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This week, I'm gonna talk to journalists, creators, 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.720 and analysts who attended Galaxy Unpacked in Paris for their 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:45.720 take on Samsung's new gadgets. Later, we've got shopping expert 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:50.080 Trey Bodge. She's gonna share smart tips to maximize this 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.880 year's Amazon Prime Day. And later we've got the co 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.600 founder of the Oco app. He's gonna explain how his 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:03.840 app helps the visually impaired safely cross streets. Well, this 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:07.280 week I was in Paris, France, my first time ever. 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.960 Samsung brought me there for Galaxy Unpacked. This is their 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.760 event that they held in the basement of the Louver 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.240 and are also sponsoring the Olympics, so I think it 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.520 all seemed fitting for Samsung to have their event in Paris. 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.560 This is where they showed off foldaboles, a new watch, 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.800 a new ring, new earbuds, all kinds of great stuff. 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.840 This was my first time in Paris. I'll share some 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:38.720 observations with you. Great historic city. The food was just 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:40.559 as rich as I imagined. 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:40.560 It would be. 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.840 People love to sit outside at bistro tables and just 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.040 talk and eat and drink all day long, it seems, 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:49.840 and surprisingly smoke. Lots of smokers over there, like they 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.680 did not get the message about how smoking is bad 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:57.320 for you. So my first night sitting I sat downwind 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.880 of like a table of well everyone was smoking outside 0:01:59.880 --> 0:02:03.600 so anyway, but I will say every time I take 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:08.520 an international trip, technology continues to make international travel easier. 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.200 So this trip was I think the first or the 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:12.560 second time that I did not have to go to 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.560 an ATM even once. My Tap to pay on my 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:20.560 phone worked every single time except once. Translation apps make 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.280 it so much easier to understand signs. I was even 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.560 able to download the Metro app for their subway there, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.360 buy a ticket on my phone and use tap to 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.800 go all for my phone. I was so impressed, although 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.560 I will say New York City's implementation is the best 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.800 I've found because you do not need to do anything special. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.440 They made it so that if you have a credit 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.239 card or a debit card set up on your phone 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.640 is tap to pay. That serves as your ticket to 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.760 ride the subway. All you do is tap and go. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.160 And if you ride it like a certain amount of times, 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.000 like let's say nine times in a week, there's like 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.640 a cutoff. They will then just billy the flat rate 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:57.920 for that week, so you're not getting overcharged if you 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.480 take it a bunch. So I thought New York City 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.640 did a really nice job there. My phone worked perfectly. 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.960 I did not need an eSIM this time around. I 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.960 had enough days banked in my travel pass. But I 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.239 did try out one of the sims that I talked 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.440 about here on the show gig Sky. They offer a 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.640 free one hundred megabyte e SIM, so I downloaded that 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.240 just to try it out and see if it worked. 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.240 It worked perfectly, but I will tell you one hundred 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.359 megabytes is not enough to do anything overseas. It ran 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.000 out of the megabytes without me doing anything, So anything 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.600 that was happening in the background on my phone. 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:31.880 That burned it all up. 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:34.000 One of the cool things I did was board the 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:39.000 plane using facial recognition outside of LAX so you've probably 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.080 seen TSA using more facial recognition, but this was actually 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:43.880 to get on the plane. I did not show my 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.440 boarding pass. I literally just scanned my face and the 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.800 doors opened and I got on the plane. So instead 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.480 of having a line of people and one person checking 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.280 boarding passes, now it is just like four or five 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.280 little areas you stand in and there's kind of like 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.040 glass doors and you just show your If you're good, 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.240 it turns green, the doors open up, you get on 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.040 the plane. So watch for that to happen more often 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.680 because guess what, less people needed to do anything, And 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:11.680 that's kind of the trend we're seeing with technology. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.240 Internet much more private in Europe. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.080 I noticed that those cookie choice screens, you know when 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:19.800 you go to a website it's like, hey, do you 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.160 mind if we use cookies? Well over in Europe they 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.840 have much stronger privacy protection and data protection laws, so 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.160 it will tell you very clearly do you want to 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.279 accept all the cookies or reject them? They don't play 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.960 games with you like they do here in the US. Also, 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:37.000 I noticed when your data is being shared, it tells 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.480 you how many people it's sharing that data with. So, 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.960 for instance, I was setting up one of the Samsung 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.240 test devices and I said, hey, do you mind if 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.400 we share your data with these seven hundred and sixty 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:47.320 eight partners we have. 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.360 I said, what, no comment there? 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.719 Everyone walking around Paris is looking at their phone, So 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.919 that is a universal thing at this point, seems like 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.480 phones are you know, phone zombies are everywhere. But I 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.520 still think there's lots of opportunities to help people find 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:08.440 their way around new cities with the smartphone, also learning 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:12.080 about landmarks and helping people choose restaurants. I mean, it's 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.400 I do not have a good method for finding good 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.080 restaurants around me. Let's say I'm staying at a hotel. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.080 It's really tough to vet restaurants and figure out like 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.240 is this a tourist trap, is it a good place? 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:26.719 Is it recommended? Does it just have a lot of reviews? 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.599 Because you know it's on Instagram? So at the end 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:31.200 of the day, how did I get most of my 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:35.320 recommendations from other people and concierge? So there's still a 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.080 lot of opportunities for technology to make that easier. Uber 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.880 definitely making the world an easier place to get around. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:47.040 I took Uber. I was in where was I last weekend? 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.320 Bendorgon last weekend, and we took so many Ubers because 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.920 we decided not to rent a car, and this time 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:54.440 in Paris. Of course I did not I'm not going 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.440 to rent a car. Took it everywhere, and it's just 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:02.279 it's truly remarkable to me how a product that was 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.159 created here in the US is just had an impact 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.400 around the world. There's a little bit of a language barrier. 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.279 I was trying to meet my driver at the airport 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.599 and they were in a different place than I was. 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:14.800 I could tell they were in a different place because 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.920 of the bubble on the phone or the blue dot 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.599 that shows you where they were and where I was. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.200 But they kept calling me, and I can't speak French, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.599 so I you know, there's like a language barrier there. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.320 But then we started texting through the Uber app because 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.800 that seemed to be easier, and I noticed under our 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.800 text is said translated from French to English, like, so 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.880 it's doing that on the fly. So literally, not only 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.240 can you get a ride anywhere, but now you can 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.359 chat with the driver and it's instantly going to translate that. 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.200 I mean, it's just brilliant things like this that are 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:45.480 making life a lot easier. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:46.080 Thank you, Bobo. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.960 Also, don't disregard the feature that lets you reserve an 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.960 Uber in advance. A lot of people may not know 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.080 about this, but basically, you can reserve a car so 0:06:58.120 --> 0:06:59.960 that it's there for you waiting, and it doesn't have 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:01.640 to be a fancy car. I'm not talking like, you know, 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.200 super expensive town car service. But you can just get 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.159 a car in advance so you don't have to think about, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.000 you know, if you're waking up early trying to catch 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.440 a flight. And what I liked about this, I'd never 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.080 seen this before. Uber was like, hey, try this new 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.320 feature where you just type in your flight number and 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.880 we'll take care of figuring out when to pick you up. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.080 Same thing on the back end, So just put in 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.440 your flight number and we'll take care of when you 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:24.160 land and. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:25.240 When we should pick you up. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.240 Now I will say the driver that picked me up, 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.000 you know, because my flight was delayed. They said it 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.520 didn't work out so perfectly. But for me on the 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:37.080 front end, getting to the airport from my hotel to 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.440 the Paris airport. I didn't really know, do I need 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.200 to leave early? Do I need to you know, give 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.040 myself enough time? And sure enough Uber figured it all 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.000 out and it worked out perfectly, And yeah, I thought 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:51.520 that was great. The event itself well organized, but Samsung 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.680 held this thing in the middle of a major tourist attraction. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.200 They unveiled multiple products, two foldable phones, two smart watches, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.680 two sets of your duds, and a new health tracking ring. 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:03.960 All of the new products are going to be available 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.480 on July twenty fourth, So just to give you a 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.800 quick rundown, I've been playing with almost all of these 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:13.120 products except the ring, the Flip six, and the Fold six. 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.240 These are their foldable phones. These new models are the 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:21.280 slimmest and lightest yet. Also they have improved durability, so 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.240 if you're not familiar, the Flip is the one that 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.240 kind of looks like the old school Motorol eraser. It's 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.360 got a small screen on the outside, big screen on 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.760 the inside that got the most improvements. The cameras are 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:35.280 finally on par now with the S twenty four, So 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.280 if you're thinking about getting the entry level Samsung, you 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.880 can go with this little Flippy phone and get the 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.120 same camera quality. They upgraded to a fifty megapixel main 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.319 camera and a twelve megapixel ultra wide. I was taking 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.080 this phone around Paris taking pictures. It works great. It's 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.040 if you want something that's different. The Flip six is 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.240 really cool. That starts at eleven hundred dollars. I know 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.560 they went up by one hundred dollars. I can't believe. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.000 It is the one that opens and closes like a book, 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.199 so you get this kind of narrow screen on the outside, 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.439 which has gotten wider over the years. But then when 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.480 you open it up, it is a nice tablet sized 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:14.880 screen seven point six inches on the inside. That is 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:18.040 a huge screen. Now that is nineteen hundred dollars. They 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:20.280 didn't really improve the cameras on this. They said they 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.960 put AI on it to make the cameras better. But 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.240 this is the phone for kind of This is the 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:29.359 top of the line Samsung phone when it comes to technology. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.880 Maybe not the cameras because the S twenty four camera 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.640 ultra cameras are still better. But if you want something 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:38.000 that's super unique and different, I think they got the 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.920 form factor to a place where it feels. 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.720 Good in the hand, it's slim, it's light. 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.040 It's going to get better, but I think at this 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.000 point they've made a device that is foldable and very, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.320 very usable. So again, that is the z Fold six 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:55.439 nineteen hundred dollars. You're talking the price of a laptop 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.000 for a phone. But the good news is you don't 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.839 really need anything else besides that because it's going to 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.920 function in so many great ways. They also talked about 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.640 their AI features. Samsung really pushing AI, and they're pushing 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.959 it in a different way than Apple because they're bringing 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.960 it to a lot of older models. So right now 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:15.640 you can get all their AI features on the S 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.440 twenty two, S twenty three series, S twenty four series, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.600 and the foldables, Whereas when Apple comes out with Apple 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:25.280 Intelligence rumored for later this year or early next year, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.400 that's going to work on the iPhone fifteen Pro models 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.920 and up, which means a lot of the older models 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.679 are not going to get them. And no surprise here. 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.920 The number one AI feature that Samsung has introduced is 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:40.000 called Circle to Search with Google, and it means you 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.040 can circle anything on your screen. You can translate the text, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.000 you can reverse search the picture, you can search the 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:47.120 text whatever you want to do. 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.640 It is very very useful. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.360 In fact, it is one of the reasons why I 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.200 have been loving the S twenty four Ultra so much, because, 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.839 especially when you're traveling internationally, it is just like it's 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.560 it feels very very smart, and it feels like a 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:05.280 feature that we need on our phones and you get 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.080 it there. All right, Coming up, I'll tell you some 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.439 more about the products. We still have two more products 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.240 to go through, an ultra watch and a ring, plus 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.360 some earbuds. Eight eight eight rich one oh one eight 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.160 eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.120 This is rich On Tech. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.280 So I was talking about Samsung and some of the 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.080 products that they unveiled. They unveiled a lot of stuff, 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:33.920 and I will tell you that this is Samsung's moment. 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:40.200 They now have an ecosystem that is so rich and 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:45.360 so wide ranging that you are not giving up anything 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:51.079 by being in it. The reason why this Ultra watch 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.160 fills a need of people that want kind of a 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.640 nicer watch that's more geared towards hiking and on all 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:00.480 the extreme sports kind of stuff. And then the ring 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.000 is they are the first major company to have a 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.600 ring that sort of integrates with everything else. So, yes, 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.160 there's the Aura ring out there, but you know, you're 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.160 using its own app, and it's kind of like a 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.520 it's an island, and there's nothing wrong with Aura. That's 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:16.920 kind of the big ring right now. But the fact 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.400 that Samsung has one that works in their ecosystem and 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.360 it works with the watch. So if you're wearing the 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:27.240 watch and the ring, they will take the best readings 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.920 off of whichever device is working at the best at time. 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.640 So if you're sleeping, it'd probably be the ring. If 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.800 you're out on a bike ride, it'd probably be the watch. 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.160 So let me tell you about this Ultra Watch. This 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:43.600 is six hundred and fifty dollars. It's fantastic. It's it's 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.520 got a titanium frame. It's got good water resistance, it's 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.959 got good altitude so you can go from five hundred 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:54.080 meters below sea level to nine thousand meters high. It's 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.800 got all kinds of different tracking, so it's got really 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.800 accurate tracking. It's got the addition of a quick button, 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.520 which means you can instantly start a workout. Yes, just 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:07.120 like the Apple Watch. Ultra It's got an emergency siren. Yes, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.920 just like the Apple Watch Ultra. It's got a bright 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:14.640 display up to three thousand knits which is actually very bright, yes, 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.439 just like the Ultra from Apple. And it's got the 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.200 longest battery life on a Galaxy Watch, so up to 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.800 one hundred hours in power saving mode. Now that's not 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.640 gonna be realistic for most people because you want to 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.720 track your stuff, but it's nice to have that option 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.520 otherwise you're gonna get for me after a whole day 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.719 of travel yesterday, I was down to about I think 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.400 it was about fifty percent sixty percent, and you're talking 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.760 almost twenty four hours of travel yesterday. So but I 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.720 didn't do a workout. So again, six hundred and fifty dollars. 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.240 There isn't LTE version, which means cellular, so you can 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.280 leave your phone behind and still get your text and 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.439 your calls. It's a forty seven millimeters watch size. It's 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:57.360 available in gray, white, and silver. My choice is the gray. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.400 I really like that. The white is really cool too. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.920 I don't think I saw the silver. Let's see what else, Okay, now, 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.040 the Galaxy ring. So this is the Galaxy ring. And 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.800 if you've seen like the Aura Ring, it's just like 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.680 that twenty four to seven health monitoring, up to seven 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:17.079 days battery life. It's lightweight. I tried it on. It's 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.680 weird because Samsung says, oh, these sizes are not standard, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:21.360 so you have to get a sizing kit or you 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.880 have to go to a store to get sized before 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.040 we'll let you order this thing. But I was like, oh, 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:27.920 give me size ten and sure it up. It fit 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.560 me just like a size ten ring. So take it 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.600 for what it's worth. But you're not going to be 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.160 able to order this apparently without getting some sort of 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.600 sizing kit first, and I think that's because they don't 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.680 want to deal with all the returns on the wrong sizes. 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.000 But this is really a big thing to track your sleep. 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.720 So it's got sleep tracking, it's got skin temperature monitoring, 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.760 it's got this new energy score, which all of these 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.360 rings are doing. Kind of this like energy score. Aura 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.560 has it, the Amaze fit has it. But that's kind 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.720 of a score of your day, So how are you doing? 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.440 And this is looking at your sleep, your activity, your 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.600 sleeping heart rate, and your sleeping heart rate variability to 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.600 let you know how prepped you are for your day. 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.720 So if your scores a little low, it's going to say, 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.640 you know what, maybe today is not the best day 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:15.760 to work out. Maybe take it as a recovery day. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:19.640 It also has automatic walking and running tracking. It's got 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.440 heart rate alerts, so it will give you a real 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.520 time notification if you have an unusual heart rate issue happening. 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:26.560 And gesture controls. 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.480 So if you have this ring on and you set 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.280 your phone up on a tripod or you just have 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.480 your phone in your hand for a selfie, you can 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:35.920 pinch your two fingers together and that will take a photo. 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.520 You could also pinch your two fingers together to dismiss 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.840 the alarm on your smartphone, which I think is a 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.280 very dangerous feature because I think people are going to 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:45.000 be doing that a lot. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:45.720 Might want to. 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:49.240 Disable that one. The Rain comes in three colors, silver, gold, 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.160 and black. It is four hundred dollars. There are no 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.160 subscription fees. That was a big rumor that Samsung was 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.600 going to start charging subscription fees. That is not the case, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.000 so that into consideration again. All of these products from 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:07.440 Samsung are available on July twenty fourth, And you know, 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.360 like I said, I've been playing with them and I've 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.840 been really impressed. I wore the Galaxy uh Buds three 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.160 Pro all day on the plane yesterday. They sounded fantastic. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.160 They have two new Galaxy Buds Pro. They now have 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.360 a stalk which before they come they almost look like 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.440 beans before that you put in your ear. Now they 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:29.320 look like, you know, very standard earbuds. So again that's 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.160 kind of a wrap up on the Samsung stuff. You 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:32.880 have any questions about it, give me a call. Eight 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.240 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.960 four to two four one zero one. Now to continue 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.320 with the Samsung I know it's a lot coming up. 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.040 We're going to talk to some of the folks that 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.920 were at the event with me to get their take 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.960 on this stuff. You're listening to rich on Tech. Welcome 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.400 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:54.200 with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.240 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four to 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.800 one zero one. We'll get back to the phone lines 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.600 in just a moment, but first let's take you back 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:06.560 to Paris for a deeper dive into Samsung's announcements. They 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.840 showed off two new foldable phones, plus an ultra watch, 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.240 earbuds and a smart ring. First up, I talked to 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:18.280 Bob O'Donnell, President and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research. Bob 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:22.320 shares his thoughts on Samsung's focus on digital health. You know, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:23.480 I thought the event was great. 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.960 I mean doing it in Paris right before the Olympics, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.639 of course was exciting. It gave it an international feel 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.679 and flair, and it's important for Samsung. I mean, Europe 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.840 is their second largest market, so I think that was great. Obviously, 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.400 do we end the louver made it even more exciting, 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:39.800 So I thought that was great, you know, And then 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.400 the big story for me is digital health. Like they 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:47.680 really focused on digital health. Obviously, they added the ring, 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.160 which is the big new edition. They added the Watch 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.960 Ultra with fis looks just like Apple's Watch Ultra, but 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.639 I wish they would have did a little bit different design. 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:59.920 But anyway, it's still important to their whole digital whole 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.439 hell story. And of course they focused on AI. But 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.960 the interesting thing for me was, hey, it's censors from 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.760 wearables with AI to do digital health, and that is 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.840 I think a really interesting story and frankly it puts 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.399 them ahead of everybody else because they're the only big 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.560 company that's got that complete suite. You know of devices 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:25.080 with the watch ring and of course the smartphone with 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.879 the app that's it's combining all that data. So to me, 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.600 that's the big takeaway from this show, and it was 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:31.600 pretty exciting. 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:31.800 In that regard. 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:34.399 I've been a big foldable fan for a long time, 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.360 and frankly, this year's iteration is a pretty modest upgrade 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.760 compared to previous ones. But then I also have to remember, 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:46.359 look for the mainstream audience, foldables are still kind of 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:49.399 a new thing and we're really just starting to see 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.200 it take off. And the fact that Samsung now has 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:56.800 more competition from other vendors is actually making the foldable 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.560 market one of the few areas of the smartphone market 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.080 that's act growing because it as a small base to 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:06.040 grow from, but it's a new and different form factor 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:07.560 and a lot of people are excited by that. 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:07.920 You know. 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:09.399 I think a couple of things are going to make 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.320 that foldable purchases happen. Number one, of course, the price 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.399 points are kind of high and that's a challenge for 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.800 a lot of people. But as we start to see applications, 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.320 and I think some of the AI applications that can 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:26.240 leverage the foldable screen, like the interpreter application, those kinds 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.520 of things that leverage those two screens that are foldable 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.840 has and then combine that with AI. All of a sudden, 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:34.919 there are things you can do with that phone that 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.760 you cannot do with any other phone. It's not about 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:38.919 just having a bigger screen. 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:40.600 It's a completely. 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:43.080 Different experience, and I think those kinds of things is 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:44.720 what will trigger it. But look, at the end of 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.200 the day, it's going to be a price point. Obviously 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:51.399 we've seen some level of component price issues. That's always 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.639 a factor. But I think Samsung also is trying to 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.959 make clear that they've got a premium line of devices 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:03.520 and prices are not quite as big of an issue 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:07.000 for those premium phone buyers. So I think they're continuing 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:09.679 to position the foldables there. The big question will be 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:13.359 when will they go to a mainstream price point for 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.080 those foldables, And we'll see maybe next. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.159 Year next I talked to Rebecca Isaac's consumer tech and 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:21.480 electronics editor at Forbes Vetted. 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:22.960 Rebecca gives us her. 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:26.000 Take on the Galaxy Ring and its potential impact on 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:27.200 the wearable tech market. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:30.320 Oh my gosh, the ring is really exciting. It's the 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:33.639 person it's kind from Samsung. I mean, sure, we've seen 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:39.119 products like the Aura Ring Gen three, and there are 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:41.280 a few others out there, like Ring Kong produces the 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:43.960 one that I'm aware of, but the first one from Samsung. 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.720 It feels light to wear, It's really comfortable, It's made 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.480 of a super durable titanium fild, and daring my hands 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:54.080 on of it, it felt very sturdy, like it's not 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.000 going to break, It's not going to slide off of 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:58.840 my hand as I'm washing the dishes. I really like 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.399 the battery life. That seven day battery like that it 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:04.560 promises is really exciting because I don't know about you, 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:08.879 but I'm always forgetting to charge my watch, very guilty 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:12.080 of daki, but I'm really excited for it. It's gonna 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:16.159 have some really great use cases for someone who maybe 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:19.159 wants the smart technology but doesn't want to wear a 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:20.320 bulky watch on their wrist. 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:20.840 Now. 