1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Office depot has been very bad. Verizon has a new 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: way to help you battle robocalls. Thoughts on Apple's new services, 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: including their credit card, news and TV, Google doing something 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: really cool with podcasts and more. What's going on. I'm 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: rich Demiro. This is rich on Tech. My website is 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: richon Tech dot TV. You guys know me as the 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: tech reporter on KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles or 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: wherever you happen to follow me. Lots of you on 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Facebook at rich on Tech, Instagram at rich on Tech, 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: and of course Twitter. But this was a big week 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: in technology. This is where I kind of talk about 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: all the stuff that I think you should know about. 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: I know I have not done questions in a while. 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: The reason for that is I'm waiting for some new 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: equipment that I'm going to be testing out that will 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: enable me to take calls in a much better way. 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: So in the past, I've taken calls very I mean, 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: if you've been following me for a while, you know 19 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: I've tried taking calls like in a thousand different ways 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: on this show. None of them have been very good. 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: It works, but my latest method took a lot of 22 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: editing at the end to kind of make sure the 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: audio levels were okay. I'm hoping that this next thing 24 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: that I'm trying is going to be the best case 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: scenario and I will be able to do calls every 26 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: single week without fail, and it will be so much 27 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: better for everyone. Let me start with a couple of 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,919 Speaker 1: things happening this week. So I know, Apple, Apple, Apple, Apple, Apple, Apple, 29 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: Apple Apple, but I'm actually going to start with Office Depot, 30 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: a place where I used to work. By the way, 31 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: so I'm a nerd obviously, and you know my jobs. 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: I worked at Office Depot back in the day because 33 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: I thought would be a fun job, and I did. 34 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: I actually had a great time working there, and I 35 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: sold cell phones and I was kind of what was 36 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: I called, like a tech associate or something, but I 37 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: sold technology as well. I can't remember if I was commissioned. 38 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: I know some people were commissioned. I don't think I was. 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: Let me talk about why Office Depot was a little 40 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: bit naughty in the past couple of years. So and 41 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: this involves uh, let's see Office Max as well. It 42 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: looks like it's mostly Office Depot, but Office Max of late. 43 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: But here's the deal. They settled with the FTC Office 44 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: Depot and tech support firm Support dot Com paying thirty 45 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: five million dollars to the FTC to settle allegations that 46 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: they tricked consumers into buying costly computer repair services. So 47 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: you know, you always see those signs and they still 48 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: have one outside my local office depot that says, hey, 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: come on in for a free check of your computer. Right, Well, 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: apparently you would go in there and they would check 51 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: your computer using this app called PC health Check, but 52 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: it was basically just a sales tool to convince you 53 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: to buy tech repair services from Office Depot and OfficeMax, 54 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: which merged by the way back in twenty thirteen. Okay, 55 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: so the free PC checkup was supposed to, you know, 56 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: check your computer for all kinds of stuff, viruses, other 57 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: security threats. And what would happen is you would get 58 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: your computer checked and then they'd refer you to Support 59 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: dot Com to pay for these services. And they got 60 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: tens of million dollars tens of millions of dollars of 61 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: revenue from Office Depot. They remotely performed the tech repair 62 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: services once consumers made the purchase in store. But here's 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: the deal, and this is why this is so darn evil. 64 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: I can't even believe it. The little software was actually 65 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: not scanning your computer for anything. All the results that 66 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: you saw were based entirely on how you answered four 67 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: questions before the scan started. And these questions asked you 68 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: whether your computer ran slow, yeah, everyone thinks their computer 69 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: runs slow. Whether you've received virus warnings yeah who hasn't, 70 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: whether it crashed, of course it crashed, or whether it 71 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: displayed pop up ads or other problems that kept you 72 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: from browsing the internet. So I mean, are you serious? 73 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: This is just downright malicious on consumers. And ah, man, 74 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: this is not the Office Depot that I worked for. 75 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: And so here's what's happened in our world nowadays, with 76 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: these giant companies and these big corporations that just keep merging. 