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We've got some great guests this week. 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.160 Kate Kozych, managing editor at Tom's Guide, is going to 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.800 talk about her trip to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.040 Leo Roberts of the Laptop Elf Project will join me 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.119 to discuss how to make an old computer new again 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:25.840 with Chrome os Flex and Richard Schneider, president and founder 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.120 of Antenna's Direct, is going to talk about the latest 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:30.640 trends in cord cutting. 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:32.720 Great great guests. 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.279 Well, the other day I shared a post that said, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.920 it takes me longer to research the hotel I want 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:44.000 to stay in than the actual time I will spend 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:48.520 in that hotel. And that's kind of true because my 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.680 wife gives me a hard time. But when I am 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:55.360 booking travel, I am like a clinical doctor. I am 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.120 checking all of the stats, the vitals, the signs. I 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.200 am cross referred and sing. And this was a question 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:05.640 that Joe asked me when I sent out my first newsletter, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.520 So thank you Joe for the inspiration for the second newsletter, 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.280 I decided to go over the ways that I book 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.920 my travel now. I am not a super premium Platinum 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:19.080 gold K one k VIP on any particular airline I 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:20.800 have been in the past, and I will tell you 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.280 if you make that status two things. Number One, you 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:26.760 are on the road all the time, something that I 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.160 used to really enjoy, but now that I have kids, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.760 of course, you know, a trip for work used to 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:33.800 be three to four days. Now it's like, can I 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:35.600 fly up in the morning and fly back at that 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.560 same night. Because you know, you've got kids, You've got 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.320 things to do. You've got basketball games, football games, well 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.240 not football, baseball, I guess I should say football games 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.680 to watch. There you go, all right, So where do 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.720 I start? I always start at flights dot Google dot com. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.560 This is because Google has a ton of information about flights. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:57.400 I don't even put in my dates. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.040 I actually just put in where I'm going, and I 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.799 hit search just to see this calendar of the cheapest 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:02.800 dates to travel. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:04.680 They will be highlighted in green. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.079 Now, most of the time I can't travel on those 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.640 days because of work obligations or where I'm going, So 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:12.480 I will just use those dates to kind of give 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.360 me an idea of the absolute cheapest price. And then 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.200 I'll further refine, so I'll put in my preferred airline, 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.240 whether I want to carry on bag, so I get 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.240 rid of those basic economy fares. Most of the time 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.919 I want to go NonStop, and so I'll just use 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.800 those filters, and then I'll go back to the calendar 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.639 and see what's changed and see if I can find 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.200 the flights that I want. From here, I'm gonna settle 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:34.600 on my flights, then I'm going to go to the 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.160 actual airline to book directly. Now, they do have a 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.080 link on Google's website most of the time to the 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:42.400 direct airline, so you're fine using that and Google gets 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.480 a little cut of that obviously a little commission for 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.720 helping you find this flight, but you can also go 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.400 directly to the website as well. I try to stay 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:53.000 away from third party airline booking websites because if there's 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.360 ever an issue with your flight, it can be tricky 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.160 to change. Like the other day, I had a Southwest 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.800 flight that was booked through a travel agency and you 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:01.640 can can't make the changes you want to make on 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.080 the Southwest app. You actually have to go through that 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.680 travel agency once again, so it does offer a little 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.760 bit of inconvenience if you go through a third party. Now, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.040 for hotels, once again, I always go to Google Hotels. 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.000 So in my experience, I do not book on this 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:22.120 site because they index all these random travel websites for 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.960 flight or for hotels, and most of the time when 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:26.960 you go to that website, I have never heard of it. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:29.000 I can't vouch for the price, I don't know if 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.719 it's real, so I will just do this as my 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.440 kind of research. And so what I like about Google 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.839 Hotels is that when you go to the list of 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:41.000 hotels in that city, it will show you some hotel 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.320 rooms marked as a deal. And when you see that, 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.359 they kind of use all their google Ly data to 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.040 tell you when a hotel room is a really good price. 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.960 And so if I see like a nice five star 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.000 or four star hotel that's marked deal because it's way 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.200 cheaper than it typically is, it's abnormally cheap, I will 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.760 try to book there. Now I narrow down using my 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.400 preferred hotel chain, and of course star level depends. If 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.720 I'm looking for a three star, four star, I mean 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:09.960 five star would be amazing, but those are many times 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.039 too expensive. But I'll use this as my starting point 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.760 for any excellent deals on nice hotels in the city 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:16.400 I want to go to. 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:17.240 Now. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.880 Pro tip, once you have major filters on Google Hotels, 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.640 you can bookmark that. So let's say you're a Marriotte 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.640 member or you're a Hilton member, you can bookmark those 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.320 filters and your star preferences so that next time you 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:30.960 go back to the site, all you have to do 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:32.960 is type in the city you're staying and you can 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.560 see what hotels fit that filter. So that's a really 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:40.360 nice tip. Now, my other method is trip Advisor. Trip 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.440 Advisors kind of like the Holy Grail because so many 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:44.760 people use it around the world. So I will go 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.560 to the city that I want to stay in and 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.479 I will look at the listings of all the hotels. 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.560 But here's the important part. You have to change the 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.320 way they sort the hotels by traveler ranked. They're going 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.800 to do their proprietary ranking algorithm, which benefits them the 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.520 most because the hotels that pay them the most, or 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.719 the ones that get the biggest kickback from or the 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.480 ones that advertise the most are going to be at 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.080 the top of that list by default. So you want 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.840 to go into traveler Ranked. And so once you do that, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.440 it will rank the hotels in a city by what 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.880 travelers actually say. And so again I will do that, 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:19.680 and then I will use the filters on the side 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.480 to narrow my search by hotel chain, by stars, by neighborhood, 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.080 and this will generally show you the top rated hotels 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.919 in any given area. Once I settle on my hotel, 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.840 once again, I will go directly to the hotel website 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.680 book direct I'll use my triple A membership to save 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:36.919 a few bucks. Sometimes it saves a lot, sometimes it 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.360 saves a little, but it usually saves a couple of bucks. 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.080 And I will never ever ever book a room that 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.719 I cannot cancel. I know it's more expensive to do 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.839 it that way, but it may save you in the 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.720 long run because you're flexible and things change. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:50.000 You know. 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.520 We saw that throughout the pandemic, people's plans. I mean, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.680 all the hotels and things I had booked for trips, 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.160 I had to cancel them all, and thankfully they were 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:01.279 all refundable. Now, I will tell you that hotels dot 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.240 Com used to have a feature I really like. For 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.880 some reason, it's really tricky to see a list of 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.800 hotels sorted by distance from where you want to go, 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.440 but there is in Hotels dot Com used to do this, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.560 but they got rid of it. So now the only 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.360 one I know that does this is booking dot Com. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.400 So if you go to Booking dot Com, let's say 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.520 you're staying at the convention Center in downtown Detroit. I 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:23.920 don't even know if they have one, but I'm guessing 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.200 they do, and you want a hotel that is the 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.240 closest to that convention center. You can type in on here. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:31.760 Let's see if I can actually do this. If I 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.760 can type in Detroit d E T R O A 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:37.760 T convention center. So you can type in the convention 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.240 center that you're going to, and here it is McGregor 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.400 Conference Center, and then you press search and then you 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:48.480 can sort by distance. And that is a key thing 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.000 because if you just want to stay at the absolute closest, 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:54.920 so distance from Landmark is what they allow you to do. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.600 So I can see that these this hotel is er 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.840 point three miles from the conference center there, So that 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.480 is another way to do it if you want just 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.400 the closest thing. If you just want to walk you're 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.240 in a city for a night or two, that's the 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.640 way to do it, all right. For rental cars, I 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.280 am I'm kind of I'm kind of picky when it 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.280 comes to rental cars. I like the idea that I 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.720 can just walk off the plane and walk into my car. 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:18.200 So I do use one company. 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.240 I've got all my info save with them, and I 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.360 just walk off the plane and I skip that long 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.040 line at the rental counter. This is more expensive, but 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.600 it saves me a lot of time. Otherwise, costco travel 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.360 has really good rates. And there's a website called auto 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.920 slash that does a really nice search of auto rates 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.040 and they will continue to search for a reservation and 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.400 see if there's a better deal and a better price 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.120 up until the time that you travel. 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:43.520 So that's really nice. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.839 When it comes to other websites, point dot me you've 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:48.880 probably heard me talk about this. I really like this 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:52.320 as a search engine for finding travel deals using the 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.640 points that you already have. And then there's a website 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:59.239 called going dot com and this is an amazing website 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.559 that will deliver cheap flight deals right to your inbox. 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.000 They do have a free level of service, but if 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:08.400 you want the best deals, you have to pay. How 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.360 about when a hotel was last renovated? Thanks to Wendy 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.200 for this tip. You can search up the name of 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.280 the hotel on travel Weekly and it will tell you 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.319 when that hotel was last renovated. So if it was 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.240 in nineteen eighty five, maybe you don't want to stay there, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.880 or maybe you do because it's really cheap, or maybe 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.000 everything old is new again and it's cool and you 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.920 could do a TikTok video. Speaking of TikTok, I love 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.440 to watch YouTube and TikTok and Instagram for videos on 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.839 things to do in that city, and it's great. I mean, 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:37.880 people go all over and they show you the coolest 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.640 things to do in all these cities. Have gotten some 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.600 really great ideas. I use Google Maps to save all 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.320 the places that I want to go, so you can 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:48.280 make a list of saved places in a city. I 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.720 have ongoing lists for all the cities that I'm visiting 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:51.960 or the cities I visited. 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:53.040 It's really easy. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:54.640 If you look at Google Maps, you'll see a little 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:57.840 saved bookmark icon the next time you search for a place. 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.880 That's how you can start your list. Is the best 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.200 flight tracking app for the iPhone. Flight Aware is really 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.120 good for Android. A ward wallet is where I keep 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.720 track of all of my reservations. They do this really 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.240 cool list of all of your reservations for everywhere in order, 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.280 and they tell you the amount of days until that reservation. 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.319 So it's really cool because you can see exactly how 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.560 many days until your next trip, which is kind of 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.880 fun if you're driving. I Exit is a great app 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.400 to tell you what fast food places are up at 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.000 the stop ahead, so if you want a certain fast 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.920 food place, you can look at this little app and 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.400 it organizes it by exit so you can see what's 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:40.199 up ahead. That's really handy. Google Maps. A little pro tip. 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.960 You can search for the term scenic spot and this 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.640 will help you find cool places to take photos wherever 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.520 you go. So if you're into Instagram or you just 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.320 want to see a cool view wherever you are, just 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.760 search scenic spot and it will show you all the 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.480 scenic spots nearby. And if you want to know what 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:58.160 I listened to and I'm taking off on the plane, 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.800 tichoy Cho, I've been doing it for years. 