these companies 1:07:24.480 --> 1:07:27.680 that lets you activate an eSIM right from your phone. 1:07:27.720 --> 1:07:29.120 So the one I always talk about is. 1:07:29.080 --> 1:07:34.840 Aralow Us Mobile also has one, but there are many 1:07:34.920 --> 1:07:39.000 many different companies that do this, and so if you 1:07:39.120 --> 1:07:41.480 just look up eSIM for the country you want to 1:07:41.520 --> 1:07:43.800 go to, you can do that and set it up 1:07:43.880 --> 1:07:46.320 very easily here in the States before you leave. But 1:07:46.520 --> 1:07:49.640 I think that it's a very simple system. The only 1:07:49.720 --> 1:07:51.880 place where it gets a little complicated is if. 1:07:51.800 --> 1:07:52.680 You want to continue. 1:07:52.880 --> 1:07:56.720 Most of these eSIMs are data only, but that's also changing. 1:07:56.760 --> 1:07:59.360 So the eSIM that you get for overseas might just 1:07:59.520 --> 1:08:02.760 candle and not calls. But that makes sense because you 1:08:02.760 --> 1:08:04.560 don't want to give someone a different phone number just 1:08:04.600 --> 1:08:06.960 when you're overseas. They just want to call your regular 1:08:07.000 --> 1:08:09.280 phone number. So in that case, I recommend that you 1:08:09.360 --> 1:08:13.240 turn on your your not your roaming, but your Wi 1:08:13.240 --> 1:08:16.840 Fi calling. And actually, you know what, we just did 1:08:17.560 --> 1:08:22.519 a story on KTLA about this, a TV story because 1:08:22.600 --> 1:08:25.400 I travel a decent amount and I was figuring out 1:08:25.439 --> 1:08:28.320 all the different ways of staying connected. So if you 1:08:28.439 --> 1:08:32.880 go to rich on tech dot TV, scroll down to 1:08:33.520 --> 1:08:36.960 the October eighth story, it says cheapest ways to stay 1:08:36.960 --> 1:08:40.639 connected abroad, and that will bring you to the different 1:08:40.760 --> 1:08:44.120 methods you can use to stay connected overseas, and I 1:08:44.160 --> 1:08:47.960 explain what eSIMs are. I explain the Wi Fi hotspot, 1:08:48.080 --> 1:08:51.759 I explain Wi Fi calling and roaming with your carrier, 1:08:51.840 --> 1:08:54.439 So you can get all of that explained rich on 1:08:54.520 --> 1:08:58.240 tech dot TV, and then just scroll down until you 1:08:58.280 --> 1:09:01.879 see the story that says cheapest way to stay connected abroad. 1:09:02.320 --> 1:09:02.960 Good question. 1:09:03.800 --> 1:09:07.559 Thanks so much for the call today, Jony on Twitter 1:09:07.960 --> 1:09:10.240 at rich on tech or x I should say, says, 1:09:10.320 --> 1:09:13.120 is there any way to take low resolution. 1:09:12.760 --> 1:09:14.320 Photos on the new iPhone? 1:09:14.800 --> 1:09:18.320 Those three point eight megapixel photos eat up storage and 1:09:18.360 --> 1:09:21.760 I don't always need the high res thanks rich on Tech. Well, 1:09:21.760 --> 1:09:24.400 the photos aren't three point eight megapixels. I think the 1:09:24.600 --> 1:09:27.760 storage space is three point eight. And yes, on the 1:09:27.800 --> 1:09:32.639 new iPhone, the default megapixels is twenty four now, which 1:09:32.680 --> 1:09:35.120 is amazing because you're getting so much more data on 1:09:35.160 --> 1:09:38.120 your photos, which means you can zoom in, you can crop, 1:09:38.200 --> 1:09:41.360 you just have a lot more flexibility with the amount 1:09:41.360 --> 1:09:43.880 of data these photos carry because they are twenty four 1:09:43.920 --> 1:09:46.280 megapixels by default. If you don't want them to be 1:09:46.320 --> 1:09:49.400 twenty four megapixels, if you want to go back to twelve, 1:09:49.479 --> 1:09:53.240 you can. You go to settings, you go to camera, 1:09:53.800 --> 1:09:56.559 and you go to formats and then inside there it 1:09:56.600 --> 1:10:00.320 says photo capture photo mode twenty four megapixels. You tap 1:10:00.400 --> 1:10:02.960 there and you can tap twelve and you can take 1:10:03.000 --> 1:10:04.640 your twelve megapixel. 1:10:04.080 --> 1:10:05.360 Photos just like before. 1:10:06.320 --> 1:10:09.519 According to Apple, a twelve megapixel photo will be about 1:10:09.560 --> 1:10:13.000 two megabytes, a twenty four megapixel photo will be about 1:10:13.040 --> 1:10:15.759 three megabytes. But like you said, Jony, it's probably closer 1:10:15.800 --> 1:10:18.720 to about three point eight. Let me see on my 1:10:18.800 --> 1:10:21.800 phone here what my latest picture is. So if I 1:10:21.880 --> 1:10:24.840 just pick one of these photos here and let's see, 1:10:24.880 --> 1:10:29.000 this photo is oh five point eight mega five point 1:10:29.040 --> 1:10:33.120 eight megabytes. Wow, so Apple, Apple's really being conservative in 1:10:33.160 --> 1:10:37.160 their estimates. But again with today's storage on the phones. 1:10:37.200 --> 1:10:39.240 I would say take the bigger photos. But if you 1:10:39.240 --> 1:10:40.960 don't need to need that, just go ahead and you 1:10:41.000 --> 1:10:43.559 can change that in the settings. Tom says, Hey, Rich, 1:10:43.640 --> 1:10:46.759 sounds like you're enjoying the scenery up in Passo. Great choice. 1:10:46.800 --> 1:10:49.120 I need a new watch band for my Apple Watch. 1:10:49.520 --> 1:10:52.080 Would you recommend Amazon or just go to the Apple Store. 1:10:52.080 --> 1:10:54.080 I've come to believe Amazon could be kind of hit 1:10:54.160 --> 1:10:58.880 or miss. Thank you, Tom, Tom, I you hit upon 1:10:58.880 --> 1:11:02.320 a nerve with me. I I'm not a fan of 1:11:02.479 --> 1:11:06.280 imitation Apple watch bands. Okay, there are so many random 1:11:06.320 --> 1:11:07.679 bands out there on Amazon. 1:11:07.800 --> 1:11:09.599 I do not like any of them. 1:11:09.640 --> 1:11:13.760 They are cheap, they are yucky, they look bad, and 1:11:13.840 --> 1:11:16.240 yeah they're cheaper than what Apple sells. Apples bands are 1:11:16.240 --> 1:11:20.160 fifty bucks. But I mean, don't you want something that 1:11:20.240 --> 1:11:23.000 was made for the device that you're using. I see 1:11:23.040 --> 1:11:25.240 so many people with cheap Apple watch bands and it 1:11:25.840 --> 1:11:28.799 just bugs me. So, yeah, you can get something on Amazon. 1:11:28.960 --> 1:11:30.840 It's gonna be hit or miss. It may work, it 1:11:30.880 --> 1:11:33.960 may pop out, the threads may not work. There may 1:11:33.960 --> 1:11:36.160 be an you know, it may irritate your skin. You 1:11:36.200 --> 1:11:38.439 don't know, and again you won't know until you get it. 1:11:38.680 --> 1:11:42.000 Apple makes really beautiful bands. Yes, they are a little 1:11:42.000 --> 1:11:44.920 bit more expensive for your watch, but I say stick 1:11:44.960 --> 1:11:48.000 with the official bands. Go to the Apple store, pick 1:11:48.040 --> 1:11:51.000 one out, see which one you like, and hopefully it 1:11:51.040 --> 1:11:55.200 will fit for you. I am wearing the Nike Recycled 1:11:55.280 --> 1:11:59.840 Apple band right now. It is made from recycled Apple bands. 1:12:00.160 --> 1:12:01.840 I guess fell on the floor in the factory. I 1:12:01.880 --> 1:12:04.639 don't know, but it's like it's like almost all recycled. 1:12:04.680 --> 1:12:06.360 I think it may be one hundred percent recycled. I'm 1:12:06.400 --> 1:12:09.960 not sure, but it looks really funky because it's got 1:12:10.000 --> 1:12:12.920 like all these different band colors, kind of like it's 1:12:12.960 --> 1:12:14.679 as as if you took a whole bunch of Apple 1:12:14.720 --> 1:12:17.000 bands just melted them down and then made a new 1:12:17.040 --> 1:12:17.559 band from it. 1:12:17.560 --> 1:12:19.920 That's what it looks like. So it's pretty cool. But 1:12:20.000 --> 1:12:20.439 that's all. 1:12:20.360 --> 1:12:23.120 Recycled, and that's kind of Apple's new push. The other 1:12:23.160 --> 1:12:26.240 company I do like for Apple bands is Nomad. They 1:12:26.240 --> 1:12:28.240 made two bands that I wore for a long time, 1:12:28.400 --> 1:12:30.920 and one was glowing in the dark one was bright orange, 1:12:30.960 --> 1:12:33.720 and so I do like those bands as well. Nomad 1:12:33.840 --> 1:12:35.639 is the company that makes them. I'm sure there's other 1:12:35.680 --> 1:12:38.240 companies out there. That make nice Apple watch bands. But 1:12:38.280 --> 1:12:40.240 I feel like Apple just makes such nice bands? Why 1:12:40.320 --> 1:12:43.000 not just stick with the official Thanks for the text 1:12:43.560 --> 1:12:45.960 on Twitter, or I should say X Tom, thanks a 1:12:45.960 --> 1:12:46.360 lot for that. 1:12:46.720 --> 1:12:48.160 All right, you can find me on social media. 