WEBVTT - Massive password breach, Amazon Prime Day tips & digital detox for kids (125, June 21, 2025) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.120 What you really need to know about the biggest password 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:08.280 breach ever, why the web browser you use actually matters, 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:13.760 how to prepare for Amazon's biggest Prime Day yet. Plus 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.400 your tech questions answered. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:21.040 and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:22.840 where I talk about the tech stuff I think you 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.360 should know about. It's also the place where I answer 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:30.040 your questions about technology. I believe the tech should be interesting, useful, 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.920 and fun. But when something deserves a little criticism, I 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.120 will not hold back. 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Molly defranc She will 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.600 join me to talk about taking control of screen time 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:29.520 in your family. She's the author of Digital Detos. Got 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:34.759 the book right here, the two week Tech Reset for Kids. Yes, 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.920 many families out there need that. I know that for 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.839 a fact. Well, welcome once again to the show. Thanks 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.080 for joining me, and thanks for streaming the first part 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.800 of the show on the KTLA plus app. This week 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:53.040 took me to Mexico City for a brand new tech show. 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.600 It's called Electronics Home. Now I'm back in the studio, 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.680 but I just got back from Mexico City. Just to 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.120 be clear, it's called Electronics Home. This is the first 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.400 year they did this show. The organizers asked if they 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.400 can bring me down to Mexico City. I said, sure, 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.000 why not. I've never been there before. And I think 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.840 that the more you experience travel and the more you 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.560 experience the world, the better perspective you have on just 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.160 about everything, including technology and personally. I love to travel 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.840 because it always forces me to try new things with 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.360 technology and to check out new gadgets and to just 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.919 see what it's like to make your way around this world. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.160 The group behind this show has been running a major 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.120 electronics show in Brazil for the past two decades. They 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.919 recently expanded into Argentina and now Mexico City, so they 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.440 have a trifecta of Latin America. Now. The show itself 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.600 was very small, really small, compared to something like CS 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.200 in Las Vegas or IFA in Berlin, both shows that 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.919 I've attended, and it's a start. Now. Many of the 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.400 companies were from China that were exhibiting their products. There 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.080 were a few from Europe and the US as well. 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.320 But the big takeaway for me many but number one, 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.920 Mexico is an emerging market. People there are getting disposable income, 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.160 so more people are spending money. That means opportunity. But 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:08.560 here's the thing. Price still matters more than brand for 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.720 a lot of consumers there. That's a challenge if you're 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.640 a premium brand going into a market because think about it, 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.520 why would you spend fifty dollars as a consumer in 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.920 Mexico on a charging cable when you know you can 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.800 get one for five And so that's the challenge of 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.959 these brands here. They're working to educate consumers explaining, hey, 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.800 we've got stuff that's better quality. It means it's going 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.760 to be longer lasting. It's going to be safer for 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.400 your other tech products out there. So that was one 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.360 thing I saw. The other is that some of these brands, 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.800 like a Mofi are doing a sub brand like a 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.720 Mofi Essentials, which is, you know a little bit of 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.000 a I guess like a maybe not lesser quality, but 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.200 it maybe has a few less features than the main 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.640 brands so that they can charge less but still get 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.200 that good brand. Tariffs, of course another hot topic. I 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.760 asked just about every company there about them. Now, these 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.720 companies aren't scared of tariffs in general because they're very 0:03:57.800 --> 0:03:59.640 used to them. Tariffs have been around forever, that is 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.520 not a new concept. What bothered the CEOs and the 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.520 people I spoke with is the unpredictability that they're seeing 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.120 right now. It's really hard to plan when you don't 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.720 know if the tariff is going to be ten percent 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.560 next week or forty percent, and that uncertainty is what's 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:15.800 leading to a lot of stress, especially as we head 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.359 into the holidays. How much is my pricing going to 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.719 be for a particular product now. As for Mexico City itself, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.479 I was really impressed. This is a massive historical city 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.120 with lots of energy. I had no idea going there 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.320 that it was like on top of a mountain range 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.560 or whatever, so really high elevation. It's actually higher than Denver, 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.880 over seven thousand feet compared to you know, we know Denver. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.440 Remember back to great school math. What's a mile hundred 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.880 and eighty feet high mile high city? There you go, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.279 it's higher than Denver. Now, I felt it only on 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.520 my run. When I took a run and I was like, oh, 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.080 I'm breathing heavy. That's when I realized the air was 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.159 really thin. The people are great in Mexico City. The 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:59.320 food is awesome and your money goes very far there. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.320 The most expensive meal I think I had was about 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.000 thirty five dollars. That was at it like what I 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.800 would consider a tourist trap. And yes I did try grasshoppers. 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.000 Grasshoppers on guacamole. I don't I mean, look, I had 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:13.640 to do it. I'm in you know, when in Rome, 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.600 right in this case Mexico City. Let's see what else 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.320 I walked everywhere. I took ubers. They were also cheap. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.880 I went to the Wahwei store, so they've got their 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.200 version of Rodeo drive. And of course I had to 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.600 check out the Wahwei store because we can't have Huahwei 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.880 here in the US. And I'm not kidding you walk 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.440 into this store. If I blindfolded you and walked you 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.159 into this store and took off the blindfold and I 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.320 said where are you, you would say, oh, I'm in 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.800 an Apple store and wrong answer. No, you were in 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.280 Ahahwei store. It looks identical, like literally someone just came 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.200 here to the US took pictures of the Wahwei store 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.640 or the Apple store and said, yeah, just make that 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.159 and so yes, a little bit of a copycat. But 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.240 the phones, I will tell you, I checked out the 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:59.919 cameras really impressive. Like it's incredible how many choices of 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.120 smartphones they have in overseas places like Europe and Mexico 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.080 and China compared to the US and the US we 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:11.360 are pretty much limited to Samsung, Apple, Pixel and Motorola 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.159 is like probably a tiny bit of the market. But 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.400 in other countries you've got all these other brands opo 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:21.240 zte a SEUs or is it a a sir Huaweih 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.480 of course, I mean really a lot of brands out there. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.279 But what strikes me every time I travel is just 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.280 how much tech has transformed the game. So I can't 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.960 remember the last time I needed cash in a country 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.320 that I went to. Because you can use tap to 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.160 pay for just about everything, you don't need to trans 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.840 convert your cash anymore. I didn't need a new simcard, 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.960 so I recently switched to a phone plan that now 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.360 includes international roaming, which is really convenient. I don't have 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.880 to do anything, just turn on my phone. Now, you 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.160 do pay more per month, so I do not recommend 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.000 you switch to a plan that has international roaming unless 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.240 you travel abroad a lot. Otherwise you're paying every month 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.520 a little bit more for that, you know, for that service, 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.039 So you don't necessarily need that unless you're traveling a lot. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.560 And e SIM is a great bet. I tested out 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.080 two of them while I was in Mexico, Aerolow, which 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:11.960 I've talked about many times on the show, and then 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.280 a new one called Saley s Ai L s A 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.880 I L E Y s A I L E Y 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.880 s AI L why Sale And they both worked great. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.280 And like I said, Tap to pay is everywhere, so 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.080 use that. Lean on that. Make sure your card, whatever 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.320 card you're using, does not charge foreign transaction fees. So 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:33.760 an Apple Wallet is something else I figured out. If 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.600 you want to change your default card that pops up 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.240 when you tap to pay, just slide it to the front. 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.080 So literally just press and hold it in your Apple 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.240 Wallet and slide it to the front and that will 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.360 be your default card. Took me a bit to figure 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.160 that one out. Android, you can just go into the 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.600 card and press set as default. Now, when it comes 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.760 to currency conversions, you can also do that right on 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:53.960 your phone. This was another thing I figured out. On 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.280 the iPhone. You can swipe down and you can just 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.400 type in like two hundred and forty pass and it'll 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.560 convert it instantly into dollar, So that was pretty cool. 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.240 They also have built in conversions in the Calculator app. 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.360 Look in the lower left hand corner. You tap the 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.120 little calculator icon. It says do conversions. You tap that 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.640 and boom, No need to download anything extra Now an Android, 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:16.200 I recommend the XE app that'll do conversions pretty easily. 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.400 Other travel tips I picked up add a widget to 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.520 your home screen with your time zone back home to 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.520 make it easy to know what time it is back home. 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.600 Download offline maps before you travel so that you can 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.960 navigate even if you don't have service, Like there may 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.120 come a time when you're going from the airport to 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.080 your hotel and you don't have service or connectivity just 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.959 yet because maybe you haven't gotten your eSIM activated or whatever. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.120 You might need to navigate download those offline maps. That 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.960 is great. Now the other big thing, and this is 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.600 a really pro tip that I've took me a while 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.480 to figure this one out, but when you go to 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.680 a different country and you search on Google for the 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.320 first time, it's going to change your region to that country. 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.679 And what does that mean? All of your search results 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.359 are going to come up in my case as Mexico 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.360 search results right or whatever country you're in, like you 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.240 might be in Italy and get Italian search results. That's 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.280 not going to be very helpful for you as an American. 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.360 So what you want to do is go into your 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.360 Google account, which is your profile picture upper right hand 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:16.920 corner of the Google main page, and it'll say settings, 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.880 So you can go manage your Google account and you'll 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.920 see your settings and all you have to search for 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.920 is region settings and once you do that, you can 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.840 search that to your standard. Let me just I'm trying 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.680 to do this as I talk to you here, but yeah, 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.720 as you go into your oh here it is lower 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:38.360 right hand corner. Sorry, settings, okay, and it says search settings. 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.560 And then you go into let's see where is it 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.679 other settings, and it says language and region and you 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.120 tap that and it says results language filter and results 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.440 region is what you want to change back to the US. 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.200 And I'll put this all on the website so you 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.680 know it. But that is key because otherwise you're gonna 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.480 get all those results for your local area that you're 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.080 not gonna make any sense to you. So change the 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:05.200 default region to United States, and that way you can 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.360 get your your standard Google results that you like. And yes, 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.480 chat GBT. This is my first major international trip with 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:15.319 chat GBT and it's incredible. I mean it did everything 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.560 for me, from telling me the neighborhoods to visit to 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.760 the things to do and translating menus. I mean it 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.839 was really great. You know, I love Google's AI mode. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.120 That did not work in Mexico because I guess it's 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.320 a regional thing here in the US. Still, so I 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.480 ended up using perplexity a lot, which is also excellent. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.520 So if you're not trying perplexity, check that out. But 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.160 the bottom line. The world indeed feels a lot smaller 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.760 and more accessible than ever, and it is all thanks 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.240 to that little phone in your pocket. Lean on it, 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.880 use it, and with these tips you will be a 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.920 pro traveler. All right. Coming up, I'm gonna tell you 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.680 about the camera app that I was testing over in 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.000 Mexico City gives your photos a cool film like vibe. 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:55.840 And we're going to take some of your calls at 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.439 triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.599 seven four to two one zero one. Give me a 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.960 call if you have a question about technology. This is 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.959 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.319 Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.800 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.800 four to two four one zero one. The website for 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:23.320 the show is richon Tech dot tv. There you can 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.679 get show notes and you can also email me by 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.040 hitting contact up at the top. Let's go to Oscar 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:34.960 in Winchester, California. Oscar, you are on with Rich. What's up, Hi, Rich? 