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:02.400 All right. 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.480 There you have it, my tips and tricks for booking travel. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.640 All right, let's hear from you. Triple eight rich one 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.480 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:11.800 one zero one. 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.160 You are listening to rich on Tech. 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.680 Rich Demiro here, rich on Tech, Welcome back to the show. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.959 I know I gave you a lot of travel tips 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:26.840 and tricks in the first segment. Hopefully you wrote that 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.800 all down because I'm not saying it again. No, I'm 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:32.120 just kidding. Just go to the website rich on Tech 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.680 dot TV. Hit the link at the top. It is 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:38.200 highlighted in red, and it will give you a link 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.880 to all of those tips and tricks. They were actually 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.040 featured in my newsletter sent out this morning, So if 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.480 you're not subscribed to the rich on Tech newsletter, you 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.280 can do that for free as well. Let's go to 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:52.360 Benjamin in the Pacific Palisades. Benjamin, you're on with Rich. 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.360 Hi, Rich, thanks for taking my call. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:55.360 Thanks for calling. 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.439 I have Apple equipment all the way through Apple and 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:04.080 one canter iPhone thirteen and for years I've just had 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:08.440 DSL running into the house through the phone set up, 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.719 and it's been fine, except when I make calls overseas 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.560 through like a signal app or WhatsApp, then I have 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:21.160 to move around the house. Sometimes there's dropouts. Recently, the 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.600 company that services my phone line has put fiber optic 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:28.480 right up to my roof and they came by last week. 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.680 And I don't know if this is misinformation. He said, oh, yes, 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.720 if we put the fiber optic in, it will definitely 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:40.360 prove your download speed, but we can't guarantee that signal 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:44.359 strength and dropouts like that will go away. Is he mistaken? 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.640 Everybody else is saying, oh no, I'll get the fiber optic. 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:48.400 It'll be five. 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.720 Hundred, you know, oh yeah, I would one hundred percent 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.720 go with a fiber optic. I mean, are you actually 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:53.559 on DSL. 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.160 Yes, I have a just a you know, a phone 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.520 line directly into the computer and it's been great. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:00.800 I don't have to spout you get. 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:01.360 I have Apple TV. 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.200 I don't have any problem now. I did install four 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:05.600 Google Nest devices. 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.240 Okay, house, and. 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:08.720 What do you know what kind of speed you're getting 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:09.640 on that DSL? 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:10.200 Oh? 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.040 I mean when the guy put in the next devices, 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.200 he couldn't believe we were getting any signal. It was 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:14.920 very slow. 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:16.880 Okay, okay, yeah, I would. 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.320 I would one hundred percent go with the with the fiber, 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.480 and I one hundred percent think it will fix all 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.559 of your latency issues with these with his void services 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.240 that you're trying to use. I've had fiber since day 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.880 one in my house and it is incredibly fast. 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:31.760 It is. 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:33.679 I mean, I can get up to I think it's 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:37.560 five gigabits per second or you know whatever this like. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.600 It started out as a thousand, which I thought was cool. 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.480 And by the way, the neat thing about fiber is 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:46.160 that it's up and down the same speed. So with DSL, 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.840 your download speed might be you know, at DSL might 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.560 be ten, you know, it might be ten, but the 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.319 upload might be like one or two. So, and that's 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.440 the same thing with cable. Cable advertises these really fast 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.880 download speeds, but the upload speed is much much slower. 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.240 In fact, it's really tough to find the upload speed 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.840 on the cable company's websites for that reason, because they 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.920 know that they're not you know, they're they're kind of 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:11.920 playing a game. 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:12.200 Now. 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.880 I will tell you most people don't need the upload 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.439 speeds that I need. I'm working with video all the time, 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.520 and so I need to upload large files to my editor, 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:25.080 and so it's that's why I really really like to 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:26.000 have that speed. 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:30.160 So he's mistaken the installer who said he would not 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:35.120 necessarily eliminate these ropouts throughout the house. The fiber should 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:35.920 eliminate that. 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.280 I mean, Benjamin, here's a deal. You've got four Google nests, 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.800 You've got fiber connection. There is nothing else you could 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.240 do that would be better except wiring all of those 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.840 nests with Ethernet to you know, otherwise you are you're 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:53.240 in the best possible scenario. If Signal or any of 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.560 these other apps can't give you a clear connection, there's 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:56.520 something else going on. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:00.000 Okay, now, the nest the one complaint I have everyone. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:01.360 Once in a while, I'll be sitting in my living 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.440 room and all of a sudden, a voice comes out 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.360 of one of these nests. Is there somewhere you could 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.680 recommend I could learn how to control. They didn't give 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.920 me any instructions. I don't really like the idea that 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.040 that you know, I can say the wrong word. 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.840 Yeah, yeah, they have. They have built in the hot 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.760 word the Google. They will listen for that hot word. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:21.440 I don't know if it's all of them or if 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.920 it's just a couple of them. You can see some 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:25.680 of them have the little holes on top that do 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.920 the listening. You are able to go into the Google 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:32.080 Home app and toggle that off. So you should be 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.280 able to go in there and toggle that off. It's 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.080 been a bit since I use the Google Homes, but 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.080 I do know they have the Google you know, the 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.680 Google hot word built in so that you can ask, 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.720 you know, weather and things like that. But that's what 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.240 I would do, is just download the Google app connected 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.760 to the to the little repeaters, and you will have 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.360 full control of all the things that they can do there. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.400 I think you'll love fiber Internet. I think it's going 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.240 to be great. And so Benjamin, thanks for the call today. 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.400 I appreciate it. Triple eight rich On eight eight eight 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.640 seven four to two four one zero one. If you 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.080 get an email from Netflix that says, hey, you got 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.320 to stop paying through Apple, it is legitimate. Apple is 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:14.240 no longer allowing existing customers to pay for their Basic 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.760 Plan subscription through Apple. They have not allowed new sign 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.680 ups for this in a very long time. But people, 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.080 you know, they stick to what they got, especially because 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.240 the price was good. But Netflix does not want to 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:29.160 pay a thirty percent commission to Apple anymore. That's what 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.680 they're paying every time you pay them. So you pay 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.600 them ten bucks a month and they pay Apple three dollars. 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:37.120 They're like, no, we're done with that. So they will 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:39.920 ask you to switch to adding your credit or debit 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.240 card directly through their website. So if you've see an 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.960 email like that number one, it's not it's not. It 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.320 is legitimate. But you have to also be careful because 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.560 there could be phishing emails that prey upon this. They 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.000 know that Netflix is sending out these emails, so you 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.360 may get a bogus email. So when in doubt go 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.720 directly to your Netflix dot Com log in on your 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:00.560 web site. 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:01.320 So go to a. 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.480 Desktop computer, go to Netflix dot Com and go to 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.480 change your payment information through there directly. If that's a possibility, 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.280 the email should explain everything you need to know. But 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:14.879 that is what's happening with Netflix. In fact, a lot 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.919 of companies no longer want to let Apple handle their 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.840 payments if possible, because they don't want to pay Apple. 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.160 That that cut all right? 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.159 Coming up, we are going to talk to Kate Kozych, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:30.080 Managing editor at Tom's Guide. She just got back from 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.760 Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. We're going to talk about 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.159 all the cool stuff she saw. You are listening to 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:40.600 Rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:45.399 DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology. Phone lines 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.400 are open at triple eight Rich one oh one eight 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:53.160 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.800 Joining me now is Kate Kozych, Managing editor at Tom's Guide. 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:02.439 Kate just got back from Mobile World Congress. This is 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:06.600 a big tech show that happens every year in Barcelona, Spain. 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:08.520 Kate, welcome to the show. 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:10.399 Thanks for having me. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:10.680 Rich. 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.000 You know those travel tips you were given before were awesome. 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:16.480 I think a little timely, because you know, I was 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:17.760 just traveling for work. 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:19.560 I was going to ask you, like, because I wondered 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:21.560 if you heard that, if you you know, because here's 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.639 the deal. Everyone has a different way of booking travel. 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.120 I'm not saying my way is the only way. There 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.080 are so many ways. But I figured i'd share because 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:30.920 you know, I've traveled for a long time and that's 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:32.760 kind of like what I go back to over and over. 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.560 So I'm sure i'll get some emails with other people's tips, 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.360 which of course I welcome. So tell me about Barcelona. 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:41.120 How was it. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:42.840 It was a great trip. I'm sad to be back 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.640 in rainy New York. I will say it was actually 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:49.280 my first time at Mobile World Congress. It was a 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.600 trade show, you know, I didn't know what to expect 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:54.520 too much going into it. I've covered CEEUS, the Consumer 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:58.040 Electronics Show for many years now, but this was this 0:18:58.200 --> 0:18:58.879 was a bit different. 0:18:58.960 --> 0:18:59.840 I feel like it. 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:02.840 Had more of a focus on mobile technology, as the 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:05.719 name suggests. What was really cool was to see these 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:10.600 products showcased by companies that don't necessarily sell their products 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.879 in the US, but are still such amazing innovators. 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.199 Yeah, anytime I go to a show that's not in 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.920 the US, you realize just how this stuff is very 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:22.600 worldwide and there's brands that, like I still haven't heard 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:26.400 of in different countries. It's funny because Mobile World Congress 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.280 a I've never been. All these years i've covered technology, 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.600 I have never ever been to Mobile World Congress. The 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:35.320 reason is we spend so much money covering CS that 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.359 I literally am like, my budget is like busted. So 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:40.480 I'm like, I can't really go to Mobile and I'll 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.520 be honest. In previous years it has not been that 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.440 exciting a lot of you know, there's been some announcements, 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:48.960 but this year there was a lot. So let's just 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:52.520 start with Samsung the Galaxy Ring. This is their new 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.200 fitness wearable. What were your impressions of this? They didn't 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:57.480 let anyone take a picture of. 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.480 It, that is true. The only place that you could 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.680 see it and like see it published online, was on 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.959 display at their booth. I hustled there in the morning 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.320 when the show floor opened and it was crowded. Man, 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.879 everyone wanted to see the Galaxy Ring up close. I 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.480 had to be a little patient to get up to 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.080 these display boxes. That they had, but you know, all 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:19.639 that they were really showing at this time were the 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.600 three color options in real life they have black, gold, silver, 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:26.400 and then they also had all the nine sizes around 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.760 sizes five through thirteen. I believe, I mean, I think 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:33.760 they looked great, but it was more or less a 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:35.800 tease of what's to be coming. I'm sure that we're 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:38.280 going to hear a lot more very soon, and most 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.560 signs are pointing to this Galaxy Ring coming out in 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:42.840 the summertime. 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:46.000 And only for Samsung phones right as far as I heard, 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:48.199 it's not going to be for like other Androids or 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:50.640 even the iPhone right off the bat. 