1:12:48.240 --> 1:12:51.280 I am at rich on Tech the website again rich 1:12:51.320 --> 1:12:52.280 on Tech dot TV. 1:12:52.400 --> 1:12:53.720 Coming up later in this. 1:12:53.800 --> 1:12:58.400 Show, we're gonna talk to Michael Sino, a cyber security 1:12:58.479 --> 1:13:02.240 expert at Google. You are listening to rich on Tech. 1:13:04.000 --> 1:13:07.160 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:13:07.160 --> 1:13:09.559 out with you talk in technology at Triple eight. 1:13:09.640 --> 1:13:10.519 Rich one oh one. 1:13:11.080 --> 1:13:14.360 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 1:13:14.800 --> 1:13:17.639 zero one. Welcome to the show. Welcome back to the show. 1:13:18.240 --> 1:13:21.599 Thanks for listening to the show. Overall, just thank you. 1:13:22.280 --> 1:13:26.240 This is one of my favorite parts of the week. 1:13:26.640 --> 1:13:30.360 Why because I get to talk to you, I get 1:13:30.400 --> 1:13:35.240 the feedback, and although you have completely decimated my inbox 1:13:35.320 --> 1:13:37.880 with all of your messages, I do appreciate it because 1:13:37.880 --> 1:13:41.120 that means you're listening. That means you're interacting. That means 1:13:41.280 --> 1:13:44.000 you think I have something interesting to say and you 1:13:44.080 --> 1:13:44.920 want to hear more. 1:13:45.160 --> 1:13:47.840 So that all means a lot to me, So that 1:13:47.960 --> 1:13:50.559 is not lost on me. Believe me. I can't write 1:13:50.600 --> 1:13:51.880 back to everyone. 1:13:52.280 --> 1:13:54.040 The more we do the show, the more it's getting 1:13:54.040 --> 1:13:56.320 tougher to write back to all of the emails I'm getting. 1:13:56.520 --> 1:13:58.479 But I do get them, I do read them, and 1:13:58.520 --> 1:14:01.040 I do process them either for the show. If I 1:14:01.040 --> 1:14:03.200 can answer them quickly, I will do that, or maybe 1:14:03.200 --> 1:14:04.920 it might take me a little bit longer. But rest 1:14:04.920 --> 1:14:10.400 assured your messages do see my eyeballs. That sounded really weird. 1:14:11.360 --> 1:14:13.439 Hi kid had a birthday recently. We got him a 1:14:13.520 --> 1:14:16.879 drone and he he's been a kind of a drone 1:14:17.000 --> 1:14:19.719 wizard for a while, like really really good on these things, 1:14:20.240 --> 1:14:22.240 and so we got them little drones over the years, 1:14:22.320 --> 1:14:24.240 and then finally he wanted to upgrade to like a 1:14:24.240 --> 1:14:26.280 big drone for this birthday. He's nine, by the way, 1:14:27.040 --> 1:14:30.439 So we got him the Dji Mini three. It was 1:14:30.479 --> 1:14:32.920 one of those things, you know, those like impulse buys 1:14:32.920 --> 1:14:33.519 at Costco. 1:14:34.200 --> 1:14:35.720 And I got to say, we took it out. 1:14:35.800 --> 1:14:37.120 It took us a little bit to get it kind 1:14:37.120 --> 1:14:38.560 of set up and stuff, because I've been out of 1:14:38.600 --> 1:14:39.200 town in things. 1:14:39.200 --> 1:14:41.240 But you know, this last week we took it to 1:14:41.280 --> 1:14:42.320 the park a couple times. 1:14:42.840 --> 1:14:45.920 We had such a good time and It is so 1:14:46.280 --> 1:14:50.320 fun to watch your kid excel at something, especially when 1:14:50.360 --> 1:14:52.120 it's something that you're not good at, you know, whether 1:14:52.160 --> 1:14:54.920 it's sports, whether it's you know, electronics, whatever it is. 1:14:55.360 --> 1:14:58.160 But this was just so cool to watch him fly 1:14:58.320 --> 1:15:01.360 this thing and with such confident and he's watched all 1:15:01.360 --> 1:15:04.120 these YouTube videos about how to do this. I said, 1:15:04.120 --> 1:15:05.640 you know, look, before we go to the park to 1:15:05.680 --> 1:15:07.439 do this, I want you to make sure all the 1:15:07.479 --> 1:15:08.960 software is up to date. I want you to make 1:15:08.960 --> 1:15:10.840 sure you know how to do it, make sure you've 1:15:10.840 --> 1:15:12.160 watched a couple tutorials. 1:15:12.200 --> 1:15:12.559 And he did. 1:15:12.600 --> 1:15:14.080 He said, Dad, you know, I want to sit down 1:15:14.520 --> 1:15:17.080 and control this thing, because that's what a guy said 1:15:17.120 --> 1:15:21.240 pro tip on YouTube about how to control these drones better. 1:15:21.280 --> 1:15:23.320 If you sit down, it's easier to control because you're 1:15:23.320 --> 1:15:25.760 not holding the control in your hand, it's in your lap. 1:15:25.800 --> 1:15:27.800 I said, sure, try it, and so we had such 1:15:27.840 --> 1:15:31.120 a fun time. I'm just telling you this because drones are, like, 1:15:31.240 --> 1:15:33.520 you know, they for a while they were like amazing, 1:15:33.560 --> 1:15:35.880 and then people were, you know, hating on them, and 1:15:35.920 --> 1:15:37.320 now they're just kind of like the part of our 1:15:37.360 --> 1:15:39.680 lives and they do a lot of amazing things in 1:15:39.720 --> 1:15:42.280 this world. But if you haven't tried one or you 1:15:42.320 --> 1:15:44.840 haven't flown one, they're really fun. Try to get your 1:15:44.840 --> 1:15:46.240 hands on one, even one of the small ones. Like 1:15:46.280 --> 1:15:48.519 at Target the other day they had like this twenty 1:15:48.560 --> 1:15:51.840 dollars like tiny little drone that works inside. It was 1:15:51.880 --> 1:15:54.080 literally like fits in the palm of your hand. So 1:15:55.280 --> 1:15:57.439 just try it. They're really really fun. So I love 1:15:57.439 --> 1:15:59.679 the fact that my kid can fly this thing so well, 1:16:00.200 --> 1:16:02.200 like he just the video that comes off of this 1:16:02.280 --> 1:16:05.240 Dji thing is just so crisp and smooth, and it's 1:16:05.280 --> 1:16:07.840 got to gimbal on it so it looks really really good. 1:16:07.920 --> 1:16:11.040 So anyway, I just tell you that because it's just fun. 1:16:12.280 --> 1:16:14.360 Let's see here, got a couple of stories I want 1:16:14.400 --> 1:16:16.120 to get through. Maybe we'll make this sort of a 1:16:16.200 --> 1:16:17.439 lightning round of stories. 1:16:18.080 --> 1:16:18.599 Let's see. 1:16:18.680 --> 1:16:22.920 Consumer Reports has an app called Permission Slip, and it 1:16:22.960 --> 1:16:26.960 will help you use state laws to your advantage to 1:16:27.320 --> 1:16:30.639 tell companies to stop selling your personal information or delete 1:16:30.640 --> 1:16:33.840 it all together. This app, again is called Permission Slip. 1:16:34.160 --> 1:16:36.960 It lets you easily request companies stop selling your data 1:16:37.040 --> 1:16:39.320 or delete your data. And you can even put this 1:16:39.360 --> 1:16:42.200 on autopilot, so if a new company comes into their database, 1:16:42.560 --> 1:16:44.720 that they can work with, they will ask them to 1:16:44.720 --> 1:16:47.000 get rid of it. They work with about one hundred 1:16:47.040 --> 1:16:49.880 different companies, whether it's a big retailer or whether it's 1:16:49.920 --> 1:16:53.000 one of these data collection companies that just collects a 1:16:53.000 --> 1:16:55.640 whole bunch of data on us. They will make the 1:16:55.680 --> 1:16:59.360 opt out process a lot easier. Again, this is from 1:16:59.400 --> 1:17:02.960 Consumer It's called permission Slip. It was recently updated and 1:17:03.800 --> 1:17:06.320 I have not tried this personally, but I know a 1:17:06.360 --> 1:17:07.439 lot of people have and. 1:17:07.400 --> 1:17:10.040 They've seemed to have good responses. 