WEBVTT - Satellite Phone Connectivity, Apple’s Account Migration & Digital Estate Planning 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:04.080 Your view of the sky. You have a connection to 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.040 the Internet and this right now. A lot of this 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:09.799 is free, but of course the carriers are gonna make 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:11.480 and the satellite companies are gonna make a lot of 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.080 money on this. One estimate has this expected to reach 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:19.040 sixteen point eight billion dollars by twenty twenty eight. This 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.840 is called direct to satellite services. Now, this is very 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.440 different from what we used to have. You might be thinking, rich, 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.280 We've had satellite phones forever. Those had a giant antenna 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:34.200 and the satellites were slow with connectivity. This is brand new. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.000 Now you can use the smartphone you already have to 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.640 connect to a satellite. This is called direct to sell 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.040 and a lot of smartphones already support this. 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:44.640 So let's go through the list. 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.000 Team Mobile and Starlink they are definitely ahead of everyone else. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.800 They launched their public beta during the Super Bowl, so 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.440 pretty much anyone can sign up for this, no matter 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:56.440 what carrier you have. You do not have to be 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:59.760 a Team Mobile customer. I signed up and I'm still 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.600 in the waiting list and they're rolling out the access 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:05.400 to this. So this works on T Mobile spectrum they 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.640 already have, which means a lot of the smartphones that 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.440 are in people's pockets will work with this service. We're 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:15.199 talking iPhone fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, Google Pixel nine, a bunch 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.120 of the Motorolas from twenty twenty four and later, a 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.040 bunch of the Samsungs, the A series, the S series, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.920 the Z series when it comes to the popular Samsungs 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.080 all the way back to the S twenty one edition, 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.360 and then of course some of T Mobile's own phones. Now, 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.640 this will also support wireless emergency alerts, which means even 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.960 if you're in an area with no cell signal, you'll 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:40.080 still get those critical updates. Right now, they're just supporting 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.000 text messaging, but in the future you're gonna be able 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.679 to do voice, data and picture messaging through this. Now, 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.280 this is free through July twenty twenty five, So if 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:50.800 you want to try this out and you've got a 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.360 smartphone that works with it, go for it. You don't 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.680 need to switch services, you'll just add this to your 0:01:55.720 --> 0:02:00.920 cell phone through an eSIM. Basically, this will be included 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:03.960 eventually for T Mobiles top of the line customers if 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:08.600 you're on the Go five G Next plan, but fifteen 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.120 dollars a month for other T Mobile customers. Twenty dollars 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.360 a month if you're not a T Mobile customer. And 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.320 this is the first time that we've seen pricing on 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:20.520 a satellite service on the smartphone. So Apple has had 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:25.000 satellite texting on their iPhone since the iPhone fourteen, but 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.240 we never got a price tag. At first, they said 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:28.720 it was going to be free for two years, and 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.120 they later extended that to three years, so we never 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:32.600 really had a price tag. How do you put a 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.760 price tag on such a critical service. Well, now we 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.760 have it, So fifteen dollars a month for T Mobile 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.880 users that are not on that top of the line plan, 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:44.760 twenty dollars a month for non T Mobile users. So 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.760 what is AT and T doing. They're partnering with a 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:51.640 company called AST Space Mobile, and I would say they're 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:56.120 probably the furthest behind on this whole satellite texting and 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.120 their idea is to focus on remote areas and also 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.919 their first response under network. So they've got this AT 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.800 and T first Net Emergency network, which kind of prioritizes 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:12.000 emergency communications when there is an issue, and so people 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:16.440 like you know, firefighters and police officers can get their 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:20.680 calls and texts prioritized when there's an issue on the network, 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.560 and we saw that of course recently with all of 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.240 the hurricanes in the Carolinas and in Florida and also 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:31.120 the wildfires here in southern California. They have not announced 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.160 any pricing or even a launch date, but they are 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.200 obviously doing this now. Verizon, like I said, they had 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.080 the commercial during the Super Bowl. You saw Buzz Aldrin 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.480 on it. Also, they brought back their the test network guy. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:48.000 He's an actor, Paul Marcarelli, So they brought him back. 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.440 Remember he was the big Verizon guy. He was in 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.760 all those commercials and then all of a sudden they 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.880 dropped him, and then he went to Sprint and he 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.240 started doing Sprint commercials. And now of course you don't 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.160 even have Sprint. They were purchased by T Mobile, and 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.840 now he's back to Verizon. So anyway, it was kind 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:05.960 of fun to see him back in the commercial, but 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:06.640 he was. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:07.600 The can you hear me now? 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:07.839 Guy? 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.400 But Verizon's taking a slightly different approach like T Mobile 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.720 is like basically, hey, wherever you are, you're going to 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.239 be covered. Verizon saying, look, we're going to cover areas 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.760 without coverage, so dead zones, that's what we're focusing on 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.360 first and we know Verizon's got a great network in general, 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:26.320 so they're saying, look, we're just going to kind of 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.240 patch the areas for now that are dead zones so 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:33.960 that we have coverage everywhere. Whether it's cellular, traditional or satellite, 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.200 you're going to be covered on Verizon. And they've said 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.360 they've invested one hundred million dollars in this ast space mobile. 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:40.560 So there they are. 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.080 Now, Amazon, as I've mentioned before on this show, they 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:48.080 are launching their rival to Starlink. It's called Project Kuiper. 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.560 They're launching three thousand satellites eventually, and this year they've 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.960 got i think they said eighty three launches expected, and 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:57.880 they're going to launch their service by the end of 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.400 the year. Now when we say end of the that 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.440 could be like December of twenty twenty five. But again, 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.880 this is going to be more competition, and they are 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:07.800 saying that their service is going to be cheaper and 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.120 faster than Starlink. So we'll see what happens there. But 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.279 the good news is for consumers, we're going to have 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.640 more options now. Like I mentioned, there already is satellite 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:22.280 texting on the iPhone. They launched emergency SOS via satellite 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.280 With the iPhone fourteen, Apple partnering with a company called 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.080 global Star. And if you're keeping track, yes, there's a 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.640 lot of different companies that are in this right. I've 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:34.800 mentioned Skylow, I've mentioned Space Mobile, I've launched global Star, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.440 I've mentioned Amazon, I've mentioned Starlink. So there's a lot 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.160 of companies that are in this game. But with Apple, 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.919 you have to aim your iPhone at a satellite in 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.479 the sky, and this is very much different than Starlink, 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:51.240 which kind of works in your pocket. So with iOS eighteen, 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:55.400 recently they expanded the emergency SOS to work with regular texting, 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.960 so you can just text friends and family over I message. 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.640 And again they have not put a price. They've included 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.720 this in the price of the iPhone for going on 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.080 three years now, and they have not said what the 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:06.960 price is going to be. 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:07.720 Now. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:09.680 Samsung just had a brand new phone come out, the 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:13.560 S twenty five, and this does have support for satellite messaging, 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.680 but Samsung is not teaming up with anyone. They're just 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.120 letting the carriers handle it. So already Verizon said they 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.800 will support it. Obviously, Tea Mobile can support it through 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.920 Starlink and whatever AT and T eventually does that will 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:30.240 be supported as well Google Pixel if you've got a 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:34.960 recent model Pixel Pixel nine has satellite sos and the 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.400 way they're doing it is again just for emergencies you need. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.400 When you have an emergency at dial nine one one, 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.280 it'll put you through a safety questionnaire to get you 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.000 the help you need. And they said it was going 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.440 to be free for the first two years, very similar 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.520 to Apple, but again that's limited to just emergency use. 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:52.600 So where does this lead us? 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:53.720 Apple? 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.839 So far they've had emergency satellite texting in general texting 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.400 on their phones for a couple of years. Samsung leaving 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.000 it up to the bars. Google has got it, but 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:06.719 nothing full just yet. But I think in general, all 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.200 this connectivity is a good thing for consumers. We're going 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:13.040 to see faster speeds, wider coverage areas, and you'll be 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.520 able to have a signal and be able to connect 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.560 with people no matter where you are. The downside of 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.200 all of this a lot of satellites in our sky, 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.560 So this requires thousands of satellites and like I just mentioned, 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.960 there are so many companies doing this, So what about 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.520 collisions between these satellites. You think one of these things 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:36.000 might malfunction, space junk, light, pollution and regulations. Who's keeping 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.120 track of all these satellites in the sky right now? 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.000 It's a free for all. So we've got a lot 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.560 going on with satellite messaging. But the good news is 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.280 for us, it means your text is always going to 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.360 go through eight eight eight rich one oh one eight 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.360 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:54.280 This is rich on Tech. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.239 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:05.360 out with you, talking technology at Triple A rich one 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.960 oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:13.280 one zero one. The website for the show rich on 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.200 Tech dot TV. While you're there, be sure to look 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.680 at this weekend's newsletter. It is free. You can sign 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.000 up for it. It'll be in your inbox every week. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:24.760 Uh talk about all the cool stuff that I talk 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:29.480 about in this show, but in newsletter format. Uh this week. Uh, 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.440 let's see Apple TV. Man, I can't believe this. The 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:37.800 Apple TV app is now available on Android devices. When 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:41.160 I heard this news, my jaw just about dropped. So 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.560 Apple TV is you know, it's It's been around on 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.240 different devices other than just Apple devices, like on some 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.080 smart TVs. But this is the first time they've ever 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.960 had this app for Android phones. So now you can 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:58.440 download Apple TV app on Android smartphones and tablets. And 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.920 the whole point of this is really to give you 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:05.000 access to Apple TV Plus and MLS Season Pass, which 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:09.920 is soccer through you know, the Android phone. So Netflix 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:13.240 is everywhere. All these other streaming services are pretty much 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.880 on every platform. Apple was the last holdout. They're like, 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.520 now we just want the iPhone and iOS devices and 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.720 Apple devices, but when you want the viewers, you got 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:24.640 to put these things where the viewers are. And there 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.800 are millions of Android users out there. So Apple designed 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:29.960 this app from the ground up to work on Android. 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.320 And if you've searched for it before and you've been 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.800 frustrated because you can't watch Apple TV Plus programming like 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.920 you know, Ted Lasso and Severance, They've got this new 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.679 movie The Gorge. Now you can do that all on 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:47.440 your Android smartphone. So again this the downside of this 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.960 app is that it does not give you access to 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.000 your iTunes library. So don't think because you have this app, 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.640 you can now access all of the movies and TV 0:09:56.679 --> 0:10:00.240 shows that you've either rented or purchased in the past. 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.720 This is just for streaming at this point of Apple 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.600 TV Plus and MLS, you can also download those for 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.640 offline viewing, like if you're on a plane or something 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.040 like that. But again, you will not get access to 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.319 your library of iTunes content. Maybe that's coming in the future. 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.480 Apple would not say, but you know, hopefully they will. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:19.080 I think that would be a smart way to do it. 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.880 Let's see. The other thing is they're fully embracing Android, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.240 so you can actually subscribe to Apple TV Plus or 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.640 the MLS Season Pass directly through Google Play. So that 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.680 was another surprise because I think, I think with Apple Music, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.960 because they do have another app for Android, Apple Music, 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.559 but I don't think you can subscribe directly through Google Play. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.560 But I have an Apple Music account already, so I 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.920 just download it and there. It is also no casting, 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:48.280 so if you want to cast your videos from your 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.400 phone to a TV screen, that is not available through 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.600 this app right now. But kind of a big deal. 