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:42.600 I've got a a question about the U in my 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:51.480 Windows ten desktop. I have Microsoft Outlook that I have 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.600 to have. I got it to go, Daddy, and then 0:11:55.720 --> 0:12:04.160 Microsoft exchange, and uh, I would like to be able 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:08.040 to uninstall it because their font site on it for 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:12.720 some reason. Got I think it's when it added, you know, 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:17.960 one of the AI options or something, and the font 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:22.080 size got in in uh to the largest and I 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:27.880 can't get it down. And then right now, also there 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:32.520 are there's a Microsoft notification that that that is up 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.079 on the screen that stays up that I can't get without, 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.040 so it covers my Outlook screen and I can't get 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:43.960 to the inbox or anything without this notification coming up. 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.320 So you want to start over or are you? Are 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:47.680 you going to reinstall Outlook? 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:52.640 Yeah? The thing, well, let me give you a not more. 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:57.160 It's it's more like a standalone version of Outlook. 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.599 Right, so you want to get the one from Microsoft, 0:12:59.640 --> 0:12:59.960 the new one. 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.680 It's not right, it's not it's the new version. It's 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:04.559 not the one that. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:07.160 Came in. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:13.320 Like I had used to have Office thirteen on there, 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:18.360 and it's had Outlook that is removed. So now it 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:23.600 doesn't show in up apps and features. Okay, so it 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:29.360 doesn't show in the program files or program files eighty six. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.760 Okay, Well here's what I would do. So it sounds 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:35.199 like if you don't want to use this Outlook anymore, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.360 then you want to uninstall it. And that sounds like 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:41.040 you're going to reinstall the new version of Outlook, which 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.240 you can download from Microsoft as well. They have like 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.320 a free version you can get for Windows. So what 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:47.760 I would do is you got to go into your 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.600 settings on Windows. So if you go into Settings, just 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:56.320 type in the search bar add or remove programs, and 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.800 it should bring up System Settings at to remove programs 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.520 and you'll see a list of all of your apps there, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.080 so it'll say installed apps. And up at the top 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.760 there's a search bar. You can type in Outlook and 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.800 you should find the version of Outlook that you're looking for. 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.000 And so once you do that, you're going to see 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.560 a couple little dots on the right hand side and 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:19.600 it'll say advanced options or uninstall, and you want to 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.640 just tap that uninstalled. Let it go through the process 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.640 of uninstalling that program from your computer, and then you 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.320 want to restart your computer. And then once you do that, 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:33.200 then you can go to the Outlook website. Let's see 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:37.320 here download Microsoft Outlook because there should be a version 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:41.280 of Outlook you can get for Yeah, the new Outlook 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.960 for Windows so it's free for anyone with Windows, and 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.800 that's a little bit different than the program that you're 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.960 talking about. I think this is more like a consumer 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.120 friendly version of Outlook than the standard ones that used 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.840 to come with the office programs. So you can then 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.720 view that in the Windows Store and you can download 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.000 that for free, and then you'll just have to reconnect 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:05.160 your email. And typically most email nowadays is all done 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.600 server side, so you should get all your emails in there. 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:10.240 If you're worried about your emails oscar being in the 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.160 old app, you might want to export those first before 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.640 you uninstall that app, so that way you have access 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.040 to your emails if you need them as a backup. 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.160 But that's what I would do, and then just reinstall 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.640 the new Windows or the new Outlook and you should 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:27.160 be just fine with that system, and that's fine. That's 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:28.720 the way to do it. So if you're getting these 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.720 random little things that are happening on your computer and 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.880 it's just not working out for you, get rid of it, 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.960 download the new one, and it's a whole refresh like 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.160 Outlook got a lot friendlier looking, I think than the 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.680 standard old version. And so I use the web version 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.320 of Outlook, which is completely different. But that's just because 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.160 I'm on a Mac most of the day and it's 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:50.640 just easier for me to do it that way, and 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.320 I have the installed version I do you know, I 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.840 have Outlook for Mac as well. There's just one little 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:56.800 feature that does not work for me. I've got this 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.600 like distribution list that I send an email to every week, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.960 and for some reason, the Outlook for Mac does not 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.960 support that. And you know, they keep upgrading it because 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:07.840 it's brand new, But that's that's the reason I'm not 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.720 using that. Thanks for the call, Oscar, do appreciate it. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.040 Thanks for the call. Eighty to eight rich one O 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.240 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.200 zero one. Uh, let me tell you this and then 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.720 we got got to go to a break. But YouTube TV, 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:26.280 if you are a YouTube TV subscriber, a lot of 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.920 subscribers are seeing a surprise ten dollars discount. So if 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.640 you're paying, remember they raise prices up to like eighty 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.160 three dollars a month. Well, if you're a subscriber and 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.040 you've been a subscriber for a while, I guess they're 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:40.440 quietly rolling out this ten dollars discount for existing users, 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.880 so that'll bring your price back to seventy three dollars 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.760 for the next six months. So they're not promoting this. 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.320 This is not official, but if you go into your 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.520 YouTube account YouTube tv account, this is if you're paying 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.400 for the streaming service you know with all the TV channels, 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.400 log in on a desktop browser, go into Managed plan 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.280 on the YouTube tv website and the discount might show 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.200 up there as a gift, and if you accept the gift, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.320 they'll take ten dollars off your account for the next 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.600 six months. So again, if you got YouTube TV, go in, 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.399 log in on a desktop browser, check Managed plan and 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.800 see if you have a ten dollars discount. Eighty to 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.120 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.719 to two four one zero one. Back after this, Welcome 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.080 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.119 with you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one O 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.760 one eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.919 Before the break, we were talking to Oscar about uninstalling 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:38.360 Outlook on his computer. Turns out it's not showing up 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:42.200 in that list of ad or remove programs. So when 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.120 that's happening, a couple things it could be. It could 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.159 be that it's part of Microsoft Office Suite, which has 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:52.120 sounded like Oscar said, so in that case you might 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.000 have to go to the Office Suite and uninstall it. 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.120 That way. There's also a third party program that might 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.280 be able to help. And this is in general, if 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.199 you want to uninstall some of the programs that are 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.439 on your computer that Windows is just not helping you do. 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.920 It's called Revo Uninstaller r e v O Uninstaller, and 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.840 this has a free version which can do some of 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:16.520 the basics for you. It'll uninstall your apps for free 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:20.119 Windows apps and a couple other things. But you know, 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.120 if you want kind of the pro version, you might 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.880 have to pay, but I would check out the free 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:26.720 version and just see if that helps. Let's go to 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:31.840 let's see Karina in Las Vegas, Krena. You're on with Rich. 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.880 Hi, Rich, Hi, thank you for taking my call. 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:38.920 Yeah, absolutely, what's going on? 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:44.200 Well, we used to have an exercise class here where 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.080 I live, and because I'm in a senior community and 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.440 they didn't rehire the gal. Well, I've got all these 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.560 videos that I've taped her classes on they're on my phone. 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.359 Excuse me, but I of course it's taking up so 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.280 much space, So I want to know where's the best 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.360 place and the easiest because I don't want a lot 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:09.200 a lot of complications of where I can store all 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:10.440 these videos. 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.359 How much? How much are we talking? Like how much 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:16.080 are they taking up? And what are you trying to 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:17.919 give them to her? Or are you trying to just 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:18.360 keep them? 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.320 I want to save them. I want to save them 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:25.520 for myself because now that we don't have her here anymore, 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.120 I want to still be able to use them when I'm. 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:28.480 In the gym. 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:31.760 Oh I see she still want to like, you still 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:33.720 want to watch these videos on your phone? 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.400 Well, yes, but I want to put them on another platform. 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.560 I guess that's what you call it, so that it 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:44.920 won't take up so much space on my phone, because 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.439 I keep getting that message to clear up the storage, 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:52.560 and it's because, yeah, I've got pictures and videos and 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.119 my grandkids and but right now what's more important is 0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:58.400 these exercise videos. 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.240 Yeah, you got to get rid of these things. It's 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:02.520 like you can't do anything else on your phone because 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.280 of this. How do you know how much storage these 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:07.439 photo these videos are taking up? Roughly? Like are we 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.200 talking a gigabyte? Are we talking five? Gigs. 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.280 Okay, you're asking me a question. I said, I don't 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:15.199 know how to answer that. 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:18.680 I don't know, Okay. So the main thing is that 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.919 there's a couple. So it sounds to me like you 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:23.640 want to get these off your phone, but you also 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:25.440 want to be able to access them on your phone 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:27.200 in the future, so that if you wanted to refer 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:28.480 to them, it'd be easy to do that. 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:30.520 Now, yes, exactly. 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:34.280 Now, here's the thing. Are you paying for iCloud storage? 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:34.800 No? 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:36.840 Okay, you're not, Okay, So what I would do is, 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:39.320 I think, uh Karina, I think the best way to 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:43.400 do this is to really get a cloud service provider 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.720 where you can upload these photos or these videos and 0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:49.560 then that way you'll still be able to access them, 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.119 but you will have them off your phone. So what 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.800 I would do is look for a provider. There are 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:58.160 a couple, so it depends on how big these attachments are. Right, 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:00.760 So if we're talking like a gig or two gigs, 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.919 most of the service providers will give you up to 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:08.000 like fifteen gigabytes of free storage, depending on the service provider. 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.880 So for instance, if you were to download Dropbox, what 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.200 you could do is you could upload these videos directly 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:17.800 from your phone to the Dropbox app, and then once 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:20.320 they're in the Dropbox app, you can delete them off 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:24.240 your phone. Now, Dropbox gives you two gigabytes of free storage. 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:27.359 So let me just take a look at the amount 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:31.320 of space of video is taking up on my phone. Okay, 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.440 so let's see. Here's a standard video that's about This 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:37.760 is about a minute long, and this video is taking 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:41.320 up about one hundred gigabyte one hundred megabytes. So if 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:43.560 we're doing the math on there, you know, it depends 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:45.960 on how much you need. The one that I probably 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:48.560 recommend is one Drive because they're going to give you 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:52.000 five gigs of storage for free, and it's pretty easy. 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:54.359 You could download one Drive, you can sign up and 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:56.879 that will give you five gigabytes of storage and you 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.320 can keep that on your phone and so you'll still 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.600 have access to these videos. The other one I'm looking 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.520 at is let's see here. So there's a service called 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:09.040 Pea Cloud which I was testing, and they're going to 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:12.080 give you ten gigabytes of free storage. And I've tested 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:15.920 this recently. It's exactly as it sounds. Ten gigabytes is 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:19.560 pretty good. So maybe start with that one. Let's see here, 0:22:20.000 --> 0:22:23.080 So ten gigabytes for free. And what you would do 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:26.800 is you would just upload these videos to this this 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:30.240 pa cloud app, and then once they're on that app safely, 0:22:30.600 --> 0:22:32.760 they'll be in the cloud. You can just delete them 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:34.600 off of your phone and they will still live in 0:22:34.640 --> 0:22:36.840 the cloud. So that's the way I do it. And 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:38.720 then you can access them at any time through this 0:22:38.760 --> 0:22:41.960 app on your phone, and it's very easy. I've tried 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:44.800 this and it's pretty simple to do, so that's probably 0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:47.480 what I recommend. So go to the website pcloud dot 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:50.920 com or just download that app on your phone and 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:53.560 set it up, sign up, and then once you download 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:55.959 that app, take you know. The app will show you 0:22:56.000 --> 0:23:00.000 in your gallery all your videos, find those little exercise video, 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:02.639 upload them to this app, and then you can delete 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.159 them one by one off your phone. And this is 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.479 free pretty much forever for that amount of storage. So 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:10.600 that's probably gonna be the easiest way to do it. 