1:17:10.400 --> 1:17:12.639 But I think these companies have up to a certain 1:17:12.640 --> 1:17:14.760 amount of time to get back to you to let 1:17:14.800 --> 1:17:16.800 you know if they've deleted your info. But anyway, check 1:17:16.840 --> 1:17:20.120 it out Permission Slip from Consumer Reports. It is free, 1:17:20.160 --> 1:17:24.280 there's no subscription required. Apple this week introduced a new 1:17:24.320 --> 1:17:27.800 lower cost Apple pencil for the iPad. This is a 1:17:27.960 --> 1:17:30.840 seventy nine dollars Apple pencil that will work with all 1:17:30.960 --> 1:17:34.680 iPads that have a USB C port. So there are 1:17:34.720 --> 1:17:37.799 now three different Apple pencil models. There is the Apple 1:17:37.840 --> 1:17:42.760 Pencil first generation, the Apple Pencil second Generation, and now 1:17:42.800 --> 1:17:45.960 the Apple Pencil Usb C. This one sits in the 1:17:46.000 --> 1:17:49.760 middle of these two based on price and features. I 1:17:49.840 --> 1:17:52.200 believe or maybe it's Actually it's the cheapest. It's seventy 1:17:52.280 --> 1:17:56.200 nine dollars, so it's pretty inexpensive. I mean still expensive 1:17:56.200 --> 1:17:57.840 if you ask me for a pencil, but it's you know, 1:17:58.040 --> 1:18:00.439 it's an iPad, it's an Apple pens so it's going 1:18:00.520 --> 1:18:03.960 to be expensive. This Apple pencil has a few features 1:18:04.000 --> 1:18:06.200 that are new and a few features that are not there. 1:18:06.600 --> 1:18:10.640 So it charges via USBC. It magnetically attaches to the 1:18:10.680 --> 1:18:14.160 side of compatible iPads, but it does not charge like 1:18:14.240 --> 1:18:17.639 the us This is so confusing. But the Apple pencil 1:18:17.720 --> 1:18:21.280 Generation two charges magnetically on the side of the iPad. 1:18:21.680 --> 1:18:25.519 This one will connect, but it will not charge. Also, 1:18:25.720 --> 1:18:28.439 it does not have pressure sensitivity, so if you want 1:18:28.479 --> 1:18:31.000 to make like a thicker line by pressing harder on 1:18:31.040 --> 1:18:33.360 the Apple pencil on the screen, it will not do that. 1:18:33.680 --> 1:18:35.160 The second generation does. 1:18:35.600 --> 1:18:39.479 So this is so complicated that Apple actually has a 1:18:39.840 --> 1:18:43.519 matrix on their website about the three Apple pencils you 1:18:43.520 --> 1:18:46.479 can choose. So they've got the first gen, the USBC, 1:18:46.680 --> 1:18:49.680 and the second gen. And you can't get this one 1:18:49.720 --> 1:18:50.360 in grave for. 1:18:50.439 --> 1:18:52.520 Free for some reason. I don't know why. 1:18:52.640 --> 1:18:55.200 But again, new Apple pencil, just be careful when you 1:18:55.200 --> 1:18:56.840 buy the Apple pencil because you need to get one 1:18:56.840 --> 1:18:59.880 that works with your iPad. And I would probably wreck 1:19:00.280 --> 1:19:02.479 going to an Apple store and making sure you know 1:19:02.560 --> 1:19:04.840 the model number of your iPad. And you can find 1:19:04.880 --> 1:19:09.080 that by going into settings on your iPad and then 1:19:09.160 --> 1:19:12.760 tapping settings General about and it will give you the 1:19:12.760 --> 1:19:14.759 model name. And that same thing goes for your iPhone. 1:19:14.800 --> 1:19:16.439 I ask people all the time, Hey, which iPhone do 1:19:16.479 --> 1:19:18.960 you have? I don't know, it's just an iPhone. Well 1:19:19.000 --> 1:19:19.759 look in the settings. 1:19:19.840 --> 1:19:22.679 Let me know. You probably heard about this story. 1:19:22.760 --> 1:19:26.240 T Mobile raising prices for some unlimited plans, but you 1:19:26.280 --> 1:19:29.519 can opt out. So if customers are on one of 1:19:29.560 --> 1:19:33.559 these old plans, the T Mobile one Simple Choice Magenta 1:19:33.640 --> 1:19:36.439 Magenta fifty five plus, they are moving these folks to 1:19:36.600 --> 1:19:39.599 a new unlimited plan, which happens to be about ten 1:19:39.680 --> 1:19:44.160 dollars more per month. Now this has started on October seventeenth. 1:19:44.240 --> 1:19:47.280 So and here's the thing. This was such a big deal. 1:19:47.280 --> 1:19:50.000 It's got so many headlines that T Mobile had to 1:19:50.040 --> 1:19:53.000 come out and say, ho, hold on, hold on, hold on, Uh, 1:19:53.280 --> 1:19:54.639 you know it's not what you think. 1:19:55.120 --> 1:19:56.040 This was a test. 1:19:56.600 --> 1:19:59.599 This was not something we're doing for everyone. And so 1:19:59.640 --> 1:20:03.960 they can out with a like a whole explainer, and 1:20:04.000 --> 1:20:05.920 they said, Look, here's what they said. I want to 1:20:05.920 --> 1:20:08.679 make it clear that the test hasn't actually yet launched. 1:20:08.960 --> 1:20:11.320 When it does, we will reach out to a small 1:20:11.400 --> 1:20:13.840 subset of customers who are on older rate plans, some 1:20:14.040 --> 1:20:16.240 up to a decade old, to let them know they 1:20:16.240 --> 1:20:19.360 have the opportunity to move from their existing plans to new, 1:20:19.360 --> 1:20:22.519 better plans that offer more features and more value relative 1:20:22.560 --> 1:20:24.680 to what they have. None of this has happened yet, 1:20:24.720 --> 1:20:26.880 but in the near future, eligible customers will get a 1:20:26.920 --> 1:20:29.559 text and or an email from us before anything changes 1:20:29.560 --> 1:20:31.600 on their account. All of them will be given the 1:20:31.640 --> 1:20:33.920 option to stay on their current plan or a similar 1:20:33.920 --> 1:20:37.360 plan if they choose so. Again, T Mobile will be 1:20:37.479 --> 1:20:40.240 changing things, but it's not for everyone and it's not 1:20:40.400 --> 1:20:42.680 an immediate thing, so just be on the lookout. If 1:20:42.680 --> 1:20:45.160 they do email you, you can opt out of that 1:20:45.240 --> 1:20:47.240 new plan. But if you have a plan that's ten 1:20:47.320 --> 1:20:49.320 years old, you might get some new benefits from a 1:20:49.360 --> 1:20:54.200 more expensive plan. IRS is going to do a direct 1:20:54.280 --> 1:20:57.759 file pilot program for the twenty twenty four tax season, 1:20:58.439 --> 1:21:01.519 so eligible taxpayers in thirteen states will be able to 1:21:01.520 --> 1:21:03.760 file taxes directly with the IRS. 1:21:03.800 --> 1:21:04.400 For free. 1:21:05.400 --> 1:21:07.840 The goal is to test the feasibility of this and 1:21:07.880 --> 1:21:10.680 to identify, you know, sort of any challenges before they 1:21:10.760 --> 1:21:14.880 launch this wider. You know, for the whole US. This 1:21:14.920 --> 1:21:18.040 is pretty limited. They're only in thirteen states. Like I said, 1:21:18.080 --> 1:21:23.000 I think California, Arizona, Massachusetts, New York are part of these. 1:21:23.439 --> 1:21:25.760 You can see the full list on the IRS website. 1:21:26.200 --> 1:21:29.280 It's for people with simple tax situations, so you know, 1:21:29.400 --> 1:21:32.240 basic things like a W two. Maybe you have some 1:21:32.320 --> 1:21:35.559 extra income through you know, interest in things like that. 1:21:35.760 --> 1:21:38.519 But it's very it's for simple tax situations. This is 1:21:38.560 --> 1:21:42.519 not for complex tax situations. But again there will be 1:21:42.560 --> 1:21:44.439 and it's not for everyone. Not everyone's going to have 1:21:44.479 --> 1:21:46.200 the option to do this, but you may see that 1:21:46.240 --> 1:21:47.040 you will have the option. 1:21:47.120 --> 1:21:48.799 You might get something in the mail that says. 1:21:48.560 --> 1:21:51.760 Hey, you're eligible to do this IRS direct file, which 1:21:51.840 --> 1:21:55.160 is free. Now it's supposed to be a questionnaire style 1:21:55.360 --> 1:21:57.400 form that's supposed to be easy to fill out all 1:21:57.439 --> 1:22:00.439 by yourself. Now you might be saying, rich, what's difference 1:22:00.479 --> 1:22:03.800 between this and something like TurboTax. Well, yes, there is 1:22:03.880 --> 1:22:07.040 a free file program through some of the tax providers, 1:22:07.280 --> 1:22:10.439 but that goes through a third party like TurboTax or 1:22:10.520 --> 1:22:13.879 you know, into it whatever. This is directly with the IRS, 1:22:13.880 --> 1:22:18.000 so they're basically starting their own tax filing service on 1:22:18.040 --> 1:22:20.639 their website. I guess the way I would think about 1:22:20.640 --> 1:22:22.880 this is if you just went and downloaded the tax 1:22:22.920 --> 1:22:25.160 forms and filled them out manually, it's kind of like 1:22:25.200 --> 1:22:27.240 the same thing, except you're doing it now through the 1:22:27.320 --> 1:22:32.520 IRS website. So that is what's happening with the IRS. 1:22:32.720 --> 1:22:34.920 I don't know what I think about this. I think 1:22:34.960 --> 1:22:37.840 that taxes are very complicated. I think that if you 1:22:37.840 --> 1:22:41.240 have a very simple tax situation and you go on 1:22:41.280 --> 1:22:43.200 something like TurboTax, and there were, by the way, big 1:22:43.280 --> 1:22:46.360 lawsuits about this because even though they offer a free 1:22:46.360 --> 1:22:48.559 filing program, they hit it from people so that they 1:22:48.560 --> 1:22:50.360 didn't actually find it and it would be really tough, 1:22:50.400 --> 1:22:52.639 and they would just pay fifty bucks to file their 1:22:52.640 --> 1:22:54.599 taxes even though they could do it for free. 1:22:54.880 --> 1:22:56.280 So the fact that the IRS. 1:22:56.000 --> 1:22:58.680 Is going to make this easy simple, there's a lot 1:22:58.680 --> 1:23:00.559 of people out there that just have one W two 1:23:00.920 --> 1:23:03.280 and maybe nothing else and they just want to file 1:23:03.320 --> 1:23:05.040 their taxes in two minutes done. 1:23:05.160 --> 1:23:06.840 You can do it through the website. 