77 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: When I worked for Office Depot, I remember them being 78 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: so focused on the customer, so focused on customer service, 79 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: and this kind of stuff would have never flown. Okay, 80 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: Now it's like, how can we deceive customers and you know, 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: get money out of them? Because here's the thing. When 82 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: you're getting your computer looked at by a company like 83 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: Office Depot or you know, anywhere that you bring your 84 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: computer you're putting your trust in that person. It's kind 85 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: of like having a plumber come to your house. I 86 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: know nothing about plumbing. If the guy tells me my 87 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: toilet's gonna take one hundred and fifty dollars to repair it, 88 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe him and believe me. I was taken. 89 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: One time they replaced a flapper on my toilet and 90 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: they charged me like eighty five bucks. And I was 91 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: so angry when I asked the guy, so what'd you do? 92 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: And he said, oh, I replaced a flapper. And then 93 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: I realized, okay, I got to get smarter about these things. 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: And next time I replace the flapper myself, by the way, 95 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: and it cost me. I think it was seven dollars 96 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: at Home Depot. But guess what, I will never call 97 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: that plumber ever again to fix my toilet because I 98 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: don't trust him. Same thing with Office Depot and Office Max. 99 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: They lost a lot of trust here. This is gonna 100 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: be tough, and I hope most people hear about this. 101 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: I hope most people understand this because this is just 102 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: downright wrong. So Support dot Com, Shame on you, Office 103 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: Depot dot Com, shame on you. This is just not nice, 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: and of course they are not. Again, they are just settling. 105 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: These are allegations, they are not proven guilty. There's no 106 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: guilt here. It's just an allegation. So it is a settlement. 107 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: But here's the good news out of all this for you. 108 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: As part of the proposed settlement, support dot Com cannot 109 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: make or provide others with the means to make misrepresentations 110 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: about the performance or detection of security issues on consumer 111 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: electronic devices. So hopefully that'll do that. But let's see here, 112 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: by the way, the whistleblower one Office Max employee complained 113 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: to corporate in twenty twelve saying I cannot justify lying 114 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: to a customer or being tricked into lying to them 115 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: for our store to make a few extra dollars. But 116 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: this continued until late twenty sixteen. Wow, unbelievable. Now our 117 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: consumers getting some of this money. Yes, FTC intends to 118 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: use ten million dollars and twenty five million dollars okay, 119 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: so thirty five million dollars to provide refunds to consumers. 120 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: So the good news is, if you did get your 121 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: computer fixed, and I put air quotes here, if you 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: got it fixed at office depot or Office Max in 123 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,559 Speaker 1: the past couple of years, you might have some money 124 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: coming your way. It's probably gonna take a while though, 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: all right. So now on the better side of things, 126 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: Verizon offering new ways to battle robo calls. So they 127 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: launched a new app called call Filter. Now, this is 128 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: actually an app that they had but they renamed. It 129 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: used to be called like caller Name ID or something 130 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: like that, but now it's called call Filter. And before 131 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: Verizon would have this app, it was like three bucks 132 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: a month. It would give you caller ID on all 133 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: your phone calls. Now this is called call Filter. It's 134 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: available for iOS and you download it and it will 135 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: help identify and stop robo calls. So pretty much all 136 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: wireless customers with a compatible device can enroll. But it 137 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: says that certain features will vary based on the type 138 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: of phone that a customer has. You can now get this. 139 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: I would go ahead and download it, try it out, 140 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: see how it works. The thing to know about this 141 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: is that Verizon is still trying to sell you on 142 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: a three dollars enhanced service. So Verizon's call Filter full 143 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: service set for three dollars a month, so everyone with 144 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: the free version gets spam detection, blocking, and reporting, but 145 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: you will get the ability to identify unknown callers by name, 146 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: more control over calls, with the ability to create a 147 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: personal robo call blocklist, which you can do in iOS 148 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: anyway for free. So I don't think you need to 149 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: do that. And there's also additional insights with the robocall 150 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: risk meter and spam number look up. I don't think 151 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: you need any of that stuff, So I say, if 152 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: it's up to me, I would just download the free app. Again, 153 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: it's called call Filter. If you have an Android phone, 154 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: it's usually pre installed on your phone. So again I 155 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: would just go ahead and update your apps, whether you 156 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: have iPhone or Android, and it should work. So the 157 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 1: other thing that Verizon's gonna do is they're going to 158 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 1: start implementing this ster shaken technology. So st Shaken technology 159 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: will actually kind of act as an authentication technology for 160 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: caller ID, So if I call you on caller ID 161 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: using caller ID, it's going to make sure that I 162 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: am who I say I am. Big event for Apple 163 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: this week, although I kind of I thought it was 164 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: a little bit of a letdown because it was light 165 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: on the tech and very heavy on the celebrities, and yeah, 166 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: They had a lot of great celebrities there, big time 167 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: names like Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, 168 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: so many more. To me, it was cool that Apple 169 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: had all these celebrities on stage. But let's be honest. 