1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: A new Facebook bug exposes six point eight million users photos, 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: a new checking and savings account that pays a whopping 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: three percent interest, Amazon's last minute shipping deadlines for the holidays, 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: plus the worst passwords of twenty eighteen. What's going on? 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: I'm rich Dmiro. This is Rich on Tech coming to 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: you today with the longer version of the podcast. Now, 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: I had a great comment from a listener because I 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: always said, I don't know what to call this version 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: of the podcast. Normally I do like a ten minute podcast. 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: This is more like thirty minutes because I talk about 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: all the stuff that I think you should know about 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: that happened during the week. Someone wrote to me on 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: Instagram and said you should call it Richer on Tech. 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: So I would love to give you credit for that 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: direct message to me, but I can't find your message. 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: So anyway, whoever you are, thank you for sending that 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: to me. I do appreciate it, and in the future 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: I will be much better about remembering who writes me 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: and what they say. Let's start with the big story 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: of the week. Facebook. Oh my gosh, another problem with Facebook. 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: Can you believe it? Facebook is becoming sort of a 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: privacy nightmare. So now the latest gaff with this company 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: is six point eight million users photos were inadvertently exposed 24 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: to third party apps. So it turns out that Facebook's 25 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: internal team discovered a photo API bug, and an API 26 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: is basically how different apps like third party apps can 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: interface with Facebook. So if you've ever used like Facebook Connect, 28 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: or if you've ever done anything that an app uses 29 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: Facebook to log in or connect with or whatever, that's 30 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: what an API does. Well, there was a little problem 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: with the API. Basically, even though you just logged in 32 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: with Facebook, those third party apps had access to all 33 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: of your photos even if you posted them or not 34 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: to Facebook. So even if you just had them uploaded 35 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: to Facebook but they were private, these apps still had 36 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: access to them, which is kind of crazy. This happened 37 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: from September thirteenth to September twenty fifth, twenty eighteen. So 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: what Facebook is saying is that these apps didn't necessarily 39 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: do anything bad with your photos. But the reality is 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,279 Speaker 1: it's not very nice to have your private pictures accessible 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: by apps that don't necessarily need them. So this affects 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: up to fifteen hundred apps built by eight hundred and 43 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: seventy six developers and Facebook in a blog post says 44 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: we are sorry this happened. We're working with these developers 45 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: to delete the photos from impacted users. So yeah, So 46 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: basically they have to call these app developers and say, hey, 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: we know you have access to all those photos, can 48 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: you please go ahead and delete those? And if it's 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: a reputable app, sure they will probably do that and comply. 50 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: But imagine all the apps that are out there that 51 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: aren't so reputable and they used Facebook login and maybe 52 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: they waited for an opportunity like this. So Facebook is 53 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: really just having some major privacy problems in twenty eighteen. Thankfully, 54 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: the year is almost over, but if you ask me, 55 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: this was the year of the privacy issue with Facebook 56 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: because basically, at this point, anything that you upload to Facebook, 57 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: you cannot take for granted that it is private or 58 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: safe or you know, the public can't see it, even 59 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: if you have your settings made so that only your 60 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: friends see stuff. It just doesn't make sense anymore with 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: this company. I love Facebook because it connects a lot 62 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: of people in cool ways, and you really shouldn't be, 63 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: you know, putting stuff on there that you don't want 64 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: random people to see, because there's always something like this 65 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: that can happen. But in the meantime, if you want 66 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: to know if you are one of the folks potentially 67 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: impacted by this bug, you will get an alert on 68 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: your Facebook news feed when you log in. This is 69 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: not happening overnight, but it will happen soon. There's also 70 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: a link that you can go to and you can 71 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: check to see if you are one of the people 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: that's affected by this. So I went to this link 73 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: and it said that my account was not affected. So 74 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: there's a little box and I give you the webage, 75 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: but it's like Facebook dot com, slash helps that slash 76 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: two zero zero six three two eight zero zero eight 77 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: seven three zero nine eight, So kind of a tough 78 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: web address to go to over a podcast, but I 79 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: will put the link in the show notes. But when 80 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: I went to this page, it did say, uh, there's 81 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: a little box that says which apps may have had 82 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: access to other photos of mine, and it says, your 83 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: Facebook account has not been affected by this issue. And 84 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: let me tell you why my Facebook account's not affected 85 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: because I don't use Facebook log in, and I don't 86 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: use it for this reason unless a site absolutely one 87 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: hundred percent requires me to use Facebook to log into them. 88 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: I always set up my own username and password when 89 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: I log into a website, and I think you should too. 90 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: The reason being when you log in using Facebook, those 