WEBVTT - Websites to help you track down hard to find coronavirus essentials 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.560 The websites to help you find coronavirus supplies, the best 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:18.880 ways to clean your smartphone, plus as usual, your tech 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:21.840 questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Dmiro and this 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:24.239 is Rich on Tech, the podcast where we talk about 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:27.200 the tech stuff I think you should know about and 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:29.880 answer the questions that you send me. My name is 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.760 Rich Demiro. I'm the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.440 in Los Angeles. Joining me is producer Megan, who is 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:39.240 currently applying hand sanitizer. Welcome to the show. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.280 I apply it every five minutes and that's how I'm 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.040 combating coronavirus. 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.519 And I know we're not going to joke about this 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:49.760 because it is very serious, although there may be some 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:54.960 lighthearted moments, because it's unreal. What's happening in the world 0:00:55.040 --> 0:01:00.200 right now. Yeah, and you're listening, you're thinking about coronavirus 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.040 on the news, it's on your social it's everywhere. There 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:08.319 are hundreds of new podcasts dedicated to coronavirus. And I 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.720 think what's so odd about it is that we haven't 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.800 really seen something like this kind of capture not only 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.679 the minds of the world, but also like a physical 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:23.319 result of something like we're seeing actual things happening. I mean, 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.720 Tom Hanks, I saw that last night, and I'm like, 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:28.680 what is going on in this world? I was at 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.000 the grocery stores and they are the supplies are in 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:33.959 such tight demand. 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:34.520 It's insane. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.840 My dad's seventy two, and I asked him. I was like, 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.600 have you ever seen anything like this before? Like, was 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.560 there some sort of disease that was similar when you 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.400 were younger? He said, no, this is this is crazy, 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.360 Like this is a moment in history that will always remember. 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:52.160 One hundred percent, and there have been similar I call this. 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.240 I was talking with someone here today and I was saying, 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:59.160 I haven't felt this disoriented since September eleventh. You were 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.240 a little young, were even born it was like six, okay, yeah, 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:03.880 so you may not remember at all, Like I mean, 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:04.400 I don't think. 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.320 Yeah, I remember like this. 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.600 I remember it, but in like a weird way, like 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.360 you knew it a story. Yeah, I knew it happened 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.320 when I was like older, but yeah, when I when 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.920 it was happening, I don't think it was ever really explained. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.359 Yeah, and that makes sense. As a parent, I can 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.640 understand that my kid was watching like he turned on 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.280 Apple TV last night and we don't have cable, but 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.040 he tuned into uh, like a streaming newscast, and I 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.560 was like, excuse me, what are you doing? And you know, 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.320 he's eight, and he he is interested in what's happening. 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.040 And I'm not keeping everything from him, but I don't 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.799 think he needs to know everything on the play by 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.040 play of what's going on. And so we've explained and 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.119 you know he understands, and even at school they've talked 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.480 about it. But I'll be honest, this podcast, a lot 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:45.840 of it is going to have to do with coronavirus. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.400 And you know, you can tune out if you'd like, 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.120 but the reality is, I'm fascinated by this. I'm going 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.040 to take it all from the tech angle. We're gonna 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.320 have regular questions from the viewers or in the listeners, 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.680 so you have that, but we're just going to start 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.400 with a couple of the things that are happening in 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:04.200 the tech world. Number one E three twenty twenty canceled 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.040 because of the coronavirus. This is the big video game 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.480 show that's normally scheduled for June ninth to eleventh in 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.640 Los Angeles. I've been for many years. It's a show 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.200 that kind of has all the latest and greatest when 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.200 it comes to video games, So all the upcoming games 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.880 the consoles this year, Sony was actually pieced out before 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.440 this whole thing, so it was really like Microsoft, Nintendo 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.720 and you know all the other games that are out there. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.240 But it's over and this the reality is. They said 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:37.600 it was a difficult decision following increased and overwhelming concerns. 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.200 We felt this was the best way to proceed during 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:44.640 such an unprecedented global situation. We know it's the right decision. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.880 They will be providing full refunds, and they're looking at 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.400 ways to do an online experience. And again this is 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.520 for June ninth to eleventh. Oh wow, so that's a 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:57.000 ways out. But I think it's right now. People can't 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.120 imagine even booking a flight right now to come to 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:01.960 a show like that where it brings in people from 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.840 all over I think that's concerned. Activision Blizzard Esports says 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:12.160 Overwatch League games are canceled. Sorry, the Overwatch League home stands. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.160 So I believe the home stands. Well, let's see, is. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:17.320 That where people come and watch them? 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.080 I think so. But it says we are canceling all 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.960 Overwatch League events scheduled from March and April. And these 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.040 are overwatches kind of like the big esports gaming where 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:27.800 they have all these people sitting in the center of 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.760 the arena and a lot of people cheer them on 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.200 and watch. Yeah, and again we heard the NBA is 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:37.359 canceling the games. I mean, it's so widespread it's not 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.400 even funny. The one thing I thought was kind of 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:44.240 interesting about their little press release, Blizzard Entertainment says, concurrently, 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.719 we are working hand in hand with our teams to 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.880 see that all matches are played when it's safe and 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.760 logically feasible. And I would say not the best use 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.320 of words hand in hand. Don't want to use that 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.680 right now. Come on, you want to be you want 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:02.080 to be elbow to elbow right now, right And Google 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:06.760 is saying if your business is affected by coronavirus, it 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.720 might be a good time to update your business profile. 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:11.480 And you may not know this, but if you own 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.240 a small business, you can look for something called Google 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.880 my Business and you can claim your business listing within Google. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.160 You know, when you search for a company on Google, 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.839 like a small business, local retailer or a big retailer 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.920 has that little info box that shows up. It says 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:28.120 if they're open, has like website directions, all this kind 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:32.320 of stuff. Well, businesses can update that information and Google saying, look, 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.039 if you're affected by coronavirus, let people know what's happening. 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.039 Whether your business hours has changed, maybe you're staying open 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:43.360 later or earlier, or are closing earlier, or you're closed, 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:47.080 or you're just closed. Maybe you want to talk about 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.680 your business operations. You can share any precautions that your 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.960 business take. Let's say you run a small gym and 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.640 you can write in there, hey, we are sanitizing our equipment, 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.640 deep cleansing every single night. Rest assured that when you 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:02.400 Google that business, you're getting that information presented. Or if 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.440 you're experiencing delays, or you can create a post. And 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.960 I don't think many businesses know this, but the Google 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.039 Businesses has something similar to like Twitter, where you can 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.599 create a little post or an Instagram post, but it 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.240 shows up under your business when someone googles it, and 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.040 that can be helpful for just giving updates. Maybe you've 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:22.440 got sanitizer back in stock or probably not, you can 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.960 put that on there. Yeah, all right, razy Megan, Okay, 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:27.760 let's get a question. 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:32.440 Our first question comes from Wilmer. I shattered the screen 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:37.359 of my Apple Watch Series three, and I'm devastated. He 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.680 knows that they're not cheap, and he was going to 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:44.600 save up and just repurchase the series three again, and 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.800 he's wondering if he should spring for the series five 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.600 at this point, since it's two years old or three 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:51.800 years old. 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.919 I would agree go with the series five. And the 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.479 reason why he's not mentioning the series four is because 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.359 you can't really find it. The series five replace the 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.400 series four. Apple does this weird thing sometimes where they 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.640 keep kind of the oldest version of something or an 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.280 older version and the newer one, and they leave out 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:09.920 the one in between, and you're like, why would they 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:11.760 do that? Well, because the older one they can drop 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:15.240 the price and not truly have it cut into the 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.320 sales of the newer one because the features are kind 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.880 of different. So on Apple Watch Series three versus five. 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.520 With the series five, you're going to get the always 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.040 on display, which may or may not be something you want. 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:28.640 You may want to turn it off because it does 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.680 use more battery. You're also going to get the compass, 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:33.760 which could be handy if you're out and about in 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.640 the wilderness, or if you just like the idea of 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:39.920 the compass, and you're also going to get a slightly 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:44.800 larger display I believe, and also ekg oh, so those 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.520 are four pretty solid things that you might want over 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.640 the Series three. Oh, you're also gonna get a faster processor. Okay, 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.559 so it's been a couple of years, like he said. 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.720 And the Series four or sorry, Series five is I 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:02.120 believe three ninety nine. Oh for the I believe for 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.520 the cellular version. Let me see how much this is. 