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:24.200 I love social media content creator Parker Burton. He makes 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:28.199 Android focused content on TikTok and Instagram. He told me 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:32.320 he appreciates the refinements in Samsung's latest foldables, but something 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:33.240 has to give. 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.240 For people to really want one. 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:37.920 And at this event, I'm really excited for the refinements 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:39.520 with the Z flip and. 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:40.160 The Z fold. 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:43.560 I love the flattened up edges and the matt rails 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:46.080 and the map backs, heels a lot more premium than before. 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:49.160 Also love the ring and how it's like now connecting 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.800 with the watch, so you don't need a separate app 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:53.880 for your ring and a separate app for your watch. 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:57.080 They all connect together, which is great. And the earbuds 0:21:57.400 --> 0:22:00.000 a little bit interesting. It looks like some other earbut 0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:02.119 that we know. But I guess I'll try them out 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:04.320 and see if they're good. I think once they introduce 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:07.240 a lot more features that could be more compelling, Like 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:10.160 I mean, they've showed us features like taking hands free selfies, 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:12.720 which that can be compelling. But I think for people 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:16.000 who aren't already fold or flip users, there's got to 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:18.600 be something big that people are like, oh yeah, now 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:20.719 I want it, which I don't know if we're there 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:23.240 yet for some people. For some people, yes, for sure 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:26.000 they love their folds and flips, but for others, I 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:27.399 don't know what's gonna make them switch. 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:29.760 But in the future we could get something come. 0:22:29.960 --> 0:22:33.359 I mean, there's probably people who want a folding phone, 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:36.840 but just because of the price, they just like can't 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:39.920 get it, and so if somehow the price goes down, 0:22:40.240 --> 0:22:43.320 then there's people that'll probably just snatch at it immediately. 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:47.120 Next up at abung Ata also known as thunder E 0:22:47.280 --> 0:22:48.560 from Board at Work. 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:52.119 And this impact was quite interesting because we saw some 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:56.920 really new stuff, some upgrades, and honestly, I've got a 0:22:56.960 --> 0:22:59.240 little mixed feelings on it. I love the ring, I 0:22:59.280 --> 0:23:00.960 love the idea of the ring. I like when it's 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:04.680 smart rings, the buds. I like the improvements I'm seeing there. 0:23:05.040 --> 0:23:08.040 The new Watch Ultra looks kind of similar, but I 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:10.080 still love the fact there's a ton of features. 0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:10.720 Now. 0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:13.879 When it comes to the Galaxy Z Flip six Z 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:17.080 Fold six as well, I kind of I'm leaning towards 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.480 the Flip six. I think there's more upgrades on that device. 0:23:21.000 --> 0:23:25.639 The fifty megapixel, new sensor, the new ultra, why you know, 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:28.240 just a little accents on the design look really nice. 0:23:28.600 --> 0:23:31.520 The fold is thinner and lighter, but I'm gonna lean 0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:36.320 to the Flip six overall. I think this is pretty 0:23:36.359 --> 0:23:39.040 good on the health department from Samsong. When it comes 0:23:39.040 --> 0:23:40.440 to the phones, we just have to wait and see. 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:44.720 As an Android used, I like the flexibility that Android brings, 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:48.840 and Samsung, as the market leader, does bring a lot 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:52.080 of features in a more polished fashion. Plus they have 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:55.920 honestly the best camera on an Android device. And I've 0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:59.320 been using the Galaxy Notes since the very first note, 0:23:59.480 --> 0:24:02.200 So for me, the S twenty four Ultra makes sense. 0:24:02.359 --> 0:24:04.359 I write a lot of notes. I still try and 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:06.879 write something or else, you know, I'll forget how to 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:09.439 write anything at all, So I love it for that feature. 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:13.800 Finally, lance Yulenov, Editor at large at tech Radar, He's 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:19.040 particularly impressed with Samsung's progress in creating a cohesive ecosystem 0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:20.000 of devices. 0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:22.600 So I think, you know, the ring is really the 0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:25.320 hot thing to me because it follows the trend of 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:27.960 you know, lower impact or you don't have to have 0:24:28.000 --> 0:24:30.520 a screen where you can go to bed with the 0:24:30.560 --> 0:24:32.919 tracking device because we really don't want to sleep with 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:34.840 our watches, you know, because if we look at that 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.520 Samsung Galaxy Watch Aultra, that thing is a beef thing. 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:39.600 I'm not going to sleep with that. But the ring 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:42.280 I'll sleep with. Then seven days of battery life. That's 0:24:42.359 --> 0:24:43.200 kind of exciting. 0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:44.520 I like the new. 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:47.800 Help you know technology, They've got the AI stuff that's 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:50.879 built into it. I also like that Samsung is starting 0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:55.000 to really deliver on the ecosystem idea either getting closer 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:57.080 to doing that thing that's going to excite people about 0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:00.560 owning a whole bunch of Samsung devices. ICE is going 0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:02.879 to be a big leason. Guess what, the Samsung Galaxy 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:05.800 D fault six just got one hundred dollars more expensive. 0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:06.960 I'm honestly really. 0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:08.560 Success, you know, surprised about that. 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:10.159 I do like the device. 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:12.160 I think the design is really good. 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:14.320 I like that then, or I like that it's lighter. 0:25:14.480 --> 0:25:17.480 They did not really upgrade the cameras to what I wanted, 0:25:17.760 --> 0:25:19.520 So I'm not really sure why I'm going to spend 0:25:19.560 --> 0:25:20.320 one hundred dollars more. 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:21.480 If they want to expand the. 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:24.480 Market, they've got to make these things cheaper. 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:25.600 Well, it's good. 0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:28.520 That's a race of AI, right, So we have, you know, 0:25:28.600 --> 0:25:33.439 the Galaxy AI versus Apple Intelligence, and Samsung seems like 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:36.280 maybe they're going to deliver some of these features sooner 0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:39.040 than what Apple's capable of. Some of our Apple Intelligence 0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:42.639 features again puts to twenty twenty five, so maybe Samsung 0:25:42.720 --> 0:25:45.280 gets a lead there. But it's really about how many 0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:48.280 people are using these things. Will they use them on 0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:51.119 the Samsung Galaxy devices? And that depends on how easy 0:25:51.160 --> 0:25:53.360 they are to find and how effective they are every 0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:54.439 time they use them. 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:57.680 Samsung has always been on the cutting edge with new features, 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:00.240 new products, and just overall putting a lot out there. 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:04.360 Apple might be considered the more premium ecosystem, but Samsung 0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:08.119 continues to push the envelope and deliver new ideas, sometimes 0:26:08.240 --> 0:26:11.800 years before the competition. Keep in mind, these foldables have 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:14.560 been around now for five years and they just seem 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.600 to be getting started. I'm rich Demiro more rich on 0:26:17.680 --> 0:26:20.840 Tech right after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:24.680 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:27.680 Triple A Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:30.720 seven four two four one zero one. I know you're 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:33.040 anxious for me to get to the phone lines. I 0:26:33.080 --> 0:26:35.480 had a lot to get through with the Samsung stuff. 0:26:36.320 --> 0:26:39.159 Hopefully that explained a lot of it, and you have 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.640 a better understanding of all the products that they have 0:26:41.960 --> 0:26:45.960 put out and the website for the show rich on 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:49.399 Tech dot TV. I've got everything that I mentioned written 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:52.360 up in today's newsletter, So just go to the website 0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:55.240 rich on Tech dot tv UH. You can find the 0:26:55.240 --> 0:26:57.720 newsletter there and if you want to read more about 0:26:57.720 --> 0:27:01.159 the Samsung stuff, it is all there. Let's go to 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:04.000 Sally in Los Angeles. Sally, you're on. 0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:04.560 With Rich. 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:06.120 Hi. 0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:13.159 Hi. So my question is I'm traveling to China in 0:27:13.200 --> 0:27:16.280 a few weeks and I know there's a lot of 0:27:16.400 --> 0:27:19.480 apps or website or band in China that we can 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.479 use here in the US. So I'm trying to figure 0:27:22.480 --> 0:27:26.359 out what is the best Do I purchase at ethan, 0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:29.240 do I get a VPN? What is the best way 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:32.320 so that I can still use all the apps that 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:33.120 I can use here? 0:27:33.280 --> 0:27:34.480 There good question. 0:27:34.800 --> 0:27:37.879 So if you are using your cellular service that you 0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:42.560 have here, pretty much everything is going to work as normal. 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:47.200 So that it's weird because when I was last over there, 0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:49.960 there were things that if I was on my cellular 0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:52.320 everything would work just fine. And I don't know if 0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:55.879 that's because it's an American cellular company or what, but 0:27:56.040 --> 0:27:58.480 in general things worked pretty well. So I was able 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:00.640 to access a lot of the stuff that you typically 0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:03.679 you can't there. Now if you're not if you're not 0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:05.600 using your own cellular, like if you are going to 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:09.560 get like an eSIM, that's for China, then yes, you'll 0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:12.720 probably need to use like a VPN to access things 0:28:12.760 --> 0:28:17.760 like Twitter, to access Google, to access Facebook. I mean 0:28:17.800 --> 0:28:21.600 pretty much everything over there is banned. So what are 0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:22.960 you going for? Is it work or fun? 0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:25.359 Or what for fun? 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:27.400 Okay, so I'm going for a couple. 0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:30.040 Of weeks, Okay, So yeah, so it might be just 0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:32.959 mostly social media that you're going to be impacted, obviously, Google, 0:28:33.080 --> 0:28:36.400 Google Maps, things like that. It's been a while since 0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:38.920 I was at in China, so it's I'm trying to remember. 0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:40.880 Like the last time I was there, I felt I 0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:42.760 felt like everything pretty much worked as long as I 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:45.280 was on my cellular. But if I wasn't on cellular, 0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:48.280 like if I was on the work or the hotel 0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:53.000 Wi Fi, that's when things stopped working. So I personally, 0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:56.520 just to prepare, would get the VPN, and that way, 0:28:56.720 --> 0:28:59.160 when you're over there in China, you would log onto 0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:03.280 the VPN and you would choose a US server as 0:29:03.320 --> 0:29:07.040 your host on that VPN. So if you want to 0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:10.120 look at, you know, some of the recommended VPNs, I've 0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:12.680 got I've got an article that you can you can 0:29:12.720 --> 0:29:17.320 google just Ktla DeMuro VPN and uh. 0:29:16.840 --> 0:29:17.560 The article is. 0:29:17.600 --> 0:29:19.520 It says, do you do you need a VPN, here's 0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:22.840 what the experts recommend, and there's some recommendations for what 0:29:22.920 --> 0:29:27.000 you should look for in a VPN, So you know, 0:29:27.080 --> 0:29:29.000 that's that's probably what I would do, just to be 0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:31.840 sure and make sure that your VPN is working before 0:29:31.840 --> 0:29:34.960 you go over there. And then for e SIM I 0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:37.720 like arlow A I R A l O. You've probably 0:29:37.720 --> 0:29:40.240 heard me talk about them on the show. Let me 0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:44.120 check if they have one for China. Let's see if 0:29:44.120 --> 0:29:47.440 they have a VPN for China or sorry, a. 0:29:47.440 --> 0:29:51.280 SIM China for a low because I'm going to China 0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:55.080 and after China, I'm going to Japan. Uh, what they 0:29:55.160 --> 0:29:58.000 have when an ethan that will work in both countries 0:29:58.480 --> 0:30:00.000 or in China is a very. 0:30:00.400 --> 0:30:05.720 Specific sometimes they do. So there are regions, so if 0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:08.719 you type in China, it will give you all of 0:30:08.760 --> 0:30:11.360 the all of the SIMS that will work there. So 0:30:11.480 --> 0:30:13.640 I think China is kind of its own thing. So 0:30:13.720 --> 0:30:15.760 I'm looking on the website and it doesn't look like 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.960 they have a regional one. So and Japan, by the way, 0:30:19.560 --> 0:30:23.040 is a little tricky with eSIMs. So when I was there, 0:30:23.080 --> 0:30:26.280 do you have an iPhone or an Android, Okay, you 0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:30.640 should be fine because on Android specifically, pixels in Japan 0:30:30.800 --> 0:30:33.520 with the eSIMs do not like to work. And it 0:30:33.640 --> 0:30:35.680 was driving me nuts the last time I was there 0:30:35.800 --> 0:30:38.760 because I all, you know, typically I travel with an 0:30:38.760 --> 0:30:41.240 Android in an iPhone and my iPhone I fired up 0:30:41.280 --> 0:30:43.200 the eSIM, no problem. Then all of a sudden, I 0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:46.200 get to the pixel and it's like it's just not working, 0:30:46.240 --> 0:30:48.920 and I'm like, what is the problem here? And then 0:30:48.960 --> 0:30:51.040 I finally cross reference talked to a couple of friends 0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:54.080 and they said, yeah, for some reason, the pixel specifically 0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:56.560 just has it or did have an issue with this 0:30:56.800 --> 0:30:59.120 with this Aralow sim. If you look on the sim, 0:30:59.520 --> 0:31:02.640 if you and read the terms on the sim card, 0:31:03.160 --> 0:31:06.000 it will tell you that certain devices do not work 0:31:06.040 --> 0:31:10.600 with that sim. So for my purposes, the pixel was 0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:12.920 one of those devices. It just did not work on there. So, 0:31:13.680 --> 0:31:15.440 but it's gotten a lot easier. You can buy all 0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:17.719 these things before you go, so that you're ready to go. 0:31:17.800 --> 0:31:20.680 You're all set up. What service do you have on 0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:23.240 your cellular? Is it AT and T, Verizon, T Mobile, 0:31:23.920 --> 0:31:26.360 AT and T Okay, so with AT and T, depending 0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:29.040 on the plan you're on, I would call them and 0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:32.200 see if you have any like what your data passes, 0:31:32.320 --> 0:31:34.600 because sometimes you know, if you're only there for a 0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:36.440 week or so, it might you might get a couple 0:31:36.440 --> 0:31:38.560 of free days on their on their roaming. 0:31:39.040 --> 0:31:40.720 So call AT and T. Yeah. 0:31:40.800 --> 0:31:43.960 So on my last trip to Paris on my account, 0:31:43.960 --> 0:31:46.000 I had twelve days of free roaming. 0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:47.800 So it depends on your play. 0:31:48.000 --> 0:31:49.840 Yeah, so call The first thing to do is call 0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:52.480 AT and T say hey, do I have any international 0:31:52.560 --> 0:31:55.360 days included in my plan? And they will look that 0:31:55.440 --> 0:31:57.520 up and say, oh, yeah, you've got five days free, 0:31:57.560 --> 0:32:00.640 so you know, you know that you've got Yeah, So 0:32:01.160 --> 0:32:02.080 that's that's good to know. 0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:05.200 So as long as I let's let's just say I 0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:07.360 I call AT and T let them know I'm traveling, 0:32:07.440 --> 0:32:11.480 and I stay on my cellular plan while I'm in China, 0:32:11.640 --> 0:32:12.640 everything should work. 0:32:15.080 --> 0:32:15.680 It should. 0:32:15.720 --> 0:32:17.840 I mean, I'm just you know, I'm telling you from 0:32:17.880 --> 0:32:21.520 my memory of when I was on my US you 0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:24.080 know SIM, when I was just roaming. It seemed to 0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:26.200 work because I don't know if they have like you know, 0:32:26.320 --> 0:32:28.720 because you're on an American SIM card. It's like, oh, okay, 0:32:28.800 --> 0:32:30.960 well you're an American, you have access to these things. 0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:34.560 But I you know, okay, but I'd be prepared just 0:32:34.680 --> 0:32:37.000 for the you know, for the for the reality of 0:32:37.000 --> 0:32:40.760 the VPN, but in general, you know, and things have 0:32:40.960 --> 0:32:42.760 it might have changed over there. I'm not really sure, 0:32:42.760 --> 0:32:45.200 but you know, in general, be prepared with the VPNs 0:32:45.280 --> 0:32:47.720 that you have connections no matter what, and that you 0:32:47.720 --> 0:32:50.240 can access to things that are important to you once 0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:50.840 you're over there. 