91 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: apps potentially have access to your Facebook data, even if 92 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: they don't ask for data. So a lot of them 93 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: back in the day just used to get access to everything, 94 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: and then of course we had some of these privacy 95 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: implications like you saw with that big data breach with 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: a Cambridge Analytica and and then Facebook kind of you know, 97 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: back in twenty fourteen. Twenty fifteen pulled the reins back 98 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: a bit, so these apps only had access to certain 99 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: things like a photo app might have access to your photos, 100 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: a standard app that you're logging into might just have 101 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: access to your email address and your username and some 102 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: other things like that. But the reality is I don't 103 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: like these apps to be connected to Facebook in any way, 104 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: shape or form, because look at this bug. This is 105 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: proof that anything can happen, and any personal information on 106 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: your Facebook account is at risk if you're logging in 107 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: with these third party apps. So always my advice is 108 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: to create a unique log in when you're logging in 109 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: with apps. I know it's a bit more work, but 110 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: it will come in handy because if something ever happens, 111 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: if one of these apps is ever breached or there's 112 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: some kind of issue, you're insulated from that issue because 113 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: you have a separate log in. It's not connected to Facebook. Well, 114 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: while we're on the subject of privacy and data, New 115 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: York Times had a big article this week about how 116 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: much data location data various apps are collecting on you 117 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: and what they're using it for. So they did a 118 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: big study and they found that two hundred and thirty 119 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: five million locations were captured from more than one point 120 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: two million unique devices during a three day period in 121 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,239 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. When you use an app like let's say 122 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: a weather app, right, Well, why do you think you're 123 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: getting free weather from that app? It's not just out 124 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: of the kindness of their heart. They are collecting as 125 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: much data on you as possible so that they can 126 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: in turn sell that data to advertisers and marketers and 127 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: build a more complete picture of who you are. And 128 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: in the Times this case, with this little study that 129 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: they did, they found that there was all kinds of 130 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: things happening with your private data. The Times found at 131 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: least seventy five companies receive anonymous, precise location data from 132 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,239 Speaker 1: apps whose users enable location services to get local news, weather, 133 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: and other information. So a lot of these apps that 134 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: give you local news or local weather, they get access 135 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: to your exact location, and when you install that app, 136 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: it says, hey, we need access to your location. To 137 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: the user, it sort of makes sense, right because you're 138 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: getting your weather, you're getting your local news, so it 139 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: would make sense that they need access to your exact, 140 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: precise location. If you were downloading a flashlight app, you 141 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: would probably wonder why it says we need access to 142 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: your location, even though back in the day we remember 143 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: that story where the flashlight app did ask a lot 144 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: of folks for access to their GPS, and guess what, 145 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: a lot of folks gave access to their GPS. So 146 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: what happens when all this data is collected, Well, the 147 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: companies sell it, they use it, or they analyze it 148 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: to cater to advertisers, retail stores, and even hedge funds, 149 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: which is odd seeking insights into consumer behavior. So think 150 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: about it. If you're an app, Let's say I create 151 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: an app rich to miuro, I create the rich on 152 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: tech app, and I collect location data from everyone that 153 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: uses that app. Well, now all of a sudden, I 154 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: can Let's say I have millions and millions of users, Okay, 155 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: so now I start seeing patterns of where those users 156 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: go throughout their day. Now let's say I just have 157 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: patterns in a small city. Let's say like a city. 158 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: I used to live in Shreveport, and all of a sudden, 159 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: you start seeing a lot of users frequenting a new 160 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: section of town that has maybe one store there, but 161 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: it's a really popular store. Well, now I'm Starbucks, Okay, 162 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: I want to build a new location in Shreveport. I 163 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: go to my company and I say, hey, can I 164 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: buy some data from you about where people are going 165 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: in this city so I can figure out where to 166 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: put my next drive through Starbucks. Oh sure, I'd be 167 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: happy to sell you that information. I've got lots of 168 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: data on millions of users. I know exactly where they 169 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: are throughout the day. This area of town is cool 170 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: and down, I see that less people are going there. 