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.240 I don't believe so well, definitely not the iPhone. I 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:57.199 think you know, they're going to be integrating it with 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:01.000 their Galaxy Health app of it kind of like as 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:04.240 an alternative to the Galaxy Watch, which you can technically 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:07.439 use with other devices. But I think with all of 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:09.560 these manufacturers, and we can talk about it a little 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:11.320 bit more with you know, one plus and the one 0:21:11.320 --> 0:21:14.720 plus Watch, but we're seeing more and more that you 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:18.639 want to stay within within these Android ecosystems, even you know, 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:19.800 brand to brand. 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:22.240 So which is so wild because Android's whole point was 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:23.959 that you didn't have to do that. But they've all 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:27.080 learned from Apple how apply things can be and how 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:30.560 sticky it is to have people stick in the same lane. 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:34.359 Seriously. But at the same time, I think, I think 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:36.879 seeing this smart ring come out is going to push 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:40.320 some other manufacturers to see if their customers would be 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:43.520 interested in a similar alternative. But of course there's also 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:47.320 brand of gnostic solutions like the RR ring that has 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.119 really made this smart ring category mainstream. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:52.520 Yeah, and it's great and I wore it for a while. 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:54.439 My wife actually got me one for my birthday. And 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:56.240 I have a rule, don't please don't buy me tech 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:58.879 like ever, because like I, you know, I test so 0:21:59.000 --> 0:21:59.639 much of it. 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:00.800 You got me an or a ring. 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:02.840 I actually ended up returning it, but I did review 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:05.359 it and I loved wearing it, but it made me 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:08.199 really stressed out because whenever I got a bad score, 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:10.119 my day would be ruined. So if I had like 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.920 a you know, bad readiness score or whatever. And also 0:22:13.080 --> 0:22:15.360 the chunkiness of the ring, Like I really do wish 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:19.000 that they can get these things like thinner, So we'll see. 0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:20.879 Tell me about the bendable phone. 0:22:20.880 --> 0:22:24.359 This is a Motorola concept phone that what's the point 0:22:24.359 --> 0:22:24.800 of this thing? 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.560 So they're actually not even calling it a smartphone. It's 0:22:28.560 --> 0:22:32.600 called the Motorola Adaptive Display concept. And I think that's 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:34.879 because in many ways it doesn't have a lot of 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:37.440 the normal smartphone features. It doesn't even have a camera 0:22:37.480 --> 0:22:39.200 system built in. I mean, when's the last time we 0:22:39.240 --> 0:22:42.159 saw a camera a phone with no camera. 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:43.960 It's been a while. 0:22:44.160 --> 0:22:46.720 I think they're trying to showcase is that your single 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:52.000 quote unquote smartphone can be every type of device you 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:54.960 needed to be. So they first showed this concept off 0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:58.840 at Lenovo Tech World. Lenovo is the Motorola parent company, 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:01.760 and that's what they gave us our first tease, showing 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:04.080 it as like a lifestyle device, think in the same 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:07.639 vein as the Motorol eraser. It's pitching you this, you know, 0:23:08.200 --> 0:23:11.119 fashionable tech item, and I feel like that's been kind 0:23:11.160 --> 0:23:13.720 of carried on to this adaptive display because what's cool 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:17.959 about it. You can bend it around your wrist and 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:20.360 wear it like a smart watch, and it takes this 0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:24.840 you know, almost it is ridiculous look ridiculous looking, I 0:23:24.880 --> 0:23:28.439 will say that much, but it eliminates the need almost 0:23:28.520 --> 0:23:30.640 to have a smart watch and a smartphone. You can 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.200 just bend it around your wrist like a slap bracet 0:23:33.280 --> 0:23:36.920 from the from the nineties and have your phone right there. 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:39.760 But they also demonstrated ways where it can bend like 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:42.760 a tent, bend backwards, and then also stand up on 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:44.919 its own. And I think what's cool about this compared 0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:48.040 to some of the other smartphone concepts we've seen is 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:50.560 a lot of them are based on folding in, like 0:23:50.600 --> 0:23:53.840 the Galaxy Z fold five and the Motorole Eraser as 0:23:53.880 --> 0:23:57.280 I mentioned, but this one's all about bending out. I 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:00.280 think we're we're going to see something like this not 0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:01.800 too far in the future. 0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:03.080 Yeah, and it's nice. 0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:06.280 Look, I mean, I'm I don't think it's realistic right now, 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:09.480 but it's nice to see these manufacturers pushing the envelope 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:12.000 and trying new things, because if you look at the 0:24:12.000 --> 0:24:14.640 iPhone from two thousand and seven to now, it really 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:17.159 hasn't changed very much. And everyone's waiting for Apple to 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:20.159 do something with the you know, foldable iPhone, which you 0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:23.000 know we may see finally, but you know, you look 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:26.560 at these other companies like Samsung and OnePlus and Google, 0:24:26.680 --> 0:24:29.800 even with the foldables and you know, the huahwehs of 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:32.520 the world, they're all trying new form factors and so 0:24:32.560 --> 0:24:35.919 it's nice to see that we're getting this innovation. It 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:38.119 just has to get to a place where it's realistic. 0:24:38.119 --> 0:24:40.399 And this phone that you're talking about, you know, I 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:43.040 saw it on your Instagram. You can find Kate by 0:24:43.040 --> 0:24:46.680 the way at Kate kozych ko z u c h 0:24:46.840 --> 0:24:48.800 on Instagram if you want to see what this looks like. 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.040 But it's it's a little big right now. So again 0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:54.399 we'll see this evolve, all right. Tell me about the 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:58.199 transparent laptop. This was from Lenovo, another concept, and this 0:24:58.359 --> 0:25:01.240 just looked like every movie the laptop I've ever seen 0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:04.200 where it's like, you know, Mission Impossible style, right. 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:07.000 So it's a laptop that has a seventeen point three 0:25:07.080 --> 0:25:11.160 inch micro led transparent display that lets you see right 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:13.399 through it to whatever's on the other side of the screen. 0:25:13.440 --> 0:25:15.960 It also has these AI features built in that it 0:25:16.000 --> 0:25:18.920 can read what's out beyond the screen and even let 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:21.520 you interact with it on your screen. I was doodling 0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.399 with it at the show. It was pretty cool. So 0:25:24.440 --> 0:25:26.359 I actually posted a video of it on TikTok and 0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:29.480 it went viral, but a lot of comments were interesting. 0:25:29.520 --> 0:25:32.240 It was about the privacy or like lack thereof with 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:36.399 a see through laptop. Lenovo told me there that hypothetically, 0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:39.840 because we have to speak in hypotheticals with concept devices, 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:42.760 that there could be this type of polarizing filter on 0:25:42.800 --> 0:25:44.880 the back that limits how much you can see if 0:25:44.880 --> 0:25:48.280 you're looking in through the back, or perhaps a film 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:51.040 kind of like we saw on LG's transparent olel ed 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:55.199 TV that rolls up and down for optional privacy. So 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:58.480 I think it was kind of this type of device 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:01.720 came at this time to see it if people would 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:03.639 want that or if that would be a concern, and 0:26:03.680 --> 0:26:05.240 I think it turns out it is. So if we 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:07.879 see a next iteration of this laptop, I'm calling it 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:10.800 now it's going to have some type of optional way 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:13.240 that people from the outside can't actually see through it. 0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:14.880 What was the use case scenario? 0:26:16.040 --> 0:26:19.119 So the way that I saw it best use was 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:22.879 it has this little camera on the bottom rear facing 0:26:22.920 --> 0:26:25.800 part of the laptop. Most laptops the camera is you know, 0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:28.359 selfie camera, so you can do video calls, but this 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:31.320 one was on the bottom facing outward, and we had 0:26:31.359 --> 0:26:35.479 it pointed at a pot with flowers in it, and 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:39.879 they opened up this AI software that had a butterfly 0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:44.199 flying and overlaid on this display that landed on a 0:26:44.280 --> 0:26:47.119 spot on the flower perfectly as though it was like 0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:49.520 in real life landing on that. So I think I 0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:52.199 think there's you know, a huge design benefit to that, 0:26:52.320 --> 0:26:57.440 and also for designers. They didn't confirm this to me necessarily, 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:00.560 but the track pad and keyboard of the laptop is 0:27:00.560 --> 0:27:02.879 all a touch screen. It reminds me very much of 0:27:02.920 --> 0:27:06.240 a whack home tablet that you use for drawing. You 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:10.719 could have your laptop screen looking out at you know 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:13.080 whatever it may be the flower pot in this example, 0:27:13.119 --> 0:27:15.560 and you could start tracing it on your screen. If 0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:17.639 you're a graphic designer, how cool is that, Like you 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:19.080 see it right in front of you. It's a built 0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:21.720 in tracer. I think that that was probably my favorite 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:22.879 application of using it. 0:27:23.080 --> 0:27:25.040 That is cool, and I just want I'll take a 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.400 transparent tablet one of these days. It's just cool. 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:29.320 It looks cool, and I definitely want like the edges 0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:31.480 lit up, you know, so it's like it's like blue 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:34.200 on the edges or something. But it's just I love 0:27:34.240 --> 0:27:36.960 all this stuff, Kate Kozych, We're gonna leave it there. 0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:39.199 How can folks follow you online? And what do you 0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:40.160 typically post about? 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:44.080 Oh yeah, I'd write all about you know, wearables, conceptual tech, 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:47.359 anything that's really trending online these days. I'm at social 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:51.080 media at Kate Kozych. Except on TikTok, i am Kate 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:54.400 underscore Kozych. Of course, I'm also at tomsguide dot com, 0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:56.119 where you can find my stories and some more of 0:27:56.160 --> 0:27:57.360 my MWC coverage. 0:27:57.640 --> 0:28:01.199 Awesome, Kate Kozych, Managing editor, Tom's Guy, thanks so much 0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:04.280 for joining me today to talk about Mobile World Congress. Okay, 0:28:04.720 --> 0:28:06.840 all right, Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight 0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:10.160 eight seven four to two four one zero one. More 0:28:10.240 --> 0:28:15.000 rich on Tech coming your way right after this. Welcome 0:28:15.040 --> 0:28:17.520 back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:21.399 with you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh 0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:25.640 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:30.080 zero one. Let's go to John and Carl's bad. John, 0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:32.240 You're on with Rich All Rich. 0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:32.680 Hi. 0:28:33.600 --> 0:28:37.560 I have a number of Google speakers throughout my home, 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:42.960 and whenever I tell it to play music on Pandora, 0:28:44.240 --> 0:28:47.160 I get ads on Pandora and I know that there's 0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:50.440 a I think there's a Pandora Plus. 0:28:50.840 --> 0:28:52.760 It doesn't have ads, you. 0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:55.280 Know, paid subscription, but I don't know how to get 0:28:55.320 --> 0:29:00.040 that onto my Google Home That okay. 0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:03.040 So you would actually go to so are you signed 0:29:03.120 --> 0:29:06.440 up with Pandora? Yeah, okay, so you're signed up. So 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:11.040 I would go to the Pandora website and go there, 0:29:11.240 --> 0:29:14.560 and you should see a thing for Pandora Plus and 0:29:14.640 --> 0:29:18.440 it's five dollars a month for let's see what they 0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:22.000 give you. Yeah, ad free, ten dollars a month is 0:29:22.040 --> 0:29:24.280 a little bit more for let's see what do you 0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:29.479 get for that? Make and share playlists okay? And unlimited skips. Oh, 0:29:29.520 --> 0:29:32.000 I guess you get unlimited skips with both. But for 0:29:32.120 --> 0:29:33.960 five bucks a month, it's pretty much what you need. 0:29:34.000 --> 0:29:35.360 If you just want to get rid of the ads, 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.680 you're gonna pay five dollars a month. So just go 0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:42.920 to pandora dot com, log in, and then click upgrade. 0:29:43.560 --> 0:29:47.360 And once you upgrade, if you're not already linked up 0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:50.720 to the count on your Google Home you just open 0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:53.320 up the Google Home app and under the Google Home 0:29:53.320 --> 0:29:57.120 app there should be some settings and usually under the 0:29:57.200 --> 0:30:00.400 settings you can go to services and it says works 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:03.760 with Google, and there's a sorry, let's see music there 0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:05.880 it is, and so you go to music and then 0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.560 you will have your different music services. So it says, 0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:13.680 you know, this works with everything, YouTube, Spotify, iHeart Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, 0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:16.400 and you just link up. If your Pandora is already 0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:19.000 linked up, it's once you sign up for the Pandora Plus, 0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.680 it's going to follow over. If you're not linked up, 0:30:22.040 --> 0:30:24.120 then you will just link those up. You're gonna log 0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:26.960 into your Pandora account and it will be ad free 0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:29.840 the next time you do it. So that's the easiest way. 0:30:29.880 --> 0:30:33.800 So once again, go to the website, upgrade to Pandora Plus, 0:30:33.880 --> 0:30:35.960 put in your card number, all that good stuff, and 0:30:36.000 --> 0:30:38.520 then go to the Google Home app and go into 0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:42.200 your settings and then go under services it says music, 0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:44.240 and that's where you're going to link up your Pandora. 0:30:44.320 --> 0:30:46.240 It should already be linked up if you're already listening 0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:49.000 to music on Pandora through there, it should just follow 0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:52.200 follow through. But if you're not, then that's the way 0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:54.160 you'll link it up with the new account. All right, John, 0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:56.840 send me an email rich on tech dot tv and 0:30:56.920 --> 0:31:00.760 let me know if that worked, Let's go to Jamie 0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:02.880 in North Hollywood. Jamie, what's up? 0:31:03.960 --> 0:31:04.240 Hey? 0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:05.000 What's going on? 0:31:05.120 --> 0:31:05.360 Rich? 0:31:05.440 --> 0:31:06.000 How you doing? 0:31:06.320 --> 0:31:07.160 I'm doing excellent. 0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:10.080 It's amazing that Pandora is still a hit, and I 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:12.640 think I know why. It really is still good. That 0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:14.480 algorithm just is very very good. 0:31:14.520 --> 0:31:16.160 Oh, it is good. It is good. 0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:19.360 Yeah, I want to ask you. I want to ask 0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:21.720 you about well. Actually, this morning I was ordering a 0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:24.400 breakfast and I didn't couldn't understand why I couldn't delete 0:31:24.920 --> 0:31:27.160 a credit card on my Apple wallet. But what that 0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:29.960 wasn't really why I called. If you want to tackle 0:31:29.960 --> 0:31:32.440 that too, that's cool. But I actually called because I 0:31:32.480 --> 0:31:35.520 found this cool shortcut on my iPhone and I can't 0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:37.240 put it on It's on my work phone. I can't 0:31:37.240 --> 0:31:40.200 put it on a regular phone. But it's inaccessibility and 0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:43.800 I double tapped the back of it and it brings 0:31:43.840 --> 0:31:45.640 up the camera so I can bring up my camera 0:31:45.640 --> 0:31:47.200 as quick as I possibly can. 0:31:48.560 --> 0:31:50.960 That's that's built into the uh is does it have 0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:52.640 to be a shortcut? I thought you can just go 0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:54.960 into accessibility and do the triple tap on the back. 0:31:56.120 --> 0:31:58.440 Oh okay, I wasn't sure about it. 0:31:58.640 --> 0:32:01.160 Yeah, if you go into let's see, I got to 0:32:01.240 --> 0:32:03.840 find where this is. So if you go into accessibility 0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:08.840 under settings, and there's usually a let's see, I gotta 0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:10.800 I've got to find it. But it's inaccessibility. 