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.680 Let's see. We're going to click the website and I 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:13.040 will show you the price. Three ninety nine. Yeah, so 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.080 three ninety nine for the regular and then four ninety 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.960 nine for the cellular. So it's a little bit more 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:22.200 expensive than the other one. But you know, I think 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.000 that you're getting three years of technology. 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.520 Yeah, I think it's probably worth it. 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.320 Yeah, and you still won an Apple Watch, right? 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:30.080 Yes? 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:31.080 Are you still? Well? 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.920 You know I've actually like searched for the Series. 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.720 Four and you can find that you can find it, yes, 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.719 not from Apple officially, right, it's a best buy, Yeah, 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.400 best buy or like Coals or something. Yeah, but my 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:42.959 advice is, and I tell this to a lot of 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.560 people that email me these questions about this. Whenever you're 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.680 buying one of these Apple devices, look outside the Apple 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.760 Store because you don't necessarily have to get it from 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:55.320 Apple Store. Apple store doesn't really run any deals or sales. 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.400 But for so, if I was buying the apple Watch 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:01.600 Series five today, I would search apple Watch five deals 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:07.960 and then in Google you type in you go to news, 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.000 and that way you find the bloggers that blog about this, okay, 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.000 And the reason why bloggers blog about it is because 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:17.600 they get what's called an affiliate link to that thing. 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.160 So if you buy it through their click or through 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.240 their blog posts, they'll get a little tiny cut of that. 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.439 So it's in their best interest to keep these things 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.840 updated with like the latest deals because it entices people 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.680 to buy. So if I looked at apple Watch five 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:31.240 is not going to have any deals right now, but 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.000 apple Watch three is in stock and on sale at 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.360 one ninety nine for best buy. Wow, now you may not. 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.760 You may be able to find apple Watch four. Let's 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:43.920 see if there's any four deals. So it looks like yes, 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.520 six days ago, Series four GPS returns to Black Friday price, 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.520 So there you go. Two ninety nine. So again, if 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.280 you don't need all those features, you can do that. 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.920 He also mentions that the Series three that he's looking 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.600 at is at Apple and it's two thirty. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:00.200 Oh. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.280 He doesn't even realize that if he was going to 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:03.360 get the Series three. 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.320 He could get it for one thirty bucks less past 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.920 by at a bunch of places in the side. But 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.839 I think, yeah, exactly, very so a good question, all right, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:17.640 speaking of your digital gadgets, the best ways to clean 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.880 and disinfect your dirty smartphone. This is the story that 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.199 we did on KTLA. We talked to a professor of 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:27.200 chemical engineering at USC, Andrea Armani, and she said that 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:29.319 cell phones are actually one of the dirtiest things that 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:33.680 we handle every day, no surprise there. And we talked 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.560 about several of the ways to clean your phone, and 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.880 the number one is a damp microfibercloth. You can find 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.760 microfibercloths on Amazon. I've got a bunch of them around 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:45.480 the house. That's what I use most of the time. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.280 I really like little wipes, and in the past I've 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:54.240 used the eyeglass wipes, but now Zeis actually has a 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.960 specific mobile screen wipe. I also like Whoosh, which is 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.280 a spray and they have a good stuff. Now most 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.360 of these some people will tell you that these are 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.200 good enough on your phone because it's such a smooth 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.960 surface that you will wipe off the bacteria and grime 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:13.640 and even the bad stuff like you know what, coronavirus. 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.120 I can't guarantee that with these methods, but that's what 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.440 I've read online. Now, if you want something a little 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.439 more industrial strength. What's interesting is that a lot of 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.200 people recommended a mix of rubbing alcohol or you know, 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:29.040 alcohol with water and put that. Always put it on 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.640 the device, on the wipe, by the way, like the 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:35.040 microfiber not you't you don't pour it exactly, don't pour 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:35.720 it on your device. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.240 So can you put it on a cotton ball? 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:38.000 Yeah? 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.320 I think so, I've done that. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:44.240 Yeah, And so long story short. After we did our 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.120 story on TV, a couple of days later, Apple comes 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:48.720 out and says, you know what, you can actually go 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.840 ahead and use Clorox wipes on your phone, even though 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.360 previously they did not recommend any sort of like household chemicals. Yeah, 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.520 but now with the whole coronavirus thing, people want their 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:01.120 stuff really disinfected. They said, go ahead, use a Clorox wipe, 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:05.160 or use a combination of seventy percent isopropyl alcohol along 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.400 with some water. Okay, and that should take care of it. Now, 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:09.560 if you really want to get heavy duty on your phone, 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.040 which I have started to do, I've had one of 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.080 these phone soap disinfectant things in my house for a year. 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.000 I got it for Christmas last year for my in laws, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:18.640 and I never set it up. I was like, give 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.080 me a break, and now I am a believer. I 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.520 put my phone in there, not every night, but a 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.000 couple times a week. It turns on the UV light, 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.640 it disinfects the phone. And if you're wondering how it works, well, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.360 I talked to the CEO of the company's name is 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.400 Dan Barnes, and here's what he had to say. 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.439 So, phone soaps technology is built on UVC light. UVC 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.480 is a short wavelength that can penetrate the cell wall 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:47.720 and effectively fuse the DNA together, which kills it. It's 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:51.760 no longer operable. It can't harm you, and it can't reproduce, 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.000 so it's really the safest way to clean your phone. 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:59.880 There's no harsh chemicals like alcohol, it won't void your warranty. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.600 And it's effective at ninety nine point nine nine percent 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.040 in killing this bacteria and virus every time. 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.720 Okay, So the big question is will it kill the coronavirus? 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.319 So I asked him that specifically. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.040 While we have not been able to test the coronavirus specifically, 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.880 you know it's being held by organizations like the CDC, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.680 only we do know that it's an envelope virus similar 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.600 to bacteria that we have tested. Phone soap's been clinically 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.199 proven to kill ninety nine point nine nine percent of influenza, 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.199 which is an envelope virus similar to coronavirus. We have 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:39.760 tested against rhinovirus, staff ecoli, Salmonila, mursa, and phone soap 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.400 is always designed to do a three hundred and sixty 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.079 degree clean on your entire phone or any item you 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.360 put in there. So, while we haven't been able to 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:51.880 test this novel strain of coronavirus specifically, we have tested 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.080 a wide range of viruses in bacteria that in some 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:56.800 degrees or other are similar to it. 0:13:57.400 --> 0:13:59.640 Okay, I'm going to take that as I think we're okay. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:00.960 I think he knows what he's doing. 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:02.440 I think he knows what he's doing. And so I've 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.640 been putting my phone in this little device. The model 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.720 I have, I believe it's about eighty dollars. That's how 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.360 much it looks like it is on Amazon. Of course 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.280 they're sold out. It's impossible to get one of these things. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:15.480 But I'm kind of in love with it because I 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.080 love the idea that it not only sanitizes my phone, 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.240 but it kind of sanitizes everything, like all the little 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.280 nooks and crannies, all everything. It's like a three sixty 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.680 clean And the one thing it doesn't do is wipe 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.120 down your phone. So I wish it was more like 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:30.920 a little mini car wash for your phone, where it 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.120 actually sanitized with the UV light and then it kind 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:37.840 of scrubbed it with like bubbles. But well, I don't know. 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.479 I guess that'd be kind of tricky because. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.120 You know, I know, things could get a little messed up. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.480 Yeah, So anyway, keep your phone clean, and those are 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.320 some of the ways you can do it. And I 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.080 think that everyone is sort of looking at their phone 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.320 these days wondering just how dirty is this thing? And 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.840 should I be cleaning it? Yes, you should be, yes. 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:55.360 All the time. 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:01.760 This next question comes from Joe Months ago you introduced 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:05.200 a new phone company plan that was forty dollars a 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:11.320 month on limited unlimited by some new company. At the time, 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.880 my phone didn't qualify. Anyways, I need to do phone now. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.760 Should I wait for the Samsung twenty? What was the network? 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:18.960 I live in Orange County? 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.120 My gosh. Those are a lot of questions. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.240 You know, But the main thing is. 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.200 The main thing is what you know? The answer to 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.080 this yes, Visible Visible. We've got a lot of questions 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.120 about Visible because it's forty dollars a month and it 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.480 runs on the Verizon network. It doesn't just run on Verizon, 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:37.400 it is owned by Verizon. Yeah, and it is a 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.640 fantastic deal. And the other cool thing about Visible And 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.040 by the way, they offer the s twenty, So when 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.520 they first came out, it was it was iPhone only 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.040 and so it excluded When we first did our story 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.440 about this on KTLA, it excluded a lot of people 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:53.880 because they had Android and they're like, Rich, I can't switch. 