0:32:51.160 --> 0:32:52.160 It's a it's a little bit of a. 0:32:53.800 --> 0:32:56.000 It's a vp in like a pretty easy like do 0:32:56.040 --> 0:32:58.040 I just turn it on while I'm there and then instead? 0:32:58.080 --> 0:33:00.000 Do I need to do any settings on my iPhone 0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:01.680 in order for the VPN to work. 0:33:01.880 --> 0:33:04.400 No, but you you know, you have to set it up, 0:33:04.560 --> 0:33:07.000 set up everything here so that when you get there 0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:09.280 you just have to toggle it on. And so it's 0:33:09.400 --> 0:33:12.480 very Most of the VPNs are very very simple to use. 0:33:13.160 --> 0:33:15.680 Once you install it on your phone, it will say hey, 0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:19.240 can we install a VPN profile? You install that VPN profile, 0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:22.240 and then some apps will say, hey, do you want 0:33:22.280 --> 0:33:24.800 us to be on all the time. I don't recommend that, 0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:27.800 but you know, there's a way to toggle on inside 0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:29.880 the app. Usually I have like a big power button 0:33:29.920 --> 0:33:33.000 looking thing you press that you'll see VPN in the 0:33:33.080 --> 0:33:34.640 upper right hand corner of your phone. 0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:35.320 You know you're. 0:33:35.160 --> 0:33:37.760 Connected to the VPN, and then you know you can 0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:40.520 you can go on as normal. But again I would 0:33:40.560 --> 0:33:42.360 set this all up here so that you kind of 0:33:42.360 --> 0:33:46.080 have an idea you could try the VPN out here. Okay, 0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:48.840 So so try all this stuff here and get familiar 0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:51.240 with it before you get there. And again the first 0:33:51.280 --> 0:33:53.440 stop is to call your cellular company and just see 0:33:53.440 --> 0:33:55.880 what they say about roaming in China, to say, hey, 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:58.560 do I have any days included? Don't make the mistake 0:33:58.640 --> 0:34:01.200 I did of leaving my dry box on because I 0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:03.840 racked up an eight hundred dollars bill because it tried 0:34:03.840 --> 0:34:05.880 to upload all of my photos in the background. 0:34:05.920 --> 0:34:07.880 So that's another thing. When you're traveling internationally. 0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:11.920 If you have any sort of backup running on your phone, 0:34:11.960 --> 0:34:16.000 like a photos program like Amazon Photos or Google Photos 0:34:17.320 --> 0:34:21.080 or iCloud, make sure that cellular is turned off for 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:25.800 that sinking, because you do not want it sinking over cellular. 0:34:25.880 --> 0:34:27.520 Make sure you have it turned on where it's just 0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:30.319 backing up over Wi Fi. Very important, or you're gonna 0:34:30.360 --> 0:34:32.919 run through all your data or get a huge bill. 0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:35.279 Eight to eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:34:35.360 --> 0:34:37.600 seven four to two poor one zero one. Coming up, 0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:40.399 I'll talk about the AT and T data breach how 0:34:40.440 --> 0:34:45.320 it might affect you. 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This week, AT 0:35:15.280 --> 0:35:20.920 and T revealed another massive data breach affecting millions of customers. 0:35:21.400 --> 0:35:23.600 AT and T is in the process of notifying about 0:35:23.600 --> 0:35:26.600 one hundred and ten million customers about this new data breach. 0:35:27.200 --> 0:35:30.280 The stolen data includes phone numbers and call and text 0:35:30.320 --> 0:35:33.640 records from May one, twenty twenty two, to October thirty first, 0:35:33.680 --> 0:35:37.439 twenty twenty two. Some data from January twenty twenty three 0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:42.200 was also compromised. This affects both cellular and landline customers, 0:35:42.200 --> 0:35:46.360 including those who used another carrier on AT and t's network. 0:35:46.440 --> 0:35:50.160 Like a cricket so what did they get metadata such 0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:54.239 as who you called, who you texted, and how long 0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:57.320 you talk to them for. Some of the records also 0:35:57.400 --> 0:36:01.320 include cell site identification numbers, which might be able to 0:36:01.320 --> 0:36:04.360 be used to reveal your approximate locations of where you 0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:05.320 made those calls. 0:36:06.239 --> 0:36:06.439 Now. 0:36:06.520 --> 0:36:08.640 AT and T says they learned of the data breach 0:36:08.760 --> 0:36:12.320 on April nineteenth, twenty twenty four. They say that the 0:36:12.360 --> 0:36:15.520 stolen data does not contain the contents of calls or 0:36:15.560 --> 0:36:20.520 the contents of the texts. This is the second security 0:36:20.520 --> 0:36:23.120 incident for AT and T in twenty twenty four. They 0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:27.319 had that passcode reset earlier in the year. So AT 0:36:27.400 --> 0:36:30.800 and T says the stolen data is not currently publicly available, 0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:33.600 which means you can't search through it. Lots of thoughts 0:36:33.600 --> 0:36:36.239 on this number one. You just have to assume that 0:36:36.280 --> 0:36:37.920 your data is going to be out there at some point, 0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:41.719 because we are entering a world where it's not a 0:36:41.760 --> 0:36:46.600 matter of who might get breached, it's a matter of when. Also, 0:36:47.239 --> 0:36:50.000 you got to be careful about the information that you share. 0:36:50.440 --> 0:36:54.320 I've been watching the documentary on Netflix, the Ashley Madison 0:36:54.719 --> 0:36:58.760 data breach. That was just devastating to people. Not defending 0:36:58.760 --> 0:37:01.279 what Ashley Madison was doing. But at the same time, 0:37:02.200 --> 0:37:05.160 thirty seven million people that kind of data out there. 0:37:05.320 --> 0:37:08.520 It was a big deal, and this is just going 0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:11.600 to continue to happen. It's just going to continue to happen. 0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:13.480 Now you can check to see if your data was 0:37:13.520 --> 0:37:16.880 included in this. AT and T set up a special website. 0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:20.160 You can go to AT and T dot com slash event, 0:37:20.480 --> 0:37:25.239 slash lander, l A n d Er and I checked 0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:27.319 my account. I got a big green check. Marcus as 0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:30.640 accounts not affected. Bobo checked his account and it says 0:37:30.680 --> 0:37:33.440 sure enough, account affected. So you can go to this 0:37:33.480 --> 0:37:37.280 website ATT dot com slash event slash lander to see 0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:40.040 if your data was involved in this breach. 0:37:41.000 --> 0:37:42.439 It's the good news is here. 0:37:42.560 --> 0:37:47.520 It doesn't sound like they got names, addresses, social Security numbers, 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:51.040 credit card information. Doesn't sound like they got that. But 0:37:51.239 --> 0:37:54.359 they did get a lot of call data. So theoretically, 0:37:54.480 --> 0:37:57.840 I'm just you know, looking to the most nefarious purpose 0:37:57.920 --> 0:38:00.799 of this. Someone could theoretically set up a database if 0:38:00.800 --> 0:38:03.080 this data gets out where you'd be able to search 0:38:03.120 --> 0:38:05.680 and see if someone you know called a phone number 0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:09.080 that you also know. So that's just one way and 0:38:09.239 --> 0:38:11.960 just on this same note. While we're here surf Shark, 0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:15.200 this is a VPN company. They introduced a new feature 0:38:15.239 --> 0:38:18.200 called alternative Number. So this is a new tool to 0:38:18.239 --> 0:38:21.720 protect your real phone number from online threats and spam. 0:38:22.280 --> 0:38:25.160 They basically will give you a virtual US based phone 0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:27.839 number that you can access through the app. You can 0:38:27.920 --> 0:38:30.440 receive phone calls, you can receive messages, and you can 0:38:30.480 --> 0:38:33.960 reply to messages with this alternative phone number. And the 0:38:34.000 --> 0:38:36.680 whole purpose here is to help you safeguard your real 0:38:36.719 --> 0:38:41.080 phone number from strangers, spam, and untrusted websites. You cannot 0:38:41.200 --> 0:38:43.360 use this phone number to make outgoing calls or to 0:38:43.440 --> 0:38:48.239 initiate messages. It's just for incoming and to reply. So 0:38:48.400 --> 0:38:50.680 why would you want this, Well, you can use it 0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.799 in place of your real phone number anywhere where you 0:38:53.800 --> 0:38:56.560 don't think your real phone number is necessary. So maybe 0:38:56.560 --> 0:38:59.000 you're signing up for a club card at a grocery store, 0:38:59.160 --> 0:39:03.880 or you're just signing up for you know, online sweepsteakes, whatever, 0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:07.279 you can use this phone number. So right now, it 0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:09.799 only works with US phone numbers. It's anywhere from three 0:39:09.840 --> 0:39:13.000 to five dollars a month. And I'm telling you this 0:39:13.160 --> 0:39:15.920 idea of using a secondary phone number. 0:39:15.960 --> 0:39:16.359 I do it. 0:39:16.400 --> 0:39:18.480 I use my Google Voice number when I sign up 0:39:18.480 --> 0:39:21.880 for almost anything as sort of a buffer between me 0:39:22.360 --> 0:39:24.960 and all of these data breaches. Because your real phone 0:39:25.000 --> 0:39:27.280 number is valuable, It's linked to a lot of things, 0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:29.799 and I think people are just understanding that if they 0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:33.080 want to protect their privacy, they have to start giving 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:38.399 out information that is much much less linked to their 0:39:38.440 --> 0:39:43.520 real identity. Let's go to Dory in Westlake Village, California. Dory, 0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:44.320 what's your question? 0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:48.120 Yes, I thank you for taking my call. My question 0:39:48.200 --> 0:39:49.080 may be a little funny. 0:39:49.840 --> 0:39:53.120 That Samsung ring you were talking about? Can you wear 0:39:53.280 --> 0:39:54.280 it on your toe? 0:39:54.719 --> 0:39:59.160 Oh? Like a toe ring? Interesting question that those rings 0:39:59.160 --> 0:40:01.279 really down match with the rings I always wear in 0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:01.640 my hand. 0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:03.520 But I love the idea of that ring. 0:40:04.239 --> 0:40:07.440 Yeah, that's a great question, and I totally get it 0:40:07.480 --> 0:40:11.640 because you know, not everyone would match with these things. 0:40:12.640 --> 0:40:13.160 Let's see. 0:40:13.160 --> 0:40:17.160 So I don't have the information from Samsung specifically, but Aura, 0:40:17.680 --> 0:40:22.040 who makes a smart ring. They replied in a tweet 0:40:22.200 --> 0:40:25.759 to someone that asked about this exact same question, and 0:40:25.800 --> 0:40:28.560 they said, we do not recommend wearing the ring on 0:40:28.640 --> 0:40:31.920 a toe because the toe differs from the fingers in 0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:35.080 the pulse signal it gives, so the readings are going 0:40:35.160 --> 0:40:37.000 to differ and they're not going to be as accurate 0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:40.640 as fingers. So bottom line, you probably could wear it 0:40:40.680 --> 0:40:42.440 as a toe ring. You're not going to get the 0:40:42.480 --> 0:40:45.920 right readings. But you know, I just don't think the 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:49.719 blood flow to the toe is as pronounced as it 0:40:49.800 --> 0:40:54.440 is to your fingers, because that's an extremity. And Bobo's 0:40:54.520 --> 0:40:57.439 just walking out. He's done, This show is over for him. 0:40:58.440 --> 0:41:03.040 Like that question, I thought it was as a it's 0:41:03.080 --> 0:41:06.560 a look, toe rings are a thing. In fact, we 0:41:06.560 --> 0:41:09.120 were joking at the Samsung event that they might come 0:41:09.160 --> 0:41:09.960 out with the nose ring. 0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:12.799 That's a smart nose ring. Why not smart ring? 0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:16.520 But the reason is because it doesn't match the jury 0:41:16.560 --> 0:41:17.880 that she already wears. 0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:21.799 Well, look, people are particular. When we were looking at 0:41:21.840 --> 0:41:24.520 the rings, they have him in three colors. They've got black, silver, 0:41:24.600 --> 0:41:27.480 and gold, And because my wedding ring is silver, I 0:41:27.680 --> 0:41:30.680 was I like the black the most. It looks the best. 0:41:31.080 --> 0:41:34.200 It's like a nice matte black. But to me it's like, oh, 0:41:34.239 --> 0:41:37.240 I'd have to go silver because it matches my ring. Look, 0:41:37.719 --> 0:41:41.359 people want to match. You gotta Bobo, your your hat 0:41:41.480 --> 0:41:44.520 is matching your shirt? I noticed, are your sneakers matching 0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:47.560 everything too? What you don't know about Bobo? Yes, he's 0:41:47.600 --> 0:41:49.959 a sneaker head and he comes in here every week 0:41:50.040 --> 0:41:54.560 with fully matching clothes. His shirt matches, his hat matches 0:41:54.600 --> 0:41:59.040 his sneakers. And yeah, if I wear my crocs here, 0:41:59.440 --> 0:42:05.800 they only match, you know, my cross. 0:42:06.520 --> 0:42:08.480 All right, let's go to Mark and Woodland Hills. Mark, 0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:09.160 you're on with Writch. 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:13.600 Yes, good afternoon. My problem is is that a lot 0:42:13.600 --> 0:42:17.080 of the subsidies were dropped for telephone, and I only 0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:24.320 had bundled already landline and internet service. Now the landline 0:42:24.520 --> 0:42:27.399 prices are just going out of the roof costs wise. 0:42:28.480 --> 0:42:31.560 But I also recall when I used to have consumer cellular, 0:42:31.640 --> 0:42:35.320 they had a base unit that was that ran on wife. 0:42:35.320 --> 0:42:38.399 I believe it was or a cellular service. But there's 0:42:38.440 --> 0:42:43.759 something similar I'm interested in. It's called Umama, and what 0:42:44.000 --> 0:42:46.799 apparently what it does is it uses your internet and 0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:49.560 I can have all my cordless phones all over the house, 0:42:49.600 --> 0:42:51.000 so I don't have to run around to get to 0:42:51.080 --> 0:42:54.000 one of them. And I was wondering if you had 0:42:54.040 --> 0:42:57.960 that or any other alternatives. I've seen all the videos 0:42:58.040 --> 0:43:01.560 on YouTube, but you never know what hucksterism is and 0:43:01.600 --> 0:43:03.279 what's right, So I thought i'd run it by you. 0:43:03.280 --> 0:43:04.040 You're the expert. 0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:08.200 Absolutely. UMA is fantastic. It's been around forever. It works, 0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:10.759 it does what it says. You buy the unit. The 0:43:10.760 --> 0:43:13.200 way it works, you plug the unit into your Internet 0:43:13.200 --> 0:43:15.040 and they also actually have a Wi Fi unit at 0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:17.560 this point, so you don't even need to plug it 0:43:17.600 --> 0:43:20.600 into a physical ethernet jack, although I probably would recommend 0:43:20.640 --> 0:43:23.440 that just for the best signal. But you plug that in. 0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:26.680 It's a little box and that box takes that Internet 0:43:26.760 --> 0:43:30.359 signal and gives you a phone line. So it's using 0:43:30.440 --> 0:43:35.440 voiceover IP, which you know, most of the cellular services 0:43:35.480 --> 0:43:37.480 and all of the voice services, almost all of them 0:43:37.480 --> 0:43:40.320 now are using voiceover IP. You know, the landlines, you know, 0:43:40.360 --> 0:43:42.960 the physical copper cables may not be, but everything else. 0:43:42.960 --> 0:43:45.439 If you're getting a line from Spectrum, if you're getting 0:43:45.480 --> 0:43:48.080 a line from your cable company, it's all using voiceover IP. 0:43:48.680 --> 0:43:49.799 So UMA. 0:43:49.640 --> 0:43:51.880 The interesting thing about the way they work is that 0:43:51.920 --> 0:43:56.239 you basically buy the device for anywhere from seventy to 0:43:56.239 --> 0:43:59.160 one hundred dollars and then the phone service is free. 0:43:59.520 --> 0:44:01.880 You just have to pay the monthly taxes and fees 0:44:01.920 --> 0:44:04.279 and you can put your phone number or your zip 0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:06.400 code in online and it will tell you how much 0:44:06.440 --> 0:44:09.239 the taxes and fees are. For where I live, It's 0:44:09.320 --> 0:44:12.360 under ten dollars a month, so highly recommend it. It 0:44:12.360 --> 0:44:14.680 will work with your phones. The other thing to look 0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:16.879 at is called magic Jack. 0:44:17.719 --> 0:44:17.839 This. 0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:19.640 When I first covered this, I was working at c 0:44:19.800 --> 0:44:23.400 Net decade probably over a decade ago, and I couldn't 0:44:23.400 --> 0:44:26.239 believe it, Like it's just like I couldn't believe that 0:44:26.280 --> 0:44:29.919 you can get something that turned Internet into a phone line. 0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:34.120 And of course now it's very common, but this would 0:44:34.160 --> 0:44:36.960 solve your problems if you want a home phone service 0:44:37.400 --> 0:44:40.120 that does not cost as much as getting something from 0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:44.839 the cable company. So again, UMA isom A. Like I said, 0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:47.279 they've been around forever. I personally tested them. I had 0:44:47.280 --> 0:44:49.719 it in my house for a very long time, and 0:44:49.800 --> 0:44:52.080 it does exactly what it says it does. It's a 0:44:52.239 --> 0:44:55.320 it's a virtual phone number that basically lets you plug 0:44:55.360 --> 0:44:58.160 in a real phone, so you can go to Walmart, 0:44:58.200 --> 0:45:00.800 you can buy a cordless phone like the old school phones. 0:45:01.200 --> 0:45:03.400 And that little jack, I forget what it's called, like 0:45:03.400 --> 0:45:07.480 the RJ oh gosh, what's a phone jack RJ something 0:45:07.640 --> 0:45:11.719 r J eleven is that it You plug that in 0:45:11.760 --> 0:45:14.520 to the back of this Uma and now you have 0:45:14.800 --> 0:45:17.400 a real phone line that is all going through the Internet. 0:45:17.480 --> 0:45:20.640 So the other one, like I said, magic Jack Vonage 0:45:20.719 --> 0:45:22.520 used to be the third. It does not look like 0:45:22.560 --> 0:45:26.560 they do a consumer product anymore. So those are the 0:45:26.560 --> 0:45:29.080 two I go with Mark, markn Widlin Hills, Thanks for 0:45:29.120 --> 0:45:31.520 the call. Definitely to go for it all right. Eighty 0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:34.960 eight rich one on one oh one more tip wait 0:45:35.040 --> 0:45:38.759 until Amazon Prime Day because the Uma is sold on 0:45:38.800 --> 0:45:41.799 Amazon and it might be on sale on Amazon Prime Day. 0:45:41.800 --> 0:45:42.879 You've got a couple of days to wait. 0:45:43.680 --> 0:45:45.879 Eighty eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven 0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:48.799 four to two four one zero one more rich on Tech, 0:45:48.800 --> 0:45:52.000 come in your way right after this. Welcome back to 0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:54.200 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 0:45:54.360 --> 0:45:58.560 talking technology. 