0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:14.720 I expect you to tackle it immediately because you know, 0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:17.880 I know, you have your your your Google people to 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:20.800 you know, in your data rooms and your you know people, 0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:23.360 people who have that knowledge in a blog or something. 0:32:23.400 --> 0:32:26.080 But it's called backtap. That's that's what it's called. 0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:29.120 So if you go to settings and then accessibility, it's 0:32:29.160 --> 0:32:33.120 called and then touch, and then there's a thing called backtap. 0:32:33.280 --> 0:32:35.600 And if you go into backtap, let's see here it's 0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:36.000 right now. 0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:36.520 Minds off. 0:32:36.560 --> 0:32:39.200 I don't use this because I feel like I would 0:32:39.200 --> 0:32:41.080 just be tapping my phone way too often. But you 0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:43.600 can set a double tap or a triple tap. And 0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:47.440 so with a double tap you can do really anything 0:32:47.480 --> 0:32:49.040 you want. You could do an action button, you can 0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:52.080 do app switcher, you can do camera control center, flashlight, 0:32:52.200 --> 0:32:55.320 home lock rotation, lock screen notification center. 0:32:55.360 --> 0:32:56.720 I mean, there's so many things you can do. You 0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:57.600 can activate Siri. 0:32:58.120 --> 0:32:59.720 So let me do this. I'm gonna actually turn this 0:32:59.800 --> 0:33:01.440 on while I'm talking to you. So I'm gonna turn 0:33:01.440 --> 0:33:04.080 on camera and you can also set a triple tap 0:33:04.120 --> 0:33:07.120 as well. So now I've set camera as my double tap. 0:33:07.160 --> 0:33:09.000 So now I've got my phone in my hand. I 0:33:09.120 --> 0:33:12.560 double tapped the back of my phone and oh, there 0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:15.480 it goes. It launched the camera. It's actually not bad, 0:33:15.600 --> 0:33:19.200 so that's kind of cool. So again, if you want 0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:25.560 to turn this on, Jamie, go into Settings Accessibility and 0:33:25.600 --> 0:33:29.120 then you'll go into touch and then backtap. It's all 0:33:29.160 --> 0:33:30.680 the way down to the bottom. You can set a 0:33:30.720 --> 0:33:33.960 double tap or a triple tap, and there you have it. 0:33:34.320 --> 0:33:37.400 Good question. Thank you Jamie for calling today from North Hollywood. 0:33:37.400 --> 0:33:39.760 Wow. See, I mean I knew that was possible. 0:33:39.800 --> 0:33:41.640 I never actually tried it because I said, oh, I'll 0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:44.200 never use this feature, But now that I know it's there, 0:33:44.880 --> 0:33:46.840 I know it's like one more way to just activate 0:33:46.880 --> 0:33:50.040 something quickly on your phone. So I woke up this 0:33:50.120 --> 0:33:55.120 morning to a bunch of emails about a privacy alert 0:33:55.160 --> 0:33:57.680 when it comes to the new journal app on the iPhone, 0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:02.320 and I guess someone on Instagram, TikTok, whatever social media 0:34:02.360 --> 0:34:05.560 posted alert. If you have an iPhone, this is important. 0:34:05.600 --> 0:34:09.160 After downloading the latest update, there's a new feature called journaling, 0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:13.120 and if you have your settings, the default is you 0:34:13.160 --> 0:34:16.839 are discoverable by others. It's toggled on and it lets 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.799 anyone near you know your full name and exactly where 0:34:19.800 --> 0:34:23.839 you're located. What Apple is letting anyone see exactly where 0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:27.560 everyone else is located. Turn this toggle off. This is 0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:30.000 messed up big time. Share with your friends if their iPhone. 0:34:30.080 --> 0:34:32.800 Very scary stuff. So of course I go into the settings. 0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:34.960 I'm like, really, Apple, I don't think they would do that. 0:34:35.480 --> 0:34:37.720 So I go into the settings and I educate myself 0:34:37.719 --> 0:34:40.440 on what this feature is all about. And I posted 0:34:40.440 --> 0:34:43.200 this on my Instagram at richon Tech if you want 0:34:43.200 --> 0:34:45.080 to read what I had to say. But the bottom 0:34:45.120 --> 0:34:48.200 line is no, Apple is not sharing your full name 0:34:48.480 --> 0:34:51.200 and they're not sharing your location with everyone. What they 0:34:51.200 --> 0:34:55.160 are doing is they are using signals from the iPhones 0:34:55.200 --> 0:34:57.480 around you. So when you are in a group setting 0:34:57.960 --> 0:34:59.880 or you are out with friends and it notices that 0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:02.840 your contacts are near you, it is using that to 0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:07.400 help figure out what it should suggest for you to 0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:12.400 journal about. It sounds scary, but it's not. It is 0:35:12.440 --> 0:35:15.600 not saving this information, It is not uploading this information 0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:17.840 to the cloud. Let me give you the best example. 0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:20.239 Let's say you go to lunch every day at a 0:35:20.280 --> 0:35:23.480 fast food restaurant by your work. Right when you go 0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:26.000 to your journal app on the iPhone. Your iPhone's not 0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:28.000 gonna say, hey, do you want to journal about that 0:35:28.080 --> 0:35:31.239 whopper you ate for lunch today again for the third time. No, 0:35:31.360 --> 0:35:33.920 because it doesn't make any sense. It's not unique. But 0:35:34.200 --> 0:35:36.160 if they see that you went to a lunch and 0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.879 there are a couple of friends around you with their 0:35:38.920 --> 0:35:42.240 iPhones and it says, hey, do you want to journal 0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:44.640 about that lunch that you had at this special place, 0:35:44.840 --> 0:35:47.279 that's when it will put that in there. Yes, you 0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:50.640 can turn this feature off. There is no privacy issue 0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:52.960 here whatsoever. But if you want to turn it off, 0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:56.520 at least you're educated about it. Check it out Instagram 0:35:56.560 --> 0:36:00.120 at Richontech. All right, that wraps up our number one. 0:36:00.280 --> 0:36:02.200 More of your calls at Triple eight rich one O 0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:07.200 one coming up next. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:36:07.360 --> 0:36:10.960 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. The 0:36:10.960 --> 0:36:13.640 phone line for the show is triple eight rich one 0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:17.359 oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:36:17.600 --> 0:36:22.120 one zero one. You can also email the website richon 0:36:22.320 --> 0:36:26.120 Tech dot TV. Hit contact up at the top. You 0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:28.799 can find me on social media. I am at rich 0:36:28.880 --> 0:36:34.439 on tech, on Instagram, X and Facebook. Coming up this hour, 0:36:34.719 --> 0:36:37.960 Leo Roberts of the Laptop Elf Project is going to 0:36:38.000 --> 0:36:41.320 discuss how to make an old computer feel new again 0:36:41.719 --> 0:36:45.320 with Chrome os Flex. This is a free operating system 0:36:45.320 --> 0:36:48.960 from Google that pretty much turns your old computer into 0:36:49.080 --> 0:36:52.319 a modern Chromebook. But we'll get all the details on 0:36:52.360 --> 0:36:55.399 the pros and cons from Leo later in this hour. 0:36:56.200 --> 0:37:00.839 And speaking of X, doctor Annie wrote on X Expedia 0:37:01.440 --> 0:37:04.800 allows for sort by distance. It is definitely in sort 0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:08.399 sort by price, sort by distance. Oh, I guess they 0:37:08.400 --> 0:37:11.000 said hotels dot com still does it. Well, maybe the 0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:13.120 app doesn't do it anymore, but I used to use 0:37:13.120 --> 0:37:16.960 hotels dot Com for that feature. And yeah, Expedia, by 0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:19.759 the way, they own a lot of stuff. This was 0:37:19.840 --> 0:37:21.920 I believe this was spun off from Microsoft. I don't 0:37:21.920 --> 0:37:25.360 think they're still owned by Microsoft, but they were started 0:37:25.360 --> 0:37:28.960 by Microsoft back in the day. And here's what Expedia owns. 0:37:29.040 --> 0:37:35.320 Expedia dot Com, Hotels dot Com, Vrbo, the airbnb competitor. 0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:38.680 I did not realize that Travelocity, remember that one had 0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:41.839 a little gnome guy hot Wire. I used to love 0:37:41.880 --> 0:37:44.600 hot Wire that was a big competitive price line orbits 0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:48.239 again brand from back in the day eBookers. 0:37:48.280 --> 0:37:49.840 I haven't heard of that one. Cheap tickets. 0:37:49.920 --> 0:37:51.840 I've heard of that. Car rentals dot Com have not 0:37:51.920 --> 0:37:56.759 heard of that. Trevago too interesting. That's the you see that. 0:37:57.080 --> 0:37:59.480 I feel like that's more geared towards the European market. 0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:01.600 But I remember seeing ads in the US for that. 0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:05.720 But I was trying to remember when you said Expedia. 0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.960 I remembered another brand from back in the day, and 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.560 this is going to be a total blast from the past. 0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:16.480 Microsoft in Karda, And if you're of a certain age, 0:38:16.960 --> 0:38:21.759 this was a digital encyclopedia published by Microsoft. It came 0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:24.880 on a CD ROM or a DVD and you bought 0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:28.080 this thing and it had a bunch of articles about stuff, 0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:31.759 and I think later it was online. But Microsoft in 0:38:31.840 --> 0:38:35.839 Karda nineteen ninety three, according to UH Wikipedia nineteen ninety 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:38.640 three to two thousand and nine. And this was like 0:38:38.680 --> 0:38:41.040 the way you got information. It was like after the 0:38:41.680 --> 0:38:44.520 World Book encyclopedia that was in your house, you went 0:38:44.560 --> 0:38:47.319 to this, and then you went to Wikipedia. And now 0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:50.799 you just don't. We don't seek out information anymore. We 0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.799 just go to TikTok. I'm just kidding. Please do not 0:38:53.840 --> 0:38:56.080 send me the angry emails. Yes, kids still can go 0:38:56.120 --> 0:38:58.880 for information places you don't have to. You don't have 0:38:58.920 --> 0:39:02.399 to send me the email. Just shortcut that. Eighty eight 0:39:02.480 --> 0:39:04.680 Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:39:04.680 --> 0:39:09.520 two four one zero one. Steve writes in on email, Hey, Rich, 0:39:09.560 --> 0:39:12.320 I keep getting a notification to update my Google Chrome 0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:16.040 browser from a company called hot Cleaner, and I'm wondering 0:39:16.080 --> 0:39:17.120 if this is legit. 0:39:17.719 --> 0:39:20.600 Thank you, Steve. No, Steve, this is totally bogus. 0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:27.319 I believe that this is a malware extension or some 0:39:27.440 --> 0:39:30.200 kind of extension that you do not need. So if 0:39:30.239 --> 0:39:32.960 you are seeing stuff on your Chrome web browser that 0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:36.759 seems a little wonky, you can go through Oh yeah, 0:39:36.840 --> 0:39:39.160 I just went to this website. Don't go to these 0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:41.719 websites like I do. I go to test, but don't 0:39:41.760 --> 0:39:45.200 do it. So what you want to do is you 0:39:45.239 --> 0:39:48.560 want to go to your settings, and you want to 0:39:48.640 --> 0:39:51.160 go to settings on Chrome, and that's in the upper 0:39:51.200 --> 0:39:54.000 right hand corner. It looks like three little dots, and 0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:57.520 then you want to go to extensions and then manage extensions, 0:39:58.080 --> 0:39:59.759 and then once you're in here, it'll show you all 0:39:59.760 --> 0:40:05.520 of your extensions, and I've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, 0:40:05.560 --> 0:40:09.280 I've got sixteen extensions. If you do not recognize something 0:40:09.360 --> 0:40:11.520 that is in there, or you're not using something that's 0:40:11.560 --> 0:40:14.640 in there, remove it. If you don't want to remove 0:40:14.640 --> 0:40:17.120 it completely right away, there is a little toggle switch 0:40:17.160 --> 0:40:20.279 you can disable it, and that way it doesn't run. 0:40:21.080 --> 0:40:23.600 So an extension on Chrome is kind of like a 0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:27.240 little piece of helper software and it could be really useful. 0:40:27.480 --> 0:40:30.439 You can add things like You're a read it later, 0:40:31.000 --> 0:40:33.920 or a screenshotting tool, or something like honey that can 0:40:33.960 --> 0:40:38.280 help you get better prices. But there are also malicious 0:40:38.320 --> 0:40:41.279 ones or ones that pretend to be helpers but they're 0:40:41.280 --> 0:40:45.120 really not. They hijack your browser and they try to 0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:48.160 make it do things that you don't want it to do. Namely, 0:40:48.360 --> 0:40:51.520 they will inject advertising on your web pages, or they 0:40:51.560 --> 0:40:55.000 will change your default search engine to something that is 0:40:55.040 --> 0:40:57.800 more beneficial to them. So again, if you want to 0:40:57.880 --> 0:41:01.320 check your extensions on Chrome, go into settings three little 0:41:01.320 --> 0:41:05.400 dots upper right hand corner. Extensions. Manage extensions, get rid 0:41:05.440 --> 0:41:07.640 of any that you don't know, or don't use or 0:41:07.640 --> 0:41:12.560 don't recognize. There is a new smart watch from one plus. 0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:15.760 This is the one plus watch too. I am wearing 0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:19.759 it as we speak. It is probably the new Android 0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:22.919 smart watch to be. One plus made a smart watch 0:41:22.920 --> 0:41:26.360 about three years ago. It was great, but it was 0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:30.040 not full featured. It only ran their own operating system. 0:41:30.520 --> 0:41:33.600 This one now runs a version of ware OS, which 0:41:33.640 --> 0:41:38.880 is Google's you know, mobile operating system for watches. So 0:41:39.080 --> 0:41:40.960 the cool thing about this is it looks like a 0:41:40.960 --> 0:41:43.280 classic time piece. So if you like a nice big 0:41:43.320 --> 0:41:46.480 screen that looks like an actual watch, not a square watch, 0:41:46.560 --> 0:41:50.080 it looks like a watch. The basics are here. It's 0:41:50.120 --> 0:41:52.399 got a nice big screen, like I said, it's got 0:41:52.400 --> 0:41:56.560 good water resistance. It's got great fitness, sleep and stress tracking. 0:41:57.560 --> 0:42:00.239 The unique aspect is how this battery can last up 0:42:00.280 --> 0:42:03.759 to one hundred hours. How does it do that? Well, 0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:06.520 it's got a hybrid operating system. It's got two operating 0:42:06.560 --> 0:42:09.040 systems in salt. It's got that old one I told 0:42:09.120 --> 0:42:11.800 you about. Not old, but it's got an operating system 0:42:11.840 --> 0:42:15.520 that does the basics like the time, and then it's 0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:19.880 got a more intensive processor and an operating system to 0:42:19.960 --> 0:42:23.680 do the apps. So again, you can get up to 0:42:23.760 --> 0:42:26.279 twelve days of battery life on this thing if you 0:42:26.280 --> 0:42:28.480 put it in power save mode, which gives you just 0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:31.520 basic functionality. So if you put it into power Save, 0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:34.279 you can just have the time on your watch and 0:42:34.320 --> 0:42:37.279 some other basic features and you can go twelve days 0:42:37.280 --> 0:42:41.160 without charging it. So the downsides to this watch. I 0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.880 do think it's very snappy, it's well designed. I've really 0:42:44.000 --> 0:42:47.040 liked this thing, but one plus is only guaranteeing software 0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:51.040 update for two years on this watch when it's time 0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:54.360 to recharge. Really excellent. One plus gets the award for 0:42:54.440 --> 0:42:57.080 having the best smart watch charging adapter. 0:42:57.239 --> 0:42:59.720 Yet. It is a tiny little puck. 0:43:00.239 --> 0:43:02.640 It's square, and the cool thing about it, and the 0:43:02.680 --> 0:43:04.960 thing that they did that nobody else has done before, 0:43:05.360 --> 0:43:08.359 is that it is detachable, so you can use any 0:43:08.520 --> 0:43:10.360 USBC cable to plug this thing in. 0:43:10.400 --> 0:43:12.120 So what does that mean? All you have to do 0:43:12.200 --> 0:43:12.720 is throw. 0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:15.520 This tiny, little maybe one by one inch puck into 0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:17.840 your travel bag and when you get to where you 0:43:17.880 --> 0:43:21.000 need to go, you can plug your standard USBC adapter 0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:24.120 into this and charge your watch and it charges really 0:43:24.160 --> 0:43:26.520 really fast. One plus has kind of made a name 0:43:26.520 --> 0:43:31.120 for itself on fast charging. I averaged about three to 0:43:31.160 --> 0:43:33.319 four days of battery life. Now you might be saying, rich, 0:43:33.360 --> 0:43:35.640 you just said this thing has one hundred hours or 0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:38.160 twelve days, How are you only getting three to four hours. Well, 0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:40.640 if you want to use this thing to its maximum, 0:43:40.640 --> 0:43:42.600 you're going to get three to four days. Now, that's 0:43:42.640 --> 0:43:45.839 still double what any other smart watch on the market does. 0:43:45.960 --> 0:43:49.040 Most smart watches are doing about a day, maybe a 0:43:49.120 --> 0:43:51.319 day and a half at the most. But if you 0:43:51.360 --> 0:43:53.560 want sort of all the use of this thing with 0:43:54.120 --> 0:43:57.719 running and fitness and sleep tracking and music offline, all 0:43:57.760 --> 0:44:00.000 those things, I'd say about three to four days. 0:44:00.760 --> 0:44:00.880 Now. 0:44:00.920 --> 0:44:03.400 The one thing I don't necessarily like is that OnePlus 0:44:03.440 --> 0:44:07.000 has their own app. It's called o Health, and this 0:44:07.040 --> 0:44:11.040 is an app that they develop themselves and is their 0:44:11.040 --> 0:44:13.520 fitness app. So it's their version of Fitbit. It's kind 0:44:13.520 --> 0:44:15.239 of like on the iPhone you have to use you know, 0:44:15.320 --> 0:44:19.160 Apple's fitness app to an activity app to h to 0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:20.279 use that with the Apple Watch. 0:44:20.360 --> 0:44:21.040 Same thing here. 0:44:21.640 --> 0:44:23.640 The cool thing is is that it does track a 0:44:23.640 --> 0:44:26.920 lot of stuff, over one hundred activities with very impressive detail, 0:44:26.960 --> 0:44:28.480 and it can get pretty specific. 0:44:28.920 --> 0:44:31.319 There is like there's all. 0:44:31.400 --> 0:44:33.359 There's a reminder right now sorry, I've got to take 0:44:33.360 --> 0:44:38.799 out the trash. There is all kinds of things like 0:44:38.840 --> 0:44:41.880 they have, like I mean stuff you can't like disc 0:44:42.000 --> 0:44:45.239 throwing and whatever. You know, take whatever. You can track 0:44:45.280 --> 0:44:49.719 anything you want. The watch faces are amazing. They gave 0:44:49.760 --> 0:44:52.799 you so many great watch faces that you can that 0:44:52.880 --> 0:44:55.560 you can customize. The main thing to know about the 0:44:55.560 --> 0:44:59.160 watch faces if you put third party complications. So let's 0:44:59.160 --> 0:45:01.040 say you have a favorite a like all trails, and 0:45:01.080 --> 0:45:03.480 you want to have like some sort of complication on 0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:05.440 your watch screen. A complication is kind of like a 0:45:05.480 --> 0:45:09.240 little widget. You can't necessarily do that unless you really 0:45:09.280 --> 0:45:11.359 want to cut down in your battery life. So the 0:45:11.400 --> 0:45:14.000 watch faces to get the maximum battery life, you have 0:45:14.040 --> 0:45:16.120 to use the ones they have, the complications they have, 0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:18.400 and a lot of stuff is covered like weather and 0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:20.480 your battery life and your step count. 