170 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: I mean, celebrities like money, and they're there because Apple 171 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: is putting out a lot of cash so that they 172 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: can do their new shows. And I think it's cool. 173 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: As a creative type, I think it's amazing that there's 174 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: someone there that's giving them a lot of money to 175 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: be creative, and so I think that's a really nice 176 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: aspect of it. But let's talk about some of these 177 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: things that Apple launched. I'll just go through them. Apple Newsplus. 178 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: This is their new paid news service, and so this 179 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: gives you access to over three hundred magazines and also 180 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: some newspapers and also some digital premium publications. So this 181 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: is kind of from Apple's purchase of a company called 182 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: Texture a couple of years ago, maybe it was last year, 183 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: and I used to be a subscriber to Texture for 184 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: a long time. And what they do is they put 185 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of these magazines into one app. You 186 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: pay ten dollars a month and you get all these magazines. 187 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: And I loved it. But here was the problem with Texture. 188 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: All I did in my entire life was read magazines. 189 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: When you're getting three hundred When you're getting access to 190 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: three hundred magazines, I mean, that's pretty insane. So to me, literally, 191 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: I would sit on the couch, I would pop out 192 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: the iPad and I would just flip and flip and 193 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: flip and flip and flip. And I loved it because 194 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: magazines are amazing. But what are magazines trying to do? 195 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: They're trying to sell you stuff, right, I mean, yeah, 196 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: there's some great journalism in them, but for the most part, 197 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: you're flipping through the glossies. I'm looking at HG what 198 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: was it like, HGTV magazine? Who thought HGTV had a magazine? Yeah, 199 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: I was flipping through it, and of course I was 200 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: getting a million ideas for the house and buying stuff. 201 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: I got rid of it, so I didn't subscribe to Texture, 202 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: or I canceled my subscription. Then they said, oh, well, 203 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: for five bucks a month, will you keep us? And 204 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: I said okay, So I kept them for six more 205 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: months until I finally said you know what, I don't 206 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: need all these magazines in my life, so your experience 207 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: may be different. And I don't know. I think it's 208 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: cool that you're getting a whole bunch of stuff mixed 209 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: into one. And I see where Apple's going with this. 210 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: Ideally they would have like every newspaper in America on board, 211 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: so that no matter which city you live in, you 212 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: get access to your local newspaper plus a whole bunch 213 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: of other stuff. It seems like a fantastic deal for 214 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: ten dollars a month. I don't know how they're splitting 215 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: up the payment. You know, if you read five pages 216 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: of Vogue, does Vogue get you know, five divided by 217 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: ten two dollars a page? I don't know, So you 218 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: got Vogue National Geographic People. Now. One thing, I will say, 219 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: the price did get a little better because when I 220 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: was a subscriber to Texture People magazine, if you wanted 221 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: those weeklies, that was fifteen dollars a month. So the 222 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: fact that they are charging ten dollars and you're still 223 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: getting all this other stuff, that's pretty good. You also 224 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: get access to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, 225 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: although and I haven't subscribed yet to this News Plus 226 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: to try it out, although a lot of people are 227 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: saying it's not just like full on Wall Street Journal 228 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: New York Times. If you look at a Wall Street 229 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: Journal subscription, it's expensive. So I find it hard to 230 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: believe that you'd get all of that for nine ninety 231 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: nine a month, because I've looked into getting that subscription 232 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: and you're talking it's closer to like, you know, twenty 233 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: to forty dollars a month, so after your little promo 234 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: deal runs out. So I think this sounds cool. I 235 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: think it's great for journalism, but personally it's probably not 236 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,719 Speaker 1: something I'm going to be doing. But you do get 237 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: a lot for your money. So if you don't mind 238 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: paying ten dollars a month and you've got a bunch 239 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: of time to look at all these magazines, it's pretty cool. 240 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: If you're traveling a lot on an airplane, I think 241 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: it's pretty cool. But to be honest, what I'm doing, 242 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to read books, and that's where i'd rather 243 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: spend my money. So that's that's that's where I am. 244 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: All right. So Apple credit Card this got this got 245 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: a lot of publicity because it's kind of unique that 246 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: Apple's doing a credit card now. I have my thoughts 247 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: on credit cards in general, so I'll try not to 248 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: like mix those in. But I'm not a big believer 249 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: in credit cards. I do have one. Full disclosure, I 250 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 1: am a Dave Ramsey fan. I've talked about him before. 