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:12.480 There are a million ways to do what you're talking about, 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:15.000 by the way, it's just a matter of like what 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:17.920 do you want to do with these videos afterwards? Like 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.360 if you just wanted to offload them from your computer 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:22.680 or your phone, I would say, you could just grab 0:23:22.720 --> 0:23:24.600 a flash drive, plug it into the bottom of your 0:23:24.600 --> 0:23:27.240 phone and drag these videos to that flash drive and 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:30.200 then delete them. But you said you wanted to follow 0:23:30.240 --> 0:23:33.919 these exercise videos from your phone in the future, so 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:35.960 that's probably the best way to do it. Thanks for 0:23:35.960 --> 0:23:40.160 the call, Kreta, appreciate it. Do appreciate that. Let's see here, 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:42.639 how long do we have Bobo before I got to 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:46.679 go to break? Okay, got time. So let me tell 0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:54.000 you about this, this giant password leak because sixteen billion passwords. 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:57.880 Lots of headlines about this, Lots and lots of headlines, scary, 0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:00.960 scary stuff. Everyone's saying you gotta change all your passwords 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:04.440 right now. That is not realistic. So this is being 0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:07.240 called the largest data breach. Ever, a lot of this 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:11.600 was stolen via malware that logs your keystrokes, so it's 0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:14.600 not necessarily like these companies were hacked. It was computers 0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:17.399 that were hacked. And this is a gathering of stuff. 0:24:17.400 --> 0:24:19.040 So a lot of people are debating whether this is 0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:21.879 old or new. It doesn't matter. You still have to 0:24:21.920 --> 0:24:24.959 treat this as a reminder to lock things down. So 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:30.320 number one, do not reuse passwords. If one password gets compromised, 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:33.240 the hackers will try to use it everywhere else. That's 0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:36.200 why you don't want to reuse your passwords. Number two, 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:39.240 turn on two factor authentication. So you want to use 0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:42.600 an app like two fas or pretty much any two 0:24:42.600 --> 0:24:45.040 factor authentication app that you come across that you like. 0:24:45.160 --> 0:24:49.600 You can use au these good Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator. 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:52.760 They all have their pros and cons. Two fas is nice, 0:24:52.760 --> 0:24:55.719 it works on iPhone and Android, and it's better than 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:58.600 getting those SMS codes. So sign up for an app 0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:00.600 like that and then use a password. Man, I know 0:25:00.680 --> 0:25:03.680 I'm a broken record. You got to use a password manager, 0:25:04.000 --> 0:25:06.840 something like bitwarden, which is great. It's free, it's cross 0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:12.360 platform that'll generate and store long unique passwords. Now, focus 0:25:12.440 --> 0:25:16.840 on protecting your key accounts. Now in this password leak, 0:25:16.880 --> 0:25:21.160 we've heard about Google, Apple, Facebook, We've heard about those 0:25:21.200 --> 0:25:25.560 passwords being involved in this. Now, if your account is 0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:29.280 out there with this password in the wild, yeah, there's 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:31.040 a chance that someone can log into your account. But 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:33.520 if you have two factor authentication, you're going to be 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:36.359 protected way more than if you don't. So do you 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:38.920 have to go out and change your password on these accounts? 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:41.879 If it's a password that you've been reusing for the 0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:44.439 past ten years, absolutely get out there and change it, 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:48.000 because chances are it's in this dump. If it's not 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:49.960 a password that you've been reusing, if it's something in 0:25:49.960 --> 0:25:52.560 a password manager, you're probably okay. And you have two 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:56.000 factor turned on, you're probably okay. Keep it in mind, 0:25:56.040 --> 0:25:58.159 a lot of these hacks happen when people say, oh, 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:01.240 I got hacked on Facebook, hack on Google, I got 0:26:01.240 --> 0:26:04.800 hacked on Instagram. It's not necessarily that someone is sitting 0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:06.760 out there trying to hack your account. It's most of 0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:09.800 the time you are being tricked into entering your password 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:13.400 on a fake website that is trying to steal your information. 0:26:13.880 --> 0:26:16.840 So that's what's really happening a majority of the time. Now, 0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:19.240 in this case, you know a lot of these passwords 0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:23.400 were gotten via malware that steals your keystrokes from your computer. Again, 0:26:23.480 --> 0:26:26.160 your computer was hacked at some point along the way. 0:26:26.640 --> 0:26:29.440 And this happens when you download some random program or 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:31.600 you know, whatever you're doing on your computer that you 0:26:31.680 --> 0:26:33.640 might install something that you're like, oh, wait a second, 0:26:33.680 --> 0:26:36.000 why did I just do that? And then you've got 0:26:36.000 --> 0:26:39.120 something that's logging what you're doing on there. Now, there 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:43.360 are some ways if you're curious. A website called cyber 0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:48.760 News has a password leak checker, so they actually have 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:51.160 a website where you can go to you can type 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:52.920 in your password. I know this sounds scary, and I 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.200 don't recommend that you necessarily do this unless you are 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:59.119 typing in a password that's old and you've reused a 0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:01.680 bunch and you're just sort of curious. So I typed 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:03.800 in a couple of my old, old passwords that I 0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:07.280 was reusing a lot before I got smart, and sure enough, yeah, 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:09.479 it's like, oh yeah, those are out there. So if 0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:11.560 you've got those passwords you want to try to put 0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:16.200 into this website cybernews dot com slash password dash leak 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:19.159 dash check, and you can type in a password that 0:27:19.160 --> 0:27:21.920 you've reused over the years and it will tell you, yeah, 0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:25.000 that's out there. They've got thirty a database of thirty 0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:30.040 three million passwords that are just sitting out there, exposed 0:27:30.080 --> 0:27:32.520 on the open web. So if you're using one of 0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:35.639 those passwords from back in the day, chances are yes, 0:27:35.720 --> 0:27:39.280 it is been leaked. And again this is not new information. 0:27:39.840 --> 0:27:42.960 This stuff. I'm telling you. The steps I'm telling you 0:27:43.000 --> 0:27:46.040 to take right now are the same steps I would 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:48.320 have told you six months ago before we had these 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:52.840 scary headlines. It is the same main things. You have 0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:55.879 to get used to using strong, unique passwords. Today I 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:57.719 was logging into a new account that I created at 0:27:57.720 --> 0:27:59.720 a bank, and it was like, hey, do you want 0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:04.520 to create You have to create these security questions. Answers 0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:07.439 to security questions, name of the street you grew up on, 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:09.800 name of your best friend when you grew up. I 0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:12.200 forget what the third one is. And I'm not kidding. 0:28:12.280 --> 0:28:15.560 I don't use real answers to those questions. Because you 0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:17.359 could figure out the street that I grew up on. 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:19.159 You could figure out my best friend's name when I 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:22.119 was a kid. That's pretty common knowledge, or my school, 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:24.919 my high school mascot. So what I do is I 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:29.399 use a some sort of generator to make up fake answers, 0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:32.240 and I remember those answers so that if that information 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:34.320 got out there, you wouldn't be able to figure it 0:28:34.320 --> 0:28:36.640 out because it's something that I don't even know. It's 0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:39.400 just made up. Now, you have to keep tracted. Caveat 0:28:39.520 --> 0:28:42.440 is If you're doing that, it'll keep you secure, but 0:28:42.480 --> 0:28:44.920 you have to keep track of that information. So in 0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:48.640 your password manager there's literally a small notes field and 0:28:48.680 --> 0:28:52.400 you can type in the answers those questions and the answer, 0:28:52.440 --> 0:28:56.320 so that'll give you an added layer of security. So yeah, 0:28:56.400 --> 0:28:58.760 this stuff is not easy. I guess My point is, 0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:01.960 if you're trying to secure online, it's not something that's fast. 0:29:02.080 --> 0:29:04.960 It does take a little bit extra, but it will 0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:07.600 protect you from things like this in the future. I'll 0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:09.640 put the link to that password checker on my website. 0:29:09.720 --> 0:29:11.800 Rich on tech dot tv eighty to eight rich one 0:29:11.800 --> 0:29:13.880 O one eighty eight seven four to two four one 0:29:14.000 --> 0:29:18.640 zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech Rich DeMuro 0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.840 here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight 0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.480 Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:29:24.520 --> 0:29:27.880 two four one zero one. The website for the show 0:29:28.160 --> 0:29:32.280 rich on Tech dot tv. This is episode one twenty six. 0:29:32.840 --> 0:29:35.120 If you want show notes, it's all there on the 0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:38.760 website links to anything I mentioned, is right there A 0:29:38.800 --> 0:29:41.800 lot of you sending emails in let's see here we've 0:29:41.840 --> 0:29:46.479 got Greg says, so should I use the password manager 0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:48.560 on my iPhone or get the one you recommended in 0:29:48.560 --> 0:29:54.240 your latest newsletter, Greg, I recommend a third party password manager, 0:29:54.400 --> 0:29:56.760 so you can use the one on the iPhone, the 0:29:56.800 --> 0:30:00.280 Passwords app. It's safe, it's fine. But the the reason 0:30:00.320 --> 0:30:02.600 I don't like it is because it locks you into 0:30:02.760 --> 0:30:05.560 the iPhone and iOS and all that stuff. And I 0:30:05.680 --> 0:30:09.480 just personally think that third party software is better because 0:30:09.520 --> 0:30:12.640 Bitwarden is thinking about everyone. They're thinking about how to 0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:16.400 make their app work great on iPhone, Android, Windows, Chrome, everything, 0:30:17.160 --> 0:30:20.680 versus Apple is only thinking about getting people to stick 0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:25.320 to the iPhone and so therefore they're only prioritizing things 0:30:25.360 --> 0:30:28.440 that work for iPhone users. So it's fine. If you're 0:30:28.440 --> 0:30:30.640 never going to switch out of Apple, go ahead use it. 0:30:30.640 --> 0:30:33.680 It's simple, it's easy, it's built in. But personally, I 0:30:33.760 --> 0:30:35.560 like third party when it comes to all of my 0:30:35.680 --> 0:30:38.960 software because it works equally across everything. And that's the 0:30:39.000 --> 0:30:41.600 way I think the technology should be. I think that 0:30:41.640 --> 0:30:45.880 technology should be inclusive and getting everyone on board in 0:30:45.920 --> 0:30:48.840 the same way versus something that excludes people. And when 0:30:48.880 --> 0:30:52.000 you're using something like passwords app on the iPhone, yeah, 0:30:52.080 --> 0:30:54.040 they've got a way that you can use it on 0:30:54.080 --> 0:30:57.520 a Windows computer, but it's just not very good, not 0:30:57.640 --> 0:31:01.120 as easy as something like a Bitwarden. Well that's the answer. 0:31:01.200 --> 0:31:04.080 But if you're fine with that, just go with it. 0:31:04.080 --> 0:31:06.120 It's built in. And yes, of course it's easy and 0:31:06.160 --> 0:31:10.000 it's simple. Then we got another email here from Let's 0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:14.720 see here? Where was it? Vic says, Hey, Rich, I 0:31:14.760 --> 0:31:17.520 listened to your podcast. I find it very informative. You 0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:20.440 make it easy to understand technology. I'm trying to join Cantina, 0:31:20.480 --> 0:31:22.640 but it wants to access my contact list and I 0:31:22.680 --> 0:31:25.680 don't feel comfortable giving them full access. When I try 0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:27.440 to select contacts, it won't let me. Do you know 0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:30.320 if they if they contact everyone on my contact list 0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:32.600 to try Cantina, is there a way around joining without 0:31:32.640 --> 0:31:36.040 giving them full access? Thanks, I have not heard about 0:31:36.080 --> 0:31:39.880 this app called Cantina, but yes, a lot of these 0:31:39.880 --> 0:31:44.440 apps will try to get you to sign up and 0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:47.400 give access to your full contact book because guess what 0:31:47.880 --> 0:31:51.120 is a growth hack? It helps them get this information 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:54.080 to more people. So that is a red flag if 0:31:54.080 --> 0:31:57.280 they will not let you sign up without giving them 0:31:57.280 --> 0:32:00.680 full access. Because what's happened is so many of these 0:32:00.720 --> 0:32:03.760 apps over the years that I've tested out, they will 0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:07.040 take access to your information and they will spam your 0:32:07.080 --> 0:32:10.320 followers or your contacts. I guess I should say, and 0:32:10.400 --> 0:32:12.360 so with this app. I'm not sure. I'm trying to 0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:15.040 go through the sign up sign up process right now 0:32:15.080 --> 0:32:18.160 while we talk. Oh wow, look, I'm already I'm already 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:20.640 signed up for Cantina. How I've never even heard of 0:32:20.640 --> 0:32:23.720 this app? Sorry, this email is taken? How is my 0:32:23.840 --> 0:32:25.840 email taken on an app I've never heard of in 0:32:25.840 --> 0:32:29.280 my life? Okay, I'm gonna type skip. When is your birthday? Okay? 0:32:29.280 --> 0:32:31.840 I already don't like this app. If apps are asking 0:32:31.880 --> 0:32:33.880 you for all this information, I don't know what that 0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:37.520 You must be eighteen? Okay, well so I don't know. 0:32:38.000 --> 0:32:39.520 I gotta get back to you on that one. I 0:32:39.520 --> 0:32:42.520 don't know if I like that app. Let's see here, 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:46.880 let's go to Bill in Fullerton. Bill, what's going on? 0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:48.520 Hey? 0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:50.720 Rich? Can you hear me? 0:32:50.760 --> 0:32:51.200 Okay? Yeah? 0:32:51.240 --> 0:32:51.360 Here? 0:32:51.360 --> 0:32:51.800 Are you great? 0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:53.200 Hey? 0:32:53.240 --> 0:32:58.240 I've got a Dell Tower to a PC model eighty 0:32:58.320 --> 0:33:00.720 nine hundred I got from Costco about four or five 0:33:00.760 --> 0:33:04.280 years ago, and the Windows eleven upgrade is telling me 0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:09.840 that my CPU is not meeting their requirements. So instead 0:33:09.840 --> 0:33:13.800 of buying a whole new computer, I was wondering, could 0:33:13.800 --> 0:33:17.560 I upgrade the motherboard and the CPU and keep everything else. 0:33:18.200 --> 0:33:20.280 I mean you might be able to, But how much 0:33:20.320 --> 0:33:21.400 would you pay for this computer? 0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:23.320 Oh? 0:33:23.480 --> 0:33:26.880 Probably, I'm guessing five point fifteen six. 0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:29.360 Yeah, so by the time you upgrade this thing, which 0:33:29.480 --> 0:33:31.400 mayor you know, you may be able to do that, 0:33:31.720 --> 0:33:34.560 but I don't think that's worth it. So you're the 0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:37.400 amount you're going to pay for new components, if any, 0:33:37.560 --> 0:33:39.400 that are going to work inside this computer is probably 0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:41.560 going to be more than the price of a new PC. 0:33:41.800 --> 0:33:44.120 But I don't think that that means this is hopeless. 0:33:44.880 --> 0:33:46.680 We had a couple of guests on the show talking 0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:50.720 about ways to get around these. You know what Windows 0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:53.280 is doing is it's looking. It's it's checking your computer 0:33:53.400 --> 0:33:55.720 to make sure that it's compatible, and it's it has 0:33:55.760 --> 0:33:58.080 a list of things that it has in its checklist. 0:33:58.120 --> 0:33:59.600 It says, yeah, this is going to make sure that 0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:03.080 that when eleven works smoothly on this computer. But if 0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:05.080 you're if you're gonna get rid of this thing anyway 0:34:05.160 --> 0:34:06.920 or like upgrade or buy a new one, I'd rather 0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:10.480 see you upgrade or force the upgrade of the software 0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:13.640 on your computer and at least use this computer as is. 0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:16.919 So what I would do is I mentioned this article 0:34:17.040 --> 0:34:20.360 last week. There's a great article The Intelligence dot Com 0:34:20.440 --> 0:34:25.240 is a great Windows newsletter, and he talks about Chris 0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:27.359 a guy, a guest we've had on our show, talks 0:34:27.360 --> 0:34:30.080 about how you can kind of force your computer to 0:34:30.160 --> 0:34:33.239 upgrade to Windows eleven, even if it says it is 0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:36.360 not officially supported. And the way you do this is 0:34:36.400 --> 0:34:40.400 there's an app called rufous, So you download Rufus and 0:34:40.440 --> 0:34:42.360 once you have that, that's basically going to help you 0:34:42.400 --> 0:34:45.960 create a bootable USB drive very simply, and then you 0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:50.759 download the Windows eleven disk image from Microsoft's website and 0:34:51.000 --> 0:34:53.799 all you have to do is install that and it 0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:57.799 will say a Windows User Experience window will appear, and 0:34:58.080 --> 0:35:01.279 there is an option that says move requirement for four 0:35:01.280 --> 0:35:04.640 gigabytes of RAM, secure boot and TPM two point zero. 0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:08.279 Make sure that's checked. Install this, and now you can 0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:11.360 just install Windows eleven on here. This is not again, 0:35:12.360 --> 0:35:14.320 if Bill, if you're not sort of like a little 0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:16.279 bit advanced with your computer, but it sounds like you 0:35:16.320 --> 0:35:18.920 are based on what you just said to me. This 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:22.719 is not for the the inexperienced person, So I think 0:35:22.719 --> 0:35:24.440 that you have to be a little bit tech savvy 0:35:24.640 --> 0:35:26.840 to try this. And of course, before you do something 0:35:26.880 --> 0:35:28.839 like this. You want to make sure that you are 0:35:28.880 --> 0:35:31.600 backing up everything on your computer because it could all 0:35:31.600 --> 0:35:34.440 go away when you're doing this fourced upgrade. But that's 0:35:34.440 --> 0:35:35.839 what I would do. I'll put a link to this, 0:35:36.880 --> 0:35:38.920 you know, this article on my website rich on tech 0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:41.280 dot TV. But I'd probably do that before you look into, 0:35:42.040 --> 0:35:44.480 you know, opening up this tower and replacing some of 0:35:44.480 --> 0:35:47.120 those components on a computer. That's probably not meant to 0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:49.680 do that. Rich on Tech dot TV eighty to eight 0:35:49.840 --> 0:35:51.879 rich one oh one eighty eight seven four to two, 0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:54.520 four one zero one. We'll talk Prime Day coming up next. 0:35:57.360 --> 0:35:59.839 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:35:59.840 --> 0:36:03.799 out out with you, talking technology. The website for the 0:36:03.840 --> 0:36:09.399 show is rich on tech dot TV eight eight eight 0:36:09.560 --> 0:36:12.520 rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:36:12.560 --> 0:36:16.440 to two, four one zero one. My name is rich Demiro. 