171 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: This area of town where they're just starting to build 172 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: stuff is really hot. And now you see the beauty 173 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: of this data and why it's so valuable. So some 174 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: of the companies that have been using this or collecting it. 175 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: Weather Channel that's one of the apps that they mentioned 176 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: in there, Whether Bug Let's see there's another one as well, 177 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: sports app. But basically they're saying, of the seventeen apps 178 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: that the Time saw sending precise location data, three on 179 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: iOS and one on Android told users in a prompt 180 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: during the permission process that the information could be used 181 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: for advertising. Gas Buddy said that it could be used 182 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: to share and analyze industry trends. So again, you have 183 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: to be aware when you're downloading these apps. Look at 184 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: the permissions that they're asking you for. If you're thinking, like, hey, 185 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: I'm downloading a photo editor app and it's asking me 186 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 1: for all these different permissions my microphone, my location data. 187 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: Why would a photo editor app need access to that data? 188 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Don't grant it, and if the app doesn't work because 189 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 1: you don't grant it, then get rid of the app 190 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: find a different one. That's the beauty of the app 191 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: stores is that there's a lot of stuff out there. 192 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: You just need to be aware. I mean, I get it. 193 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: You sit there and you say, rich, I don't really 194 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: care if people know where I go. I agree, I 195 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: don't really care either. But the reality is just be 196 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: aware of the information that you are sharing and how 197 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: that information is used. To me, that's the most important thing. 198 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: And by the way, I talk about this in my 199 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: book one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the 200 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: iPhone about looking through your location data under privacy and 201 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: seeing which apps have access to your location. And there's 202 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: a there's several ways they can do that. On iOS. 203 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: Some apps ask for access to your location all the time, 204 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: right other apps ask only while you're using the app. Now, personally, 205 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: I like that much better, and I think that you 206 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: should switch all apps that don't need access to your 207 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: data to either off or or access to your location. 208 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: Just turn that off or say only while using it, 209 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 1: and you can find that under Settings, Privacy and then Location, 210 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: and you'll see a whole list of all your apps 211 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: and whether they want location or location data all the 212 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: time or just when you're using it. Well, it's that 213 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: time of the year when everyone is shopping online and 214 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: we have become so reliant on Amazon that we need 215 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: to know exactly when we can order off this website 216 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: until and when we will still get our free shipping 217 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: or shipping in general, to get it in time for 218 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: Christmas or the holidays. So Amazon this week announced that 219 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: all customers in the US can enjoy free shipping through 220 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: December eighteenth for orders that will still arrive in time 221 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: for Christmas. So depending on when you're listening to this, 222 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: that deadline is coming up pretty soon. Now, that's free shipping. Now, 223 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: if you're a Prime member, you can get even faster shipping. 224 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: So it says the majority of Prime members in the 225 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: US can shop free one day shipping or faster this year. 226 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: And then of course there's Prime now. I just put 227 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: in my Prime Now order this morning, so I went 228 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: to you know they say shop local and do all 229 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: this stuff. So I needed toner for my printer, which 230 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: is sitting right behind me here. I've had this thing 231 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: for a couple of years. It served me well to 232 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: a brother printer. Well, I haven't ordered ink on this 233 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: thing or toner for like, I don't know last time. 234 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: I think it was like two thousand and five, right, 235 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: So I don't need it very often, but when I do, 236 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: it always kind of creeps up on me. And so 237 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: I know I needed it because of the book. And 238 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: I was printing out some press releases so I can 239 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: advertise my book. And it's it's just not good. It's 240 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: like running out and the things the printing doesn't look 241 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: very good. And so I went to Office Depot and 242 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: I looked for my Toner and I just searched my 243 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: Amazon app to see what the model number was from 244 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: the last time I bought it, and I saw how 245 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: much it was, which was like fifty three dollars for Toner. 246 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: And I go into office Depot and guess what the 247 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: same exact toner is like seventy five dollars. And you know, 248 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: I don't mind paying for things, obviously, I don't have to, like, 249 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's right there, it's right in front of me. 250 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: But to pay twenty more dollars just for something that 251 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: I can literally get shipped to my home for twenty 252 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: dollars less seemed a little crazy to me. So what 253 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 1: I do? I looked online. I searched the app to 254 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: see if there was a coupon code. I found one 255 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: for twenty percent off, which I was willing to do, 256 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: but that was only for online orders, so I was like, 257 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: not for in store. So I didn't have a coupon, 258 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: no way of getting a discount. I was not about 259 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: to pay twenty extra dollars, even though it was sitting 260 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: right there in front of me, Because there's principle, right. 261 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: And by the way, I pay one hundred and twenty 262 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: dollars for the entire year of Amazon shipping. So that's 263 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: like almost a fifth of the price I pay for 264 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: Amazon shipping for the whole year, right. So I asked 265 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: the woman in Office Smax or Office Depot. I think 266 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: they're the same company now. I was like, hey, will 267 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: you match an Amazon price? She's like nope, And I 268 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: was like, all right, well there goes that. So what 269 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: do I do? I come home, this has been three 270 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: days ago, by the way, come home, order Amazon Prime now. 271 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: Literally they will have it to my house within two hours. 