1:23:06.400 --> 1:23:09.080 So we'll see what the results are of this pilot, 1:23:09.120 --> 1:23:11.559 but uh, it's probably a good thing that they're doing it. 1:23:11.800 --> 1:23:14.920 I think taxes should be simplified in general. They're just way, way, 1:23:14.960 --> 1:23:17.640 way too complicated. People pay a lot of money to 1:23:17.720 --> 1:23:19.639 a lot of people to do their taxes, and that's 1:23:19.680 --> 1:23:22.400 great if you have a complex tax situation. But if 1:23:22.400 --> 1:23:25.200 you have a simple tax situation and you're paying money 1:23:25.200 --> 1:23:28.200 to the government, and I'm not going to get into 1:23:28.200 --> 1:23:30.360 the whole you know, that whole side of things, but 1:23:30.479 --> 1:23:32.840 you know it should be easy to give your money 1:23:32.840 --> 1:23:37.120 to this unknown mass of anyway, you know what I'm saying. 1:23:37.680 --> 1:23:40.200 Rich on Tech Rich DeMuro here at Triple eight rich 1:23:40.240 --> 1:23:42.439 one on one eight eight eight seven four to two 1:23:42.600 --> 1:23:44.400 four one zero one. Coming up on the show, we're 1:23:44.400 --> 1:23:48.040 going to talk to Michael Sino, a Google cyber security expert. 1:23:48.120 --> 1:23:50.120 Plus more of your calls, emails, tax. 1:23:49.920 --> 1:23:54.320 Tweets, and more tech news. You're listening to rich on Tech. 1:23:59.120 --> 1:24:04.040 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Let's go to Tatiana 1:24:04.800 --> 1:24:08.760 in Banning, California, Line one, Tatiana your own with Rich Hi. 1:24:09.160 --> 1:24:13.240 Well, I was calling about her about YouTube. You know, 1:24:13.400 --> 1:24:16.200 I wonder if you know, if you could help me. 1:24:16.960 --> 1:24:21.320 I have a prime membership with YouTube, and it's worked 1:24:21.360 --> 1:24:24.680 fine until last week and the last few days, I 1:24:24.880 --> 1:24:30.840 keep receiving all those you know, notification that I have 1:24:31.439 --> 1:24:38.200 a blockers I have either to unblock or to switch 1:24:38.280 --> 1:24:42.479 to Prime membership, and I already have Prime membership, and 1:24:42.560 --> 1:24:45.880 I keep telling them sort of, and they said, report 1:24:45.960 --> 1:24:50.160 the issue if it's not correct, and I keep reporting that, Hello, 1:24:50.240 --> 1:24:52.680 I am a pro, I have Prime membership, and you 1:24:52.840 --> 1:24:56.200 keep blocking me because sometimes they block and block, and 1:24:56.600 --> 1:25:00.800 yesterday I was not able to watch you tube at 1:25:00.840 --> 1:25:04.240 all and not that I you know, but plinty is 1:25:04.320 --> 1:25:07.360 that why should I? You know, I have my Prime 1:25:07.439 --> 1:25:11.960 membership and the worst thing is to reach anybody on 1:25:12.000 --> 1:25:16.120 YouTube by a phone is not possible. They offer you 1:25:16.320 --> 1:25:20.479 chat and the chat, you know, I tell him, Okay, 1:25:20.760 --> 1:25:24.600 I have Trime membership. Why you are you want me 1:25:24.720 --> 1:25:27.360 to switch to Prime if I already have fun and 1:25:27.400 --> 1:25:30.320 you are blocking me? And she says you have to 1:25:30.360 --> 1:25:35.320 remove ad blocks, but okay, I show them up. You 1:25:35.360 --> 1:25:36.680 know that's what you understand? 1:25:36.800 --> 1:25:37.080 Okay. 1:25:38.400 --> 1:25:41.240 It is so a couple of things happening here. So 1:25:41.760 --> 1:25:46.680 number one, uh, you're referring to YouTube prime membership. So 1:25:46.800 --> 1:25:49.519 Amazon offers a prime membership. So if you have an 1:25:49.560 --> 1:25:53.640 Amazon Prime membership, that does not give you access to YouTube, 1:25:54.640 --> 1:25:57.000 you know, without ads. So that's number one. So it 1:25:57.080 --> 1:26:00.520 is a separate membership. So if you are talking about YouTube, 1:26:00.720 --> 1:26:03.080 what it's called is YouTube Premium. When it first was 1:26:03.120 --> 1:26:05.360 introduced a couple of years ago, it was called YouTube read. 1:26:05.880 --> 1:26:08.559 They have changed the name to YouTube Premium. And the 1:26:08.600 --> 1:26:10.919 way that you can check if you have YouTube Premium 1:26:10.960 --> 1:26:13.800 if you are paying, I believe I pay twenty two 1:26:13.840 --> 1:26:14.760 to ninety nine a month. 1:26:14.800 --> 1:26:15.439 I don't know how much. 1:26:15.479 --> 1:26:17.439 I think it's fifteen ninety nine a month for the 1:26:18.080 --> 1:26:21.280 standard I've got the family plan, but let's see the 1:26:21.320 --> 1:26:25.200 standard plan individuals. Yeah, thirteen ninety nine a month. Family 1:26:25.240 --> 1:26:27.240 is twenty two ninety nine a month. So you can 1:26:27.320 --> 1:26:30.320 check to see if you are on a YouTube Premium 1:26:30.320 --> 1:26:34.120 plan which gives you YouTube and YouTube music ad free 1:26:34.680 --> 1:26:38.000 offline and in the background. You can go to YouTube 1:26:38.000 --> 1:26:41.040 dot com slash Premium and when I go to that page, 1:26:41.080 --> 1:26:43.479 it says you have YouTube Premium managed. 1:26:43.520 --> 1:26:44.840 So that's the first thing, Tatiana. 1:26:44.880 --> 1:26:47.280 If you don't see that when you go to that website, 1:26:47.320 --> 1:26:50.559 you don't have YouTube Premium. Now, the second way to 1:26:50.640 --> 1:26:53.360 check is to go to YouTube dot com and in 1:26:53.439 --> 1:26:55.920 the left hand corner, in the upper left hand corner, 1:26:55.960 --> 1:26:59.920 your YouTube icon changes from YouTube to a little icon 1:27:00.320 --> 1:27:01.560 of the YouTube. 1:27:01.439 --> 1:27:04.280 Screen and it says premium. So that's number one. 1:27:04.320 --> 1:27:06.479 We just need to make sure that you're actually referring 1:27:06.479 --> 1:27:08.559 to what you have. If you have Amazon Prime, that 1:27:08.600 --> 1:27:11.800 does not give you access to YouTube Premium. Now the 1:27:11.880 --> 1:27:14.360 second part of what you're talking about, the ad blocker. 1:27:15.000 --> 1:27:18.479 YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers 1:27:18.800 --> 1:27:23.440 to get rid of ads on YouTube. Why because YouTube 1:27:23.520 --> 1:27:26.719 and Google make a whole lot of money on serving 1:27:26.800 --> 1:27:29.920 up ads during YouTube videos, and in the past people 1:27:29.920 --> 1:27:32.240 were able to get around some of those ads by 1:27:32.280 --> 1:27:35.639 putting an ad blocker on their computer. Well, YouTube does 1:27:35.640 --> 1:27:38.519 not like that, so they are cracking down, not on everyone, 1:27:38.680 --> 1:27:41.320 not in every instance, not on every time, but they 1:27:41.360 --> 1:27:43.840 are cracking down on some of the use of ad 1:27:43.880 --> 1:27:46.679 blockers on YouTube. So if you do have an ad 1:27:46.680 --> 1:27:49.400 blocker on your system and you're trying to access YouTube, 1:27:49.640 --> 1:27:52.280 you will have to pause that ad blocker, and you 1:27:52.320 --> 1:27:54.879 can do that by tapping your ad blocker, and usually 1:27:55.240 --> 1:28:00.400 you can what's called allow list the website, so you 1:28:00.439 --> 1:28:03.160 can say do not use this ad blocker on the 1:28:03.240 --> 1:28:06.879 YouTube dot com website because it will not function properly. 