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:18.440 Thanks so much for hanging out with me. We've got 0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:20.879 a lot to talk about. Uh, we've got a great 0:36:20.920 --> 0:36:24.560 guest this hour. Remember the BlackBerry. You know, everyone loved 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:27.520 their BlackBerry phone and had that keyboard click aty clack, 0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:30.799 click any clack. Well, if you want to bring back 0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:34.160 that experience, there's a company called Clicks that is doing that. 0:36:34.719 --> 0:36:37.879 They're making keyboard cases for a couple of the smartphones 0:36:37.880 --> 0:36:42.000 out there, like the Samsung's, the iPhones, some Motorolas, and 0:36:42.280 --> 0:36:44.360 you can actually buy them at Best Buy. But this 0:36:44.400 --> 0:36:47.000 has been pretty popular. So we're gonna have the CEO 0:36:47.040 --> 0:36:50.239 of Clicks join us this hour to talk about how 0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:52.239 you can add a physical keyboard to your phone and 0:36:52.320 --> 0:36:54.359 just you know, I guess people like it. They've sold 0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:58.720 a bunch of them. It is Prime Day, I guess sorry, 0:36:58.760 --> 0:37:01.400 it is not Prime Day, falsel arm. I'm not spreading 0:37:01.440 --> 0:37:04.520 false news here. It is not Prime Day. Stand down. 0:37:04.960 --> 0:37:07.319 Put your credit card. Put your credit card back in 0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:11.760 your wallet? Is that a credit card in your pocket? 0:37:11.800 --> 0:37:15.560 You're you just happy for Prime Day? That'll get Boba? 0:37:15.600 --> 0:37:22.600 See I would that be considered a dad joke or no? Yeah? Okay, Bobo, 0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:25.840 Bobo's back. By the way, Bobo is Bobo. If you 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:29.600 didn't know, the show did not fall off the rails 0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:32.880 the last three weeks, but it could have easily because 0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:39.200 Bobo was off cruise in. Uh does that mean something different? No, 0:37:39.400 --> 0:37:41.879 You're fine with that, okay. I was celebrating my forty 0:37:41.880 --> 0:37:44.200 second Yes, happy birthday, Thank you? 0:37:44.239 --> 0:37:44.399 Bo? 0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:50.239 How old forty two, damn right and and everything. Yeah, 0:37:50.320 --> 0:37:52.560 you can say that word. You're getting up there, tell 0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:55.160 me about it, you know, Hey, it's you know, forty 0:37:55.160 --> 0:37:58.000 two is pretty young, all things consider. Oh it is, 0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:00.520 I bet hold on, do you remember do you remember 0:38:00.560 --> 0:38:04.120 turning twenty one? Vaguely? Oh, vaguely? Okay, you had a 0:38:04.120 --> 0:38:04.560 good party. 0:38:04.600 --> 0:38:04.759 Then. 0:38:06.560 --> 0:38:08.960 I remember turning twenty one. I can remember it like 0:38:09.040 --> 0:38:11.080 it was yesterday. I was in Vegas. I went to Vegas. 0:38:11.080 --> 0:38:14.000 It was so exciting, like that was such a big 0:38:14.040 --> 0:38:16.560 moment in my life. I was in Vegas. 0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:18.879 My cousin took me to Vegas with my twenty first 0:38:19.000 --> 0:38:21.400 was the first time I got drunk off alcohol. 0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:24.600 Firt. Wow, you were better than I was. I didn't 0:38:24.640 --> 0:38:25.719 drink it till I was twenty one. 0:38:25.719 --> 0:38:25.919 More. 0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:31.800 Wow, you're a saint. Well sadly, it's been downhill ever since. No, no, 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:36.560 you're not wrong. Oh my gosh, that's funny though. Good 0:38:36.600 --> 0:38:39.680 for you. Hey, you know what, kids, if you're listening, 0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:43.200 be like Bobo. There is no reason to drink. Honestly, 0:38:43.560 --> 0:38:46.279 it is none at all. It's honestly, ever, But the 0:38:46.360 --> 0:38:50.479 problem is you get started and then it's relaxing. It's fun. 0:38:50.680 --> 0:38:51.920 You know, you have a good time, and then it's 0:38:51.960 --> 0:38:54.319 like you know, and for some people they can't handle it. 0:38:54.480 --> 0:38:55.719 You know, they just can't handle it. 0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:56.000 Yeah. 0:38:56.120 --> 0:38:58.400 True, you seem like a guy that can handle ithred 0:38:58.440 --> 0:39:00.560 percent minus life year. 0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:05.040 And we've all had those days. Yeah, they're just like 0:39:05.160 --> 0:39:08.479 never again. But I can't say that I did miss 0:39:08.520 --> 0:39:10.960 the show. Like I was telling my wife, I was like, 0:39:11.000 --> 0:39:12.799 oh my god, I gotta go back on Rich. I said, Rich, 0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:14.960 don't think I'm abandoning, But I was like, I gotta 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:16.480 go back, and She's like, you shouldn't want to take 0:39:16.520 --> 0:39:19.400 off one more like jokingly, I was like, nah, I'm gonna. 0:39:19.160 --> 0:39:22.520 Have a word with Britney. Come in, hold on. I 0:39:22.560 --> 0:39:25.319 thought I liked her. All right, Well, it's good to 0:39:25.320 --> 0:39:25.719 have you back. 0:39:25.840 --> 0:39:28.560 Oh, and shout out to the city of Santa Monica. 0:39:28.960 --> 0:39:31.799 I mentioned that I worked with you on Saturdays. I 0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:34.239 hosted a Juneteenth festival and everybody told me to say 0:39:34.320 --> 0:39:36.600 you love so from Santa Monica to Rich. 0:39:36.719 --> 0:39:38.880 They wanted to say, hey, thank you, Santa Monica. And 0:39:38.880 --> 0:39:41.280 now they have that new promenade which you can drink outside. 0:39:41.400 --> 0:39:45.960 Yes they do speak. Okay, so Prime Day happening. It's 0:39:46.040 --> 0:39:50.680 bigger than ever this year, happening July eighth through July eleventh, 0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:54.239 four full days, first time ever for that started out 0:39:54.239 --> 0:39:57.239 as one day back in twenty fifteen. Remember Prime Day 0:39:57.280 --> 0:40:01.399 started as a way to celebrate Amazon's twentieth birthday and 0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:05.799 Prime like membership for customers, and of course sell Prime memberships. 0:40:06.480 --> 0:40:08.759 But now they just keep expanding it and clearly Prime 0:40:08.840 --> 0:40:11.520 Day is doing well for Amazon, and I think some 0:40:11.680 --> 0:40:13.719 years it was like a little bit like Okay, give 0:40:13.760 --> 0:40:16.760 me a break. Now I actually think it's gotten very legitimate, 0:40:16.800 --> 0:40:20.319 like companies plan around Prime Day, and if you don't 0:40:20.360 --> 0:40:24.800 really understand how Amazon works, it kind of benefits everyone 0:40:24.880 --> 0:40:28.080 for Prime Day because there are so many Amazon affiliates 0:40:28.120 --> 0:40:31.399 out there, right, people who write about Amazon products link 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:34.200 them up on their websites, and that website gets a 0:40:34.239 --> 0:40:37.440 little commission from Amazon for selling products. So they have 0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:40.480 like all these sales people out there that sell products 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:43.359 and they come up with like, you know, ten ten 0:40:43.440 --> 0:40:45.880 travel products that are the best or ten whatever, just 0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:49.200 pick any category. Websites are promoting this stuff. That's why, 0:40:49.680 --> 0:40:51.799 so Prime Day kind of works out for everyone because 0:40:52.000 --> 0:40:54.880 everyone wins. So this year, what's going to be different? 0:40:56.120 --> 0:40:59.120 Lowest prices of the year on brands like Sony, Dyson, 0:40:59.200 --> 0:41:02.960 and Samsung. Today's Big Deals. That's a new thing. They're 0:41:02.960 --> 0:41:07.120 doing daily theme drops exclusive to Prime members. They just 0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:09.080 come up with like a different deal name every year. 0:41:10.280 --> 0:41:12.400 You're also gonna get a dollar off a gallon of 0:41:12.440 --> 0:41:15.680 gas per gallon July third through six, so good for 0:41:15.800 --> 0:41:19.319 Fourth of July weekend. That's at BP, Amoco and AMPM, 0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:21.200 but you have to sign up for that first. That 0:41:21.239 --> 0:41:25.000 program they have, Alexa Plus, is gonna help you track 0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:28.040 deals and there's gonna be all kinds. Like the bottom line, 0:41:28.040 --> 0:41:30.520 here's what you need to know about Prime Day. Don't 0:41:30.560 --> 0:41:33.720 believe the hype. Don't go in there trying to spend money, 0:41:33.800 --> 0:41:36.719 trying to find things to buy. What you really need 0:41:36.760 --> 0:41:38.840 to do is just think about the stuff that you 0:41:39.000 --> 0:41:42.719 need and or want right. There is a difference. But 0:41:42.960 --> 0:41:45.880 put that stuff in your cart now or put it 0:41:45.920 --> 0:41:49.319 in your save for later, and then when July eighth 0:41:49.400 --> 0:41:52.120 rolls around, that's when you can look in your cart 0:41:52.440 --> 0:41:54.640 and see if these things go on sale. Now there's 0:41:54.680 --> 0:41:57.040 a caveat. You know, all the Amazon brands are gonna 0:41:57.080 --> 0:41:59.880 go on sale, the rings, the Kindles, the fire TVs, 0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:02.000 all that stuff's gonna go on sale. A lot of 0:42:02.000 --> 0:42:04.640 big brands are gonna go on sale too, But put 0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:07.600 the stuff that you want in your cart now. And 0:42:07.800 --> 0:42:09.840 by the way, we're talking about this a couple of 0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:13.480 weeks before it happens. Prices drop in the in the 0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:17.040 hours and days leading up to Prime Day because there's 0:42:17.080 --> 0:42:20.360 so much attention around Prime Day. People are just looking 0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:22.319 for stuff to buy. I'm already going to Amazon dot 0:42:22.320 --> 0:42:25.160 com slash Prime Day, and there's already a whole bunch 0:42:25.239 --> 0:42:28.400 of deals on all kinds of stuff. I mean, everything 0:42:29.640 --> 0:42:32.640 back to school, up to thirty percent off top products 0:42:32.640 --> 0:42:34.440 like ring I mean, there's just so much stuff that 0:42:34.440 --> 0:42:37.720 you might want to buy. But again, don't just browse 0:42:37.760 --> 0:42:40.239 the website. That's gonna You're gonna lose money in the 0:42:40.320 --> 0:42:43.080 end doing that. What you want to do is think 0:42:43.080 --> 0:42:45.120 about the stuff you need. Look around your house, even 0:42:45.160 --> 0:42:48.880 things that you eat, things that you need, like to restock. 0:42:49.560 --> 0:42:51.919 It sounds silly, but that's the best way to get 0:42:51.960 --> 0:42:53.799 the most out of Prime Day. It's like buying the 0:42:53.800 --> 0:42:56.240 stuff that you're gonna get anyway. It's like going into Costco. 0:42:56.680 --> 0:42:59.040 When you go into Costco for one thing, right, they 0:42:59.080 --> 0:43:01.080 get you because you want to buy your coffee that 0:43:01.120 --> 0:43:04.120 you like at Costco and it's inexpensive because you buy 0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:07.600 it in bulk. Well, most people can't walk out of 0:43:07.640 --> 0:43:11.640 Costco with just buying that one thing. They parade through 0:43:12.040 --> 0:43:14.320 all the aisles and there's so many great deals and 0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:16.680 you end up spending a couple hundred bucks just because 0:43:16.719 --> 0:43:19.640 you came in for that coffee or I mean paper towels, 0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:21.879 toilet paper. Why do you think they put all those 0:43:21.880 --> 0:43:24.439 on the back wall. You gotta walk all the way 0:43:24.440 --> 0:43:27.520 through Costco and there's it's like you know, you're a 0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:30.040 kid in a candy store when you're an adult at Costco, right, 0:43:30.040 --> 0:43:32.200 there's so many things and it's and don't get me wrong, 0:43:32.280 --> 0:43:34.920 Costco is a good deal. You compare the price you're 0:43:34.920 --> 0:43:37.000 gonna paid anything at Costco, it's gonna be better than 0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:40.080 on anywhere else you go. But the thing is you're 0:43:40.080 --> 0:43:42.359 buying a whole bunch of other stuff at the same time. 0:43:42.840 --> 0:43:45.399 And usually there's one or two things you buy that 0:43:45.680 --> 0:43:48.719 you probably didn't go in for, that you don't really need, 0:43:48.760 --> 0:43:51.920 but you buy anyway. That's how it goes. So anyway, 0:43:51.960 --> 0:43:55.480 Prime Day is happening with that said, I do have 0:43:55.520 --> 0:43:57.560 a list of I just created on my website a 0:43:57.600 --> 0:44:00.200 list of some of the products that I like because 0:44:00.200 --> 0:44:02.520 people always ask me what's your go to gadgets and gear, 0:44:02.600 --> 0:44:05.240 So I made a list of my go to gadgets 0:44:05.239 --> 0:44:07.120 in gear and I put it all on there. This 0:44:07.160 --> 0:44:09.440 is stuff that I've tested that I like, and it's 0:44:09.480 --> 0:44:11.200 all linked up. So if you want to see if 0:44:11.200 --> 0:44:13.839 that stuff goes on sale for Prime Day, check it out. 0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:16.920 Rich on tech dot TV. The thing I did test 0:44:17.000 --> 0:44:20.800 on my trip to Mexico City is a portable carbon 0:44:20.880 --> 0:44:24.360 monoxide detector. I'm sure you've heard the stories in the 0:44:24.560 --> 0:44:27.280 you know, these couple of stories throughout the years where 0:44:27.320 --> 0:44:32.120 there's been some unfortunate incidents where carbon monoxide has claimed lives. 0:44:32.239 --> 0:44:34.680 You know, people are in a rental place or in 0:44:34.680 --> 0:44:37.000 a hotel room. Now, I don't think this is a 0:44:37.239 --> 0:44:39.960 prevalent thing. I don't think it's a major issue, but 0:44:40.239 --> 0:44:42.960 it has happened, and it's happened enough, or when I've 0:44:42.960 --> 0:44:44.920 stayed in a rental I'm like, Okay, I want to 0:44:44.920 --> 0:44:46.920 have one of these things in there, because you never know. 0:44:47.440 --> 0:44:49.600 And so I tested this new one, which is a 0:44:49.680 --> 0:44:53.240 digital one. It's small, it's compact, it's got a digital readout. 0:44:53.719 --> 0:44:55.920 And the wild thing is I plug this thing in 0:44:56.040 --> 0:44:58.960 or actually it's it's a cordless so I didn't have 0:44:58.960 --> 0:45:01.359 to plug it in, but I charged and the first 0:45:01.400 --> 0:45:03.640 night I'm in my hotel room, the thing is given 0:45:03.680 --> 0:45:07.440 a reading of thirty, like thirty ppm of COO and 0:45:07.440 --> 0:45:10.200 I'm like, uh, oh, what the heck, what am I 0:45:10.200 --> 0:45:13.440 supposed to do? It was ten o'clock at night. I 0:45:13.640 --> 0:45:15.960 turned this thing on and I'm like, great, my room 0:45:16.040 --> 0:45:19.120 is filled with carbon monoxide. That's not good, now, I 0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:20.759 figured at the end of the day. So I ended 0:45:20.840 --> 0:45:24.360 up putting on putting on my shoes, and walking downstairs 0:45:24.400 --> 0:45:27.520 in my pajamas at this hotel and I went outside 0:45:27.560 --> 0:45:29.960 with this little carbon dioxide detector. I'm like, let me 0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:33.120 see if it changes to zero. And it did change 0:45:33.120 --> 0:45:34.560 to like a little bit less, but it was still 0:45:34.600 --> 0:45:36.480 a little bit on the high end. But I was like, 0:45:36.560 --> 0:45:39.040 you know what, this thing has an alarm on it. 0:45:39.120 --> 0:45:41.759 If it's if it's a problem, it's going to alarm. 0:45:41.800 --> 0:45:44.200 So clearly it thinks it's under the threshold, which I 0:45:44.200 --> 0:45:46.160 think is about fifty. Even though you don't want to 0:45:46.200 --> 0:45:49.160 be in any sort of COO exposure for a long time. 0:45:50.280 --> 0:45:52.400 But anyway, so it finally worked out. It was fine. 0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:55.000 I survived my first night of sleep. I was like, well, 0:45:55.040 --> 0:45:57.320 that's it. That's it for rich On Tech. I'm to 0:45:57.400 --> 0:46:00.799 go to sleep and quietly just never wake up all 0:46:00.840 --> 0:46:04.640 because I've decided to not listen to this carbon monoxide detector. 0:46:05.520 --> 0:46:07.319 But for the rest of the week, the odd thing 0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:09.760 was there was no reading in my room over zero. 0:46:10.160 --> 0:46:11.719 So I don't know if something was going on that 0:46:11.880 --> 0:46:15.160 night or what, but it did have a reading. But 0:46:15.160 --> 0:46:17.600 this thing's cool because it's got the carbon monoxide reading, 0:46:17.680 --> 0:46:20.600 it's got the temperature, the humidity and the air quality 0:46:21.239 --> 0:46:23.480 and so it's all in one and it's really really great. 0:46:23.520 --> 0:46:25.640 So anyway, it's forty bucks. If you want to see 0:46:25.640 --> 0:46:27.000 if it goes on sale. You don't need to buy 0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:28.560 it today, but put it in your cart. See if 0:46:28.560 --> 0:46:31.080 it goes on sale for Prime Day, because you know, 0:46:31.120 --> 0:46:33.359 I paid full price, but you know, maybe go on 0:46:33.400 --> 0:46:35.560 sale for the next couple of days. All right, I'll 0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:37.600 put that on the website. Rich On Tech Dot TV 0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:40.600 eighty to eight, rich one On one eighty eight, seven 0:46:40.640 --> 0:46:42.319 four to two, four to one zero one will do 0:46:42.360 --> 0:46:44.480 more of your calls. Plus, I'm going to tell you 0:46:44.560 --> 0:46:48.000 about WhatsApp. They are adding ads for the first time ever. 0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:51.759 And this is another thing we used in Mexico City. 0:46:51.880 --> 0:46:53.440 The little group of people I was with, we all 0:46:53.520 --> 0:46:56.160 use WhatsApp. It was fantastic, such a great way to 0:46:56.239 --> 0:46:58.200 keep in touch with people that are using different phones. 0:46:58.400 --> 0:47:00.160 I'll tell you about the ads plus your calls coming 0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:05.960 up right here. I'm Rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:47:06.080 --> 0:47:08.400 rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:47:08.560 --> 0:47:12.839 talking technology at Triple A. Rich one oh one. That's 0:47:13.000 --> 0:47:18.239 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:47:18.760 --> 0:47:21.920 Let's go to Laurna in Long Beach. You're on with Rich. 0:47:22.960 --> 0:47:25.560 Bye, Rich, thank you for taking my call. 0:47:26.120 --> 0:47:27.440 Absolutely. What's going on? 0:47:28.400 --> 0:47:28.480 So? 0:47:28.760 --> 0:47:33.960 I have a printer model HP Office Jet Pro okay 0:47:34.320 --> 0:47:37.640 six eight three zero. I know it's an old printer, 0:47:38.000 --> 0:47:43.880 but I really really need a printer right now related 0:47:43.920 --> 0:47:48.840 to work. So I have searched Google on how to 0:47:48.960 --> 0:47:53.520 print head, how to clean the print head. So I 0:47:53.600 --> 0:48:01.399 did follow the directions one and then uh I let 0:48:01.480 --> 0:48:06.480 the printer rest dry for about thirty minutes and I 0:48:06.560 --> 0:48:14.160 was successful. But then after another couple of hours, maybe 0:48:13.440 --> 0:48:18.680 I wanted to print again, and so the print head 0:48:18.840 --> 0:48:20.440 error appeared again. 0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:26.680 So what First off, this is an ink chet printer, right, Yes? 0:48:26.840 --> 0:48:32.799 Are you using genuine HP ink Chet cartridges? Yes? I am? 0:48:32.920 --> 0:48:34.160 And are they old or new? 0:48:35.040 --> 0:48:39.000 They're new? Actually I just got them and I made 0:48:39.040 --> 0:48:40.600 sure that they're not expired. 0:48:41.160 --> 0:48:44.600 Okay, And so when you put these in, have you 0:48:44.640 --> 0:48:46.239 did you go through? How did you clean this? 0:48:47.640 --> 0:48:53.600 So I followed the print head cleaning from Google, you 0:48:53.600 --> 0:48:58.520 know for HP Office Jet Pro. I looked at the 0:48:58.560 --> 0:49:06.480 model and then I I detached the or I unplugged. 