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.840 I mean literally, to sit through a meeting and hear 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.800 Apple even say Android by not like kind of knocking it, 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.680 because usually they've said Android in the past and their keynotes, 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.600 but it's always mocking it. But to have them say like, 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.040 here it is we have an app for Android. I 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.760 was just like, what that is so wild to have, 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.240 like to imagine like Apple engineers just sitting there like 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.040 having to create an Android app. It probably kills him. 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.800 Let's go to Alison in Newport Beach. Allison, you're on 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:22.320 with Rich. 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.800 Hey, Rich, I hope you can help me out. I 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.560 here in Newport Beach. I run a small children's cooking 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.040 business out of my home, and I've got this cute 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.520 little Instagram I've built up over seven years, and I 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.480 own my own IP so I owned my trademark, I 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.640 owned my images of what I post, and recently I 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.760 just had something that got posted and taken down and 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.760 I reposted it, not really thinking anything bad would happen 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.200 because it was taking a while for Apple to get 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:53.000 back to us. And then my account is now completely disabled, 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:56.320 permanently deleted, And despite my attempts to work with the 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.920 AI chatbots and send them all of my patents for 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.000 the US Patent Office, I'm getting nowhere. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:02.040 And I'm just. 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.040 Wondering if there's anything you can suggest I can do 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.800 to get human eyes on this, because it was obviously 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:12.240 an error that this happened, and I'm just kind of 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.320 devastated that all these beautiful memories of these kids cooking 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:18.040 with me are now just completely deleted. 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:22.760 Well that's unfortunate, but yes, this can happen on these 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.360 services because they do use a healthy dose of AI 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.839 to help them kind of screen things and go through 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.880 the posts. Now, I had my account taken down randomly. 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.839 I logged in one day and I've never posted anything bad, 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.160 and they said copyright infringement. We're taking this down and 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.200 in ninety days, we're deleting your account completely. So how 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:46.080 did your account get deleted completely? Did you cause you 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.800 reposted the same content or did they give you those 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.520 ninety days because usually they have someone review it. 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.079 They didn't give me the ninety days. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.720 This happened about two weeks ago, And what I did 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.280 was I thought that perhaps maybe the that set up 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:05.440 my marketing, maybe one of the image logos I was 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.880 using for like like a little insignia of. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.360 Like a whisk and a spoon or. 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.720 Something, maybe that I didn't purchase the rights to that 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:14.400 and I didn't know, So I took that off and 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.480 tried to replace it with another just stock image through 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.880 pick monkey, and I reposted it thinking I was correcting 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.560 the issue and it was like strike three year out 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.520 and they just permanently deleted my account. And I've I've 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.520 sent an email to them twice and they just said, no, 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:35.320 you're you're, you have violated our intellectual property. And I 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:39.240 don't know if it's because they don't understand that I away. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:40.360 So here's the deal. 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.640 So well, I think you're gonna have to keep appealing 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.760 to them. You've got to go on their website and appeal. 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:47.880 The only other thing you can do is maybe go 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.200 to the verified program and see if you can pay 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.360 for that, and that will help someone get to uh, 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.600 you know, get a human looking at this account. Hang 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:57.960 on the line. I'm going to give you a link 0:13:58.000 --> 0:13:58.720 that's important here. 0:13:58.720 --> 0:13:59.120 Thank you. 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.679 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:08.360 technology with you. If you love to travel, you've probably 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:12.480 visited the pointsguide dot com. I first interviewed founder Brian 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.600 Kelly about ten years ago, just after he started it. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.680 Now he's back to share some tech travel hacks from 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.600 his new book, How to Win It Travel. 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:22.720 I started the Points Guy in twenty ten. It was 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.080 just a fun side blog to help my friends and 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.240 family members get the most value out of their points 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.720 because I could not believe no one knew how to 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.800 use Frekamplyer miles. So started as a fun little blog 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:34.200 that just sort of blew up. 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.680 How have points been to you? Where have you gone? 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.400 Where haven't I gone? I mean points can take you anywhere. 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.360 And for me and what I want to let people know, 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.440 points are like an insurance policy when you have points. 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.520 When the airline cancels your flight and you see a 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.560 two hour line to speak to an agent, I don't 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.640 wait in that line. I booked my next flight with Points. 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.320 I'll handle the refund with the airline later. It's a 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:58.640 mentality like being good about your points is harnessing your 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:03.040 financial strength and just having the flexibility to go anywhere. 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.120 And I've been some admit I love South Africa. That's 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:06.960 one of my favorite places to visit on points. 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.520 Tell me about the book How to Win at Travel? 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.280 What inspired you to write this? 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.000 What inspired me to write this was, you know, every 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.800 dinner party I went to, people were like, Oh, you're 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.600 the points guy. Let me just capitalize on you for 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.440 the whole And I'm teaching people from scratch over and over. 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:26.240 So even after fifteen years of having this website. Now 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.840 we have you know, fifty plus writers covering everything in travel. 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.760 It's almost overwhelming. There's too much information on the. 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.520 Internet, and the information changes, so what you're reading from 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.520 five years ago may not be accurate. This book is 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:42.160 an accurate representation of the travel landscape. I give tips 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.600 not just on points and credit cards, but you know 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.000 where to book your flights. That makes a huge difference 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.120 these days, because when an airline cancels your flight, if 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:51.600 you book through an online travel agency, you may not 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:52.760 be able to get home that night. 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:54.479 And that's what people don't realize. 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.000 Here's how to book in the most efficient way, to 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.680 get the cheapest rates and protect yourself. I have a 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.560 whole chapter when things go wrong, because I see far 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.120 too many people melting down in the airport screaming at 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.240 the agents, and that couldn't be a worse. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:08.880 Way to deal with it. 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.680 I teach people how to be strategic and have fun too. 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.240 There's even a fear of flying chapter, which millions of 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.320 people globally and growing have a fear of flying, so 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.560 it's really a resource. I think everyone wants to travel, 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.560 but no one really teaches you how. I think this 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.600 book will teach even the most beginner traveler how to 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.800 handle themselves and thrive and travel because it should be fun. 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.480 On the note about the fear of flying, we've had 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:35.560 a couple of notable airline accidents and incidents in the 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.000 past couple of years. What do you make of that? 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.360 Do you feel like flying is still safe? In What's 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:42.000 your advice to you? 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:43.400 I talk about this in the book. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.480 I think the statistic is you really have to fly 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.600 every single day for one hundred and three thousand years 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:51.840 to have a statistical high relevant chance. 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.000 Of dying on a plane crash. 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.560 It is extraordinarily safe, and certainly especially the incident in DC, 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.360 which we're still waiting to hear exactly what happened. Things 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.040 will always go wrong, but it's hard to put into 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:05.000 words how safe air travel is. I have zero qualms 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.399 flying on any aircraft globally, but especially within the US. 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.760 You know, it had been sixteen years before the last 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:15.119 real fatal crash, so flying is still safe, and after 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.919 each incident, I am sure that we will learn from it. 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.320 So I tell people you're the most dangerous part of 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:22.680 your journey is getting to the airport. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:23.160 By far. 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:25.919 Let's talk about some of the tools that you like 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.320 to have to you know on your phone, like what 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.640 should travelers have apps wise and resource wise? 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.840 Yeah, so for cheap flights, and I wish I could 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.800 say Tuesdays at four pm is the cheapest flight day. 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:39.919 Everyone go get It's not like that anymore. You have 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.399 to use technology Google Flights. I cannot stress. You have 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.919 to learn how to use Google Flights to find cheap flights. 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:48.840 There's a tool called Explore and what this will let 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.159 you do, say, your flexibility is how you get the 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:51.959 cheapest deals. 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:53.439 So if you're in LA. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:54.879 And you want to go to Hawaii, don't put in 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.159 one island and check island by island. You can just 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:01.000 put in La to Hawaii specific dates a week in March, 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:03.880 a week in June, and it'll reverse engineer and show 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:06.440 you all of the cheapest flights. Don't call your friend 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.679 and say is this a good deal? When Google Flights 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:11.440 tells you based on their billions of data sets, that's 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:12.880 when you get a good deal. You can even set 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.600 alerts if the price drops. And then on the point side, 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.040 there's a tool called point dot Me and it's basically 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.639 Google Flights, which is for paid tickets. If you have 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.639 airline miles, and you have credit card points that transfer 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.040 to different airlines, it can be really hard. There's so 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.320 many points hoarders out there because they don't know how 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:29.159 to use their points. 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:30.480 Point dot me will. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.159 Tell you AMX points transfer to air France to fly 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.080 LA to Paris and then Paris to Istambul or wherever 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.080 you're trying to go. So that's what really does a 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.120 lot of the heavy lifting. There's one other seats dot arrow, 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.760 which is a more expert tool for frequent flyer miles. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.280 But if your dream is to fly LA to Dubai 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.920 on Emirates, which is one of those bucket lists redemptions, 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.080 if you search day by day, it's like trying to 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.560 find a needle in a haystack. Seats dot arrow will 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.800 show you an entire year of a route. You can 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.040 sort by first class and you can pick the days 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.840 where there's availability. So that's how people in the points 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:05.199 where they're getting outsized value find these amazing airlines. You 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.359 can't just hope that they land in your lap. You 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:08.360 need to go on the offense. 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.119 Tell me about hotels, any hacks for getting good deals 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.640 on hotels or using points for hotels. 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:17.400 Yeah, so with hotels, you know, once again it's kind 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:19.679 of like air lunch. I try to book directly with 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:22.080 hotels whenever possible because you're going to get loyalty. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:23.520 They treat people better who. 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:27.200 Book directly, So when possible, even if you find a 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.399 cheaper hotel rate on an online travel agency, call the hotel. 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:32.960 They'll usually match it or give you extra perks because 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:34.720 they don't want to have to pay twenty percent commission 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.320 to that online travel agency. And remember you're at the 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:39.560 bottom of the pecking order when you book through an OTA. 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.080 Now on the flip side, luxury hotels, if you want 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:45.840 to splurge, don't book direct because luxury travel advisors people 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:49.240 don't realize you should book through a luxury travel advisor 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:52.280 who books a lot of their clients at the hotel 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:54.840 because if anything goes wrong, they can make sure your trip. 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.840 They take care of you extra perks Champagne. So for 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.960 luxury hotels, you always want to book through a luxury 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.679 travel advisor. For you know, standard hotels, book directly with 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:07.440 the hotel and using points. Similarly to point me, there 0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:10.919 are now tools. Maximipoint dot com is a great one. 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:13.080 Say you want to go to Alila, big sur on 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.480 and use your Hiatt points one of the best redemptions 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:17.760 out there. This tool will let you look or the 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:21.800 Parkhayatt Paris and von Dome all the top properties. You 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:25.160 can now search by calendar date, so the Waldorf Astoria 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.840 in Cabo, which is a top points you know redemption. 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:29.720 It can be tough to find, but it will show 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.480 you a calendar search month by month. So once again, 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:35.760 pick your when possible. You know, I know, school dates 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:38.640 and everything, but when possible, choose your trip around where 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:39.720 the best availability is. 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:41.400 That's how you get the most bang for your point. 