1:28:07.280 --> 1:28:09.519 And in general, if you're using an ad blocker on 1:28:09.600 --> 1:28:13.920 your computer, you can disable that for a website. If 1:28:13.960 --> 1:28:16.240 a website you visit is not working or it feels 1:28:16.240 --> 1:28:19.240 a little wonky, then it's probably your ad blocker that 1:28:19.320 --> 1:28:25.400 is interfering. But Tatiana, in response to your YouTube, when 1:28:25.439 --> 1:28:28.040 you said about the customer service getting someone on chat, 1:28:28.080 --> 1:28:30.160 you're right, it is tough to get someone on the phone. 1:28:30.479 --> 1:28:33.080 But I do find that the YouTube. I had to 1:28:33.120 --> 1:28:35.400 use them the other day for customer service, I did 1:28:35.439 --> 1:28:37.840 find that they were actually pretty good. But yes, you 1:28:37.880 --> 1:28:40.000 do have to chat with them, and you can go 1:28:40.040 --> 1:28:42.559 and they try to they try to evade your chat too, 1:28:42.680 --> 1:28:45.200 like they do anything to make you not chat. But 1:28:45.720 --> 1:28:47.400 eventually you will be able to get them if you 1:28:47.479 --> 1:28:49.280 keep just saying I want to talk to a representative, 1:28:49.280 --> 1:28:52.280 like if they ask you questions on the website, it 1:28:52.280 --> 1:28:53.680 says like, oh, can we help you with this, and 1:28:53.720 --> 1:28:55.680 they try to give you a help page, just keep 1:28:55.760 --> 1:28:57.640 saying like no, no, no, like click down, say this 1:28:57.680 --> 1:28:59.120 did not help me, this did not help me, this 1:28:59.160 --> 1:29:00.800 did not help me, And that will get you to 1:29:00.840 --> 1:29:04.320 the chat person. But yeah, that's the way these websites 1:29:04.360 --> 1:29:06.479 work nowadays. You've got to do something, you got to 1:29:06.520 --> 1:29:08.920 do it all through chat, just because that's the way 1:29:08.960 --> 1:29:12.600 they want you to do it. Thanks for the call today, Tatiana. 1:29:13.040 --> 1:29:15.439 Before we go to our next interview after the break, 1:29:15.479 --> 1:29:16.880 I just want to tell you about this app. It's 1:29:17.160 --> 1:29:22.040 called Google Magnifier. So Google has launched a magnifier app 1:29:22.080 --> 1:29:25.360 for low vision users. So if you have a Pixel phone, 1:29:25.720 --> 1:29:28.040 go to the Google Play Store and download a new 1:29:28.040 --> 1:29:31.280 app called Magnifier, and make sure it's the one from Google, 1:29:31.320 --> 1:29:33.000 because I'm sure there's going to be some others in there. 1:29:33.439 --> 1:29:36.280 But this will let you use it as a user phone, 1:29:36.280 --> 1:29:38.880 as a magnifying glass. You can zoom in on things 1:29:38.960 --> 1:29:42.719 using your camera. You can read small text menus, signs 1:29:42.720 --> 1:29:46.360 from afar. And because it's for people with low vision, 1:29:46.760 --> 1:29:50.920 it's got different adjustments color filters, brightness contrasts. You can 1:29:51.280 --> 1:29:53.960 better see things no matter what your level of eyesight is. 1:29:54.080 --> 1:29:55.439 So this really. 1:29:55.240 --> 1:29:59.000 Aims to help people with low vision in their everyday tasks. Again, 1:29:59.120 --> 1:30:02.719 Google launch a new app called Magnifier. It is only 1:30:02.760 --> 1:30:05.080 available for the Pixel phones. I don't know why they 1:30:05.080 --> 1:30:08.679 did that. Google, please open this up to all Android phones. 1:30:09.000 --> 1:30:12.560 You say, there's twelve million Americans that have vision impairment, 1:30:13.000 --> 1:30:16.200 so please let's help them. Let's open this up to everyone, 1:30:16.439 --> 1:30:21.360 not just pixel users. Again, Google Magnifier app for Pixel users. Now, 1:30:21.680 --> 1:30:24.599 Apple has a similar feature on their phone on the iPhone. 1:30:24.600 --> 1:30:26.400 It's built in. It's called Magnifier. 1:30:26.920 --> 1:30:28.559 You're listening to rich on Tech. Coming up, we're going 1:30:28.640 --> 1:30:32.000 to talk to Michael Sino, a Google cyber security expert, 1:30:32.240 --> 1:30:36.839 with tips on how to protect you online. 1:30:40.920 --> 1:30:42.679 Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:30:42.840 --> 1:30:46.599 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology. Recently 1:30:46.600 --> 1:30:52.200 I chatted with Michael Sino, Google cybersecurity expert about cybersecurity 1:30:52.280 --> 1:30:56.000 tips and tools. He dropped a surprising fact that last 1:30:56.080 --> 1:30:59.920 year scammers made two hundred and ten million dollars off 1:31:00.080 --> 1:31:04.280 of people under twenty. Yeah, surprising. So I started by 1:31:04.320 --> 1:31:07.480 asking him, what is google stance on security? 1:31:08.000 --> 1:31:12.040 Security at Google is one of our primary concerns. We 1:31:12.240 --> 1:31:17.920 take it extremely seriously given our mission to organize the 1:31:17.920 --> 1:31:20.679 world's data. That you know, it's also there to protect 1:31:20.720 --> 1:31:21.479 the world's data. 1:31:21.680 --> 1:31:24.479 Now you're saying you've seen a rise in young people 1:31:24.560 --> 1:31:28.320 falling for online scams. Why do you think this generation 1:31:28.520 --> 1:31:31.439 is more susceptible to these scams when you would think 1:31:31.600 --> 1:31:32.920 the opposite would be the case. 1:31:33.320 --> 1:31:36.479 I think it's a matter of exposure. Young people are 1:31:36.520 --> 1:31:40.519 spending more and more time online in different apps in 1:31:40.600 --> 1:31:46.559 different ways, and scammers are honestly adjusting to learn their 1:31:46.600 --> 1:31:49.880 habits and and and you know the trigger you know 1:31:49.960 --> 1:31:53.599 their triggers. So the technology is getting better to try 1:31:53.600 --> 1:31:57.320 to scam them, and while at the same time they're 1:31:57.320 --> 1:32:00.439 spending you know, a much larger amount of time online. 1:32:00.479 --> 1:32:04.519 And let's just say my mother, or my grandmother or 1:32:04.560 --> 1:32:05.759 even me in many cases. 1:32:06.120 --> 1:32:08.200 So what are some of the examples of the types 1:32:08.320 --> 1:32:11.960 of online scams that we're seeing target young people. 1:32:12.280 --> 1:32:15.040 Yeah, one of the biggest is still fishing, right, so 1:32:15.160 --> 1:32:19.200 the oldie but a goody, you know. Nine of data 1:32:19.200 --> 1:32:23.679 breaches start with fishing, you know, from from small from 1:32:23.960 --> 1:32:26.479 you know, small things. Where's it's one person that give 1:32:26.479 --> 1:32:30.479 out their credit card number two large companies getting getting 1:32:30.479 --> 1:32:35.280 hacked via phishing attempts, and they're getting harder and harder 1:32:35.320 --> 1:32:39.479 to detect because people, the people perpetrating these scams are 1:32:40.520 --> 1:32:44.000 getting smarter about how they do it. The wording is 1:32:44.000 --> 1:32:46.360 getting better because in many cases it was easy in 1:32:46.400 --> 1:32:49.240 the past to spot them because the wording would be off. 1:32:49.320 --> 1:32:52.080 If it was in English, it wouldn't it would just 1:32:52.120 --> 1:32:56.320 look incorrect. The fhreezing would be a correct But with 1:32:56.439 --> 1:32:58.599 the rise of AI and a number of other tools, 1:32:59.080 --> 1:33:04.000 it's starting to look you know, much more legitimate and 1:33:04.439 --> 1:33:07.840 harder to detect. But you know, in many cases, you know, 1:33:07.880 --> 1:33:10.880 if you're using Gmail, uh, you know, we block one 1:33:10.960 --> 1:33:13.920 hundred million fishing attempts a day, so it's like ninety 1:33:14.000 --> 1:33:17.320 nine percent of them, but some still slip through. So 1:33:17.520 --> 1:33:20.519 if if if you're not sure of the link, this 1:33:20.640 --> 1:33:23.400 is what I tell both my daughters, don't click it, 1:33:23.479 --> 1:33:26.360 take a look. If it's from a business, make sure 1:33:26.439 --> 1:33:29.280 that you call the business if you're unsure to see 1:33:29.280 --> 1:33:31.639 if this is legitimate, or if it's someone trying to 1:33:31.720 --> 1:33:34.400 get money from you or get your personal information. You know, 