251 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: He says no credit cards. Personally. I travel a lot. 252 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: I've tried the no credit card thing. It's really complicated, 253 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: especially when you're booking hotel rooms and you know all 254 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: this stuff for business travel. So I do have a 255 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: credit card, so I'm not gonna say that you shouldn't 256 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: have one at all. But to have an Apple card, 257 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: oh man, I don't know. That's like next level Apple fanboy, 258 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: you know. And I think the iPhone's amazing. I love 259 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: the iPhone. I wrote a book about the iPhone. But 260 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: to have an Apple credit card is like, I mean, 261 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: how far down the Apple path do you want to go? 262 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: You've already got the AirPods, You've already got the Apple TV, 263 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: You've got the iPad, I've got the MacBook. Now you're 264 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: gonna get a credit card that primarily works through your iPhone. 265 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: That seems to me a little bit crazy. Okay, So 266 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: with that said, I like what they're doing with the 267 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: credit card, and it's not like they're doing things that 268 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: nobody else has done. I mean it works with the iPhone. 269 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: You sign up right through the iPhone. I do like 270 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: how they're labeling stuff nice and clearly, and I think 271 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: that's a trend we're going to see with the other 272 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: credit cards. So they're using machine learning and Apple maps 273 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 1: that when you look at your transactions, instead of seeing 274 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: some weird thing that you have to like Google, you'll 275 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: just see that like, here's the place that you spent 276 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: money at. Here it is on a map, and here's 277 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: the name of it. So my wife goes to this 278 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: one gas station that has some random name, and every 279 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: time I see it in our debit card, I'm like, where, 280 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: what the heck is this charge for like thirty four bucks? 281 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: And sure enough, it's always this weird gas station. So 282 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: I think that will actually help when people have that 283 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: information at the ready. I also like the other aspect 284 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: of if you don't decide to pay off your card 285 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: every month, there's this little circular slider that will show 286 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: you how much you're paying and how much interest it's 287 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: going to cost you to just make that portion of 288 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: a payment and you can turn the slider to make 289 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: a bigger payment and see how that impacts your interest. 290 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: I think that's really smart and I think it's nice. 291 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: I think you should pay off your balance in full 292 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: if you can. So the Apple Card is going to 293 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: be available this summer. I don't know. I don't like 294 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: a card that is so down the Apple line, Like 295 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: I just think this seems a little bit crazy to get. 296 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people will get it. There 297 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: are no fees, and the cool thing they're doing with 298 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: the rewards, which I know people are obsessed with rewards. 299 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: They're kind of playing into that because they're crediting you 300 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: the rewards every single day. And the way they're doing 301 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: rewards is you get three percent back on Apple purchases, 302 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: So anything Apple three percent back for those charges. Any 303 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: other things that you tap to pay, you'll get two percent. 304 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: That means using your iPhone to tap to pay like 305 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: you would to check out or whatever. And then anytime 306 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: you use the physical card you're only going to get 307 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: one percent back. And so for a free credit card, 308 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: those percentages are not that bad, especially the two percent 309 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: for the tap to pay, but I think you could 310 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: do better and overall since I don't actively recommend credit cards, 311 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: I'm kind of torn on it in general. All Right, 312 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: final thing that Apple talked about is Apple TV Plus. 313 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: This is their subscription service that is kind of a 314 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: new home for Apple TV app. So the Apple TV 315 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: or I guess I should say the TV app, has 316 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: evolved over the years and I kind of see where 317 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: they're going with this, and I get it, and I 318 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: think it's actually pretty smart. So there's two things going 319 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: on here. Number one, Well, there's actually three things. So 320 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: number one, the TV app is going to be revamped, 321 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: and it's also going to be available in other places. Right, 322 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: So the TV app is going to be available on 323 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: Apple TV like it always has, plus the iPhone and 324 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: all that stuff, but they're gonna make