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Are you familiar with what 0:46:40.680 --> 0:46:44.080 a dark pattern is? This is pretty much a manipulative, 0:46:44.640 --> 0:46:49.520 manipulative design. And we see this all the time. I 0:46:49.560 --> 0:46:50.520 see this all the time. 0:46:51.239 --> 0:46:51.759 Every day. 0:46:52.280 --> 0:46:54.680 I download a lot of apps, I sign up for 0:46:54.719 --> 0:46:57.400 a lot of websites, and I notice these dark patterns 0:46:57.440 --> 0:47:01.640 almost every single time. And they're just and the FTC 0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:05.040 they support my thoughts that this is happening a lot. 0:47:05.320 --> 0:47:07.920 So Actually, the FTC teamed up with a whole bunch 0:47:07.920 --> 0:47:12.080 of international partners to study six hundred and forty two 0:47:12.120 --> 0:47:15.640 websites and mobile apps offering subscription services and guess what. 0:47:16.360 --> 0:47:20.319 Nearly seventy six percent of them employed at least one 0:47:20.760 --> 0:47:27.000 possible dark pattern. Sixty seven percent used multiple dark patterns. Now, 0:47:27.000 --> 0:47:29.200 what's a dark pattern? It's something that makes you do 0:47:29.239 --> 0:47:31.600 something that you wouldn't normally do if you had all 0:47:31.600 --> 0:47:34.600 the information at your disposal. Let me explain the most 0:47:34.600 --> 0:47:37.920 common dark pattern. You are signing up for, or you 0:47:38.000 --> 0:47:41.120 download a new app and it says that screen where 0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:42.560 it says, hey, would you like to sign up for 0:47:42.600 --> 0:47:45.680 a free trial or a subscription, and you don't really 0:47:45.719 --> 0:47:47.520 want to, You just want to try out the app, 0:47:47.840 --> 0:47:50.520 but you can't seem to get past that page. But 0:47:50.560 --> 0:47:53.880 if you look very closely, there's a very faint X 0:47:54.200 --> 0:47:56.440 in the corner that you don't see when you first 0:47:56.440 --> 0:47:59.279 look at that window, and so you think that you 0:47:59.320 --> 0:48:00.920 have to either sign up up for a free trial 0:48:01.160 --> 0:48:03.920 or sign up for a subscription to actually even just 0:48:04.040 --> 0:48:05.760 try out the use of that app. 0:48:06.080 --> 0:48:07.360 But in reality, you can. 0:48:07.200 --> 0:48:09.960 Click that little X and deal with that later and 0:48:10.040 --> 0:48:12.160 try the app and see what happens before you sign 0:48:12.200 --> 0:48:15.239 up for anything. That is one dark pattern, and that's 0:48:15.280 --> 0:48:17.880 the most common I see. So if you're ever signing 0:48:17.920 --> 0:48:19.759 up for an app, and believe me, the reason I 0:48:19.800 --> 0:48:22.200 know this is because I try a lot of apps 0:48:23.080 --> 0:48:25.200 and I feature them on TV and of course here 0:48:25.239 --> 0:48:28.319 on the radio, and people will email me invariably and 0:48:28.360 --> 0:48:30.160 be like, Rich, I can't believe you're promoting an app 0:48:30.160 --> 0:48:31.879 that you can only you know you have to sign 0:48:31.960 --> 0:48:34.239 up for it and I said, oh, no, you missed 0:48:34.280 --> 0:48:36.319 the dark pattern. They had a little X that you 0:48:36.440 --> 0:48:40.000 missed during that sign up flow. This happens a lot, 0:48:40.200 --> 0:48:42.520 so the two patterns, and I didn't know they had 0:48:42.680 --> 0:48:46.440 a term for this. The most that they encountered was 0:48:46.440 --> 0:48:51.480 called sneaking practices. This involves hiding or delaying the disclosure 0:48:51.520 --> 0:48:54.200 of information that might affect your purchase decision. That's the 0:48:54.200 --> 0:48:58.440 one I just talked about. And then interface interference. This 0:48:58.600 --> 0:49:02.799 is obscuring important information or pre selecting options in a 0:49:02.880 --> 0:49:06.440 frame that steers you towards making a decision that's more 0:49:06.480 --> 0:49:09.239 favorable for the business. So if you're just clicking through 0:49:09.280 --> 0:49:11.759 all the next, next, next, next, next, next, next, all 0:49:11.760 --> 0:49:15.040 the stuff that's pre selected benefits the company. And I 0:49:15.080 --> 0:49:17.040 see this a lot when I'm setting up new phones. 0:49:17.440 --> 0:49:20.760 Every single new phone and almost every single tech device 0:49:20.800 --> 0:49:23.279 that I set up has an option that says, do 0:49:23.320 --> 0:49:25.840 you want us to send diagnostic data back to the 0:49:25.880 --> 0:49:27.560 company about how you use this product? 0:49:27.960 --> 0:49:29.279 Now, you don't need to do that. 0:49:29.320 --> 0:49:32.400 You don't need to be their little, you know, feedback 0:49:32.480 --> 0:49:36.080 response person for this stuff. Like you paid for this product, 0:49:36.480 --> 0:49:38.680 you you know, should get to use it without having 0:49:38.719 --> 0:49:42.320 to send back exactly how you're using this product. iPhone 0:49:42.320 --> 0:49:44.520 does it, Android does it, Samsung does it? 0:49:44.560 --> 0:49:45.239 They all do that. 0:49:46.200 --> 0:49:49.200 You I always unclick that box because why should I 0:49:49.280 --> 0:49:51.879 send you all this rich data about how I'm using 0:49:51.880 --> 0:49:56.360 this phone? Now, By the way, what are they collecting everything? Everything, 0:49:56.400 --> 0:49:58.920 how you swipe, the time you turn your phone on, 0:49:59.000 --> 0:50:00.920 the time you turn your phone off, when you use 0:50:00.920 --> 0:50:03.040 your phone, when you're not using your phone, how many 0:50:03.040 --> 0:50:06.319 apps you download. Everything's being collected if you're sending back 0:50:06.360 --> 0:50:09.640 that diagnostic data. And of course that box is checked 0:50:09.719 --> 0:50:13.080 by default. In fact, here's another dark pattern. When you're 0:50:13.120 --> 0:50:16.120 setting up a product, it will say accept all. And 0:50:16.160 --> 0:50:18.680 when you press accept all, you think that you have 0:50:18.760 --> 0:50:20.840 to tap yes to all these different things. 0:50:20.840 --> 0:50:21.239 You do not. 0:50:21.840 --> 0:50:24.799 If you tap them individually, you'd notice only the first 0:50:24.800 --> 0:50:27.680 two are required. The rest are optional. So be very 0:50:27.719 --> 0:50:30.520 careful when you download stuff and sign up for stuff, 0:50:30.560 --> 0:50:34.680 because you are bombarded with these dark patterns and they. 0:50:34.520 --> 0:50:37.919 Trip people up. Seventy six percent of sites have them. 0:50:38.000 --> 0:50:38.600 That's wild. 0:50:40.480 --> 0:50:45.160 Xbox raising Xbox game Pass prices. So if your kid 0:50:45.280 --> 0:50:50.040 uses this like mine does, Yeah, typically this was seventeen 0:50:50.080 --> 0:50:52.000 bucks a month. Now it's going up to twenty dollars 0:50:52.080 --> 0:50:56.319 a month for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Now the 0:50:56.680 --> 0:51:00.480 PC Game Pass they're raising that from that's going up 0:51:00.480 --> 0:51:03.600 to twelve dollars a month previously ten. Now the nice 0:51:03.640 --> 0:51:08.440 thing they're doing is introducing a new tier that's cheaper 0:51:08.480 --> 0:51:10.880 than all of these tiers at fifteen dollars a month. 0:51:11.360 --> 0:51:14.680 And this is called Xbox Game Pass Standard. But what 0:51:14.719 --> 0:51:17.520 are they doing. They're taking away your access to day 0:51:17.600 --> 0:51:21.600 one first party games. What does that mean. The news 0:51:21.600 --> 0:51:25.160 here is that everyone was so excited that the brand 0:51:25.160 --> 0:51:28.040 new Call of Duty was going to be available on 0:51:28.280 --> 0:51:32.440 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and everyone was chatting when they 0:51:32.480 --> 0:51:35.000 heard about this. They were tweeting saying, oh, Microsoft is 0:51:35.040 --> 0:51:37.160 so great because they're giving us access to this game 0:51:37.880 --> 0:51:41.880 on this service without raising prices. Well, they did a 0:51:41.960 --> 0:51:44.719 dark pattern. They announced the exciting news a couple of 0:51:44.760 --> 0:51:47.480 weeks ago that Call of Duty would be available, but 0:51:47.560 --> 0:51:49.799 they held back the price increase until a couple of 0:51:49.800 --> 0:51:53.239 weeks later. And so now you get I mean, it's 0:51:53.280 --> 0:51:56.840 just these companies are wild and look, this is just 0:51:57.200 --> 0:52:00.160 the way of the world, folks. We are just paying 0:52:00.239 --> 0:52:02.840 and paying and paying and paying more. Like I say, 0:52:02.960 --> 0:52:07.759 the free ride is over. Those price increases start on 0:52:07.760 --> 0:52:10.919 September twelfth. Eight of eight Rich one O one eight 0:52:11.000 --> 0:52:13.319 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:52:13.360 --> 0:52:14.200 It's not all bad. 0:52:14.239 --> 0:52:16.439 I'll tell you the free service that Google is making 0:52:16.440 --> 0:52:17.800 available to everyone. 0:52:17.920 --> 0:52:18.520 Coming up. 0:52:19.719 --> 0:52:22.800 Welcome back to Rich on tech. Rich Demiro here talking 0:52:22.920 --> 0:52:27.120 technology at eight eight eight rich one oh one. That's 0:52:27.320 --> 0:52:30.759 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:52:30.880 --> 0:52:32.680 I see a holding on the lines. We'll get back 0:52:32.719 --> 0:52:35.200 to those in just a moment. But first, let's talk 0:52:35.239 --> 0:52:39.160 Amazon Prime Day tenth and well, i'd say annual, but 0:52:39.200 --> 0:52:40.600 they now do it a couple times a year. But 0:52:40.680 --> 0:52:44.560 this is their tenth Prime Day event. It's happening July 0:52:44.760 --> 0:52:49.719 sixteenth and seventeenth. Of course, they're promising millions of deals, 0:52:50.200 --> 0:52:53.719 over five million deals available for Prime members. Remember you 0:52:53.840 --> 0:52:56.759 have to be a Prime member to take advantage UH 0:52:56.920 --> 0:53:01.000 savings on all kinds of stuff. To talk about this, 0:53:01.239 --> 0:53:06.160 I spoke with Deal's expert Trey Bodge. She had some 0:53:06.320 --> 0:53:11.480 great tips on how to maximize your savings. Prime Day obviously, 0:53:11.719 --> 0:53:14.719 it seems to be happening every year, sometimes twice a year. 0:53:15.000 --> 0:53:17.640 Why does Amazon do Prime Day? 0:53:17.880 --> 0:53:20.960 Well, Amazon does Prime Day in an effort to create 0:53:21.000 --> 0:53:22.600 their own shopping holiday. 0:53:22.760 --> 0:53:23.080 July. 0:53:23.920 --> 0:53:26.239 Up until ten years ago, in the first Prime Day, 0:53:26.360 --> 0:53:28.520 July was kind of a sleepy time except for the 0:53:28.600 --> 0:53:32.400 July fourth weekend sales. But now, as you see, there's 0:53:32.480 --> 0:53:34.880 so much going on with Amazon Prime Day, and then 0:53:34.880 --> 0:53:37.319 we have Target Circle Week and Walmart Deals Week, and 0:53:37.600 --> 0:53:40.280 the list goes on and on. So Amazon has essentially 0:53:40.320 --> 0:53:43.560 created their own shopping season, and then they do it 0:53:43.600 --> 0:53:47.840 again in October, kicking off the holiday shopping season very early, 0:53:48.000 --> 0:53:49.959 so they're controlling the game here. 0:53:50.520 --> 0:53:51.719 So what do you think are some of the best 0:53:51.719 --> 0:53:55.080 strategies for finding deals during Prime Day? 0:53:55.320 --> 0:53:59.040 So because we're seeing so many competitive deals around Prime Day, 0:53:59.200 --> 0:54:01.920 I would make sure to look around. You want to 0:54:02.000 --> 0:54:05.440 use tools like Yahoo Shopping or Google Shopping to search 0:54:05.440 --> 0:54:07.879 for the items that you're looking for. Get a sense 0:54:07.920 --> 0:54:10.520 of the landscape of where those items are sold in 0:54:10.600 --> 0:54:13.680 for how much the best deal may be on Amazon 0:54:13.840 --> 0:54:16.560 or it may be elsewhere, so it's always worth taking 0:54:16.600 --> 0:54:19.360 a moment to do that. You also want to pair 0:54:19.440 --> 0:54:22.720 that with using a deal site because often deal sites 0:54:22.760 --> 0:54:26.520 have cash back offers that can be combined with retailer sales. 0:54:26.560 --> 0:54:29.560 So one of my favorites is couponcabin dot com. They 0:54:29.600 --> 0:54:33.400 have cash back offers in the four to eight percent 0:54:33.560 --> 0:54:36.880 off range, and then sometimes they may have coupons that 0:54:36.920 --> 0:54:40.280 can be kind of layered on top of the coupons 0:54:40.320 --> 0:54:42.800 that retailers are offering. So I think that's a really 0:54:42.800 --> 0:54:45.719 good thing to do as well. And then during this 0:54:45.880 --> 0:54:48.839 busy time, you just want to make sure to keep 0:54:48.880 --> 0:54:52.720 an eye on your shopping list and avoid impulse shopping 0:54:52.800 --> 0:54:54.920 because there's so much activity. 0:54:55.320 --> 0:54:57.040 You certainly don't want to be kind. 0:54:56.880 --> 0:54:59.399 Of going willy nilly and buying all sorts of things 0:54:59.400 --> 0:55:00.720 that you might rec Brett later. 0:55:01.320 --> 0:55:04.279 You mentioned the other retailers, So this this event sort 0:55:04.280 --> 0:55:06.520 of has like a halo effect where like Target gets 0:55:06.520 --> 0:55:08.920 in on it and Walmart gets in on it. Can 0:55:08.960 --> 0:55:10.880 you talk about that a little bit? Like you know, 0:55:11.480 --> 0:55:14.359 if the price is a good price at Amazon, will 0:55:14.480 --> 0:55:15.640 be the same price at Target. 0:55:15.680 --> 0:55:18.600 Per se it may be or it may be better, 0:55:18.760 --> 0:55:21.000 or it may not be as good. So it's really 0:55:21.040 --> 0:55:23.960 important to look around now. If you are planning to 0:55:24.000 --> 0:55:27.640 shop on Amazon Prime Day, you will find millions of 0:55:27.719 --> 0:55:32.719 deals across thirty five categories and Amazon specifically. A good 0:55:32.760 --> 0:55:35.759 tool to use is Camel Camel camel or their app 0:55:35.840 --> 0:55:38.840 is called the Camelizer. I believe that's a good place 0:55:38.920 --> 0:55:41.319 to get a sense of what the prices are. What 0:55:41.360 --> 0:55:45.000 the prices were, you can set price alerts there and 0:55:45.080 --> 0:55:48.040 then pair that with the other efforts that you're making 0:55:48.120 --> 0:55:51.279 on Amazon to look for sales like they have. You know, 0:55:51.360 --> 0:55:54.120 you can set up wish lists and look for discounts 0:55:54.160 --> 0:55:56.920 on their app. And so there are lots of ways 0:55:56.920 --> 0:55:58.680 to save around Amazon Prime Day. 0:55:59.040 --> 0:56:00.879 What do you think some of the biggest categories are 0:56:00.920 --> 0:56:02.920 that people should be looking at shopping for. 0:56:03.680 --> 0:56:06.840 So on Amazon Prime Day, we've become accustomed to deals 0:56:06.920 --> 0:56:11.400 from Amazon's proprietary brands, and so your kindle, your fire, 0:56:11.520 --> 0:56:15.279 your ring, all of those items will be deeply discounted. 0:56:15.320 --> 0:56:16.759 You'll see lots of bundling. 0:56:16.920 --> 0:56:20.160 So maybe you can get a couple of echoes, for example, 0:56:20.320 --> 0:56:23.120 or you can get a fireTV and a fireTV stick 0:56:23.239 --> 0:56:25.120 or things like that. So I would look for those 0:56:25.120 --> 0:56:27.839 bundles to take advantage of. You do have to be 0:56:27.880 --> 0:56:31.520 an Amazon Prime member in order to enjoy these deals, 0:56:31.840 --> 0:56:35.800 So as you're shopping, look for those Amazon branded items, 0:56:35.800 --> 0:56:39.000 but then also look at other brands. We will see 0:56:39.160 --> 0:56:43.319 lots of deals on especially on small home appliances like 0:56:43.440 --> 0:56:47.160 your robotic vacuum or your air fryer. Things like that 0:56:47.239 --> 0:56:51.640 will be discounted from multiple brands. So while you're within 0:56:51.719 --> 0:56:55.279 the Amazon ecosystem, make sure to shop around and look 0:56:55.280 --> 0:56:58.600 at different brands, read the reviews, and then you're making 0:56:58.920 --> 0:56:59.800 a smart decision. 0:57:00.040 --> 0:57:01.000 You're ready to click buy. 0:57:01.360 --> 0:57:04.480 How does Prime Day compare to something like a Cyber 0:57:04.520 --> 0:57:06.040 Monday or a Black Friday. 0:57:06.360 --> 0:57:08.919 It depends, and so you know, it depends on how 0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:13.360 competitive the landscape is. Amazon tends to discount aggressively in 0:57:13.480 --> 0:57:17.800 both places. You know, I think around Black Friday Cyber Monday, 0:57:17.840 --> 0:57:23.080 you can sometimes expect deeper discounts because retailers are kind 0:57:23.120 --> 0:57:26.720 of entering the finish line for their annual sales, and 0:57:26.800 --> 0:57:29.760 so if they're having a great year, they may pull 0:57:29.840 --> 0:57:32.160 back on the discounts. If they're not having a great year, 0:57:32.200 --> 0:57:35.560 those discounts will be deeper. So it really depends on 0:57:35.600 --> 0:57:38.280 what's going on in the in the climate at the moment. 0:57:38.480 --> 0:57:40.960 Make a list of the things that you need, and 0:57:41.000 --> 0:57:43.280 make a list of the things that you use regularly. 0:57:43.360 --> 0:57:44.840 Because that's an interesting point. 0:57:44.920 --> 0:57:47.760 On Amazon Prime Day, sometimes they get kind of a 0:57:47.800 --> 0:57:50.680 bad rap because you can find discounts on paper towels, 0:57:50.720 --> 0:57:53.680 but frankly, we all use paper towels, and so there's 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:56.440 nothing wrong with saving on those paper towels on Amazon 0:57:56.480 --> 0:57:58.280 Prime Day. So I do like to have a list 0:57:58.280 --> 0:58:01.640 of sort of those aspirational itea that I'm looking for 0:58:01.680 --> 0:58:04.720 deals on, and then my regular go to grooming products 0:58:04.720 --> 0:58:07.480 and paper products, because if I can save on Amazon 0:58:07.520 --> 0:58:09.160 Prime Day, why wouldn't. 0:58:08.720 --> 0:58:11.640 I any other tools or tips or tricks that you 0:58:11.680 --> 0:58:13.360 want to share that I haven't asked about. 0:58:13.600 --> 0:58:16.800 Yeah, so Amazon has a bunch of different ways that 0:58:16.840 --> 0:58:19.560 you can save, and so I do think utilizing the 0:58:19.600 --> 0:58:22.520 Amazon app on Amazon Prime Day is a good idea 0:58:22.560 --> 0:58:25.240 because there are a few more features on the app 0:58:25.280 --> 0:58:29.240 that you can use to be alerted to available sales 0:58:29.240 --> 0:58:31.880 on the items that you've added to your lists. For example, 0:58:32.120 --> 0:58:35.160 you can use Alexa to let you know if something 0:58:35.200 --> 0:58:37.240 that you want is on sale. And then I would 0:58:37.320 --> 0:58:40.080 also say, you know, utilize all the tools that Amazon 0:58:40.160 --> 0:58:42.240 is telling you about. They may not be telling people 0:58:42.280 --> 0:58:45.000 like me about these things just yet, but as Amazon 0:58:45.120 --> 0:58:48.040 Prime Day of rives, there might be maybe extra features 0:58:48.080 --> 0:58:50.800 that you should know about. It is a way to 0:58:50.840 --> 0:58:53.400 save on those items I know there is a new one, 0:58:53.440 --> 0:58:57.120 the Invite only that I mentioned. That's something that you 0:58:57.120 --> 0:59:00.640 can click on and close to the shopping car and 0:59:00.680 --> 0:59:04.560 then be randomly selected to be notified of a very 0:59:04.640 --> 0:59:06.800 deep discount of an item. And then of course we 0:59:06.880 --> 0:59:09.520 have the Lightning deals as well, so we'll see some 0:59:09.680 --> 0:59:13.280 of that stuff happening on Amazon Prime Day as well. 0:59:13.440 --> 0:59:17.360 Finally, Amazon Prime Day is really to sell Prime memberships. 0:59:17.440 --> 0:59:19.280 I know you can get a thirty eight free trial, 0:59:19.680 --> 0:59:21.280 but what do you think of the value of an 0:59:21.280 --> 0:59:23.400 Amazon Prime membership? Is it still sort of like the 0:59:23.400 --> 0:59:25.280 golden standard of memberships. 0:59:25.640 --> 0:59:28.320 It's an interesting time right now because Amazon Prime is 0:59:28.360 --> 0:59:30.800 not the only membership out there. So we have Target 0:59:30.880 --> 0:59:34.080 Circle three sixty, we have Walmart Plus, and so as 0:59:34.080 --> 0:59:36.400 a shopper, it's really important for you to take a 0:59:36.440 --> 0:59:40.320 look at which platform or retailer you use the most 0:59:40.600 --> 0:59:44.280 and then consider getting that membership, and the membership on 0:59:44.440 --> 0:59:45.640 Amazon in particular. 0:59:46.160 --> 0:59:46.840 I'm a member. 0:59:46.960 --> 0:59:49.360 I find it to be worthwhile because I shop on 0:59:49.400 --> 0:59:52.840 Amazon very frequently. I get cash back at Whole Foods, 0:59:53.040 --> 0:59:56.160 and then there's the free streaming music, the movies, the 0:59:56.200 --> 0:59:59.000 free Kindle book every month, and so if you are 0:59:59.160 --> 1:00:02.200 a user of some or all of those benefits that 1:00:02.920 --> 1:00:04.760 that membership can really pay off. 1:00:05.000 --> 1:00:07.760 But in my opinion, you shouldn't have more than one 1:00:07.800 --> 1:00:09.240 of those retail memberships. 1:00:09.280 --> 1:00:12.280 You know, pick the one that serves you the best, 1:00:12.320 --> 1:00:15.280 and stick with that and shop with that retailer regularly 1:00:15.600 --> 1:00:17.480 to get the best bang for your bock out of 1:00:17.480 --> 1:00:19.080 that annual membership fee. 1:00:20.400 --> 1:00:24.360 All right, Once again, that was Trey Bodge shopping expert 1:00:24.560 --> 1:00:27.960 sharing tips to maximize this year's Amazon Prime Day. I'll 1:00:27.960 --> 1:00:30.440 put a link to her website on mine. Just go 1:00:30.480 --> 1:00:32.960 to Rich on tech dot TV hit the light bulb. 1:00:33.320 --> 1:00:36.080 So my advice for Prime Day is the same every 1:00:36.160 --> 1:00:40.000 single year. Start looking for the things you want now, 1:00:40.560 --> 1:00:43.160 add them to your shopping car, and then when Prime 1:00:43.240 --> 1:00:47.280 Day happens on July sixteenth and seventeenth, check your shopping 1:00:47.320 --> 1:00:50.040 car or your saved items to see if any of 1:00:50.080 --> 1:00:53.160 them dropped in price, and then you can purchase them. 1:00:53.200 --> 1:00:55.800 So instead of just looking on the website, like she said, 1:00:56.480 --> 1:00:59.320 just searching for stuff to spend money on, this is 1:00:59.400 --> 1:01:03.360 kind of like the re the reverse way of doing it. Also, 1:01:03.440 --> 1:01:05.880 you'll notice that things on Amazon when they are on 1:01:05.960 --> 1:01:08.960 Prime Day, they will have a little banner. Next to 1:01:09.000 --> 1:01:11.720 the price, it might say something like limited time deal 1:01:12.240 --> 1:01:15.320 or with Prime or lightning deal. So that's how you 1:01:15.320 --> 1:01:18.440 can tell when something's on sale. I already made my 1:01:18.560 --> 1:01:22.360 first purchase. I bought the new Amazon Echo spot it's 1:01:22.600 --> 1:01:25.479 typically eighty bucks. It was on sale for forty five 1:01:25.560 --> 1:01:28.600 through Prime Day, and I put a list. I actually 1:01:28.680 --> 1:01:30.880 went through because Amazon has not said what all the 1:01:30.880 --> 1:01:32.760 deals are going to be, but they put out like 1:01:32.800 --> 1:01:35.040 a release that says all the brands and stuff that 1:01:35.080 --> 1:01:37.280 will be on sale. So what I did was I 1:01:37.320 --> 1:01:39.200 made it easy for you. I went through and I 1:01:39.280 --> 1:01:42.800 linked up every single brand on my website. So I 1:01:42.880 --> 1:01:45.600 made this page that says Amazon Prime Day twenty twenty 1:01:45.600 --> 1:01:48.520 four top brands to watch for deals. And if you 1:01:48.560 --> 1:01:50.920 scroll down, you'll see all my tips that I just mentioned, 1:01:51.200 --> 1:01:53.040 but you can see the different things that will be 1:01:53.160 --> 1:01:55.920 on sale already announced that you can just click and 1:01:56.040 --> 1:02:00.080 find that device or product or whatever, including the Ring, 1:02:00.120 --> 1:02:07.600 Spotlight Cams, Eero, Blank, fireTV, Echo, what else, Rumbas, Sony headphones, 1:02:07.720 --> 1:02:09.880 all Birds, and even. 1:02:09.640 --> 1:02:10.600 Cosmetics and things. 