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:44.680 That's actually another tool that I like on your website 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:47.600 is the conversion tool where it says like, here's how 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.280 much the flight is costing in cash, here's how much 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:52.719 it is in points. So do you have to get 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:54.359 a certain value for the point for it to be 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:54.879 worth it? Ye? 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.440 For that redemption in general, you know it depends on 0:20:57.480 --> 0:20:59.720 the airline. Some airline miles are worth more than others. 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:01.960 But but you know you want to be getting ideally 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:05.040 one and a half cents per point to two cents 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:07.280 in value. And that takes a little bit of math, 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.240 but simply put, like a thousand dollars flight, if it 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:12.640 was one hundred thousand points, that's a one cent per 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:13.440 point valuation. 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:14.560 That's fair. 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:17.399 But if that thousand dollars flight it's fifty thousand points, 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:19.439 that means you're getting two cents per point in value. 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:20.840 That's where the sweet spot is. 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:23.000 And then the higher you can go, the better you 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.800 can get five to ten cents per point by booking 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.640 those really amazing what I call sweet Spot awards, which 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:33.160 I talk about in the book International first in business class, 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:36.640 especially to Asia. Those flights are ten fifteen thousand dollars 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.240 that sometimes you can get for sixty thousand miles. 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:41.159 So in the book, I'll. 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.080 Teach you easy redemptions and then how to become an expert. 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:46.760 And I just be warned, once you start redeeming for 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:50.119 those amazing redemptions, you will be hooked because when you 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:53.280 can fly a ten thousand dollars flight for eighty thousand miles, 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.280 that is a rush. And that's why I'm still doing 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:57.440 this after fifteen years. 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:02.119 Any travel gadgets that you really make your life easier, yeah, Well, 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:04.280 off the bat, you have to have air tags, even 0:22:04.320 --> 0:22:05.560 if you don't check your luggage. 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:08.879 AirTags are critical and the airlines nowadays are even integrating 0:22:08.880 --> 0:22:11.200 with Apple where if they lose your bag, you can 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:13.919 share your air tag status and that can be the 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:16.840 difference between getting your bag before that's seven day cruise. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.040 You know, losing your luggage can really throw a wrench 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:21.280 in your plan. So always knowing where all of your 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:23.800 bags are, even your carry on, because you could get 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.560 separated from it. They might make you check it last minute. 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.960 So I have an air tag in everything. And also, 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:32.600 you know, noise canceling headphones are an oldie but a goodie. 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:34.600 You will have a crying baby on your flight. I 0:22:34.640 --> 0:22:36.800 can guarantee you that at some point. But when you 0:22:36.840 --> 0:22:40.400 have your noise canceling headphones and you have your own entertainment, 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:43.080 because the airline entertainment will probably break as well. So 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:46.680 controlling what you can control, your noise, your what you're 0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:49.040 able to watch. Bring a good book on a flight, 0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:51.480 you know, bring snacks because the airline is always going 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:53.800 to run out. So I just tell people try to 0:22:53.840 --> 0:22:57.280 control what you can. You can't control delays or planes breaking. 0:22:57.359 --> 0:22:59.240 That's going to happen. But if you've got a great book, 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.760 your music, you have to shift your mentality. 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:03.200 This three hour flight delay. 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:05.560 Well great, I'm gonna have some me time in a lounge, 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:08.439 get a drink and enjoy it. It's all about you, 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:10.720 know your mentality, and I think too many people leave 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.919 their homes losing at travel, and in this book, I 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:16.240 want to teach you how to enjoy it even when 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:17.840 things inevitably go left. 0:23:18.119 --> 0:23:21.480 That's Brian Kelly, founder of thepoints Guide dot com. 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:24.320 His new book, How to Win at Travel is out now. 0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:27.879 I'll put a link on my website. Richon Tech dot 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:29.320 tv coming up. 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:32.600 More of your calls at Triple A Rich one oh one. 0:23:32.800 --> 0:23:37.800 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:40.080 rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:45.440 talking technology Triple A Rich one oh one eight eight 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:50.840 eight seven four to two four one zero one. The 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:55.680 Darklord on X. Looking for some clarification on the satellite 0:23:55.800 --> 0:23:59.639 stuff I was talking about earlier, specifically AST Space Mobile. 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:03.320 That's the company that's working with AT and T. They 0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:07.400 said that they are not behind starlink. So here's the deal. 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:13.840 Ast Space Mobile. They have launched their first five satellites 0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:18.080 so far, and their goal is to basically build a 0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:21.240 network that is kind of like a cellular network, but 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:25.320 in space and so right now they're saying their peak 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:27.080 speeds will be up to one hundred and twenty megabits 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:31.240 per second, which is fast, yes, but not as fast 0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:33.280 as some of the other speeds I'm hearing from Starlink 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:36.240 and also from Project Kuiper, which is going to be 0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:39.600 apparently double what starlink is or faster than starlink. 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:41.640 But this is the other thing. 0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:44.159 So I said, AT and T invested in them, but 0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:48.640 apparently AT and T, Verizon, Google, Vodafone, and a bunch 0:24:48.720 --> 0:24:52.040 of other mobile carriers worldwide are supporting this company as well, 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:55.440 so I guess they're one to watch for sure, and 0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:59.280 looks like they're out of Texas perhaps, But yeah, so 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:02.359 it says AT working with a S T Space Mobile 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:06.080 to one day offer voice, data, text, and video services 0:25:06.080 --> 0:25:09.960 in remote, off grid locations. So again, this is a 0:25:10.080 --> 0:25:13.200 very competitive field. We're gonna hear a lot about this stuff, 0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:16.560 and you know it's it's gonna mean kind of like 0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:19.760 what happened with the the Internet at home, where you 0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:22.320 know it was always delivered to your house via First 0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:24.840 it was phone line, then it was cable and fiber, 0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:27.840 and now you can get it wirelessly wirelessly through the 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:32.080 five G networks. So again, now we're seeing this start 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:35.000 to happen with internet from space and of course texting 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:38.440 from space. So interesting stuff happening. Glad to do the 0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:41.720 clarification for you there the dark Lord. Hope that helps. 0:25:42.040 --> 0:25:42.680 Let's go to. 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:45.760 Gary and Laguna Nagel Gary, you're on with Rich? 0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:49.359 Yeah, Rich, this is kind of an anti tech question. 0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:52.680 Oh yeah, I know. That's a good way of putting 0:25:52.680 --> 0:25:56.520 in the nurser. Okay, the watch I had I was 0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:59.399 recommended from a good friend of mine, Bob. Of course 0:25:59.440 --> 0:26:01.720 he's a tech kind of guy, and of course he's 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:04.840 an Apple guy, and he knows I'm an Android guy. 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:07.640 And what I got I got was called the Amazed 0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:13.000 Fit BP three pro. Yeah, I like, I couldn't stand 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:15.320 them thing. I couldn't stand it? 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:15.879 Why not? 0:26:16.520 --> 0:26:18.919 Well let me tell you why. Okay, I'm an I'm 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:22.439 a wildlife photographer, so I'm out walking the trails sometimes 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.440 I get kind of hot and sweating, and what happened 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.040 with this thing? And it's just outually drow me nuts. 0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:31.400 This thing needed my cell phone on me at all 0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:34.879 times to even function. And that's the number one thing 0:26:34.880 --> 0:26:39.120 that really bothered me about it. And half the time 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.280 I go to look at the time of the watch 0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:44.959 and was showing me my heart right. Well, you know what, 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:46.520 I don't want to know my heart right, I want 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:50.120 to know what tim it is. And I mainly got 0:26:50.160 --> 0:26:53.000 the thing just to have a pedometer. So maybe you 0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:58.280 can recommend a pedometer watch that is I repeat, not 0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:04.360 not not tied to a cell phone, well just by itself. 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:07.359 Yeah, I mean you're I mean, look, most people and 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.920 most of these companies, they want a the smart watch. 0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:13.120 You know that that is the that is the marketplace. 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:18.880 So smart watches are where all of the momentum is behind. 0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:22.520 That's most of what I see. Now, I'm not sure 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:25.760 your experience with this watch. I mean, you know, I've 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:29.000 tested the amaze fit devices and I've actually been very 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:32.000 impressed with them, and they are amaze Fit is sort of, 0:27:33.000 --> 0:27:35.879 you know, a less expensive version of a lot of 0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:37.440 the stuff you see out there. So if you look 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:39.879 at the bit five kind of looks like an Apple watch. 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:41.920 But I mean you're talking, the price on this thing 0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:44.960 is a lot cheaper. Let me just check the price 0:27:45.000 --> 0:27:46.920 on Amazon. These things are like me, I think it's 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:49.840 like under one hundred dollars. Yeah, fifty dollars for this thing. 0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:53.159 So number one, you can't expect the same kind of 0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:56.159 quality you're going to get from a two hundred and 0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:59.679 fifty dollars Apple watch for something that's fifty dollars. And 0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:03.000 I think the big kind of delineator here is the software. 0:28:03.520 --> 0:28:05.840 So the software and these devices, and I actually, again 0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:09.760 I tested almost everything in the Amaze fit lineup, Like 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.240 I tested their high end smart watch, their cheap smart watch, 0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:16.440 their ring and every single one of them. I came 0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:19.879 away thinking like, Wow, these are pretty good for being 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:24.359 so inexpensive. What's the catch? You know, the catch is 0:28:24.400 --> 0:28:26.600 generally the software. But even with these I thought the 0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:29.320 software or the app I think it's called zep is 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:32.840 pretty well designed as well. So to answer your question, Gary, 0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:36.480 I don't have a recommendation on a standard standalone pedometer, 0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:39.880 but if you search on you know, I mean Garman 0:28:40.000 --> 0:28:43.880 comes to mind first off, because Garman is kind of 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:47.560 the leader in fitness tracking, but they've kind of gone 0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:51.520 to the smart watch kind of area connecting to the 0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:54.080 phone with all of their devices. But it looks like 0:28:54.640 --> 0:28:57.400 you could probably use this like a Vivo Active five 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:00.640 without a smart watch. If you don't want to connect 0:29:00.680 --> 0:29:02.360 it to the smart watch, it looks like it does 0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:04.920 everything on its own. Now this may be too much, 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:07.600 but this is just a simple watch that does It's 0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:10.480 got a one inch to one point two inch display, 0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:16.440 up to eleven hours of battery life, detailed heart advance fitness. 0:29:16.720 --> 0:29:19.120 You can use the Garment Connect app on your iPhone 0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:21.240 or Android if you want, if you want to download 0:29:21.240 --> 0:29:24.640 your information, but again I don't know if you have to, 0:29:24.720 --> 0:29:26.640 because it looks like it's got everything built in that 0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:30.560 what you want. It's built in NAP detection, heart rate, 0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:34.080 risk based heart rate, so you can have your heart 0:29:34.160 --> 0:29:39.200 rate without your phone. There, stress tracking, UH pulse oxy 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:46.040 pulse sensor so pulse ox blood, blood oxygen, meditation, mindful breathing, hydration, respiration, 0:29:46.560 --> 0:29:49.320 and then again it's got all the different UH fitness. 0:29:49.720 --> 0:29:52.080 This thing's got a lot. So again, if you don't 0:29:52.120 --> 0:29:54.600 want to use your phone with this, you don't necessarily 0:29:54.640 --> 0:29:56.640 have to. But you said you have an Android phone, 0:29:56.680 --> 0:29:58.760 so I mean it's not gonna hurt to connect it, 0:29:58.880 --> 0:30:00.520 you know, once in a while to get a software 0:30:00.560 --> 0:30:02.880 update or something like that. Now, if you look on Amazon, 0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:05.640 if you type in like Fitness Tracker, no phone needed. 0:30:05.640 --> 0:30:08.520 There are a couple that come up, but again these 0:30:08.560 --> 0:30:12.240 are going to be probably even cheaper, and the quality 0:30:12.320 --> 0:30:13.640 is probably not even going to be as good as 0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:16.440 with the Amaze Fit that you had. The top one 0:30:16.480 --> 0:30:20.640 that comes up is the urans eu R A NS 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:23.880 and it's a smart watch, no app or phone required, 0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:28.360 fourteen days battery life. But sounds like what you're talking 0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:30.040 about is you just want a standard pedometer. I think 0:30:30.080 --> 0:30:31.560 they used to give those out at like with like 0:30:31.560 --> 0:30:34.440 a happy meal. Just put that thing on the side, 0:30:34.600 --> 0:30:38.200 So maybe just look up pedometer. I mean, they they 0:30:38.280 --> 0:30:42.600 do have these things. I mean, here's here's a pedometer, 0:30:42.680 --> 0:30:45.440 three D pedometer for walking fifteen ninety nine. 0:30:45.880 --> 0:30:46.760 Clip it to your side. 0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:49.440 Remember, I mean these were these were what people used 0:30:49.480 --> 0:30:53.840 before they went with the smart watches. But again, most 0:30:53.920 --> 0:30:57.280 of the most of these devices are wanting to connect 0:30:57.280 --> 0:30:59.080 to a smart watch. That doesn't mean they don't. They're 0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:02.080 a pedometer is not there. It's just a lot simpler 0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:05.920 than the smart watches. But and by the way, you 0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:09.440 can use a smart watch without the phone. So I mean, 0:31:09.520 --> 0:31:11.720 I I you know, I've got my Apple Watch on 0:31:11.840 --> 0:31:15.160 right now without my Apple phone, which is you know, 0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:17.880 so basically it's just not connecting back. If I needed 0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:19.480 to make a phone call or get a text, it's 0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:21.920 not going to happen. But you could still use them. 0:31:22.040 --> 0:31:24.800 It's just not the preferred method for using these things 0:31:24.800 --> 0:31:27.880 because most people at this point they want to be connected. 0:31:28.480 --> 0:31:30.480 But I understand that you don't want to be connected, So, 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:32.920 you know, there's a lot of options out there. I 0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:34.720 think it's going to come down to with this, it's 0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:36.320 going to be, you know, do you want to get 0:31:36.360 --> 0:31:38.760 something like a garment. I would probably look there first 0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:42.240 because I think Garman probably has the best overall solution 0:31:43.200 --> 0:31:45.200 with the option to connect it to your phone. But 0:31:45.240 --> 0:31:46.560 then I would kind of look at some of these 0:31:46.600 --> 0:31:50.160 other you know, I call them cheapies on Amazon, and 0:31:50.200 --> 0:31:52.280 just see which one works for you. You know, who 0:31:52.320 --> 0:31:54.440 knows what the accuracy is too. That's the other problem 0:31:54.480 --> 0:31:58.080 of it. Eight eight eight Rich one oh one eight 0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:01.400 eight eight seven four to two one zero one. The 0:32:01.440 --> 0:32:04.600 website for the show is rich on tech dot TV. 0:32:04.680 --> 0:32:07.040 When you go there, you can get the show notes. 0:32:07.120 --> 0:32:10.560 Everything is listed that I talk about. This is episode 0:32:10.600 --> 0:32:12.960 one and nine. 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Looks like 0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:54.360 she's got a thought on what we were talking about 0:32:54.360 --> 0:32:55.240 with the smart watches. 