1:33:34.439 --> 1:33:38.040 the biggest tip is, I don't give out anything unless 1:33:38.040 --> 1:33:40.200 you know exactly who you're talking to. Right, if you're 1:33:40.200 --> 1:33:42.080 talking to your bank, right, if you're talking to a 1:33:42.120 --> 1:33:45.639 business that you've engaged with before, great, But if you're 1:33:45.680 --> 1:33:48.880 not sure, don't do it. And you know, if if 1:33:48.880 --> 1:33:50.760 an offer you get looks too good to be true, 1:33:50.840 --> 1:33:55.040 like you know, a device for a dollar, or you 1:33:55.040 --> 1:33:59.120 know you can get free headphones, that is most likely 1:33:59.600 --> 1:34:03.280 going to be not a legitimate offer, so don't fall 1:34:03.320 --> 1:34:03.599 for it. 1:34:03.880 --> 1:34:06.719 So a lot of this is education, just being aware 1:34:07.200 --> 1:34:10.160 of the various types of scams, the various methods that 1:34:10.200 --> 1:34:12.400 scam artists use. It used to be back in the 1:34:12.479 --> 1:34:16.559 day we were worried about viruses infecting our devices. I 1:34:16.600 --> 1:34:20.280 always tell people these days, it's really you against the 1:34:20.320 --> 1:34:22.799 scammers that that are trying to send you these links 1:34:22.800 --> 1:34:24.640 and different things that try to trick you. 1:34:25.720 --> 1:34:28.160 It's true, and in many cases one can lead to 1:34:28.200 --> 1:34:31.439 the other. You'll get an email that says click this link, 1:34:31.479 --> 1:34:33.640 and the link isn't there to harvest your data, but 1:34:33.680 --> 1:34:35.800 it's there to get you to install a virus or 1:34:35.920 --> 1:34:39.800 or malware onto your machine. That is, you know, that's 1:34:39.800 --> 1:34:42.479 a whole you know, a whole whole. Other problem is 1:34:42.760 --> 1:34:45.599 some of these links will then be you know, persist 1:34:45.680 --> 1:34:48.360 on your machine and harvest data or or take data 1:34:48.400 --> 1:34:51.040 off off of your machine. So it is a combination 1:34:51.120 --> 1:34:54.840 of viruses combined with phishing and other other attempts. 1:34:56.280 --> 1:35:00.439 So October is cybersecurity awareness month, What what is mean 1:35:00.520 --> 1:35:02.920 exactly and what do you think people should do to 1:35:03.960 --> 1:35:08.960 not celebrate but to honor this, you know, this month 1:35:09.120 --> 1:35:11.880 and and really educate themselves about this stuff. 1:35:12.479 --> 1:35:14.800 You know to me cybersecurity, whereas a month is a 1:35:14.800 --> 1:35:17.240 good opportunity for everybody to take stock of how how 1:35:17.360 --> 1:35:20.320 they behave online and what they use online. And one 1:35:20.320 --> 1:35:23.840 of the biggest things is evaluating your passwords. In May, 1:35:23.880 --> 1:35:27.960 we announced that we are deploying what's called now pass 1:35:28.040 --> 1:35:31.639 keys to Google accounts and it's a much easier way 1:35:31.680 --> 1:35:34.160 to log in. All you need to use it. It's 1:35:34.160 --> 1:35:35.880 the same way you would log into your computer with 1:35:35.880 --> 1:35:38.320 a face scan or a fingerprint or a pin code, 1:35:39.320 --> 1:35:41.639 and it can be linked to not only your Google account, 1:35:41.680 --> 1:35:44.840 but we've partnered with Uber and Hope depot in a 1:35:44.880 --> 1:35:47.640 number of others and it's it's a much more you know, 1:35:47.680 --> 1:35:49.280 a much more secure way and you don't have to 1:35:49.280 --> 1:35:53.800 give out any information. But we realize that not everybody's 1:35:53.840 --> 1:35:57.000 there yet, So the next piece is looking at your 1:35:57.000 --> 1:36:00.720 passwords and ensuring that you use a complex password and 1:36:00.760 --> 1:36:04.559 you don't use the same passwords everywhere, so you know, 1:36:04.600 --> 1:36:07.479 in that case, using a password manager like Google Password 1:36:07.479 --> 1:36:10.800 manager will help generate the passwords for you and store 1:36:10.840 --> 1:36:14.400 them and then keep them on all of your devices 1:36:15.120 --> 1:36:17.400 so that you don't you don't really have to enter anything. 1:36:17.439 --> 1:36:19.320 It will enter it for you, and it will keep 1:36:19.360 --> 1:36:24.200 them different. So your your your bank password is different 1:36:24.200 --> 1:36:26.080 from your other bank password, which is different than an 1:36:26.120 --> 1:36:30.559 online retailer password. So in case one gets compromised, they 1:36:30.560 --> 1:36:33.160 don't they can't log into any of the other accounts. 1:36:33.400 --> 1:36:35.360 Okay, we're going to talk about pass keys in a moment. 1:36:35.400 --> 1:36:36.360 I want to go back to that. 1:36:36.439 --> 1:36:40.040 But this password manager idea. I've been a big advocate 1:36:40.080 --> 1:36:43.599 of password managers for a long time, but still many 1:36:43.680 --> 1:36:46.400 many people are hesitant to use them because they see 1:36:46.439 --> 1:36:49.760 them as very complicated, and they also get scared when 1:36:49.800 --> 1:36:54.000 they see those complex passwords that they are generating, and 1:36:54.040 --> 1:36:56.439 they think, there's no way I'll ever remember that. And 1:36:56.520 --> 1:36:58.400 if I can't remember it, I'm going to be locked 1:36:58.400 --> 1:37:00.960 out of my account. So can you explain in a 1:37:00.960 --> 1:37:04.360 little bit more detail how those password managers work and 1:37:04.400 --> 1:37:07.440 how they get you back into your accounts. 1:37:07.520 --> 1:37:09.280 You know, automatically. 1:37:09.080 --> 1:37:13.599 Sure each password manager, you know, whether it's Google password manager, 1:37:13.640 --> 1:37:18.360 I know other stores your passwords securely in Google's case 1:37:18.400 --> 1:37:21.559 on our servers, and in many cases, there's no need 1:37:21.600 --> 1:37:24.200 for you to remember the individual password for the site 1:37:24.280 --> 1:37:26.800 because it will it will auto fill it. Like I 1:37:26.800 --> 1:37:28.599 can honestly say, I don't know most of my bank 1:37:28.600 --> 1:37:33.400 passwords by heart. They're stored there. They're storage securely, they're encrypted, 1:37:34.080 --> 1:37:36.160 and if you have multiple devices like a phone and 1:37:36.240 --> 1:37:38.640 a computer, it will replicate across both of them, so 1:37:38.720 --> 1:37:41.120 it will store them there, so wherever you are and 1:37:41.160 --> 1:37:43.800 whatever you're logging in on, it can auto fill them 1:37:43.800 --> 1:37:47.760 for you. On top of that, you know, on top 1:37:47.800 --> 1:37:51.160 of passwords, Two step verification is another good option to 1:37:51.240 --> 1:37:54.400 ensure even if your password does get compromised, there's a 1:37:54.439 --> 1:37:59.200 second factor of authorization and authentication to get into your account. 1:37:59.400 --> 1:38:00.479 On the past keys. 1:38:01.360 --> 1:38:03.840 If I lose the device that is my past key, 1:38:04.800 --> 1:38:08.719 can I use multiple devices to actually authenticate my logins 1:38:08.800 --> 1:38:10.439 or is it tied to just one device. 1:38:11.280 --> 1:38:13.559 It depends on how you set it up so multiple 1:38:13.800 --> 1:38:17.120 it can be replicated across multiple devices. But yeah, so 1:38:17.360 --> 1:38:20.080 you can also recover your account. In many cases it would, 1:38:20.120 --> 1:38:22.960 it would take multiple steps and it's not the easiest process, 1:38:23.000 --> 1:38:25.759 but that's for the for the safety, for your safety, 1:38:26.000 --> 1:38:30.120 so accounts can be recovered from a Google perspective, but yes, 1:38:30.200 --> 1:38:31.880 they can be used on multiple devices. 1:38:32.240 --> 1:38:34.799 Okay, where can people go to find more information about 1:38:34.880 --> 1:38:37.160 all of these online safety resources. 1:38:37.880 --> 1:38:40.800 You can look at safety dot Google dot com and 1:38:40.880 --> 1:38:45.959 also FamilyLink dot Google dot com for tips on securing 1:38:46.000 --> 1:38:47.519 your children and your family. 