1:02:10.600 --> 1:02:12.880 So I put all those links on my website rich 1:02:12.960 --> 1:02:15.520 on tech dot tv. So check it out if you 1:02:15.520 --> 1:02:18.680 want to get a headstart on Prime Day coming up. 1:02:18.760 --> 1:02:21.520 I'll tell you about the Google service that used to 1:02:21.560 --> 1:02:23.720 cost money. Now they're making it free and it can 1:02:23.760 --> 1:02:30.680 help protect your privacy. This is rich on Tech. Welcome 1:02:30.680 --> 1:02:32.960 back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 1:02:33.000 --> 1:02:37.600 with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. 1:02:37.640 --> 1:02:41.320 That's eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 1:02:41.840 --> 1:02:46.280 The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. 1:02:46.560 --> 1:02:49.080 Go there for all the stuff that I mentioned on 1:02:49.120 --> 1:02:53.080 the show, my TV segments, more information. I just post 1:02:53.120 --> 1:02:55.479 a lot of great stuff there so you can find 1:02:55.480 --> 1:02:57.680 a way to subscribe to my newsletter there as well, 1:02:57.720 --> 1:03:00.600 so you can get information in your inbox. It's just 1:03:00.640 --> 1:03:05.000 a wealth of information rich on Tech dot TV. Also 1:03:05.320 --> 1:03:07.400 feel free to follow me on social media. I am 1:03:07.480 --> 1:03:11.000 at rich on Tech on all of the major platforms. 1:03:11.680 --> 1:03:14.400 Sherry writes in Hello Rich, I love listening to your 1:03:14.440 --> 1:03:18.160 program on KFI. I learned something every time. My father 1:03:18.320 --> 1:03:22.240 is nearly blind due to macular degeneration. He's ninety nine, 1:03:22.280 --> 1:03:24.560 but honestly very sharp and social. 1:03:25.040 --> 1:03:25.680 Good for him. 1:03:25.760 --> 1:03:27.760 I would love to find a cell phone for him 1:03:27.760 --> 1:03:31.480 to operate by voice. Is there such a thing, because 1:03:31.520 --> 1:03:35.360 he's obviously old school he's not interested in Alexa or 1:03:35.440 --> 1:03:39.360 any devices that listen or spy on him. Any recommendations 1:03:39.360 --> 1:03:42.680 you might have, yes, I have a great recommendation. The 1:03:42.760 --> 1:03:46.320 only issue is it's pricey, but it is perfect and 1:03:46.360 --> 1:03:49.880 it's exactly what you're looking for. It is a company 1:03:49.880 --> 1:03:53.960 called blind Shell B l I N D S H 1:03:54.120 --> 1:03:57.160 E l L. And they make a smartphone that is 1:03:57.200 --> 1:04:02.600 specifically for the visually impaired and it is fantastic. I 1:04:02.960 --> 1:04:06.240 played with it at the Seasun Assist of Tech conference 1:04:06.960 --> 1:04:10.240 and it is very simple to use. It speaks everything 1:04:10.240 --> 1:04:13.680 that you do. It speaks everything on the screen. It's 1:04:13.680 --> 1:04:17.320 got a nice, bold, big screen. It's got nice easy 1:04:17.360 --> 1:04:20.840 to use physical buttons, so it's got the keypad so 1:04:20.880 --> 1:04:23.800 you can actually type phone numbers on here and I 1:04:23.880 --> 1:04:25.880 guess text as well, but you can also use voice 1:04:25.920 --> 1:04:26.960 to text if you need to. 1:04:28.200 --> 1:04:30.400 But this is what you need. 1:04:30.440 --> 1:04:33.120 The problem is it's five hundred and twenty nine dollars, 1:04:33.720 --> 1:04:37.880 so I get it. That's expensive, but it is going 1:04:37.920 --> 1:04:40.600 to solve the problem. I think your dat is worth it, 1:04:40.800 --> 1:04:43.479 and I think that this would be a great way 1:04:43.600 --> 1:04:47.040 to make him feel like he can use this phone 1:04:47.120 --> 1:04:50.120 to its maximum and not have any issues. The other 1:04:50.200 --> 1:04:52.560 thing you could do is just get a flip phone 1:04:52.600 --> 1:04:57.480 something simple. Did you say you wanted voice, Yeah, operate 1:04:57.560 --> 1:05:00.400 by voice. So I mean the flip phones is they're 1:05:00.400 --> 1:05:02.880 not really going to have the voice operation. The other 1:05:02.920 --> 1:05:05.560 thing you might be able to do is get a 1:05:05.560 --> 1:05:09.320 Samsung device and they've got something called easy Mode. That's 1:05:09.520 --> 1:05:11.480 that's gonna make the phone easier. It's got a built 1:05:11.480 --> 1:05:16.760 in magnifier. The iPhone also has a lot of accessibility features, 1:05:17.240 --> 1:05:19.400 but it's not I mean that that might be too 1:05:19.480 --> 1:05:22.000 much horsepower for what you're looking at. I really do 1:05:22.080 --> 1:05:23.600 think the blind Shehell is going to be the way 1:05:23.640 --> 1:05:28.760 to go. Sadly, this company does have a cheaper phone 1:05:28.800 --> 1:05:33.080 that they just introduced, like a lesser version of the Classic. 1:05:33.360 --> 1:05:35.920 It's called the Classic LTE that does not look like 1:05:35.960 --> 1:05:40.440 it's available in the United States, sadly, So that's the 1:05:40.440 --> 1:05:41.880 way to do it. The other thing you could do 1:05:42.200 --> 1:05:45.720 is you could go on Amazon and just look for 1:05:45.800 --> 1:05:50.640 a simple, you know, smartphone that might be good for 1:05:50.760 --> 1:05:54.400 your father. There they do have a couple of smartphones 1:05:54.440 --> 1:05:59.520 that are specifically for senior citizens. So just be aware 1:05:59.600 --> 1:06:01.600 that you need to make sure that whatever service you 1:06:01.640 --> 1:06:03.760 get is going to work with that. So for instance, 1:06:03.840 --> 1:06:06.640 like Lively, that's a big company that sells a lot 1:06:06.680 --> 1:06:10.440 of phones under the Jitterbug name. That is a senior 1:06:10.480 --> 1:06:13.000 phone and you have to use their plan with that. 1:06:13.440 --> 1:06:15.240 Some of the phones are unlocked. You can put in 1:06:15.320 --> 1:06:18.919 any plan. So those are my recommendations. Check them out. 1:06:19.000 --> 1:06:22.120 And I think that that blind show would be great. 1:06:22.120 --> 1:06:24.680 Maybe wait for a sale or discount on it to 1:06:24.720 --> 1:06:28.640 get it past that high price tag there. Google is 1:06:28.680 --> 1:06:33.280 expanding this dark web feature. In fact, as I mentioned this, 1:06:33.440 --> 1:06:37.240 I just got an email alert from Google about my 1:06:37.360 --> 1:06:40.480 information being on the dark web. You have new information, 1:06:40.760 --> 1:06:44.000 new personal information on the dark web, and sure enough, 1:06:44.400 --> 1:06:47.439 my phone number was involved in a data breach and 1:06:48.000 --> 1:06:50.840 my cell phone number is now available online for anyone 1:06:50.880 --> 1:06:53.880 to find. Thank you for the app that I actually 1:06:53.920 --> 1:06:59.200 love that it's involved in. So what is Google doing. 1:06:59.240 --> 1:07:02.280 This is from a service called dark Web Report, and 1:07:02.320 --> 1:07:04.919 this is excellent. It will tell you if your social 1:07:04.880 --> 1:07:07.760 Security number, if your date of birth, if your address 1:07:07.880 --> 1:07:10.880 is found online somewhere, and there's not much you can 1:07:10.920 --> 1:07:13.160 do about it, because the problem is when your information 1:07:13.240 --> 1:07:15.040 is out there on the dark web, there's no way 1:07:15.040 --> 1:07:17.240 of taking it back. But at least, if you know 1:07:17.320 --> 1:07:19.920 what's out there, you can be ready for what might happen, 1:07:20.280 --> 1:07:22.720 which is someone opening up an account in your name, 1:07:23.080 --> 1:07:26.240 someone spamming you, someone using your phone number, someone using 1:07:26.280 --> 1:07:30.520 your address. So this was something that was previously only 1:07:30.560 --> 1:07:34.400 available to paying subscribers of Google One. Now they are 1:07:34.400 --> 1:07:38.520 making it available to everyone for free. This is going 1:07:38.600 --> 1:07:42.880 to happen later this month. Highly highly recommend that you 1:07:42.960 --> 1:07:45.480 sign up for it. So this is going to be 1:07:45.520 --> 1:07:50.640 part of their results about you. So it's a little 1:07:50.640 --> 1:07:53.240 bit confusing, but they're pretty much the same thing. So 1:07:53.440 --> 1:07:56.240 Google results about you, well, I guess they're a little 1:07:56.280 --> 1:07:59.800 bit different. Results about you. Google, if you sign up 1:07:59.840 --> 1:08:03.960 for it, will find your personal contact information in Google 1:08:04.040 --> 1:08:06.920 search results. So if your phone number shows up on 1:08:06.920 --> 1:08:09.880 one of those like spoke Yo or people find heer websites, 1:08:10.000 --> 1:08:12.560 Google will say, hey, we found your phone number on 1:08:12.640 --> 1:08:14.959 this website. Do you want us to take that off 1:08:15.040 --> 1:08:17.760 of search results? So when someone's searching for you, it 1:08:17.800 --> 1:08:19.920 will not show hey, we can find rich Damiro's phone 1:08:19.960 --> 1:08:22.240 number on this website. And you click through that website 1:08:22.280 --> 1:08:24.040 and you know it's a whole thing to try to 1:08:24.040 --> 1:08:27.080 get the phone number. But Google will take down that 1:08:27.240 --> 1:08:29.920 search result for you. And so this is something that's 1:08:29.960 --> 1:08:32.479 been free. I've been recommending it for years. It's a 1:08:32.560 --> 1:08:34.719 really useful thing if you want to kind of tame 1:08:35.240 --> 1:08:38.759 the information that's out there about you on the open web. 1:08:38.960 --> 1:08:41.479 It does not take down the original website, It does 1:08:41.520 --> 1:08:44.879 not take down your information from Spokyo or people Finder, 1:08:45.360 --> 1:08:48.200 all these other you know, data brokers out there, but 1:08:48.240 --> 1:08:50.479 it does take down that search result. And what do 1:08:50.560 --> 1:08:52.960 most people do. They're just looking at search results trying 1:08:52.960 --> 1:08:56.160 to find information. Now, with this Dark Web report, you'll 1:08:56.200 --> 1:09:00.800 also get that information about your your per details on 1:09:00.880 --> 1:09:03.360 the dark web. It's not going to remove them, it can't, 1:09:03.720 --> 1:09:06.360 but at least you'll know that it's out there, and 1:09:06.400 --> 1:09:09.439 again you can be ready for the ramifications of that. 1:09:10.120 --> 1:09:12.280 So if you want to sign up for this stuff, 1:09:12.520 --> 1:09:14.400 I'll put the link on the website rich on tech 1:09:14.439 --> 1:09:17.679 dot tv and you can go to the light Bulb 1:09:17.720 --> 1:09:19.880 to get the information about it. At least start with 1:09:19.960 --> 1:09:23.000 the results about you on Google. You sign up for that, 1:09:23.120 --> 1:09:25.400 and then later this month you'll get the dark web 1:09:25.439 --> 1:09:28.599 information as well. Really really handy. I am so happy 1:09:28.680 --> 1:09:31.719 that Google is making that available to everyone for free. 1:09:32.560 --> 1:09:34.000 I don't know if we have time for this, but 1:09:34.080 --> 1:09:35.680 let's go to PAM and venture of PAM, can you 1:09:35.680 --> 1:09:37.640 say your question about thirty seconds? 1:09:38.160 --> 1:09:39.840 Yeah, I just have an iPhone six. 1:09:40.000 --> 1:09:41.400 I want to know if it's outa day. 1:09:41.479 --> 1:09:44.320 It has an episode of software on it of seventeen 1:09:44.360 --> 1:09:45.160 point five. 1:09:46.640 --> 1:09:48.800 Seventeen point five, so you're still up to date at 1:09:48.800 --> 1:09:52.920 this point. The problem is, I don't think that that's 1:09:52.960 --> 1:09:58.439 going to be supported with iOS eighteen. So iOS eighteen 1:09:58.600 --> 1:10:02.479 starts with the iPhone ten are and up? Uh wait, 1:10:02.560 --> 1:10:04.640 you said you're you have the which. 1:10:04.200 --> 1:10:08.519 Software do you have on there? It's an iPhone and 1:10:08.760 --> 1:10:10.360 you said you have iOS. 1:10:09.880 --> 1:10:12.920 What seventeen point five point one. 1:10:13.920 --> 1:10:20.240 On the on the iPhone six s Yeah, huh okay, 1:10:20.320 --> 1:10:22.559 I was not aware that that was up to date 1:10:22.600 --> 1:10:23.280 at this point. 1:10:24.240 --> 1:10:25.920 Let me see. So iOS seventeen. 1:10:26.960 --> 1:10:29.639 Uh, if it's supported and you're getting those updates, that's fine, 1:10:29.640 --> 1:10:31.400 But I don't think it's going to be supported with 1:10:31.439 --> 1:10:35.000 the next one. I would plan for a new phone, 1:10:35.240 --> 1:10:37.280 That's what I would do, because you're not going to 1:10:37.320 --> 1:10:38.360 get iOS eighteen. 1:10:38.680 --> 1:10:39.559 You're not going to get this. 1:10:39.680 --> 1:10:42.920 The uh the security updates, and that's the important part. 1:10:43.040 --> 1:10:47.840 So I would any recommendation, I would just get the iPhone, 1:10:47.880 --> 1:10:49.240 you know, a newer model. 1:10:49.000 --> 1:10:52.680 When they uh. Sorry. 1:10:54.040 --> 1:10:57.080 Welcome back to Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:10:57.120 --> 1:11:01.040 out with you talking technology. I love that you're doing 1:11:01.080 --> 1:11:04.519 something smart for yourself and listening to this show because 1:11:05.280 --> 1:11:07.840 this is the information you need to know about how 1:11:07.880 --> 1:11:11.160 to protect yourself online, how to make sure you're not 1:11:11.200 --> 1:11:16.599 being scammed, how not to overspend on Amazon Prime Day, 1:11:17.320 --> 1:11:19.680 Like I noticed some of us will my wife. I 1:11:19.800 --> 1:11:21.760 was out in Paris and my wife's like, did you 1:11:21.880 --> 1:11:25.160 order a an echo spot from Amazon? I said, yes, 1:11:25.400 --> 1:11:29.320 I already I ordered that sight. On scene they announced it. 1:11:29.320 --> 1:11:31.599 It's this new Uh. 1:11:31.680 --> 1:11:35.439 It's basically a new like alarm clock and I thought 1:11:35.560 --> 1:11:37.680 was kind of cool because it's a speaker, but it 1:11:37.720 --> 1:11:41.639 also is Alexa enabled, uh, and it's got a little 1:11:41.640 --> 1:11:44.920 display on it so it's colorful. It's got like a 1:11:45.080 --> 1:11:48.439 you know, customized clock faces. You can choose from six 1:11:48.479 --> 1:11:54.800 different colors orange, violet, magenta, lime, teal, and blue. You 1:11:54.840 --> 1:11:57.240 can see the weather, the song that's playing, or the 1:11:57.760 --> 1:12:02.559 whatever's playing. You can set alarm play music. They've got 1:12:02.880 --> 1:12:07.439 four new custom alarm sounds, Aurora, Daybreak, Endeavor and flutter 1:12:08.760 --> 1:12:10.760 and you can tap this thing to turn it off 1:12:10.800 --> 1:12:15.559 for a snooze. It it's usually eighty bucks. It's forty 1:12:15.560 --> 1:12:19.080 five dollars for Prime members right now. And I just 1:12:19.120 --> 1:12:21.160 thought it was cool. I just thought it was kind 1:12:21.160 --> 1:12:24.880 of nice to have. So that's the Echo Spot. I 1:12:25.080 --> 1:12:27.719 have not opened it yet, so I'm curious if they're 1:12:27.720 --> 1:12:30.960 What I think Amazon should have done is put a 1:12:31.040 --> 1:12:33.360 USB in the back so you can plug in your phone, 1:12:33.840 --> 1:12:37.200 but I don't know if they did that. So uh, anyway, 1:12:37.280 --> 1:12:39.479 thanks for listening. Eighty to eight Rich one oh one 1:12:39.680 --> 1:12:42.960 eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 1:12:43.000 --> 1:12:47.840 The website rich on tech dot TV. I know a 1:12:47.880 --> 1:12:51.880 lot of you are going for the Google Dark Web information. 1:12:52.560 --> 1:12:54.960 So the way to find that on the website go 1:12:55.040 --> 1:12:59.160 to the website. Up at the top. There is a 1:12:59.280 --> 1:13:03.040 light bulb. If you tap that light bulb, it brings 1:13:03.040 --> 1:13:06.560 you to what's called the show wiki, so you know Wikipedia. 1:13:07.320 --> 1:13:11.600 I keep basically a show wiki for every episode that 1:13:11.600 --> 1:13:16.240 we've ever done. So this is show number eighty. You 1:13:16.360 --> 1:13:19.360 tap that, it should bring you right to the Let 1:13:19.360 --> 1:13:21.320 me tap and just see where it brings you. Actually, 1:13:21.360 --> 1:13:24.360 so I'm not saying the wrong thing here. If you 1:13:24.439 --> 1:13:26.439 tap that little light bulb, it will bring you to 1:13:26.479 --> 1:13:28.280 Oh yeah, it'll bring you right to the list of 1:13:28.400 --> 1:13:31.759 every single show. So if you tap show number eighty, 1:13:31.800 --> 1:13:34.640 you'll see all the show notes. Everything I've mentioned is 1:13:34.720 --> 1:13:37.360 linked up there, and you can see at the bottom 1:13:37.360 --> 1:13:40.360 it says Google is making its Dark Web monitoring available 1:13:40.360 --> 1:13:43.280 to all. And so you can click that and get 1:13:43.320 --> 1:13:47.080 more information about that, read about it, sign up for it. 1:13:47.360 --> 1:13:49.479 And right now you can't sign up for the Dark 1:13:49.520 --> 1:13:53.320 Web unless you are paying member, but you can start 1:13:53.400 --> 1:13:55.680 with the feature I talked about, the results about you, 1:13:55.840 --> 1:14:00.760 and then dark Web will come later this month. All right, 1:14:00.800 --> 1:14:02.600 I think we got all that. Oh I want to 1:14:02.600 --> 1:14:05.080 tell a funny story. So today I'm texting with my 1:14:05.160 --> 1:14:08.880 friend this morning, as we typically do on Saturday mornings, 1:14:08.920 --> 1:14:13.120 Jefferson Graham, friend of the show. He writes a great newsletter. 1:14:13.200 --> 1:14:15.120 He does all kind of you know, you worked for 1:14:15.280 --> 1:14:19.040 USA Today forever writing a column there, and now he 1:14:19.160 --> 1:14:22.160 is on his own doing photo walks TV. And so 1:14:22.240 --> 1:14:25.559 we both have newsletters on our substacks, and so Saturday 1:14:25.560 --> 1:14:28.160 morning we usually send them out and we always compare notes, 1:14:28.680 --> 1:14:31.679 and so we're texting this morning and I'm like, wait, 1:14:31.680 --> 1:14:34.839 a second, are you on an iPhone right now? Because 1:14:35.040 --> 1:14:37.080 we are texting the way you would text on I 1:14:37.240 --> 1:14:41.040 message where I can see when he's typing. I can 1:14:41.120 --> 1:14:44.599 see when my messages are delivered. And he said, yeah, 1:14:44.600 --> 1:14:46.760 I'm running iOS eighteen. I said, you've got to be 1:14:46.840 --> 1:14:50.840 kidding me. This is my first RCS text messaging ever 1:14:51.160 --> 1:14:53.040 in my life with an iPhone person. 1:14:53.960 --> 1:14:54.880 What does that mean? 1:14:55.080 --> 1:15:02.000 It means that finally, after many many years of this 1:15:02.120 --> 1:15:06.000 whole divide of iPhone versus Android when it comes to messaging, 1:15:06.520 --> 1:15:11.920 come September when everyone finally gets the iOS update. Right now, 1:15:12.000 --> 1:15:15.639 he is probably running a beta update. Then there's gonna 1:15:15.640 --> 1:15:19.080 be a public beta coming out any day now, probably 1:15:19.160 --> 1:15:21.040 you know soon, because they said it's gonna be sometime 1:15:21.080 --> 1:15:24.240 in July. I don't recommend you install that on your 1:15:24.240 --> 1:15:26.920 primary phone though, unless you are a tinkerer or you 1:15:26.960 --> 1:15:29.920 know what you're doing with technology, because you really can't 1:15:29.960 --> 1:15:32.800 go back. So once you get that, it's very tough 1:15:32.840 --> 1:15:36.799 to roll back to a standard, you know, final software release. 1:15:37.120 --> 1:15:41.080 So wait until September. But come September, you will finally 1:15:41.120 --> 1:15:45.680 be able to text message between iPhone and Android in 1:15:45.720 --> 1:15:48.439 a way that everyone can enjoy. 1:15:48.479 --> 1:15:49.080 The same thing. 1:15:49.640 --> 1:15:51.760 You can see when they're typing, you can see when 1:15:51.800 --> 1:15:55.679 your messages are delivered, and most importantly, you can send 1:15:56.000 --> 1:16:01.679 photos and videos that actually look high quality between an 1:16:01.720 --> 1:16:06.560 Android and an iPhone. It's called RCS Rich Communications Services. 1:16:07.080 --> 1:16:11.880 It's a standard that Apple has not adopted until now. 1:16:12.600 --> 1:16:15.519 And so if you're Android to Android, you're already enjoying this. 1:16:16.080 --> 1:16:19.080 If your iPhone to iPhone, you're already enjoying this. But finally, 1:16:19.160 --> 1:16:24.080 come September, iPhone to Android, Android to iPhone, text messaging 1:16:24.120 --> 1:16:27.880 will finally finally get better. And I'm telling you it 1:16:27.920 --> 1:16:30.760 was like a weight was lifted this morning as I 1:16:30.840 --> 1:16:35.680 just smiled knowing that text messaging is finally better. Let's 1:16:35.720 --> 1:16:39.200 go to Clark in Lancaster, California. Clark, you're on with Rich. 1:16:40.240 --> 1:16:43.000 Hey, Rich, thanks for listening to this call. 1:16:43.479 --> 1:16:46.000 Yeah, I've got a question about. 1:16:45.600 --> 1:16:49.519 My home Wi Fi system. I wonder if there is 1:16:49.640 --> 1:16:54.960 an easy way for a non technical person to troubleshoot. 1:16:54.320 --> 1:16:56.240 And see if. 1:16:55.920 --> 1:16:59.680 An intermittent problem with Wi Fi is a problem with 1:16:59.720 --> 1:17:00.400 my router. 1:17:00.680 --> 1:17:02.320 My WiFi router. 1:17:02.560 --> 1:17:06.360 Well, your your your signal to us is pretty bad, 1:17:06.479 --> 1:17:08.920 so I may have to put you on hold. Here 1:17:08.960 --> 1:17:11.519 but what is specifically going wrong, like is it not 1:17:11.560 --> 1:17:12.759 working in certain places? 1:17:12.880 --> 1:17:14.200 Is it not fast? 1:17:14.880 --> 1:17:19.519 It seems to be up and down. It's intermittent. Sometimes 1:17:19.520 --> 1:17:22.599 I get the full mighte of what I'm paying for 1:17:22.680 --> 1:17:27.800 on my uh my uh internet from spectrum and other 1:17:27.920 --> 1:17:30.720 kinds of drops down to half that, and sometimes it's 1:17:30.760 --> 1:17:34.000 almost non existent. And like I said, it's intermitt and 1:17:34.000 --> 1:17:36.519 I can go days or weeks with no problem in them. 1:17:37.920 --> 1:17:40.080 Like today it seems to be up and down. And 1:17:40.240 --> 1:17:42.919 as you're saying, we've got a bad. 1:17:42.800 --> 1:17:44.639 Call, yeah, with my. 1:17:44.640 --> 1:17:47.880 Wife earlier and she complained that actually had to hang out. 1:17:48.040 --> 1:17:49.200 Oh wow wow. 1:17:49.280 --> 1:17:51.800 Okay, So so a couple of things. So first off, 1:17:52.520 --> 1:17:54.560 I'm going to put you on hold just because the 1:17:54.960 --> 1:17:59.960 interference there, So it sounds like there's something that's interfere 1:18:00.360 --> 1:18:01.800 with your Wi Fi. Now, I don't know if you 1:18:01.840 --> 1:18:04.439 were on a Wi Fi call with me, but it's 1:18:04.479 --> 1:18:07.080 been a long time since I actually heard interference on 1:18:07.120 --> 1:18:09.599 a cell call because everything's digital these days, so there's 1:18:09.640 --> 1:18:11.960 really no more static. I don't know if you remember 1:18:12.000 --> 1:18:13.840 back in the day, when you make a call on 1:18:13.920 --> 1:18:17.200 an analog cell phone. Back in the day everything was analog, 1:18:17.640 --> 1:18:20.559 there would actually be static. You would somehow you know, 1:18:20.840 --> 1:18:23.840 hear the person through static, and nowadays you either hear 1:18:23.840 --> 1:18:26.599 the person or you don't, or it drops out because 1:18:26.600 --> 1:18:30.200 it's all digital. So number one, it sounds like something 1:18:30.280 --> 1:18:32.880 is interfering with your Wi Fi. And there's a lot 1:18:32.880 --> 1:18:36.240 of devices in the home that can do that, anything 1:18:36.240 --> 1:18:41.080 that's putting out a frequency, like a microwave or a TV. 1:18:41.760 --> 1:18:45.959 So if your router is not in a central location, 1:18:46.560 --> 1:18:48.640 that's the first thing I would do. So if you 1:18:48.720 --> 1:18:51.000 have it in a cabinet, or if you have it 1:18:51.200 --> 1:18:54.760 behind your TV, get that bad boy out into the 1:18:54.800 --> 1:18:57.120 open so that it can spread its wings and fly. 1:18:57.720 --> 1:19:00.360 That signal needs to make its way around your house. 