0:32:55.360 --> 0:32:56.480 Christine, Welcome to the show. 0:32:57.480 --> 0:32:59.560 Hi, rich Oh my god, I love you guys. You 0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:01.120 guys are all brilliant. 0:33:01.440 --> 0:33:02.240 Oh thank you. 0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:03.840 So. 0:33:04.120 --> 0:33:07.360 I love the piece you just did. I'm a registered nurse, 0:33:07.400 --> 0:33:10.400 but I work in the aerospace industry and there are 0:33:10.400 --> 0:33:13.880 a lot of top secret, you know, physicians, and they 0:33:13.880 --> 0:33:16.520 can't have those smart watches you were referring to, or 0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:20.120 any of the smart devices that transmit information. So your 0:33:20.240 --> 0:33:23.800 garment wait, no, the garment does too. So the pedometer 0:33:23.920 --> 0:33:26.280 you were talking about, I think is perfect for those 0:33:26.880 --> 0:33:27.840 types of jobs. 0:33:28.200 --> 0:33:30.760 Oh, so you're saying it your your job. You can't 0:33:30.800 --> 0:33:33.040 have the smart stuff. 0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:34.680 Right, Not for me. 0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:38.120 I'm I'm a registered nurse in that industry, but I'm 0:33:38.120 --> 0:33:40.600 not like top secret, I think you. I'm not top 0:33:40.600 --> 0:33:43.600 secret like the engineers are. They're like dealing with spider 0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:47.040 jet software and blah blah blah. So that's why they 0:33:47.080 --> 0:33:50.959 can't have any of those devices that transmit makes Your 0:33:51.040 --> 0:33:53.320 pedometer idea is a great idea. And now they have 0:33:53.640 --> 0:33:57.680 more modern pedometers that are not going to like cheat 0:33:57.680 --> 0:33:58.320 when you shake. 0:33:58.400 --> 0:33:59.760 It should always be. 0:33:59.760 --> 0:34:03.040 Very competitive when we had our wellness walks and stuff. 0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:04.680 So there are good pedometers. 0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:05.880 So I'm glad you brought that up. 0:34:06.240 --> 0:34:09.000 What's the what's the what's the most popular one around 0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:09.920 the nurses quarters? 0:34:09.960 --> 0:34:11.120 Is it the Apple Watch or what? 0:34:12.280 --> 0:34:17.000 So for hospitals, the Apple Watch is perfect. Apple is good. 0:34:17.000 --> 0:34:19.680 And then I have patients that have heart conditions that 0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:22.360 are not in top secret, so once again it's also 0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:25.440 perfect for them because they're like, oh, my watch triggered 0:34:25.480 --> 0:34:27.839 it and I hadn't felt anything. So they come over 0:34:28.280 --> 0:34:29.440 and I checked their pulse. 0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:30.920 They're apul to their heart. 0:34:30.719 --> 0:34:33.360 Pulse with a stethoscope and boom, I find out that 0:34:33.360 --> 0:34:34.040 they're having. 0:34:33.920 --> 0:34:37.200 A rhythm that's irregular and ultimately saved their life. 0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:39.479 So when when for you know. 0:34:39.840 --> 0:34:41.600 Certain cases, that's wild. 0:34:41.640 --> 0:34:44.160 I did a story with a guy who a really 0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:46.239 healthy guy, and he had an Apple Watch and it 0:34:46.320 --> 0:34:47.880 gave him that alert and he went right to the 0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:49.840 hospital and he got a think he said, like a 0:34:50.520 --> 0:34:53.400 stent or what's the thing that keeps your pacemaker in 0:34:53.400 --> 0:34:53.799 his heart? 0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:55.160 So, oh my god, do you see? 0:34:55.239 --> 0:34:58.080 So his heart rate was probably either very irregular or 0:34:58.160 --> 0:35:01.440 extremely slow and and alerted him. 0:35:01.440 --> 0:35:02.279 It saved his life. 0:35:02.280 --> 0:35:05.520 He needs stuck an app one whatever, But yeah, what happened. 0:35:05.680 --> 0:35:06.840 I think I think he got it. 0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:10.520 Afterwards, Christine, thanks for the call, appreciate it. Let's go 0:35:10.560 --> 0:35:14.919 to Daisy in Homeland, California. Daisy, you're on with rich 0:35:15.960 --> 0:35:16.560 Oh thank you. 0:35:17.160 --> 0:35:21.880 Yes, I was wondering if you could recommend some classes 0:35:22.320 --> 0:35:26.200 or a direction I can go in. I'm seventy seven 0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:30.200 years old and I'm interested in keeping up with the 0:35:30.239 --> 0:35:34.760 new technology, and AI is what I'm interested in finding 0:35:34.800 --> 0:35:39.400 out about. On TikTok, they're advertising a lot of classes 0:35:39.440 --> 0:35:44.000 and things like that, and I just don't know which direction. 0:35:44.160 --> 0:35:45.759 But I don't want to be left in the desk. 0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:51.279 Oh interesting, Okay, Well, there's definitely there's definitely a lot 0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:53.759 of places to go with it when it comes to AI. 0:35:53.880 --> 0:35:56.360 First off, I would start with the AI itself, So 0:35:56.560 --> 0:35:59.279 just get on Chat, e Ebt, get on Gemini, get 0:35:59.320 --> 0:36:01.359 on claud and just start using them. You're not going 0:36:01.400 --> 0:36:04.239 to break anything, and you can ask them like, hey, 0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:06.840 what can you do? What are some things I should try? 0:36:07.200 --> 0:36:09.560 And that's kind of like the first getting into it 0:36:09.600 --> 0:36:12.640 is just just try some of this stuff and then 0:36:12.760 --> 0:36:14.080 you know, if you want to get into some of 0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:16.839 the more, you know. I would listen to some podcasts 0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:18.719 about AI. There's a whole bunch of pot if you 0:36:18.840 --> 0:36:21.480 just go on the top tech podcasts. I mean half 0:36:21.480 --> 0:36:23.480 of them are dedicated to AI right now. So I 0:36:23.520 --> 0:36:26.040 would subscribe to one or two of those and listen 0:36:26.080 --> 0:36:27.759 to them because they're going to talk about the ins 0:36:27.800 --> 0:36:30.520 and outs of what these companies are doing, and it 0:36:30.560 --> 0:36:33.000 can kind of the trends that are happening in that world. 0:36:34.120 --> 0:36:36.720 A newsletter that I really like is called Wonder Tools 0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:42.399 wo Nder Wonder Tools put out by a guy named 0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:45.799 Jeremy Kaplan. Believe he's out of New York City and 0:36:46.239 --> 0:36:49.600 He does a great job every week of running down 0:36:49.960 --> 0:36:54.399 some of the great new AI tools out there, and 0:36:54.480 --> 0:36:58.399 so that is a great solution for learning about all 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:00.880 the AI stuff that's new, and it doesn't he doesn't 0:37:00.880 --> 0:37:03.520 get like some of it's really techy, but some of it, 0:37:03.600 --> 0:37:05.560 you know, a lot of it is very consumer oriented. 0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:06.799 So that's another way to do it. 0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:11.080 When it comes to classes, I mean, I don't know 0:37:11.120 --> 0:37:14.279 what they're advertising on TikTok, but you know, I mean 0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:16.200 you can you can look at classes at like your 0:37:16.200 --> 0:37:19.560 local community college and see what's there. If you want 0:37:19.560 --> 0:37:21.719 to go to online classes. I mean, you know, con 0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:25.440 Academy is kind of like a great free source of classes, 0:37:25.480 --> 0:37:28.279 So I would go on there and con Academy is 0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:30.319 k H A N. 0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:31.480 And let's just see. 0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:33.239 I'm just gonna search AI and let's see if they 0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:40.120 have any AI classes. Let's see air constant air. It 0:37:40.160 --> 0:37:41.799 comes up with air, so I don't know, maybe that's 0:37:41.800 --> 0:37:44.520 not the best one. Let's see artificial intelligence. Let's see 0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:45.080 if we can do that. 0:37:47.360 --> 0:37:47.960 It's tough to. 0:37:47.920 --> 0:37:49.560 Type and talk at the same time. There we go 0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:54.120 artificial intelligence. So talk search artificial intelligence, and that will 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:56.840 give you a whole bunch of stuff where you can start. 0:37:57.160 --> 0:38:00.000 But con Academy is another one. One of those places 0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:02.200 is where you can get kind of free classes and 0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:05.680 free online learning. So that's a good one, but there's 0:38:05.680 --> 0:38:08.280 just so many. I mean, you know, read up online. 0:38:08.960 --> 0:38:11.160 It sounds like you're already ahead of the curve because 0:38:11.160 --> 0:38:13.720 you're on TikTok and you want to learn about this stuff. 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:17.040 But those are the place I I would stay away 0:38:17.040 --> 0:38:19.880 from paying right now. I mean, unless you're doing community 0:38:19.920 --> 0:38:22.120 college whatever, maybe have to pay a small amount. But 0:38:22.360 --> 0:38:24.759 I don't know if you necessarily need to pay to 0:38:24.840 --> 0:38:28.000 learn about AI because what it sounds like, unless you're 0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:30.200 trying to get a new job with this, I think 0:38:30.239 --> 0:38:34.000 that you should just you know, try the free stuff first. 0:38:35.400 --> 0:38:35.879 Let's see. 0:38:35.920 --> 0:38:41.040 So there's also this interesting there's also a master Class. 0:38:41.080 --> 0:38:44.040 Have you heard of that program? So master Class is 0:38:44.600 --> 0:38:49.360 these online classes that basically they have like prominent people 0:38:49.480 --> 0:38:53.800 teach courses and things. They have got two hundred plus classes. 0:38:53.840 --> 0:38:55.400 You can watch them on your computer and things. But 0:38:55.440 --> 0:38:57.000 the problem is you got to pay for that. So 0:38:57.840 --> 0:39:01.200 let's see how much of a standard plan ten dollars 0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:05.560 that's an annual membership. They have ten dollars fifteen dollars 0:39:05.640 --> 0:39:07.080 or twenty dollars, But it looks like you have to 0:39:07.080 --> 0:39:09.480 pay for the whole year in advance. So but you 0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:11.280 know that may be another app you want to pay 0:39:11.600 --> 0:39:13.239 and you want something that's a little bit more like 0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:15.919 a course. But again, I mean YouTube, there's so much 0:39:15.960 --> 0:39:18.800 free content out there. It's just a matter of finding 0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.680 something that resonates with you and also deciding, you know, 0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:23.480 kind of what do you want to learn about. But 0:39:23.560 --> 0:39:25.880 I think playing with the with the tools themselves is 0:39:25.920 --> 0:39:28.120 the best way to kind of get acquainted with them, 0:39:28.239 --> 0:39:30.760 see what they can do, and then once you figure 0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:33.560 out what they can do, maybe then you go into 0:39:33.680 --> 0:39:36.000 some of these systems and see what they can do 0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:39.560 to help you out. Great question, Daisy really appreciate it? 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:42.479 Eighty eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:45.840 four to two four one zero one. Speaking of TikTok 0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:50.880 it is back. TikTok is back on both the Apple's 0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:55.800 App Store and Google Play officially back. The app disappeared 0:39:55.840 --> 0:39:59.040 in January. We know because of the pending US band 0:39:59.560 --> 0:40:03.480 tied to Byte Dance owning this app. Bite Dance out 0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:05.880 of China. There's been a lot to talk about this. 0:40:05.920 --> 0:40:07.919 I've been covering this app now and whether it's gonna 0:40:07.920 --> 0:40:11.400 go away for years, and it just keeps kind of percolating. 0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:14.239 But we did see it go off Google Play and 0:40:14.280 --> 0:40:16.279 the App Store because the company said, okay, we're going 0:40:16.320 --> 0:40:20.399 to enforce this ban, and then President Trump said, now 0:40:20.400 --> 0:40:22.799 it'll be okay, and they said, okay, Well we don't. 0:40:23.040 --> 0:40:24.759 We don't know if we want to believe you just yet, 0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:27.200 because what if it's not okay? And now we get 0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:28.920 sued for all the time that we had this thing 0:40:28.960 --> 0:40:31.080 in our app store. But I guess he's gotten a 0:40:31.120 --> 0:40:33.680 reassurance or these companies have gotten a reassurance from the 0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:37.040 US Attorney General's office and they said, no, it'll be fine. 0:40:37.440 --> 0:40:39.880 You can put them on your app stores until we 0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:43.239 figure out the permanent solution for this. The problem was 0:40:43.680 --> 0:40:46.160 people were finding that if they updated their phone, or 0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:49.000 they got a new phone, or they switched phones, their 0:40:49.320 --> 0:40:51.600 their TikTok app might not have followed through. So I 0:40:51.600 --> 0:40:53.719 got a lot of people saying frantically, hey, Rich, I 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:56.160 upgraded my phone and my TikTok is no longer here. 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:58.600 I don't know what you can do. There's not much 0:40:58.640 --> 0:40:59.000 you could do. 0:40:59.280 --> 0:40:59.440 Now. 0:40:59.440 --> 0:41:02.560 I did know for Android, because Android's a little bit 0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:06.000 different than iPhone. Android, you can download apps from anywhere 0:41:06.040 --> 0:41:08.040 and install them on your phone. I don't recommend you 0:41:08.080 --> 0:41:10.040 do that unless you know what you're doing. Got to 0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:12.200 be a little bit more tech savvy, because you can 0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:15.719 get some malware on your phone. But TikTok did come 0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:19.239 out with what's called the direct download ap case. So 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:21.759 if you went to TikTok dot com, I think it 0:41:21.800 --> 0:41:22.600 was just download. 0:41:23.640 --> 0:41:24.359 Let's see here. 0:41:25.280 --> 0:41:28.280 Yeah, if you just went to TikTok dot com slash download, 0:41:28.680 --> 0:41:32.880 you could get the download of the software file. So 0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:36.000 you know how you download software for your computer. On Android, 0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:39.520 you can do that bypassing the app store, and in 0:41:39.560 --> 0:41:41.520 Europe you can do that now, but in the US 0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:43.960 the iPhone is sort of locked down. You have to 0:41:44.000 --> 0:41:47.279 get your apps through Apple's vetted app store, but on 0:41:47.360 --> 0:41:48.640 Android not the case. 0:41:48.840 --> 0:41:49.160 You can. 0:41:49.440 --> 0:41:51.200 It takes a little bit like on the on the 0:41:51.480 --> 0:41:54.799 Samsung device the new one I got. You know, they 0:41:54.840 --> 0:41:57.799 put a lot of procedures in place before you can 0:41:57.880 --> 0:42:01.600 actually download software outside of an app store. So I 0:42:01.680 --> 0:42:04.760 downloaded the TikTok app to my new Samsung S twenty 0:42:04.760 --> 0:42:07.480 five Ultra, and I wanted to see what the process 0:42:07.560 --> 0:42:09.960 was like, and it did give me a couple of 0:42:09.960 --> 0:42:13.120 hoops to jump through, a specifically one through Samsung where 0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:15.640 it said, hey, you've got to change this setting to 0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:18.160 make it so you can download this app. And then 0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:20.120 Google asked if it can scan the app to make 0:42:20.120 --> 0:42:23.920 sure there's no malware on it. But anyways, that's called sideloading, 0:42:24.320 --> 0:42:26.440 and that was an option if you're an Android user, 0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:29.239 of course, but for iPhone there wasn't. But anyway, all 0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:31.120 this is a moot point at this point because it's 0:42:31.160 --> 0:42:33.920 back in the app stores, So if you still want TikTok, 0:42:34.280 --> 0:42:36.719 still using it, I will admit, I mean there's something 0:42:36.760 --> 0:42:39.239 about it. You know, once I downloaded it to quote 0:42:39.320 --> 0:42:41.239 unquote test it out to see if I can get 0:42:41.239 --> 0:42:43.560 out on my phone, you know, I started flipping through it, 0:42:43.640 --> 0:42:45.680 and you know, it gets you hooked. 0:42:45.920 --> 0:42:46.680 It really does. 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:48.759 Like they just have a way of like all of 0:42:48.800 --> 0:42:51.439 a sudden, they present one video and you flip through 0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:53.480 and if you watch it long enough, they start showing 0:42:53.480 --> 0:42:56.600 other videos just like that. And so the algorithm is good. 0:42:56.640 --> 0:43:01.439 There's no denying that. But again, it's there. I said, 0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:04.200 I was joking with someone at the TV station. I said, 0:43:04.239 --> 0:43:07.920 you know, our productivity ever since TikTok is back, has 0:43:07.960 --> 0:43:10.440 gone back down again because this has a way of 0:43:10.520 --> 0:43:12.920 just sucking you in and just keeping your attention for 0:43:13.000 --> 0:43:16.080 long periods of time. That swipe, It's all about that 0:43:16.120 --> 0:43:18.920 swipe to the next video. Eighty to eight rich one 0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:21.520 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:43:21.560 --> 0:43:25.280 one zero one. The website Richontech dot TV. 0:43:28.640 --> 0:43:29.120 Coming up. 0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:32.480 We have a new Apple product coming out next week. 0:43:32.520 --> 0:43:34.480 I'll tell you what we expect that to be right 0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:39.040 here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. 0:43:39.160 --> 0:43:42.879 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. Phone 0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:45.759 lines are open at eight eight eight rich one oh 0:43:45.800 --> 0:43:49.520 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:43:49.840 --> 0:43:56.080 zero one. All right, coming up, we're gonna talk about Apple. 0:43:56.600 --> 0:44:00.680 Oh my gosh, new product coming this week. So Tim 0:44:00.760 --> 0:44:05.360 Cook teased an Apple product reveal for February nineteenth, that's Wednesday. 0:44:06.000 --> 0:44:11.480 All signs point to the long awaited iPhone S refresh 0:44:11.840 --> 0:44:15.239 so on X. Tim Cook said, the newest member of 0:44:15.280 --> 0:44:19.000 the family will arrive on February nineteenth. Everyone seems to 0:44:19.000 --> 0:44:21.320 think this is the iPhone se this is their budget 0:44:21.360 --> 0:44:24.680 friendly phone model. It was last updated about three years ago, 0:44:24.840 --> 0:44:27.680 so it is time. So I think I talked last 0:44:27.719 --> 0:44:29.840 week on the show what's going to change? But basically 0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:31.600 no more home button. I know a lot of people 0:44:31.640 --> 0:44:33.560 like that on this phone. They got it for that reason. 0:44:33.600 --> 0:44:36.240 But you know they're doing face ID now on everything 0:44:37.280 --> 0:44:40.719 faster chip which will give it AI features and a 0:44:40.760 --> 0:44:44.960 bigger screen, maybe mag safe on the back USBC. But 0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:49.160 this is Apple's phone that costs generally under five hundred dollars, 0:44:49.640 --> 0:44:51.600 so a lot of people like this as a simple 0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:56.400 kind of entry level iPhone Again, iPhone se probably going 0:44:56.480 --> 0:44:59.160 to be announced on February nineteenth. 0:44:59.440 --> 0:45:03.680 Let's go oh to uh, let's see here is it? 0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:10.440 Taren Karen in Tennessee Taren, he welcome to the show. 0:45:11.480 --> 0:45:15.240 Heh Yes. I love to read books, and I currently 0:45:15.280 --> 0:45:17.600 have the Kindle app on one of my very very 0:45:17.760 --> 0:45:20.879 very old iPads. So I'm gonna either need to buy 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:24.759 a Kindle or buy an iPad, and I don't know 0:45:24.800 --> 0:45:25.399 which to do. 0:45:26.160 --> 0:45:29.400 Oh, that's the question, That's an easy one, Karen, Taren 0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:33.080 Karen Taran is my sister's name. Actually she spells it a 0:45:33.080 --> 0:45:35.120 little different t A R y N. So do you 0:45:35.120 --> 0:45:35.719 pronounce that? 0:45:36.239 --> 0:45:36.640 Why? 0:45:36.960 --> 0:45:38.000 What? No? Why? 0:45:38.920 --> 0:45:44.200 Well Tyrone Power, very famous old actor. His daughter was 0:45:44.280 --> 0:45:45.640 named Taren with a y. 0:45:45.960 --> 0:45:48.840 Ah, Okay, I'm gonna have to ask my mom. 0:45:49.000 --> 0:45:49.320 Okay. 0:45:49.440 --> 0:45:53.360 So I think this is a super super easy decision. 0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:59.200 And the decision is one thousand Kindle, oh okay. And 0:45:59.239 --> 0:46:02.400 the reason why is because the Kindle is for reading. 