1:38:47.760 --> 1:38:50.080 Many times people will tell me, Rich, I don't really 1:38:50.080 --> 1:38:52.360 need to do this because it's they're not targeting me, 1:38:52.600 --> 1:38:54.439 They're not trying to come after what do I have? 1:38:55.040 --> 1:38:55.960 What do you say to that? 1:38:56.920 --> 1:39:00.280 What we have is our data, right, are our aims, 1:39:00.320 --> 1:39:04.920 our social security numbers, our bank accounts. So they're you know, 1:39:05.120 --> 1:39:07.840 I look at it as they're they're targeting everybody because 1:39:08.320 --> 1:39:10.960 you never know when someone's going to come trying to 1:39:10.960 --> 1:39:13.040 break into your bank account to take your money. But yeah, 1:39:13.120 --> 1:39:16.720 it's it's it's it's extremely common. Billions and millions of 1:39:16.720 --> 1:39:19.479 dollars go out the window from people every you know, 1:39:19.520 --> 1:39:24.320 every year on credit card fraud, bank fraud, all from 1:39:24.400 --> 1:39:26.519 you know, accidentally clicking the wrong link and giving the 1:39:26.520 --> 1:39:28.080 wrong person their information. 1:39:28.439 --> 1:39:31.759 Once again, that was Michael Sino, director of Security Incident 1:39:31.840 --> 1:39:35.440 Response at Google. You can go to the website safety 1:39:35.640 --> 1:39:39.400 dot Google dot com. For more information on pass keys. 1:39:39.640 --> 1:39:42.559 You can also see safety tips and do a security 1:39:42.640 --> 1:39:46.000 check up on your Google account and review your privacy settings. 1:39:46.280 --> 1:39:48.679 You are listening to Rich on Tech, give me a call. 1:39:48.960 --> 1:39:52.080 It's triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight 1:39:52.160 --> 1:40:01.439 eight seven four two four one zero one. Welcome back 1:40:01.479 --> 1:40:05.040 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:40:05.160 --> 1:40:08.200 talking technology. And this is the part of the show 1:40:08.240 --> 1:40:11.400 where I respond to your emails, your texts, your tweets, 1:40:11.439 --> 1:40:12.200 your feedback. 1:40:13.360 --> 1:40:14.719 We call it the feedback segment. 1:40:15.760 --> 1:40:19.920 And yeah, there are a lot of comments questions, so 1:40:19.960 --> 1:40:24.880 some of you send comments and questions mixed into one. 1:40:25.160 --> 1:40:27.679 So some of these will be comments, some will be questioned, 1:40:27.680 --> 1:40:29.559 some will be answers. Let me just make sure I 1:40:29.640 --> 1:40:32.760 went through everything I wanted to get through today. That 1:40:32.960 --> 1:40:37.040 was interesting enough. Oh oh, I wanted to mention this 1:40:37.080 --> 1:40:41.160 hold on this. So Wirecutter just came out with some 1:40:41.240 --> 1:40:43.000 reviews of tabletop radios. 1:40:43.040 --> 1:40:44.000 I thought this was pretty cool. 1:40:44.040 --> 1:40:45.640 So if you want to get a tabletop radio to 1:40:45.680 --> 1:40:49.120 listen to things like this show, they have a couple 1:40:49.120 --> 1:40:53.559 of top picks now. So their top pick for the 1:40:53.920 --> 1:40:59.360 tabletop radio is the san Gean WR fifteen for one 1:40:59.479 --> 1:41:03.879 hundred dollars. This has a classic style, smooth controls, strong reception, 1:41:04.000 --> 1:41:08.320 and rich sound. And that is a radio that stands 1:41:08.400 --> 1:41:11.760 kind of vertically. If you want a horizontal design, the 1:41:11.880 --> 1:41:15.920 sang In WR eleven s is eighty five dollars with 1:41:16.000 --> 1:41:20.200 similar features. Now, if you just want a pure and simple, 1:41:20.520 --> 1:41:24.880 kind of classic looking radio, the Studa Baker SB two thousand, 1:41:25.520 --> 1:41:28.519 Wirecutter says it's very affordable at twenty five dollars, and 1:41:28.600 --> 1:41:33.679 it's portable. And if you want oh FM only, well, okay, 1:41:33.680 --> 1:41:38.000 if you want FM only, Victrola Houston is sixty dollars. 1:41:38.560 --> 1:41:41.679 Wirecutter said they tested the radios on things like channel reception, 1:41:41.840 --> 1:41:44.920 signal clarity, sound quality, Bluetooth range, and ease of use. 1:41:45.400 --> 1:41:48.439 Most shoppers want a radio that's attractive but has a 1:41:48.439 --> 1:41:51.599 retro design that will look nice in their home. Ease 1:41:51.640 --> 1:41:54.760 of use is also important. Sound quality is less of 1:41:54.800 --> 1:41:57.840 a concern than aesthetics for most people, and I love 1:41:57.880 --> 1:42:01.760 the sound of this. AM reception is considered a must have. 1:42:02.600 --> 1:42:05.360 So if you want a tabletop radio, those are the 1:42:05.400 --> 1:42:07.920 picks from Wirecutter. I thought that was pretty cool when 1:42:07.960 --> 1:42:11.400 I started this show. I got a classic like my 1:42:11.520 --> 1:42:13.960 mom bought me an antique classic radio. 1:42:14.960 --> 1:42:15.759 That's pretty cool. 1:42:16.120 --> 1:42:19.479 All right, let's get to some of these questions and 1:42:19.520 --> 1:42:22.880 feedback things. So Derek says, Hey, Rich, I sent Apple 1:42:22.960 --> 1:42:26.439 two older phones, an iPhone eight plus and an iPhone 1:42:26.479 --> 1:42:29.720 twelve Promax to replace the batteries. Both phones came back 1:42:29.760 --> 1:42:32.479 as motherboards must be replaced in order to do the 1:42:32.479 --> 1:42:35.719 battery replacement. Motherboards would be five hundred dollars a piece, 1:42:35.760 --> 1:42:39.160 battery replacement one hundred and twenty nine. I had Apple 1:42:39.200 --> 1:42:41.240 send both of them back to me without doing the repair. 1:42:41.560 --> 1:42:43.880 I've since taken them to a non official tech shop 1:42:43.880 --> 1:42:46.680 and they replaced both batteries, not the motherboards, and they 1:42:46.720 --> 1:42:48.360 work just fine. 1:42:48.479 --> 1:42:51.000 I have always trusted Apple. Now I'm not so sure. 1:42:51.040 --> 1:42:56.840 Both phones needing motherboard replacements seems fishy to me, Derek. Derek, 1:42:56.920 --> 1:42:59.799 I think what you experienced is that when Apple does repair, 1:43:00.120 --> 1:43:04.000 they have certain standards to adhere to, and so the 1:43:04.040 --> 1:43:06.880 battery probably need to be replaced, but they probably identified 1:43:06.880 --> 1:43:09.240 something in the motherboard that also needed to be replaced. 1:43:09.560 --> 1:43:11.479 Or maybe they're using a newer battery that needs a 1:43:11.479 --> 1:43:15.120 newer motherboard. I'm not sure, but that's the beauty of 1:43:15.160 --> 1:43:17.559 having options when it comes to repairs. Now, I'm not 1:43:17.600 --> 1:43:19.760 sure with this non official tech shop if you got 1:43:19.760 --> 1:43:22.840 any sort of warranty or you know, if this is 1:43:22.880 --> 1:43:26.120 guaranteed to work for a long period of time. But 1:43:26.200 --> 1:43:28.840 I think you were right on not spending seven hundred 1:43:28.840 --> 1:43:31.919 dollars to replace these motherboards and batteries on these devices. 1:43:31.960 --> 1:43:34.679 So the non official tech shop they replace the batteries. 1:43:34.720 --> 1:43:36.639 I'm sure it was cheaper than even one twenty nine. 1:43:36.960 --> 1:43:39.639 If the phones work, they work, and so good for you. 1:43:39.720 --> 1:43:42.400 But it's nice to have options. I think the official 1:43:42.520 --> 1:43:45.080 repairs bring with them a little bit more of an 1:43:45.120 --> 1:43:47.800 official warranty and things like that, so that's probably the 1:43:47.840 --> 1:43:52.040 differentiation there. Kevin says, good morning, Rich. I've been listening 1:43:52.040 --> 1:43:53.679 to your show for many years and I look forward 1:43:53.720 --> 1:43:54.360 to it every week. 1:43:54.400 --> 1:43:56.559 We live in a rural area outside of Houston. 1:43:57.360 --> 1:43:59.519 We've had horrible internet for the past twenty years, and 1:43:59.560 --> 1:44:03.360 we're finally blessed with Starlink. I want to bypass bypass 1:44:03.439 --> 1:44:06.519 the starlink router and connect one that will accommodate a 1:44:06.560 --> 1:44:10.160 fairly large home. Am I better off buying a router 1:44:10.200 --> 1:44:12.840 out of the box or using something like an access point? 