0:45:20.800 --> 0:45:22.120 They have a lot your heart rate. 0:45:22.400 --> 0:45:24.319 It's just if you want to get really fancy and 0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:26.480 you have a specific app like on the Apple Watch, 0:45:26.560 --> 0:45:29.520 you can put any complication on there and your battery 0:45:29.560 --> 0:45:31.160 life is pretty much going to be the same. The 0:45:31.160 --> 0:45:32.520 thing is with this, it's going to be a little 0:45:32.520 --> 0:45:36.520 bit different. Downsides again, notifications can be slow to appear 0:45:36.560 --> 0:45:39.280 when you raise your wrist. The screen can be dim 0:45:39.320 --> 0:45:41.400 and bright light, and I feel like the vibrations on 0:45:41.480 --> 0:45:44.280 this thing are really weak compared to other smart watches, 0:45:44.640 --> 0:45:47.640 especially the Apple Watch. I hate to keep comparing everything 0:45:47.680 --> 0:45:49.600 to the Apple Watch, but it's kind of the gold 0:45:49.640 --> 0:45:53.520 standard of wearables. And while I like how Apple is 0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:56.040 a little bit more open with their ecosystem with their watch, 0:45:56.800 --> 0:45:59.000 you know, everyone's built around the Apple Watch as well, 0:45:59.040 --> 0:46:00.879 so it does a lot of stuff and there are 0:46:00.880 --> 0:46:04.960 many apps available for it. The other thing I wanted 0:46:04.960 --> 0:46:08.360 to mention is that with the watch faces, they have 0:46:08.400 --> 0:46:11.200 a bunch of different ones. I think they're all fine. 0:46:11.320 --> 0:46:13.759 I just think that, you know, the dim part in 0:46:13.800 --> 0:46:15.520 the in the bright light could be a little bit 0:46:15.640 --> 0:46:17.560 leaves a little bit to be desired. Like sometimes when 0:46:17.560 --> 0:46:19.560 I was on my run, I just wanted to glance 0:46:19.600 --> 0:46:21.359 at the watch and I'd have to like lance at 0:46:21.360 --> 0:46:23.360 it for a while, wait for it to come to 0:46:23.400 --> 0:46:25.560 life so I can actually see what's on there. But 0:46:25.640 --> 0:46:29.840 I think overall this has already gotten its first software update. 0:46:30.040 --> 0:46:32.920 This is a great watch, the one plus Watch two. 0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:37.160 Once again, it's three hundred dollars. It's available on Monday, 0:46:37.440 --> 0:46:41.319 March days. I think it's Monday, March fourth. And if 0:46:41.360 --> 0:46:44.279 you trade in any watch in any condition, they'll give 0:46:44.280 --> 0:46:47.239 you fifty dollars off. There is no cellular version of 0:46:47.280 --> 0:46:50.560 this watch available. All right, rich on Tech dot TV. 0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:52.799 If you want a link to the one plus watch. 0:46:52.880 --> 0:46:55.080 More of your calls coming up. Triple eight Rich one 0:46:55.120 --> 0:46:58.120 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 0:46:58.200 --> 0:47:03.560 four one zero one. This is rich on Tech. Welcome 0:47:03.600 --> 0:47:06.759 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:47:06.800 --> 0:47:12.440 with you. If you notice, it's an all eighties weekend 0:47:12.719 --> 0:47:14.080 here on the rich On Tech Show. 0:47:14.440 --> 0:47:15.160 Hope you like it. 0:47:15.840 --> 0:47:18.960 If you're listening on the podcast, well just imagine all 0:47:18.960 --> 0:47:21.879 the eighties songs you know and love, and there they are. 0:47:22.440 --> 0:47:26.960 So we talked about the backtap feature on the iPhone 0:47:27.120 --> 0:47:30.640 and it is also available on the Pixel and the Samsung. 0:47:31.520 --> 0:47:33.880 So on the Pixel they call it quick Tap, and 0:47:33.920 --> 0:47:37.799 you can find it under system and then gestures, so 0:47:37.920 --> 0:47:42.040 System settings, System and then gestures and then it says 0:47:42.120 --> 0:47:45.160 quick tap to start actions and you can do all 0:47:45.239 --> 0:47:47.160 kinds of things. This is the idea where you can 0:47:47.200 --> 0:47:49.640 tap the back of your phone on iPhone. It's under 0:47:49.680 --> 0:47:52.760 Accessibility Pixel. It's sort of built in as a feature. 0:47:52.760 --> 0:47:54.920 It's called quick Tap and then I don't even know 0:47:55.000 --> 0:47:57.080 I had it. I have this turned on. It opens 0:47:57.160 --> 0:48:00.800 up my notesap and then on Samsung can get the feature, 0:48:00.840 --> 0:48:03.600 but you do need to download an app called Goodlock, 0:48:04.080 --> 0:48:07.720 which is kind of like their app for all things 0:48:07.840 --> 0:48:10.960 customization on the Samsung phone. So if you really want 0:48:11.000 --> 0:48:15.960 to customize your Samsung phone, download Goodlock and they have 0:48:16.320 --> 0:48:19.160 that is from Samsung, but they just don't bundle it 0:48:19.200 --> 0:48:23.160 with the phone because it gives you, like, really a 0:48:23.200 --> 0:48:26.120 lot of control over what your phone can do. Triple 0:48:26.160 --> 0:48:28.560 eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven four 0:48:28.640 --> 0:48:31.720 to two four one zero one. Everything that I mentioned here, 0:48:31.880 --> 0:48:34.879 by the way, is on the show notes. You can 0:48:34.920 --> 0:48:37.160 always find them by going to the website rich on 0:48:37.320 --> 0:48:40.680 tech dot tv and up at the top you can 0:48:40.800 --> 0:48:45.480 hit the big red banner that says heard it on 0:48:45.480 --> 0:48:45.920 the radio. 0:48:47.040 --> 0:48:49.319 Let's see, uh, let's see. Where are we going here? 0:48:49.400 --> 0:48:52.719 Andrew and Moore Park, Andrew, you got a question. 0:48:53.320 --> 0:48:56.239 Yeah, Happy Saturday. Do you want your life to be 0:48:56.280 --> 0:48:57.200 more complicated? 0:48:57.560 --> 0:48:57.759 Never? 0:48:58.000 --> 0:49:00.879 I don't know. I don't know anybody who does. I 0:49:00.880 --> 0:49:03.919 think the same twelve year old who's decided to put 0:49:04.000 --> 0:49:07.480 gray text on a light background at Apple is the 0:49:07.520 --> 0:49:09.880 same person who might have decided to call things on 0:49:10.040 --> 0:49:14.440 watch complications. What's wrong with the word icons like everything else? 0:49:15.760 --> 0:49:19.040 I agree, And I never even heard that term, honestly 0:49:19.120 --> 0:49:21.239 until Apple came out with the Apple Watch and they 0:49:21.280 --> 0:49:24.200 called it a complication. And I'm like, ah, and of 0:49:24.239 --> 0:49:26.080 course I'm trying not to look stupid, so I'm like 0:49:26.120 --> 0:49:28.879 not really asking, like wait what, But here's the thing. 0:49:29.520 --> 0:49:33.279 So this is a watchmaking term. I think it originates 0:49:33.480 --> 0:49:36.839 from the old days of watches, like back in like 0:49:37.120 --> 0:49:40.400 it looks like almost like a French term. But anything 0:49:40.440 --> 0:49:44.520 that was adding increased complexity to a watch, like the 0:49:44.600 --> 0:49:49.880 date a stopwatch or moon phase indicator required additional gears, springs, 0:49:49.880 --> 0:49:52.680 and other intricate parts. And so that's why they called 0:49:52.719 --> 0:49:53.640 it a complication. 0:49:54.920 --> 0:49:55.680 It makes sense. 0:49:55.920 --> 0:49:58.600 Yeah, but yeah, I agree. For nowadays, we don't really 0:49:58.640 --> 0:50:00.080 need that because to me, it was just. 0:50:00.160 --> 0:50:01.560 Can I put my covered wagon? 0:50:03.640 --> 0:50:06.160 Well, you look, Andrew, I'm not. I'm not here to 0:50:06.480 --> 0:50:10.239 change the entire watchmaking industry. But until they come up 0:50:10.280 --> 0:50:13.120 with a better term, I would call them what would 0:50:13.120 --> 0:50:13.600 you call it? 0:50:14.600 --> 0:50:17.400 Kons icon all the other icons on everything. 0:50:17.080 --> 0:50:19.080 Else, But they're sort of interactive, so maybe it's like 0:50:19.080 --> 0:50:20.400 a widget. How about widget? 0:50:20.480 --> 0:50:23.280 Well, so, so are the icons on your desktop PC, 0:50:23.960 --> 0:50:24.439 Orn Mac? 0:50:25.120 --> 0:50:27.359 Yeah, I guess in this case they're they're displaying real 0:50:27.400 --> 0:50:31.160 time information. Thanks for the call, Andrew, appreciate it. I agree. 0:50:31.160 --> 0:50:32.799 I mean, look, it's one of these things where at 0:50:32.880 --> 0:50:36.120 least we can explain what it is and now you 0:50:36.160 --> 0:50:39.080 know so. But yes, we want things more simple, not 0:50:39.080 --> 0:50:45.160 not more complicated. Jerry in a New Jersey adjacent Jerry, you're. 0:50:45.000 --> 0:50:48.439 On with Rich Hell really in Pennsylvania, but i'd probly 0:50:48.520 --> 0:50:50.919 get your attention being a boy. 0:50:51.080 --> 0:50:53.359 Yeah, well you did, because I'm like, what does New 0:50:53.400 --> 0:50:54.520 Jersey adjacent mean? 0:50:54.600 --> 0:50:56.719 But okay, you snuck in here? What's up? 0:50:57.520 --> 0:51:01.759 Anyhow? At my time, I listened to a podcast on 0:51:01.800 --> 0:51:07.800 my Android phone using a third party app as opposed 0:51:07.800 --> 0:51:13.000 to the radio stations apps because mine is superior. And 0:51:13.760 --> 0:51:16.200 I used to listen to ky W and w PHT 0:51:16.360 --> 0:51:23.120 here in Philadelphia. But since they're an all of these stations, 0:51:23.120 --> 0:51:25.520 they've changed the r L. I used to be able 0:51:25.520 --> 0:51:29.200 to go rate click on the web page and do 0:51:29.239 --> 0:51:32.520 a little inspect inspect and I used to be able 0:51:32.560 --> 0:51:36.800 to get the r L out, but apparently it's not 0:51:36.960 --> 0:51:39.440 there anymore, or they've changed it, or they've hidden it. 0:51:39.800 --> 0:51:40.759 How can I find this? 0:51:41.719 --> 0:51:44.200 Well, I have a feeling that they're doing this on purpose. 0:51:44.480 --> 0:51:49.560 And the reason is because back in the day, you know, 0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:51.920 the signal would be streamed and it was pretty simple 0:51:52.120 --> 0:51:54.040 and it was just you know, it was just literally 0:51:54.080 --> 0:51:55.000 a streaming. 0:51:56.200 --> 0:51:57.120 Signal of the station. 0:51:57.760 --> 0:52:01.800 Now I have a feeling everything is much more on 0:52:01.960 --> 0:52:04.400 the up and up because of ratings and because of 0:52:04.680 --> 0:52:08.440 digital numbers and so, and also the way that they 0:52:08.480 --> 0:52:10.280 insert ads into these feeds. 0:52:10.840 --> 0:52:12.320 So that is my feeling. 0:52:12.440 --> 0:52:14.919 And yeah, I was gonna say you might be able 0:52:15.000 --> 0:52:18.920 to find a stream by right clicking the website and 0:52:19.000 --> 0:52:23.359 seeing what the actual URL is for the streaming link, 0:52:23.520 --> 0:52:26.080 But like you said, you already tried that, and so 0:52:26.480 --> 0:52:28.799 I think you're you're not gonna be able to get 0:52:28.800 --> 0:52:32.120 this link unless you maybe contacted the radio station and 0:52:32.200 --> 0:52:35.000 asked an engineer like, hey, a, is there a streaming 0:52:35.080 --> 0:52:38.640 link front facing that the public can access? But I 0:52:38.719 --> 0:52:41.160 think that's probably the answer. Most of these radio stations 0:52:41.200 --> 0:52:43.759 have either gone to apps, or they have gone to 0:52:44.640 --> 0:52:46.480 you know, a mega app, or they're on something like 0:52:46.560 --> 0:52:50.680 tune in, So that is how they prefer their listeners 0:52:50.760 --> 0:52:53.200 tune in if they're doing it digitally, I think for 0:52:53.360 --> 0:52:56.640 reasons that I just mentioned, So I don't think that 0:52:56.719 --> 0:52:58.320 you're gonna find it unless you find it on a 0:52:58.440 --> 0:53:01.480 forum somewhere that someone else was able to figure out. 0:53:02.120 --> 0:53:04.760 But I think that these streams are much more dynamic 0:53:04.840 --> 0:53:07.480 than they ever were, And it's kind of funny. I 0:53:07.560 --> 0:53:09.759 work for a radio organization, so maybe there's someone that 0:53:09.800 --> 0:53:13.200 can answer it. But I understand back in the day, yes, 0:53:13.320 --> 0:53:15.360 these were all very simple links that you would just 0:53:15.400 --> 0:53:19.480 pop into any sort of player that could handle real 0:53:19.560 --> 0:53:22.399 time streaming links and it would it would figure those out. 0:53:22.520 --> 0:53:25.239 Nowadays it is all through the app. So Jerry, I 0:53:25.280 --> 0:53:26.719 don't think I have a good answer for you, as 0:53:26.760 --> 0:53:29.120 much as I love you because you're New Jersey adjacent 0:53:29.800 --> 0:53:32.000 eight to eight rich one o one eight eight eight 0:53:32.160 --> 0:53:34.920 seven four to two four one zero one. 0:53:35.040 --> 0:53:36.319 This is rich on Tech. 0:53:38.320 --> 0:53:41.359 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:53:41.400 --> 0:53:44.839 out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one 0:53:44.920 --> 0:53:48.759 oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:53:49.120 --> 0:53:53.920 one zero one. Joining me now is Leo Roberts of 0:53:54.120 --> 0:53:59.160 the Laptop Elf Project. Laptop Elf Project collects Windows and 0:53:59.280 --> 0:54:04.080 Mac laptop, all kinds of smart devices, working and non working, 0:54:04.840 --> 0:54:09.640 and they will actually refurbish them and then donate them 0:54:09.719 --> 0:54:14.080 to teachers and nonprofits who help low income families and individuals. 0:54:14.840 --> 0:54:17.960 And they have done all kinds of great stuff over 0:54:18.000 --> 0:54:20.120 the years. Leo, thanks so much for joining me. 0:54:20.800 --> 0:54:22.520 Well, it's a pleasure to be here. Rich thanks for 0:54:22.600 --> 0:54:23.000 having me. 0:54:23.320 --> 0:54:25.200 So what we're talking about today is one of the 0:54:25.280 --> 0:54:27.680 things that you might do to a computer to make 0:54:27.719 --> 0:54:30.360 an older computer feel new again, and that is installed 0:54:30.520 --> 0:54:32.200 Chrome os flex. 0:54:32.840 --> 0:54:35.880 So can you explain what Chrome os flex is? 0:54:36.800 --> 0:54:42.440 Sure, it's basically a Linux operating system that can be 0:54:42.640 --> 0:54:44.600 used on PCs and max. 0:54:45.440 --> 0:54:48.760 It's designed to be fast, secure, and easy to manage. 0:54:49.760 --> 0:54:54.080 In other words, it's turning your old computer into a 0:54:54.200 --> 0:55:01.040 Chromebook which will be faster, more secure, and infinite updateable. 0:55:02.040 --> 0:55:04.239 And what kind of devices can you install this on? 0:55:05.000 --> 0:55:10.200 You can install this on both Mac and Windows PCs. 0:55:10.800 --> 0:55:13.480 Okay, and you've done this now because we talked about this. 0:55:13.520 --> 0:55:15.200 We've been talking about this for like a year. It's 0:55:15.239 --> 0:55:16.919 been out for a while, your year and a half. 0:55:18.840 --> 0:55:21.920 How is Yeah, how's it advanced? Like explained to me? 0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:23.160 Because when it first came out. You said it was 0:55:23.160 --> 0:55:24.240 a little rough around the edges. 0:55:24.719 --> 0:55:29.359 Well, Number one, it's available on more devices, it's much 0:55:29.440 --> 0:55:32.719 more universally appliable. 0:55:33.920 --> 0:55:39.440 They have dramatically improved the installation process. It used to 0:55:39.560 --> 0:55:44.399 be a little bit techy, and now they've made it very, 0:55:44.600 --> 0:55:45.840 very simple to. 0:55:47.480 --> 0:55:48.919 Install and use. 0:55:50.440 --> 0:55:52.600 Can you explain that process a little bit, because if 0:55:52.600 --> 0:55:55.120 someone's listening, they're thinking, Hmm, I've got an old laptop. 0:55:55.120 --> 0:55:57.640 I wonder if I should do this. Explain what that 0:55:57.760 --> 0:55:58.680 process might look like. 0:55:59.040 --> 0:55:59.279 Sure. 0:56:00.239 --> 0:56:07.200 Assuming you're using either Chrome Browser or Edge or Safari 0:56:07.400 --> 0:56:11.760 on the on the Mac, you download as. 0:56:11.640 --> 0:56:15.360 An extension, the Chromebook Recovery Utility. 0:56:17.320 --> 0:56:20.720 That's an extension that you can get from the Google 0:56:20.760 --> 0:56:24.120 Play Store or the Apple App Store. And when that 0:56:24.719 --> 0:56:30.400 opens up, and you have previously a eight gigabyte or 0:56:30.440 --> 0:56:34.759 a greater USB drive, you open up that utility and 0:56:35.360 --> 0:56:37.759 it asks you to pick the model, and you pick 0:56:37.840 --> 0:56:41.359 Chromos Flex and asks you to pick the version it's 0:56:41.480 --> 0:56:45.640 you say Chromos Flex and click start and it will 0:56:45.800 --> 0:56:53.000 begin constructing a USB key that you will use to 0:56:53.280 --> 0:56:57.800 boot whatever computer you're trying to install it on, and 0:56:57.960 --> 0:56:59.960 it guides you through that installation. 0:57:00.000 --> 0:57:01.280 Shouldn't step by step. 0:57:02.360 --> 0:57:05.279 The beauty about this is that once you've booted your 0:57:05.600 --> 0:57:10.040 computer to that USB drive, you have a working, functional, 0:57:10.160 --> 0:57:13.600 Chrome os Flex computer, so you can test it. You 0:57:13.719 --> 0:57:16.080 can test all the features, you can make sure you 0:57:16.440 --> 0:57:20.080 like it, and once you determine you've done that, then 0:57:20.160 --> 0:57:23.720 you can click install and it will install on your computer. 0:57:24.120 --> 0:57:26.840 So you can effectively run this operating system off the 0:57:26.960 --> 0:57:29.439 USB drive to test it out, test, run it, see 0:57:29.440 --> 0:57:30.760 if you like it, and then if you do, you 0:57:30.800 --> 0:57:31.880 can actually install. 0:57:31.600 --> 0:57:34.760 It now exactly and it makes no changes to your computer. 0:57:35.040 --> 0:57:37.600 But just to be clear, once you do install it, 0:57:37.680 --> 0:57:40.200 you will lose all everything that's on your computer before, 0:57:40.280 --> 0:57:41.960 so you do have to get that stuff backed up. 0:57:42.600 --> 0:57:45.880 If you have old stuff on your computer that you 0:57:46.040 --> 0:57:49.320 want saved, you must do a backup because this will 0:57:49.400 --> 0:57:54.240 completely wipe out your hard disk and install chromes Flex. 0:57:54.960 --> 0:57:58.160 What kind of applications can you run on Chromos Flex? 0:57:59.080 --> 0:58:02.360 Oh, there are so many. You have access to the 0:58:02.480 --> 0:58:06.880 Chrome web Store. You can do things like photo editing 0:58:07.000 --> 0:58:10.880 with the Pixel photo editor. You can also use Adobe 0:58:11.040 --> 0:58:14.520 Express Online. You can use Google Docs where you can 0:58:14.640 --> 0:58:21.600 do spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint presentations. You have access to Microsoft 0:58:21.760 --> 0:58:26.200 Office Online, where you get word Excel and PowerPoint. There 0:58:26.280 --> 0:58:31.840 are hundreds of online games you can play, and if 0:58:31.880 --> 0:58:35.600 you're a little bit techy, you can actually install Linux 0:58:35.960 --> 0:58:41.520 on your new computer new old computer and install all 0:58:41.640 --> 0:58:45.160 the apps that you can install with Linux, and. 0:58:45.240 --> 0:58:47.320 Of course it comes with all of the basic Google 0:58:47.440 --> 0:58:50.920 apps like Chrome. Like the Chrome web browser is pretty 0:58:50.960 --> 0:58:52.840 much there, so you can do anything you could do 0:58:52.920 --> 0:58:54.640 on the web. Check your email, go to YouTube. 0:58:54.720 --> 0:58:57.640 You can do absolutely anything you can do on the web, 0:58:58.240 --> 0:59:01.320 and you can even do so work offline. 0:59:01.800 --> 0:59:05.880 For example, if you're working in Google docs and online 0:59:06.440 --> 0:59:09.360 and then you have your computer somewhere where you don't 0:59:09.440 --> 0:59:13.520 have access, your recent documents will be available to you. 0:59:13.680 --> 0:59:17.400 You can work offline, and once you're reconnected to the internet, 0:59:17.560 --> 0:59:20.400 those documents will be added or modified. 0:59:21.240 --> 0:59:24.160 Yeah, I mean, you just can't install Windows apps because 0:59:24.200 --> 0:59:25.640 it's not a Windows computer. 0:59:25.520 --> 0:59:27.240 So not Windows apps. 0:59:27.360 --> 0:59:31.600 But you will find that the Linux apps are almost 0:59:31.720 --> 0:59:34.640 identical to the Windows apps. You can do Firefox, you 0:59:34.720 --> 0:59:37.360 can do almost every app that's available. 0:59:37.200 --> 0:59:40.680 For Windows is available for Linux. But that just takes 0:59:40.720 --> 0:59:44.080 a little extra work and most likely won't be needed 0:59:44.840 --> 0:59:47.040 by by most people. 0:59:47.480 --> 0:59:50.200 So what about like hardware peripherals like let's say have 0:59:50.240 --> 0:59:52.960 a scanner that I like to use with my old laptop, Like, 0:59:53.040 --> 0:59:53.960 will that still work? 0:59:55.280 --> 0:59:58.479 Almost for sure? However, these are the kind of things 0:59:58.520 --> 1:00:02.840 you have to test. There's a list that. 1:00:02.960 --> 1:00:07.080 Google publishes of approved models you can check to see 1:00:07.120 --> 1:00:10.880 if your model is there. However, I have found dozens 1:00:10.960 --> 1:00:14.080 of models that are not there and everything works perfectly. 1:00:15.120 --> 1:00:19.200 They do not guarantee that peripherals will work, but I 1:00:19.440 --> 1:00:24.320 have found absolutely no problems. The one problem that I 1:00:24.480 --> 1:00:29.120 have found on Max is occasionally, depending on what Mac 1:00:29.240 --> 1:00:32.760 model you're putting this on, sometimes the camera doesn't work. 1:00:33.960 --> 1:00:35.080 Well, that's kind of a problem. 1:00:35.520 --> 1:00:38.720 I mean, I guess, and of course if if you 1:00:38.920 --> 1:00:42.480 find it that's the case, then you're not going and 1:00:42.640 --> 1:00:43.480 you need the camera. 1:00:43.680 --> 1:00:46.439 You're going to have to do something else. 1:00:46.680 --> 1:00:49.480 Okay, what about an external camera? Would that work? Like 1:00:49.480 --> 1:00:50.640 if you've plugged in a webcam? 1:00:51.600 --> 1:00:52.040 Possibly? 1:00:52.200 --> 1:00:52.920 Okay, possibly. 1:00:54.120 --> 1:00:56.200 These are not guaranteed. 