this available in 325 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: other places as well, like Roku, Fire TV, smart TVs 326 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: from Sony, Visio and some others. And so what they're 327 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: gonna do is allow you to kind of subscribe to 328 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: all your services but then bring them all into this app. 329 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: So let's say your minus Netflix, of course, so let's 330 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: say you have you know, HBO, Let's say you have 331 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: Showtime Stars all those. Instead of going to those individual 332 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: apps to watch stuff, you're literally gonna be able to 333 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: watch this stuff inside the TV app, which I think 334 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: is kind of cool. Plus you can search for stuff 335 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: and it'll tell you, you know, if it's available. Plus it's 336 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: going to most importantly suggest things for you. Right, so, 337 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: out of all the shows that are free to you, 338 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: it will say, here's the dramas, here's the cool comedies, 339 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: here's the stuff that we think you like. Right, So 340 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: that's one side of it. Second thing is they're gonna 341 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: let you subscribe to a lot of these subscription services 342 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: like HBO, Stars, Showtime, CBS, Taste, Made, Noggin, MTV, Hits, Epics, 343 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of them. Now, when I saw the 344 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: listing on the screen at the event of what they're 345 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: gonna let you subscribe to, kind of a yawner to 346 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: me because I don't really care about any of these channels. 347 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: I mean, HBO is cool, but the rest of them 348 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: I don't really care for. So the reality is this 349 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: will be good based on whether these channels are good 350 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: for you. So Netflix is clearly the outsider here. They 351 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: are not included, so you're always gonna have to go 352 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: outside of this app for Netflix. Who knows if that 353 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: will hurt them or help them. Now, the other thing 354 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: is the TV shows and movies and documentaries, and that's 355 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: where all these celebrities come in, and also the original programming. 356 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: So Apple is making their own programming and that's where 357 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: the TV plus comes in. So you will be able 358 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: to subscribe to some sort of Apple service. We don't 359 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: know if it's going to be a monthly fee or 360 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: it's going to be a you know, per show, but 361 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: it says video subscription service will be announced later this 362 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: fall for pricing and availability. So I don't know how 363 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: much would you pay for Apple TV content? For me, 364 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: that's like maybe four ninety nine a month if the 365 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: shows are absolutely amazing. And the only show I saw 366 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: out there that looked good to me was the one 367 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: that was kind of a parody of morning shows, so 368 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: it was with Reese Rytherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell. 369 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: But I just don't know if if I need that right, 370 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: So for five bucks a month, I mean really, it's like, 371 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: how much is this show worth to me? We'll see 372 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: you guys. Know. I like password managers and you should 373 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: be using one by now. If you're not highly recommend 374 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: that you try a password manager, Like I say, I 375 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: don't care if you use the one that's built into iPhone, 376 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: if you're only using iOS devices, it's free. It works. 377 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: But this is another one to consider. This is from Firefox. 378 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: They launched their own password manager and it's now available 379 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: across pretty much every platform, which is nice, which is 380 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: why I'm mentioning it. So Firefox lock Box. This is 381 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: for Android now, which I guess was the final missing 382 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: piece of the puzzle, so they had it for iOS. 383 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: They also have it built into their Firefox browser. And 384 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: so if you haven't used one of these password managers before, 385 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: here's how it works. Right. You come up to a 386 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: website where it wants you to create a password, right, 387 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: and a little thing pops up on the website from 388 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: Firefox that says, hey, do you want us to create 389 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: a password for you? You say yes. It creates this crazy 390 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: implicated password and you're like, oh, I'm never gonna remember that, 391 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: and it goes, well, we're gonna remember it for you too, 392 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, cool. So you press save and 393 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: you never have to think about that password ever again. 394 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: Next thing you know, you go to you know, flowersamazingflowers 395 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: dot com and all of a sudden, Firefox pops up 396 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: and it says, hey, we see you. We saved your 397 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: password from this website the last time. Remember that And 398 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, yeah, do you want us to fill 399 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: it in for you? And you say yes, and next 400 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: thing you know, it fills it in. Then you have 401 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: one main password that protects all these little passwords. And ideally, 402 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: and I don't know if Firefox Lockbox has this, the 403 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: two factor authentication, but your password manager should have that 404 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: as well. So if your password manager does not have 405 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,719 Speaker 1: the two factor authentication, it's not as secure because think 406 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: about it, you got one password and then it unlocks 407 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: all your other passwords. But anyway, so Firefox Lockbox is 408 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: on Android now, it's also on the desktop app, and 409 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: it's also on iOS, so that's pretty good. And it's free. 410 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: So the other two I like are called last Pass 411 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: and then dash Lane. Dash Lane is about five dollars 412 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: a month. Last Pass is about three dollars a month. 