0:49:07.040 --> 0:49:12.480 I unplugged so I was able to move the print 0:49:12.560 --> 0:49:16.480 head from side to side. And I've placed the paper 0:49:16.600 --> 0:49:22.760 towel underneath the print head, and then I flushed each 0:49:24.080 --> 0:49:29.080 port of the ink, the color ones and the black port. 0:49:29.719 --> 0:49:33.319 I flushed it with a print head cleaning kit that 0:49:33.400 --> 0:49:36.400 I bought separately from Amazon. 0:49:37.880 --> 0:49:42.080 Well, typically these little printer as far as I understand, 0:49:42.120 --> 0:49:45.040 the print head is like on the cartridge itself. So 0:49:46.400 --> 0:49:49.280 if I feel like there's something bigger going on here, 0:49:49.480 --> 0:49:52.720 have you done the have you done like the built 0:49:52.760 --> 0:49:55.319 in sort of system cleaning where you go into like 0:49:55.400 --> 0:49:58.360 set up printer maintenance and then clean print head. Have 0:49:58.440 --> 0:49:58.799 you done that? 0:50:00.400 --> 0:50:00.600 Yes? 0:50:00.760 --> 0:50:05.920 I tried that, but it wouldn't show me you know 0:50:06.120 --> 0:50:12.200 there it's it's better when I see the picture and yeah, 0:50:12.239 --> 0:50:15.440 and so I I've done that. But and then even 0:50:15.480 --> 0:50:17.640 if I do it, it doesn't print anyway. 0:50:18.320 --> 0:50:21.800 So what's the what's the error on the actual machine 0:50:21.840 --> 0:50:23.280 saying yes? 0:50:23.640 --> 0:50:25.080 On the actual machine? 0:50:25.320 --> 0:50:28.280 And what's the error saying clean the print heads? Yes? 0:50:28.320 --> 0:50:32.200 And then it keeps uh giving an error message your 0:50:32.320 --> 0:50:37.560 print print head is uh is I forgot what the 0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:40.960 message was. But it needs a pension. Your print head 0:50:41.040 --> 0:50:41.920 needs a pension. 0:50:42.360 --> 0:50:47.840 Okay, So I. 0:50:46.080 --> 0:50:49.279 I probably will try cleaning it again, but then I 0:50:49.920 --> 0:50:52.400 probably would have to ask your suggestion if I have 0:50:52.560 --> 0:50:56.320 to buy another another printer. 0:50:56.880 --> 0:50:59.320 How old this printer? How old is this printer? 0:51:00.560 --> 0:51:01.080 Ten years? 0:51:01.480 --> 0:51:04.920 Ten years old? Okay? That okay, that could be the issue. 0:51:05.280 --> 0:51:07.879 I mean, look, I think that a printer should last 0:51:07.960 --> 0:51:09.960 ten years. I don't know what's going on with this printer. 0:51:10.120 --> 0:51:13.880 I'm not really sure I've encountered this error on mine. 0:51:14.280 --> 0:51:17.319 I would think that replacing the cartridges. And I'm looking 0:51:17.360 --> 0:51:21.239 at the manual cleaning. I mean it says like for 0:51:21.280 --> 0:51:24.680 effective manual print head cleaning, gather these supplies lint free 0:51:24.719 --> 0:51:30.080 microfiber cloths, distilled water, shallow dish, printer cleaning solution, rubber gloves, 0:51:30.080 --> 0:51:32.879 paper towels. Sounds like you're doing surgery on this printer here. 0:51:32.920 --> 0:51:37.560 I mean, it seems like a lot. I would say 0:51:37.600 --> 0:51:39.800 I wouldn't spend any more money on this printer to 0:51:40.320 --> 0:51:43.919 fix this or to try this, but I would other 0:51:44.000 --> 0:51:46.880 than following their printing. You know, they're they're kind of 0:51:46.920 --> 0:51:50.120 like built in print head cleaning process. It says you 0:51:50.200 --> 0:51:52.040 might need to do it up to three to four times, 0:51:52.680 --> 0:51:55.960 so that's the only thing I can think of. There's 0:51:56.000 --> 0:52:00.040 also a printer diagnostic test. This might help with the 0:52:00.200 --> 0:52:04.040 HP Print and Scan Doctor, So that might be something 0:52:04.040 --> 0:52:06.359 you look into and maybe that can help you out. 0:52:06.880 --> 0:52:10.920 It's called hp Print and Scan Doctor for Windows, and 0:52:10.960 --> 0:52:13.080 that might be a way to see what's going on 0:52:13.120 --> 0:52:17.080 with this printer. Otherwise, you can take this printer into 0:52:17.120 --> 0:52:19.680 a place like you break I fixed, and you can 0:52:19.719 --> 0:52:21.480 get them to give you like a free estimate on 0:52:21.520 --> 0:52:23.680 how much it might cost to fix this thing. But 0:52:23.719 --> 0:52:26.239 I wouldn't really spend any extra money on it. If 0:52:26.280 --> 0:52:29.760 I were you, I would just go with the brother 0:52:30.040 --> 0:52:32.560 laser jet printer if you need me in depends if 0:52:32.560 --> 0:52:33.880 you need color or not, but I would just go 0:52:33.920 --> 0:52:36.440 with the Brother laser jet. There's a I'll link up 0:52:36.480 --> 0:52:39.160 the model number on the website. Rich on tech dot tv. 0:52:39.280 --> 0:52:41.360 But that's probably what you want to do, is just 0:52:41.400 --> 0:52:45.560 get something simple that's inexpensive, because ten years is a 0:52:45.560 --> 0:52:47.920 pretty good run for a printer, but I'd like for 0:52:47.960 --> 0:52:50.279 it to last longer. But if it's not working and 0:52:50.320 --> 0:52:52.120 the print head cleaning is just not it sounds like 0:52:52.120 --> 0:52:53.799 you've done everything you need to do to get these 0:52:53.840 --> 0:52:56.160 print heads cleaned and it's just not giving you that 0:52:57.840 --> 0:52:59.680 error free message. The only other thing I would think 0:52:59.719 --> 0:53:01.440 to do, and you might want to try this, is 0:53:01.480 --> 0:53:04.880 do a reset, like a factory reset of this printer. 0:53:05.560 --> 0:53:09.239 You can go into settings and in the settings it'll 0:53:09.239 --> 0:53:12.000 say like factory reset printer. You might want to try that, 0:53:12.880 --> 0:53:15.600 and that's going to clear all the settings and that's 0:53:15.640 --> 0:53:17.399 going to bring this thing back to factory. You're gonna 0:53:17.400 --> 0:53:19.239 have to reset it up, but that might clear out 0:53:19.239 --> 0:53:23.040 that error message. Good question, Lorna, that's a tricky one 0:53:23.120 --> 0:53:25.520 eighty eight Rich one O one eighty eight seven four 0:53:25.560 --> 0:53:27.600 to two four one zero one coming up, We're gonna 0:53:27.600 --> 0:53:34.520 talk physical keyboards for your smartphone right here. Welcome back 0:53:34.520 --> 0:53:37.239 to rich on tech rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:53:37.360 --> 0:53:41.520 talking technology at eight eight eight rich one oh one. 0:53:41.640 --> 0:53:45.160 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:53:45.400 --> 0:53:48.880 zero one. Is this genie in a bottle? Oh my gosh? 0:53:49.000 --> 0:53:53.920 When did that hold on? This song is like nineteen 0:53:54.080 --> 0:53:58.319 ninety nine, you're talking that song is twenty six years old. 0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:03.040 We're old. Wow wow, Okay, that is just time is 0:54:03.080 --> 0:54:06.160 going way too fast, all right? Eighty eight rich one 0:54:06.160 --> 0:54:08.200 on one eighty eight seven four to two four one 0:54:08.320 --> 0:54:11.239 zero one. Rich on tech dot tv is the website. 0:54:11.360 --> 0:54:16.680 Joining me now, Adrian Lemouching, CEO of Clicks. They are 0:54:16.680 --> 0:54:22.680 making keyboard cases for various smartphones and it's been quite successful. Adrian, 0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:26.919 thanks for joining me, Rich. Great to be here, absolutely 0:54:27.000 --> 0:54:31.360 so if someone hasn't heard of Clicks, explain what it is. 0:54:33.040 --> 0:54:37.560 Sure, Clicks creates physical people cases for smartphones, so for 0:54:37.760 --> 0:54:42.080 iPhones and androids, and really what it is is we 0:54:42.200 --> 0:54:46.720 have taken the best experience you can get from physical 0:54:46.719 --> 0:54:50.880 buttons and added them to your smartphone just as an accessory. 0:54:51.680 --> 0:54:55.160 And it's really for those who have those who missed 0:54:55.320 --> 0:54:59.200 the speed and accuracy of having buttons on your phone. 0:55:00.400 --> 0:55:03.279 Yeah. I mean, look, we all loved the BlackBerry back 0:55:03.320 --> 0:55:06.640 in the day. Did you were you a BlackBerry lover? 0:55:07.239 --> 0:55:09.000 Was this part of the inspiration or. 0:55:08.960 --> 0:55:14.680 What I and my entire team were huge BlackBerry lovers, 0:55:15.239 --> 0:55:19.080 you know, massively passionate about it, and so you know, 0:55:19.200 --> 0:55:20.640 this is something that we've wanted to do for a 0:55:20.680 --> 0:55:21.400 really long time. 0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:24.920 Now, that's the interesting thing. So clearly you did your homework. 0:55:24.960 --> 0:55:27.160 Did you find that there was a need or a 0:55:27.200 --> 0:55:29.600 want for people to go back to these physical keyboards 0:55:29.640 --> 0:55:33.040 because it's been a while since we've had them. 0:55:33.160 --> 0:55:35.359 Yeah, it has, and a lot of us have been 0:55:35.560 --> 0:55:38.360 in this space for a number of years now, and 0:55:38.400 --> 0:55:42.480 we've always known that there is this nascent demand for 0:55:42.760 --> 0:55:45.560 people who really missed their buttons. I mean, one of 0:55:45.600 --> 0:55:49.200 our co founders, he's known online as crackbree ke Heavin, and 0:55:49.239 --> 0:55:52.680 he's the guy who always gets emailed every single week. 0:55:53.080 --> 0:55:54.600 Do you know where the BlackBerry's coming out? Do you 0:55:54.640 --> 0:55:56.960 know when the next keyboard phone is coming out? And 0:55:57.040 --> 0:55:58.920 so we know that there's always a demand there for it. 0:55:59.440 --> 0:56:01.160 So who do you think this is for? Like, do 0:56:01.160 --> 0:56:03.880 you think this is for someone that just likes the 0:56:03.920 --> 0:56:06.799 old days of their BlackBerry keyboard or do they you know, like, 0:56:07.080 --> 0:56:09.080 is it just to get work done? Like what do 0:56:09.120 --> 0:56:11.359 you think this is? Like what's the use case scenario here? 0:56:12.280 --> 0:56:13.640 Yeah, really good question. 0:56:13.960 --> 0:56:15.680 We've been on the market for a year now and 0:56:15.719 --> 0:56:18.400 we've done a number of post purchase surveys just to 0:56:18.400 --> 0:56:20.960 get an idea of who's using the products, and it's 0:56:20.960 --> 0:56:23.239 actually a lot different to what we initially thought. So 0:56:23.680 --> 0:56:26.040 you do get your I guess you'd say you're kind 0:56:26.080 --> 0:56:28.680 of business people who really miss their blackberries. You know, 0:56:28.719 --> 0:56:31.960 you're kind of ex Wall Street or Wall Street banker 0:56:32.040 --> 0:56:34.279 type people who you know, missed back braze. 0:56:34.000 --> 0:56:34.440 And use this. 0:56:34.960 --> 0:56:38.080 But actually we've also found that the demographic is really broad, 0:56:38.239 --> 0:56:42.440 so anybody from you know, entrepreneurs, people who kind of 0:56:42.760 --> 0:56:44.640 work for themselves, you just like to do stuff on 0:56:44.680 --> 0:56:48.239 the go. Also to students, people in college, you know, 0:56:48.280 --> 0:56:52.000 they're taking their devices with their clicks into their class 0:56:52.160 --> 0:56:55.560 and they're using it to record that their lectures. 0:56:56.239 --> 0:56:58.200 Now, how hard is it to get used to typing 0:56:58.200 --> 0:57:01.200 on a keyboard again after years of you know, training 0:57:01.200 --> 0:57:01.920 on a touch screen. 0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:05.879 That's a that's a really good question. It's it does 0:57:05.920 --> 0:57:08.840 feel a little bit alien at first. We say, it 0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:12.880 takes around kind of you know, between two days to 0:57:13.160 --> 0:57:15.680 two weeks to get used to having buttons under your 0:57:15.719 --> 0:57:18.120 thumbs again. But once you're there, you're you're flying and 0:57:18.160 --> 0:57:19.120 it feels so good. 0:57:19.920 --> 0:57:21.760 So what has been the reaction? I mean, I know, 0:57:21.760 --> 0:57:23.919 you guys are in best Buy, right like, that's that's 0:57:23.960 --> 0:57:26.240 pretty huge for a tech gadget. 0:57:27.480 --> 0:57:28.120 Yeah, we are. 0:57:28.200 --> 0:57:30.040 We we were actually in We were in best Buy 0:57:31.080 --> 0:57:33.840 for over a year now. We started off with them 0:57:34.520 --> 0:57:37.480 middle of last year. You know, great great partners, and 0:57:37.800 --> 0:57:39.600 we've got our own little space and about two hundred 0:57:39.640 --> 0:57:42.400 best Buy stores in the US in the theater district space. 0:57:43.360 --> 0:57:45.280 And you know, it's been super successful. 0:57:45.760 --> 0:57:49.080 People have been, you know, going there trying the products 0:57:49.280 --> 0:57:52.560 in their hands and then and then supporting it to 0:57:52.600 --> 0:57:54.760 the extent we're actually this year we launched a new 0:57:54.800 --> 0:57:59.800 product called most roller Raser clicks and Best Buy for 0:58:00.120 --> 0:58:03.080 when they promoted them the first phone, the first most 0:58:03.200 --> 0:58:05.959 roller razer for this year, they actually gave a free 0:58:05.960 --> 0:58:06.880 clicks away to. 0:58:06.960 --> 0:58:10.360 Every customer that bought a corresponding razor phone. 0:58:10.440 --> 0:58:12.840 Oh wow, that's pretty cool. How much do these keyboards 0:58:12.840 --> 0:58:14.600 typically cost. 0:58:15.200 --> 0:58:18.440 They are one three nine dollars for the regular size 0:58:18.440 --> 0:58:20.640 and one hundred and fifty nine and for the larger size. 0:58:20.800 --> 0:58:22.520 And what phones do you have them for? I know 0:58:22.560 --> 0:58:24.640 you started out with the iPhone obviously that's you know, 0:58:24.760 --> 0:58:26.800 a good place to start, but you've branched out, So 0:58:26.840 --> 0:58:28.520 tell me what phones you have them for now. 0:58:29.320 --> 0:58:29.920 Yeah, we did. 0:58:29.960 --> 0:58:33.760 We started off doing iPhone fourteen and fifteen. When iPhone 0:58:33.800 --> 0:58:36.240 fifteen launched in September, we may go on for that 0:58:36.280 --> 0:58:39.040 product as well. This year, we've also made it for 0:58:39.280 --> 0:58:42.240 the Google Pixel nine nine prob and for the most 0:58:42.280 --> 0:58:44.800 roller Razor Flip and Adrian. 0:58:44.840 --> 0:58:47.560 Do you think that because of the success of these 0:58:47.680 --> 0:58:50.640 keyboards there will be a company that makes smartphones that 0:58:50.680 --> 0:58:53.600 brings back the physical keyboard that built in. 0:58:54.600 --> 0:58:56.040 That is such a good question, Rich. 0:58:56.040 --> 0:58:57.440 I don't know whether you're seeing what's going on at 0:58:57.480 --> 0:59:00.000 the moment online on TikTok, there's a lot of stuff 0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:03.880 about BlackBerry and you know, either bringing back BlackBerry or 0:59:04.800 --> 0:59:07.280 companies out there that are trying to restore all Blackberries. 0:59:08.480 --> 0:59:10.840 We know of projects that have tried in the past 0:59:11.120 --> 0:59:13.440 and that are looking to do this, and so we 0:59:13.480 --> 0:59:15.680 know the demand is there. We know that there is, 0:59:15.760 --> 0:59:19.160 and ultimately, I think a lot of people who you know, yeah, 0:59:19.200 --> 0:59:21.440 they like their they're like an iPhone with a keyboard 0:59:21.440 --> 0:59:23.360 case on it, but some really do want to have 0:59:23.600 --> 0:59:27.000 just a phone like a Blackberries have experience again. 0:59:27.680 --> 0:59:30.680 And I was able to I know, mister Mobile obviously, 0:59:30.680 --> 0:59:32.760 Michael Fisher one of your other is he a co 0:59:32.840 --> 0:59:33.800 founder with the company. 0:59:35.000 --> 0:59:37.360 Yes, Michael is a co founder. He's he's been with 0:59:37.440 --> 0:59:39.840 us on the journey since you know, really early days. 0:59:40.520 --> 0:59:43.080 He's had a lot of input into you know, everything 0:59:43.080 --> 0:59:46.680 we do, from you know, keyboard designs to user experience. 0:59:47.280 --> 0:59:49.800 You know, he just knows he knows the products, not 0:59:49.880 --> 0:59:52.520 just from a keyboard, addective smartphones as well. You know, 0:59:52.600 --> 0:59:57.000 he's probably reviewed every single keyboard smartphone that's ever been 0:59:57.040 --> 1:00:00.880 produced and been released to market. So he's such a 1:00:01.480 --> 1:00:03.640 such a world of knowledge, you know, and such a 1:00:03.680 --> 1:00:04.560 genuine guy as well. 1:00:04.720 --> 1:00:07.040 He's a really really good person to have on the team. 1:00:07.120 --> 1:00:07.400 He is. 1:00:07.480 --> 1:00:09.720 It's funny because I go to a lot of events 1:00:09.720 --> 1:00:12.280 with him, and he always has the most friends around 1:00:12.320 --> 1:00:14.080 him at every event, So that's a that's a good 1:00:14.120 --> 1:00:16.840 sign for him. But you know, here's the thing, So 1:00:16.880 --> 1:00:18.760 I tried this out at CES. This was a couple 1:00:18.800 --> 1:00:21.120 of years ago, I think when it was first launching. 1:00:21.760 --> 1:00:24.080 It does add some bulk to the phone, So explain 1:00:24.160 --> 1:00:26.479 that aspect, because is it a case. Is it something 1:00:26.520 --> 1:00:28.680 you put on and off when you need it, or 1:00:28.720 --> 1:00:30.440 is it something you leave on all the time. 1:00:31.720 --> 1:00:33.040 Yeah, we don't. 1:00:32.840 --> 1:00:35.400 Really tell people how to use it, but what we 1:00:35.520 --> 1:00:37.960 found from our users is that most people leave it 1:00:38.000 --> 1:00:40.479 on all the time. Now, it does add a little 1:00:40.480 --> 1:00:44.560 bit of bulk, and you know, it does stick out 1:00:44.560 --> 1:00:46.560 of your pockets. You know, we have a lot of 1:00:46.600 --> 1:00:48.920 our female customers saying it doesn't fit into a handbag. 1:00:49.520 --> 1:00:52.240 We've tried to make it as small as possible for 1:00:52.400 --> 1:00:54.720 kind of the product as it is today, but we're 1:00:54.840 --> 1:00:58.640 continuing to innovade, you know, look at how we can improve, 1:00:58.880 --> 1:01:02.360 even if it's shaving minimey to new product form factors. 1:01:02.680 --> 1:01:05.160 You know, we're always listening to our customers and we 1:01:05.200 --> 1:01:07.520 want to try and make the best keyboard experience out 1:01:07.560 --> 1:01:08.120 there for people. 1:01:08.520 --> 1:01:11.320 All right, is called clicks Adrian, What do you find 1:01:11.320 --> 1:01:13.320 fun about all this? I assume this is not your 1:01:13.360 --> 1:01:16.640 first sort of startup or thing that you've done before. 1:01:16.720 --> 1:01:18.320 What do you find fun about all this stuff. 1:01:19.160 --> 1:01:21.200 Yeah correct, Yeah, not one of my first roudio here. 1:01:21.360 --> 1:01:24.040 But I love making products. I think we we, we 1:01:24.120 --> 1:01:25.240 and a lot of the team we come from a 1:01:25.280 --> 1:01:28.960 place where we just love making physical products. We're really 1:01:28.960 --> 1:01:32.040 passionate about them. We love seeing people use the product. 1:01:32.400 --> 1:01:34.640 I mean, I was in a I was in an 1:01:34.640 --> 1:01:38.880 event last week. Somebody came up to me and he said, clicks, 1:01:39.000 --> 1:01:41.720 I know you guys. I was in a board meeting 1:01:41.800 --> 1:01:45.480 last week and Linda Yakarino, who's on my board, showed up. 1:01:45.800 --> 1:01:47.640 She put she sat on the set, she sat down, 1:01:48.040 --> 1:01:49.760 took her phone out, put it on the table and 1:01:49.800 --> 1:01:51.160 I had your product on that and she started telling 1:01:51.160 --> 1:01:51.800 you all about it. 1:01:52.160 --> 1:01:53.720 And this was such an amazing story. 1:01:53.760 --> 1:01:55.280 And to hear things like that, and to know that 1:01:55.320 --> 1:01:58.640 your product is being used by people, whether they're fortune 1:01:58.680 --> 1:02:03.240 ten CEOs, whether they are you know, college students, whether 1:02:03.280 --> 1:02:08.400 it's somebody who has you know, some kind of you know, 1:02:08.920 --> 1:02:12.960 hearing or site visibility issue and they can't, you know, 1:02:13.320 --> 1:02:14.960 use a phone properly, and now they can. You know, 1:02:15.000 --> 1:02:16.560 all of these things I think really give us a 1:02:16.640 --> 1:02:18.560 kick to making the products that we do. 1:02:18.640 --> 1:02:21.520 Wait, that's interesting, So is there an accessibility aspect to 1:02:21.600 --> 1:02:23.240 these keyboards. 1:02:24.520 --> 1:02:27.040 Well, I think you know, we didn't, we didn't go 1:02:27.160 --> 1:02:30.640 into it deep ourselves initially. What we found is that 1:02:31.560 --> 1:02:35.280 visually impaired people, We've had feedback from people that have 1:02:35.360 --> 1:02:38.640 Parkinson's for example, who were unable to really use a 1:02:38.680 --> 1:02:42.400 touchscreen very well, have now been able to really navigate 1:02:42.480 --> 1:02:46.080 you know, keyboards and actually input into a phone. And 1:02:46.080 --> 1:02:47.680 that's and that was a really nice story when we 1:02:47.760 --> 1:02:49.000 started hearing some of these things. 1:02:49.280 --> 1:02:51.600 That's incredible. Yeah, it's it's I've I've found that with 1:02:51.640 --> 1:02:54.640 a lot of tech products that they don't set out 1:02:54.680 --> 1:02:56.960 to help people, you know, necessarily, like they don't think 1:02:56.960 --> 1:02:59.560 about that aspect. But of course as people use these 1:02:59.600 --> 1:03:02.400 things and they find these aspects that really benefit them, 1:03:02.440 --> 1:03:05.480 Like I'm thinking of specifically the ray band glasses, Like 1:03:05.520 --> 1:03:07.480 a lot of people in the accessibility community were like, 1:03:07.480 --> 1:03:09.200 oh my gosh, these are so great for this, this 1:03:09.280 --> 1:03:11.600 and this, and I just think that's a that's a 1:03:11.680 --> 1:03:14.200 neat side effect of all this stuff. 1:03:15.000 --> 1:03:17.320 Agreed, Yeah, no, Agrede. I mean, I've got a great story, right. 1:03:17.360 --> 1:03:19.960 I was before we actually launched the products. I was 1:03:20.080 --> 1:03:22.919 in the Apple Store in the UK. This was about 1:03:22.960 --> 1:03:24.800 three months before launch and I had to buy an iPhone. 1:03:24.800 --> 1:03:26.400 I was like, we would have an iPhone to the team, 1:03:26.400 --> 1:03:27.240 I'm just going to buy iPhones. 1:03:27.240 --> 1:03:27.480 So I went. 1:03:27.560 --> 1:03:29.880 I went to the Apple store. The lady serving me 1:03:30.320 --> 1:03:34.360 was visually impaired, and I was so impressed how she 1:03:34.400 --> 1:03:37.000 was navigating through iOS. And you know when you go 1:03:37.040 --> 1:03:39.720 to Apple stores and you purchase something, they all use 1:03:39.760 --> 1:03:42.120 their iPhones to you know, to make the payments, make 1:03:42.160 --> 1:03:45.840 the transaction. She was using a combination of an AirPod 1:03:46.440 --> 1:03:49.760 and audio cues to navigate through with the menu system. 1:03:50.440 --> 1:03:51.880 And I kind of let her finish what she was doing, 1:03:51.920 --> 1:03:54.120 and I said, oh, you know, I'm really impressed how 1:03:54.160 --> 1:03:57.080 you're navigating through iOS and how you're doing this transaction 1:03:57.200 --> 1:03:58.960 For me. I just want to let you know, you know, 1:03:59.000 --> 1:04:01.000 the reason I'm buying the phone, and you know, I 1:04:01.600 --> 1:04:03.400 let out and I said, look, we're developing this product. 1:04:04.080 --> 1:04:05.960 I think you might be you know, you might find 1:04:06.000 --> 1:04:06.600 it interesting. 