1:00:56.360 --> 1:00:59.720 However, I have found that every peripheral I have plugged 1:00:59.760 --> 1:01:05.720 in to, most of the ones I've built, have worked 1:01:06.080 --> 1:01:06.600 just fine. 1:01:07.360 --> 1:01:10.000 So you've done a lot of these installations. Does it 1:01:10.120 --> 1:01:12.360 really make an old computer feel new again? 1:01:13.200 --> 1:01:20.520 It's absolutely remarkable. It speeds up the computer. I'm going 1:01:20.600 --> 1:01:23.400 to say immeasurably, but of course you can do benchmark 1:01:23.520 --> 1:01:28.680 tsks to see it becomes much more snappy, much more responsive, 1:01:29.280 --> 1:01:32.200 and you have a contemporary operating system. 1:01:33.120 --> 1:01:36.920 And one that is free of viruses and malware most 1:01:36.960 --> 1:01:37.320 of the time. 1:01:37.440 --> 1:01:43.160 Right exactly, it's essentially impossible to get a virus on 1:01:44.160 --> 1:01:48.920 one of these chrom os Flix systems. If somehow you 1:01:49.120 --> 1:01:52.720 do something that messes up, or you don't like what's 1:01:52.800 --> 1:01:56.720 going on, or it seems to have a problem, you 1:01:56.800 --> 1:01:59.600 can do what's called a power wash. It wipes out 1:01:59.720 --> 1:02:04.600 the everything on your computer and reinstalls it as a 1:02:04.680 --> 1:02:07.960 new computer, so you're you're protected that way. 1:02:08.160 --> 1:02:09.760 Man, they've really thought of everything with this. 1:02:10.240 --> 1:02:11.920 They have, indeed, so. 1:02:13.480 --> 1:02:15.880 I'm sorry when it first came out they did not 1:02:16.040 --> 1:02:19.520 have the power wash capability, and now they do. 1:02:20.120 --> 1:02:23.480 That's amazing. And so finally, just about thirty seconds here, 1:02:23.520 --> 1:02:24.760 who do you recommend does this? 1:02:24.960 --> 1:02:25.000 Like? 1:02:25.000 --> 1:02:26.160 Who do you think this would be good for? 1:02:27.560 --> 1:02:31.520 Anybody who can get on the internet and read an 1:02:31.560 --> 1:02:34.520 email and click on a website can do this. 1:02:36.480 --> 1:02:38.200 And if you have an old computer kind of laying 1:02:38.200 --> 1:02:40.200 around that's not getting much use. I mean, this is 1:02:40.280 --> 1:02:40.800 a great. 1:02:42.000 --> 1:02:46.000 You know, gives it new life in a way that's simple, easy, 1:02:46.200 --> 1:02:48.360 and you know you'll get some more use out of it. 1:02:48.440 --> 1:02:49.800 And if you have a computer that you want to 1:02:49.800 --> 1:02:51.200 give a loved one, maybe you want to do this 1:02:51.280 --> 1:02:51.840 to it first. 1:02:52.280 --> 1:02:56.160 All right, exactly right, Leo Roberts of the Laptop Elf Project. 1:02:56.520 --> 1:03:00.040 You can find out more on their Facebook page. Just 1:03:00.160 --> 1:03:04.600 go to facebook dot com slash the Laptop Elf Project 1:03:05.360 --> 1:03:08.240 and you can learn how to you know, donate an 1:03:08.240 --> 1:03:10.600 old computer to them if you don't need it anymore, 1:03:10.760 --> 1:03:12.280 or if you want to make it work your own. 1:03:12.920 --> 1:03:15.040 It's just a good website to know about, or if 1:03:15.040 --> 1:03:16.080 you need a comput. 1:03:16.160 --> 1:03:21.160 In addition, we take phones, tablets, monitors, all laptops, so 1:03:21.360 --> 1:03:24.480 we really appreciate any donation your listeners have. 1:03:25.080 --> 1:03:27.320 Awesome Leo Roberts, thanks so much for joining me today 1:03:27.400 --> 1:03:30.800 of the Laptop Elf Project. Coming up more of your 1:03:30.880 --> 1:03:33.640 calls at Triple eight rich one O one eight eight 1:03:33.720 --> 1:03:36.680 eight seven four to two four one zero one. As 1:03:36.760 --> 1:03:40.760 always linked on my website, rich on Tech dot TV. 1:03:41.240 --> 1:03:47.479 We'll be right back. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:03:48.880 --> 1:03:51.960 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 1:03:52.080 --> 1:03:54.400 Triple eight rich one O one. That's eight eight eight 1:03:54.640 --> 1:03:59.720 seven four to two four one zero one. Google Maps 1:03:59.720 --> 1:04:04.120 has a new feature called Glansible directions. This puts the 1:04:04.360 --> 1:04:08.400 directions right on your lock screen. Now they've had some 1:04:08.560 --> 1:04:10.680 implementations of this in the past, but this is a 1:04:10.760 --> 1:04:14.640 more direct implementation. You can see your updated ETA and 1:04:14.720 --> 1:04:18.960 your next turn info from the route overview when your 1:04:19.080 --> 1:04:21.440 phone is open, but then when your phone is locked, 1:04:21.480 --> 1:04:23.640 you'll be able to still see your directions. Now, Apple 1:04:23.720 --> 1:04:26.960 Maps has done this for a long time, and the 1:04:27.000 --> 1:04:29.160 way Google Maps has gotten around it is they've sent 1:04:29.280 --> 1:04:32.680 notifications to your screen, but now it's integrated with the 1:04:33.680 --> 1:04:36.080 live activities and so this will be much much better 1:04:36.240 --> 1:04:38.800 on the iPhone side of things, and on Android it 1:04:38.840 --> 1:04:42.920 will just show persistent notification with your directions. So this 1:04:43.040 --> 1:04:47.320 works for walking, biking, and public transit. It updates automatically 1:04:47.360 --> 1:04:49.480 if you take a different route, and it is rolling 1:04:49.520 --> 1:04:52.800 out right now on Android and iOS. So basically this 1:04:52.920 --> 1:04:55.760 makes it easier to follow your directions without unlocking your 1:04:55.800 --> 1:04:58.560 phone every single time. So if you want to turn 1:04:58.640 --> 1:05:00.120 this on, you have to turn it on it it's 1:05:00.120 --> 1:05:03.960 not on by default for some odd reason. Open up 1:05:04.000 --> 1:05:06.600 Google Maps I both iPhone or the Android, tap your 1:05:06.640 --> 1:05:09.600 profile picture in the upper right hand corner and it 1:05:09.720 --> 1:05:14.840 says Settings. You tap Settings and then under Navigation scroll 1:05:15.440 --> 1:05:19.720 and you'll see it says glanceible directions while navigating, and 1:05:19.920 --> 1:05:22.120 you can turn that on and it will show up. 1:05:22.200 --> 1:05:24.720 It has not shown up on my iPhone just yet. 1:05:25.160 --> 1:05:28.920 The setting has, but the actual glanceible has not. So 1:05:29.480 --> 1:05:31.640 it is rolling out. So if you want to get 1:05:31.640 --> 1:05:34.160 prepared for it, and when you next time you do 1:05:34.240 --> 1:05:37.120 Google Maps directions, it will show up. You can turn 1:05:37.160 --> 1:05:41.560 on that toggle and you'll be pleasantly surprised again. Maps, Settings, Navigation, 1:05:42.320 --> 1:05:49.240 Glanceible Directions while navigating. Let's go to Robert in Data Point, California. Robert, 1:05:49.240 --> 1:05:49.920 you're on with Rich. 1:05:50.480 --> 1:05:57.160 Yes, thank you. I'm trying to update to a new 1:05:57.640 --> 1:06:04.760 operating system for my Minimac. I'm running a Mahabi right 1:06:04.840 --> 1:06:07.919 now and I need to go to Sonoma at least 1:06:08.680 --> 1:06:12.000 and it tells me that one, I don't have enough room, 1:06:12.840 --> 1:06:16.920 and I have an external hard drive Samsung a terrabyte. 1:06:17.040 --> 1:06:19.959 But yet when if I try it, I can't seem 1:06:20.040 --> 1:06:23.120 to It tells me I can't use that hard drive 1:06:23.320 --> 1:06:23.920 for doing that. 1:06:25.360 --> 1:06:26.760 It tells you you can't use the hard drive for 1:06:26.840 --> 1:06:28.280 doing what to install the. 1:06:28.360 --> 1:06:33.840 Outloading what I have on the computer so that I 1:06:33.920 --> 1:06:35.720 have enough room to install Sonoma. 1:06:35.840 --> 1:06:37.640 Okay, you want to move stuff to this hard drive? 1:06:38.360 --> 1:06:40.920 Yeah, I have photos on it. It seems to be automatic, 1:06:41.280 --> 1:06:46.480 but because that's the majority of my memory, it is photos. 1:06:47.760 --> 1:06:52.000 So I'm trying to find out why doesn't it Like, 1:06:53.120 --> 1:06:55.360 why can't I just download the whole computer to my 1:06:55.520 --> 1:06:58.320 terrabyte and then load it with all the new with 1:06:58.480 --> 1:06:59.120 a new program. 1:06:59.360 --> 1:07:00.760 You should be able to do. You know how this 1:07:00.880 --> 1:07:02.960 hard hard drive is formatted? 1:07:04.240 --> 1:07:04.280 No? 1:07:04.480 --> 1:07:06.320 I don't, and I think that's the issue. 1:07:06.560 --> 1:07:06.760 Yeah. 1:07:08.520 --> 1:07:10.440 One of the prompts I had that said you will 1:07:10.480 --> 1:07:15.040 lose everything on your external hard drive if you try 1:07:15.080 --> 1:07:15.440 to do it. 1:07:15.600 --> 1:07:16.919 Yep, and that's what's going to happen. 1:07:17.040 --> 1:07:21.000 So first off, on your Mac, you can go you 1:07:21.080 --> 1:07:23.840 can go onto your finder and select this hard drive 1:07:24.520 --> 1:07:29.600 and you can do a command I to see how 1:07:29.680 --> 1:07:32.080 that is formatted. Does it show up on your Mac 1:07:32.120 --> 1:07:32.800 at all when. 1:07:32.680 --> 1:07:33.160 You plug it in? 1:07:34.960 --> 1:07:38.640 Yes, it does show that the external hard drive. 1:07:38.600 --> 1:07:40.640 So it should read you know, most hard drives, but 1:07:40.720 --> 1:07:42.280 it may not be able to write to this drive 1:07:42.320 --> 1:07:44.240 if it's in a format that it doesn't like. So 1:07:44.320 --> 1:07:47.240 there are some formats that were, you know, incompatible in 1:07:47.320 --> 1:07:51.640 the past, but nowadays if you use a Mac OS, 1:07:51.720 --> 1:07:53.520 if you're only are you only using this hard drive 1:07:53.560 --> 1:07:53.959 with a Mac? 1:07:54.960 --> 1:07:55.160 Yeah? 1:07:55.320 --> 1:07:57.680 Yeah, So there's a there's a utility on the Mac 1:07:57.760 --> 1:07:59.440 called disc utility. Have you used that? 1:08:00.240 --> 1:08:00.280 No? 1:08:00.520 --> 1:08:02.800 Okay? So do you know how to find that on 1:08:02.880 --> 1:08:04.320 your Mac? No? Okay. 1:08:04.480 --> 1:08:08.080 So if you press the uh the search icon in 1:08:08.120 --> 1:08:10.200 the upper right hand corner, if you have that, or 1:08:10.360 --> 1:08:12.880 you can use command space bar to bring it up, 1:08:12.920 --> 1:08:14.400 that'll bring up spotlight. 1:08:14.480 --> 1:08:14.960 On the Mac. 1:08:15.440 --> 1:08:18.360 You can type in disc utility and if you type 1:08:18.400 --> 1:08:21.080 in disc utility, you should see this drive on the 1:08:21.200 --> 1:08:25.000 left hand side of your computer screen and you can 1:08:25.080 --> 1:08:27.960 select that drive and it will tell you how it is. 1:08:29.520 --> 1:08:30.040 Format it. 1:08:30.280 --> 1:08:32.599 Now, the format that I like, if you're only using 1:08:32.640 --> 1:08:36.479 on a Mac OS is mac OS. I believe it's 1:08:36.520 --> 1:08:40.519 extended journaled and so you format it like that. Now, 1:08:40.600 --> 1:08:42.559 do you have stuff on this drive that you need? 1:08:43.680 --> 1:08:43.880 Yes? 1:08:44.560 --> 1:08:47.160 Okay, Well therein lies the issue because. 1:08:46.880 --> 1:08:49.640 You can't Yeah, it's all photographs. 1:08:49.800 --> 1:08:52.160 Yeah, you can't format that if you if you have that, 1:08:52.439 --> 1:08:54.719 you know if you need to save those? Okay? 1:08:55.000 --> 1:08:57.280 Is there another external hard drive. I could use it. 1:08:57.960 --> 1:09:01.280 I could just plug and play to basically get me 1:09:01.360 --> 1:09:02.120 out of the situation. 1:09:02.560 --> 1:09:04.599 Yeah, I mean any drive you can go on if 1:09:04.680 --> 1:09:06.320 you know, you can go to best Buy or you know, 1:09:06.360 --> 1:09:09.400 Staples and buy any hard drive and format it. You 1:09:09.479 --> 1:09:11.680 can look for a Mac icon on the drive to 1:09:11.760 --> 1:09:14.680 see because not all drives are formatted for Mac out 1:09:14.680 --> 1:09:18.000 of the box. Most of them are formatted, you know. 1:09:18.080 --> 1:09:21.040 It just depends on the drive. But you can go 1:09:21.160 --> 1:09:23.600 get another hard drive and plug it in. If it 1:09:23.640 --> 1:09:26.080 doesn't work, you can format it with this disc utility 1:09:26.600 --> 1:09:29.000 and you would just press Once it's in, you would 1:09:29.000 --> 1:09:31.599 just do erase and it would say that you can, 1:09:32.680 --> 1:09:34.479 you know, format it in the in the format that 1:09:34.560 --> 1:09:36.880 would work on the Mac. So I'm trying. I wish 1:09:36.920 --> 1:09:38.400 I had a drive to plug in it. It's like 1:09:38.520 --> 1:09:41.080 over my in my bag and I can't run over there. 1:09:41.120 --> 1:09:43.519 But I would walk you through it a little bit more. 1:09:43.600 --> 1:09:44.320 But that's you. 1:09:44.400 --> 1:09:47.320 Basically, another hard drive would solve this pretty simply. Hard 1:09:47.360 --> 1:09:51.160 drives are about fifty nine bucks. You said this, you 1:09:51.240 --> 1:09:54.479 know you can easily copy stuff over you How are 1:09:54.520 --> 1:09:56.240 you going to install the new operating system? 1:09:56.280 --> 1:09:58.000 You just need to make room on your drive to. 1:09:58.040 --> 1:10:03.200 Do that room, then I could just get to Sonoma 1:10:03.439 --> 1:10:05.160 and you know, then you work your way up the 1:10:05.280 --> 1:10:10.479 chain to get to the most current. And another issue 1:10:10.520 --> 1:10:13.920 I have is, you know, I have that bug that 1:10:14.080 --> 1:10:16.720 comes up that says your McAfee is expired, and. 1:10:17.280 --> 1:10:18.559 Yeah, get rid of that, you can. 1:10:18.760 --> 1:10:21.560 I can't. I've tried to encapsulate it and deny it 1:10:21.640 --> 1:10:22.519 and I can't get rid of it. 1:10:22.720 --> 1:10:25.760 Well, you might consider what you might consider doing is 1:10:25.960 --> 1:10:29.759 just doing a full clean install of this entire operating system. 1:10:30.200 --> 1:10:32.680 And if you look up online, there's a especially if 1:10:32.680 --> 1:10:34.439 you're having you know, if you're getting all these like 1:10:34.600 --> 1:10:37.439 error messages and stuff and like these little fragments of 1:10:37.520 --> 1:10:40.080 old files, you might want to do a clean installation. 1:10:40.240 --> 1:10:45.200 You could do what's called a internet recovery. So if 1:10:45.240 --> 1:10:51.160 you look up clean installation of mac OS, you should 1:10:51.240 --> 1:10:55.080 get the mac Apple support that will tell you how 1:10:55.120 --> 1:10:56.920 to erase and reinstall mac OS. 1:10:57.000 --> 1:10:58.360 And there's a couple of ways of doing it. 1:10:58.800 --> 1:11:02.240 Basically, your computer as a version of the operating system 1:11:02.280 --> 1:11:05.479 on there that you can restore it from, or you 1:11:05.560 --> 1:11:07.479 can download it from the internet and do it that way. 1:11:07.640 --> 1:11:10.200 Or you can make what's called a bootable USB drive 1:11:10.280 --> 1:11:12.240 to do that, and the app I like for that, 1:11:12.320 --> 1:11:14.720 by the way, is called disk Drill that can help 1:11:14.800 --> 1:11:18.040 you do that. Giving you a lot of suggestions here, 1:11:18.120 --> 1:11:20.040 but the bottom line is if you can try to 1:11:20.120 --> 1:11:22.840 figure out how to get a new hard drive carry 1:11:22.920 --> 1:11:25.080 these files over to that hard drive to free up 1:11:25.160 --> 1:11:27.840 space on yours, you can do the upgrade that way. 1:11:27.920 --> 1:11:30.080 But I would recommend a clean install. That is what 1:11:30.200 --> 1:11:32.840 I think would be best for this computer, especially because 1:11:32.840 --> 1:11:35.719 it sounds like it's a little bit older. But again 1:11:35.840 --> 1:11:39.519 disk Drill, and the other app I mentioned is called 1:11:39.600 --> 1:11:46.679 disc Utility. You are listening to rich On Tech. Welcome 1:11:46.760 --> 1:11:49.920 back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:11:49.920 --> 1:11:53.640 with you, talking technology at Triple eight rich one oh 1:11:53.720 --> 1:11:58.320 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 1:11:58.680 --> 1:12:02.800 zero one. Coming up this hour, we're gonna talk about 1:12:02.880 --> 1:12:07.200 chord cutting. We've got Richard Schneider, president and founder of 1:12:07.360 --> 1:12:13.519 Antenna's Direct. This is a company that I featured many 1:12:13.640 --> 1:12:17.639 many years ago on the Today Show many years ago, 1:12:18.520 --> 1:12:22.479 and they've been making some really cool antennas ever since. 1:12:22.880 --> 1:12:26.839 And uh yeah, we'll talk to Richard about the latest 1:12:26.880 --> 1:12:29.760 trends in chord cutting. So if you're curious about the 1:12:29.880 --> 1:12:32.360 latest with over the air, or you want to cut 1:12:32.520 --> 1:12:35.040 the cord, or you just want to know about antenna's 1:12:35.080 --> 1:12:35.559 in general. 1:12:36.200 --> 1:12:37.639 We'll get some good info from him. 1:12:39.160 --> 1:12:41.439 Phone line for the show Triple eight Rich one one 1:12:41.600 --> 1:12:45.120 eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:12:45.960 --> 1:12:52.120 The website rich on tech dot tv. Go to the website. 1:12:52.320 --> 1:12:54.800 You can get links to anything I mentioned here. You 1:12:54.880 --> 1:12:57.360 can sign up to get the podcast, so if you 1:12:57.439 --> 1:13:00.639 want to listen later you missed an episode on the radio, 1:13:00.800 --> 1:13:04.000 whatever it is. You can watch my TV stories there, 1:13:04.160 --> 1:13:07.080 so you know, I do work as a TV tech reporter, 1:13:07.600 --> 1:13:09.920 so I've got a whole bunch of video stories there 1:13:09.960 --> 1:13:12.400 as well. And you can sign up for my newsletter, 1:13:14.000 --> 1:13:17.200 sent out two new issues in the last couple of weeks. 1:13:17.320 --> 1:13:19.920 A lot of people liking that. It's a newsletter that 1:13:20.120 --> 1:13:22.360 is just an update with some of the stuff. It's 1:13:22.439 --> 1:13:24.120 kind of like this show. It's just the stuff I 1:13:24.200 --> 1:13:29.599 think you should know. If you have a cheap video doorbell, 1:13:29.640 --> 1:13:32.920 you might want to reconsider it. Consumer reports found that 1:13:34.400 --> 1:13:39.000 these things have some pretty major security flaws. They were 1:13:39.080 --> 1:13:43.280 sold at Amazon, Walmart, and other sites under brands like 1:13:43.520 --> 1:13:48.720 Ekein and Tuck and the problem with these video doorbells 1:13:48.840 --> 1:13:51.560 is that they can expose your home IP address and 1:13:51.680 --> 1:13:55.400 your Wi Fi name of your home without encryption, which 1:13:55.439 --> 1:14:00.160 allows other people to remotely access the video doorbell. I mean, 1:14:00.240 --> 1:14:03.040 someone could take over the camera or even monitor your house. 1:14:03.080 --> 1:14:06.479 They could see everyone that comes and goes. The devices 1:14:06.600 --> 1:14:10.320 don't have an fcc ID number, which is legally required 1:14:10.400 --> 1:14:13.400 to sell electronics in the US. One of these even 1:14:13.439 --> 1:14:17.679 had Amazon's Choice badge on it. These were about thirty dollars. 1:14:17.800 --> 1:14:20.960 These doorbells. They come from China, and they're just not 1:14:21.120 --> 1:14:26.760 properly licensed. They are not properly secured. So here's what happens. Inevitably, 1:14:27.840 --> 1:14:29.680 I get someone that comes up to me, Hey, rich 1:14:30.200 --> 1:14:32.720 I want a video doorbell. Which one should I get? Oh, 1:14:32.840 --> 1:14:35.599 you should get something from Ring. You should get something 1:14:35.760 --> 1:14:39.960 from Nest or maybe Whys, even though they've had their 1:14:39.960 --> 1:14:42.919 own security issues. And then you go to the website, 1:14:43.000 --> 1:14:44.320 you look at the price and you go, oh, I'm 1:14:44.320 --> 1:14:45.800 not paying one hundred and thirty bucks for that. Look 1:14:45.840 --> 1:14:47.720 at this one for thirty dollars. It looks like the 1:14:47.800 --> 1:14:51.200 same looks like the same thing. And yes, you can 1:14:51.320 --> 1:14:54.200 find something that looks like the same thing, but the 1:14:55.120 --> 1:14:57.040 is the service going to be there? Is the support 1:14:57.160 --> 1:14:59.240 going to be there. I've had two people come up 1:14:59.240 --> 1:15:01.240 to me in the last coup weeks. They both came 1:15:01.320 --> 1:15:06.200 to me with the same exact Instagram ad for a camera, 1:15:06.680 --> 1:15:08.840 a video camera, like a home security camera that was 1:15:08.960 --> 1:15:12.280 really cheap and I had never heard of the brand. 1:15:12.439 --> 1:15:13.920 And both of them were like, Rich, I really want 1:15:13.960 --> 1:15:16.120 to get this because there's no monthly fee and it's 1:15:16.160 --> 1:15:17.680 really cheap. And I said, well, you can get it. 1:15:18.680 --> 1:15:21.760 But I've been covering technology for years now. I've been 1:15:21.800 --> 1:15:25.519 to every CS since twenty ten, and I've never seen 1:15:25.600 --> 1:15:28.040 that brand at any event I've ever been at in 1:15:28.200 --> 1:15:31.960 my tech life. You can go with that brand, but 1:15:32.520 --> 1:15:35.880 what are you getting? I don't know because nobody's heard 1:15:35.880 --> 1:15:40.960 of this brand. And that's the issue with going with 1:15:41.080 --> 1:15:43.200 something that I've never heard of and I've never seen. 1:15:43.280 --> 1:15:45.000 You don't know what the security is going to be like. 1:15:45.960 --> 1:15:48.160 And the other telltale sign is when you go to 1:15:48.240 --> 1:15:51.919 the website and the website's got all kinds of countdown banners, 1:15:52.439 --> 1:15:55.320 it's got buy one, get one free, it's you have 1:15:55.520 --> 1:15:58.360 to act soon. If you see that stuff on a 1:15:58.439 --> 1:16:02.200 website and it's an endless scroll website. You just keep 1:16:02.320 --> 1:16:04.920 scrolling and scrolling and scrolling, and it keeps trying to 1:16:04.960 --> 1:16:08.360 sell you on these products. It's probably not something I 1:16:08.520 --> 1:16:12.200 want to buy. You can take your chance, but as 1:16:12.320 --> 1:16:16.439 consumer reports found out, these things definitely have some issues, 1:16:17.080 --> 1:16:20.160 so be careful go with the brands that tech folks 1:16:20.400 --> 1:16:21.400 like myself recommend. 1:16:23.160 --> 1:16:23.360 HP. 1:16:24.080 --> 1:16:28.400 They already sell a subscription ink service which I subscribe to, 1:16:28.560 --> 1:16:31.880 by the way, pay like seven bucks a month, where 1:16:31.920 --> 1:16:35.840 I can get all the ink I need to print out. 1:16:36.320 --> 1:16:38.400 I don't know how many pages it is, but you 1:16:38.479 --> 1:16:40.160 get roll over to It's kind of like those old 1:16:40.240 --> 1:16:42.160 cell phone plans where you got a couple of minutes 1:16:42.160 --> 1:16:43.680 a month and then they would roll over to the 1:16:43.760 --> 1:16:44.160 next month. 