272 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: For free shipping. It's fifty four dollars, you know, fifty 273 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: three to ninety nine. And this is the reality we 274 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: live in now. These companies just can't compete with Amazon. 275 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: Even though I'm standing there in the store with the 276 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: item in hand, It's cheaper for someone to come drop 277 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: this thing off to my house and I will still 278 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: save twenty dollars. Pretty insane anyway. That's a side note, 279 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: but just wanted to talk about the little delivery deadlines 280 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: for Amazon December eighteenth is the last day for free 281 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: shipping with no minimum purchase amount for all cutstmer So 282 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: even if you don't have Prime, you can still shop 283 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: until December eighteenth and get free shipping with no minimum purchase. 284 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: December eighteenth is the last day for standard shipping free 285 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: for Prime members. December twenty second, last day for free 286 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: two day shipping for Prime members. December twenty third, last 287 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: day for one day shipping free for Prime members in 288 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: eligible areas. If you live in a big city like 289 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, like I can get that. December twenty fourth, 290 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: last day for same day delivery, which is free for 291 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: Prime members in certain areas. Again, if you live in 292 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: a bigger urban area, you will see that on certain items. 293 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: It's not on every item, but where I live, definitely 294 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, free same day is definitely a possibility. 295 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: But you have to order by nine to thirty am 296 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: local time or earlier. So no matter where you live 297 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: New York, LA, somewhere in the middle, same day delivery 298 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: December twenty fourth, you have to order by nine thirty am, 299 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: which means you have to be up early. And that's 300 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: for Prime. Now, we're talking Prime now. December twenty fourth. 301 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Prime now has free two hour delivery windows reserved exclusively 302 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: for Prime members in eligible areas, and you can order 303 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: up until nine to fifteen pm Local time. I mean, 304 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: this is crazy that you can order until nine to 305 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: fifteen pm and still get something within two hours on 306 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: December twenty fourth. That, my friends, is really last minute. 307 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: December twenty fourth, you can let's see Whole food stores, 308 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: Amazon Books, Amazon four Star, Amazon pop up device Kiosks 309 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: will be open on Christmas Eve and then December twenty fifth. 310 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: If you've really bottomed out and you did not find 311 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: anything by Christmas Day, you can order an Amazon gift 312 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: card or an Amazon Prime membership for someone on Christmas 313 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: Day and just give them that little printout of paper 314 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: that says, Hey, I thought of you, but I couldn't 315 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: really get to the store and buy you anything. Moving 316 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: on now, this is an intriguing new offering from the 317 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: company named Robinhood. This is an app that's sort of 318 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: known for stock trading and commission free investing. So now 319 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: they're introducing checking and savings accounts. Okay, it's called Robinhood 320 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: Checking and Savings, and yes, there's a million checking and 321 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: savings accounts out there from all kinds of banks, but 322 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: this one is different because you will earn three percent 323 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: interest on your money in both checking and savings. And 324 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: before you think about all the different catches associated with 325 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: this account, basically there are none. There are no fees. 326 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: You get access to over seventy five thousand free ATMs 327 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven customer service, and yes, there's even 328 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: a debit card. Now, if you remember the podcast a 329 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: couple weeks ago, I talked about T Mobile money, they 330 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: had something very similar. I think they were giving four 331 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: percent interest on their money. So let's see it was 332 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: it T Mobile money. I think it was four percent 333 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: let's see, yeah, four percent interest, but they had a 334 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: catch that was only for T mobile customers and was 335 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: only up to three thousand dollars. This three percent on 336 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: Robinhood checking and savings is on your entire account balance, 337 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: whether it's in checking, savings, combination of both interest compounds 338 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: and is paid out daily. So if you have eight 339 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: thousand dollars in this account, that's two hundred and forty 340 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: dollars a year. They say the average American household has 341 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: eight thousand dollars in the bank, which I think sounds 342 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: like a lot. That's a pretty decent amount considering we've 343 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: heard so many stories about people don't even have like 344 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: four hundred dollars to cover a car repair. So if 345 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: people have eight thousand in the bank, that's pretty good. 346 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: So this Robinhood checking in Savings has no minimum balance, 347 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: no monthly fees, no overdraft fees, no foreign transaction fees. 348 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: You get a debit card that can use at seventy 349 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: five thousand ATMs across the country, which they have them 350 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: in major stores like Target, Walgreens seven to eleven. You 351 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: can also use the app to pay bills, deposit and 352 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: mail checks and chat with customer service twenty four to seven. 