413 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: So no matter which one you go with, go with it, 414 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: stick with it, and keep your password safe and stop 415 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: using the same password over and over and over. So 416 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: this is like a trend on every app, every smartphone, 417 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: and what's really happening is iPhone users can't wait, cannot 418 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: wait for dark mode to be system wide on iOS. 419 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: Now I will tell you. On the Samsung Galaxy S ten, 420 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: I was testing that one does have a system wide 421 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: dark mode and it was pretty cool. So at night 422 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: my phone would be pretty much all dark mode, and 423 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: then during the day it would automatically switch to the 424 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: light mode and it was pretty fun. Like it took 425 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: me a while to figure it out. As I do 426 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: this right now, I'm looking at my Chrome web browser 427 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: and they must have just done a dark mode because 428 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: now it's matching the dark mode that my Mac operating 429 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: system just implemented. So apparently dark mode is just everywhere. 430 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: All these apps are getting on board, and now Twitter 431 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: is the latest. So if you go into your Twitter options, 432 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: you now have three options. Dim Dim is the current 433 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: dark mode theme that they introduced in twenty sixteen, which 434 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: is blue gray but still gives people a more comfortable 435 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: way to enjoy Twitter. Lights Out is the dark mode, 436 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: which is basically pure black pellette that emits no light 437 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: since pixels are turned off, So this is like the 438 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: darkest theme you can get. Then you can do automatic 439 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: dark mode. And right now this is only for iOS, 440 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: but basically, if you're using Twitter all day long, during 441 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: the day, it will be light and then at night 442 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: it will go dark. So these changes are rolling out 443 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: rolling out to iOS, so you might not see it 444 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: in the app immediately, but it's also coming to Android 445 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: and the web in the future. And I don't know, 446 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I kind of like dark mode. It's kind 447 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: of fun. It's kind of different. I think on the 448 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: Chrome web browser it's been thrown me off because I'm 449 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: so not used to it. But my whole computer now 450 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: is sort of in dark mode and I'm digging it. 451 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: Google Podcasts is doing something fun. Since this is a podcast, 452 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: I really kind of keep up with what's going on 453 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: in the podcast world. And I love what Google's doing 454 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: because leave it to Google to make podcasts even easier, 455 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: and this is just brilliant. Okay, I'll tell you why 456 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: in a second. Google Podcasts is now pretty much transcribing 457 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: the audio inside every podcast, So whatever I'm saying right 458 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: now is being transcribed in Google. Now. They're not letting 459 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: you search it specifically just yet, but they are using 460 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: it to kind of help their searches. So when you 461 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: search on Google podcasts. It will unearth things that you 462 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: said inside your show. So a lot of times, you know, 463 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: shows do show notes, but they don't get every single 464 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: thing that they say. Let's say they mentioned something in 465 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: passing right, Now you can search for those things. So 466 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: let's say I went to Italy and I visited some 467 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: random restaurant in Italy and I mentioned the name of it. 468 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: And you know, let's say that you run that restaurant. 469 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: You want to hear every time someone mentions that restaurant. 470 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: Now you can search for that and there you go. 471 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: So that's really cool. So there's a lot of different uses. 472 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: Let's say you're obsessed with a very obscure actor, right 473 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: and you want to see every time that actor appears 474 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: in a podcast or someone talks about that actor. Well, 475 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: now you can search for that actor's name, and even 476 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: though it wasn't necessarily in the show notes, it will 477 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: still show up when for results of Google podcasts. Now, 478 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: there is a service that you can go to online 479 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: that's very similar, and this one is called listennotes dot 480 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: com and so listen notes will also do something similar, 481 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: but I think it's just searching the actual notes of 482 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: the podcast. So I don't think that it's necessarily searching 483 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: inside the podcast, but it is searching the notes of 484 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: the podcast, which is still pretty useful. So if you're 485 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 1: looking for someone or something or anything, you can go 486 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: to listen notoes dot com and that will help you 487 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: find what you're looking at for. But Google Podcasts always 488 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: taking it, or Google in general, always taking things a 489 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: step further, and I love how they're doing this. Android 490 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: Police explains how you can find the actual transcript inside. 