1:04:06.880 --> 1:04:09.520 And I put her fingers on it and she touched 1:04:09.520 --> 1:04:12.000 the keys and immediately she got in she was like, wow, 1:04:12.280 --> 1:04:15.800 it's it's the keyboards and and you know, her reaction 1:04:16.000 --> 1:04:18.080 and her face was like you know it was. It 1:04:18.120 --> 1:04:20.360 really touched me. And you know, to me, I thought, 1:04:20.360 --> 1:04:22.520 you know what, this is something that the world really needs. 1:04:22.720 --> 1:04:25.040 You know, it might not be something that everybody will 1:04:25.040 --> 1:04:27.360 out there take out, take and grab, but I think, 1:04:27.440 --> 1:04:29.760 you know, there is definitely a really strong community out 1:04:29.800 --> 1:04:32.000 there and people that want a product like this. 1:04:32.200 --> 1:04:34.400 So we're just going to keep keep growing and keep 1:04:34.400 --> 1:04:35.600 scaling amazing. 1:04:35.640 --> 1:04:39.440 The website is clicks dot tech. Clicks dot tech if 1:04:39.440 --> 1:04:41.960 you want to check out a physical keyboard for your smartphone. 1:04:42.000 --> 1:04:45.600 They've gotten for the iPhone, the Pixel, the razor. Any 1:04:45.720 --> 1:04:48.560 any thought about Samsung in the future, is that maybe 1:04:48.600 --> 1:04:49.120 going to happen. 1:04:50.000 --> 1:04:52.480 We we thought about it, you know, I think we 1:04:52.560 --> 1:04:55.320 listened to our community and you know, it's who's going 1:04:55.400 --> 1:04:57.920 to shout loudest. You know, we're also a growing business 1:04:57.960 --> 1:05:00.360 and we want to scale at the right page. We 1:05:00.400 --> 1:05:01.800 don't want to do We've learned I think a lot 1:05:01.800 --> 1:05:04.080 of lessons in the last year. It's very easy to 1:05:04.080 --> 1:05:08.520 do too much too quickly. And Samson's are you know, 1:05:09.200 --> 1:05:11.680 beast in itself in terms of the different phone models, 1:05:11.760 --> 1:05:15.120 just like Apple an iPhone. So we'll we'll get to 1:05:15.160 --> 1:05:16.280 it eventually, okay. 1:05:17.040 --> 1:05:20.880 Adrian Limao, Ching, CEO of Clicks thanks so much for 1:05:21.000 --> 1:05:22.360 joining me today. Really appreciate it. 1:05:23.120 --> 1:05:24.560 Thank you, rich appreciate it all right. 1:05:24.600 --> 1:05:26.439 I'll put a link to it on my website. Rich 1:05:26.600 --> 1:05:29.880 On Tech dot TV eighty eight rich one O one 1:05:30.240 --> 1:05:33.240 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:05:33.680 --> 1:05:36.120 More of your calls, plus I'll explain my WhatsApp is 1:05:36.120 --> 1:05:38.800 adding ads coming up right here on rich On Tech. 1:05:40.760 --> 1:05:43.720 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:05:43.760 --> 1:05:47.360 out with you, talking technology eight eight eight rich one 1:05:47.400 --> 1:05:49.800 on one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:05:49.880 --> 1:05:53.000 one zero one. I guess since were past it, I 1:05:53.040 --> 1:05:56.080 can I can mention what happened last weekend, but UH 1:05:56.640 --> 1:05:59.240 had a little issue with the phone lines. And that 1:05:59.400 --> 1:06:02.960 was interesting because I don't know what happened. Well I 1:06:03.000 --> 1:06:05.680 do know what happened, but it's just long story short. 1:06:06.120 --> 1:06:10.320 Apparently we were affected by some sort of I don't know. 1:06:10.320 --> 1:06:12.080 People are trying you know what. I'm not even gonna 1:06:12.080 --> 1:06:13.880 get into it. It's not worth it. But the point 1:06:13.960 --> 1:06:15.880 is we're back this week. We've got our calls, we've 1:06:15.880 --> 1:06:18.480 got our callers, We've got Kim, We've got Bobo. We 1:06:18.520 --> 1:06:21.560 are firing on all cylinders this week. Kim chimed in 1:06:21.600 --> 1:06:26.280 with her twenty first birthday Bobo. She went to Chevy's, 1:06:26.280 --> 1:06:31.880 the Chevy Chevy's, Yeah, the Mexican restaurant. Yeah. She went 1:06:31.920 --> 1:06:34.760 there after work and had her first legal margarita. Oh, 1:06:34.800 --> 1:06:40.160 first legal Not quite as exciting as Vegas, but yeah, 1:06:40.200 --> 1:06:42.640 you know that. You know what Chevy's has. I don't 1:06:42.640 --> 1:06:45.040 know if there's one around here. They've got They've put 1:06:45.040 --> 1:06:46.960 on every plate. I think, like this little like sweet 1:06:47.080 --> 1:06:50.200 corn thing. Oh, it's like a little scoop of cor yes, 1:06:50.520 --> 1:06:53.040 oh so good. Yeah, Like I just want that for 1:06:53.120 --> 1:06:57.120 my whole meal. Oh, speaking of things, I ate, I 1:06:57.480 --> 1:06:59.800 did I tell you this? I ate a grasshopper in Mexico? 1:07:00.720 --> 1:07:02.760 Have you what have you ever eaten a grashopper? I 1:07:02.760 --> 1:07:04.919 have no desire to eat an insect. So they come, 1:07:05.160 --> 1:07:07.280 you can get it on the side with your guacamole, 1:07:07.760 --> 1:07:10.040 So it comes. It just sounds worse a little bowl 1:07:10.080 --> 1:07:12.600 of grasshoppers for like they're like, I don't know, dried 1:07:12.640 --> 1:07:14.200 out freeze, dride, whatever you want to call it. And 1:07:14.240 --> 1:07:16.400 then you like put some on your guacamole and eat it. 1:07:17.320 --> 1:07:19.840 And you did it. I tried it. Come on, would 1:07:19.920 --> 1:07:21.040 you not try it? Why not? 1:07:21.200 --> 1:07:21.360 No? 1:07:21.440 --> 1:07:23.560 I wouldn't You wouldn't even try it. No, the whole 1:07:23.560 --> 1:07:25.600 table was trying it. But I'm not not try it. 1:07:25.840 --> 1:07:27.600 I wouldn't be a part of the table, be a 1:07:27.680 --> 1:07:29.360 leader or not a leader, not a follower. 1:07:29.600 --> 1:07:32.560 I was like, I'm in Mexico once, well, I mean 1:07:32.640 --> 1:07:35.560 hopefully again, but you know what I mean. But I'm 1:07:35.600 --> 1:07:38.400 just saying it's like, why not try it? Like I'm 1:07:38.440 --> 1:07:42.520 still here today, I am here. Congratulations, Fine, nothing for you. 1:07:42.680 --> 1:07:44.760 I can now I have a story to tell. That's 1:07:44.800 --> 1:07:46.240 not a story I would want to share. We just 1:07:46.280 --> 1:07:51.160 wasted like five minutes on its Daisy's and menafee, Daisy, 1:07:51.200 --> 1:07:52.120 you're on with rich. 1:07:53.720 --> 1:07:59.840 Hell, Hi, Hi, I'm gonna can you hear me? 1:08:00.000 --> 1:08:00.240 Okay? 1:08:00.320 --> 1:08:02.080 Now, yeah, you kind of broke up a little bit, 1:08:02.120 --> 1:08:03.840 but go ahead, okay. 1:08:03.960 --> 1:08:04.280 Yes. 1:08:05.160 --> 1:08:07.120 I have an acer Chromebook. 1:08:07.200 --> 1:08:08.200 It's about a year old. 1:08:08.880 --> 1:08:11.720 I love it. I do genealogy and I use a 1:08:11.800 --> 1:08:17.639 split screen. And what's happening with my computer is it'll 1:08:17.720 --> 1:08:21.519 just start spinning like it's not connected to the internet. 1:08:21.920 --> 1:08:25.000 But my internet is very strong. All the other devices 1:08:25.040 --> 1:08:30.200 are fine. And the only solution is to turn it 1:08:30.240 --> 1:08:33.480 off and to turn it back on, and that gets annoying. 1:08:33.800 --> 1:08:35.559 Yeah, of course, and I didn't. 1:08:35.320 --> 1:08:37.439 Know if there was any way of fixing it. But 1:08:37.640 --> 1:08:41.439 since prime days are coming up, I also can get 1:08:41.479 --> 1:08:44.240 a new Chromebook like that. 1:08:44.280 --> 1:08:44.800 They're light. 1:08:46.080 --> 1:08:49.479 You just got this a year ago. We're not buying 1:08:49.479 --> 1:08:50.080 a new computer. 1:08:50.240 --> 1:08:50.280 This. 1:08:50.920 --> 1:08:52.519 The computer should last more than a year. 1:08:52.680 --> 1:08:55.000 So I used. 1:08:56.840 --> 1:08:58.160 It's very heavily. 1:08:57.920 --> 1:09:01.080 Used, so well, that shouldn't like effect. So here's the deal. Number. 1:09:01.080 --> 1:09:02.920 There could be number one. There could be you said 1:09:02.920 --> 1:09:07.160 this a Chromebook, right right, So there could be the 1:09:07.240 --> 1:09:10.720 fact that you know, the Wi Fi chromebooks are not 1:09:10.800 --> 1:09:14.040 necessarily known for being the most powerful computers out there, 1:09:14.040 --> 1:09:15.880 so the components in them are not going to be 1:09:16.000 --> 1:09:19.479 of the highest quality necessarily. It doesn't mean that they're not, 1:09:19.600 --> 1:09:21.759 but it just means that the Wi Fi chip inside 1:09:21.840 --> 1:09:24.160 this computer may not be as strong as some of 1:09:24.200 --> 1:09:26.160 the other devices you were talking about. Now, I test 1:09:26.160 --> 1:09:28.719 a lot of devices, and believe me, there is a 1:09:28.760 --> 1:09:32.879 wide range of Wi Fi reception on the various devices 1:09:32.880 --> 1:09:36.160 that I test. Like, for instance, Samsung phones have probably 1:09:36.160 --> 1:09:38.360 the best Wi Fi and cellular reception out of any 1:09:38.400 --> 1:09:41.080 device that I test. It's just the way they make them. 1:09:41.840 --> 1:09:44.400 Pixel probably has the worst Wi Fi reception. And that's 1:09:44.439 --> 1:09:47.240 also Google by the way, and so you know, an 1:09:47.240 --> 1:09:50.280 iPhone somewhere in between. So I think the first thing 1:09:50.360 --> 1:09:55.000 is has this been happening since you first got this Chromebook? No? No, okay, 1:09:55.479 --> 1:09:58.360 So it could be that this thing is, like you said, 1:09:58.360 --> 1:10:01.000 it's used a lot, but a year a very small 1:10:01.080 --> 1:10:02.920 amount of time for a computer. So what I would 1:10:02.920 --> 1:10:06.519 do is the neat thing about chromebooks is that you 1:10:06.640 --> 1:10:10.760 can factory reset them without losing the data because it's 1:10:10.760 --> 1:10:13.160 all basically done in the cloud. Like this, this computer 1:10:13.280 --> 1:10:14.800 is just something that you sign in with your Google 1:10:14.800 --> 1:10:19.320 account and you're browsing the web. Correct, yes, uh huh? 1:10:19.320 --> 1:10:22.800 And is it does it save all the passwords? I 1:10:22.800 --> 1:10:23.840 have a password saver? 1:10:24.200 --> 1:10:28.040 Yeah, if you're you have it saved in Google Passwords. Yeah, yeah, 1:10:28.400 --> 1:10:29.960 those will all be in there. So that's the beauty 1:10:29.960 --> 1:10:31.439 of this. So what I would do is just to 1:10:32.240 --> 1:10:34.280 save you and probably get you another year of this 1:10:34.320 --> 1:10:36.439 computer at least. I mean, you want a computer to 1:10:36.479 --> 1:10:39.720 last anywhere from four to you know, eight years. But 1:10:39.880 --> 1:10:43.040 what I would do is there's a thing called power wash. 1:10:43.360 --> 1:10:45.920 So have you heard of that on the chromebook? Okay, 1:10:46.439 --> 1:10:50.920 so you can basically powerwash this computer, which is a 1:10:51.000 --> 1:10:53.560 factory reset of the entire computer, so it's going to 1:10:53.600 --> 1:10:57.360 be back to the when you open this thing up 1:10:57.400 --> 1:10:59.439 for the first time. So that's what I would do, 1:10:59.720 --> 1:11:02.679 is what called the powerwash. I'll put the instructions on 1:11:02.720 --> 1:11:05.160 my website in the show notes rich on tech dot TV. 1:11:05.320 --> 1:11:08.920 But basically, you sign out of your Chromebook, you press 1:11:08.960 --> 1:11:16.040 and hold control alt shift are, and then you press restart. Okay, okay, 1:11:16.200 --> 1:11:20.080 so you sign out control alt shift are, select restart, 1:11:20.120 --> 1:11:21.800 and then you'll see a box and in that box 1:11:21.800 --> 1:11:25.080 you'll see powerwash and that basically the name implies what 1:11:25.160 --> 1:11:27.960 it's doing. It's giving your computer a power washing, which 1:11:28.000 --> 1:11:30.240 means it's going to clear out all the junk, clear 1:11:30.280 --> 1:11:33.280 out any settings that you changed, it's going to delete 1:11:33.280 --> 1:11:35.320 all the Wi Fi networks that you've connected to, and 1:11:35.360 --> 1:11:37.680 it's going to reset your Chromebook. And then once you 1:11:37.760 --> 1:11:39.760 reset it, you can open it up, sign back in 1:11:39.840 --> 1:11:42.720 with your Google account. Everything should be there and then 1:11:43.240 --> 1:11:45.200 hopefully the problem is fixed and you won't have this 1:11:45.240 --> 1:11:47.599 issue anymore, and that'll also get rid of any little 1:11:47.880 --> 1:11:50.559 lingering issues that might be happening. The only thing is 1:11:50.640 --> 1:11:52.240 you have to know is that ninety nine percent of 1:11:52.240 --> 1:11:53.880 what you're doing on the chromebook is in the cloud. 1:11:54.200 --> 1:11:56.880 Do you have any sort of oh, we got to go, 1:11:57.720 --> 1:11:59.600 but that that should be just fine just back up 1:11:59.600 --> 1:12:02.639 any fire that might be on an external drive. Great question, Daisy, 1:12:02.960 --> 1:12:07.960 Thanks so much for the call. Welcome back to rich 1:12:08.000 --> 1:12:10.519 on Tech Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking 1:12:10.520 --> 1:12:15.960 technology at eight eight eight rich one oh one eight 1:12:16.120 --> 1:12:20.360 eight eight seven four to two, four to one zero one. 1:12:21.000 --> 1:12:25.040 Kim is standing by, get you on the air. Bobo's dancing. 1:12:25.760 --> 1:12:29.640 I'm just doing my thing here on the mic. The 1:12:29.680 --> 1:12:33.040 website for the show rich on tech dot TV. If 1:12:33.040 --> 1:12:35.320 you're not following me on social media, check me out 1:12:35.360 --> 1:12:38.559 on Instagram. Got a couple of posts of note. If 1:12:38.560 --> 1:12:40.840 you want to see a trifolding phone, I've got that. 1:12:42.120 --> 1:12:45.479 A watch that has earbuds built into it. That's kind 1:12:45.479 --> 1:12:47.600 of cool. I think it's only available in Mexico, but 1:12:47.600 --> 1:12:50.400 it's still fun to look at. And then a couple 1:12:50.439 --> 1:12:53.840 I got my number one hotel hack number one. I 1:12:53.880 --> 1:12:58.400 am sharing all my secrets. By the way, I mentioned 1:12:58.400 --> 1:13:01.000 that WhatsApp is getting at so you probably see a 1:13:01.040 --> 1:13:04.519 lot of a lot of headlines about that. The thing 1:13:04.640 --> 1:13:07.719 is look all these companies of Meta, you know, Meta 1:13:07.760 --> 1:13:10.280 owns WhatsApp. They bought them. They got to make some 1:13:10.320 --> 1:13:12.360 money on it. So this is what they're doing. They're 1:13:12.360 --> 1:13:15.599 going to put ads in the updates tab. I never 1:13:15.640 --> 1:13:17.720 even looked at the updates tab until I just looked 1:13:17.760 --> 1:13:21.320 at this. It is basically like the status update area. 1:13:21.720 --> 1:13:23.400 So that's where you're going to start seeing ads if 1:13:23.400 --> 1:13:26.080 you're looking at that section. Most people, I think, are 1:13:26.120 --> 1:13:28.519 looking at the chats, which is what I use it for. 1:13:29.520 --> 1:13:32.960 WhatsApp was was instrumental in Mexico because there's you know, 1:13:33.000 --> 1:13:34.680 ten or fifteen of us on the trip, and we 1:13:34.720 --> 1:13:37.519 all have different phones, this and that, and I said, hey, 1:13:37.560 --> 1:13:39.920 can we just use WhatsApp. Let's just make a WhatsApp group. 1:13:40.280 --> 1:13:44.160 And it's perfect because everyone is It's a level playing field. 1:13:44.200 --> 1:13:47.040 WhatsApp works the same on every single device, So you 1:13:47.080 --> 1:13:49.760 want to send a big picture, video link, whatever, no 1:13:49.800 --> 1:13:52.200 matter what phone you have, you can use it. And 1:13:52.240 --> 1:13:54.280 so that's what people love. I mean, outside the US, 1:13:54.320 --> 1:13:56.519 WhatsApp is huge. I mean everyone uses it. Hearing the 1:13:56.560 --> 1:13:59.080 US people use it, but you know, I message is 1:13:59.160 --> 1:14:02.960 really kind of the king of everything. Sadly, I say, sadly, 1:14:03.040 --> 1:14:09.280 because again I like cross platform applications, and yes, I 1:14:09.400 --> 1:14:12.599 message has gotten a lot better with RCS versus you know, 1:14:12.960 --> 1:14:15.519 exchanging messages between iPhone and Android has gotten a lot 1:14:15.520 --> 1:14:19.040 better because of RCS. But still people are not I Message, 1:14:19.040 --> 1:14:20.960 and people get all bent out of shape. Oh you're 1:14:21.000 --> 1:14:25.280 making the group green or whatever. That's nonsense to me 1:14:25.439 --> 1:14:28.360 in a world of technology that should work equally well 1:14:28.400 --> 1:14:31.920 for everyone anyway. Besides the point, so your personal chats, 1:14:31.920 --> 1:14:34.760 your messages will remain ad free and most importantly, end 1:14:34.840 --> 1:14:38.439 to end encryptied, which is really what WhatsApp is all about. 1:14:38.600 --> 1:14:40.599 No one can tap into those messages that you sent 1:14:40.720 --> 1:14:45.000 on WhatsApp. No one, no government, no, not even Meta themselves. 1:14:45.400 --> 1:14:47.919 So that's why people like it because it is private 1:14:47.960 --> 1:14:54.120 and encrypted by default. Let's go to Sherry in Orange County. Sharry, 1:14:54.160 --> 1:14:54.840 you're on with Rich. 1:14:56.160 --> 1:14:58.400 Oh Rich, nice to meet you. 1:14:59.120 --> 1:15:01.599 Well, nice to meet you you too via phone. 1:15:03.080 --> 1:15:10.240 Okay, so my question is kind of a interesting, Uh dylmma, 1:15:10.240 --> 1:15:12.679 I have I've retired almost three years ago. 1:15:13.000 --> 1:15:16.400 Congratulations, thank you, and I have three issues. 1:15:16.920 --> 1:15:19.759 First off, on my iPhone, go in and I'm trying 1:15:19.760 --> 1:15:21.800 to enter in my email address. It goes to my 1:15:21.880 --> 1:15:24.920 work email address, and I've looked all over and I 1:15:24.960 --> 1:15:27.280 can't figure out how to remove that. It's like an 1:15:27.280 --> 1:15:28.000 instant thing. 1:15:28.720 --> 1:15:30.200 I'm sorry, it's an instant thing. 1:15:31.120 --> 1:15:33.439 Yeah, like you know, you you start typing it in 1:15:33.479 --> 1:15:36.720 and a little auto we put in your email address. 1:15:36.400 --> 1:15:39.080 Oh auto fill, yes, yeah, go to. 1:15:39.040 --> 1:15:42.479 My work email. And then then the next two are 1:15:42.560 --> 1:15:45.679 that I set up the Facebook for my work years 1:15:45.680 --> 1:15:48.960 and years ago, and I also set up Instagram, and 1:15:49.040 --> 1:15:52.960 I guess I'm the main admin on it, and the 1:15:53.040 --> 1:15:57.160 girl that took over can't remove me because I'm I 1:15:57.160 --> 1:15:58.320 guess still working there and. 1:15:58.320 --> 1:15:59.240 Superior to her. 1:15:59.320 --> 1:16:02.360 But I don't know anyway. I need to figure out 1:16:02.400 --> 1:16:03.960 how to do that too. I know I probably have 1:16:04.040 --> 1:16:07.960 to make her the main admin too and then delete me, 1:16:08.120 --> 1:16:09.080 but I can't find. 1:16:08.960 --> 1:16:09.479 How to do it. 1:16:09.720 --> 1:16:13.200 Yeah, okay, that's that the admin thing is, uh is? Yeah, 1:16:13.240 --> 1:16:14.760 I got to look into that because I'm not sure 1:16:14.800 --> 1:16:17.200 I've got I've got my wife as an admin on 1:16:17.240 --> 1:16:20.000 my page, and I gotta I gotta see if you 1:16:20.040 --> 1:16:23.120 can switch that. But let's let's tackle the the autofil first. 1:16:23.160 --> 1:16:27.320 I think where that's coming from is your There's two 1:16:27.360 --> 1:16:29.280 places that you can potentially do that first off, in 1:16:29.320 --> 1:16:32.160 your contacts if you go to your con If you 1:16:32.240 --> 1:16:35.280 go to your contacts and you go to yourself, which 1:16:35.320 --> 1:16:38.479 is my card up at the top, you should delete 1:16:38.520 --> 1:16:40.439 your work email out of there. 1:16:42.680 --> 1:16:43.439 Under my card? 1:16:43.479 --> 1:16:44.240 Did you say yes? 1:16:44.360 --> 1:16:48.320 Under my card? And so that's that's probably where it's 1:16:48.320 --> 1:16:51.360 populating that from the other place you can go is 1:16:51.400 --> 1:16:56.520 into settings and there is a keyboard. Let's see here, keyboard, 1:16:58.000 --> 1:17:02.880 let's see so is your is your email address in there? 1:17:05.000 --> 1:17:07.439 Well? I had like three emails in there, but it 1:17:07.560 --> 1:17:09.360 always goes to my work one first. 1:17:09.760 --> 1:17:11.960 Okay, yeah, so I would I would delete the work 1:17:11.960 --> 1:17:13.960 one out of there and just that way that that 1:17:14.000 --> 1:17:16.559 should probably fix that. But I'm going to look up 1:17:16.760 --> 1:17:22.600 under the keyboard on your computer there is reset keyboard dictionary, 1:17:23.160 --> 1:17:26.080 So I would tap that and see if that helps. 1:17:27.040 --> 1:17:29.599 Because what happened is if you if you selected that 1:17:30.200 --> 1:17:33.000 auto complete a couple of times throughout the years, your 1:17:33.040 --> 1:17:35.880 iPhone just learns that that's what you're using, and they 1:17:36.000 --> 1:17:37.679 kind of put that there at the top because it's 1:17:37.960 --> 1:17:39.400 it's just what they're doing. 1:17:40.000 --> 1:17:42.960 If I delete them all or delete before I do that, 1:17:43.040 --> 1:17:44.360 am I deleting everything? Then? 1:17:44.800 --> 1:17:46.120 Well? Do you have a lot of stuff in your 1:17:46.120 --> 1:17:47.960 custom keyboard. I don't think you do. I mean it 1:17:48.080 --> 1:17:51.679 probably chance, but I'm just wondering chances are you don't. 1:17:51.680 --> 1:17:53.880 I don't. It's just basically anything that the keyboard has 1:17:53.920 --> 1:17:55.840 learned over the years, like if you corrected someone's name 1:17:55.920 --> 1:17:57.120 or something like that. I don't think it's a big 1:17:57.160 --> 1:17:59.479 deal to start over on that. If that's my first 1:17:59.720 --> 1:18:02.479 first start with the contact Go to your contact card 1:18:02.520 --> 1:18:04.760 and delete out your work email address, and I think 1:18:04.760 --> 1:18:07.240 that should fix it. Restart your phone and see if 1:18:07.240 --> 1:18:08.640 that helps the next time you go to type in 1:18:08.640 --> 1:18:13.240 an email. For what it's worth, Sherry, uh. I. For 1:18:13.240 --> 1:18:17.120 some reason, the only email address my iPhone does not 1:18:17.200 --> 1:18:19.720 auto complete is my email address. It does every other 1:18:19.720 --> 1:18:23.080 email address in the world except mine, and I'm not 1:18:23.120 --> 1:18:25.559 sure why that's doing that. So I've got it in 1:18:25.600 --> 1:18:27.320 my contact let me just maybe, you know what, let 1:18:27.400 --> 1:18:28.960 me just make sure it's in my contact card now 1:18:29.000 --> 1:18:31.719 that I've got you here. Yeah, I've got it right there, 1:18:31.800 --> 1:18:34.280 and so I its just for some reason, it auto 1:18:34.400 --> 1:18:37.920 completes every other email address in the world except for mine. 1:18:38.000 --> 1:18:42.320 So that's it. Okay. Number two, change the admin on 1:18:42.360 --> 1:18:43.640 a Facebook page. 1:18:43.840 --> 1:18:44.080 So. 1:18:46.439 --> 1:18:48.719 Change it on Facebook. Is it also changing on Instagram 1:18:48.840 --> 1:18:50.440 or do you go both places? 1:18:50.720 --> 1:18:53.479 Uh? That I am not sure about. Usually with the 1:18:53.640 --> 1:18:58.439 with the if their accounts are linked. Are the accounts linked, Yeah, yeah, 1:18:58.439 --> 1:19:01.120 then it typically should change it on both. So what 1:19:01.160 --> 1:19:03.639 I would do is, I think now I'm just kind 1:19:03.640 --> 1:19:05.960 of imagining how you would do this, is that you 1:19:06.000 --> 1:19:09.280 would name the new person as an administrator. Have you 1:19:09.320 --> 1:19:09.639 done that? 1:19:11.320 --> 1:19:14.639 I haven't looked at it recently, but I probably did. 1:19:14.680 --> 1:19:20.040 But she said she wasn't the like maybe she was 1:19:20.080 --> 1:19:20.840 a contributor. 