353 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: So I don't know what that means. If you maybe 354 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: you can call them as well. I hope you can, 355 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: So if this sounds good to you, you can get 356 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: a debit card in one of four designs. You can't 357 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: just sign up though. That's what's a pain about this. 358 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: You have to get in line, so they're doing that 359 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: whole kind of like, you know, sign up and then 360 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: get your spot, and then they will eventually tell you 361 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: when you'll get access to this account. If you invite 362 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: your friends, you'll move up the line. You'll get access faster. 363 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: They say they're going to send these debit cards out 364 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: in January twenty nineteen. So I think this is very intriguing. Personally, 365 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: I'm not ready to switch just yet. I do online 366 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: banking and I love it, but you know, it's one 367 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: of those things that's really tough to just switch midstream, 368 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I mean, you can't just 369 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: sit there and switch everything over. Maybe you can start 370 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: with like a small account, maybe move over some of 371 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 1: your money, see how it works, and eventually move over 372 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: some more. But it's one of these things that takes 373 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: a big leap of faith because this is a company that, yes, 374 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: they've proven themselves with the investments and they've done really 375 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: well and they're well funded, but you never know. It's 376 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: not a Chase, it's not a Wells Fargo, it's not 377 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: some of these online banks that you know, you have 378 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: kind of been around for a while. So one to follow, 379 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: and if you want four percent on your money, it's 380 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: definitely not a bad deal. Just one of those things 381 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: to think about. All right, Let's see here. We got 382 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: a question from Deborah Harris. She wrote in on my website, 383 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: rich on tech Dot TV, my mom is ninety three. 384 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: She's never used a computer, can barely operate her old 385 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: flip phone. My father died two years ago. Sorry to 386 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: hear that, Deborah, he was the tech guy. My brother 387 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: dearly misses being able to send photos to our parents. 388 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: He's looking for a device that would allow him to 389 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: send photos from his iPhone ten to a screen of 390 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: some sort so that mom could see the photos. He 391 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: can call her and tell her which button to push 392 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: or what to say to access the device. Any suggestions, thanks, 393 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: Debbie Harris. Debbie, I think that the Google Home Hub 394 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: would be the best possible solution for you. Google Home 395 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: Hub is basically a screen. It's kind of like a 396 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: tablet on top of a speaker, so your mom would 397 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: be able to ask it questions like what's the weather like, 398 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: or you know anything, any really any question that you 399 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: could ask. She can ask of this device, but when 400 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: it's not in use, she can have it displaying pictures. 401 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: And the best part about the Google Home Hub is 402 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: that if your brother sets it up properly and it's 403 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: very simple to do, he can have pictures automatically taken 404 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: from his Google Photos account and displayed right on the screen, 405 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: so he can do that. He can make an album 406 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: on his iPhone. It only takes one time to set 407 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: it up on her end. But basically, once he sets 408 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: up that album on his phone, he can do two things. 409 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: He can automatically have it pull in any picture of 410 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: a certain person or recent pictures. So let's say he 411 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: had a kid that he's taking pictures of. Google will 412 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: notice the kid's face and those pictures and automatically apply 413 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: it to that album. And by the way, it applies 414 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: some smart so it only picks out nice pictures where 415 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: your kid is smiling, and it's well, let things like that. 416 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: That's not always perfect. Believe me, because I have this 417 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: feature and it's not perfect. The second thing is he 418 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: can make a specific album that's just shared with your mom, 419 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: and any picture that he adds to that album will 420 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 1: actually just go right into there. So I think that's 421 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: going to be the best case scenario. That's kind of 422 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: like the solution that I think is pretty easy. Facebook 423 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: Portal does something similar sodaes the Amazon Echo Show, but personally, 424 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: I think that the Google Photos feature on the Google 425 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: Home Hub is really the easiest one out there. Good question. 426 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: This was kind of interesting to me. I won't spend 427 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: a lot of time on it. But Taylor Swift at 428 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: a recent concert was using facial recognition to scan the 429 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: audience for stalkers. So this happened at the Rose Bowl 430 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: concert back in May here in California. So they set 431 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: up this giant kiosk which had some video screens showing 432 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: behind the scenes clips from Swift's rehearsal for the show. 433 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: But what happened was when you looked at that screen, 434 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: it would actually scan your face and compare your face 435 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: against a list of known stalkers that were stalking or 436 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: I guess are actively stalking Taylor Swift. So all these 437 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: pictures would be sent back to a command post in Nashville, 438 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: which it doesn't say if they automatic compared the faces 439 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: or if people were comparing them. But that's kind of interesting. Huh. 440 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: You don't think about that at a concert. All right. 