0:46:02.520 --> 0:46:05.680 The iPad is great and it's an amazing device, but 0:46:05.760 --> 0:46:07.640 I hate it for reading. I mean, I'm looking at 0:46:07.680 --> 0:46:13.200 my screen all day on my phone. The stress level 0:46:13.280 --> 0:46:16.719 on your eyes on a kindle is infinitely less than 0:46:16.760 --> 0:46:19.600 the stress level on your eyes on an iPad. And 0:46:20.880 --> 0:46:23.719 plus it has other benefits like when you're out and 0:46:23.760 --> 0:46:26.480 about when you're out in the sun, this thing does 0:46:26.480 --> 0:46:30.719 not heat up. It reads in the sun. It's waterproof, 0:46:30.760 --> 0:46:32.920 so you can bring it by the pool and the 0:46:33.000 --> 0:46:36.000 tub whatever. I mean, there's just so many benefits to 0:46:36.080 --> 0:46:39.840 the Kindle versus the iPad as a reading device. Plus 0:46:39.880 --> 0:46:42.480 there's no notifications. You're not sitting there and all of 0:46:42.520 --> 0:46:44.839 a sudden you get a notification and now you're down, 0:46:44.920 --> 0:46:47.120 you know, a TikTok. Not that I think you're on 0:46:47.160 --> 0:46:48.719 a TikTok rabbit hole, but you know what I mean, 0:46:48.760 --> 0:46:49.920 Like that could happen, you know. 0:46:51.200 --> 0:46:53.520 So what kindle would I get? There are a few 0:46:53.560 --> 0:46:53.879 of them. 0:46:53.960 --> 0:46:58.120 Well that's the that's the million dollar question. So I personally, 0:46:58.200 --> 0:47:01.920 I still use a really old kindle. I would not 0:47:02.120 --> 0:47:04.680 go for the kindle with the color soft. I would 0:47:04.719 --> 0:47:08.000 not get that one. So let me see. I got 0:47:08.120 --> 0:47:09.960 to look at the kindles, because there's a whole bunch 0:47:10.040 --> 0:47:14.239 of them. I think the best one is the middle one, 0:47:14.440 --> 0:47:17.759 so it is the not the color soft and not 0:47:17.840 --> 0:47:20.000 the regular kindle. I think the paper white is the 0:47:20.040 --> 0:47:23.319 one to go with ye, and that's kind of their 0:47:23.320 --> 0:47:25.920 middle of the road one. It's one hundred and sixty 0:47:25.960 --> 0:47:30.279 dollars I would spend. I would spend the extra. I 0:47:30.280 --> 0:47:31.840 think it's like twenty bucks to get the one that 0:47:31.880 --> 0:47:34.240 doesn't have ads on the screen, on the home screen, 0:47:34.719 --> 0:47:36.600 like or the lock screen. I should say, but that's 0:47:36.600 --> 0:47:39.799 that's optional. But here's the thing. I would not just 0:47:39.840 --> 0:47:44.920 buy this thing today, because these things go on sale regularly, 0:47:45.600 --> 0:47:48.080 and that's what I would wait for. So I would 0:47:48.120 --> 0:47:51.240 set an alert, put this in your shopping cart on Amazon, 0:47:51.440 --> 0:47:53.680 and wait for the price to drop before you purchase it. 0:47:53.960 --> 0:47:56.280 Kindles go on sale all the time, all. 0:47:56.160 --> 0:47:59.240 The time, Okay, super Thank you. You've been so helpful. 0:47:59.320 --> 0:48:03.440 All right, well, well thanks Tarn and Tennessee love the question. 0:48:05.320 --> 0:48:08.680 Thanks for the call. I love my kindle, absolutely love 0:48:08.760 --> 0:48:11.680 my Kindle. I mean I read on it every single day, 0:48:12.280 --> 0:48:17.240 and to me, it's an escape from the screen centric 0:48:17.280 --> 0:48:18.120 world we live in. 0:48:18.800 --> 0:48:18.960 Now. 0:48:18.960 --> 0:48:20.799 I know they came out with the Kindle. They've got 0:48:21.120 --> 0:48:24.719 several different kindles. They've got the Kindle, which is their 0:48:24.840 --> 0:48:27.160 standard one. I don't I would skip the standard one, 0:48:27.239 --> 0:48:28.600 just go with the paper white. I know it's a 0:48:28.640 --> 0:48:32.640 little bit more, but you're gonna get such better value 0:48:32.680 --> 0:48:34.239 out of your money. It's just going to be a 0:48:34.280 --> 0:48:38.200 bigger screen. It's going to be faster. I believe it's 0:48:38.239 --> 0:48:41.840 sharper text as well on the screen. But you know, 0:48:41.880 --> 0:48:46.120 the battery lasts forever on these things. They're just so easy. Okay, 0:48:46.120 --> 0:48:49.279 here's the yeah, okay, so the okay, the text is 0:48:49.320 --> 0:48:51.560 the same on oh gosh, the text is three hundred 0:48:51.600 --> 0:48:54.040 PPI and all of them. So okay, So I stand 0:48:54.040 --> 0:48:57.120 corrected there. But so from the Kindle to the paper white, 0:48:57.560 --> 0:48:59.759 battery life on the regular kindle is six weeks. On 0:48:59.760 --> 0:49:03.400 the pay paper white, it's twelve weeks. Storage is the same. 0:49:03.520 --> 0:49:06.759 There's no wireless charging on those two models. If you 0:49:06.800 --> 0:49:09.640 go to the Signature edition on the paper White, you're 0:49:09.680 --> 0:49:14.080 gonna get double the storage, wireless charging. Let's see auto 0:49:14.120 --> 0:49:16.960 adjusting front light sensor. So that means that when you 0:49:17.000 --> 0:49:19.080 go from like a dark room to a light room, 0:49:19.200 --> 0:49:25.040 it's gonna adjust how intense the brightness is. Let's see 0:49:24.760 --> 0:49:27.840 the Kindle The standard one is not waterproof, but the 0:49:28.000 --> 0:49:29.279 Kindle paper White is. 0:49:29.320 --> 0:49:29.840 And above. 0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:33.640 But yeah, so again, I think the sweet spot here 0:49:33.680 --> 0:49:37.040 is the Kindle Paper White. If you want wireless charging 0:49:37.120 --> 0:49:41.320 and a little bit more adjustment on the lighting by itself, 0:49:41.320 --> 0:49:43.800 I would go with the Signature edition. That's two hundred dollars. 0:49:44.080 --> 0:49:46.360 That's a lot. But the paper White, I think for 0:49:46.480 --> 0:49:48.440 ninety nine percent of people is going to be just perfect. 0:49:48.880 --> 0:49:49.520 I still have the. 0:49:49.480 --> 0:49:51.080 Old Oasis from many years ago. 0:49:51.200 --> 0:49:51.719 I love it. 0:49:52.000 --> 0:49:54.080 I'm still waiting for them to come out with a 0:49:54.120 --> 0:49:56.600 new version of that. But I guess none of them 0:49:56.600 --> 0:49:59.759 have physical buttons anymore. It's all touchscreen eight to eight 0:50:00.000 --> 0:50:02.520 which one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:50:02.600 --> 0:50:05.440 two four one zero one. Coming up, we're gonna talk 0:50:05.480 --> 0:50:10.640 about managing your digital estate. This is rich on Tech 0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:15.680 Welcome back to Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:50:15.719 --> 0:50:18.640 out with you, talking technology at eight eight eight Rich 0:50:18.840 --> 0:50:21.239 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:50:21.400 --> 0:50:23.759 four one zero one. We'll get back to the phone 0:50:23.760 --> 0:50:27.040 lines in just a moment. There's an app this week 0:50:27.120 --> 0:50:30.120 that us kind of getting a little bit of headlines. 0:50:30.280 --> 0:50:34.120 It's called the death Clock. App uses AI to predict 0:50:34.120 --> 0:50:37.680 your lifespan. Yeah, I downloaded it. I'm sorry I did. 0:50:37.840 --> 0:50:41.200 I put in all my information and told me my 0:50:41.360 --> 0:50:44.000 last day. Gives you a save the date card. I mean, yeah, 0:50:44.000 --> 0:50:48.240 this stuff is dark. But the idea is that you 0:50:48.360 --> 0:50:51.399 kind of have an idea of how to improve your 0:50:51.440 --> 0:50:53.879 life and live longer. So at the end they try 0:50:53.880 --> 0:50:57.080 to sell you on like a you know, a longevity plan, 0:50:57.480 --> 0:50:58.960 but you know you ask It asked you a whole 0:50:58.960 --> 0:51:02.320 bunch of questions about your exercise, stress, your medical history. 0:51:02.719 --> 0:51:04.520 And while you might be saying, Rich, isn't this just 0:51:04.520 --> 0:51:07.760 like a data grab, it actually doesn't ask any personal 0:51:07.840 --> 0:51:12.359 identifiable information at least for the questionnaire, So just ask 0:51:12.480 --> 0:51:15.040 your age and then your first name. It doesn't even 0:51:15.040 --> 0:51:18.160 ask for your email to get the the death date. 0:51:18.640 --> 0:51:21.239 But you know, they say it's for entertainment, but of 0:51:21.280 --> 0:51:24.200 course it's still a wake up call and it tells 0:51:24.239 --> 0:51:25.960 you even you know what it thinks is going to 0:51:26.000 --> 0:51:28.800 happen to you, whether it's you know, cancer or heart 0:51:28.920 --> 0:51:32.680 or whatever. But again it's called the Death Clock app. 0:51:33.200 --> 0:51:35.680 iOS and Android. Download it at your own risk. 0:51:35.800 --> 0:51:36.160 I don't know. 0:51:36.239 --> 0:51:39.440 I feel like I shouldn't have done it, So I'm 0:51:39.480 --> 0:51:41.439 just warning you. If you don't want to think about 0:51:41.440 --> 0:51:43.879 it for like the next couple of days, don't do it. 0:51:43.920 --> 0:51:46.080 But if you're if you're okay, then you know, just 0:51:46.120 --> 0:51:49.040 take it with a grain of salt. On that note, 0:51:50.200 --> 0:51:52.520 this was an interesting article from the New York Times 0:51:52.520 --> 0:51:54.919 this week, how to prepare for your digital afterlife. 0:51:55.360 --> 0:51:56.600 So if you think about it, you. 0:51:56.520 --> 0:52:00.080 Know, you've got so many things, so many accounts what 0:52:00.120 --> 0:52:03.160 happens to those after we die? And here to discuss 0:52:03.200 --> 0:52:05.760 that is JD. Beersdorf for from the New York Times. 0:52:06.280 --> 0:52:07.319 Thanks for joining me, JD. 0:52:08.200 --> 0:52:09.640 Hey Rich, thanks so much for having me. 0:52:09.880 --> 0:52:11.560 Would you do the Death Clock app? 0:52:11.600 --> 0:52:12.160 Do you want to know? 0:52:12.280 --> 0:52:12.480 Or no? 0:52:13.200 --> 0:52:13.799 I don't want to know? 0:52:13.880 --> 0:52:16.000 Okay, Yeah, see that's that's the way I feel after 0:52:16.040 --> 0:52:17.360 I did it. But I had to do it to 0:52:17.440 --> 0:52:19.160 try to like, you know, see what this thing was 0:52:19.200 --> 0:52:23.160 all about. You're curious, yeah, I mean yeah, but when 0:52:23.160 --> 0:52:26.160 you put it like a year on it, it's like if, okay, 0:52:26.320 --> 0:52:29.319 so let's talk about this article. So what what were 0:52:29.360 --> 0:52:31.239 you what was your thought behind this article? You just 0:52:31.280 --> 0:52:33.759 wanted to see, Like, you know, we've got like accounts 0:52:33.760 --> 0:52:37.200 for social media, You've got Google accounts, Apple accounts. Do 0:52:37.280 --> 0:52:38.799 they all sort of have a way that you can 0:52:38.920 --> 0:52:40.000 leave these to someone. 0:52:41.440 --> 0:52:44.080 They do, and it varies by each company. I mean, 0:52:44.160 --> 0:52:46.360 I sort of got into this. I had to tuttle 0:52:46.400 --> 0:52:48.319 one of my parents' estates, and so you get into 0:52:48.360 --> 0:52:50.480 it really deep when you're in the middle of it. 0:52:51.480 --> 0:52:53.360 And if you look, if you think about it, you know, 0:52:53.400 --> 0:52:56.000 we all know traditional estate of planning, you know, house property, 0:52:56.040 --> 0:52:59.839 car people get that. It's it's a long tradition. But 0:53:00.000 --> 0:53:02.319 we've had computers and internet for thirty forty years now 0:53:02.360 --> 0:53:04.600 depending on when you started. And if you think about that, 0:53:04.640 --> 0:53:07.520 in all those years, we've built up you know, photos 0:53:07.560 --> 0:53:10.319 and social media profiles and blogs and all of these 0:53:10.360 --> 0:53:13.759 things that leave little pieces of ourself in digital form 0:53:13.800 --> 0:53:17.360 over the Internet. And if you want something specific to 0:53:17.400 --> 0:53:19.759 happen to that after you pass you really need to 0:53:19.800 --> 0:53:22.640 leave instructions saying to my family, you know I want 0:53:22.640 --> 0:53:25.920 this to happen, or if you don't, conversely, so you 0:53:26.000 --> 0:53:28.239 have to say no, just delete everything. I don't want 0:53:28.239 --> 0:53:29.840 to be hanging around. 0:53:30.880 --> 0:53:33.719 So I guess my first question is is it as 0:53:33.719 --> 0:53:36.360 easy as just saying here's my password to my account 0:53:36.480 --> 0:53:38.319 or is that not as simple as that. 0:53:39.400 --> 0:53:42.960 It depends on the family and the trust level and 0:53:43.000 --> 0:53:44.680 all of that. And if you're really tight with your family, 0:53:44.719 --> 0:53:46.799 you know, no secession type thing going on here. But 0:53:46.880 --> 0:53:49.839 if you're really close to your family and you trust them, 0:53:50.520 --> 0:53:53.800 you can just basically write down what you want to happen. 0:53:54.040 --> 0:53:57.239 Most legal law sites advise you to write a letter 0:53:57.360 --> 0:54:00.680 or document saying these are all my online accounts, this 0:54:00.719 --> 0:54:02.719 is what I would like to happen to them, leave 0:54:02.760 --> 0:54:05.319 a separate list of passwords and user names so that 0:54:05.360 --> 0:54:07.680 they can get into those accounts. Most importantly, make sure 0:54:07.719 --> 0:54:11.120 that list is always up to date, and then just 0:54:11.200 --> 0:54:13.279 leave that with your state papers. The one thing you 0:54:13.280 --> 0:54:15.320 shouldn't do is put all your passwords in your will, 0:54:15.360 --> 0:54:17.480 because will has become public once they get fought with 0:54:17.520 --> 0:54:18.600 the court, and you don't want. 0:54:18.880 --> 0:54:19.879 All that stuff out there. 0:54:19.920 --> 0:54:23.440 But you leave your maybe you pick a digital executor, 0:54:23.760 --> 0:54:25.640 if you will, who's going to handle this. It could 0:54:25.680 --> 0:54:28.480 be the person who's doing your whole estate and just 0:54:28.480 --> 0:54:30.400 say I want all these things to happen. Here's how 0:54:30.440 --> 0:54:33.399 to get into the accounts, and then they can go 0:54:33.480 --> 0:54:37.560 from there. There is a legal provision called the hang 0:54:37.600 --> 0:54:43.560 on here the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Yes, 0:54:44.440 --> 0:54:47.719 rolls off the tongue, but most of the states in 0:54:47.840 --> 0:54:51.080 the country have enacted this, and this basically gives control 0:54:51.200 --> 0:54:55.440 to the executor or the person who's handling the estate 0:54:55.920 --> 0:55:00.480 to have access to someone's electronic communications and dental content. 0:55:00.880 --> 0:55:03.520 If that person said that they could. If they didn't 0:55:03.600 --> 0:55:05.880 leave any access and think gets a lot harder to 0:55:05.920 --> 0:55:07.880 get into the accounts and stuff, or if the person 0:55:07.920 --> 0:55:11.560 didn't even have a will or left any instructions at all, 0:55:11.600 --> 0:55:13.920 then it can be really quite a legal hassle. 0:55:14.120 --> 0:55:16.879 Okay, So what I'm hearing is if you leave instructions 0:55:16.920 --> 0:55:19.319 and say yes, I would like these accounts to be 0:55:19.400 --> 0:55:23.160 passed on, it sounds like the person who's the executor 0:55:23.600 --> 0:55:25.759 can get access to them. But if you didn't leave 0:55:25.760 --> 0:55:28.640 that specific instruction, then it's not like you can just 0:55:28.719 --> 0:55:31.360 email Google and say, hey, you know this person passed, 0:55:31.400 --> 0:55:32.280 I'd like access. 0:55:32.560 --> 0:55:33.520 It's not that easy. 0:55:34.120 --> 0:55:36.440 Yeah, yeah, Then it gets to the point where maybe 0:55:36.480 --> 0:55:39.000 you have to have court orders in order to get 0:55:39.040 --> 0:55:41.040 this and also prove why you would need access to 0:55:41.080 --> 0:55:44.400 their stuff, that very long legal thing that we mentioned, 0:55:44.440 --> 0:55:47.400 the red Dice fiduiciary. I think the reason this revised 0:55:47.440 --> 0:55:50.640 is because originally they had just given complete access to 0:55:50.680 --> 0:55:54.239 the account for anyone who said other person died and 0:55:54.280 --> 0:55:56.680 I need to get anto their stuff and prib to say. 0:55:56.719 --> 0:55:58.880 Advocates said, well, no, this is a problem. Maybe they 0:55:58.880 --> 0:56:00.600 didn't want their stuff to get out on it, you know, 0:56:00.920 --> 0:56:03.600 the access, so they revised it and made it a 0:56:03.640 --> 0:56:06.160 little bit harder. But as long as you have permission 0:56:06.160 --> 0:56:09.120 from the person, it's usually okay. And a lot of 0:56:09.120 --> 0:56:11.719 sites too, like if you've got Microsoft's website, if you 0:56:11.719 --> 0:56:13.680 need to go in and close an Outlook account or 0:56:13.880 --> 0:56:17.839 cancel their Microsoft Word subscription or whatever. Microsoft's site says, 0:56:18.120 --> 0:56:19.839 you don't have to tell us when the person died. 0:56:19.920 --> 0:56:22.279 If you have the name of the password, do what 0:56:22.320 --> 0:56:24.960 you gotta do and just delete the account yourself. So 0:56:25.120 --> 0:56:27.719 it can be that simple. If the person is armed 0:56:27.760 --> 0:56:30.720 with all of the names and passwords for these accounts. 0:56:31.600 --> 0:56:34.239 So what about this legacy contact because I often talk 0:56:34.280 --> 0:56:38.600 about that who has the legacy contact access? 0:56:38.680 --> 0:56:39.840 Like who has that feature? 0:56:41.280 --> 0:56:44.719 Apple's got it, Google's got a version of it. It's 0:56:44.760 --> 0:56:49.839 there an active account manager thing. Facebook has one. There's 0:56:49.880 --> 0:56:51.799 a few other sites too, but you know, the big 0:56:51.840 --> 0:56:55.120 three definitely have it, and they all vary a little 0:56:55.160 --> 0:56:58.640 bit on how they approach it. Facebook's gives you when 0:56:58.680 --> 0:57:01.160 you name somebody your legacy contact. They can go in 0:57:01.239 --> 0:57:05.239 after you die and manage your profile and put up 0:57:05.280 --> 0:57:08.120 a memorial post or whatever, but they can't log into 0:57:08.120 --> 0:57:11.120 it directly and read your messages, so they sort of 0:57:11.719 --> 0:57:14.920 cry you that way. Apple will give you access to 0:57:14.960 --> 0:57:19.600 pretty much all the stuff in iCloud and like email, notes, calendars, 0:57:19.640 --> 0:57:22.200 all of that. But if you had a lot of 0:57:22.240 --> 0:57:25.000 like things you bought from iTunes maybe or Apple Movie Music, 0:57:25.040 --> 0:57:28.280 all of that license content doesn't actually transfer, so they 0:57:28.320 --> 0:57:32.200 only get your personal stuff but not like your iTunes library. 0:57:32.280 --> 0:57:33.640 So you said you had to do this for a 0:57:33.680 --> 0:57:36.720 family member, What did you learn in the process, Like, 0:57:36.760 --> 0:57:39.120 what was it tougher than you thought? Was it easier 0:57:39.120 --> 0:57:43.160 than you thought? Was there any eye opening part of it. 0:57:43.160 --> 0:57:45.280 It was a lot of stuff that I didn't think 0:57:45.320 --> 0:57:46.960 I would have to think about till it was actually 0:57:46.960 --> 0:57:50.480 there and once you get in there, but the relative 0:57:50.600 --> 0:57:55.480 was not maybe the most technical, if you will, And 0:57:55.520 --> 0:57:56.960 so we had set up a system right, do all 0:57:56.960 --> 0:57:59.120 the family tech support. Anyway, I've been writing about tech 0:57:59.160 --> 0:58:01.960 for thirty years, so it's just naturally my default position. 0:58:02.560 --> 0:58:03.160 And so what we. 0:58:03.120 --> 0:58:05.520 Would do instead of I would business say, no, don't 0:58:05.520 --> 0:58:08.200 put your passwords on the post it note on the monitor. 0:58:08.280 --> 0:58:10.720 Let's sit down and go over all your accounts. And 0:58:10.760 --> 0:58:12.680 I've got this thing called a password Manager, and it's 0:58:12.680 --> 0:58:15.360 a little app that's basically a digital vault to store 0:58:15.400 --> 0:58:17.200 all your passwords in and you can get into it 0:58:17.240 --> 0:58:20.000 with one master password. So we sat down and went 0:58:20.000 --> 0:58:22.480 through all the accounts, use their name password. If you 0:58:22.600 --> 0:58:24.920 change your password, please tell me so I can update 0:58:24.960 --> 0:58:28.760 the thing. And so when the day came and you 0:58:28.880 --> 0:58:30.800 passed on, I had all of the stuff that I 0:58:30.840 --> 0:58:34.040 could go through and take care of things, close them, 0:58:34.480 --> 0:58:36.520 do what I needed to do to settle it. 0:58:36.560 --> 0:58:37.360 And it does make. 0:58:37.280 --> 0:58:39.520 It easier too, Like if there's bill auto pay in 0:58:39.560 --> 0:58:41.680 some accounts, you can go and turn that off cancel 0:58:41.880 --> 0:58:43.600 like Netflix and Hula subscriptions. 0:58:44.160 --> 0:58:44.800 There's all these. 0:58:44.640 --> 0:58:46.280 Little things that we didn't used to have to do 0:58:46.600 --> 0:58:49.360 that because we're so digital now it's a thing. 0:58:50.200 --> 0:58:53.440 So the password manager does that complicate things or make 0:58:53.480 --> 0:58:55.200 it easier for this process you think? 0:58:56.200 --> 0:58:59.640 I think for people who are comfortable with tech, it can. 0:58:59.640 --> 0:59:03.040 Actually they save you a lot of time because you 0:59:03.120 --> 0:59:05.600 have one secure place. Usually it's stored on your phone. 0:59:06.560 --> 0:59:08.360 You put all the passwords in there. Some apps will 0:59:08.400 --> 0:59:12.000 let you store other things like secure notes, software license information, 0:59:12.120 --> 0:59:15.400 that kind of stuff, and it's you remember to update 0:59:15.400 --> 0:59:16.920 it because when you change you passwordor I need to 0:59:16.920 --> 0:59:18.360 go and hear an update it, whereas maybe if you 0:59:18.440 --> 0:59:20.280 had things written down, you'd forget to go find the 0:59:20.280 --> 0:59:22.800 piece of paper and update it. And a lot of 0:59:22.880 --> 0:59:26.560 these password managers actually have family licenses, so you can 0:59:26.640 --> 0:59:29.120 have a group of people all sharing the same vault 0:59:29.280 --> 0:59:30.840 and you can limit the access as you want. But 0:59:30.920 --> 0:59:34.000 if you needed them to have everything, it's easier to 0:59:34.040 --> 0:59:38.040 do that with a family plan. So I thought the 0:59:38.040 --> 0:59:41.680 password managers were actually pretty handy, and it's right there. 0:59:41.680 --> 0:59:43.360 You can back it up to computer if you want to. 0:59:43.880 --> 0:59:47.480 A lot of the more thoughtful ones will tell you, oh, 0:59:47.480 --> 0:59:49.480 look there's been this data breach and this password you're 0:59:49.520 --> 0:59:51.680 using was actually compromised, so maybe you should go and 0:59:51.760 --> 0:59:54.040 change that. I find it a little bit more secure. 0:59:54.080 --> 0:59:56.120 A lot of people still want to write the thing down, 0:59:56.720 --> 0:59:58.520 leave it with their lawyer, put it in a secure 0:59:58.840 --> 1:00:01.240 block box or something, which is another way to do 1:00:01.320 --> 1:00:02.720 It's just you got to keep in mind that if 1:00:02.760 --> 1:00:05.000 you've got an entire list of all your user names 1:00:05.040 --> 1:00:07.520 of passwords in your accounts, if you get robbed or 1:00:07.520 --> 1:00:10.479 somebody steals that, then that's basically, you know, golden mind 1:00:10.480 --> 1:00:11.440 for identity theft. 