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:55.920 You just told me about this amazing thing. And it's 0:15:55.960 --> 0:16:00.440 a legit plan. It is everything you need on Verizon unlimited, 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.760 everything for forty bucks a month. Now. The one catch 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.560 is the speed limit. It is it is limited to 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.080 five megabits per second, which you remember, this was one 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.440 of your first stories you did. We tested it, remember, outside, 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.440 and we saw if like YouTube worked, if snapchat work, 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:16.400 and it worked. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.880 Yeah, and it was the difference of like maybe two seconds. 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:21.600 Yeah, it was a little you know, a little bit. 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.360 Sometimes it could be a little bit slower. But they 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:26.760 and I'm also kicking myself for this for my wife 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:30.120 because I wanted to switch her to it and I didn't. 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.360 They actually had a promotion where they were giving you 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.800 unlimited speed and everyone who signed up during that time 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.160 gets unlimited speed for the rest of their time. Remember that, 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.080 And I should have signed up because forty bucks a 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.480 month is such a deal. And they do this thing. 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.600 They don't do family plans, but they do like a 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.960 something like I think it's a party plan. Yeah, visible 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.960 party pay and you actually just get like up to 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.040 how many friends up to I don't know, three or 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:58.120 four friends and yeah two, three or four friends and 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.960 every friend you join in on, they you each get 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.200 five bucks off. So if you and I did a 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.560 party play plan, yeah, so we would pay thirty five each. 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.560 So and it's the party you are, it's just your 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.600 linked up kind of just online. It has nothing to 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.000 do with your bill. You still get your bill separately 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:16.520 and so do I. 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:17.440 But it's just one month. 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:18.800 No, no, it's every month. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.320 Oh it's thirty five moving forward. Yeah, oh I thought 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:22.960 it was a month that you sign up. 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:24.920 No, as long as you link in, that's amazing. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:26.400 So you could have like three friends and it could 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:27.280 be like twenty dollars ars. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:28.600 So they're trying to get you to like tell your 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.200 friends about it and join with you, which makes sense. Yeah, 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.720 it's like a spin on. I think everything with Visible 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.200 is kind of like a spin on, you know, the normal, 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.040 typical plan, right, And the only major catch besides the 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:43.200 speed limit, is really the fact that everything is sort 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.000 of done online. You activate your phone online customer service. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:47.800 There's no store to walk into if you need help. 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.520 But that's the one. The other weird thing is they 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:58.000 just started a version of Visible now called Yahoo Mobile, 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.680 and it is identical. It's basically Visible because think about it, 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:07.560 Verizon owns Yahoo. Oh, Okayon owns Visible Now. We have 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.760 Yahoo Mobile, and I think they're just playing upon the 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.200 Yahoo brand selling it to all the millions of email. 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:18.000 It's I can't see a difference between Visible and Mobile 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:19.160 and Yahoo Mobile. 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:20.680 I wonder, like it's the website. 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.159 The website's different, No websites different. 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:24.960 You sign up through an app, different audience. 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.919 It's just different audience exactly. I personal would go at Visible. 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.760 It seems like a cooler little thing than Yahoo. 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:34.560 But it's funny. Does Yahoo just have like a bad rep? 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.680 Oh yeah, really, don't you think? I mean, Yahoo used 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:38.800 to be the coolest thing ever. 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:39.680 I used to search. 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:44.080 I remember searching on Yahoo, yeah, way back when, Like now. 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:44.840 You just use Google. 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:46.840 Oh yeah, Yahoo doesn't even I don't think they do 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.000 search anymore. I think it's run through Microsoft like. 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:50.480 They used to have like the top searches. 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:53.920 Oh yeah, Yahoo was they still do probably, Oh, I'm 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.719 sure they still. I think still the number one. It 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.200 is kind of funny though, and I don't think I 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.280 do this anymore. But it used to be when I 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.879 was testing a device or going to like a web 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:05.920 page for something, just to see if the Internet worked, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:07.800 you would always go to Yahoo. It's just like the 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.119 first thing that comes to mind, you think Internet, you know, 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.600 And now to me, Yahoo is just so like. 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.600 It's stated they have the same layouts. 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.320 Yeah, it hasn't changed. I actually was offered a job 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.560 by Yahoo many years ago, and when they send you 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:27.640 your job offer, it was a big box that they 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.680 overnight to your house and when you open the box, 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:34.520