1:16:44.240 --> 1:16:47.639 Remember those days. Well, HP does that with their ink plan. 1:16:48.720 --> 1:16:50.400 But what I like about the ink plan is that 1:16:50.560 --> 1:16:52.400 it's a lot cheaper than buying all the ink for 1:16:52.479 --> 1:16:55.400 these printers. If you add up all the four cartridges 1:16:55.439 --> 1:16:58.240 that I need for my ink printer, it's like fifty 1:16:58.400 --> 1:17:00.960 sixty you know, fifty bucks a peace. It's like two 1:17:01.040 --> 1:17:03.840 hundred dollars for ink, and then you got to buy 1:17:03.880 --> 1:17:06.200 it and keep it in stock at your house, So 1:17:06.240 --> 1:17:09.680 you need an extra one. So this ink subscription plan 1:17:09.760 --> 1:17:11.519 has worked out pretty well because what they do is 1:17:11.880 --> 1:17:14.479 they your computer, your printer has to be connected to 1:17:14.520 --> 1:17:16.360 the internet. When your ink gets low, they send you 1:17:16.400 --> 1:17:19.280 a new one before you need to replace it. So 1:17:19.439 --> 1:17:22.120 in my house right now, I have like a black ink, 1:17:22.200 --> 1:17:25.120 I've got a yellow, I've got a magenta. I don't 1:17:25.120 --> 1:17:26.760 know about blue. I don't maybe I just whatever the 1:17:26.800 --> 1:17:28.280 other color is, I don't. I guess I don't use 1:17:28.280 --> 1:17:28.760 it as much. 1:17:29.200 --> 1:17:30.400 But they're ready to go. 1:17:30.560 --> 1:17:34.040 And the black ink cartridge, by the way, is got 1:17:34.160 --> 1:17:36.760 so much ink in it that I've never seen a 1:17:36.800 --> 1:17:40.400 cartridge this much like loaded. So they give you a 1:17:40.520 --> 1:17:42.960 cartridge that carries more ink than the typical one you 1:17:43.040 --> 1:17:45.439 might get at the store, which is also really nice. 1:17:46.520 --> 1:17:50.040 So I tell you this because HP has now launched 1:17:50.160 --> 1:17:52.479 an all in one printer subscription plan. 1:17:53.439 --> 1:17:54.360 And so what does this do. 1:17:54.680 --> 1:17:57.880 It provides you a monthly page allowance and it automatically 1:17:57.920 --> 1:18:01.479 ships your replacement in cartridges. The price runs from seven 1:18:01.520 --> 1:18:06.719 dollars a month for basic printers and thirty six dollars 1:18:06.760 --> 1:18:10.000 a month for multifunction printers and seven hundred pages. So 1:18:11.200 --> 1:18:14.400 there are pros and cons to this system, your printer 1:18:14.520 --> 1:18:16.960 must stay connected to the internet so HP can monitor 1:18:17.000 --> 1:18:18.400 your usage and ink levels. 1:18:18.479 --> 1:18:19.880 Of course, okay, that's fine. 1:18:20.760 --> 1:18:24.000 After thirty days of a trial, you do have to 1:18:24.120 --> 1:18:26.400 have a certain amount of months where you keep this 1:18:26.560 --> 1:18:29.120 or else you have to pay a cancelation fee, and 1:18:29.360 --> 1:18:31.360 if you cancel this, you have to return the printer 1:18:31.479 --> 1:18:33.120 all together, which is kind of going to be a 1:18:33.160 --> 1:18:37.640 pain to return a printer. On the plus side, the 1:18:37.800 --> 1:18:41.000 plan does give you a next business day printer replacement 1:18:41.040 --> 1:18:43.000 if you have an issue, and you can upgrade to 1:18:43.080 --> 1:18:46.320 a new printer after two years. I can't say I 1:18:46.439 --> 1:18:51.760 recommend the printer rental plan, but if it works for 1:18:51.880 --> 1:18:53.560 you and you do the math and you think that 1:18:53.640 --> 1:18:55.920 this is something that just makes your life easier, I 1:18:55.960 --> 1:18:58.040 don't know. Maybe it's kind of nice to have. I 1:18:58.080 --> 1:19:00.720 guess it's good to have options. There's always going to 1:19:00.720 --> 1:19:02.920 be people that want to buy things and have them 1:19:03.000 --> 1:19:04.479 and you do it on their own. 1:19:04.520 --> 1:19:05.000 That's fine. 1:19:05.400 --> 1:19:07.679 And yes, is it probably cheaper in the long term 1:19:07.800 --> 1:19:10.160 to buy your own printer, use it as long as 1:19:10.240 --> 1:19:13.439 humanly possible, and buy your own refurbished ink. Yeah, probably, 1:19:14.080 --> 1:19:16.640 But if you just want that convenience and you know, 1:19:16.840 --> 1:19:18.960 maybe it's right off, maybe you have a startup, whatever, 1:19:19.400 --> 1:19:20.160 it might be easier. 1:19:22.200 --> 1:19:23.960 This is interesting Ford. 1:19:24.880 --> 1:19:28.519 If you have a Ford electric vehicle, you can now 1:19:28.920 --> 1:19:33.960 use the Tesla superchargers. They turned on this functionality this week, 1:19:34.560 --> 1:19:37.479 which is very exciting because the Mustang mach E is 1:19:37.560 --> 1:19:40.800 my favorite EV that's not the Tesla. I mean there's 1:19:40.800 --> 1:19:43.120 other ones that I like, like the Lucid and the Rivian, 1:19:43.479 --> 1:19:45.600 but I think the Maki overall, when it comes to 1:19:45.720 --> 1:19:51.720 price and affordability and accessibility, it is everywhere, and so 1:19:51.840 --> 1:19:55.320 I think the Maki really really impressed me. But I've 1:19:55.400 --> 1:19:58.160 said this with all electric cars, I am not buying 1:19:58.280 --> 1:20:01.080 any electric car that does not work on Tesla's network 1:20:01.680 --> 1:20:04.080 because it can be a pain to charge these things 1:20:04.439 --> 1:20:06.120 and it's just not for me. You can argue me 1:20:06.240 --> 1:20:08.600 with that, but if you're on a road trip and 1:20:08.800 --> 1:20:12.519 you want fast, easy charging, you gotta go Tesla. Now, 1:20:12.600 --> 1:20:15.240 these other companies are going to work with Tesla. Ford 1:20:15.360 --> 1:20:17.080 is the first one, but all of them are pretty 1:20:17.120 --> 1:20:19.760 much going to do this. So if you have a 1:20:20.080 --> 1:20:23.799 Ford EV which is either the Machi or the Lightning, 1:20:24.320 --> 1:20:26.840 you can now charge at Tesla superchargers. You will need 1:20:26.880 --> 1:20:31.400 an adapter. You can get an adapter for free. This 1:20:31.600 --> 1:20:34.640 is a two hundred and thirty dollars value. The adapters 1:20:34.680 --> 1:20:37.800 are free right now until June thirtieth. So if you're 1:20:37.840 --> 1:20:39.880 listening to this and you have a Ford EV, go 1:20:40.000 --> 1:20:42.400 on the website, get the free adapter, put it in 1:20:42.479 --> 1:20:45.320 your trunk, and you can now charge at Tesla superchargers. 1:20:45.960 --> 1:20:52.000 The website Ford dot com Slash Fast Charging Adapter, Ford 1:20:52.080 --> 1:20:58.000 dot com Slash Fast Charging Adapter, and this adapter will 1:20:58.080 --> 1:21:01.960 work at Tesla super chargers. The charging is not free, 1:21:02.000 --> 1:21:04.160 by the way, that as far as I know, it 1:21:04.280 --> 1:21:08.360 is not free to charge at a Tesla supercharger. Maybe 1:21:08.439 --> 1:21:11.160 if you have an older Tesla that it was grandfathered in, 1:21:11.800 --> 1:21:14.240 but that's not the case. And I don't think Ford 1:21:14.320 --> 1:21:17.000 is giving any level of free charging away, but they 1:21:17.040 --> 1:21:19.320 are giving the charger away. 1:21:19.640 --> 1:21:21.479 So get the adapter if you have a Ford and 1:21:23.000 --> 1:21:23.920 that's pretty exciting. 1:21:24.200 --> 1:21:26.840 And next year's model years with a lot of these cars, 1:21:27.080 --> 1:21:29.640 the Tesla charger is going to be built into the car, 1:21:29.760 --> 1:21:31.519 so you don't need to have an adapter, but for 1:21:31.640 --> 1:21:36.519 now you need the adapter. And finally, Uber has launched 1:21:36.600 --> 1:21:40.680 its teen Rides feature. It is now available in California. 1:21:40.800 --> 1:21:43.160 It's always been available, or it's been available in the 1:21:43.320 --> 1:21:45.240 forty nine other states for a while. It is now 1:21:45.320 --> 1:21:49.080 launching in California, so it's available in nationwide. This allows 1:21:49.160 --> 1:21:52.000 a parent to invite their team to have their own 1:21:52.200 --> 1:21:56.160 Uber account, a teen Uber account, and they can request 1:21:56.200 --> 1:21:58.960 their own rides. This has got a bunch of safety 1:21:59.000 --> 1:22:02.439 features built in, so parents can always see driver details 1:22:02.479 --> 1:22:04.479 like their name, their vehicle info, and they can call 1:22:04.640 --> 1:22:08.680 Uber the Uber Safety Line if necessary now the thing 1:22:08.720 --> 1:22:10.519 about the drive, or they could also track their kid 1:22:10.600 --> 1:22:13.439 on a map. This is for kids thirteen to seventeen. 1:22:15.160 --> 1:22:18.639 Uber told me that only eligible drivers with thorough background checks, 1:22:18.680 --> 1:22:21.240 which is the same background checks they do for regular drivers, 1:22:22.040 --> 1:22:24.040 but the difference here is that they have to have 1:22:24.200 --> 1:22:26.880 high ratings and they have to be experienced drivers before 1:22:26.920 --> 1:22:29.960 they can accept teens. And any driver has the ability 1:22:29.960 --> 1:22:33.640 to say I don't want to accept teens altogether. The 1:22:33.840 --> 1:22:36.400 teen has to give the driver has to put in 1:22:36.479 --> 1:22:39.360 a four digit code that the teen gives them when 1:22:39.360 --> 1:22:42.320 they get in the car, and there's also this ride 1:22:42.439 --> 1:22:46.679 audio recording feature. It is not mandatory, but I highly 1:22:47.000 --> 1:22:50.280 highly recommend that if your teen is taking Uber Rides. 1:22:50.760 --> 1:22:53.840 You turn that feature on, it records the entire ride. 1:22:54.200 --> 1:22:56.840 The recording of audio is stored on the teen's phone. 1:22:56.840 --> 1:22:59.719 If there's ever an issue, you can send that recording 1:22:59.760 --> 1:23:03.439 to Uber again Uber teen Rides. You can get details 1:23:03.479 --> 1:23:07.200 on that on my Instagram at rich on Tech. My 1:23:07.320 --> 1:23:09.720 name is rich d'miro. You are listening to rich on 1:23:09.800 --> 1:23:11.680 Tech More show. Come in your way right after this. 1:23:13.000 --> 1:23:17.559 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here. Coming 1:23:17.680 --> 1:23:21.320 up next, Richard Schneider is going to join us. He's 1:23:21.360 --> 1:23:24.800 the president and founder of Antenna's Direct. He's going to 1:23:24.840 --> 1:23:27.639 talk about some of the latest trends in cord cutting 1:23:28.320 --> 1:23:31.080 and explain what it's like to go over the air 1:23:32.280 --> 1:23:35.560 in a world of streaming. All right, let's take a 1:23:35.640 --> 1:23:41.240 look at some of the emails we have gotten. Debra says, help. 1:23:41.360 --> 1:23:45.439 The navigation systems used by the food companies Grubhub, Door Dash, 1:23:45.520 --> 1:23:48.080 Postmates and others are routed to an area that cannot 1:23:48.080 --> 1:23:49.200 be accessed. 1:23:48.840 --> 1:23:50.240 To my home accessed. 1:23:50.840 --> 1:23:53.880 Sometime around twenty twenty one, the navigation system changed. I've 1:23:53.920 --> 1:23:56.560 tried contacting Google Maps, but nothing has been done. What 1:23:56.680 --> 1:23:59.599 do I need to do to get the navigation system corrected? 1:23:59.640 --> 1:24:03.720 For my home address. Well, I think I don't know 1:24:03.760 --> 1:24:05.840 how you contacted Google Maps, but I think you just 1:24:05.920 --> 1:24:09.120 need to change the marker on Google Maps. So I've 1:24:09.200 --> 1:24:11.760 done this a couple of times for different addresses, and 1:24:12.080 --> 1:24:14.720 it works. It just takes a little bit. So if 1:24:14.760 --> 1:24:18.080 you go into Google Maps and you search for your address, 1:24:19.360 --> 1:24:21.800 and once you find your address on Google Maps, you 1:24:21.880 --> 1:24:25.519 can scroll up and it says suggest an edit, and 1:24:25.640 --> 1:24:28.080 you tap that and it gives you a map with 1:24:28.160 --> 1:24:31.040 a whole bunch of options, and you can say fix 1:24:31.080 --> 1:24:33.760 an address, add or fix a road, and then you 1:24:33.800 --> 1:24:36.280 can add opinions. So I would say fix an address, 1:24:37.320 --> 1:24:40.360 and then it says drag the map to the position 1:24:40.560 --> 1:24:43.400 the marker should be in. So Google Maps will show 1:24:43.439 --> 1:24:46.280 you where it thinks it should be going. But let's 1:24:46.280 --> 1:24:49.240 say that's leading to like a backside or a different 1:24:49.320 --> 1:24:52.360 road or a different entrance. You can drag that to 1:24:52.479 --> 1:24:54.800 where you need it to go. So let's say there 1:24:54.880 --> 1:24:56.599 was two ways to get to your house. You might 1:24:56.720 --> 1:24:59.439 drag that marker to the front of it and then 1:24:59.520 --> 1:25:04.080 press next, and then it will show you if you'd 1:25:04.120 --> 1:25:06.280 submit that. Once you know, it'll show you all the 1:25:06.360 --> 1:25:09.599 information that you have, and you press submit. So I've 1:25:09.600 --> 1:25:11.519 done this for a couple of different things and it 1:25:11.640 --> 1:25:14.680 does work. I actually submitted a one way street one 1:25:14.760 --> 1:25:17.000 time because Google Maps made me go down a one 1:25:17.040 --> 1:25:20.720 way street the wrong way and all these people are 1:25:20.760 --> 1:25:22.559 honking at me. I was like, yes, hi, I'm rich 1:25:22.640 --> 1:25:25.120 from TV. Good to see it too, and they're like, no, 1:25:25.240 --> 1:25:27.879 you're going the wrong way. I was like, oh, whoops, 1:25:29.200 --> 1:25:31.240 just kidding, but yeah, people were honking at me, and 1:25:31.360 --> 1:25:32.800 so I said, oh my gosh, I can't believe that 1:25:32.880 --> 1:25:35.280 Google sent me on a right turn down that street. 1:25:35.800 --> 1:25:38.760 And so I submitted the correction and within a couple 1:25:38.840 --> 1:25:41.360 of days. I don't know, maybe it took longer than that, 1:25:41.439 --> 1:25:44.040 but it was corrected. So, Deborah, I think that's the 1:25:44.080 --> 1:25:46.000 way to do it. All these companies use the same 1:25:46.600 --> 1:25:49.680 the same Google Maps data, so I think once you 1:25:49.760 --> 1:25:51.719 fix it there, it will be fixed in other places. 1:25:53.080 --> 1:25:55.960 Let's see Tim says, hey, I briefly heard you talk 1:25:55.960 --> 1:25:58.920 about using Wi Fi calling internationally. I have a Motorola 1:25:59.360 --> 1:26:02.800 with Wi Fi calling my cell provider's consumer cellular, and 1:26:02.880 --> 1:26:05.280 when I call them, I get varying instructions. How does 1:26:05.320 --> 1:26:08.240 one use it without accruing charges? Do I want airplane mode. 1:26:08.280 --> 1:26:11.000 While using it, I'll get a local simcard as well 1:26:11.080 --> 1:26:12.880 for a second phone I travel with. I found your 1:26:12.920 --> 1:26:16.400 show recently on KXL in Portland, Oregon. 1:26:16.760 --> 1:26:20.559 Thank you, Tim. So Tim. 1:26:21.040 --> 1:26:24.000 We talked about Wi Fi calling last week on the show, 1:26:24.280 --> 1:26:28.400 and after doing some more research, it's interesting I was 1:26:28.479 --> 1:26:30.960 not aware that some of the companies will charge you 1:26:31.120 --> 1:26:33.680 for calling that is through Wi Fi calling, which is 1:26:33.880 --> 1:26:36.840 kind of news to me. So I think the way 1:26:37.040 --> 1:26:40.559 most of them work is that here's what I typically 1:26:40.640 --> 1:26:42.400 do when I get to a different place. Let's say 1:26:42.400 --> 1:26:44.880 I wasn't using a third party SIM on my phone, 1:26:44.880 --> 1:26:47.240 which I always use most of the time, I would 1:26:47.320 --> 1:26:50.439 flip my phone into airplane mode. I would turn on 1:26:50.520 --> 1:26:52.519 the Wi Fi and find a network right at the 1:26:52.560 --> 1:26:56.640 hotel or out and about in town or whatever. And 1:26:56.960 --> 1:26:59.080 I would also make sure that my phone has Wi 1:26:59.200 --> 1:27:02.519 Fi calling turned on. And you probably want to activate 1:27:02.560 --> 1:27:05.240 this before you go on your trip, but you should 1:27:05.240 --> 1:27:08.280 be able to turn it on. So once Wi Fi 1:27:08.439 --> 1:27:11.280 calling is on, the main thing you want to do 1:27:11.439 --> 1:27:13.639 is make sure that your roaming is turned off. Now, 1:27:13.880 --> 1:27:15.800 every company is a little bit different, and it seems 1:27:15.840 --> 1:27:19.920 like Consumer Cellular in particularly in particular. 1:27:21.040 --> 1:27:21.760 They're not so. 1:27:23.960 --> 1:27:25.759 Forgiving when it comes to these calls. 1:27:25.840 --> 1:27:28.519 Some companies will treat the calls as if you are 1:27:29.760 --> 1:27:32.559 as long as you're not calling international numbers, they'll be fine. 1:27:32.600 --> 1:27:35.760 So let's say you're in Italy and you're calling the US. 1:27:35.880 --> 1:27:38.040 Since it's a US number, they will just build that 1:27:38.200 --> 1:27:41.120 as your normal typical call that you would make. But 1:27:41.240 --> 1:27:43.720 I'm looking at this Consumer Cellular and when you look 1:27:43.760 --> 1:27:48.240 at Wi Fi calling, it says does Wi Fi calling 1:27:48.400 --> 1:27:51.599 use minutes from my phone? And it says Wi Fi 1:27:51.720 --> 1:27:54.000 calls are built the same as calls made over the 1:27:54.080 --> 1:27:56.880 cellular network. They do use minutes from your plan and 1:27:56.920 --> 1:28:00.240 will show usage. They will show in usage details. That's 1:28:00.280 --> 1:28:05.200 really interesting. So my advice is that I would if 1:28:05.280 --> 1:28:07.720 you have this in this particular instance, I would really 1:28:07.760 --> 1:28:11.040 I would call Consumer Cellular and ask them very specifically, say, 1:28:11.080 --> 1:28:13.640 if I'm in Italy on Wi Fi calling and I 1:28:13.800 --> 1:28:17.000 call a number in Italy, am I charged? And they 1:28:17.080 --> 1:28:20.200 may say, yes, you'll be charged an international call. If 1:28:20.240 --> 1:28:21.960 I call a number in the US, am I charge? 1:28:22.000 --> 1:28:24.280 And they say, well, it's charged against your minutes, but 1:28:24.360 --> 1:28:26.120 you have unlimited minutes, so it'll be fine. 1:28:26.160 --> 1:28:26.760 It'll be free. 1:28:27.560 --> 1:28:30.160 So I would no matter what provider you have, I 1:28:30.200 --> 1:28:32.840 would make sure you understand how Wi Fi calling works 1:28:32.880 --> 1:28:35.800 before you activate it. But in my experience it works 1:28:35.840 --> 1:28:39.320 pretty well for you making calls and also getting your texts. 1:28:40.280 --> 1:28:42.040 But just check with them to make sure. 1:28:43.479 --> 1:28:48.559 Speaking of calls, Barbie flip phone coming out this summer. 1:28:49.040 --> 1:28:53.080 Pink Barbie flip phone coming out in summer twenty twenty 1:28:53.160 --> 1:28:57.479 four from HMD. This is HMD and Mattel are teaming up. 1:28:58.040 --> 1:28:59.639 Do we need a pink Barbie flip phone? 1:28:59.680 --> 1:28:59.960 I don't know. 1:29:00.400 --> 1:29:00.720 Why not? 1:29:01.680 --> 1:29:04.240 Remember the Motorol eraser that was pink. That was a 1:29:04.280 --> 1:29:08.000 flip phone that was popular. Coming up next, we're going 1:29:08.040 --> 1:29:10.960 to talk cord cutting. You are listening to rich on Tech. 1:29:11.520 --> 1:29:15.840 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking technology. 1:29:16.600 --> 1:29:20.680 The website rich on tech dot tv. If you hear 1:29:20.800 --> 1:29:22.800 something mentioned that you want to link for, just go 1:29:22.960 --> 1:29:24.760 right there to the big red banner at the top 1:29:25.760 --> 1:29:28.320 and you can get the link. Coming up is the 1:29:28.680 --> 1:29:31.360 feedback segment. So if you heard me talk about something 1:29:31.439 --> 1:29:33.200 on the show you want to get your two cents in, 1:29:33.760 --> 1:29:36.280 go to the website rich on Tech dot tv, hit 1:29:36.400 --> 1:29:40.360 contact and submit your comments right now. We'll get to 1:29:40.439 --> 1:29:44.000 them right after this, but this is really exciting. A 1:29:44.160 --> 1:29:48.360 company is named Antenna's Direct. Richard Schneider is the president 1:29:48.479 --> 1:29:53.120 and founder. And it's ironic how much antennas have a 1:29:53.200 --> 1:29:55.679 place in our lives, with how much tech and streaming 1:29:55.760 --> 1:29:59.160 we have. But a lot of people like their antenna. Richard, 1:29:59.160 --> 1:30:01.880 thanks so much for joining me having me. 1:30:02.200 --> 1:30:04.720 Uh yeah, a lot of people think the age of 1:30:04.760 --> 1:30:09.640 antennas are behind us, and uh, I'm myself and this 1:30:09.760 --> 1:30:11.559 company doesn't seem to think so though. 1:30:11.960 --> 1:30:14.240 No, So tell me tell me about Antenna's Direct, Like, 1:30:14.280 --> 1:30:15.080 what made you start this? 1:30:16.120 --> 1:30:19.439 So actually it was a hobby that morphed into a business. 1:30:19.720 --> 1:30:23.360 So I was a hunk theater enthusiast and at the time, 1:30:23.960 --> 1:30:27.599 the only way to get high definition television was from 1:30:27.640 --> 1:30:31.720 an antenna. This actually pre preceded Blu ray, and the 1:30:31.800 --> 1:30:34.360 cable and satellite companies had not caught up yet. But 1:30:34.640 --> 1:30:39.760 there was wonderful uncompressed loops of these pollinating plants and 1:30:40.479 --> 1:30:44.519 things in two thousand and three, and it was me 1:30:44.640 --> 1:30:47.599 and maybe four other people in the in my market 1:30:47.720 --> 1:30:51.639 that we're watching the HD broadcast, and the broadcast engineer 1:30:51.720 --> 1:30:54.400 at the local CBS affiliates said, you know the only 1:30:54.479 --> 1:30:56.800 form of broadcasting I know where I know all my 1:30:57.000 --> 1:30:58.559 viewers on a first name basis. 1:30:58.840 --> 1:30:59.519 Yeah, And so. 1:31:01.439 --> 1:31:04.120 We started making antennas for people in the home theater hobby. 1:31:04.160 --> 1:31:06.880 And I never thought it would actually amount to more 1:31:06.920 --> 1:31:11.080 than maybe twenty maybe twenty five antennas a month. And 1:31:11.160 --> 1:31:13.280 I was making them in my garage, and there were 1:31:13.360 --> 1:31:16.880 tuned to the frequencies on which the digital stations were broadcast, 1:31:18.160 --> 1:31:20.280 and the stuff you bought in the stores at the 1:31:20.360 --> 1:31:24.240 mass market really didn't work as well. And so what 1:31:24.920 --> 1:31:30.000 happened was people started telling the other limited fringe people 1:31:30.080 --> 1:31:33.360 on the home theater forums and it just started to 1:31:34.000 --> 1:31:37.679 spiral exponentially, and we actually were. 1:31:37.600 --> 1:31:37.800 On the. 1:31:39.600 --> 1:31:43.680 Forbes five hundred list four years in a row as 1:31:43.760 --> 1:31:46.880 fastest growing company. And all this time we had no 1:31:47.000 --> 1:31:51.080 venture capital, no investors, nothing like that. They we're just 1:31:51.160 --> 1:31:54.280 doing it out of cash flow, just credit card sales 1:31:54.360 --> 1:31:59.479 on our website. And then around two thousand and six, 1:32:01.240 --> 1:32:05.920 there was a Gadgets for Guys segment on the Today 1:32:06.040 --> 1:32:12.240 Show and Riche de Muro was the presenter. That was 1:32:12.360 --> 1:32:14.640 man there, I don't remember, and there was. 1:32:14.640 --> 1:32:18.280 A it was a it was a picture frame antenna. 