491 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 1: You have to go into like the source of the 492 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: actual web page of the podcast, so it's not like 493 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: easily findable right now, but you can do it, and 494 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: it's cool, and I love the fact that you can 495 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: just search for things and find them a lot easier 496 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: because of this effort that Google is putting in. Sony 497 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: has a new action camera that looks pretty darn cool, 498 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: except for the fact that it has a very high 499 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: price tag. It's called the RXO or RX zero two 500 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 1: Action camera. And what's cool about this it's kind of 501 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: like a GoPro, but it has a flip up screen 502 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: and that means that you can hold this camera in 503 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: front of you, flip up the screen, and now you 504 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: can see yourself, and why do you need that while 505 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: you can frame up your shot if you're a regular 506 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: person just kind of on vacation with your family and 507 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: you're taking some of these videos. But for vloggers, this 508 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: is really going to come in handy because it's a 509 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: pocket sized camera that shoots really high quality stuff. But 510 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: now you can see yourself and frame up the shot properly. 511 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: So this is kind of a dream for vloggers. I 512 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: have not tested this, so I don't know the quality 513 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 1: of it, but I remember when I first got my GoPro, 514 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: this is what I want to do with it. My 515 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: plan was to do some vlogging, and it just became 516 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 1: too tough because you can't see yourself, and I was like, well, 517 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: how do I do that? Maybe I hook it up 518 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: like on a tripod and I put like a monitor 519 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: in front of it. It just became too complicated, and 520 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: so what do you end up doing? You end up 521 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: using your cell phone, which just the quality is not 522 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: there sometimes. I mean, it's getting better, but this also 523 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: has a microphone jacket, could shoot four K video at 524 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: thirty frames per second, it's got stabilization, slow motion, it's 525 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: got four K HDMI output, and here's the craziest part. 526 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: You can actually operate up to fifty, okay, five of 527 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: these cameras at once if you have the mobile app. 528 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,239 Speaker 1: Fifty cameras with a special access point, and then one 529 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: hundred cameras with a special troll box. So I guess 530 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: Sony is really planning ahead. If you want to use 531 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: one hundred of these cameras at some sort of concert 532 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: or live event, you can. But I just like the 533 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: idea that you know, a lot of the if you're 534 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: trying to get into vlogging or do anything with like, 535 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: you know that kind of stuff, you're kind of limited 536 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: to either one of these expensive bulky DSLR cameras or 537 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: kind of like the point and shoot cameras. Sony has 538 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: a good one that a lot of the vloggers like 539 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: as well. But this is really nice. Seven hundred bucks 540 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: for the Sony RX. I think it's RX zero two. 541 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: And Spotify is testing a new subscription plan that I 542 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: think can come in handy for a lot of people. 543 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 1: So if you're you know, a solo person and you 544 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: have Spotify, you're going to pay ten bucks a month, 545 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: right then if you want to bump up to that 546 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: family plan, because you've got a couple people in your family, 547 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: you're at fifteen dollars a month. But what if it's 548 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: just you and your partner and you don't want to 549 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: pay fifteen dollars a month because that seems kind of stupid, 550 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: because you can get up to six accounts with that price, 551 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: or you can just get two, like, well, I'm kind 552 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: of being short changed here. Well, now they have this 553 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: new service called Premium Duo, and this is a discounted 554 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: subscription just for two people, and as you might expect, 555 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: it lands right in the middle. Right around now in Europe, 556 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: it's twelve dollars and fifty euros a month. I think 557 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: this is a great idea, and I think it's nice 558 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: for just two people that want to share Spotify. And 559 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: what Spotify is trying to do is probably what happens 560 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: in a lot of houses is the couples just share 561 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: one Premium account and they just log in on various 562 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: phones and they just you know, everything gets mixed up 563 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: that way though. All your podcast all your playlists and 564 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: what you listen to, all that personalized experience is getting 565 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: totally mixed up. And so I personally like the idea 566 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: of having my own account because what I listened to 567 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: might be slightly different from what my wife listens to, 568 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: although we kind of like the same