1:44:14.120 --> 1:44:17.879 I'm not sure if I go okay, could you possibly 1:44:17.920 --> 1:44:20.160 let me know what router you'd recommend that works best 1:44:20.160 --> 1:44:23.559 with starlink. I know enough about tech to get in trouble, 1:44:23.600 --> 1:44:26.320 but I can't easily always get out. Thanks for taking 1:44:26.320 --> 1:44:28.120 the time to read this. Any help would be great, 1:44:28.200 --> 1:44:31.960 Kevin Kevin, I would recommend yeah, bypassing the starlink router 1:44:32.080 --> 1:44:34.600 and just using something like ero E E r O 1:44:35.880 --> 1:44:40.080 or something like Villo v I l O or Netgear 1:44:40.240 --> 1:44:44.439 orb O r B. I those are mesh networks. I 1:44:44.439 --> 1:44:46.360 think any of those will work. You have a big house, 1:44:46.360 --> 1:44:49.360 you'll probably need two to three access points to cover 1:44:49.560 --> 1:44:52.000 your home. And if you want to do something that's 1:44:52.040 --> 1:44:53.679 like outside, like if you have a pool or something, 1:44:53.720 --> 1:44:56.040 you might I think the neck gear has the ORB 1:44:56.160 --> 1:45:00.000 has like an outdoor access point as well. Bill says, 1:45:00.080 --> 1:45:02.160 didn't know if you're following this or how important it 1:45:02.200 --> 1:45:05.120 is to most people, but this was recently announced by Google, 1:45:05.240 --> 1:45:07.400 and he sent a link that said Google Podcasts is 1:45:07.439 --> 1:45:10.679 going to be discontinued and switching to YouTube music app. 1:45:11.600 --> 1:45:14.320 Bill says, for me, I use the Google podcast app 1:45:14.360 --> 1:45:16.320 all the time. I'm not using YouTube very often. I 1:45:16.360 --> 1:45:19.480 will be switching everything to Amazon Music, to which I subscribe. 1:45:19.760 --> 1:45:22.160 It works well for me, and some of the subscribe 1:45:22.200 --> 1:45:24.200 podcasts are ad free with Amazon. 1:45:24.320 --> 1:45:27.559 Your podcast is number one for me anyway. 1:45:27.600 --> 1:45:31.760 Thanks for continuing to provide such great information, Bill, Bill. Yes, 1:45:33.000 --> 1:45:36.040 Google podcast is going away. It's going to be shifted 1:45:36.080 --> 1:45:38.840 to YouTube Music. But I'll be honest, I think a 1:45:38.840 --> 1:45:42.240 lot of people with podcasts. It's either Apple Podcasts or 1:45:42.280 --> 1:45:47.600 Spotify or iHeartRadio app or pocket casts. Those are the 1:45:47.600 --> 1:45:51.080 big podcast apps. I don't think Google podcasts ever really 1:45:51.120 --> 1:45:52.240 took off in a big way. 1:45:53.040 --> 1:45:53.799 And it's Google. 1:45:54.160 --> 1:45:56.719 They lose attention very easily, so when they see people 1:45:56.720 --> 1:45:58.519 aren't using that app, they say, oh, never mind, we'll 1:45:58.520 --> 1:46:01.160 just mix this into YouTube music. It also makes YouTube 1:46:01.200 --> 1:46:03.559 music a little stickier because now people are checking it 1:46:03.600 --> 1:46:06.200 on a daily basis to get their favorite podcasts, and 1:46:06.240 --> 1:46:08.040 then maybe they're playing the music or they want to 1:46:08.040 --> 1:46:09.320 subscribe or something like that. 1:46:09.840 --> 1:46:13.639 But there you go. Randall says Rich. I enjoy your 1:46:15.200 --> 1:46:16.519 radio program on KFI. 1:46:16.600 --> 1:46:20.040 I recently bought an inexpensive smart watch eighty bucks through Amazon. 1:46:20.200 --> 1:46:21.840 Has all the features whether I need them or not. 1:46:22.320 --> 1:46:24.959 There appear to be dozens of smart watches who advertise 1:46:24.960 --> 1:46:28.400 on Amazon. They all have the same features. My wife 1:46:28.479 --> 1:46:31.880 bought an Apple smart watch. Her cost three hundred and 1:46:31.920 --> 1:46:34.280 eighty nine dollars. I know it's a rhetorical question, but 1:46:34.360 --> 1:46:36.320 what did my wife get with her Apple watch that 1:46:36.400 --> 1:46:39.000 I did not. I haven't compared the two watches, but 1:46:39.040 --> 1:46:40.680 I bet we'll have some of the same functions. 1:46:41.160 --> 1:46:41.519 Randal. 1:46:42.200 --> 1:46:45.479 I mean, yes, I've tested some of these cheapy Apple 1:46:45.680 --> 1:46:48.080 or you know watches on Amazon, and yeah, they do 1:46:48.120 --> 1:46:51.120 the basics, they do them just fine. But the difference 1:46:51.200 --> 1:46:54.439 is you're getting the ecosystem, you're getting the support. You're 1:46:54.479 --> 1:46:56.880 obviously paying a little higher price tag because it's an 1:46:56.880 --> 1:46:59.519 Apple device. And yes, there are some things that the 1:46:59.560 --> 1:47:03.040 Apple want we'll be able to do, specifically with apps 1:47:03.200 --> 1:47:04.960 that you will not be able to get on your 1:47:05.040 --> 1:47:08.120 smart watch. But the bottom line, no matter what is 1:47:08.160 --> 1:47:11.120 if it works for you, that's all that matters. If 1:47:11.120 --> 1:47:13.120 you enjoy this smart watch that you bought at this 1:47:13.200 --> 1:47:15.799 smart price, that is absolutely fine. 1:47:16.080 --> 1:47:18.439 Enjoy it. Jamie says. 1:47:18.439 --> 1:47:20.360 I'd like to say how thankful I am for Rich 1:47:20.400 --> 1:47:22.680 Demiro with all his guidance in technology. 1:47:22.680 --> 1:47:24.800 He's one of the main reasons I watch KTLA. 1:47:25.360 --> 1:47:27.599 Rich has a good energy and advice, and I hope 1:47:27.640 --> 1:47:31.679 we will watch him for a long time. Thank you, Rich, Jamie. 1:47:31.840 --> 1:47:35.080 Oh well, thank you Jamie. Uh, that's not from my mom. 1:47:35.160 --> 1:47:38.040 That's from Jamie. Thanks for the email. I appreciate that, 1:47:38.800 --> 1:47:40.519 Ken says, Hey, Rich, a few months ago, you were 1:47:40.520 --> 1:47:43.479 remarking about several different note taking apps. I'm curious, did 1:47:43.520 --> 1:47:47.320 you ever eventually choose one? If so, which one? If 1:47:47.360 --> 1:47:50.240 you can believe it, Ken, after testing every single note 1:47:50.320 --> 1:47:56.000 app for weeks on end, Joplin, Obsidian, Notion, every single 1:47:56.040 --> 1:47:58.720 little app you can imagine out there, I went back 1:47:58.800 --> 1:48:02.200 to ever Note. I will tell you why, just like 1:48:02.240 --> 1:48:04.800 I said for the last email. If it works for you, 1:48:05.120 --> 1:48:09.679 that's all that matters. Evernote does exactly what I need. Yes, 1:48:09.760 --> 1:48:12.800 it's expensive. It's one hundred bucks for the year, and 1:48:12.800 --> 1:48:14.880 that is not ideal. One hundred and thirty dollars I 1:48:14.920 --> 1:48:17.920 think I paid. But it does what I need and 1:48:18.000 --> 1:48:19.960 I'm using it for business. I use it to produce 1:48:20.000 --> 1:48:23.240 this entire show. You gotta have something that works for you. 1:48:23.400 --> 1:48:25.479 If you're doing something, you need the tools that are 1:48:25.520 --> 1:48:28.320 right for the job. Ever Note works for me. Maybe 1:48:28.320 --> 1:48:30.960 that'll change in the future, but I will say notion 1:48:31.320 --> 1:48:34.519 was a very close second to what I needed. It 1:48:34.640 --> 1:48:37.519 just didn't work in the exact kind of thing I wanted. 1:48:39.080 --> 1:48:43.800 All right, One more website, moviewiser dot com. This was 1:48:43.800 --> 1:48:47.640 Bluegreen on Instagram, he suggested, moviewiser dot com. This is 1:48:47.680 --> 1:48:49.880 an AI website to help you pick your next movie 1:48:49.880 --> 1:48:52.560 to watch. Thanks for the feedback, Blue Green on Instagram. 1:48:52.960 --> 1:48:54.920 All right, that's it. That's gonna do it for this 1:48:55.000 --> 1:48:56.800 episode of the show. If you can believe it, you 1:48:56.840 --> 1:48:59.040 can find links to everything I mentioned on my website. 1:48:59.080 --> 1:49:01.920 Just go to rich on Tech TV for the show notes. 1:49:02.280 --> 1:49:05.599 You can find me on social media at richon Tech. 1:49:06.560 --> 1:49:09.439 Next week, I'm going to share my thoughts on the Rivian. Yes, 1:49:09.479 --> 1:49:10.880 I said, I drove it up here to pass a 1:49:11.000 --> 1:49:14.439 Roboles driving it back down to LA and I will 1:49:14.479 --> 1:49:17.040 have all of my thoughts on that car. Thanks so 1:49:17.080 --> 1:49:18.760 much for listening. There are so many ways you can 1:49:18.800 --> 1:49:21.800 spend your time. I do appreciate you spending it right 1:49:21.840 --> 1:49:24.479 here with me. Thanks to everyone who makes this show possible. 1:49:24.520 --> 1:49:27.000 My name is rich Dmiro. I'll talk to you real soon.