1:00:11.600 --> 1:00:13.480 Yeah, all right, I've got less than a minute. But 1:00:13.520 --> 1:00:17.040 I'm curious your thoughts on like giving the pass code 1:00:17.040 --> 1:00:19.280 to your phone, like leaving that because you know that 1:00:19.440 --> 1:00:21.720 has a lot of information on it. And also like 1:00:21.720 --> 1:00:24.320 a lot of people are doing two factor authentication codes, 1:00:24.360 --> 1:00:26.240 does that play into this as well, Like you need 1:00:26.280 --> 1:00:27.840 to get those to that phone line. 1:00:28.600 --> 1:00:31.000 Yeah, that's another thing, and I mentioned this in the 1:00:31.080 --> 1:00:34.760 article in the Times, is while you're writing everything down, 1:00:34.880 --> 1:00:37.400 don't forget the pin code for your phone and the 1:00:37.440 --> 1:00:40.800 password for your computer because you need to get into 1:00:40.800 --> 1:00:43.720 the phone a for the two factor authentication that you mentioned, 1:00:43.800 --> 1:00:45.920 but also there's a contact list. Maybe you have to 1:00:45.920 --> 1:00:48.000 have a list of names of people who have to call. 1:00:48.960 --> 1:00:51.680 The phone has so much of our lives in it too, 1:00:51.760 --> 1:00:53.480 and you just need to be able to get in there. 1:00:53.640 --> 1:00:57.160 And the computer companies, do to privacy laws, will not 1:00:57.800 --> 1:00:59.480 take that pin code off. The only way you can 1:00:59.520 --> 1:01:01.560 get into the phone is a few do a factory 1:01:01.560 --> 1:01:04.200 reset and wipes all the data. So then you have 1:01:04.360 --> 1:01:06.800 an empty glass triangle, but you don't have all of 1:01:06.800 --> 1:01:09.240 those personal memories and things that were in the phone 1:01:09.600 --> 1:01:11.400 and some of the security tools that you need to 1:01:11.400 --> 1:01:13.320 get in there and start settling this stay. 1:01:14.080 --> 1:01:15.520 Yeah, good information, all right. 1:01:15.600 --> 1:01:15.840 JD. 1:01:15.920 --> 1:01:18.720 Beersdorf for from the New York Times the article how 1:01:18.720 --> 1:01:21.840 to Prepare for your Digital after Life. I'll put a 1:01:21.880 --> 1:01:23.320 link to it on the website. Thanks so much for 1:01:23.400 --> 1:01:24.080 joining me today. 1:01:24.680 --> 1:01:26.120 Thanks for having me, Rich, I have a great day. 1:01:26.200 --> 1:01:27.200 Yeah, really appreciate it. 1:01:27.200 --> 1:01:29.520 Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:01:29.680 --> 1:01:32.000 seven four to two four one zero one. We'll get 1:01:32.000 --> 1:01:33.400 back to the calls in just a moment. 1:01:34.000 --> 1:01:34.720 Uh. Again. 1:01:34.920 --> 1:01:37.600 The link is on the website. Rich on tech dot 1:01:37.680 --> 1:01:40.680 tv New York Times How to Prepare for your digital afterlife. 1:01:40.720 --> 1:01:46.439 Great information back after this, Welcome back to Rich on tech. 1:01:46.520 --> 1:01:51.280 Rich DeMuro here talking technology with you at eight eight 1:01:51.360 --> 1:01:54.680 eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 1:01:54.760 --> 1:01:57.280 to two four one zero one. 1:01:58.640 --> 1:02:03.240 Let's go to UH in New Orleans. Doug, you're on 1:02:03.360 --> 1:02:03.720 with Pitch. 1:02:04.000 --> 1:02:08.480 Hey, Hi, Yeah, I've talked to you before. You've been 1:02:08.520 --> 1:02:15.320 so helpful. Anyway, I love TikTok and so remember they 1:02:15.400 --> 1:02:19.480 were saying, hey, don't do any iOS updates otherwise you're 1:02:19.520 --> 1:02:26.320 going to lose your TikTok. Yes, so I've avoided doing 1:02:26.360 --> 1:02:30.080 my updates on iOS the last two times, and I'm wondering, well, 1:02:30.120 --> 1:02:32.320 now that it's available on the app, should I go 1:02:32.360 --> 1:02:33.560 ahead and do the update? 1:02:33.960 --> 1:02:34.200 Yes? 1:02:34.320 --> 1:02:37.240 I would for sure because the last update had some 1:02:37.360 --> 1:02:41.160 critical patches in it. So you're you're good to go. 1:02:41.280 --> 1:02:44.439 And you know, from what I heard, people who did 1:02:44.440 --> 1:02:47.920 the software update didn't necessarily lose their TikTok. It was 1:02:47.960 --> 1:02:50.880 more of the if they switched phones or something like that, 1:02:50.920 --> 1:02:53.280 it may not have come over. Because I did the 1:02:53.400 --> 1:02:57.120 update on my phone, the iOS eighteen. I think they 1:02:57.160 --> 1:02:58.760 have a new one now since I did it. 1:02:59.400 --> 1:03:00.840 What are we update? Let me see here? 1:03:01.160 --> 1:03:05.480 We are up to General Software Update iOS eighteen point 1:03:05.640 --> 1:03:09.680 three point one. So there's been two software updates, like 1:03:09.720 --> 1:03:12.720 you said, since this happened in January. But I would 1:03:12.760 --> 1:03:15.120 do them because now you can download it from If 1:03:15.120 --> 1:03:17.360 something happened and it went away, you can re download 1:03:17.400 --> 1:03:18.200 it from the app stores. 1:03:18.240 --> 1:03:21.240 You're good to go, right, Okay, So do I do 1:03:21.520 --> 1:03:24.560 when I download the new updates? Do I do the 1:03:24.600 --> 1:03:27.439 old one first or just do the latest one? 1:03:28.120 --> 1:03:30.680 Whatever's on there, it should just be the latest one, 1:03:30.720 --> 1:03:32.919 should have it should have the old one as well. 1:03:32.960 --> 1:03:33.400 It may not. 1:03:33.560 --> 1:03:36.160 It just depends on how Apple's done it. But I 1:03:36.160 --> 1:03:38.240 would just do whatever's on there, Just do that and 1:03:38.280 --> 1:03:39.800 then if it says, oh there's another one. 1:03:39.720 --> 1:03:42.440 Do that as well. But yeah, that's what I would do. 1:03:42.600 --> 1:03:46.040 But get those updates because you know they do you know, 1:03:46.080 --> 1:03:48.480 they patch some security flaws and things like that on 1:03:48.520 --> 1:03:50.880 the iPhone, and they're always a good idea to do. 1:03:51.000 --> 1:03:52.600 I know people like to wait a little bit just 1:03:52.640 --> 1:03:55.280 to make sure everything's good, but that's that's what I recommend. 1:03:55.680 --> 1:03:58.320 What do you like about TikTok? What do you learning 1:03:58.360 --> 1:03:58.960 on there? Or what? 1:03:59.400 --> 1:04:00.080 Just on? 1:04:00.160 --> 1:04:01.880 Stop we're talking, Kim and I are having a side 1:04:01.880 --> 1:04:04.640 conversation about how it just gets you. You know, you 1:04:04.680 --> 1:04:07.240 start swiping, it's just like you can't stop. 1:04:07.000 --> 1:04:10.080 And then hours, hours can really go by fast. But 1:04:10.640 --> 1:04:16.200 I don't know. I think for me it's I I 1:04:16.280 --> 1:04:19.760 do learn things and then I'll tell my friends day 1:04:20.320 --> 1:04:25.200 I just saw this on TikTok and blah blah blah. 1:04:25.440 --> 1:04:26.560 It's certainly been a force. 1:04:28.240 --> 1:04:30.240 No, but it's but it's been a force in the 1:04:30.280 --> 1:04:33.400 world when it comes to, you know, information, My kid 1:04:33.400 --> 1:04:36.200 watches YouTube shorts and the amount of information he's picked 1:04:36.280 --> 1:04:39.320 up on there, good and bad, is pretty wild. You know. 1:04:39.840 --> 1:04:41.959 It sounds like it sounds like you're catching a flight 1:04:42.080 --> 1:04:46.280 or something. So Doug, we're gonna let you all right, 1:04:46.680 --> 1:04:47.960 where are you headed to anywhere? 1:04:47.960 --> 1:04:48.200 Good? 1:04:49.200 --> 1:04:52.880 We're going, uh, to Charlotte and then to Tampa. 1:04:53.120 --> 1:04:55.080 All right, we'll have fun in Charlotte and Tampa. It 1:04:55.120 --> 1:04:57.720 sounds like someone's trying to try to get through there. 1:04:58.640 --> 1:05:01.680 Eight eight eight rich on eight eight eight seven four 1:05:01.640 --> 1:05:03.720 to two four one zero one. 1:05:04.320 --> 1:05:04.440 Uh. 1:05:04.600 --> 1:05:09.600 Let's go to Laura in a Rancho mission via Hoo, Laura, 1:05:09.680 --> 1:05:11.160 you're on rich Hello. 1:05:10.960 --> 1:05:13.960 There, thanks for taking my call. I love what you do, 1:05:14.120 --> 1:05:16.760 and thanks from informing people we need people like you. 1:05:17.160 --> 1:05:18.080 I try the world. 1:05:18.320 --> 1:05:21.600 Some people debate the merits of some of the information 1:05:21.720 --> 1:05:24.040 I share, but you know it's all on the floor site. 1:05:24.440 --> 1:05:27.680 But we need to have their discussion. Absolutely, So what 1:05:27.720 --> 1:05:29.600 can I have to you so I might have fixed 1:05:29.640 --> 1:05:32.080 my problem in the time I was waiting for you 1:05:32.200 --> 1:05:35.480 to come online? My problem has been I have a 1:05:35.520 --> 1:05:39.800 Google calendar that is shared by several volunteers, and we 1:05:39.840 --> 1:05:42.000 all put in our schedules, and every time someone put 1:05:42.080 --> 1:05:45.240 a schedule change or update, I get an email notescase 1:05:45.280 --> 1:05:47.400 and on my email account, and I went to Also 1:05:47.440 --> 1:05:49.560 it's a way you know different things. I've clicked so 1:05:49.560 --> 1:05:52.720 many things off. But I think the mistake I might 1:05:52.760 --> 1:05:55.320 have made is I wasn't in the calendar that was 1:05:55.400 --> 1:05:59.280 actually the volunteer calendar. I was probably in the calendar. 1:05:59.520 --> 1:06:01.120 Yes, well, I see it says. 1:06:01.000 --> 1:06:05.080 Select calendar and then change other notifications. And I finally 1:06:05.120 --> 1:06:09.280 found other notifications. So I believe if I select none 1:06:09.320 --> 1:06:13.640 on the events, change events, cancel events, events responses, everything 1:06:13.680 --> 1:06:15.760 should go away and I shouldn't get all of these email. 1:06:16.040 --> 1:06:18.400 Absolutely, yes, this is a great question. 1:06:18.960 --> 1:06:19.480 I get. 1:06:19.800 --> 1:06:23.720 These calendar notifications can drive you nuts because there's so many, many, 1:06:23.840 --> 1:06:25.760 and they come everywhere. They come to my watch, they 1:06:25.760 --> 1:06:28.160 come to my phone, they come to my computer, and 1:06:28.200 --> 1:06:29.520 I just had to do this the other day. I 1:06:29.520 --> 1:06:31.080 had to turn off some of them because I was like, 1:06:31.080 --> 1:06:33.720 I'm getting like the same notification across so many things. 1:06:34.080 --> 1:06:35.680 And then, of course, like you said, you can get 1:06:35.680 --> 1:06:38.040 them in your email as well. So I think that 1:06:38.240 --> 1:06:40.760 is the trick is that there are if you look 1:06:40.800 --> 1:06:42.560 in Google Calendar, number one, you want to go to 1:06:42.600 --> 1:06:46.000 the calendar Google Calendar on your desktop and go into 1:06:46.000 --> 1:06:49.280 the settings. And by the way, these these notifications for 1:06:49.320 --> 1:06:51.640 your desktop could be different than your mobile phone. So 1:06:51.680 --> 1:06:54.000 if you're having they were you know, duple kits, you 1:06:54.080 --> 1:06:57.120 can go through and on your phone those are sort 1:06:57.120 --> 1:07:00.200 of like phone notifications. These are sort of like desktop 1:07:00.200 --> 1:07:03.400 and what you're talking about email notifications. So if you 1:07:03.440 --> 1:07:05.960 go into settings, there's a little gear icon that's sort 1:07:05.960 --> 1:07:11.360 of the universal icon. It'll say settings for my calendars, 1:07:12.040 --> 1:07:14.280 and so there's a general setting, which is probably what 1:07:14.360 --> 1:07:16.840 you were trying to figure out first, and you changed 1:07:16.880 --> 1:07:19.120 all those and they still happened. But then if you 1:07:19.280 --> 1:07:21.800 tap these calendars on the left hand side, there's a 1:07:21.800 --> 1:07:23.800 whole bunch and I've got a whole bunch of them, 1:07:24.200 --> 1:07:26.400 and then you can go in and see all of 1:07:26.440 --> 1:07:30.080 the different notifications. So, for instance, on my personal calendar, 1:07:30.160 --> 1:07:32.960 gives me event notifications ten minutes before and then one 1:07:33.000 --> 1:07:37.040 minute before. That might be too much, all day notifications, 1:07:37.080 --> 1:07:40.000 and then the other notifications is what you're talking about, 1:07:40.040 --> 1:07:45.480 which is new events, changed events, canceled events, event responses, 1:07:45.560 --> 1:07:49.280 and a daily agenda. You can switch those to none 1:07:49.520 --> 1:07:53.200 or email. I'm guessing that you've switched those two none. 1:07:53.360 --> 1:07:54.160 Yeah, I have none. 1:07:54.240 --> 1:07:57.280 So the trick was finding the correct calendar. I was 1:07:57.600 --> 1:07:59.840 doing it on some other I have three or four 1:08:00.040 --> 1:08:02.120 calendars that I'm using, and so gut finding the right 1:08:02.120 --> 1:08:04.320 calendar with the trick, I think, and then I could 1:08:04.320 --> 1:08:07.040 finally see other notifications. I've been looking for that for 1:08:07.600 --> 1:08:08.240 months now. 1:08:08.560 --> 1:08:10.480 Well, I'm glad you found it while you're on hold. 1:08:11.560 --> 1:08:15.120 Thanks Laura for the question. Great information. The other thing 1:08:15.160 --> 1:08:18.800 to know, by the way, is the let's see when 1:08:18.800 --> 1:08:23.519 you're in Google calendar the automatic events made by Gmail. 1:08:23.600 --> 1:08:26.160 If you're sharing a calendar with someone, they may not 1:08:26.280 --> 1:08:29.040 see those automatic Gmail events. So if you see something 1:08:29.080 --> 1:08:32.320 that says automatically created by Gmail, use the copy to 1:08:32.400 --> 1:08:35.839 a different calendar to get that onto the other person's calendar. 1:08:36.040 --> 1:08:38.840 This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:08:38.960 --> 1:08:42.400 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 1:08:42.479 --> 1:08:46.559 triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 1:08:46.720 --> 1:08:50.439 four to two four one zero one the website rich 1:08:50.600 --> 1:08:53.240 on Tech dot TV. While you're there, you can sign 1:08:53.320 --> 1:08:55.960 up for my newsletter. You can hit contact if you 1:08:55.960 --> 1:08:57.160 want to send me an email. 1:08:57.680 --> 1:08:57.800 Uh. 1:08:57.920 --> 1:09:01.040 The magnifying glass will let you serve anything that I've 1:09:01.320 --> 1:09:04.840 mentioned on a previous show or maybe on TV. And 1:09:04.840 --> 1:09:06.559 then of course you can get show notes. This is 1:09:06.600 --> 1:09:10.439 episode one zero nine. If you're not already following me 1:09:10.520 --> 1:09:13.559 on Instagram, you can find me there at rich on Tech. 1:09:14.080 --> 1:09:17.960 You know why, this is why I can never post 1:09:18.000 --> 1:09:22.280 anything that's silly, because last night I got pizza and 1:09:22.920 --> 1:09:27.639 the AI Generative Edit on the Samsung device. The new 1:09:27.680 --> 1:09:32.880 one is just incredible, Like it's so good. It's just 1:09:33.040 --> 1:09:36.639 the best AI photo editing I've ever seen in my life. 1:09:37.080 --> 1:09:39.920 So I thought it'd be funny to take a picture 1:09:39.960 --> 1:09:42.360 of me holding a slice of pizza and I just 1:09:42.479 --> 1:09:46.200 use the AI to make that pizza like enormous. And 1:09:46.240 --> 1:09:48.120 I'm not kidding the amount of people, and I thought 1:09:48.160 --> 1:09:50.240 it looked fake, right, Like, I mean, it looked real, 1:09:50.320 --> 1:09:52.400 but like, there's no piece of pizza that's the size 1:09:52.400 --> 1:09:56.280 of my entire body, right, And I'm not kidding. I 1:09:56.320 --> 1:09:58.439 got so many people texting me saying, where'd you get 1:09:58.479 --> 1:09:59.479 that giant slice? 1:09:59.520 --> 1:10:01.360 Where get that giant slice? 1:10:01.800 --> 1:10:04.519 And I had to take down the picture because I 1:10:04.520 --> 1:10:08.360 felt bad misleading people. Now, this is actually a lot 1:10:08.360 --> 1:10:11.439 of talk in the AI world of when you edit 1:10:11.520 --> 1:10:15.439 a photo using AI, the photo editor, a lot of 1:10:15.479 --> 1:10:18.880 them will leave a water mark on the file, and 1:10:18.920 --> 1:10:23.200 so when you upload that file somewhere that program understands 1:10:23.280 --> 1:10:26.400 that that file was edited using AI. In the case 1:10:26.439 --> 1:10:30.439 of Instagram and Facebook, they're supposed to market with a little, 1:10:31.560 --> 1:10:35.080 you know, a little tag that says made with AI. Well, 1:10:35.160 --> 1:10:37.720 I thought that tag would be on my story in 1:10:37.760 --> 1:10:41.280 the upper left hand corner. That didn't appear. So now 1:10:41.439 --> 1:10:43.600 on the Samsung it also puts a watermark on the 1:10:43.640 --> 1:10:46.200 bottom of the photo that said generated with AI. 1:10:46.320 --> 1:10:47.799 But that was sort of cut off. 1:10:48.720 --> 1:10:51.519 On the photo when it made it sixteen by nine 1:10:51.640 --> 1:10:55.760 in that story version versus the standard photo size. So 1:10:55.920 --> 1:10:57.719 it was just a whole thing, and I felt bad 1:10:57.760 --> 1:10:59.400 and all these people were texting me saying, oh, my 1:10:59.439 --> 1:11:01.640 kid would love it, giant piece of pizza, and I 1:11:01.720 --> 1:11:03.160 just had to take it down. But you have to 1:11:03.920 --> 1:11:08.080 two things. My two takeaways. Number one, the photo editor, 1:11:08.240 --> 1:11:12.439 the built in editing for AI. The AI photo editor 1:11:12.479 --> 1:11:16.639 on the Samsung is just truly incredible. Like I'm telling you, 1:11:16.640 --> 1:11:20.120 you can erase things from pictures, modify them, add things, 1:11:20.200 --> 1:11:22.720 and you cannot tell. I don't know what kind of 1:11:22.720 --> 1:11:25.760 magic they're using on the back end, but it's really good, 1:11:26.160 --> 1:11:29.160 better than what Apple's doing, better than what Google's doing. 1:11:29.600 --> 1:11:29.760 Now. 1:11:29.800 --> 1:11:34.120 Adobe this week they launched Video Firefly. It's called so 1:11:34.200 --> 1:11:37.599 they've got you know, video generation, and you know everyone 1:11:37.680 --> 1:11:42.240 does a level of AI video and photo generation. But 1:11:42.360 --> 1:11:46.920 with the editing you can do on the Samsung for 1:11:47.000 --> 1:11:49.680 free or included, I guess with the phone is just 1:11:49.920 --> 1:11:53.760 truly remarkable, like really really good. Like last week I 1:11:53.800 --> 1:11:55.360 was posting on my Instagram. If you want to see 1:11:55.360 --> 1:11:57.439 it at rich On Tech, look for the photo that 1:11:57.439 --> 1:11:59.360 it looks like I'm almost like showing like a ring 1:11:59.400 --> 1:12:01.040 in front of my face. People thought I was like 1:12:01.360 --> 1:12:03.760 they thought it was like a proposal photo or something, 1:12:04.280 --> 1:12:07.160 but you can actually we figured out you can erase 1:12:07.280 --> 1:12:09.760 a hand or anything in front of your face, and 1:12:09.800 --> 1:12:14.480 it will recreate your face underneath that hand with eerie accuracy. 1:12:15.200 --> 1:12:17.559 I mean, this stuff is just wild. How does it 1:12:17.640 --> 1:12:19.320 know what my face looks like? I was able to 1:12:19.320 --> 1:12:22.680 remove sunglasses from my face and it recreated my eyes. Now, 1:12:22.680 --> 1:12:25.600 they didn't specifically look like my eyes, but it was 1:12:25.600 --> 1:12:28.760 pretty close. Now, the face with your mouth, when I 1:12:28.800 --> 1:12:30.320 had my hand in front of my mouth, it was 1:12:30.439 --> 1:12:35.240 really good. Mary writes in Hey, Rich, got a conundrum 1:12:35.240 --> 1:12:37.800 with my senior mom, who lives in an assisted living home. 1:12:38.960 --> 1:12:41.120 I noticed she was going to bed wearing your hearing aids. 1:12:41.160 --> 1:12:44.799 She's not remembering to take them out. Wireless charging aids 1:12:44.920 --> 1:12:47.080 are out. As she's very old one hundred. She has 1:12:47.080 --> 1:12:50.720 no smart devices other than the Samsung Samsung TV as 1:12:50.760 --> 1:12:53.479 five years old. I'm thinking of an external device that 1:12:53.479 --> 1:12:55.360 we could hook up to her TV that would see 1:12:55.439 --> 1:12:59.479 everything all programming, old movies, sports, news, et cetera. If 1:12:59.520 --> 1:13:02.240 we enable CC on the TV via the Samsung remote, 1:13:02.280 --> 1:13:05.080 would that be on all the time. She can't manage 1:13:05.080 --> 1:13:07.719 a remote, so refreshing the closed captioning once the TV 1:13:07.880 --> 1:13:12.160 is turned back on is also out. She doesn't need 1:13:12.200 --> 1:13:14.160 to hear at night except to watch TV. Thank you 1:13:14.240 --> 1:13:18.519 Mary and tapanga Mary. If you turned on it depends 1:13:18.560 --> 1:13:21.599 if she's watching something that's coming through the TV and 1:13:21.680 --> 1:13:24.400 through the TV speakers, like not a streaming service. Yes, 1:13:24.479 --> 1:13:26.920 the CC on the remote would handle that. You just 1:13:26.960 --> 1:13:29.040 have to turn that on once and it would whatever 1:13:29.320 --> 1:13:32.840 channel she's on, the closed captioning would work. So I 1:13:32.840 --> 1:13:35.040 think that's fine. Now, if you're talking streaming, it gets 1:13:35.080 --> 1:13:38.280 a little trickier because the closed captioning from the TV 1:13:39.400 --> 1:13:44.400 and even I'm looking here, so Samsung Close Captions let's 1:13:44.400 --> 1:13:47.880 see says Samsung has a variety of accessibility settings. If 1:13:47.920 --> 1:13:50.240 you have closed captioning turned on for your TV, they 1:13:50.320 --> 1:13:53.320 still may not show up on some sources. Certain apps 1:13:53.320 --> 1:13:57.120 like Netflix or HBO Max have their own settings, So 1:13:57.640 --> 1:13:59.519 that is the main thing to know. If she's using 1:13:59.560 --> 1:14:01.920 a stream app for these sports and stuff like that, 1:14:02.280 --> 1:14:04.600 this the close captioning is not going to show up 1:14:04.640 --> 1:14:07.960 on there, So you do need to take that into consideration. 1:14:08.000 --> 1:14:09.559 But I think if she's just watching stuff that's on 1:14:09.600 --> 1:14:12.280 TV channels, go ahead, yeah, turn it on and it's 1:14:12.320 --> 1:14:14.200 just gonna be on there all day. I mean, my 1:14:14.280 --> 1:14:16.519 wife and I watch movies and TV shows with close 1:14:16.560 --> 1:14:18.679 captioning on. We're not hard of hearing, but we still 1:14:18.720 --> 1:14:21.840 just like that reassurance of what do they just say 1:14:22.479 --> 1:14:26.240 and it's on there now. The other thing, I'm not 1:14:26.400 --> 1:14:32.040 able to locate a universal closed captioning box, but there 1:14:32.120 --> 1:14:35.040 might be something like a specialized box that does that. 1:14:35.160 --> 1:14:38.360 But the thing about that box is your TV input 1:14:38.400 --> 1:14:40.840 would have to go into that box, so the box 1:14:40.880 --> 1:14:43.240 can listen to the audio and then real time close 1:14:43.280 --> 1:14:45.320 caption it and then send that signal back out to 1:14:45.360 --> 1:14:48.080 the TV. So it'd sort of be an intermediate box 1:14:48.080 --> 1:14:50.599 that could get expensive because it's probably a specialty box. 1:14:50.960 --> 1:14:52.639 The other thing that I would look into is something 1:14:52.680 --> 1:14:56.000 called Jubilee TV, and I did a segment with them 1:14:56.120 --> 1:15:00.519 on TV and basically this entire box is in invented 1:15:00.880 --> 1:15:05.040 for situations like you're talking about. The website get jubileetv 1:15:05.240 --> 1:15:08.679 dot com. The box is two hundred dollars and yeah, 1:15:08.720 --> 1:15:10.839 it's a little pricey, plus you have to pay a membership. 