1:19:00.400 --> 1:19:03.599 And if it's constricted in some way by a piece 1:19:03.640 --> 1:19:05.880 of furniture or a wall, or it's in a corner, 1:19:05.880 --> 1:19:08.640 nobody puts baby in a corner. Uh, you gotta you 1:19:08.640 --> 1:19:11.599 gotta put this thing out in the open, right And 1:19:11.680 --> 1:19:16.360 so uh, I love when I get Bobo on a 1:19:16.400 --> 1:19:19.160 reference when he's just sitting there, you know, doing his thing, 1:19:19.240 --> 1:19:22.360 and you know he liked that one. I guess you 1:19:22.400 --> 1:19:24.960 grew up with the dirty dancing household as I did. 1:19:25.120 --> 1:19:27.360 Yes, I did. Yeah, that was that was big back 1:19:27.360 --> 1:19:27.800 in the day. 1:19:29.400 --> 1:19:33.559 So anyway, so central location number one, get it off 1:19:33.600 --> 1:19:36.360 the floor, don't you know the the the signal for 1:19:36.439 --> 1:19:39.599 Wi Fi emanates out of your router in a doughnut shape, 1:19:39.960 --> 1:19:42.760 So think about that as those waves are sort of 1:19:42.800 --> 1:19:44.880 making their way throughout your house, So you want to 1:19:44.880 --> 1:19:49.360 have the least number of obstructions from that signal, and 1:19:49.439 --> 1:19:51.439 again keep it away from electronics. So if you have 1:19:51.479 --> 1:19:54.160 a microwave going on, or a TV or any sort 1:19:54.200 --> 1:19:57.920 of like other device near your router, that can definitely 1:19:58.000 --> 1:20:01.439 impede it the way to try shoot And you mentioned 1:20:01.479 --> 1:20:05.480 that your speed is sometimes not as good, so typically 1:20:05.840 --> 1:20:07.800 the speed that you're going to get over Wi Fi 1:20:07.960 --> 1:20:09.960 is going to be about half of what you are 1:20:10.000 --> 1:20:13.760 getting wired. So if your connection is three hundred through 1:20:13.800 --> 1:20:17.360 Spectrum or whoever your provider is that is coming into 1:20:17.520 --> 1:20:20.600 your router, your WiFi is probably only going to be 1:20:20.640 --> 1:20:23.759 one fifty when it's actually making its way to your device. 1:20:23.880 --> 1:20:27.200 And the reason is just it's not a perfect system. 1:20:27.520 --> 1:20:29.760 But what I would do is I would plug in 1:20:30.160 --> 1:20:34.320 your computer into your actual router, your modem, your router, 1:20:34.439 --> 1:20:38.160 whatever it is, and I would test the speed wired 1:20:38.320 --> 1:20:41.000 on your computer. Go to a website like fast dot 1:20:41.040 --> 1:20:45.120 com or speed test dot net and see what your 1:20:45.160 --> 1:20:49.479 speed is and also check out the latency. And there's 1:20:49.479 --> 1:20:51.680 also some diagnostics on there that can give you an 1:20:51.720 --> 1:20:54.920 idea of if your signal is okay, because you know, 1:20:54.960 --> 1:20:57.080 you may have a wire or something that's freight or 1:20:57.080 --> 1:20:59.200 you might you know, chipmunk or something might have We 1:20:59.240 --> 1:21:01.439 have chipmunks California laying caster. 1:21:02.040 --> 1:21:04.920 Yeah, we do, Okay, we have chipmunks, maybe more like one. 1:21:04.920 --> 1:21:07.160 Are those things called a possum, you know, the things 1:21:07.200 --> 1:21:10.080 with like the really sharp teeth. Maybe they ate through 1:21:10.120 --> 1:21:14.800 the wires, you know. My point is all the yeah, 1:21:14.880 --> 1:21:18.519 some sort of rodent rap, you know whatever. You check 1:21:18.560 --> 1:21:21.439 for those things because that can all be affecting your 1:21:21.439 --> 1:21:23.920 signal and if none of that is working. You can 1:21:23.920 --> 1:21:26.760 also get an app, a Wi Fi analyzer app, so 1:21:26.960 --> 1:21:28.760 if you're on Android, I don't think they have these 1:21:28.800 --> 1:21:32.240 for iPhone, but a Wi Fi Analyzer app you can 1:21:32.280 --> 1:21:35.000 download to an Android device and you can kind of 1:21:35.000 --> 1:21:37.280 walk around the house and see what's going on with 1:21:37.320 --> 1:21:40.719 your signal that way. So those are just a few 1:21:40.760 --> 1:21:44.080 of the ways that you can troubleshoot. If you want. 1:21:44.120 --> 1:21:46.240 You can call your cable company or whatever. They may 1:21:46.320 --> 1:21:48.559 charge you, but you can say, hey, look my signal's 1:21:48.600 --> 1:21:50.880 just not working as well as it should be, and 1:21:51.160 --> 1:21:53.160 they may come out and help you troubleshoot, but they 1:21:53.400 --> 1:21:55.439 probably will charge you for that because they're going to 1:21:55.439 --> 1:21:57.679 do a test from their end saying nope, we're giving 1:21:57.680 --> 1:22:00.320 you the speed that you're paying for and it's on 1:22:00.360 --> 1:22:02.720 your end. So that's another way to look at it. 1:22:03.240 --> 1:22:06.240 But Clark, those are some of the suggestions. Thanks for 1:22:06.240 --> 1:22:08.840 the call today, appreciate it. Eighty eight rich one O 1:22:08.960 --> 1:22:12.280 one eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 1:22:12.640 --> 1:22:15.759 Coming up, we are going to talk to the founder 1:22:15.880 --> 1:22:19.120 of the Oco app. This is to help the visually 1:22:19.160 --> 1:22:22.880 impaired safely cross streets. Plus, I'm gonna tell you Spectrum 1:22:22.920 --> 1:22:24.839 is raising their cable and TV prices. 1:22:24.880 --> 1:22:25.920 I'll tell you by how much. 1:22:26.000 --> 1:22:28.240 And Google Maps gets a feature that can help you 1:22:28.360 --> 1:22:32.599 avoid a ticket for speeding. This is rich on Tech. 1:22:33.920 --> 1:22:36.360 Welcome back to rich on Tech. One of my all 1:22:36.479 --> 1:22:41.080 time favorite wedding songs. Nothing says a good wedding like 1:22:41.160 --> 1:22:52.000 this song. Hey oh, if you're listening on the podcast, 1:22:52.080 --> 1:22:55.040 it's September by Earth Wind and Fire. Okay, so I 1:22:55.040 --> 1:22:58.000 have a funny story about this song. So we had 1:22:58.080 --> 1:23:00.719 Earth Wind and Fire come to KTLA for a segment, 1:23:01.360 --> 1:23:03.640 and I love this song, and so I you know, 1:23:04.160 --> 1:23:06.080 when in my life did I ever think I would 1:23:06.080 --> 1:23:08.360 be face to face with the guys from earth Wind 1:23:08.400 --> 1:23:08.760 and Fire? 1:23:08.840 --> 1:23:09.479 Right, like never? 1:23:09.920 --> 1:23:12.960 But we have this restaurant in Los Angeles called earth 1:23:13.080 --> 1:23:16.400 Wind and Flower in West Los Angeles. It's a it's 1:23:16.439 --> 1:23:19.120 an Italian restaurant, and it's just a play on words, right, 1:23:19.920 --> 1:23:21.960 And so I'm like, you know what I got to 1:23:22.000 --> 1:23:25.840 ask these guys. So I go up to the guy 1:23:25.880 --> 1:23:28.840 from earth Wind and Fire. I'm like, Hey, are you 1:23:28.880 --> 1:23:32.160 aware of the restaurant called earth Wind and Flower? And 1:23:32.200 --> 1:23:35.000 he's like, yeah, I've heard of it. I just thought 1:23:35.000 --> 1:23:37.479 that was so funny because like, I don't know, like, 1:23:38.200 --> 1:23:40.760 you have a restaurant that plays on your name of 1:23:40.800 --> 1:23:43.439 your band. Isn't that a lawsuit? Kinder n you could 1:23:43.640 --> 1:23:45.639 you could have that? I mean I don't. I don't 1:23:45.680 --> 1:23:48.799 think it's a lawsuit. And also it's been around forever. 1:23:49.160 --> 1:23:54.800 Changed my name to Demiro Rich DeMuro. This restaurant has 1:23:54.920 --> 1:23:59.320 been around forever. Like I'm talking, it's got to be 1:23:59.400 --> 1:24:03.120 thirty oh thirty five years there it is anyway, I 1:24:03.160 --> 1:24:04.840 just thought that was funny. Like the guy kind of 1:24:04.840 --> 1:24:08.719 looked at me, like, really, you're asking me this, but yeah, 1:24:08.840 --> 1:24:11.360 you know, why not. It's so funny. Like working at 1:24:11.400 --> 1:24:15.120 kat La, you know, where we do a news you know, 1:24:15.200 --> 1:24:18.400 a morning news program, and there's always celebrities coming through, 1:24:18.720 --> 1:24:20.760 and most of them are pretty guarded, but you know, 1:24:20.760 --> 1:24:22.519 there's always moments when you can just kind of talk 1:24:22.560 --> 1:24:25.920 to them whatever. And I've had more cool like oh 1:24:25.960 --> 1:24:28.400 my gosh, I can't believe I am coming face to 1:24:28.439 --> 1:24:31.160 face with this person who I watched their show when 1:24:31.200 --> 1:24:33.280 I was a kid, or they sing a song that 1:24:33.320 --> 1:24:36.799 I like, or it's just amazing that you meet these people. 1:24:37.120 --> 1:24:39.639 And most of them, I will tell you most people 1:24:39.680 --> 1:24:41.280 are a lot more shy than you think. 1:24:41.320 --> 1:24:43.320 Not shy, but more like introverted. 1:24:43.640 --> 1:24:45.479 Like you think just because you're a celebrity, they're like 1:24:45.640 --> 1:24:47.160 sitting there telling jokes and stuff. 1:24:47.160 --> 1:24:48.120 They're not bubba. 1:24:48.200 --> 1:24:48.360 I know. 1:24:48.400 --> 1:24:50.679 You want to say something that was kind of same thing. 1:24:50.800 --> 1:24:54.040 It's still weird to me being friends with Stevie Wonder 1:24:54.640 --> 1:24:55.240 and I have to. 1:24:55.200 --> 1:24:58.360 Text him that's amazing. Now, that is the weirdest thing 1:24:58.360 --> 1:24:58.880 in the world. 1:24:58.960 --> 1:25:00.679 And when he told me. I thought he was joking. 1:25:01.000 --> 1:25:04.120 What a text? Yeah, he always shows you like text 1:25:04.160 --> 1:25:04.840 me before you call. 1:25:04.960 --> 1:25:10.880 He gave you his burner number. He's like, hold on, 1:25:10.960 --> 1:25:12.880 I can't remember this number off the top of my head. 1:25:12.960 --> 1:25:13.519 Let me look at it. 1:25:14.240 --> 1:25:16.320 But no, it's weird because you text him and he'll 1:25:16.320 --> 1:25:18.800 literally you get a text backer he'll just call you. 1:25:19.280 --> 1:25:20.000 That's amazing. 1:25:20.680 --> 1:25:24.880 My most LA story about that is I was in 1:25:24.920 --> 1:25:29.200 the movie uh Zoolander two, but I wasn't in it. 1:25:29.240 --> 1:25:30.840 I didn't make the cut, but I was. 1:25:31.200 --> 1:25:33.439 I had a small like news person role that I 1:25:33.479 --> 1:25:37.080 shot for the movie, and I didn't. I didn't make 1:25:37.120 --> 1:25:38.960 the final cut. They ended up using someone else. But 1:25:39.000 --> 1:25:42.040 I still recorded it all and everything check still got 1:25:42.040 --> 1:25:44.479 a check. And the best part was I got a 1:25:44.520 --> 1:25:48.000 text message from and this only in LA. I got 1:25:48.000 --> 1:25:50.000 a text message on my phone that says, HI, this 1:25:50.080 --> 1:25:53.080 is Blah Blah Blah's name, Ben Stiller's assistant. 1:25:53.400 --> 1:25:55.040 Ben would like to go over the lines with you. 1:25:55.120 --> 1:25:55.880 Do you have a moment? 1:25:56.120 --> 1:25:59.000 I said, only in Los Angeles, you get a text 1:25:59.000 --> 1:26:02.280 message like this, I screenshot it. I saved it forever 1:26:02.360 --> 1:26:04.920 and I will never forget. On the phone call with 1:26:04.960 --> 1:26:08.679 Ben Stiller, like I've who am I Rich Demiro speaking 1:26:08.720 --> 1:26:11.240 with Ben Stiller and he's just sitting there telling me 1:26:11.280 --> 1:26:13.719 how he, you know, his thought for like the person 1:26:13.800 --> 1:26:16.320 and all this stuff. And clearly it didn't work because 1:26:16.400 --> 1:26:19.680 I didn't I wasn't good enough. But anyway, I just 1:26:19.680 --> 1:26:22.559 thought that was so funny. It's just these la things. 1:26:23.960 --> 1:26:26.080 I had another point that I was gonna make and 1:26:26.120 --> 1:26:28.639 now I forgot. But that's okay, you know what, It's 1:26:28.680 --> 1:26:32.760 all good. Let's see a spectrum I was gonna tell 1:26:32.760 --> 1:26:36.599 you about. This Spectrum is raising prices for cable TV 1:26:36.680 --> 1:26:39.000 and Internet. This of course depends on where you are 1:26:39.200 --> 1:26:41.960 on you know how much it's going up. But this 1:26:42.040 --> 1:26:46.160 is this is cord Cutter's News reporting that TV prices 1:26:46.200 --> 1:26:49.960 are raising by three dollars in certain states. Internet based 1:26:49.960 --> 1:26:52.479 prices will increase by three to four dollars depending on 1:26:52.520 --> 1:26:55.320 the plan. Cost of renting your cable box will go 1:26:55.360 --> 1:26:59.240 up by a dollar a month, and Spectrum says rising 1:26:59.280 --> 1:27:02.960 programming call that's why they're passing along these increases. So 1:27:04.400 --> 1:27:06.719 number one, I would check to see if your prices 1:27:06.760 --> 1:27:09.439 are going up for ninety nine point nine percent of you, 1:27:09.439 --> 1:27:11.920 you're gonna say what can you do. You know, it's 1:27:11.960 --> 1:27:14.200 just another price increase, just add it to the list 1:27:14.240 --> 1:27:16.800 of all the other things that have gone up. But 1:27:17.120 --> 1:27:19.760 if you want to get a little bit more you know, 1:27:21.640 --> 1:27:24.280 angry about this and do something about it, there are 1:27:24.360 --> 1:27:27.479 things you can switch to. You can switch to a 1:27:27.520 --> 1:27:33.040 streaming service like a DirecTV stream, Fubo, Hulu, Live TV, Filo, 1:27:33.240 --> 1:27:36.040 Sling TV, and YouTube TV. Those are all options. The 1:27:36.120 --> 1:27:40.479 problem is if you are watching cable TV and you 1:27:40.640 --> 1:27:43.960 like cable TV, it's all pretty expensive now. Some of 1:27:44.000 --> 1:27:47.240 these smaller services, like a Sling TV or a Filo 1:27:47.840 --> 1:27:51.200 or a Friendly TV, they ditch the sports, they ditch 1:27:51.240 --> 1:27:53.439 the news, and you can pay a little bit less. 1:27:53.479 --> 1:27:55.839 But if you want stuff like your sports and your news, 1:27:56.080 --> 1:27:58.120 you're gonna be paying for it. Like direct TV stream 1:27:58.240 --> 1:28:01.200 is just the same price as having cable YouTube TV 1:28:01.439 --> 1:28:04.360 is just the same price. The only slight difference is 1:28:04.360 --> 1:28:06.680 that you can kind of pause it and restart your 1:28:06.720 --> 1:28:10.680 membership at will versus spectrum. You know, you can't just 1:28:10.680 --> 1:28:12.120 call them up and say, hey, I want to pause. 1:28:12.160 --> 1:28:14.360 I mean, maybe you can, but I don't think you can. 1:28:15.400 --> 1:28:17.479 So it's a lot easier to kind of pause and 1:28:17.560 --> 1:28:20.200 decide when you want to pay for these things versus 1:28:20.200 --> 1:28:23.240 having a traditional cable company. When it comes to internet, 1:28:23.320 --> 1:28:26.799 you can check out five G Home Internet. Verizon, t Mobile, 1:28:26.840 --> 1:28:30.040 AT and t All offer five G wireless home Internet. 1:28:30.360 --> 1:28:33.400 That might be a way to save on your internet costs. 1:28:33.960 --> 1:28:36.080 Eight to eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:28:36.160 --> 1:28:38.320 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 1:28:38.360 --> 1:28:40.680 we're going to talk to the founder of the o 1:28:40.920 --> 1:28:45.240 co app, which helps the visually impaired safely cross streets. 1:28:47.280 --> 1:28:50.240 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking 1:28:50.320 --> 1:28:53.160 tech with you. Recently, I was in Cooper Tino for 1:28:53.240 --> 1:28:56.880 Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. While I was there, I spoke 1:28:56.920 --> 1:29:01.000 with a developer who's making waves inaccessible technology. Willem van 1:29:01.040 --> 1:29:04.439 Demrop is based in Belgium and is co founder of Eyes. 1:29:04.960 --> 1:29:07.960 They make an app called Oco. This won an Apple 1:29:08.000 --> 1:29:09.720 Design Award for Inclusivity. 1:29:10.160 --> 1:29:12.640 OCO. That's Oko uses. 1:29:12.400 --> 1:29:15.840 AI and the iPhone's camera to help visually impaired people 1:29:16.160 --> 1:29:21.000 navigate streets and crosswalks safely. In our conversation, Wilhelm shared 1:29:21.080 --> 1:29:25.560 insights about this groundbreaking technology and his journey as a developer. 1:29:25.800 --> 1:29:26.080 Yeah. 1:29:26.120 --> 1:29:29.920 So, basically, the Oco application uses artificial intelligence and a 1:29:29.920 --> 1:29:32.400 back camera of the phone to recognize the walk and 1:29:32.439 --> 1:29:34.759 the don't walk signal for blind and vision impaired people, 1:29:35.040 --> 1:29:37.240 and then bring that information back to you with vibrations 1:29:37.320 --> 1:29:40.280 and sounds. And then now, especially for dubbed up, we're 1:29:40.280 --> 1:29:44.120 actually launching a completely new version where we're also building 1:29:44.200 --> 1:29:47.479 up Apple Maps basically and adding more information on that 1:29:47.640 --> 1:29:51.600 combined with that artificial intelligence, so basically helping blind and 1:29:51.640 --> 1:29:53.920 vision impaired people to safely ride from A to B 1:29:54.479 --> 1:29:58.599 with that pedestrian navigation and also that pedestrian signal detection 1:29:58.680 --> 1:30:00.880 that we have originally. So it's a whole new, brand 1:30:00.880 --> 1:30:01.919 new version. 1:30:01.720 --> 1:30:04.200 Of the app. Oh wow, And what spent What was 1:30:04.280 --> 1:30:06.400 kind of like the inspiration behind the app? 1:30:06.560 --> 1:30:09.200 Yeah, So myself and my two co founders were AI 1:30:09.280 --> 1:30:13.559 engineers by trade. I used to work on medical computer vision, 1:30:13.840 --> 1:30:16.600 my co founder autuonnel driving trains, and a third co 1:30:16.720 --> 1:30:19.479 founder as well on computer vision AI. And we were 1:30:19.479 --> 1:30:22.320 talking with a mutual friend of us who is officially impaired, 1:30:22.320 --> 1:30:24.559 and he told us about the biggest challenges that he 1:30:24.600 --> 1:30:27.880 had outdoors, and we just figured, well, hey, if a 1:30:28.000 --> 1:30:29.960 tes i can do it on the highway, why we 1:30:30.000 --> 1:30:32.120 do it for people on the sidewalk, and then we 1:30:32.560 --> 1:30:35.880 started building a hecky wearable device with lots of wires 1:30:35.880 --> 1:30:39.000 sticking out of it a camera. But we quickly realized 1:30:39.000 --> 1:30:40.920 if we want to make it affordable and scalable so 1:30:40.960 --> 1:30:43.559 that it works for everyone, we need to be able 1:30:43.560 --> 1:30:45.760 to optimize the AI so that it runs locally on 1:30:45.840 --> 1:30:48.599 the phone that they already own. And so the moment 1:30:48.640 --> 1:30:50.360 that we were able to do that, we could our 1:30:50.439 --> 1:30:52.040 jobs and started full time. 1:30:52.400 --> 1:30:52.719 Wow. 1:30:52.800 --> 1:30:55.400 And the beauty of the app is the simplicity of 1:30:55.439 --> 1:30:58.760 it that it just uses the software and sensors on 1:30:58.840 --> 1:31:03.920 the iPhone, and so with that simplicity, it's pretty incredible 1:31:04.000 --> 1:31:04.920 what it's been able to do. 1:31:05.000 --> 1:31:08.360 What has been the reaction to this app, It's. 1:31:08.240 --> 1:31:09.960 Been pretty pretty amazing so far. 1:31:10.080 --> 1:31:11.120 It's really cool. 1:31:11.280 --> 1:31:13.479 For example, I have this one user who told me, 1:31:13.560 --> 1:31:16.559 like beforehand, I used to not be able to reach 1:31:16.600 --> 1:31:19.040 this farmer's market in this part of town. It was 1:31:19.080 --> 1:31:21.960 really like a lucked out zone, almost like in a 1:31:22.040 --> 1:31:24.400 video game. And now because of your app, I just 1:31:24.880 --> 1:31:26.800 am able to unlock this part of town, go to 1:31:26.840 --> 1:31:29.760 the farmer's market, and are able to reach all of 1:31:29.760 --> 1:31:32.760 those destinations. Other people just say without the app, I 1:31:33.040 --> 1:31:36.200 can't cross anymore. So it's really amazing to see that 1:31:36.560 --> 1:31:38.599 we want to provide you with so much more information 1:31:38.680 --> 1:31:42.040 and we want to help you create that independence sometimes. 1:31:42.080 --> 1:31:46.519 Of course, it's so crucial to find that it can 1:31:46.560 --> 1:31:49.840 help at these super difficult intersections and just make it 1:31:49.880 --> 1:31:51.160 so much easier for some people. 1:31:51.600 --> 1:31:54.640 So what goes into programming an app like this to 1:31:54.840 --> 1:31:59.880 work across you know, different languages, different places, you know, 1:32:00.000 --> 1:32:01.520 different types of walk signals? 1:32:01.880 --> 1:32:04.759 How do you do all that? Yeah, so quite a lot. 1:32:05.400 --> 1:32:08.639 Although it's quite simple, it's a very difficult application to build. 1:32:08.720 --> 1:32:10.880 It's building on computer vision, and it needs to be 1:32:10.920 --> 1:32:13.320 super stable and needs to make sure, of course that 1:32:13.320 --> 1:32:16.559 it's safe to use. So we start out by capturing 1:32:16.560 --> 1:32:21.000 a lot of data ourselves. So that's the rain, the sun, snow, 1:32:21.160 --> 1:32:24.479 all icy conditions, every scenario that you can imagine, and 1:32:24.520 --> 1:32:26.680 we build an AI model based on that, and then 1:32:26.720 --> 1:32:28.839 we optimize it so that it runs on the devices 1:32:28.840 --> 1:32:32.760 that they already own. Of course, the entire world has 1:32:32.920 --> 1:32:36.080 pretty similar production signals except for the US and ken 1:32:36.280 --> 1:32:39.559 really yeah, so that's when when we started expanding here. 1:32:39.600 --> 1:32:41.680 We needed to travel a bit here to capture a 1:32:41.680 --> 1:32:44.440 lot of data here. To make sure that the algorithm 1:32:44.560 --> 1:32:47.160 is very powerful here as well. And then now, of 1:32:47.200 --> 1:32:50.240 course as people are using it, we're constantly gathering imaging 1:32:50.240 --> 1:32:52.600 information to maintain that algorithm to make sure that it 1:32:52.640 --> 1:32:53.360 stays performing. 