441 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: Let's move on to another email, and this is from 442 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: Susan Gaffney. She says, Hey, Rich, I appreciate all you 443 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: do and the help you provide those of us who 444 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: sometimes find it difficult to navigate through tech land. I 445 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: have a new iPad with the pencil I want to 446 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: use one note to take a lot of handwritten notes, 447 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: and although I don't love it, the pencil interface as 448 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: well with the program. I'm desperate to find a calendar 449 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: planner that can handle handwritten notes on a calendar as 450 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: well as additional notepad feature. There doesn't seem to be 451 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: a ready made program. People talk about importing PDFs and 452 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 1: doing a workaround. I have to admit I don't really understand. 453 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: Are you aware of any epencil friendly calendars, especially ones 454 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: that have the features of a robust planner, Susan, I 455 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: am not. In fact, I use a good old fashioned 456 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: Oh you guys can't see this on the podcast, but 457 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: I'm holding up my nice, big thick planner that's written 458 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: out because I like the same thing. I like to 459 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: write down notes about out my day and things I 460 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: need to do, and have that calendar as well. I 461 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: would love to be able to do this on an iPad. 462 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: Love Love Love. I have not found an app that 463 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: lets you do it. Apple's calendar app should theoretically let 464 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: you do that, but it doesn't. Maybe they'll update it 465 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: for the Apple pencil that would be very helpful. But 466 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: what a lot of people are suggesting is what you said. 467 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: The whole PDF. So you download a calendar PDF that 468 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: has both the dates and maybe some places to write, 469 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: and then you can upload it to another app. I 470 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: found this one called It's from Ginger Labs Notability, so 471 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: you can upload your PDFs into there and write on 472 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: there as well. That might be the way to do it. 473 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: That might be the best solution right now, until we 474 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: come up with something a little bit better. Instagram has 475 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: a new feature, walkie talkie voice messaging. This is really 476 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: cool and if some of you have messaged me on Instagram, 477 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: you might have noticed that I've already started to use 478 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: this to reply to you. So it's just like a 479 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: walkie talkie. When you go to reply to someone on 480 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: a direct message and press and hold the new little 481 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: microphone button, record a voice message that's up to one 482 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: minute long, and then send it off to the person 483 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: on the other end. That person can listen to it 484 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 1: at their leisure and it does not disappear, so it 485 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: stays there forever. And the other thing you can do 486 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 1: with this a little trick is you don't have to 487 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: actually press anything, So the next time you're replying to 488 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: someone's direct message on Instagram, all you have to do 489 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: is lift your phone to your ear. You'll hear a 490 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: little beep. You can start recording, and then when you 491 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: put your phone back down, it will have the little recording. 492 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: All you have to do is press send and you 493 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: can send it off. So I can see how this 494 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: is cool. It's a lot of fun. It's just one 495 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: more way to chat with your friends, and it's a 496 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: lot faster than trying to type out messages. Instagram messaging 497 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: has become really popular, especially now that they allow those 498 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: little one tap emojis, you know, like the one hundred 499 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: fire smiley face, so you can reply to someone's story 500 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: really fast. So that is making a lot of messages 501 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: out there. I get a ton of these things every day, 502 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: and you know, sometimes I'm like, how do I re 503 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: applied to like a happy face emoji? I don't really know, 504 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: but I'll do my best. Email from Brian Lasco at 505 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: richontech dot TV says, Hey, Rich, I'm writing to say 506 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: thank you for reporting on Visible. I switched to the 507 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: service and I am loving it. I'm retired, so money's 508 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: tight and with this service, I'm saving forty three dollars 509 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 1: a month. I gave up Spectrum a couple months ago 510 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: because of cost increases at that time, I went to 511 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: an unlimited cell phone plan to keep primarily with my 512 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: online banking and online news. But with Visible I can 513 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: do all of this for much less. A double win. 514 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: Thanks again, Brian ps. Visible also sent a super nice 515 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: early adopter gift. Wow, don't know what that was, but 516 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: Visible we did this story on KTLA. It was a 517 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: super popular story because this is a company owned by Verizon. Right, 518 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: so you get an amazing network and it's forty dollars 519 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: a month for unlimited service talk, text data. Nothing's ever 520 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: slowed down, so it's not like it's throttled after like, 521 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, twenty gigs of use. But here's the thing. 522 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: The only thing you need to know about it is 523 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: that the speed for the service is capped a f 524 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 1: five megabits per second. So if you're listening and you're like, rich, 525 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: what the heck does that mean? What's five megabits per second? 