1:15:10.880 --> 1:15:13.880 I think it's like thirty bucks a month. But this 1:15:14.600 --> 1:15:18.519 literally you can control every single aspect of this TV 1:15:18.680 --> 1:15:21.000 from your phone. You can turn the TV on, you 1:15:21.000 --> 1:15:22.920 can turn it off, you can start a movie. You 1:15:22.960 --> 1:15:25.880 can even see what mom sees on her TV screen 1:15:26.000 --> 1:15:29.080 on your phone screen, so it literally live streams it 1:15:29.120 --> 1:15:31.960 to your phone and you can turn off, adjust the volume, 1:15:32.240 --> 1:15:35.320 turn on the closed captioning, turn it off, change the channel, 1:15:35.920 --> 1:15:38.240 go into the streaming service. You say, hey, Mom, I'm 1:15:38.240 --> 1:15:40.360 gonna put Netflix on for you. Here's a cool movie. 1:15:40.360 --> 1:15:42.200 Go ahead watch it. You can do it all from 1:15:42.240 --> 1:15:42.679 your phone. 1:15:43.600 --> 1:15:45.040 Again. It's called Jubilee TV. 1:15:45.479 --> 1:15:49.760 It's very specialized, but it is meant for situations like 1:15:49.840 --> 1:15:53.639 you're talking about. It's for caregivers that live across the miles, 1:15:53.680 --> 1:15:56.400 but they still want to be able to help their parents, 1:15:57.080 --> 1:15:59.519 especially when it comes to the TV unless they're just 1:15:59.560 --> 1:16:02.320 sitting there. Flipping the standard channels on the antenna could 1:16:02.320 --> 1:16:06.200 get very tricky with all these streaming services, So get 1:16:06.320 --> 1:16:10.000 jubileetv dot com that that will do what you need. 1:16:10.080 --> 1:16:13.000 But it is probably a little priceier, a little a 1:16:13.000 --> 1:16:15.560 little more high end solution of what you're talking about. 1:16:15.720 --> 1:16:18.200 But I would try just enabling the close captions first, 1:16:18.240 --> 1:16:21.519 depending on you know what she's doing. All right, let's 1:16:21.560 --> 1:16:24.200 go to Earl in Witty or Earl You're on with Rich? 1:16:24.920 --> 1:16:27.120 Yes, Rich, how are you I am doing, excellen. 1:16:29.880 --> 1:16:37.559 I have ordered a starlink many and I actually haven't 1:16:37.560 --> 1:16:41.720 got it. I had it sent to an next door 1:16:41.760 --> 1:16:44.679 neighbor to where I'm going to install it, and it's 1:16:44.880 --> 1:16:48.559 several hundred miles from here. But I want to use 1:16:48.600 --> 1:16:54.040 it as an intrusion monitor since we have no telephone 1:16:54.080 --> 1:16:59.639 service or anything really over there except for electricity and sunlight. 1:17:00.320 --> 1:17:02.960 Okay, so you need sol. 1:17:02.880 --> 1:17:06.559 I wonder if there's a problem getting the thing a 1:17:06.600 --> 1:17:13.479 camera set up remote on the on the startling, and 1:17:13.760 --> 1:17:17.000 also if it's necess if I finally get it to 1:17:17.000 --> 1:17:19.960 the point where I can use it to transmit pictures 1:17:20.120 --> 1:17:25.479 after motion, will it just keep sending on for the 1:17:25.520 --> 1:17:28.400 next twenty four to seven and burn up my data allowance? 1:17:28.479 --> 1:17:30.920 Or I don't understand how it knows how to do 1:17:31.160 --> 1:17:31.800 or what to do. 1:17:32.120 --> 1:17:33.960 Well, it depends on the camera you get, and it 1:17:34.000 --> 1:17:37.080 depends on the level of you know what you're setting. 1:17:37.120 --> 1:17:40.920 So with something like a ring cam, they typically there 1:17:40.960 --> 1:17:43.960 are settings in the camera which is called a timeout setting. 1:17:44.479 --> 1:17:47.080 So let's say it's triggered by motion. Let's say you 1:17:47.080 --> 1:17:49.400 have a raccoon, go and buy the camera, right, it 1:17:49.439 --> 1:17:53.280 gets triggered and then it sends you that notification to 1:17:53.320 --> 1:17:56.280 your phone. It can time out for the next you know, 1:17:56.800 --> 1:17:59.320 ten minutes, whatever you know, setting you put on there 1:17:59.360 --> 1:18:02.320 so it doesn't trigger automatically again, so that way you're 1:18:02.360 --> 1:18:04.240 not getting a ton of these all at the same time. 1:18:04.520 --> 1:18:06.559 And these cameras are also getting smarter, yeah, and that's 1:18:06.560 --> 1:18:10.519 built into the camera. So the wisecam, the ring cam, 1:18:10.640 --> 1:18:13.000 a lot of these cameras have that functionality built in, 1:18:13.200 --> 1:18:16.519 the UFI cams of the world. But I would start 1:18:16.560 --> 1:18:18.960 with maybe looking at the wisecams because those are the 1:18:18.960 --> 1:18:21.840 simplest and the cheapest and the easiest. The blink cams 1:18:21.880 --> 1:18:25.400 are also really simple and easy, and blink cameras in 1:18:25.439 --> 1:18:28.479 general are meant to sort of send you snapshots of 1:18:28.520 --> 1:18:31.080 things so that you can get alerts for you know, 1:18:31.120 --> 1:18:34.720 intrusion whatever, and that will send through the through the satellite. 1:18:34.920 --> 1:18:37.040 Do you have did you mention you have electricity for 1:18:37.080 --> 1:18:38.360 all of this or do you have to use solar? 1:18:39.080 --> 1:18:39.320 No? 1:18:39.320 --> 1:18:40.640 No, I have electricity. 1:18:40.720 --> 1:18:42.800 Okay, So you're just basically wanting to set up a 1:18:42.840 --> 1:18:45.960 remote cam in a remote place through the starlink and 1:18:46.040 --> 1:18:50.479 have it text you when there's activity or. 1:18:50.479 --> 1:18:53.760 Emotion exactly and let me take a look at it too. Yeah, 1:18:53.960 --> 1:18:56.439 I get there when I get a push notification from it. 1:18:56.560 --> 1:18:56.760 Yeah. 1:18:56.800 --> 1:18:59.160 I think that's a very straightforward setup. I think that 1:18:59.240 --> 1:19:01.600 you'll have no problem with this. And again it's just 1:19:01.640 --> 1:19:05.040 going to come down to the settings on the camera itself. 1:19:05.880 --> 1:19:08.600 The other one, the other camera that is sort of 1:19:08.680 --> 1:19:11.960 very simple and easy for this is called can Guru 1:19:12.240 --> 1:19:17.080 k A n g A r Oo and they have 1:19:17.400 --> 1:19:20.880 a system that can send you sort of a notification 1:19:21.120 --> 1:19:24.200 when there's it can send you like a series of 1:19:24.240 --> 1:19:28.439 snapshots when it senses motion. So I mean there's so 1:19:28.439 --> 1:19:31.200 many ways to tackle this. All these companies can pretty 1:19:31.240 --> 1:19:34.960 much do what you need. Now, the live stream part is, 1:19:36.160 --> 1:19:38.160 you know, when you get that notification, if you want 1:19:38.160 --> 1:19:40.840 to tap into the live stream of that camera, then 1:19:40.880 --> 1:19:42.760 you have the option to do that as well, and 1:19:42.800 --> 1:19:45.280 you can kind of either some of the cameras let 1:19:45.320 --> 1:19:47.080 you talk back and forth and say, hey, what are 1:19:47.080 --> 1:19:50.599 you doing there on my property or whatever. But again, 1:19:50.640 --> 1:19:54.840 the cameras that I would look at, the wisecam, the 1:19:54.920 --> 1:20:00.800 UFI cam, also the ring cameras and the Kanguru n 1:20:01.120 --> 1:20:04.160 g A r Oo and then the Blink cameras. But 1:20:04.200 --> 1:20:05.760 I think you're gonna have no problem with all this 1:20:06.120 --> 1:20:08.720 great question, Earle, thanks for the call today. Eight to 1:20:08.840 --> 1:20:11.840 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 1:20:11.920 --> 1:20:14.360 to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell 1:20:14.400 --> 1:20:19.240 you how many people streamed the super Bowl. Welcome back 1:20:19.280 --> 1:20:22.280 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:20:22.600 --> 1:20:28.040 talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one the 1:20:28.080 --> 1:20:31.600 website rich on Tech dot tv. If you want to 1:20:31.920 --> 1:20:36.679 send me an email. Hard to believe the super Bowl 1:20:36.800 --> 1:20:39.160 was just about a week ago, feels like for me, 1:20:39.240 --> 1:20:40.680 it feels like forever ago. 1:20:41.000 --> 1:20:41.519 I don't know. 1:20:42.320 --> 1:20:42.679 Uh. 1:20:42.720 --> 1:20:46.960 Super Bowl streaming hit a new record fourteen point five 1:20:47.280 --> 1:20:50.879 million streaming viewers. This is a new all time record 1:20:51.400 --> 1:20:55.720 two B thirteen point six million viewers. That is a 1:20:56.040 --> 1:21:01.200 major win. Think about that. I mean Fox owns to B. 1:21:01.320 --> 1:21:04.400 They got so many people to download this app. Maybe 1:21:04.439 --> 1:21:06.360 you've heard of it, maybe you're aware of it. But 1:21:06.520 --> 1:21:09.040 to get this many people to sit there and not 1:21:09.080 --> 1:21:11.800 only download it, but to use it and to give 1:21:11.800 --> 1:21:15.960 them their email address, this is a huge win. So 1:21:16.720 --> 1:21:19.280 total TV and streaming audience for the game hit one 1:21:19.320 --> 1:21:22.320 hundred and twenty seven point seven million. So, as you 1:21:22.320 --> 1:21:25.559 can see, streaming still a small portion of this, but 1:21:26.680 --> 1:21:29.280 I think it goes to show the fact that so 1:21:29.400 --> 1:21:33.880 many people went direct with to be that's a big 1:21:33.920 --> 1:21:36.679 deal because it shows that, you know, over the years, 1:21:36.760 --> 1:21:40.040 you know, sports have been trying to protect their business 1:21:40.760 --> 1:21:44.479 because they make a lot of money on these services, right, 1:21:44.720 --> 1:21:47.280 like all the if you look at sports, it's kind 1:21:47.280 --> 1:21:48.920 of like the last hold out. Like everything else, you 1:21:48.920 --> 1:21:51.479 can kind of piece together. You can get stuff on YouTube, 1:21:51.520 --> 1:21:53.760 you can get stuff on Netflix and this and that. 1:21:53.800 --> 1:21:56.400 But like if you want to watch your favorite sports team, 1:21:56.760 --> 1:22:00.759 you typically have to subscribe to some sort of streaming service, 1:22:01.240 --> 1:22:04.360 like a paid service. And you know a lot of 1:22:04.360 --> 1:22:07.439 people either don't do that or they do. Look at 1:22:07.479 --> 1:22:10.160 Sunday Ticket, that's a big one. NBA has their own. 1:22:10.240 --> 1:22:14.200 So anyway, my point is that tub is now a force. 1:22:14.680 --> 1:22:16.320 A lot of people know about it. And I was 1:22:16.360 --> 1:22:19.120 actually talking to my mom last night about streaming services 1:22:19.160 --> 1:22:21.240 and I said, oh, Twob's on by Fox. She said, wait, what, 1:22:22.240 --> 1:22:23.759 She's like, they actually have a lot of good stuff 1:22:23.760 --> 1:22:27.519 on there, and I said, yes, they do, because Fox 1:22:27.640 --> 1:22:30.120 is putting a lot of their back catalog on this app. 1:22:30.120 --> 1:22:33.000 Why not You've got a whole catalog of old shows 1:22:33.439 --> 1:22:36.919 put them on there. You know, Pluto TV is Viacom, 1:22:36.960 --> 1:22:39.760 so they've got a whole bunch of old shows. I said, 1:22:39.760 --> 1:22:43.840 I'm watching Mister Wizard's World from Nickelodeon back in the day. Again, 1:22:43.880 --> 1:22:46.240 it's a show that was probably sitting on a shelf 1:22:46.320 --> 1:22:49.800 somewhere for many years, and they said, well, let's digitize 1:22:49.800 --> 1:22:52.479 this and put it on Pluto. And I don't think 1:22:52.520 --> 1:22:54.000 there's any ads on that one, but you know the 1:22:54.040 --> 1:22:55.759 other ones, they all have ads that play and that's 1:22:55.840 --> 1:22:58.240 how they make their money, just like old school TV. 1:23:00.439 --> 1:23:04.280 An app called trip case, travel app called trip case 1:23:04.439 --> 1:23:07.840 is shutting down. Saber is the company behind it. They're 1:23:07.840 --> 1:23:11.040 a big travel company. They are shutting down trip Case 1:23:11.160 --> 1:23:14.360 on April first. So tripcase was one of these sort 1:23:14.400 --> 1:23:17.280 of itinerary apps. You can put all of your information 1:23:17.600 --> 1:23:19.679 for your trip in there, and it was probably handy 1:23:19.720 --> 1:23:21.840 for like commercial travelers, you know, people that travel for 1:23:21.880 --> 1:23:25.679 business a lot. The big alternatives. If you were using 1:23:25.720 --> 1:23:28.360 trip case and you need something new, trip it is 1:23:28.400 --> 1:23:31.479 probably the number one biggest alternative to it, and trip 1:23:31.520 --> 1:23:34.439 it is great. Puts everything you need into a single 1:23:34.479 --> 1:23:39.000 itinerary and imports your emails automatically, your confirmation emails and 1:23:39.040 --> 1:23:41.600 it makes a nice itinerary. If you pay for the 1:23:42.040 --> 1:23:44.600 pro version, which your company may give it to you 1:23:44.680 --> 1:23:47.559 for free, that you get all kinds of real time 1:23:47.600 --> 1:23:50.040 alerts and all that good stuff that's available on iOS, 1:23:50.080 --> 1:23:55.160 Android and the web. Tripsy, if you're just iPhone you 1:23:55.200 --> 1:23:58.120 don't care about cross platform trips is just for iOS 1:23:58.160 --> 1:24:00.439 and the web, but very similar. It's kind of puts 1:24:00.439 --> 1:24:03.439 everything in a really it's like a nice it's like 1:24:03.720 --> 1:24:06.280 very well designed, let's put it that way. So Tripsy 1:24:06.520 --> 1:24:08.760 is same thing, very similar to trip It maybe not 1:24:08.840 --> 1:24:11.960 as corporate. This might be more for like, you know, 1:24:12.280 --> 1:24:14.040 the leisure traveler. 1:24:14.160 --> 1:24:14.639 Let's say. 1:24:15.320 --> 1:24:17.719 The one that I use I absolutely love, is called 1:24:17.840 --> 1:24:22.040 Award Wallet, and this is mostly designed to track your 1:24:22.040 --> 1:24:25.320 loyalty programs, like you can put in all your you know, 1:24:25.360 --> 1:24:29.360 Avis and Hurts and United and Delta and Marriott, and 1:24:29.400 --> 1:24:32.280 it will kind of keep track of all the points 1:24:32.280 --> 1:24:33.840 you have across all of those and I think it 1:24:33.880 --> 1:24:35.960 even gives you a value so you can see like 1:24:36.000 --> 1:24:37.080 your points value. 1:24:38.640 --> 1:24:39.599 But I don't use it for that. 1:24:39.680 --> 1:24:43.000 I actually just use it for this travel timeline feature, 1:24:43.400 --> 1:24:47.000 which is just incredible. The downside is you do have 1:24:47.080 --> 1:24:49.760 to give it access to your email account if you 1:24:49.800 --> 1:24:51.680 want it to do it automatically. If you don't want 1:24:51.680 --> 1:24:53.519 it to do it automatically, then you could just forward 1:24:53.560 --> 1:24:56.720 your confirmation emails to the award wallet. You get a 1:24:56.720 --> 1:25:00.240 special email. But what I love about this is you 1:25:00.280 --> 1:25:03.679 get one big travel timeline that you can scroll down 1:25:03.720 --> 1:25:06.160 and it gives you every single one of your reservations 1:25:06.240 --> 1:25:09.839 in timeline order, and it groups them too, so for instance, 1:25:09.920 --> 1:25:12.400 if you have a reservation that you're going to a 1:25:12.439 --> 1:25:15.320 trip on, it'll kind of group the trips together. So 1:25:15.479 --> 1:25:18.120 I mean, it's really really good and it's completely free 1:25:18.160 --> 1:25:21.040 and I love it. It's called a wardwallet dot com. 1:25:21.479 --> 1:25:24.040 And again it's available cross platform. You know, if you 1:25:24.080 --> 1:25:27.880 listen to me, I like apps that are available everywhere. 1:25:28.280 --> 1:25:30.400 I don't tell you about apps that are available on 1:25:30.640 --> 1:25:33.360 just one place most of the time because I don't 1:25:33.360 --> 1:25:35.519 believe in that. I believe that the Internet should be 1:25:35.600 --> 1:25:39.760 unifying us, not dividing us by saying, you know, hey, 1:25:39.760 --> 1:25:42.280 this only works on your type of phone. This only 1:25:42.280 --> 1:25:43.920 works on your type of phone. No, I like stuff 1:25:43.920 --> 1:25:47.200 that works on all phones the way it should. And finally, 1:25:47.240 --> 1:25:49.200 half right, I say that, And by the way, I'm 1:25:49.200 --> 1:25:51.000 going to go right to an app that's only available 1:25:51.000 --> 1:25:54.519 on the iPhone, but it's amazing. It's called Flighty. It 1:25:54.600 --> 1:25:57.000 is really the best and I've been begging the developer 1:25:57.000 --> 1:26:00.000 to bring it to Android. But Flighty is really incredible. 1:26:00.200 --> 1:26:03.160 But that's just for flight tracking, but it's the best 1:26:03.240 --> 1:26:05.839 app out there. It is incredible. Flighty. 1:26:06.160 --> 1:26:07.240 All right, Coming up, we. 1:26:07.240 --> 1:26:09.960 Are going to talk to the muscleman of tech, Bruce Peckman. 1:26:10.040 --> 1:26:13.200 He's got some tech gadgets for your health and fitness 1:26:13.360 --> 1:26:15.920 right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 1:26:16.000 --> 1:26:19.760 on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. 1:26:20.320 --> 1:26:23.960 The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. 1:26:25.040 --> 1:26:29.519 What you don't see during the breaks is me typing 1:26:29.560 --> 1:26:33.439 furiously in the show notes so everything I mentioned. It's 1:26:33.479 --> 1:26:36.559 my biggest pet peeve, both with TV and radio. When 1:26:36.600 --> 1:26:38.680 someone says, hey, go to the website to find what 1:26:38.720 --> 1:26:40.600 I just talked about, and you go there and you 1:26:40.640 --> 1:26:41.280 can't find it. 1:26:41.600 --> 1:26:42.200 I hate that. 1:26:42.479 --> 1:26:45.440 So I do my best to make sure this information 1:26:45.560 --> 1:26:47.400 is on there so that you can get the link 1:26:47.439 --> 1:26:49.000 to whatever I talk about, whether you see me on 1:26:49.040 --> 1:26:51.840 TV or the radio. So Rich on Tech dot TV, 1:26:51.920 --> 1:26:54.799 I keep great show notes. If you go to the website, 1:26:54.840 --> 1:26:56.800 hit the light bulb icon that will bring you to 1:26:56.880 --> 1:27:00.160 all of the show notes. This is episode one oh nine. 1:27:00.360 --> 1:27:03.920 Joining me now Bruce Peckman, the Muscleman of Technology. His 1:27:04.040 --> 1:27:08.200 website mister bicep dot com. If you see him in person, yes, 1:27:08.680 --> 1:27:12.080 he's got the biceps of you don't necessarily see on 1:27:12.120 --> 1:27:15.400 a lot of tech people. Not me, that's for sure. 1:27:15.800 --> 1:27:16.639 Welcome to the show. 1:27:17.760 --> 1:27:19.080 Thanks ch for having me. 1:27:19.920 --> 1:27:23.360 So tell me about yourself you've been covering. When did 1:27:23.400 --> 1:27:26.719 you get into like the tech, I guess fitness side 1:27:26.720 --> 1:27:27.200 of things. 1:27:28.080 --> 1:27:31.000 Well, you know, I was started out as an engineer 1:27:31.040 --> 1:27:33.320 in aerospace. In fact, I worked on the B one 1:27:33.360 --> 1:27:36.040 bomber and the B two bomber, and then I shifted 1:27:36.120 --> 1:27:40.080 over to director of it. But my real passion because 1:27:40.120 --> 1:27:43.439 I've always my whole life been an amateur bodybuilder, and 1:27:43.560 --> 1:27:46.600 to this day, I've been in in about twelve or 1:27:46.640 --> 1:27:51.599 a dozen bodybuilding contests. So I competed in my twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, 1:27:51.600 --> 1:27:54.760 and sixties, and I'm doing one final show next year 1:27:54.800 --> 1:27:58.320 in my seventies. But I always loved technology, and I 1:27:58.439 --> 1:28:02.559 always was passionate about fitness and bodybuilding. So when I 1:28:02.640 --> 1:28:05.200 moved here to San Diego, there was an opening at 1:28:05.200 --> 1:28:08.439 a local TV station, Good Morning San Diego for a 1:28:08.479 --> 1:28:12.120 tech guy, and I said, I'm the Muscleman of Technology, 1:28:12.120 --> 1:28:14.840 and they loved it. So I basically my beat is 1:28:14.920 --> 1:28:18.640 everything to do with digital connected health and wellness and 1:28:18.760 --> 1:28:22.080 consumer tech. So they call me the Muscleman of technology, 1:28:22.120 --> 1:28:23.719 and there you have my life story. 1:28:23.920 --> 1:28:25.599 Well, you don't just cover tech. I mean, you don't 1:28:25.640 --> 1:28:27.680 just cover fitnes stuff. I mean you cover everything, right, 1:28:27.720 --> 1:28:28.879 But I cover everything. 1:28:29.000 --> 1:28:32.320 I pretty much do if it's interesting, if it's something 1:28:32.400 --> 1:28:35.040 I think that the public should know about that they 1:28:35.120 --> 1:28:38.320 may not because there's so many wonderful products out there, 1:28:38.400 --> 1:28:40.439 and there's also some dogs out there which I do 1:28:40.600 --> 1:28:43.400 not show. And I'm very judicious about what I put 1:28:43.400 --> 1:28:46.080 on my TV show as well and what I actually 1:28:46.080 --> 1:28:48.799 put at my website because I have to test it. 1:28:48.800 --> 1:28:51.160 It has to get the double bicep approval. 1:28:51.600 --> 1:28:52.160 That's right. 1:28:52.280 --> 1:28:56.439 Awesome, Bobo's laughing because I could see you on the video, 1:28:56.520 --> 1:28:59.439 but obviously on the radio we can't. But so tell 1:28:59.479 --> 1:29:01.640 me now you I had a health scare. This was 1:29:01.720 --> 1:29:04.160 wild because I saw you at a show where I 1:29:04.160 --> 1:29:05.960 didn't see you at a couple of shows and I said, 1:29:06.240 --> 1:29:06.920 where have you been? 1:29:07.479 --> 1:29:08.559 And you came out with. 1:29:08.479 --> 1:29:11.200 This story and I said, whoa what, So tell me 1:29:11.240 --> 1:29:12.800 what happened with your health? 1:29:12.800 --> 1:29:13.920 Scare right. 1:29:14.160 --> 1:29:17.120 Well, you know, all of us we have some really 1:29:17.160 --> 1:29:20.120 great genetics from our parents and some bad ones. I'm 1:29:20.200 --> 1:29:23.160 lucky I've got this great muscular body with a small 1:29:23.200 --> 1:29:26.400 waist and big shoulders. However, the bad side is that 1:29:26.520 --> 1:29:29.439 in my father's side of the family, we have very 1:29:29.560 --> 1:29:34.640 very extreme cardiovascular disease. Well. Being a bodybuilder, and to 1:29:34.720 --> 1:29:37.160 be perfectly honest with you, being brought up in New 1:29:37.200 --> 1:29:39.759 York City, I didn't have the best diet in the world, 1:29:39.960 --> 1:29:42.879 but it catches up to you. So in twenty eighteen 1:29:43.439 --> 1:29:46.000 a and though I looked fantastic and I still saw 1:29:46.040 --> 1:29:49.280 a cardiologist and I passed all the tests. I just 1:29:49.360 --> 1:29:52.240 went down one morning at like four in the morning 1:29:52.640 --> 1:29:54.880 and I got flushed and I didn't know what was 1:29:54.920 --> 1:29:57.720 going on, and I actually passed out for three to 1:29:57.800 --> 1:30:00.759 five seconds, and my wife said, no way, I'm calling 1:30:00.880 --> 1:30:03.479 nine to one one. So they ran test on me 1:30:03.600 --> 1:30:05.920 for two days. They couldn't find the thing wrong with me, 1:30:06.240 --> 1:30:08.759 and they said, you know, you have good insurance. Let's 1:30:08.760 --> 1:30:12.280 do an angiogram. Guess what the surgeon will be in 1:30:12.320 --> 1:30:14.720 your room in two hours. You're ninety percent clogged on 1:30:14.880 --> 1:30:18.799 all your three primary cauterioteries. And that's just how fast 1:30:18.840 --> 1:30:20.400 people die of heart attacks. 1:30:20.439 --> 1:30:22.120 Wow, that is unbelievable. 1:30:22.120 --> 1:30:25.360 And it's just it's so I guess that's just it's 1:30:25.400 --> 1:30:27.439 just telling of you got to get these tests. You 1:30:27.439 --> 1:30:29.479 got to do these things because like you, I mean, 1:30:29.600 --> 1:30:32.360 healthiest guy in the room. But again, it comes down 1:30:32.400 --> 1:30:36.000 to a lot of it is genetics. 