1:19:21.080 --> 1:19:24.120 Yeah, I would set her as the set her as 1:19:24.160 --> 1:19:26.760 the main admin or set her as an admin, and 1:19:26.800 --> 1:19:28.639 then if you can set her as the main admin 1:19:28.760 --> 1:19:31.320 and then you can go through and have her I 1:19:31.360 --> 1:19:33.599 think she might have to delete you so. 1:19:35.560 --> 1:19:37.400 And she said you couldn't go well, right. 1:19:37.360 --> 1:19:39.400 But she might not have been a complete admin, So 1:19:39.439 --> 1:19:41.320 I would I would go into there and check your 1:19:41.360 --> 1:19:45.360 Facebook settings. That's going to be under settings and then 1:19:45.439 --> 1:19:50.040 page roll. So let's see. Uh Facebook, It's Facebook settings 1:19:50.040 --> 1:19:54.599 are a nightmare. They are literally the worst. They are 1:19:54.600 --> 1:19:57.360 the worst setup of anything that I've seen on the 1:19:57.400 --> 1:20:00.120 Internet because there's just so many of them, and it 1:20:00.120 --> 1:20:03.959 depends if you're managing a page versus a private account, 1:20:04.200 --> 1:20:06.559 which in my case I have both, so I can't. 1:20:06.600 --> 1:20:08.000 I can't go through these on the air right here 1:20:08.000 --> 1:20:10.800 because there's just too many settings. But typically go into 1:20:10.800 --> 1:20:15.559 your settings on Facebook, look under page rolls, and if 1:20:15.560 --> 1:20:18.559 it's not page rolls, it could also be page set up, 1:20:18.880 --> 1:20:21.559 depending on the version of Facebook that you're using. I 1:20:21.600 --> 1:20:24.680 think you're probably using I would hope the new page experience, 1:20:25.200 --> 1:20:27.920 so that's under settings, and then page set up, and 1:20:27.960 --> 1:20:31.320 then choose the user, give them access and then you'll 1:20:31.320 --> 1:20:33.600 have to confirm that and then they can probably go 1:20:33.680 --> 1:20:37.280 through and delete you. Okay, all right, sure you have 1:20:37.320 --> 1:20:38.160 a little bit of homework. 1:20:39.000 --> 1:20:43.479 When I set up Facebook and then Instagram came into existence, 1:20:43.520 --> 1:20:46.599 and then I want to say they're connected, because that's 1:20:46.600 --> 1:20:50.559 how I got into Instagram, so it should be connected, right. 1:20:50.439 --> 1:20:52.920 Yeah, they should be connected like mine's connected because I 1:20:53.080 --> 1:20:55.160 mine's all under the same account, So as long as 1:20:55.200 --> 1:20:57.360 it's in the same account, it should be connected. I 1:20:57.400 --> 1:20:59.439 don't I don't if it's not, and you'll just have 1:20:59.439 --> 1:21:01.440 to do the same thing on Instagram. 1:21:02.000 --> 1:21:03.599 Okay, all right, I appreciate it. 1:21:03.800 --> 1:21:05.960 All right, Sherry, keep me posted. Go to Rich on 1:21:06.040 --> 1:21:07.720 tech Dot TV send me an email let me know 1:21:07.720 --> 1:21:10.000 if any of that stuff worked, because you know, sometimes 1:21:10.040 --> 1:21:11.679 I like do a follow up because we talk about 1:21:11.680 --> 1:21:13.920 a lot of stuff on this show, and I like 1:21:13.960 --> 1:21:15.599 to know if the things that we talk about actually 1:21:15.600 --> 1:21:18.360 work when you try to do them, because I can't 1:21:18.360 --> 1:21:20.559 do everything while I'm on the air because it's just's. 1:21:20.880 --> 1:21:23.840 I mean, like settings alone on Instagram. I'm looking at 1:21:23.840 --> 1:21:26.680 the page here, there's just there's so many and they 1:21:26.760 --> 1:21:30.559 change like every week. So I'm looking at my page setup. Okay, 1:21:30.560 --> 1:21:34.519 here we go, page set up, and I'm looking for 1:21:34.800 --> 1:21:40.040 the page recommendations, page access. Okay, here we go page access, 1:21:40.600 --> 1:21:44.680 and there's me and there's my wife, and okay, so 1:21:44.840 --> 1:21:48.320 if I yeah, I can set let's see remove access, 1:21:48.840 --> 1:21:52.240 remove access. Oh I can remove access to my own self. 1:21:52.280 --> 1:21:55.519 That's scary, but yeah. So if you look at it, 1:21:55.520 --> 1:21:57.880 it should be where you can add someone as an 1:21:57.920 --> 1:22:00.160 admin right there. And so that's what I would do 1:22:00.200 --> 1:22:02.439 and just add her as the admin, make sure she 1:22:02.479 --> 1:22:04.599 has complete access, and then she can go into this 1:22:05.880 --> 1:22:09.000 the people with Facebook access setting and delete you out. 1:22:09.960 --> 1:22:13.519 Good question eighty eight rich one O one eight eight 1:22:13.600 --> 1:22:17.160 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Uh 1:22:17.200 --> 1:22:22.320 if you like Xbox Game Pass, you can get two 1:22:22.360 --> 1:22:26.080 months free if you have a Samsung TV or a monitor. 1:22:26.680 --> 1:22:29.080 So this is a new deal because Samsung has a 1:22:29.080 --> 1:22:32.880 new deal with EA Sports FC twenty five. I guess 1:22:32.920 --> 1:22:36.200 you can play it with no console on a Samsung 1:22:36.240 --> 1:22:38.920 TV or a monitor now, which is pretty cool. So 1:22:39.080 --> 1:22:42.240 this is in the Samsung Gaming hug Hub. But because 1:22:42.280 --> 1:22:46.200 they did that, they are giving people an Xbox game 1:22:46.280 --> 1:22:49.760 Pass UH subscriber two months. So two months of this 1:22:49.880 --> 1:22:53.840 for free. That's about twenty dollars a month. That's forty dollars. Yeah, 1:22:53.920 --> 1:22:55.920 are you familiar with game You're you know? What do 1:22:55.960 --> 1:22:59.360 you have? The Ultimate? Of course? Yeah? Now I've done 1:22:59.400 --> 1:23:01.559 so many free trials of this. I've never I think 1:23:01.560 --> 1:23:04.360 I've only paid for it one month. But I every 1:23:04.479 --> 1:23:06.920 every like gadget like computers and things they come with 1:23:06.960 --> 1:23:09.120 like a I don't know, just always I'm always getting 1:23:09.200 --> 1:23:10.400 like months of free. 1:23:10.720 --> 1:23:13.080 My only issue is now that Xbox Live is like 1:23:13.400 --> 1:23:15.680 twenty bucks a month they change, You're paying like one 1:23:15.760 --> 1:23:18.519 hundred and twenty dollars a year to game online. But 1:23:18.760 --> 1:23:22.000 the positive thing about Xbox Live Ultimate is you get 1:23:22.400 --> 1:23:24.639 literally most of their catalog to play. 1:23:24.760 --> 1:23:26.840 You can just download the games and play them. When 1:23:26.840 --> 1:23:28.639 you're done, want them to delete them and download something else. 1:23:28.720 --> 1:23:30.880 Most of the Microsoft games, most of the Microsoft game 1:23:31.000 --> 1:23:33.160 the big titles there, yeah, the major titles. Then you 1:23:33.160 --> 1:23:35.720 get them like a day early. Oh that's the cool thing. Yeah, 1:23:35.800 --> 1:23:37.559 what's the title? What is everyone playing right now? What 1:23:37.560 --> 1:23:40.759 are you playing? I'm still playing Fortnite and call them duty. 1:23:40.800 --> 1:23:42.960 But those like Fortnite doesn't cost anything, right, Like, you 1:23:42.960 --> 1:23:45.639 don't have to. I mean, you can play Fortnite for free, 1:23:46.240 --> 1:23:48.439 but if you get the Season Pass, it can cost 1:23:48.479 --> 1:23:51.720 you anywhere from eight ninety nine to you can get 1:23:51.760 --> 1:23:55.439 the subscription for I thinks twelve bucks a month. Oh wow, 1:23:55.520 --> 1:23:57.439 twelve dollars a month. But that you don't you get 1:23:57.439 --> 1:23:59.120 a lot with that. But you don't need game Pass 1:23:59.160 --> 1:24:01.160 to play for any game. 1:24:01.200 --> 1:24:03.879 What Xbox did was any game that is free to download, 1:24:03.960 --> 1:24:04.880 is free to play online. 1:24:05.080 --> 1:24:07.600 Yeah, oh that's cool. Well, anyway, so if you want to, 1:24:07.640 --> 1:24:09.000 if you want to try to see if you can 1:24:09.040 --> 1:24:12.519 find this, uh this two free months of Xbox Game Pass. 1:24:13.360 --> 1:24:17.320 Go to the Samsung Promotions app on your TV, click 1:24:17.400 --> 1:24:19.960 the Xbox banner or scan the code and then put 1:24:19.960 --> 1:24:23.000 the code in at Xbox dot Com slash redeem two 1:24:23.000 --> 1:24:25.960 free months of Xbox Game Pass. There you go eighty 1:24:25.920 --> 1:24:28.000 and eight Rich one on one eight eight eight seven 1:24:28.080 --> 1:24:33.719 four two four one zero one more after this. Welcome 1:24:33.720 --> 1:24:36.720 back to Rich on Tech. Rich Demurro here hanging out 1:24:36.720 --> 1:24:42.400 with you, talking technology website for the show Rich on 1:24:42.920 --> 1:24:50.120 Tech dot TV. Let's go to uh Tom in or cut, California. 1:24:50.280 --> 1:24:52.679 Tom You're on with Rich by Rich. 1:24:52.720 --> 1:24:55.320 Thank you for calling me back. Great show. 1:24:55.960 --> 1:24:58.400 Thank you, glad glad to have you here. What can 1:24:58.439 --> 1:24:58.960 I help you with? 1:25:00.120 --> 1:25:02.640 I'm in the market for a new laptop. I have 1:25:02.720 --> 1:25:07.160 an old, old HP and I'm looking to pick up 1:25:07.200 --> 1:25:11.439 another laptop. I'm not into gaming, not into downloading movies 1:25:11.520 --> 1:25:13.639 or music. I guess I'm kind of boring. I mainly 1:25:13.720 --> 1:25:17.880 just surf the web, email, and pay my bills online. 1:25:18.000 --> 1:25:21.000 That's about basically all I use my laptop for. I 1:25:21.080 --> 1:25:23.679 had this HP for I'm still on a Windows seven 1:25:23.720 --> 1:25:24.560 if you believe. 1:25:24.320 --> 1:25:28.479 It, Oh my gosh, I burn it, burn that thing. 1:25:29.360 --> 1:25:31.760 Yeah I am, I'm just kidding. Don't don't. I don't 1:25:31.760 --> 1:25:34.920 want the environmental do do not burn batteries. Please do 1:25:35.040 --> 1:25:36.439 not burn your laptops properly. 1:25:36.479 --> 1:25:40.799 Recycled anyway, it's been working great. I have no complaints, 1:25:40.840 --> 1:25:43.120 but it's getting tired and it's been flown down, so 1:25:43.120 --> 1:25:45.679 I won't if you have any recommendations for another laptop. 1:25:45.840 --> 1:25:47.519 Now, how long have you had this laptop? 1:25:50.360 --> 1:25:55.360 Well, it's a Pavilion E seven thirteen thirty DX. 1:25:55.160 --> 1:25:58.240 Not TAB Oh my gosh, okay, HP. 1:25:59.760 --> 1:26:00.719 You know it's worth great. 1:26:00.960 --> 1:26:02.559 No, that's that's what I'm saying. I mean, look at 1:26:02.600 --> 1:26:04.360 this is the thing. Like we had a caller earlier 1:26:04.840 --> 1:26:08.280 wanted to upgrade their computer after one year. No, computers 1:26:08.320 --> 1:26:10.960 should be lasting minimum four years. 1:26:11.000 --> 1:26:11.160 You know. 1:26:11.240 --> 1:26:13.880 If you're a power user like me, like I switch 1:26:13.960 --> 1:26:17.160 my I switch out my computer every usually every two 1:26:17.200 --> 1:26:20.280 to three years at the max. Right, But I'm a 1:26:20.280 --> 1:26:22.479 power user, so I need to do that. But if 1:26:22.479 --> 1:26:24.720 you're just an average user, that's like you said, you're 1:26:24.760 --> 1:26:27.639 just doing bills, you're just surfing the web. Your computer 1:26:27.680 --> 1:26:29.559 should last a long time. With a little bit of 1:26:29.600 --> 1:26:32.280 maintenance and just kind of keeping things nice and clean 1:26:32.400 --> 1:26:35.080 and up to date. You should have a computer that 1:26:35.160 --> 1:26:35.960 lasts a long time. 1:26:36.840 --> 1:26:39.840 So it's probably over fifteen twenty years I've had it. 1:26:39.960 --> 1:26:41.840 That's incredible. That's an incredible run. 1:26:44.400 --> 1:26:47.080 I'm looking up grade, okay, get in the twenty first century. 1:26:47.240 --> 1:26:49.160 So here's the thing. So I mean, when it comes 1:26:49.200 --> 1:26:52.559 to specs, what I would recommend is you don't need 1:26:52.720 --> 1:26:54.360 super high end stuff. So I'm just going to give 1:26:54.360 --> 1:26:56.719 you the basic specs I think you should be looking for. Okay, 1:26:57.240 --> 1:27:01.000 so number one Intel or AMD chip. Now, most of 1:27:01.000 --> 1:27:05.599 the chips these days are numbered, whether it's A three, five, seven, nine, 1:27:06.000 --> 1:27:07.880 So I would go for you, you probably just need 1:27:07.920 --> 1:27:11.439 a five. So Intel in Intel Core five, they have 1:27:11.439 --> 1:27:13.680 two different like levels of that, so one is like 1:27:13.760 --> 1:27:17.879 Intel Core one's Intel Core Ultra. You know Ultra obviously 1:27:17.960 --> 1:27:19.240 is gonna be a little bit better. It's got the 1:27:19.240 --> 1:27:21.800 AI stuff, but you'd be fine with the Core. So 1:27:22.800 --> 1:27:26.160 but yeah, Intel Core seven or Core five, or you 1:27:26.200 --> 1:27:29.200 can go with the a MD. I would say when 1:27:29.240 --> 1:27:31.400 it comes to am D, you know, same thing. You 1:27:31.439 --> 1:27:35.200 can go five or seven. But you know, they also 1:27:35.240 --> 1:27:37.800 have these new computers that have the Qualcomm chips in them, 1:27:38.120 --> 1:27:40.240 which is like a Snapdragon X. Those are gonna be 1:27:40.240 --> 1:27:43.080 a little bit less powered, but for what you're needing, 1:27:43.160 --> 1:27:44.800 they're gonna be just fine as well. So if you 1:27:44.800 --> 1:27:47.800 see a computer with snap Dragon X that's gonna be fine. 1:27:48.640 --> 1:27:48.760 Uh. 1:27:48.840 --> 1:27:51.559 Now when it comes to memory, uh, the other one 1:27:51.600 --> 1:27:53.800 is uh, the memory you probably want. You probably want 1:27:53.840 --> 1:27:57.639 minimum sixteen gigs of memory, So that's RAM. And when 1:27:57.640 --> 1:28:00.120 it comes to the graphics, you know, the do GPU like, 1:28:00.160 --> 1:28:02.679 you don't need a separate graphics if it's built into 1:28:02.720 --> 1:28:06.519 the CPU, that's fine. Memory sixteen gigs is fine if 1:28:06.560 --> 1:28:08.080 you want to make this thing. I mean, your last 1:28:08.080 --> 1:28:10.439 computer lasted so long. If you want to go thirty 1:28:10.439 --> 1:28:14.360 two gigs to make it last even longer, that's great. Storage. 1:28:14.400 --> 1:28:17.280 You want a I would say probably five twelve to 1:28:17.360 --> 1:28:20.519 one terabyte gig hard drive and most of the time 1:28:20.760 --> 1:28:22.640 these are going to be SSD drives. That's going to 1:28:22.680 --> 1:28:26.639 be much faster than a standard hard drive. Let's see 1:28:26.640 --> 1:28:28.080 what else. And of course you just want to look 1:28:28.080 --> 1:28:30.439 for your USB C ports. You want to make sure 1:28:30.439 --> 1:28:34.160 it has that. You want good wireless. I think that's 1:28:34.160 --> 1:28:37.800 going to do it. So brands specifically, I think the 1:28:37.840 --> 1:28:40.120 brand to look at that I really like as the 1:28:40.160 --> 1:28:43.040 a SEUs. I like two brands. The Vvo Book is 1:28:43.080 --> 1:28:47.320 going to be sort of an overall great computer, the 1:28:47.400 --> 1:28:50.120 Vivo Book. They often go on sale at best Buy, 1:28:50.240 --> 1:28:53.519 so do not pay full price, but like this one 1:28:53.560 --> 1:28:56.760 that I'm looking at, this VVO book S fourteen, which 1:28:56.800 --> 1:28:59.760 is highly rated. It's nine hundred and fifty dollars. This 1:28:59.760 --> 1:29:01.599 thing been on sale for as low as like five 1:29:01.680 --> 1:29:05.840 hundred dollars, So definitely be on the lookout for, you know, 1:29:05.920 --> 1:29:07.800 deals on that. And you want something that has a 1:29:07.800 --> 1:29:11.280 big screen, make sure you get fifteen fourteen fifteen sixteen 1:29:11.320 --> 1:29:13.040 inch screen is going to be best, especially if you're 1:29:13.120 --> 1:29:15.360 using your computer for all those years. The other one 1:29:15.400 --> 1:29:17.439 I like is the one I'm using over here. This 1:29:17.520 --> 1:29:20.479 is a a sus Zen book that's going to be 1:29:20.479 --> 1:29:23.000 a little bit more expensive, a little more sleek and slick, 1:29:23.080 --> 1:29:25.120 but that's a really good one as well. So those 1:29:25.160 --> 1:29:28.360 are two good laptops, but really, any laptop that you 1:29:28.479 --> 1:29:30.519 find that has those specs that I mentioned, I think 1:29:30.560 --> 1:29:32.479 you're going to good with Tom. Thanks for the call 1:29:32.520 --> 1:29:34.720 and thanks for using a computer that long great for 1:29:34.760 --> 1:29:37.160 the world. Coming up, we're going to talk to Molly 1:29:37.200 --> 1:29:41.440 to Frank, host of digit Our, author of Digital DTOs, 1:29:41.520 --> 1:29:46.680 a two week tech reset for kids. Welcome back to 1:29:46.760 --> 1:29:51.880 rich On Tech. Rich On tech dot tv is the website. 1:29:52.000 --> 1:29:56.240 Joining me now is Mollie de Frank. She's got a 1:29:56.240 --> 1:30:00.639 new book called Digital Detox, The two Week Tech Reset 1:30:00.720 --> 1:30:03.320 for Kids. Mollie, thanks for joining me today. 1:30:03.800 --> 1:30:04.800 Thanks for having me rich. 1:30:05.040 --> 1:30:08.880 So, this is a problem that is happening everywhere when 1:30:08.880 --> 1:30:11.080 I was in I was in Mexico City this week 1:30:11.160 --> 1:30:12.960 and I was watching I'd love to watch how people 1:30:13.040 --> 1:30:15.880 use their phones and on the plane, just everywhere. And 1:30:15.920 --> 1:30:17.719 so this is not just kids, but like pretty much 1:30:17.720 --> 1:30:21.200 everyone is in this swiping culture of flip flip flip 1:30:21.200 --> 1:30:24.599 flip flip, Like attention span is like one second and 1:30:24.680 --> 1:30:27.760 it's getting out of control. So what inspired you to 1:30:27.840 --> 1:30:28.559 write this book? 1:30:29.479 --> 1:30:32.839 Well, as a mom to six kids, I hear exactly 1:30:32.880 --> 1:30:36.120 what you're saying. It definitely resonates, And honestly, it was 1:30:36.200 --> 1:30:38.960 out of our own experience. My kids had too much 1:30:38.960 --> 1:30:41.719 technology and I did not appreciate how much their digital 1:30:41.840 --> 1:30:44.320 entertainment was squashing their creativity. 1:30:44.400 --> 1:30:45.919 It was putting them in bad moods. 1:30:46.200 --> 1:30:48.360 It was making them fight with each other in ways 1:30:48.360 --> 1:30:51.400 that I had not seen. It made my own childhood 1:30:51.400 --> 1:30:54.640 squabbles look like nothing in comparison. I was watching, like 1:30:54.840 --> 1:30:57.639 wwe live in my living room, and I knew something 1:30:57.720 --> 1:31:00.559 had to change. So we actually did some thing crazy, 1:31:00.560 --> 1:31:03.719 and we took away all of their digital entertainment and 1:31:04.280 --> 1:31:08.280 it solved probably eighty percent of our parenting problems. And 1:31:08.320 --> 1:31:11.280 I couldn't believe it. So I wrote this book about 1:31:11.320 --> 1:31:13.160 how to help other parents do it. And I've had 1:31:13.240 --> 1:31:15.120 so many parents come back to me and say, I 1:31:15.120 --> 1:31:17.320 cannot believe how quickly and how well this worked in 1:31:17.320 --> 1:31:17.799 my family. 1:31:18.240 --> 1:31:20.799 So well, you described what was happening in your family, 1:31:20.800 --> 1:31:23.040 You describe what's happening in like ninety nine percent of 1:31:23.040 --> 1:31:26.320 households in America right now, and it happens in mine too. 1:31:26.360 --> 1:31:28.439 I mean, I feel like I call my kids like 1:31:28.479 --> 1:31:31.759 iPad zombies. When they're on their iPad, it's like nothing 1:31:31.800 --> 1:31:35.639 else in the world matters. And I've said this many times. 1:31:35.680 --> 1:31:37.960 When I was a kid, you know, I was outside, 1:31:38.040 --> 1:31:39.760 I was and I'm not. Look. I get that the 1:31:39.800 --> 1:31:42.320 world has changed in the time since I was a kid, 1:31:42.360 --> 1:31:44.320 and I get it, But at the same time, you 1:31:44.360 --> 1:31:46.240 still need to be a kid, and when you're on 1:31:46.280 --> 1:31:49.439 your screen, you're just not like it's very different of 1:31:49.800 --> 1:31:51.280 how you're developing as a child. 1:31:52.120 --> 1:31:52.320 Well. 1:31:52.360 --> 1:31:55.799 Absolutely, and to be honest, like it's a very difficult 1:31:55.800 --> 1:31:58.439 time to parent right now. Because we're looking back at 1:31:58.479 --> 1:32:00.600 our childhood going, yeah, pack me and all that. 1:32:00.720 --> 1:32:01.599 I grew up on that stuff. 1:32:01.600 --> 1:32:05.160 It's fine Saturday morning cartoons, but the technology has changed 1:32:05.360 --> 1:32:08.639 so much over one generation that it's not the same. 1:32:09.040 --> 1:32:11.000 And just like you mentioned, you've got these kids, they're 1:32:11.040 --> 1:32:13.760 like iPad kids. They look like zombies. They're addicted to 1:32:13.840 --> 1:32:17.719 these devices. So parents are kind of scratching their heads, going, gosh, 1:32:17.720 --> 1:32:20.200 the marketing told me, you know, giving my kids a 1:32:20.280 --> 1:32:23.000 tablet early would turn them into a rocket scientist. But 1:32:23.040 --> 1:32:24.920 that's not what I'm seeing. I'm seeing kids who are 1:32:24.960 --> 1:32:28.920 bored and irritable and ornery. And what went wrong and 1:32:29.439 --> 1:32:31.439 what we know and what we're seeing us the research 1:32:31.479 --> 1:32:34.600 is just pouring out, is that this is not the 1:32:34.600 --> 1:32:38.519 same technology, and it's purposefully designed to addict our kids, 1:32:38.560 --> 1:32:42.240 and there are there are very little, if any redemptive 1:32:42.320 --> 1:32:44.240 value in our kids digital entertainment right now. 1:32:44.439 --> 1:32:46.679 Yeah, I agree, And I actually think this may turn 1:32:46.720 --> 1:32:49.439 out to be the Tobacco of this generation. Like it really, 1:32:49.479 --> 1:32:51.880 like like you said, there's a lot of studies, but 1:32:52.000 --> 1:32:54.080 like parents don't want to believe it, and it's so 1:32:54.400 --> 1:32:58.479 ingrained in how kids function these days, Like when it 1:32:58.520 --> 1:33:01.200 comes to keeping it in touch with kids and playing 1:33:01.280 --> 1:33:05.160 video games. Like everything's online on the everything filters through 1:33:05.200 --> 1:33:07.920 the screen, and so that also makes it a challenge. 1:33:07.920 --> 1:33:10.800 So what is kind of the framework of your two 1:33:10.800 --> 1:33:12.280 week digital detalks. 1:33:12.760 --> 1:33:16.160 Yes, so I recommend parents, if you notice in your 1:33:16.240 --> 1:33:19.960 kids that they're irritable or they have their interests really 1:33:20.040 --> 1:33:22.519 don't go beyond the screen. If the screen timer dings 1:33:22.560 --> 1:33:24.960 and they fall apart, if you tell them go play outside, 1:33:25.240 --> 1:33:27.360 build a fort, read a book, they say that's boring. 1:33:27.520 --> 1:33:30.680 Those are red flags that shows you my kids might 1:33:30.720 --> 1:33:33.120 need a reset, they might need to do a digital detox. 1:33:33.160 --> 1:33:36.760 So I recommend going cold turkey no digital entertainment for 1:33:36.840 --> 1:33:39.759 two full weeks. And I know that sounds really scary, 1:33:39.880 --> 1:33:41.800 but I promise you can do it and it will 1:33:41.880 --> 1:33:43.000 absolutely change your life. 1:33:43.040 --> 1:33:44.280 It'll change your kids for the better. 1:33:44.680 --> 1:33:48.439 Now, okay, so once you do the two week digital detoks, 1:33:48.520 --> 1:33:50.360 then how do you reintroduce all this stuff? 