1:32:53.800 --> 1:32:57.400 What's different about the US with respect to our signals. 1:32:58.200 --> 1:33:00.880 Here in the US it's a red hand which is 1:33:01.000 --> 1:33:03.360 the don't walk signal, and then a white walking man 1:33:03.400 --> 1:33:07.599 which is a walk signal. In Europe, Japan or similar places, 1:33:07.640 --> 1:33:10.719 it's just like a red guy which is don't walk, 1:33:10.760 --> 1:33:14.000 and then a green walking man which is the walk signal, 1:33:14.240 --> 1:33:16.240 and they're on top of each other. Is instead of 1:33:16.280 --> 1:33:19.280 one square pedession signal, So it's just like a whole 1:33:19.280 --> 1:33:22.559 different few and different colors, which the AI needs to. 1:33:22.600 --> 1:33:25.080 Learn of course, and how accurate is the app. 1:33:26.400 --> 1:33:29.439 We've helped cross more than three million streets now we 1:33:29.520 --> 1:33:32.599 haven't had any complaints, so we know that there's of course, 1:33:32.600 --> 1:33:35.280 there's so many safety buffers in place to make sure 1:33:35.320 --> 1:33:38.280 that it's not saying that wrong pedession signal. But very 1:33:38.320 --> 1:33:41.120 important is that it's another tool in the toolbox for 1:33:41.160 --> 1:33:45.120 so many binea visually impaired people. They are very independent, 1:33:45.160 --> 1:33:46.839 then they have so many tools at their disposal. 1:33:46.880 --> 1:33:49.200 We're just trying to bring back more information to the user. 1:33:50.000 --> 1:33:51.560 So this is WWDC. 1:33:51.880 --> 1:33:54.200 This is where developers come to kind of learn about 1:33:54.240 --> 1:33:57.519 the tools available to them. So what developer tools are 1:33:57.560 --> 1:34:00.880 you taking advantage of on the iPhone that enables this app? 1:34:01.520 --> 1:34:04.040 So of course the COREML is a big aspect of 1:34:04.080 --> 1:34:07.400 it is that the possibility to run complex AI locally 1:34:07.400 --> 1:34:10.040 on the device that they already own. But now of 1:34:10.080 --> 1:34:13.160 course we're building on met Kit, but also voiceover and 1:34:13.240 --> 1:34:16.920 dynamic typing. Blindness is a spectrum, so that means that 1:34:16.920 --> 1:34:18.840 some people want to see the phone and have it 1:34:19.000 --> 1:34:23.439 super and large information, but we are able to make 1:34:23.479 --> 1:34:26.080 sure that the app really supports all that kind of information, 1:34:26.120 --> 1:34:27.639 all that sooming and I've been and stuff. 1:34:28.040 --> 1:34:29.160 How long has this journey been? 1:34:29.960 --> 1:34:32.360 Right now, we're three years old, so we're really quite 1:34:32.360 --> 1:34:35.120 a young underdog, still a small team, but we're growing 1:34:35.200 --> 1:34:38.519 fast and where we get so many demands to expand 1:34:38.520 --> 1:34:40.120 to so many countries as soon as possible. 1:34:40.120 --> 1:34:41.439 So it's going going great. 1:34:41.840 --> 1:34:44.080 And what's been kind of the biggest challenge for you 1:34:44.160 --> 1:34:46.639 along the way, is it just figuring out all these 1:34:46.640 --> 1:34:49.639 different signals and all the different variables that go into 1:34:49.640 --> 1:34:51.639 this I would. 1:34:51.479 --> 1:34:56.120 Say for us, the biggest challenge is expanding as soon 1:34:56.160 --> 1:34:58.360 as possible because there's so much demand for the app 1:34:58.880 --> 1:35:00.760 and we need to be able to to keep up 1:35:00.760 --> 1:35:03.839 with our resources to expand into those different areas. 1:35:04.160 --> 1:35:05.040 So yeah, just. 1:35:05.000 --> 1:35:07.240 Going as fast as possible is I think one of 1:35:07.280 --> 1:35:08.160 the biggest challenges. 1:35:08.880 --> 1:35:12.599 So this app is it do you monetize this app? 1:35:12.640 --> 1:35:13.679 How is that going to work? 1:35:14.240 --> 1:35:16.960 It's started out by wanting to help out our visually 1:35:17.000 --> 1:35:20.040 impaired friend, and we want to keep it for free 1:35:20.080 --> 1:35:22.439 for the end user. It's similar to kind of like 1:35:22.479 --> 1:35:27.080 a ways model, where you get a very interesting anonymized 1:35:27.240 --> 1:35:29.760 data that you can license to third parties to make 1:35:29.800 --> 1:35:32.400 sure that the stays for free for the end user. 1:35:32.479 --> 1:35:36.720 But there is for example, like bigger companies, they can 1:35:36.760 --> 1:35:40.240 have very very useful information extracted out of the images 1:35:40.280 --> 1:35:43.040 that we capture, and that way you can maintain for example, 1:35:43.040 --> 1:35:46.360 your Google Maps, Apple Maps, and that way you can. 1:35:46.400 --> 1:35:49.160 Keep the application for free for the end user. And 1:35:49.240 --> 1:35:51.599 what advice do you have to someone that has an 1:35:51.600 --> 1:35:53.320 idea for an app? Build it? 1:35:53.840 --> 1:35:56.320 There's there's so many great ideas out there. There's always 1:35:56.360 --> 1:35:59.080 someone being hesitant, like should I build it? Should I 1:35:59.120 --> 1:36:03.280 try it. As long as you one percent miss every 1:36:03.360 --> 1:36:05.200 chance that you don't take, so just try it, go 1:36:05.320 --> 1:36:07.880 for it. I would have never imagined that after three 1:36:07.960 --> 1:36:09.880 years I would be get dubbed up, which is a 1:36:09.960 --> 1:36:13.799 livelong dream, and now I'm here, so it's super amazing. 1:36:14.000 --> 1:36:14.880 How do you find the app? 1:36:15.120 --> 1:36:16.800 Just search for Oco in the app Store and then 1:36:16.840 --> 1:36:19.719 you'll find Oco Accessible maps, accessible navigation. 1:36:20.000 --> 1:36:21.320 And who do you think should download it? 1:36:21.520 --> 1:36:25.360 I think everyone that knows someone who's bindo vision impaired 1:36:25.360 --> 1:36:27.320 can download it, try it out so that they can 1:36:27.439 --> 1:36:29.639 recommend it. Of course, if someone is blind and vision 1:36:29.640 --> 1:36:31.679 impaired themselves, they can try it out and have fun 1:36:31.720 --> 1:36:35.360 with it. Down the line, we're actually expanding to people 1:36:35.400 --> 1:36:38.519 with a mobility disability as well, because we find that 1:36:38.520 --> 1:36:42.959 there's so much information missing on accessible intersection and accessible 1:36:43.000 --> 1:36:45.720 routing that we want to help answer some of those 1:36:45.760 --> 1:36:47.799 questions as well. So down the line will be expanding 1:36:47.840 --> 1:36:50.799 to helping the one in six Americans with a mobility 1:36:50.840 --> 1:36:51.759 disability as well. 1:36:51.960 --> 1:36:55.400 That was my conversation with Willem van Demurop, co founder 1:36:55.439 --> 1:36:59.320 of Oco, an app that's revolutionizing street navigation for the 1:36:59.400 --> 1:37:03.120 visually impaired. It's truly inspiring to see how developers like 1:37:03.160 --> 1:37:07.080 this are using AI and smartphone technology to create more 1:37:07.120 --> 1:37:08.440 inclusive experiences. 1:37:08.920 --> 1:37:11.520 Right now, the app is only available for the iPhone. 1:37:11.640 --> 1:37:15.120 You can find it by searching Oko on the app store. 1:37:15.400 --> 1:37:16.840 I'll put a link on my website. 1:37:16.960 --> 1:37:20.439 Just go to rich on Tech dot tv and hit 1:37:20.479 --> 1:37:22.320 the light bulb at the top of the page to 1:37:22.360 --> 1:37:22.840 find it. 1:37:23.200 --> 1:37:25.680 More rich on Tech coming your way right after this. 1:37:27.600 --> 1:37:30.519 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:37:30.520 --> 1:37:35.160 out with you, talking technology. The website for the show 1:37:35.479 --> 1:37:38.880 richon Tech dot tv. Can follow me online at rich 1:37:38.960 --> 1:37:40.920 on Tech. A couple more items before we get to 1:37:41.000 --> 1:37:45.600 the feedback. First off, Apple Launches worked with Google to 1:37:45.720 --> 1:37:48.200 launch a tool where you can now transfer your Google 1:37:48.200 --> 1:37:52.439 Photos directly to iCloud Photos. This is part of their 1:37:52.720 --> 1:37:56.320 data transfer project. This is an open source initiative. A 1:37:56.320 --> 1:37:59.840 lot of the big tech companies are very slowly doing this, 1:38:00.560 --> 1:38:02.640 but you know they're trying to make it so that 1:38:02.720 --> 1:38:05.200 you have data portability between these companies. 1:38:05.720 --> 1:38:08.519 It is a very slow process. It's very limited, but 1:38:08.960 --> 1:38:11.720 you know we're seeing some progress. But if you have 1:38:11.800 --> 1:38:14.880 Google Photos, you can now transfer your collection directly to 1:38:15.120 --> 1:38:15.879 iCloud photos. 1:38:15.920 --> 1:38:17.640 Without downloading it first. It will do it on the 1:38:17.680 --> 1:38:21.439 back end for you. Process may take several hours to 1:38:21.479 --> 1:38:24.240 a few days. Your photos and videos are not deleted 1:38:24.240 --> 1:38:27.800 from Google Photos after the transfer. So the nice thing 1:38:27.920 --> 1:38:29.680 is if you wanted to sort of back up your 1:38:29.720 --> 1:38:32.759 Google Photos to iCloud, maybe you have some extra storage 1:38:32.760 --> 1:38:34.599 and you just want your photos in two places, which 1:38:34.640 --> 1:38:37.559 you should have, this is one way of doing it. 1:38:37.640 --> 1:38:41.920 So again, apples are the new tool to transfer Google 1:38:41.960 --> 1:38:46.960 Photos to iCloud photos and also Google Maps introducing a 1:38:47.080 --> 1:38:50.920 speedometer and speed limits on the iPhone app. So this 1:38:50.960 --> 1:38:53.360 has been available and Android for a long time. If 1:38:53.360 --> 1:38:56.760 you're driving with Google Maps, you'll see in the lower 1:38:56.840 --> 1:38:59.439 left hand corner, it shows the speed limit for the road, 1:38:59.840 --> 1:39:02.280 but right next to it now on iPhone is going 1:39:02.320 --> 1:39:04.680 to show the speed that you're going. Yes, it's a 1:39:04.720 --> 1:39:07.880 little scary because now someone else is tracking your speed. 1:39:08.960 --> 1:39:11.679 I don't know what the privacy policy is with that information. 1:39:11.960 --> 1:39:15.719 Google says it's informational only. You should actually mostly rely 1:39:15.960 --> 1:39:18.960 on your car's actual spinometer, and if you want to 1:39:19.000 --> 1:39:21.080 turn it off, you can go into Google Map settings 1:39:21.160 --> 1:39:25.400 under navigation driving options. The update is to help iPhone 1:39:25.439 --> 1:39:29.519 users avoid speeding tickets. The ironic part is that Uber 1:39:29.600 --> 1:39:32.320 has a very similar feature for the Uber drivers, and 1:39:32.360 --> 1:39:33.920 I always get a kick out of watching them go 1:39:34.000 --> 1:39:35.920 faster than the speed limit signed and it's like in 1:39:36.000 --> 1:39:38.439 red and it's flashing and they're just they don't care. 1:39:39.640 --> 1:39:40.759 Kind of a funny story. 1:39:40.640 --> 1:39:41.320 My mother in law. 1:39:41.360 --> 1:39:44.439 We were out in Oregon last weekend for a wedding 1:39:45.320 --> 1:39:47.160 and my mother in law says, oh, by the way, 1:39:47.200 --> 1:39:51.160 my Apple Watch, I'm not getting notifications on it anymore. Said, huh, 1:39:51.520 --> 1:39:52.680 let me check it out. Let me just see if 1:39:52.680 --> 1:39:55.160 it's connected to your phone. So she gives me a 1:39:55.240 --> 1:39:58.559 watch and I say, this is not connected to your 1:39:58.600 --> 1:40:00.240 phone at all. When was the last time you got 1:40:00.240 --> 1:40:02.519 a notification on your Apple Watch. I don't know, a 1:40:02.600 --> 1:40:05.160 year ago. Was that when you got your new phone. Yeah, 1:40:05.200 --> 1:40:07.800 well you never connected the Apple Watch to your new phone. 1:40:08.400 --> 1:40:11.479 So it is a whole I I just got to 1:40:11.520 --> 1:40:13.360 kick out of that, and it's it's the reason why 1:40:13.439 --> 1:40:15.920 I do this show, because to me, it's a no 1:40:16.040 --> 1:40:18.200 brainer that you know, if I'm not getting a notification 1:40:18.240 --> 1:40:21.439 on my watch, I'm troubleshooting. For the average person, it's 1:40:21.479 --> 1:40:23.160 taking them a year to figure this stuff out. And 1:40:23.200 --> 1:40:25.360 they didn't even realize. So my mother in law is 1:40:25.400 --> 1:40:27.720 a very smart person. It just goes to show that 1:40:27.800 --> 1:40:31.320 technology is tricky. And I just got a good laugh 1:40:31.320 --> 1:40:34.160 out of that because I said, have you gotten any notifications? 1:40:34.240 --> 1:40:36.160 She said she wasn't getting her text. I said, have 1:40:36.200 --> 1:40:40.040 you gotten any notifications? No, Well that's because your phone 1:40:40.080 --> 1:40:43.439 is literally not connected to this watch. So I told 1:40:43.479 --> 1:40:45.360 her she had to format the watch and reconnect it 1:40:45.400 --> 1:40:48.920 to the new phone. Time for the feedback segment. This 1:40:49.120 --> 1:40:52.160 is your feedback plus the mail bag. These are the emails, 1:40:52.160 --> 1:40:54.360 the comments, and the questions I get from you. If 1:40:54.360 --> 1:40:56.160 you want to submit yours, go to Rich on tech 1:40:56.200 --> 1:41:00.000 dot tv hit contact. I was talking about the TikTok 1:41:00.240 --> 1:41:05.320 ban last week at the VidCon conference, Frank writes in 1:41:05.400 --> 1:41:07.840 I think people should understand the reason for the TikTok ban. 1:41:07.920 --> 1:41:10.040 One could argue that content is the reason. But if 1:41:10.080 --> 1:41:11.960 that were the case, Apple and Google could have banned 1:41:11.960 --> 1:41:15.160 the app from their stores or set guidelines, which didn't happen. 1:41:15.560 --> 1:41:18.080 The real issue what are the laws governing TikTok to 1:41:18.120 --> 1:41:21.360 protect privacy and who can access it? The preservation of 1:41:21.400 --> 1:41:23.519 privacy should be dealt with, but where's the law for 1:41:23.560 --> 1:41:26.240 that banning TikTok is just cough medicine for a cough 1:41:26.680 --> 1:41:30.320 caused by severe Capitol Hill pneumonia. That's not dealing with 1:41:30.360 --> 1:41:31.280 the underlying issue. 1:41:31.280 --> 1:41:32.400 Wow. I like the analogy. 1:41:32.800 --> 1:41:34.559 I talked to a friend who explained how the laws 1:41:34.560 --> 1:41:36.960 in China work, and I thought it to be true 1:41:37.000 --> 1:41:39.280 from the US media. What I thought to be true 1:41:39.280 --> 1:41:41.840 from the US media is not accurate. At one time 1:41:41.880 --> 1:41:44.599 I agreed with the ban. Now I disagree. The government 1:41:44.600 --> 1:41:47.519 should pass legislation that deals with the true issues. But 1:41:47.600 --> 1:41:50.040 the real issue here is that it's more political at 1:41:50.040 --> 1:41:52.400 this point and part of the posturing on both sides 1:41:52.439 --> 1:41:56.080 for the election. That is very true, because let's be honest, 1:41:56.120 --> 1:41:58.599 TikTok is not collecting any more data than any other 1:41:58.640 --> 1:42:01.920 app on your phone. Somehow TikTok is a risk and 1:42:02.040 --> 1:42:03.000 all the other apps are not. 1:42:03.360 --> 1:42:04.360 Hmm. Interesting. 1:42:05.720 --> 1:42:08.240 Tony from Syracuse, New York writes in Rich, I love 1:42:08.280 --> 1:42:11.080 your show. I was listening and heard the call about 1:42:11.120 --> 1:42:14.840 a spectrum router that would not connect devices properly. Many ISPs, 1:42:14.880 --> 1:42:19.200 including Verizon, use a feature called SUN self Organizing Network 1:42:19.240 --> 1:42:22.040 that decides which network two point four or five to 1:42:22.200 --> 1:42:24.639 connect devices too While it works okay for some, it's 1:42:24.680 --> 1:42:28.320 often a problem for printers, doorbells, cameras, and thermostats. The 1:42:28.320 --> 1:42:30.760 best solution I've found is to turn this feature off 1:42:30.760 --> 1:42:33.559 all together. You usually need to rename the five G 1:42:33.720 --> 1:42:38.080 network to distinguish it, then manually disconnect problematic device. Oh, 1:42:38.160 --> 1:42:41.320 manually connect problematic devices to the two point four network. 1:42:41.680 --> 1:42:44.000 You can typically do this to the router's login page. 1:42:44.000 --> 1:42:46.559 I hope that helps. It's great to listen to common 1:42:46.600 --> 1:42:49.000 tech problems and keep up to date. Plus US tech 1:42:49.040 --> 1:42:52.800 nerds can't help but absorb as much information as we can. 1:42:54.000 --> 1:42:57.080 Another email about the two point four versus five Dylan 1:42:57.120 --> 1:42:59.920 from MESA, Arizona rights in regarding the person who had 1:43:00.080 --> 1:43:02.960 Cox or some other ISP with a router on those 1:43:02.960 --> 1:43:05.320 two point four and five gigahertz bands and their printer 1:43:05.439 --> 1:43:08.519 no longer worked. I found that some two point four 1:43:08.560 --> 1:43:13.200 gigahertz devices get confused, and if there's the networks have 1:43:13.280 --> 1:43:17.920 the same SSID. The workaround is to give each band 1:43:18.000 --> 1:43:20.439 a different name. For instance, my two point four is 1:43:20.520 --> 1:43:24.599 named mcwireless and my five G is named Mcwireless Fast. 1:43:24.720 --> 1:43:27.280 All the devices still see each other. I segment my 1:43:27.320 --> 1:43:30.400 WiFi putting white bandwidth hogs like smart TVs on the 1:43:30.439 --> 1:43:33.880 fast network while smart appliances, bulbs and switches are on 1:43:33.880 --> 1:43:34.720 the two point four. 1:43:34.880 --> 1:43:36.720 The setup works fine for me. 1:43:38.439 --> 1:43:41.799 Ken writes in feedback on the gig Sky phone service 1:43:41.920 --> 1:43:46.439 unlimited Europlan fifty dollars. I went to Paris and Montpellier 1:43:46.640 --> 1:43:50.240 in France, London and the UK. I probably butchered that 1:43:50.320 --> 1:43:55.960 name and Venice in Italy. Like I said, Mercy in 1:43:56.040 --> 1:43:58.479 France to the guy making my omelet in the morning, 1:43:58.479 --> 1:44:01.160 I was like Mercy, he goes, you mean Merselle and 1:44:01.200 --> 1:44:03.160 I was like, ah, is that how you say? I'm 1:44:03.240 --> 1:44:07.120 so mad at that stuff. I was like, Mercy, No, 1:44:07.160 --> 1:44:11.519 it's not Mercy bonjoor. It worked for the most part 1:44:11.600 --> 1:44:14.280 using iPhone eleven with good tech support via phone, call 1:44:14.320 --> 1:44:16.840 and email. There was an outage in Venice, but now 1:44:16.880 --> 1:44:20.240 it's working. Thanks for talking about it on the radio show. Yes, 1:44:20.360 --> 1:44:22.160 I tried gig sky while I was over there and 1:44:22.200 --> 1:44:23.280 it did work just fine. 1:44:23.560 --> 1:44:26.439 So yeah, I will add that to my recommendations. 1:44:27.680 --> 1:44:30.519 Michael from Florida writes in on your June show, you 1:44:30.600 --> 1:44:33.559 talked about getting data while traveling internationally. I bought a 1:44:33.640 --> 1:44:36.200 Soulless hot Spot about six months ago on sale for 1:44:36.200 --> 1:44:39.280 one hundred bucks. It comes with a lifetime one gigabyte 1:44:39.320 --> 1:44:42.000 a month international service at no cost. I've used it 1:44:42.000 --> 1:44:44.759 here in the US, Canada, and Jamaica. You can purchase 1:44:44.800 --> 1:44:47.519 additional data, which never expires. For me, it was the 1:44:47.600 --> 1:44:50.439 obvious choice for travel. I use WhatsApp to communicate, so 1:44:50.520 --> 1:44:53.800 all I need is the data. Yes, I did talk 1:44:53.840 --> 1:44:56.360 about the Solace. I used that when I was in Berlin. 1:44:56.439 --> 1:44:58.640 I tested it and it worked great. I had the 1:44:58.680 --> 1:45:00.920 five G model, which I think is more expensive than 1:45:00.960 --> 1:45:03.000 the one you got. But yes, soulis. If you want 1:45:03.000 --> 1:45:05.519 your own hot spot, it's a great way to do it. 1:45:06.680 --> 1:45:09.720 Dan from Berkeley writes in Hey Rich, a few weeks ago, 1:45:09.760 --> 1:45:12.160 I heard you referenced Yakima, Washington. I did a double 1:45:12.200 --> 1:45:14.640 take when you said that. I was the principal at 1:45:14.680 --> 1:45:17.320 a high school and used to watch you on k NDO. 1:45:17.840 --> 1:45:19.720 You even covered our high school while you were up here. 1:45:19.760 --> 1:45:21.640 Two thousand was a big year as we moved to 1:45:21.680 --> 1:45:24.480 our new home in September. It's always fun to recognize 1:45:24.520 --> 1:45:26.360 the names of people who are on TV. During my 1:45:26.439 --> 1:45:28.960 two stints in Yakima, keep up the great work on. 1:45:28.920 --> 1:45:29.719 The radio show. 1:45:30.120 --> 1:45:33.479 Oh my gosh, bringing back memories can doo my first 1:45:33.600 --> 1:45:38.000 job on TV in the middle of Washington State, Yakima, Washington. 1:45:39.840 --> 1:45:42.679 Let's see one more here. Brian from Watsonville writes in Rich, 1:45:42.920 --> 1:45:45.200 love the show. You're doing a terrific job. My two 1:45:45.240 --> 1:45:47.800 cents regarding Linux, no need to discuss it. It's great 1:45:47.840 --> 1:45:49.720 for those who use it, But I've been the tech 1:45:49.760 --> 1:45:52.160 guy for my family and workplace for years and I've 1:45:52.200 --> 1:45:54.040 never used it. None of the tech wizards I know 1:45:54.520 --> 1:45:57.280 use it either. I appreciate that Leo loves it and 1:45:57.280 --> 1:45:59.680 talked about it every week, but you only have so 1:45:59.760 --> 1:46:02.240 much time with us. Every minute is precious and it's 1:46:02.280 --> 1:46:06.040 best spent talking about iOS, Android, Mac and PC. As 1:46:06.040 --> 1:46:09.120 my dad would say, Linux is the future of computing 1:46:09.160 --> 1:46:10.360 and it always will be. 1:46:10.600 --> 1:46:13.640 Again, I'm not a hater. Linux works great for everybody. 1:46:13.760 --> 1:46:15.559 Great, it's just not what I need help with Your 1:46:15.560 --> 1:46:19.080 tips on iOS and Mac have really helped me. Thank you, Brian. 1:46:19.160 --> 1:46:22.160 That's sort of exactly what I think. That's gonna do 1:46:22.160 --> 1:46:24.120 it for this episode of the show. You can find 1:46:24.160 --> 1:46:26.200 links to everything I mentioned on my website. Just go 1:46:26.240 --> 1:46:28.720 to Rich on tech dot TV. Once you're there, just 1:46:28.800 --> 1:46:31.839 hit the light bulb or after the show is posted 1:46:31.840 --> 1:46:34.000 with the podcast, you can listen to it again and 1:46:34.120 --> 1:46:36.599 also get the links there. You can find me on 1:46:36.680 --> 1:46:38.920 social media. I am at Rich on Tech. Thanks so 1:46:39.000 --> 1:46:40.720 much for listening. There are so many ways you can 1:46:40.760 --> 1:46:43.840 spend your time. I do appreciate you spending it right 1:46:43.880 --> 1:46:48.960 here with me. Thanks to everyone who makes this show possible, Bobo, Kim. 1:46:48.880 --> 1:46:50.280 The rest of the crew. Do we have more of 1:46:50.320 --> 1:46:52.479 a crew? I don't think so. My name is Rich Demiro. 1:46:53.040 --> 1:46:54.519 I'll talk to you real soon.