526 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: Basically the Verizon network, can you know the average is 527 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: about twenty the you know, you can get us as 528 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: fast as like one hundred down, so it's it's not slow, 529 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: but it's just enough speed to do all the typical 530 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: stuff you need to do, so you may see a 531 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: little bit more buffering sometimes, like if you're watching you know, 532 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: something on YouTube or whatever, but realistically you're not the 533 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: only time the five megabits limitation would come into play 534 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: is when you're downloading or uploading huge files. So for 535 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: that reason, I do not recommend Visible for the budding 536 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: social media stars out there. But if you are the 537 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: average person that is checking email, sending texts, surfing the web, 538 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: watching Netflix, watching YouTube, sending pictures, uploading pictures, post on Instagram, 539 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 1: watching stories, you will be one hundred percent fine. It 540 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: is forty dollars a month, taxes and fees included, and 541 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: it runs the Verizon network, so it is super duper good. 542 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: You get their entire network. It's not half their network, 543 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: it's not a portion of their network. It is everything. 544 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: The thing you need to know about it is that 545 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: you right now need to have an iPhone and basically 546 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: everything happens through the app. So that means that there's 547 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: no stores to go into. You have to bring your 548 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: own phone, has to be unlocked so it can work 549 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: with this or a Verizon phone. I guess I mean 550 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: you you just check to see if your phone works. 551 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: You just pop in a special code from your phone 552 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: on their website, it'll tell you in two seconds if 553 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: your phone is compatible. But I've had so many people 554 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: email me and tell me they love this service. It 555 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: has worked great for them. I don't think I've had 556 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: one person that said it's bad. So forty bucks a month. 557 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: Check it out. It's called Visible, and I think the 558 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: website is let's see what the website is Visible. Oh, 559 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: it's just Visible dot com. That's pretty easy, so check 560 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: it out. It's there's a little mystery surrounding it because 561 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: people are like, how is this too good to be true? 562 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: But yeah, join in December and get a fifty dollars 563 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: Amazon gift card on US. Wow, that's cool, so fifty 564 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: Maybe that's what Brian got, was the fifty dollars Amazon 565 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 1: gift card. So join in December, get a fifty dollars 566 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: Amazon gift card if you join Visible. Finally, today, bad 567 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: password habits die hard, says splash Data, and they came 568 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: up with their eighth annual worst Passwords list, And as 569 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: you could imagine, so here how did they come up 570 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: with this? They evaluated five million passwords that are leaked 571 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: on the Internet, and they're finding that. Yeah. Lots of 572 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: people use the same predictable, easily guessable passwords, and using 573 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: these passwords will put people at substantial risk of being 574 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: hacked and having their identity stolen. You think it can 575 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: happen to you? Do not use these passwords, okay. Number 576 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: one one, two, three, four, five six. That is still 577 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: the top worst password. That was the same as last year. 578 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: Number two password, Yeah, that's the number two worst password. 579 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: Number three one two, three, four, five, six, seven eight nine. Oh, 580 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: just adding three more digits would make it way more secure. 581 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: One two, three, four, five, six, seven eight taking away 582 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: that one digit. Let's see any interesting ones. Sunshine is 583 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: number eight, quirty is number nine, I Love You, number ten, Princess, 584 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: number eleven, Admin, welcome, sixty six sixty sixty six six 585 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: sixty six, football, ABC one two three monkey, Oh wow, 586 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: this is an interesting one. Number twenty on the list 587 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: is new. It is exclamation point at sign, pound, sign dollar, 588 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: sign percentage, sign upcarrot a percent and asterisk. And by 589 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: the way, that is one, two, three, four, five, six, 590 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: seven eight on the keyboard with the shift key held down. Folks, 591 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: do not use these passwords, okay, use a different, separate password. 592 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: For every website that you log into. I know it 593 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: takes some time to create these things, but use an 594 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: app like last Pass, use an app like dash Lane, 595 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: or use an app like iCloud built into your phone. 596 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: You have keychain on the iPhone and you have Google 597 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: Smart Passwords on the Android. So again, if you're going 598 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: to go with the native password generation app inside your phone, 599 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,239 Speaker 1: so if you have an iPhone, it can generate these 600 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: passwords and remember them for you, but only do that 601 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: if you are on a Mac computer using Safari and 602 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,479 Speaker 1: an iPad and an iPhone. If you're using a Windows machine, 603 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: it's not going to be so pretty, so don't do that. 604 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: And on on the Google side, Google has the same 605 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: thing built in where it can remember your passwords. Use 606 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: that one if you're going to use an Android phone 607 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 1: Chrome on your computer, which is you know, pretty much 608 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: everywhere on all platforms, so that one's a little bit better. 