1:33:51.120 --> 1:33:53.439 Yes, great question, because the goal here is not to 1:33:53.600 --> 1:33:56.519 move off the grid and go full like ma angles 1:33:56.560 --> 1:33:59.080 on everyone. I mean, maybe that's your goal, it wasn't ours. 1:33:59.120 --> 1:34:00.439 We enjoy digital entertainment. 1:34:00.680 --> 1:34:03.240 That's like a little house in the Prairie reference. I 1:34:03.240 --> 1:34:03.519 don't know. 1:34:03.600 --> 1:34:05.599 Oh yeah, we love Little House Egad. 1:34:05.800 --> 1:34:06.439 I got that. 1:34:06.880 --> 1:34:08.880 Yeah, we called my kids call it l HOP. They've 1:34:08.920 --> 1:34:13.040 like given it a nickname as an acronym, LHOP. Anyway, 1:34:13.120 --> 1:34:13.679 we love that show. 1:34:13.720 --> 1:34:17.280 It's a great Yeah, it's quality programming. 1:34:18.240 --> 1:34:20.280 But yes, So the goal isn't to move off the 1:34:20.320 --> 1:34:23.120 grid completely. The goal is to put technology in its 1:34:23.200 --> 1:34:25.920 right place. So the first half of the book is 1:34:26.000 --> 1:34:28.080 all the details, what to do in the trenches if 1:34:28.120 --> 1:34:30.439 you take your kids technology away, how to get through 1:34:30.479 --> 1:34:33.559 the days when they're losing their minds ideas for what 1:34:33.680 --> 1:34:35.880 to do for every type of family. And then the 1:34:35.920 --> 1:34:37.720 second half of the book is how to make a 1:34:37.760 --> 1:34:41.040 new long term plan that sustains those great results while 1:34:41.080 --> 1:34:44.519 you're still using and enjoying digital entertainment in its right place. 1:34:44.640 --> 1:34:46.160 That was really important to our family. 1:34:46.280 --> 1:34:49.360 My kids love Mario Kart together, they love, you know, 1:34:49.400 --> 1:34:51.000 with some video games with a friend, and we don't 1:34:51.000 --> 1:34:53.759 need to have shame or stress over these things once 1:34:53.800 --> 1:34:56.720 we've agreed that now this is the right place for it. 1:34:56.760 --> 1:34:57.280 You know, it's a lot. 1:34:57.520 --> 1:35:00.719 You can kind of compare it to sugar in our 1:35:01.040 --> 1:35:03.479 world and our culture and our standard American diet, there's 1:35:03.520 --> 1:35:05.920 so much sugar, and if you take it all out 1:35:05.960 --> 1:35:07.880 and you do like a sugar detox, you're going to 1:35:07.920 --> 1:35:10.559 taste your food a lot better and you're gonna realize, Gosh, 1:35:10.640 --> 1:35:12.360 I did not need that much sugar. Once in a while, 1:35:12.400 --> 1:35:16.320 treat is fine. Similar with your kids digital entertainment, you 1:35:16.360 --> 1:35:19.600 take it all away. Now their taste buds, their creativity, 1:35:19.600 --> 1:35:22.519 what they're interested in is completely changed. It's a lot healthier, 1:35:23.000 --> 1:35:26.040 and then you can decide, yeah, a treat once, you know, 1:35:26.120 --> 1:35:29.160 every now and again. But our kids today, the standard 1:35:29.200 --> 1:35:31.800 American screen diet, eight to twelve year old kids are 1:35:31.800 --> 1:35:35.799 spending forty hours per week on digital entertainment, and thirteen 1:35:35.840 --> 1:35:37.960 to eighteen year olds are spending fifty hours a week. 1:35:38.000 --> 1:35:40.479 I mean, these kids are like working the equivalent of 1:35:40.520 --> 1:35:43.439 a full time job on just digital entertainment that doesn't 1:35:43.439 --> 1:35:44.240 even count school. 1:35:44.560 --> 1:35:46.519 I always think that about I always say that to 1:35:46.560 --> 1:35:49.040 my kids. I'm like, you're doing this like it's a job, 1:35:49.200 --> 1:35:51.200 Like you literally act like it's your job to be 1:35:51.320 --> 1:35:54.840 on like Minecraft and what's the other thing, roadblocks. I'm 1:35:54.840 --> 1:35:57.880 not a fan of roadblocks Minecraft. I'll you know, I 1:35:57.920 --> 1:36:00.080 know it's silly but I don't mind it as much. 1:36:00.120 --> 1:36:03.519 But roadblocks I really take issue with because I feel 1:36:03.560 --> 1:36:06.800 like it is ninety nine point nine percent nonsense in 1:36:06.840 --> 1:36:09.400 that world. Yeah, and I think. 1:36:09.320 --> 1:36:13.439 That's great too, because I'm all about parents choosing the 1:36:13.479 --> 1:36:15.439 best technology that fits their kids. 1:36:15.560 --> 1:36:18.439 No one knows your kids like you do, so I 1:36:18.479 --> 1:36:19.000 don't think. 1:36:18.880 --> 1:36:21.400 Parents need to feel shame or stress about their rules 1:36:21.439 --> 1:36:24.559 compared to someone else's rules. You know, if you have 1:36:24.600 --> 1:36:27.360 a kid with ADHD, for example, you're probably going to 1:36:27.479 --> 1:36:32.040 notice that that child maybe responds or reacts more negatively 1:36:32.160 --> 1:36:33.759 to tablet time or video gaming. 1:36:33.760 --> 1:36:35.680 They might fall apart worse afterwards. 1:36:36.120 --> 1:36:38.799 And maybe you have another kid who doesn't have ADHD, 1:36:38.920 --> 1:36:41.240 who can handle a little more without falling apart. 1:36:41.360 --> 1:36:43.200 And there's science to support that. 1:36:43.280 --> 1:36:46.240 So take confidence as mom or dad, and no, gosh, 1:36:46.280 --> 1:36:47.760 I'm going to make these rules that fit for my 1:36:47.840 --> 1:36:49.920 family and my family's values, and I'm not going to 1:36:49.960 --> 1:36:52.680 feel stressed about it. But I just really want to 1:36:52.720 --> 1:36:54.559 encourage parents there's a way to get back in the 1:36:54.600 --> 1:36:57.599 driver's seat, because most parents just feel out of control. 1:36:57.880 --> 1:37:00.640 Yeah. Now we are getting into the summer yours. A 1:37:00.680 --> 1:37:03.080 lot of kids are already in their summer break, So 1:37:04.040 --> 1:37:06.880 it seems like the worst possible time for parents to 1:37:06.960 --> 1:37:10.320 start this digital detox. So how do you get started 1:37:10.320 --> 1:37:11.960 with this? Like, how do you get the buy in 1:37:12.160 --> 1:37:14.880 from the kids, the spouse, everyone. 1:37:15.280 --> 1:37:18.759 Actually riche The summer is the best time to start 1:37:18.800 --> 1:37:22.280 a digital detox because I promise you you will enjoy 1:37:22.320 --> 1:37:24.599 your kids more for the rest of the summer when 1:37:24.600 --> 1:37:27.679 they're not a screen zombie. Okay, Like, if your kids 1:37:27.680 --> 1:37:30.880 are losing their minds, they're falling apart, they can be 1:37:30.960 --> 1:37:34.120 unpleasant to be around when they're amped up on their devices. 1:37:34.120 --> 1:37:36.880 But if you can plan out two weeks right at 1:37:36.920 --> 1:37:39.679 the front end of your summer, most families I help 1:37:39.760 --> 1:37:44.360 report that either it's easy immediately, It's like flipping a switch. 1:37:44.400 --> 1:37:46.679 That's how it was with my kids. Some families say 1:37:47.080 --> 1:37:49.439 the first day or two can be difficult, their kids 1:37:49.479 --> 1:37:51.360 are complaining, they're getting used to it. But really, what 1:37:51.400 --> 1:37:54.479 you're doing is you're resetting the dopamine levels in your kids' brains, 1:37:54.960 --> 1:37:58.920 because these devices are purposefully engineered to release so much 1:37:58.960 --> 1:38:02.200 dopamine in the brain that, by comparison the dopamine that 1:38:02.280 --> 1:38:04.280 kids are getting from things in the real world, it 1:38:04.320 --> 1:38:07.400 doesn't even register. So that's what you're doing. You're giving 1:38:07.400 --> 1:38:10.679 them a dopamine reset. And now after a couple of days, 1:38:10.720 --> 1:38:13.400 after two weeks, now they can look around and actually 1:38:13.479 --> 1:38:15.599 enjoy going for a walk or going for a bike ride, 1:38:15.680 --> 1:38:18.080 or you know, reading a book. 1:38:18.160 --> 1:38:21.960 So you're just reawakening simple things. Oh my gosh, little 1:38:22.160 --> 1:38:24.599 how do you? I mean, how do you? I always say, 1:38:24.600 --> 1:38:27.320 how do you compare with this world? There's like this 1:38:27.400 --> 1:38:29.800 world on your screen is like there's so much going on, 1:38:30.240 --> 1:38:31.760 and when you sit down to like read a book 1:38:31.880 --> 1:38:33.879 or do something simple or just play in the backyard, 1:38:33.880 --> 1:38:36.280 it's like it's also simple. It's like, wait, it doesn't 1:38:36.320 --> 1:38:38.880 you know, it doesn't fire all these cylinders. Like you said, 1:38:38.880 --> 1:38:41.559 the dopamine hit all right, so we got a run. 1:38:41.600 --> 1:38:45.479 But one tip, what's a small step parents can take 1:38:45.520 --> 1:38:47.759 if they can't go all in on the detox right away, 1:38:48.160 --> 1:38:50.360 what's one small step they can take to reduce the 1:38:50.520 --> 1:38:51.480 screen overload. 1:38:52.880 --> 1:38:55.760 I really recommend you get the book Digital Detalks. I 1:38:55.800 --> 1:38:57.960 recommend you do some research. There's a lot of great 1:38:58.080 --> 1:39:00.679 research out there. Jonathan Height has a lot of great 1:39:00.760 --> 1:39:04.120 data about the effects this technology is having on our kids. 1:39:04.400 --> 1:39:07.000 And then I would say, talk with your spouse, have 1:39:07.040 --> 1:39:09.519 a conversation about when to do with detox. Even if 1:39:09.520 --> 1:39:11.200 you want to do a mini one over a weekend, 1:39:12.280 --> 1:39:13.280 you know, talk it through. 1:39:13.720 --> 1:39:14.960 I think that if you're. 1:39:14.800 --> 1:39:19.320 Trying the same old thing, setting timers, taking it away, 1:39:19.479 --> 1:39:23.080 adding on more screen time later for better behavior, it's 1:39:23.120 --> 1:39:25.040 not It doesn't work. And I think you know if 1:39:25.040 --> 1:39:26.680 you're listening to your parent, that doesn't work because you 1:39:26.720 --> 1:39:28.920 need to do a full dopamine reset. So I recommend 1:39:29.000 --> 1:39:31.719 doing some research, plan a date, put it on the calendar, 1:39:31.760 --> 1:39:33.320 grab a friend, try it. 1:39:33.360 --> 1:39:34.080 You won't get it. 1:39:34.400 --> 1:39:38.840 Yeah, I agree, Mollie de Frank. The book is Digital Detox, 1:39:38.920 --> 1:39:42.280 the two week Tech Reset for Kids. Now, are you 1:39:42.280 --> 1:39:44.160 going to do one for adults next? Because you know 1:39:44.360 --> 1:39:45.840 all the things you just mentioned are the same thing 1:39:45.840 --> 1:39:47.680 with adults. We can just our brains are just more 1:39:47.720 --> 1:39:49.880 engineered to handle all this nonsense. 1:39:50.640 --> 1:39:53.400 Check out the last chapter, Rich, it's about digital de 1:39:53.479 --> 1:39:54.360 talks for mom and dad. 1:39:54.800 --> 1:39:57.080 Cover there we go. All right, thanks so much for 1:39:57.160 --> 1:40:00.400 joining me on the show. Rich on tech dot tv 1:40:00.640 --> 1:40:02.040 is the website to go to if you want to 1:40:02.040 --> 1:40:05.200 link to Molly to Frank's book. Time to Flip the Switch, 1:40:05.400 --> 1:40:07.800 Get those kids off those screens, get them outside, find 1:40:07.800 --> 1:40:11.000 some worms under rocks. You're listening to rich on Tech. 1:40:16.680 --> 1:40:19.679 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:40:19.720 --> 1:40:23.920 out with you, talking technology. We're gonna get to the feedbag. 1:40:24.040 --> 1:40:26.760 Oh my gosh, so many you know. I come in 1:40:26.800 --> 1:40:29.080 every week with like a million things to talk about. 1:40:29.120 --> 1:40:30.439 I don't always get to all of them, but I 1:40:30.479 --> 1:40:32.280 do want to mention a couple of things. First off, 1:40:32.320 --> 1:40:36.439 there's a new camera app from Adobe called Indigo. This 1:40:36.640 --> 1:40:38.800 was developed by two of the original creators of the 1:40:38.840 --> 1:40:41.160 Pixel and Google camera app. So if you want to 1:40:41.240 --> 1:40:44.240 upgrade the camera app on your iPhone, maybe you have 1:40:44.240 --> 1:40:46.280 an older iPhone, this will work all the way back 1:40:46.320 --> 1:40:50.840 to iPhone twelve pro and up. So yeah, check it out. 1:40:51.280 --> 1:40:53.320 It's Indigo. I've been trying it out and it just 1:40:53.360 --> 1:40:57.160 gives you a lot more control uses computational photography and 1:40:57.240 --> 1:40:58.800 if you like I mean, this may not be for 1:40:58.880 --> 1:41:01.840 like the casual average, but if you like to edit 1:41:01.920 --> 1:41:05.519 things in light room and Adobe, this is probably for you. 1:41:06.080 --> 1:41:08.640 So the goal is to give your iPhone photos a 1:41:08.680 --> 1:41:12.040 more natural, sl art style look. So again it's called 1:41:12.040 --> 1:41:15.120 the Indigo Camera. If you just like to try, you know, 1:41:15.200 --> 1:41:17.280 camera apps. That one's really cool. The other one I 1:41:17.320 --> 1:41:20.200 was posting a lot of pictures with was the West 1:41:21.160 --> 1:41:24.160 Camera app on iPhone and it gives your pictures that 1:41:24.200 --> 1:41:27.519 old filmic quality. The other thing to look at on 1:41:27.560 --> 1:41:32.160 my instagram is why your web browser matters because Duc 1:41:32.240 --> 1:41:36.160 Ducco has this new scam blocker feature that can detect 1:41:36.160 --> 1:41:41.360 fake online sites, crypto scams, virus pop ups, and yeah, 1:41:41.479 --> 1:41:43.920 it's really good. It actually works. So if you click 1:41:44.280 --> 1:41:46.880 a link on your phone or your computer that is 1:41:46.920 --> 1:41:48.360 going to lead you to a website that's going to 1:41:48.360 --> 1:41:51.000 try to steal information from you, this will stop it. 1:41:51.479 --> 1:41:55.040 And I tested a bogus like a phony website on 1:41:55.120 --> 1:42:00.360 both Duc duc Go Chrome and Safari and Brave. Duc 1:42:00.439 --> 1:42:03.960 Duco and Chrome blocked the website and said warning, warning, Warning, 1:42:04.400 --> 1:42:07.519 Safari and Brave let you go right to the website. 1:42:07.560 --> 1:42:09.719 So if you're trying to protect yourself from being tricked, 1:42:10.040 --> 1:42:12.599 you might want to consider changing your default web browser 1:42:12.640 --> 1:42:15.360 on your computer and your phone. And that's on my 1:42:15.439 --> 1:42:17.760 instagram at richon Tech you can read more about that. 1:42:18.160 --> 1:42:20.080 All right, let's get to the feedback. We've got a 1:42:20.080 --> 1:42:22.040 lot to get through. John Wrights In I picked up 1:42:22.040 --> 1:42:25.960 a set of shocks Open Run pro to sport headphones 1:42:26.000 --> 1:42:29.960 at Best Buy phenomenal sound. I got tired of earbuds 1:42:30.000 --> 1:42:32.920 jammed in my ears and over the year headphones were 1:42:32.920 --> 1:42:36.080 just too bulky for workouts. These are lightweight, stay put, 1:42:36.120 --> 1:42:40.639 and you never sweat into them. Definitely worth checking out, John, Yes, 1:42:40.720 --> 1:42:43.880 I do love the Shocks Open Run. I don't know 1:42:43.920 --> 1:42:45.960 what model number I have, but I've been testing them 1:42:46.000 --> 1:42:49.000 out and yeah, they're great because they use what's called 1:42:49.040 --> 1:42:52.320 bone conduction, so you put them basically, they don't go 1:42:52.439 --> 1:42:55.320 in your ears at all. They sit on your face, 1:42:55.560 --> 1:42:57.920 like almost right in front of your ears, and then 1:42:57.960 --> 1:43:00.840 go around the back of your neck. Yes, they do 1:43:00.920 --> 1:43:03.800 sound great. I'm not as good as like traditional air 1:43:03.880 --> 1:43:06.720 pods or headphones, like you said, but if you want 1:43:06.720 --> 1:43:08.760 to be more aware of your surroundings, you don't want 1:43:08.800 --> 1:43:11.280 anything in your ears. That's going to be a great 1:43:11.720 --> 1:43:16.120 great alternative shocks open run earbuds or headphones. I guess 1:43:16.120 --> 1:43:18.600 you call them. Ken writes in I recently bought a 1:43:18.600 --> 1:43:21.000 Moto G five G phone and I've been trying over 1:43:21.040 --> 1:43:22.960 and over to get the eSIM working with no luck. 1:43:23.360 --> 1:43:25.800 I'm using consumer cellular, and eventually they just had to 1:43:25.800 --> 1:43:28.080 send me a physical SIM card. Is this a common problem? 1:43:28.479 --> 1:43:30.200 By the way, I was born in Manhattan. They used 1:43:30.240 --> 1:43:32.400 to love looking across the river at the amusement park 1:43:32.400 --> 1:43:35.599 on the New Jersey side. I enjoy listening to your show. 1:43:36.240 --> 1:43:40.400 Thank you, Ken. Yeah, eSIMs are hit or miss. Sometimes 1:43:40.400 --> 1:43:43.200 they work perfectly and flawlessly. Other times. Yeah, you'll get 1:43:43.200 --> 1:43:45.640 some issues with them, but I would say for the 1:43:45.680 --> 1:43:49.080 majority of people they probably work pretty well. But a 1:43:49.080 --> 1:43:52.280 physical SIM offers more flexibility because it can be easily 1:43:52.320 --> 1:43:54.679 moved from phone to phone if you're switching phones a lot. 1:43:55.000 --> 1:43:58.320 But on the flip side, the eSIM is embedded into 1:43:58.360 --> 1:44:01.320 the phone, so there's no moving parts, there's nothing to lose, 1:44:01.720 --> 1:44:04.840 nothing to pop out, and it's easy to switch theoretically 1:44:04.880 --> 1:44:08.360 from one phone to another. So maybe in the future 1:44:08.400 --> 1:44:10.160 you can give another run, But you probably want to 1:44:10.160 --> 1:44:12.000 go into a physical store if they had one, to 1:44:12.040 --> 1:44:16.960 get some help with that next time around. Elizabeth writes 1:44:17.000 --> 1:44:18.880 in Hey, Rich, I listen to the radio show every week. 1:44:18.920 --> 1:44:20.680 I really enjoy it. I'm not tech savvy, but your 1:44:20.720 --> 1:44:22.720 show has helped me learn so much. I use all 1:44:22.800 --> 1:44:24.719 Mac devices, which I love, but I run a PC 1:44:24.960 --> 1:44:27.719 just for my CAD program. Not long ago, you recommended 1:44:27.760 --> 1:44:30.880 a great simple printer that scans copies prints. I wrote 1:44:30.880 --> 1:44:33.639 it down but lost the note. Could you remind me? Yes, 1:44:33.880 --> 1:44:37.600 the simple printer I mentioned was the Brother. Let me 1:44:37.640 --> 1:44:39.920 make sure this is the right thing that I wrote 1:44:39.960 --> 1:44:44.439 down here, this is the brother yep, oh see this 1:44:44.479 --> 1:44:46.840 is not it you wanted the one. That's uh. I 1:44:46.840 --> 1:44:49.679 got to look in the show notes, but it's been well. 1:44:49.840 --> 1:44:52.519 Great question. Great answer your question, because I don't even 1:44:52.560 --> 1:44:54.280 have it. Let's see if I can find this. I 1:44:54.400 --> 1:44:57.880 see them using up all my feedbag time. Here. Let's 1:44:57.880 --> 1:45:04.000 see if I can find this quickly. Brother. Here we go. Nope, nope, nope, yep, 1:45:04.080 --> 1:45:06.479 here it is. Nope, Okay, I gotta look it up. 1:45:06.840 --> 1:45:10.280 But yeah, it's a Brother printer. It's gosh. Okay, Well, 1:45:10.360 --> 1:45:12.960 off to come back to that one. Let's go to 1:45:13.960 --> 1:45:16.280 Bob writes and I use unique passwords for every site 1:45:16.320 --> 1:45:18.640 I visit and rely on a password manager Bitwarden to 1:45:18.680 --> 1:45:20.960 generate and store them. But today there are login issues 1:45:20.960 --> 1:45:25.320 with Bitwarden's US servers, which means that functionality is compromised. Luckily, 1:45:25.360 --> 1:45:28.080 I have copies of the really important passwords. Just a reminder. 1:45:28.520 --> 1:45:31.719 In the digital world, anything can break, that is true. 1:45:32.160 --> 1:45:34.080 The downside of you using a password manager, if you 1:45:34.080 --> 1:45:36.680 can't log into it, that could be a problem. So 1:45:37.000 --> 1:45:40.840 be sure you save the master password and the recovery password, 1:45:41.400 --> 1:45:44.240 and you can export your passwords out of there to save. 1:45:44.360 --> 1:45:46.760 But you got to be careful because that's usually unencrypted, 1:45:47.120 --> 1:45:49.360 and so if you just have that file floating around 1:45:49.400 --> 1:45:51.840 in your computer, that could be really bad. So maybe 1:45:51.840 --> 1:45:56.800 for your main passwords to like Gmail, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, 1:45:57.240 --> 1:46:00.160 maybe keep those written down somewhere in a safe in 1:46:00.160 --> 1:46:04.639 your house. Good reminder. Richard and Washington say says, Hey, 1:46:04.720 --> 1:46:06.559 rich I have a number of friends who use the 1:46:06.800 --> 1:46:08.920 blank box. I'm not going to say the name, and 1:46:09.160 --> 1:46:11.760 rave about how it lets them watch free content. Is 1:46:11.800 --> 1:46:13.840 this legit or is it like Napster? Too good of 1:46:13.880 --> 1:46:17.000 a thing to last? Yeah, Richard, I do not recommend 1:46:17.040 --> 1:46:21.080 any of these gray market streaming boxes. They usually operate 1:46:21.120 --> 1:46:24.320 in a legal gray area, streaming content without proper rights 1:46:24.400 --> 1:46:28.519 or licenses. The box itself, the software may not be updated. 1:46:28.600 --> 1:46:30.960 It could expose you to different things. So I cannot 1:46:30.960 --> 1:46:33.479 recommend those in any way, shape or form. Stick to 1:46:33.560 --> 1:46:37.360 the legitimate streaming services. Sarah writes in, Hey, Rich, it 1:46:37.400 --> 1:46:41.040 seems there's no whisper Flow for Android. Is there anything similar? No, 1:46:41.160 --> 1:46:43.640 I have not found a similar app. Whisper Flow is 1:46:43.760 --> 1:46:47.640 excellent for voice to text on the iPhone. They are 1:46:47.640 --> 1:46:50.919 coming to Android. It's just a matter of when. Gabriel 1:46:50.960 --> 1:46:53.200 writes in, Hey, my name is Gabriel. I really enjoy 1:46:53.240 --> 1:46:56.519 your show. I'm listening on twelve eighty KIT using a 1:46:56.680 --> 1:47:00.120 nineteen forty seven tube radio and I love it. Just 1:47:00.120 --> 1:47:02.120 wanted to share this thought. I can't imagine what the 1:47:02.160 --> 1:47:05.719 CEOs of RCA, Zenith or Ge in the nineteen forties 1:47:05.760 --> 1:47:08.479 would think if they saw their product still working in 1:47:08.520 --> 1:47:12.800 the twenty twenties broadcasting the rise of AI technology. That 1:47:12.960 --> 1:47:16.240 is so cool. Thanks for Gabriel from Yakima, Washington. Oh 1:47:16.280 --> 1:47:20.439 my gosh. Anna in Long Beach says you can make 1:47:20.479 --> 1:47:24.280 the Chevyes sweet corn cake at home chee cheese sweet 1:47:24.280 --> 1:47:27.559 corn cake mix from Walmart. Just add butter, water and 1:47:27.960 --> 1:47:30.960 water and a can of cream corn bacon and joy. 1:47:31.640 --> 1:47:34.760 There you go. And Joel writes in to say he 1:47:34.960 --> 1:47:37.840 enjoys the newsletter and podcasts and watches me on TV. 1:47:38.400 --> 1:47:41.040 He appreciates all the valuable info and just wants to 1:47:41.080 --> 1:47:43.800 say thanks. Well, thank you, Joel. Your email made my day. 1:47:44.600 --> 1:47:46.400 All right, that's going to do it for this episode 1:47:46.439 --> 1:47:48.360 of the show links everything I mentioned on the website. 1:47:48.479 --> 1:47:51.080 Rich on tech dot TV. Coming up next week. Todd Weavers, 1:47:51.200 --> 1:47:56.160 CEO of Pure Purism. They make privacy first smartphones and 1:47:56.200 --> 1:47:59.640 one made in the USA. One reminder before I go, 1:47:59.720 --> 1:48:01.920 please do not text and drive. Whatever it is, it 1:48:01.920 --> 1:48:04.080 can wait. It's not your safety, it's the safety of 1:48:04.160 --> 1:48:06.920 everyone around you. Thanks everyone who makes this show possible. 1:48:06.920 --> 1:48:09.639 Bobo Kim. My name is rich Dedmiro. I will talk 1:48:09.680 --> 1:48:10.599 to you real soon.