1:30:34.600 --> 1:30:37.840 Genetics and our day to day what we put in ourselves. 1:30:37.840 --> 1:30:40.519 How much processed food are we eating? Are we eating 1:30:40.560 --> 1:30:43.720 out five times a day? Are we ingesting an incredible 1:30:43.720 --> 1:30:46.320 amount of saturated fats? You know, these are the things 1:30:46.320 --> 1:30:48.160 that do us in And you know they call it 1:30:48.240 --> 1:30:51.160 said because the standard American diet is pretty horrific. 1:30:51.439 --> 1:30:52.000 Yeah it is. 1:30:52.200 --> 1:30:55.240 Well we try, I try, but it's not easy. We're 1:30:55.320 --> 1:30:57.920 up against a lot. Okay, so we are talking and 1:30:57.920 --> 1:30:59.559 by the way, you're doing great now, so that's good 1:30:59.560 --> 1:31:01.680 to hear. Let's talk about some of these gadgets. So 1:31:02.000 --> 1:31:03.800 what's the first gadget that you want to talk about? 1:31:04.520 --> 1:31:06.960 The first gadget and you know, I love connected health 1:31:06.960 --> 1:31:09.639 and fitness devices, and I like things that are small 1:31:09.680 --> 1:31:12.599 and portable because usually when they're small and portable, you're 1:31:12.600 --> 1:31:14.559 not only more app to use it because you don't 1:31:14.600 --> 1:31:17.280 need a lot of space, but usually they're portable. So 1:31:17.360 --> 1:31:21.840 I have the max pro Portable connective fitness device, and 1:31:21.960 --> 1:31:24.880 their website is max pro Fitness, and this is what 1:31:24.920 --> 1:31:27.720 it looks like, and you could just it's about ten 1:31:27.800 --> 1:31:30.160 or twelve pounds, but it folds up and you could 1:31:30.200 --> 1:31:33.160 attach these handles to it so you could either step 1:31:33.200 --> 1:31:35.680 on it and you can do all kinds of resistant 1:31:35.760 --> 1:31:39.280 exercises and there's a little dialog each side that goes 1:31:39.280 --> 1:31:41.880 from one to twenty five and I think the top 1:31:41.960 --> 1:31:44.519 one is the equivalent of three hundred pounds. But what 1:31:44.600 --> 1:31:46.720 I love is they actually have a bench where you 1:31:46.720 --> 1:31:49.000 can buy a third party bench and you could stick 1:31:49.080 --> 1:31:51.679 this under it and guess what you could do bench presses, 1:31:51.760 --> 1:31:55.080 you could do skull crushers, all your favorite exercises that 1:31:55.120 --> 1:31:57.160 you would do in the gym. But the best part 1:31:57.240 --> 1:32:00.360 it is connected and they have a wonderful app tells 1:32:00.360 --> 1:32:03.920 you all the exercises how well you're doing. It's Bluetooth 1:32:04.160 --> 1:32:06.160 and it's great. So I love this little thing. 1:32:06.240 --> 1:32:09.719 Okay, that's the max pro Portable Connected Compact Home. Jim, 1:32:09.920 --> 1:32:14.320 let's talk about this powerball gyroscope handheld exerciser because we're 1:32:14.320 --> 1:32:17.320 all holding our smartphones in our hands and on the keyboard. 1:32:17.720 --> 1:32:20.040 Is this good for that kind of stuff? 1:32:20.400 --> 1:32:20.799 Yeah? 1:32:20.880 --> 1:32:23.320 I love this. And there's several versions of these, and 1:32:23.880 --> 1:32:26.400 I actually did some videos for them like ten years ago. 1:32:26.720 --> 1:32:28.840 But this is called the Edge. And when I love 1:32:28.840 --> 1:32:32.479 about this, hand grip is everything. Especially as we get older, 1:32:32.720 --> 1:32:35.719 it's really important to keep that finger grip opening jars, 1:32:35.960 --> 1:32:38.760 opening doors. So the fast that you spin it, the 1:32:38.840 --> 1:32:41.360 lights will change. First it goes to blue, which is 1:32:41.400 --> 1:32:44.679 about nine pounds and thirteen hundred RBMs. Then it goes 1:32:44.720 --> 1:32:47.479 to green, which is forty one thirty. Then it goes 1:32:47.520 --> 1:32:51.480 to red, which is twenty seven pounds but six thousand RPMs. 1:32:51.520 --> 1:32:53.280 And then if you get it really going, you hit 1:32:53.360 --> 1:32:56.320 the violet and that's thirty six pounds and eight thousand, 1:32:56.400 --> 1:32:59.360 two hundred. And if you're really super strong, which I'm not, 1:32:59.520 --> 1:33:03.840 you can make go to white, which is like three 1:33:03.960 --> 1:33:08.120 thousands something thirteen thousand rpm. So it's just really fun 1:33:08.160 --> 1:33:10.760 to do. You can do it with either hand, really. 1:33:10.479 --> 1:33:13.519 Fun, and it strengthens the muscles in your hands, wrists 1:33:13.560 --> 1:33:16.320 and forearms, which I love. That is uh, I mean, 1:33:16.360 --> 1:33:18.479 it's a great It's one of what's that old thing 1:33:18.520 --> 1:33:20.519 people used to like that little like grip you know, 1:33:20.760 --> 1:33:22.880 you you know, like your dad would have it, you know, like. 1:33:23.120 --> 1:33:25.519 Yeah, yeah, the squeegees squeechee. 1:33:25.560 --> 1:33:25.920 Yeah right. 1:33:25.960 --> 1:33:27.680 It reminds me of like a high tech version of that. 1:33:27.720 --> 1:33:30.800 All right, tell me about the the Withving's body scan, 1:33:31.000 --> 1:33:32.760 and we're run out of time, so I want to 1:33:32.800 --> 1:33:34.280 be a little quicker with some of these because I 1:33:34.280 --> 1:33:34.760 want to get there. 1:33:34.840 --> 1:33:37.479 The white thing body scan is really nice, but it 1:33:37.600 --> 1:33:40.800 hits all the biomarkers. So what you do You put 1:33:40.880 --> 1:33:43.200 in your bare feet and you hold up these things. 1:33:43.200 --> 1:33:46.479 It's eight electrodes and they have a wonderful connected out. 1:33:46.720 --> 1:33:48.680 So what you do is you hold these and it 1:33:48.720 --> 1:33:51.439 will tell you if your if your thirsty, will tell 1:33:51.479 --> 1:33:54.599 you your water, your fat, your visceral body fat. Visceral 1:33:54.680 --> 1:33:57.559 body pat is so important because that's the body fat 1:33:57.600 --> 1:34:00.720 in our abdominal cavity and that's very very telling. But 1:34:00.800 --> 1:34:04.200 it will also give you a cardiogram as well, very 1:34:04.320 --> 1:34:06.640 very nice, and it will tell you if something is 1:34:06.680 --> 1:34:09.680 wrong or not. It's great for early detection. It'll tell 1:34:09.720 --> 1:34:12.320 you your heart rate, it will tell you your muscle mass, 1:34:12.360 --> 1:34:13.880 your body fat. It's wonderful. 1:34:14.120 --> 1:34:14.360 Wow. 1:34:14.600 --> 1:34:16.160 Is that that sounds like it does more than a 1:34:16.200 --> 1:34:16.840 smart watch. 1:34:17.960 --> 1:34:20.280 Well, it does, And don't get me wrong, I love 1:34:20.320 --> 1:34:23.040 the smart watches. I wear a Polar because Polar is 1:34:23.080 --> 1:34:25.920 all about heart, and heart's the most important indicator for me. 1:34:26.240 --> 1:34:29.080 But everyone should wear a fitness device because it's just 1:34:29.200 --> 1:34:32.120 nice to know how far you went equivalent of miles 1:34:32.120 --> 1:34:34.080 and steps and all these things help us. 1:34:34.400 --> 1:34:37.560 All right, tell me about the Massimo Mighty SAT Bluetooth 1:34:37.760 --> 1:34:42.799 connected digital pulse oxym oximeter pulse oxometers. 1:34:42.040 --> 1:34:47.200 Of the two most important things that you want to 1:34:47.240 --> 1:34:49.240 know when you put this on is it will tell 1:34:49.280 --> 1:34:52.559 you your blood oxygen level, which is critical if you're trying 1:34:52.560 --> 1:34:55.679 to diagnose whether you have maybe a flu or something 1:34:55.720 --> 1:35:00.479 more serious, because if your blood oxygen rate falls below ninety, 1:35:01.000 --> 1:35:02.920 that means you're about to pass out. If it's like 1:35:03.000 --> 1:35:05.959 eighty five or eighty four, you're not getting enough oxygen 1:35:06.000 --> 1:35:10.400 in your blood and you're going to probably start experiencing blackouts. 1:35:10.560 --> 1:35:12.800 It also tells you your heart rate as well. The 1:35:12.880 --> 1:35:15.479 reason I like the Masimo is because it's the first 1:35:15.479 --> 1:35:18.959 one that's FDA over the counter cleared. It's a little expensive, 1:35:19.000 --> 1:35:22.519 but they have something called set technology set technology, so 1:35:22.560 --> 1:35:24.760 that means it's going to be deadly accurate even when 1:35:24.800 --> 1:35:26.960 you're exercising. I use it on the treadmill. 1:35:27.080 --> 1:35:29.360 Rich, I don't want to hear the deadly and fitness 1:35:29.360 --> 1:35:32.719 in the same in the same sentence. There, all right, Finally, 1:35:32.800 --> 1:35:35.160 I know back pain is a huge thing. Give me 1:35:35.200 --> 1:35:38.800 the hyper hyper ice venom two. Tell me about that. 1:35:38.840 --> 1:35:42.920 Yes, that's wonderful. This is advice that does two things simultaneously. 1:35:43.280 --> 1:35:45.439 When we have back problems and my back goes out 1:35:45.439 --> 1:35:47.320 three times a year, I'm not immune from it because 1:35:47.320 --> 1:35:48.960 I abuse my body my whole life. 1:35:49.040 --> 1:35:51.599 Oh I had this happen once. It is not fun. Remember, Bobo, 1:35:51.680 --> 1:35:53.400 I came in. You're like, Rich, what's wrong? I could 1:35:53.439 --> 1:35:55.000 barely sit down when this happened. 1:35:55.120 --> 1:35:57.240 Yep, I remember that. Yes, Okay, keep going. 1:35:57.640 --> 1:36:00.799 Yeah, So eighty percent of the population is an experienced 1:36:00.840 --> 1:36:02.840 back pain at some point in their life. So you 1:36:02.880 --> 1:36:05.280 put this on. Heat is the best thing. What I 1:36:05.400 --> 1:36:08.400 like about this, it's connected and so you could actually 1:36:08.520 --> 1:36:10.960 have the duration and the type of heat you want 1:36:11.040 --> 1:36:12.080 and how long you want it. 1:36:12.280 --> 1:36:13.160 But it does a. 1:36:13.120 --> 1:36:15.439 Special trick up at sleep. It could also give you 1:36:15.479 --> 1:36:19.000 a massage, so that also not only helps loosen the back. 1:36:19.200 --> 1:36:20.880 But I love it because you don't need any of 1:36:20.960 --> 1:36:23.400 these over the counter and its allegiance and all these 1:36:23.439 --> 1:36:26.200 types of things that are toxic for our body. And 1:36:26.240 --> 1:36:28.240 I don't like those pads that you put on because 1:36:28.280 --> 1:36:31.200 that's also not good. Everything's absorbed through the skin. So 1:36:31.320 --> 1:36:34.320 this is wonderful. You're bringing heat which relaxes the muscles. 1:36:34.439 --> 1:36:36.479 It will help your back recover quicker. 1:36:36.640 --> 1:36:40.880 All right, here we are Bruce Peckman, the muscleman of technology, 1:36:40.960 --> 1:36:43.559 mister bicep dot com. How much are you gonna work 1:36:43.600 --> 1:36:45.479 out today? How many how many hours you spend a day? 1:36:45.560 --> 1:36:47.000 Well, I was the radio, was at the gym for 1:36:47.040 --> 1:36:48.960 an hour and fifteen minutes and all I did was 1:36:49.040 --> 1:36:51.679 back and then I'm going to go for my nightly walk. 1:36:51.880 --> 1:36:54.320 Tomorrow morning I'll be out in another gym. I'm going 1:36:54.360 --> 1:36:56.680 to be doing test and arms. So I trained six 1:36:56.760 --> 1:36:59.320 days a week, about an hour an hour and a 1:36:59.360 --> 1:36:59.920 half a day. 1:37:00.120 --> 1:37:01.960 All right, that's why they call you mister Bicep. You 1:37:01.960 --> 1:37:04.080 gotta see him. Go to the website mister Bicep dot 1:37:04.080 --> 1:37:06.280 com and I'll put links to all of these products 1:37:06.280 --> 1:37:09.360 on my website rich on Tech dot TV. Bruce, thanks 1:37:09.360 --> 1:37:10.440 for joining me today. 1:37:10.560 --> 1:37:11.439 Oh my pleasure. 1:37:11.760 --> 1:37:13.920 All right, coming up, we're going to open up the feedback. 1:37:14.160 --> 1:37:16.400 See what you've been emailing me this week. We got 1:37:16.400 --> 1:37:19.640 a lot of them right here on rich on Tech. Well, 1:37:19.720 --> 1:37:22.559 welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:37:22.600 --> 1:37:27.760 out with you, talking technology online at rich on Tech. 1:37:27.840 --> 1:37:29.040 Follow me on Instagram. 1:37:29.439 --> 1:37:32.200 I promise not to trick you with some AI pictures 1:37:32.240 --> 1:37:34.479 like I did last night by accident. I swear it 1:37:34.520 --> 1:37:37.320 wasn't intentional. Pizza was good, by the way, I always 1:37:37.360 --> 1:37:40.840 get a message about the pizza I eat because I 1:37:40.840 --> 1:37:44.360 eat New York style in LA and that's not easy 1:37:44.360 --> 1:37:46.559 to find. But I did find a place out here 1:37:46.560 --> 1:37:48.599 that has it, and they nail it. Like I'm talking. 1:37:49.160 --> 1:37:51.920 They get it right. And every time I post a 1:37:51.920 --> 1:37:52.800 picture of people knows it. 1:37:52.840 --> 1:37:53.160 What is it? 1:37:53.200 --> 1:37:54.920 What is I want to see this picture you posted? 1:37:55.439 --> 1:37:57.599 I'll show you the picture after I have to find 1:37:57.640 --> 1:37:59.760 you because I deleted it, all right, but I'll text 1:37:59.840 --> 1:38:02.720 it you Yeah, I mean, come on, who thinks a 1:38:02.760 --> 1:38:04.559 piece of pizza is as big as the first half 1:38:04.600 --> 1:38:07.360 of my torso? But then my kid and I had 1:38:07.400 --> 1:38:09.400 an idea. We're like, we should start a business giant 1:38:09.400 --> 1:38:13.559 pizza slice and it's just one huge pizza slice, all right. 1:38:13.600 --> 1:38:17.080 Before we get to the feedback, couple of items, Apple 1:38:17.520 --> 1:38:21.080 now lets you merge purchases from multiple Apple accounts. This 1:38:21.160 --> 1:38:22.880 is something that a lot of people have been waiting for. 1:38:22.920 --> 1:38:25.920 If you have like two Apple accounts and you've wanted 1:38:25.960 --> 1:38:28.280 to merge them, you can take all that stuff from 1:38:28.320 --> 1:38:30.920 that secondary account and put it to your primary account, 1:38:31.280 --> 1:38:37.120 so you can migrate purchases. Mostly media apps, music, movies, 1:38:37.160 --> 1:38:41.000 TV shows, books all can move over to that primary account. 1:38:42.240 --> 1:38:45.719 Let's see podcast libraries and Apple TV's up next queue 1:38:45.720 --> 1:38:48.759 from the secondary account will overwrite those on the primary. 1:38:48.840 --> 1:38:49.599 Well, that's interesting. 1:38:50.240 --> 1:38:52.760 iCloud data does not transfer, so anything stored in the 1:38:52.760 --> 1:38:56.920 secondary account remains separate. After the migration, the secondary account 1:38:56.960 --> 1:38:59.519 can no longer be used for media purchases. They all 1:38:59.520 --> 1:39:02.479 have to be on with the primary account. But this 1:39:02.640 --> 1:39:04.880 is really nice. It makes it much more simple if 1:39:04.880 --> 1:39:07.559 you had multiple accounts in the past and it's been 1:39:07.560 --> 1:39:09.640 bugging you and you want to consolidate them. Now you 1:39:09.800 --> 1:39:14.679 can YouTube. Can you believe it turns twenty this week? Yes, 1:39:14.800 --> 1:39:18.120 twenty years old. We are getting old. Twenty years YouTube's 1:39:18.160 --> 1:39:20.800 been around. It feels like it's just getting started. The 1:39:20.840 --> 1:39:24.559 first video was me at the Zoo. So YouTube actually 1:39:24.600 --> 1:39:28.360 launched twenty years ago as a dating site. Yeah, tune 1:39:28.400 --> 1:39:33.040 in hook up, but that didn't work, so they pivoted fast. 1:39:33.120 --> 1:39:36.280 They uploaded this first video, Me at the Zoo, in 1:39:36.320 --> 1:39:40.000 April two thousand and five, and of course the rest, 1:39:40.040 --> 1:39:42.519 as they say, is history. There's been plenty of viral 1:39:42.600 --> 1:39:45.840 videos on YouTube over the years. Google bought them in 1:39:46.720 --> 1:39:50.479 two thousand and six, very quickly after it started, for 1:39:50.600 --> 1:39:54.680 one point six five billion dollars. By the way, that's 1:39:54.680 --> 1:39:58.000 a little nowadays that they've made that back, or they're 1:39:58.080 --> 1:40:00.240 they're on their way to I mean YouTube. It was 1:40:00.280 --> 1:40:03.120 a very big business. So that was a great, great move. 1:40:03.520 --> 1:40:05.479 Of course, now they've got the pressure from tik tok 1:40:05.520 --> 1:40:07.719 and the other stuff. All right, let's get to the mailbag. 1:40:08.439 --> 1:40:14.000 Let's see here. Scott from Battle Creek, listening on WBCKFM says, Hey, 1:40:14.040 --> 1:40:15.680 I was listening to your show and I wanted to 1:40:15.720 --> 1:40:19.280 correct something about Samsung's tablet lineup. You said the latest 1:40:19.280 --> 1:40:21.120 and greatest was the S nine, but it's actually the 1:40:21.200 --> 1:40:23.760 S ten. I recently bought an S nine plus and 1:40:23.760 --> 1:40:25.240 I really like it. Hope this helps. 1:40:25.240 --> 1:40:25.679 Thanks. 1:40:26.200 --> 1:40:28.080 Yeah, I don't know why I said the S nine, 1:40:28.120 --> 1:40:30.680 but yeah, S ten is the latest and greatest on 1:40:30.720 --> 1:40:32.080 the Samsung tablets. 1:40:33.000 --> 1:40:33.679 Let's see here. 1:40:34.960 --> 1:40:36.760 John writes in I caught part of your show where 1:40:36.760 --> 1:40:39.280 you advise someone not to trust a USB drive after 1:40:39.320 --> 1:40:42.639 seeing a corrupt error message. Usually this happens because they 1:40:42.680 --> 1:40:45.320 didn't eject the drive properly before pulling it out. I 1:40:45.400 --> 1:40:47.839 used to have this issue for years. Once I started 1:40:47.880 --> 1:40:50.840 ejecting my drives first, the problems disappeared. I hope your 1:40:50.840 --> 1:40:54.599 listeners don't throw away perfectly good USB drives. It depends 1:40:54.600 --> 1:40:56.320 on the kind of error, you know. If you're getting, 1:40:57.439 --> 1:40:59.800 you know you should definitely eject your USB drives. I 1:40:59.840 --> 1:41:02.160 hate that we have to do that, but got it. 1:41:02.160 --> 1:41:04.599 It's like a necessary evil. I'll be honest, So once 1:41:04.600 --> 1:41:06.639 in a while, just pull it out without all the act. 1:41:06.680 --> 1:41:11.519 Take that USB drive. Louise from Mission Viejo writes in 1:41:11.600 --> 1:41:14.200 I've been following you on TV for years during COVID, 1:41:15.360 --> 1:41:18.519 you and your family were my only source of comfort. Wow, 1:41:18.760 --> 1:41:21.840 only source you hear that, Bobo. I love seeing your 1:41:21.880 --> 1:41:24.000 outings and your travels. It was a breath of fresh 1:41:24.000 --> 1:41:27.519 air no pun intended with COVID happening. As a retired 1:41:27.560 --> 1:41:31.200 special education teacher, I truly appreciate your clear and easy 1:41:31.240 --> 1:41:34.920 to follow tech advice. Your compassionate and pleasant demeanor makes 1:41:35.000 --> 1:41:38.160 learning about technology so much easier, especially for my age group. 1:41:38.200 --> 1:41:40.760 Thank you rich for all you do, Bobo. Do you 1:41:40.800 --> 1:41:44.519 hear that? Changing lives daily basis one day at a time. 1:41:44.600 --> 1:41:47.800 But look at I mean, honestly, Louise, you deserve the star. 1:41:48.120 --> 1:41:51.639 You're a special education teacher that is a special person. 1:41:51.680 --> 1:41:55.160 You are incredible. Thank you for doing that. And yeah, 1:41:55.479 --> 1:42:00.320 really really awesome. Let's see here. Oh my god, this 1:42:00.400 --> 1:42:03.880 a long one. Uh Okay, here we go. Rosebud. Deborah 1:42:03.880 --> 1:42:06.120 from San Diego writes in I love your show. I 1:42:06.200 --> 1:42:08.800 learned something new every week. I've been journaling for years, 1:42:08.800 --> 1:42:11.639 so I was excited to try the Rosebud app you mentioned. 1:42:11.680 --> 1:42:13.519 I sign up for the seven day free trial and 1:42:13.560 --> 1:42:16.479 I absolutely love it. The AI features are fun and 1:42:16.560 --> 1:42:18.760 interesting and I can already see how I'm benefiting from 1:42:18.880 --> 1:42:21.360 using it. Thank you for sharing on your show, and 1:42:21.360 --> 1:42:25.719 congrats on broadcasting in New York. Deborah, I'm not kidding. 1:42:25.840 --> 1:42:29.160 Rosebud is the best app I've ever used. If you've 1:42:29.160 --> 1:42:32.120 ever thought about journaling, give this app a try. 1:42:32.280 --> 1:42:33.760 I'm not kidding. Just talk to it. 1:42:34.000 --> 1:42:35.840 Just tell it what you're going through, or what your 1:42:35.880 --> 1:42:37.800 feelings are, or what your thoughts are, or what you're 1:42:37.840 --> 1:42:42.040 excited about. And it is really incredible to see how 1:42:42.120 --> 1:42:45.240 AI can almost act like a therapist or an advisor 1:42:45.360 --> 1:42:48.559 or confidant. You know, they don't label it as mental health, 1:42:48.600 --> 1:42:50.679 but it is. It really is good for your mental 1:42:50.680 --> 1:42:53.280 health to just put your thoughts out there on paper, 1:42:53.680 --> 1:42:57.280 I guess in this term in this case app, and 1:42:57.439 --> 1:42:59.840 just have it like out there. Just writing it down 1:43:00.040 --> 1:43:03.720 helps you process it. Kathy from Santa Monica writes in 1:43:03.840 --> 1:43:06.040 I'm happy for your rich You deserve all the success 1:43:06.040 --> 1:43:07.799 in the world. Congrats on New York City. 1:43:07.920 --> 1:43:08.320 Thank you. 1:43:09.560 --> 1:43:12.880 Kay from Norfolk, Virginia, listening on w TR rights in, 1:43:12.920 --> 1:43:15.240 I caught your radio show again this weekend. I really 1:43:15.320 --> 1:43:18.960 enjoyed listening while working on something. What were you working 1:43:19.000 --> 1:43:24.080 on like this mysterious something. I always learned something from 1:43:24.160 --> 1:43:27.479 your show. Lots of info and interesting. Well, that is 1:43:27.479 --> 1:43:31.320 my goal to make this show interesting. Let's see here. 1:43:31.880 --> 1:43:35.400 Ruthie writes in Wow, woor is a huge station in 1:43:35.400 --> 1:43:39.240 New York. Congrats are in order. Keep up the good work, 1:43:39.600 --> 1:43:44.160 la fan Ruthie. Let's see one more from New York. Kevin, 1:43:44.680 --> 1:43:48.519 congrats on market number one wr exit one fifty three 1:43:48.560 --> 1:43:51.880 to rout three, good people, good food, and now better 1:43:52.080 --> 1:43:57.880 tech talk radio. I love these emails. I like, I 1:43:57.920 --> 1:44:02.040 don't pay these people. Oh, I seriously don't. Here's how 1:44:02.080 --> 1:44:04.599 we pay by doing this show. This is our payment 1:44:04.760 --> 1:44:10.120 by doing this show. Let's see here. Ron from Hawaii 1:44:10.320 --> 1:44:13.719 listens on Spotify. Aloha, rich congrats on your full circle 1:44:13.760 --> 1:44:15.400 back to the Big Apple. Like the song says, if 1:44:15.400 --> 1:44:16.839 you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, 1:44:16.840 --> 1:44:19.640 and you have. I've discovered your show on Spotify and 1:44:19.680 --> 1:44:22.719 I really enjoy the topics on popular apps and tech trends. 1:44:22.800 --> 1:44:25.920 Always something new and interesting to learn. That's gonna do 1:44:25.960 --> 1:44:27.680 it for this episode. You can find links everything I 1:44:27.760 --> 1:44:30.800 mentioned on the website richon Tech dot TV. Find me 1:44:30.840 --> 1:44:34.080 on social media at rich on Tech. Next week Facundo 1:44:34.160 --> 1:44:37.000 Holdsmeister from how Two Men. We'll talk about the coolest 1:44:37.080 --> 1:44:40.559 hidden Android apps. 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