music, but I 569 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: probably do more indie stuff than she does. So I 570 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: like this idea. I think it's smart. I think it 571 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: makes more people subscribe, so you're actually getting you know, 572 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: three dollars more a month from some of these couples, 573 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: so that's a good thing. Plus you're helping them out by, 574 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: you know, making this the experience better for them. Now 575 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: here's the best part. You get this new playlist called 576 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: duo Mix, and this is an auto generated playlist that 577 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: is a mix of both of your favorite musical tastes 578 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: and the songs you like. So I think that's kind 579 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: of cool. You can be like, oh, I heard you 580 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: listen to this new country song to your wife or whatever, 581 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: and she's like, oh, I heard you listen to that 582 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: new you know, five for fighting song or whatever. I'm 583 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: really dating myself that I don't think they've come out 584 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: with a new song in a long time, but I 585 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: was listening to my nineties playlist the other day, so 586 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: they came up. So I like this idea. Right now, 587 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: it's not available in the US, but maybe it will 588 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: be in the future. It's in Colombia, Chile, Denmark, Ireland, 589 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: and Poland, and hopefully this will make it to the 590 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: US soon. And finally, Ford Explorer is introducing a new 591 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: Mindful mode in their twenty twenty Ford Explore and this 592 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: is a feature that strips away all the information on 593 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: your instrument cluster. So you know the part right now 594 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: front of you where you normally see this speedometer and 595 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: all that stuff, well, now that's digital, So they can 596 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: strip all of that away digitally when you turn on 597 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: this mode, and all you will see is your speed 598 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: and how much fuel you have left. So I think 599 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: that's kind of fun. So Ford has a bunch of stuff, 600 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: they say. They a study they did found that Americans 601 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: spend half their day processing information from staring at a screen. 602 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: Mindful Mode employs theories of meditation and mindfulness, therapeutic techniques 603 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: used to maintain mental wellness by focusing on just one 604 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: element or moment in time, by eliminating data the driver 605 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: may not need to see. So you know, you normally 606 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: have your RPMs, you have your gas, you have your 607 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: your little battery level, which I'm convinced on my car 608 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: is broken because it's never changed since I got my car, 609 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: so it's always been like just slightly lower than like 610 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: the middle part. So I'm like, if my battery goes 611 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: out or maybe it's the overheating one. Yeah, I'm never 612 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: gonna know if my car overheats until it's too late, 613 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: I should probably get that looked at. What else do 614 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: you have on there? How many miles you've gone? So yeah, 615 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: this mindful mode will just put it put just the 616 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: information you need, which is your speed limit or I 617 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: guess your speed, your current speed, and also how much 618 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: gas you have left. It's actually called the Calm Screen Display, 619 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: but they've nicknamed it the Mindful Mode. And by the way, 620 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: that new digital instrument cluster is twelve point three inches, 621 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: so it's basically we've seen this in a lot of 622 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: the high end car especially the Audi's. They kind of 623 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: did it first, I think, but you know, they made 624 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: the screen it's all digital instead of having actual physical 625 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: you know, speedometers and stuff. It's all digital, so they 626 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: can put whatever they want on that screen and it's 627 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: kind of cool. I mean, I guess, I guess it's 628 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: gotten to a point where it's reliable enough where they 629 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: can you know, they convince the you know whoever they 630 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 1: have to convince in the government to say, yeah, we can, 631 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: we can replace this stuff and people will be just fine. 632 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: But again that's in the Ford Explorer, which apparently is 633 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: all new and it comes out later this summer, the 634 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Ford Explorer. Well that's going to do it. 635 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: That's gonna bring us to the end of the podcast. 636 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, thanks for listening. 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Thanks 715 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: so much for watching. To everyone on Facebook's thanks so 716 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: much for listening. I do appreciate it. Watch me on 717 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: KTLA every morning in the five am hour, seven am hour, 718 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: and nine am hour, or wherever you watch TV. Also 719 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: on Instagram, I've been posting an Instagram version of my 720 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: story there, so Rich on tech on Instagram. And I 721 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: know I'm talking a lot of you that know this stuff, 722 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: but you know there might be some new folks that 723 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:46,799 Speaker 1: are hopping on board here, so I tell you that 724 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: stuff as well. Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich 725 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: Jumiro Rich on tech dot TV. Have a fantastic day 726 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: wherever you're listening from. I will talk to you real soon.