609 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: But again I think one of these universal ones like 610 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: a last Pass or a dash Lane is a little 611 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: bit better because they work across everything very easily. So 612 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: there you have it. All right. Let me talk about 613 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: my book one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for 614 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: the iPhone. I got to tell you, folks, I am 615 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: just amazed at the response to this book. Clearly I 616 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: have hit a nerve with you, folks, and you're buying 617 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: this book in droves. It is unbelievable. This book is 618 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: necessary and people are figuring out. They're buying it in 619 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: multiple copies. They're buying three copies at a time, saying rich, 620 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: I'm giving this to everyone. I'm giving it to my parents, 621 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm giving it to my friends who asked me questions 622 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: about the iPhone. The reality is we have this phone, 623 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: the iPhone, that is an amazing device, and people don't 624 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: know how to use it. They're intimidated because of it. 625 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: They're afraid of how to use it. They don't want 626 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: to break anything, they don't want to mess something up. 627 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: So guess what, they don't just sit there and explore 628 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: all the features. So when you have a book like this, 629 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: it leads you through the various features, it explains how 630 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: they work in a very easy to understand way, and 631 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: clearly people are responding to that. So I am so 632 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: thankful to everyone who has purchased a copy of this book. 633 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: I do appreciate the support. But the thing that really 634 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: resonates with me is that clearly this is necessary in 635 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: our world. So if you're not familiar with the book, 636 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: it's all about the stuff you need to know. I 637 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: updated it for iOS twelve. It's in paperbacks, so you 638 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: can now read the book on a nice comfy couch 639 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: while you have your phone right there. Check out all 640 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,959 Speaker 1: the cool tips, try them out as you read it. 641 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: Before it was just on the electronic edition. Now you 642 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: can get it in a kindle edition and a paperback. 643 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: This was a revision plus an update for iOS twelve, 644 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: so you're going to learn everything you need to know 645 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: about iOS twelve, like creating an emoji, taking control of 646 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: your notifications, screen time, which if you haven't set up 647 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: definitely recommend doing that. If you haven't set up screen 648 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: time for your kids, definitely recommend doing that. I talk 649 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: about setting up a second phone line, changing the brightness 650 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: of the built in flashlight. Did you know you could 651 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: do that on your iPhone? Mm hmm. You can turn 652 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: your iPhone into a magnifying glass. Probably the most popular 653 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: tip I've ever shared in my life on TV and 654 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: on the internet. I talk about iCloud and had a 655 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: free up storage on your phone. One of the things 656 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: I hate about the iPhone that I see this all 657 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: the time, but those little WiFi pop ups that's like, hey, 658 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: do you want to join this Wi fi network? And 659 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: people just never turn it off. They swat that, They 660 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: swat that away for years without turning it off. Control 661 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: what your kids are doing. How to stop double paying 662 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 1: for apps and movies? So did you know that if 663 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: you have a bunch of different devices in your house, 664 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to double pay for those apps or 665 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: movies that you purchase once you set up family sharing. 666 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: Believe me, you can get all those apps and movies 667 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: on any device in your house and it's all free 668 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: as long as you pay for it once. I can't 669 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: believe people double pay for apps still. In fact, people 670 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: are still using the same iCloud username for husbands and 671 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: wives because they don't know how to kind of separate 672 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: things and figure it out because they want to share 673 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: their apps. But yes, you can do it without sharing 674 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: the same iCloud name. Also, I tell you how to 675 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: cancel a subscription, which is really important as well, because 676 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: on the iPhone it's really easy to subscribe to stuff, 677 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's a little bit tricky to know how 678 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: to cancel those so I walk you through it. One 679 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: hundred and one Handy tech tips for the iPhone available 680 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: now in paperback and in kindle editions on Amazon. There 681 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: is a promotion right now if you buy two copies 682 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: of the book, Amazon will actually give you five dollars off. 683 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: So if you want to do that, just add two 684 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: copies of the book to your cart and use code 685 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: gift Book eighteen. Gift Book eighteen that expires on December 686 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: twenty first. That is not my code, that's an Amazon code. 687 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: You can use that for any books you want in 688 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: the Amazon Bookstore. There are some restrictions, so definitely check 689 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: out that code and the restrictions it has. But if 690 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 1: you buy two books twenty dollars or more whatever twenty 691 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: dollars worth of books, you can get five dollars off 692 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 1: with the code gift Book eighteen. Again expires December twenty first. 693 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: Rich on tech Dot tv slash book if you want 694 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: to learn more about it. Thank you so much to 695 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: everyone who has hopped on board and purchased a copy. 696 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: It makes a great holiday gift. I am confident of that. 697 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: Anyone in your life that you think needs help with 698 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: the iPhone. One hundred and one handy tech tips for 699 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: the iPhone on Amazon right now. Thanks so much for 700 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast. Hope you learned something, Hope you 701 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: appreciate it. If you did, I'd love for you to 702 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: share the podcast with your friends. Take a screenshot of 703 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: you listening to it on your phone, share it out 704 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 1: on social media, and be sure to tag me. I'm 705 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: on Instagram at rich on Tech. I'm on Twitter at 706 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 1: rich Demiro. I'm on Facebook, Facebook, dot com slash rich 707 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: on Tech. You can find links to everything I talk 708 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: about here in the show notes. Have a fantastic week 709 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,879 Speaker 1: leading up to the holidays. This is it, folks, Thanks 710 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: so much for listening to the show. This is rich 711 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: on Tech. I'm Rich Demiro. I'll talk to you real soon.