1:32:19.360 --> 1:32:20.519 Very good, very good. 1:32:20.680 --> 1:32:23.400 And so I was in the makeup room that morning 1:32:23.560 --> 1:32:27.160 at the Today Show and uh, the makeup person I 1:32:27.280 --> 1:32:28.920 was like, Oh, this is so exciting because the whole 1:32:28.920 --> 1:32:31.280 point was that they had just gone to HD and 1:32:31.400 --> 1:32:32.880 like they you know, it was all kind of new. 1:32:33.560 --> 1:32:35.280 And so the makeup person, I'm sitting there in the 1:32:35.320 --> 1:32:37.240 makeup chair and I said, Hey, I'm like, how came 1:32:37.240 --> 1:32:39.160 you're not watching your show in HD. 1:32:39.280 --> 1:32:40.000 She's like, what do you mean? 1:32:40.439 --> 1:32:42.240 And I said, well, you got to change the channel 1:32:42.320 --> 1:32:44.439 to like the FOURD dot one whatever it was in 1:32:44.439 --> 1:32:46.160 New York City. And she's like what And I go, 1:32:46.280 --> 1:32:47.559 can I do it? And I pick up the remote 1:32:47.600 --> 1:32:50.080 and I change it and the whole thing just was like, 1:32:50.560 --> 1:32:53.200 you know, popped into like clarity, and she was like 1:32:53.640 --> 1:32:55.880 blown away and it was such a cool moment. 1:32:56.080 --> 1:32:58.680 So yeah, it stackers it. 1:32:59.040 --> 1:33:03.000 It was the imagination that people who work in broadcasting 1:33:03.120 --> 1:33:07.280 are not aware that they actually broadcast. This is my 1:33:07.760 --> 1:33:10.040 This is my biggest challenge. It's not other I'm not 1:33:10.120 --> 1:33:14.080 worried about competing with other antenna companies. My biggest challenge 1:33:14.120 --> 1:33:16.000 is that about sweet thing, about seventy percent of the 1:33:16.040 --> 1:33:21.320 population is completely unaware that over the air digital broadcasting exists. 1:33:21.640 --> 1:33:23.920 And in a market like Los Angeles, you need one 1:33:24.000 --> 1:33:26.800 hundred and fifty plus channels, and a small market where 1:33:26.800 --> 1:33:30.360 I live, it's Saint Louis is about fifty seven channels, 1:33:31.080 --> 1:33:36.120 And it absolutely it frustrates me. We've we've done morning 1:33:36.240 --> 1:33:40.720 news shows and the reporter doesn't isn't isn't aware? And 1:33:40.720 --> 1:33:43.720 I'm literally having their transmitting power in the background. Yeah, 1:33:44.720 --> 1:33:48.040 and the morning reporter is like, really, I can I 1:33:48.120 --> 1:33:50.400 can get TV from an antenna? Well do you think 1:33:50.439 --> 1:33:52.160 that thousand foot tall thickies? 1:33:52.960 --> 1:33:55.760 So what let's what do you think? Okay? 1:33:55.760 --> 1:33:58.680 Because people think of antennas as they don't work. They 1:33:59.000 --> 1:34:01.200 the signal is fuzzy. See, you know it's tough to 1:34:01.280 --> 1:34:03.960 get these channels. What do you think people need to 1:34:04.000 --> 1:34:05.360 know about antennas today? 1:34:06.479 --> 1:34:09.519 Okay? So the picture quality is actually better than that 1:34:09.600 --> 1:34:13.240 a satellite or cable. There's little to no compression, and 1:34:13.840 --> 1:34:16.480 that's a technical word of how they have to squeeze 1:34:16.600 --> 1:34:20.120 the bits and bites down the pipeline. So if you 1:34:20.280 --> 1:34:23.000 watch over the air versus cable or satellite or even streaming, 1:34:23.080 --> 1:34:26.040 if you switch back and forth, you'll notice it pops. 1:34:26.200 --> 1:34:29.080 It's just the vibrancy and the details greater over the ear. 1:34:29.760 --> 1:34:33.320 Now the challenge is the frequencies are a little bit 1:34:33.400 --> 1:34:36.080 higher than they were in the old analog days, so 1:34:36.280 --> 1:34:40.880 they don't penetrate building materials or hills as well, So 1:34:41.280 --> 1:34:44.640 you're going to be it'll be more reliable. If you 1:34:44.720 --> 1:34:48.160 can get an antenna near a window. Outdoors is always 1:34:48.680 --> 1:34:51.799 the most reliable. And the good news is the science 1:34:52.000 --> 1:34:55.880 of antenna development has really advanced a lot in the 1:34:56.000 --> 1:34:59.519 last twenty years, and so antennas are you know, ten 1:34:59.560 --> 1:35:01.559 percent of the size they would have been in your 1:35:01.560 --> 1:35:04.439 grandparents day, and they're much more powerful. And then they're 1:35:04.479 --> 1:35:07.200 more aesthetics, so you don't really have to worry about 1:35:07.240 --> 1:35:09.560 having one in your house or on your roof. It 1:35:09.600 --> 1:35:12.120 won't it won't look like something from the I Love 1:35:12.160 --> 1:35:13.439 Losey days. Yeah. 1:35:14.080 --> 1:35:16.519 I'm always impressed when I plug an antenna in on 1:35:16.680 --> 1:35:18.800 a TV and a random room in my house and 1:35:19.120 --> 1:35:21.799 it does pull in like a majority of the channels 1:35:22.400 --> 1:35:23.720 and with great fidelity. 1:35:25.240 --> 1:35:29.439 Yeah, and and our system of broadcasting again, you know 1:35:29.520 --> 1:35:32.000 the good news and the bad news is, you know, 1:35:33.000 --> 1:35:35.160 if you want every channel, you just need to get 1:35:35.200 --> 1:35:39.400 it away from metallic objects or or you know, masonry 1:35:39.680 --> 1:35:42.240 structures or things like that. But it's really not that hard. 1:35:42.439 --> 1:35:45.280 A window you can you know, we've we required Mohu 1:35:45.400 --> 1:35:47.840 a few years ago and they invented an antennae just 1:35:48.439 --> 1:35:50.599 it just sticks in the in the window glass. It's 1:35:50.640 --> 1:35:53.240 a bin film antenna and it works great. So you 1:35:53.320 --> 1:35:56.160 don't really need to be a tech technical person to 1:35:56.240 --> 1:35:59.280 be able to get over the air. And but again 1:35:59.320 --> 1:36:02.439 the challenge a lot of people think it's illegal. And 1:36:02.800 --> 1:36:06.240 we have a problem in that our TikTok videos are 1:36:06.560 --> 1:36:09.960 constantly being taken down because people are reporting that we're 1:36:10.400 --> 1:36:15.000 that we were promoting illegal activities, piracy and and in 1:36:15.120 --> 1:36:18.840 the various activities, and it's really frustrating. We got our 1:36:18.880 --> 1:36:22.479 TikTok accounts suspended for over a month. 1:36:23.520 --> 1:36:24.400 That's wild. 1:36:25.040 --> 1:36:27.760 It's just really I'm trying to tell the story and 1:36:28.840 --> 1:36:31.160 not just that an attendance exists. That is, you're not 1:36:31.280 --> 1:36:34.400 breaking the law, there's no there's no catch. 1:36:35.160 --> 1:36:36.240 That's wild. 1:36:36.360 --> 1:36:39.040 It is that like okay, okay, well what about this 1:36:39.240 --> 1:36:41.000 ATSC three point zero have you? 1:36:41.200 --> 1:36:42.000 What's the deal with that? 1:36:43.080 --> 1:36:45.320 So I get to sit on the meetings we are 1:36:45.840 --> 1:36:48.720 I'm I'm a member of that of the it's called 1:36:48.760 --> 1:36:52.479 the Advanced Television Standards Committee, And uh, what's it's the 1:36:52.600 --> 1:36:55.400 new new format and what it's going to allow. It's 1:36:56.080 --> 1:36:59.240 it's what they call spectral efficient, meaning you can fit 1:36:59.360 --> 1:37:04.880 more bits of bytes through the same television channel six 1:37:05.000 --> 1:37:09.200 megahertz channel that a station broadcast. They can fit anywhere 1:37:09.280 --> 1:37:11.920 from you know, thirty to one hundred percent more data through, 1:37:12.280 --> 1:37:15.320 so that means they can broadcast in four K. They 1:37:15.400 --> 1:37:19.200 can provide metadata, you know. Uh, and it's IP based, 1:37:19.640 --> 1:37:23.080 so it's essentially over the year streaming. It's Internet broadcasting 1:37:23.560 --> 1:37:28.599 using using odd IP broad broadcasting standards, and and there'll 1:37:28.640 --> 1:37:31.920 be all kinds of ways you could interact with the programming. 1:37:33.040 --> 1:37:37.760 It can also allow yours TV to be addressed in 1:37:37.880 --> 1:37:41.080 times of emergency, if there's a typhoon or a hurricane. 1:37:41.120 --> 1:37:42.800 It can actually have the ability to wake up your 1:37:42.840 --> 1:37:46.200 television for people who live in that in that in 1:37:46.280 --> 1:37:49.800 the path of a tornado. Obviously, they're also going to 1:37:49.920 --> 1:37:55.280 use geo targeting to probably narrow cast some marketing, so 1:37:55.439 --> 1:37:57.640 you might see a different ad than your neighbor might 1:37:58.000 --> 1:38:01.680 might see. That's interesting, yeah, and I you know, it 1:38:02.080 --> 1:38:05.040 helps pay for the pre broadcasting is you might see 1:38:05.080 --> 1:38:07.760 ads for pickup trucks, and your neighbors might might see 1:38:07.800 --> 1:38:10.760 something for for lawnmowers. I don't know whatever your interests are, 1:38:11.280 --> 1:38:14.720 so but but the being more spectful efficient means it 1:38:15.360 --> 1:38:18.519 has the capacity for more channels and it will be 1:38:18.680 --> 1:38:21.479 bi directional, so you can you can interact with your 1:38:21.520 --> 1:38:24.800 programming and there will be ways of if you know, 1:38:24.920 --> 1:38:27.599 interacting with the ads like you do essentially on the computer. 1:38:29.040 --> 1:38:32.080 And uh, it's it's gonna have a lot of features, 1:38:32.680 --> 1:38:35.839 uh that will be comparable to paid streaming. 1:38:36.280 --> 1:38:39.320 Awesome, all right, Richard, I've got a run but final 1:38:39.360 --> 1:38:40.760 piece of advice for consumers. 1:38:42.760 --> 1:38:46.120 Well, it's not as difficult as you think. You dumber 1:38:46.160 --> 1:38:47.599 people than you have figured this out. 1:38:48.040 --> 1:38:48.160 Uh. 1:38:50.000 --> 1:38:52.479 And the pitchure quality, you'll be shocked. It's going to 1:38:52.560 --> 1:38:54.280 be better than pay television. 1:38:54.000 --> 1:38:54.360 All right. 1:38:55.000 --> 1:38:58.840 Richard Schneider, President and founder of Antenna's Direct. Check them 1:38:58.880 --> 1:39:03.120 out Antenna's Direct, find what works for you. You could 1:39:03.120 --> 1:39:05.479 pop in your zip code, they'll recommend the best antenna 1:39:05.600 --> 1:39:08.679 for you and grab that free over the air signal. 1:39:08.960 --> 1:39:11.639 Don't always have to pay for streaming. Coming up next, 1:39:11.760 --> 1:39:14.599 we are going to open up the feedback. You are 1:39:14.680 --> 1:39:20.400 listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:39:21.680 --> 1:39:26.280 Bit of news this week that Apple canceled its electric 1:39:26.439 --> 1:39:31.120 car project after a decade of work on it. This 1:39:31.280 --> 1:39:34.240 is the project they never publicly announced, but apparently they 1:39:34.280 --> 1:39:36.400 were building an electric car for ten years and they 1:39:36.439 --> 1:39:40.840 spent many, many many dollars on this project, Project Titan. 1:39:41.760 --> 1:39:44.400 Apparently they had almost two thousand people working on this. 1:39:44.680 --> 1:39:47.400 But again none of this was ever mentioned by Apple. 1:39:48.439 --> 1:39:51.680 So did it really happen. We don't know, but this 1:39:51.880 --> 1:39:54.799 is the report out of Bloomberg that they are closing 1:39:55.040 --> 1:39:57.679 down their work on their electric car project. 1:39:57.760 --> 1:39:58.360 How sad. 1:40:00.320 --> 1:40:02.200 So team members are going to shift their focus to 1:40:02.280 --> 1:40:06.080 artificial intelligence. That makes a lot of sense. Why did 1:40:06.120 --> 1:40:12.200 they not do this? Cooling ev demand, manufacturing issues, profitability concerns, 1:40:13.360 --> 1:40:15.880 and times have changed. You know, it's tough when they 1:40:16.000 --> 1:40:19.360 probably started this, if they ever started this, very skeptical. 1:40:20.720 --> 1:40:23.280 You know, times are different. Now you've got some pretty 1:40:23.320 --> 1:40:25.719 big players in the electric car world. I think Apple 1:40:25.800 --> 1:40:28.599 could easily be up there, and I think they should 1:40:28.640 --> 1:40:31.280 just buy Lucid and they can change that car to 1:40:31.320 --> 1:40:31.840 the Apple car. 1:40:32.000 --> 1:40:36.479 That's really what they want to build. Anyway. UFI has a. 1:40:36.520 --> 1:40:39.280 New three hundred and sixty degree four K camera that 1:40:39.400 --> 1:40:42.680 does not need Wi Fi or power outlets. This is 1:40:42.720 --> 1:40:45.320 a two hundred and fifty dollars four K camera called 1:40:45.360 --> 1:40:49.040 the Ufee four G LTE Cam S three P thirty 1:40:49.680 --> 1:40:54.479 three hundred and sixty degree views seventy degree tilt. Can 1:40:54.560 --> 1:40:57.320 connect to LTE cellular networks instead of Wi Fi, so 1:40:57.360 --> 1:40:59.400 you can put it anywhere. It's got a solar panel 1:40:59.439 --> 1:41:02.840 so you can charge the battery anywhere it is, and 1:41:03.560 --> 1:41:07.360 uses AI to detect people. It's got Google and Alexa integration. 1:41:07.600 --> 1:41:10.639 It can sort recordings locally for up to eight months 1:41:10.680 --> 1:41:14.680 on a micro SD card. Now, uf has had some 1:41:14.840 --> 1:41:17.240 privacy issues in the past, but it sounds like every 1:41:17.320 --> 1:41:20.360 single security camera company at this point has I can't 1:41:20.400 --> 1:41:22.599 think of one that has not had an issue. They've 1:41:22.640 --> 1:41:25.200 all had their lapses. But it's kind of cool. If 1:41:25.240 --> 1:41:29.240 you need a four G LTE camera on your property somewhere, 1:41:29.720 --> 1:41:32.400 that's another option. I have not tested it, so I 1:41:32.439 --> 1:41:33.200 can't vouch for it. 1:41:34.640 --> 1:41:35.120 Let's see. 1:41:36.680 --> 1:41:39.000 Schwalby says, Rich, can you tell me how to turn 1:41:39.160 --> 1:41:40.679 Can you tell me how to turn off the microphone 1:41:40.720 --> 1:41:43.000 on my iPhone? So sound and voices will not be 1:41:43.160 --> 1:41:46.080 recorded while I'm videoing. I need to do an inspection, 1:41:46.320 --> 1:41:48.080 and they don't want me to record their voices in 1:41:48.160 --> 1:41:51.640 case they say something confidential. Your shows are awesome. I 1:41:51.760 --> 1:41:53.679 watch you on TV and listen to your weekend shows, 1:41:53.680 --> 1:41:56.680 and I check out the website. There is not a 1:41:56.720 --> 1:41:58.599 way that I know of to turn off the microphone 1:41:58.640 --> 1:42:02.080 while recording on the iPhone. Couple of options. You can 1:42:02.280 --> 1:42:05.439 use a third party app that may give you that ability, 1:42:05.600 --> 1:42:08.880 something like Film Micpro Camera. Plus there's a lot of 1:42:08.920 --> 1:42:11.200 apps that can let you record on the iPhone. They 1:42:11.280 --> 1:42:13.639 may give you the ability to turn off the sound 1:42:14.479 --> 1:42:17.040 before you record it. You can also mute the sound 1:42:17.120 --> 1:42:19.400 after the fact, so you can go into a video 1:42:19.560 --> 1:42:22.360 on the iPhone and press edit and there's a little 1:42:23.479 --> 1:42:26.040 like it looks like a speaker icon. You just tap 1:42:26.120 --> 1:42:27.519 that and that will mute the audio, and then you 1:42:27.560 --> 1:42:30.840 can save that video without the audio. Or you can 1:42:30.880 --> 1:42:32.840 get some kind of microphone that you can plug into 1:42:32.880 --> 1:42:36.280 the phone and have that muted, and you know that 1:42:36.360 --> 1:42:40.519 would mute the sound as well. Joe says a longtime listener, 1:42:40.560 --> 1:42:43.840 I've consistently found value in your discussions. Today's topic on 1:42:44.040 --> 1:42:48.400 locating stream URLs particularly picked my interest. I thought it 1:42:48.479 --> 1:42:50.800 might be beneficial to share my personal setup with you 1:42:50.880 --> 1:42:53.439 and your audience. I use an application called stream Writer 1:42:54.080 --> 1:42:57.200 on my Windows system for listening to streams and to 1:42:57.320 --> 1:43:00.559 capture the stream RL. I rely on the Bulk Media 1:43:00.840 --> 1:43:06.160 Downloader extension on Chrome. This hope this information proves useful 1:43:06.240 --> 1:43:07.360 to you as well as others. 1:43:07.479 --> 1:43:09.639 Thanks Joe, Thanks Joe. Interesting. 1:43:11.200 --> 1:43:14.640 Leo said he forgot to mention a couple things in 1:43:14.720 --> 1:43:19.400 his interview. This was about Chrome os flex installation is 1:43:19.439 --> 1:43:22.160 totally successful about eighty to ninety five percent of times. 1:43:23.640 --> 1:43:25.800 I was going to mention Chrome os Flex combined with 1:43:25.840 --> 1:43:28.840 an SSD, a solid state drive can really make an 1:43:28.880 --> 1:43:33.599 old machine fly as opposed to the disc based hard drive. 1:43:34.920 --> 1:43:36.519 You may get calls from people who are trying to 1:43:36.520 --> 1:43:38.760 install this on their Mac computer. I didn't make it 1:43:38.920 --> 1:43:40.960 clear that on a Mac you would first download the 1:43:41.040 --> 1:43:43.960 Chrome browser and then use the Chromebook Recovery utility from 1:43:44.000 --> 1:43:44.360 there out. 1:43:44.840 --> 1:43:46.000 Thank you, Leo. 1:43:47.360 --> 1:43:50.560 Shane says, speaking of Wi Fi doorbells and security, it 1:43:50.560 --> 1:43:53.960 applies to kids watches too. Parents should not buy Chinese 1:43:54.040 --> 1:43:57.400 made connected kids watches because the server that allows the 1:43:57.479 --> 1:44:00.240 watch to communicate with parent apps might not be safe, 1:44:00.280 --> 1:44:03.240 and it connects to the manufacturer servers in China. The 1:44:03.320 --> 1:44:06.040 best is to buy from US mobile operators offering kids 1:44:06.120 --> 1:44:09.400 watches because they're certified in the US by mobile operators too. 1:44:10.000 --> 1:44:12.720 All US mobile operators must use their own servers in 1:44:12.760 --> 1:44:15.240 the US and make sure they're always secure due to 1:44:15.680 --> 1:44:19.400 COPA and CCPA certification. I know this because I have 1:44:19.439 --> 1:44:22.360 twenty years experience in connected wearables and my company provides 1:44:22.400 --> 1:44:26.000 the back end platforms and servers to all mobile operators 1:44:26.040 --> 1:44:30.000 in the US and Europe. Thank you, Shane. That's interesting. Wow, 1:44:30.320 --> 1:44:33.240 good to know. Yes, look, I think a lot of this. 1:44:34.200 --> 1:44:36.559 You know, you just have to be aware of security 1:44:36.640 --> 1:44:38.880 issues when you're buying a third party product that may 1:44:38.920 --> 1:44:41.240 not adhere to the same standards we have in the US. 1:44:42.000 --> 1:44:44.320 Dawn Marie says, Hey, Rich, I watch you every day. 1:44:45.320 --> 1:44:49.639 I'm curious why can't all phones have the SOS help 1:44:49.840 --> 1:44:52.000 Why is it just for iPhones? I have a Samsung. 1:44:52.080 --> 1:44:54.479 I feel it's important for everyone to have this option 1:44:54.640 --> 1:44:55.160 for safety. 1:44:55.240 --> 1:44:56.000 Thank you so much. 1:44:56.960 --> 1:44:57.000 So. 1:44:57.439 --> 1:45:00.760 Dawn is referring to the SOS emergence and see help 1:45:00.880 --> 1:45:04.439 over Satellite that the iPhone fourteen and fifteen have it 1:45:04.680 --> 1:45:08.320 looks like that feature is coming soon to Android. Just 1:45:08.479 --> 1:45:11.240 this week, some of the blogs found out that the 1:45:11.880 --> 1:45:14.519 Pixel phones, it looks like they are getting that first. 1:45:15.080 --> 1:45:18.599 It'll probably be a big feature on the new Pixel phones. 1:45:20.240 --> 1:45:23.280 Let's see. Laurel says, thanks for your tech smart program. 1:45:23.400 --> 1:45:25.880 I just saw your video clip on kron up here 1:45:25.920 --> 1:45:29.040 in San Francisco about subscribing to social media. I don't 1:45:29.040 --> 1:45:31.719 subscribe to any social media. There are too many whackos 1:45:31.760 --> 1:45:33.920 and bad guys out there on the Internet. And like 1:45:34.000 --> 1:45:36.800 a fool, I opened an email message from a person 1:45:36.920 --> 1:45:38.599 unknown to me who turned out to be a hacker. 1:45:39.160 --> 1:45:41.679 Yahoo is now trying to fix the email address of mine, 1:45:41.680 --> 1:45:44.920 which the hacker hacked. I'm eighty two years old. There 1:45:45.000 --> 1:45:48.040 was no internet, electronic devices, or television sets when I 1:45:48.160 --> 1:45:50.559 was growing up in the nineteen forties and nineteen fifties. 1:45:51.120 --> 1:45:53.240 I'm beginning to think the world was a better place 1:45:53.360 --> 1:45:55.720 back then. Well, it's certainly a different place, and I 1:45:55.720 --> 1:45:57.200 thought TV came out in the fifties. 1:45:57.880 --> 1:45:59.800 But I get it. I see what you're saying, Laurel. 1:46:00.000 --> 1:46:01.759 I get it. The world has changed. 1:46:02.280 --> 1:46:05.080 Not all of it's good, but UH get on TikTok 1:46:05.120 --> 1:46:08.320 and just check it out now as you kiddick, you 1:46:08.400 --> 1:46:10.080 don't have to get on board with all this stuff, 1:46:10.120 --> 1:46:13.160 but I appreciate you watching and believe me. I sit 1:46:13.240 --> 1:46:15.360 there on days and I sit there and say, wow, 1:46:15.520 --> 1:46:18.519 things used to be different. I think many things are better. 1:46:18.600 --> 1:46:20.760 In fact, Laurel, the fact that you can email me 1:46:20.840 --> 1:46:23.160 without sending a stamp or you know, buying a stamp 1:46:23.240 --> 1:46:25.760 for a couple, you know, sixty five cents whatever they are, Now, 1:46:26.200 --> 1:46:28.400 that's a pretty amazing thing. You couldn't do that back 1:46:28.439 --> 1:46:30.600 in the day. If you can believe it, that is 1:46:30.640 --> 1:46:32.160 going to do it. For this episode of the show. 1:46:32.200 --> 1:46:34.479 You can find links to everything I mentioned all on 1:46:34.520 --> 1:46:37.519 my website. Just go to rich on tech dot tv 1:46:37.720 --> 1:46:40.439 for the show notes. You can find me on social 1:46:40.520 --> 1:46:43.200 media twenty four to seven, Laurel, hide your ears. I 1:46:43.280 --> 1:46:49.040 am at rich on Tech, on Instagram, on x on Facebook, everywhere. 1:46:49.800 --> 1:46:54.920 Next week Rivian is on veiling their newest ev Will 1:46:54.960 --> 1:46:58.280 it be enough to save that company? Thanks so much 1:46:58.320 --> 1:47:00.200 for listening. There are so many ways you can spend 1:47:00.240 --> 1:47:02.639 your time. I do appreciate you spending it right here 1:47:02.680 --> 1:47:06.000 with me. Thanks to everyone who makes this show. Possible 1:47:06.800 --> 1:47:11.840 Bobo Kim Bill. Everyone, my name is rich Demiro. 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