WEBVTT - Amazon Unveils a Plethora of Alexa Gadgets 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:08.000 Amazon announces a bunch of new devices and they all 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:12.000 have that a ward built in Ring unveils its cheapest 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:14.360 camera yet. I've got details on my new book about 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.560 iOS thirteen and the iPhone. Ways to make your web 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:22.600 browsing more private. Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.479 I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech. This is 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:27.960 the podcast where I talk about this stuff I think 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.600 you should know about happening in the tech world. Plus 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:32.800 I answer the questions that you send me, whether it's 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:37.960 through email, the website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or by messenger Pigeon. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:43.440 Welcome as always to producer Megan. Welcome to the show. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:44.519 Hey, thanks for having me. 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.960 Uh. I'm glad you're back up for it, because for 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:49.560 a while I thought you might not return. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:51.080 What why? 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.279 Just last week was a little little dicey, But I'm 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.920 glad to see you back. It's at dicey and we 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:57.720 are ready. We have a lot to talk about this 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:01.280 week because I just want to get this out there 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.640 because you don't see me angry very often or do you? 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.759 Probably every day? No, but I will say I am 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:09.560 very competitive, do you know that? 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:09.840 Yeah? 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:14.920 Oh yep, yeah. So we did not get invited to 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:16.200 this Amazon event. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.080 That happened this week coming out with it, and I. 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.080 Mean I didn't talk about this on Twitter, I didn't 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:22.920 make a big deal out of it on my Facebook, 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.160 and m'post about it on TV, none of those things. 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.280 But here on the podcast where I talk to you 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.160 and only you, I want you to know my true 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.680 feelings on this. And I feel like Amazon made a 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.840 big mistake in not inviting us to their event this 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.720 week where they unveiled a gazillion gadgets that, by the way, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.720 are exactly what my audience is asking about. Yep, okay. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.680 And here's the thing. This happened. So when Amazon had 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.880 their first event, they invited me. It was in somewhere 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:51.920 like Los Angeles. I was like, oh, that's cool, it's 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.520 in a life. This is many years ago, probably I 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.240 would say like eight years ago. Then they had another event, 0:01:57.320 --> 0:01:59.040 like a smaller one. It was like we weren't invited. 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:00.440 It was like, eh, oh no, they had one New 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.080 York Sorry New York still invited, went to New York 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:07.280 for their event. Next one didn't get an invite. I'm like, 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:11.360 that's weird. So email the people at Amazon whatever and 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.880 you know whatever, This one hear about it. Everyone gets 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:20.000 their invites, and so I email someone remains to be unidentified, 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:25.320 and their response back to me was basically, invites are 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:29.920 really tight. I'm like, okay, so whatever, I just couldn't go. 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.800 And I look at everyone on Twitter and their mom 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:39.720 and they are all there. I mean, I'm talking for everyone. Yeah, 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.320 even if I did, I've broken iPhones and Apple still 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.360 invites me their events. And by the way, Apple is 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.440 the best tech company in the world right now. 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.800 And thought that is tight. 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:51.840 That's called the tight list. Yeah, yeah, let's talk. 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:56.760 About tight lists. Let's talk about let's talk about the 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.080 fire phone. How'd that do? 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:02.040 Yeah? Exactly. Maybe that's maybe that I'm actually going to 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:03.639 be totally honest. Maybe this is why I did not 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.919 get invited. I never I never returned the firephone. Well 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.280 oh no, let's let's. 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.480 Just get it out there. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.480 But I'll tell you why I didn't, because it was 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.720 such a colossal failure that I told Amazons are like, 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.600 you have to give this back to us now, and 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.280 I said, you know what, I just want to wait 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:22.040 for one more software update, which was true. I wanted 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.960 to see kind of like if they made any improvements 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:25.840 and after that software update, They're all right, you got 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:27.200 to give it back now, and I'm like, I'm not. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.760 I really wanted to keep it because I felt. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:33.639 Like probably, but also it's not it Okay, I mean 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.800 I don't know anyway. But also you're a Google person. 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:39.000 I'm not a Google person. 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:42.440 You are for your home, all your homestill okay, okay, 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.760 And so I will say so maybe they think he 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.680 doesn't even like Alexa, he doesn't like. 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.600 That is wrong for him to think that way, or 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.360 they just they like, if you're a tech company and 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.160 you're thinking you're not going to invite someone because they 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.960 don't use your products, then half the tech reporters would 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.720 not be there because guess what, half the people at 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.760 Google in two weeks are going to be using iPhones 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.160 and Apple watches. Yeah, that's just the way it is 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.880 right now. When you go to Apple, everyone's using iPhone. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:08.640 I'll be honest. 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:09.840 Oh yeah, I mean so. 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.960 I'm just saying that. I'm telling that to you because 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.000 I want you to take what I say about all 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.440 these new devices with a grain of salt, because I 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.520 may not be so kind to them. And also I 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.960 don't have the basis to tell you what you really 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.920 need to know about them, right, because I'm just reading 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.320 what they sent to me, because they did send me 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:30.000 a synopsis of the event so nicely. Oh cool. Yeah, 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:31.600 And so I told the person who sent me that. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.839 I was like, next time, why don't we be there? 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.159 You should read like the synopsis for one device and 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.120 then or just say what you think it is and 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.400 then read the synopsis, just so that people can get 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.200 an idea of what Amazon wants you to think. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:49.040 And here's the thing. So Alexa, I've said this before, 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.760 I don't think is as good as other assistants out there. 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.800 So they can build it into a million and one products, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:58.680 and I still don't think it's as good as Google Assistant, 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.640 and even Siri for certain cases, like Siria is very 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.560 good at commanding your phone, not so good at commanding 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:08.000 all kinds of knowledge. Alexa, when I had it set 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.880 up in my house, I would ask it the simplest 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.720 things like to turn off lights, turn on lights, and 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.000 it would never get it right. And then with the skills, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.520 it's it's kind of tricky. Anyway, They've done very well 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:19.440 with Alexa because the price points are good and they've 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.080 got them into a lot of hands and they've got 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.680 a lot of products with it, but I'm still not convinced. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.719 So without further ado, let's get into some of these products. 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:31.000 Echo Dot with Clock. This is an Echo Dot that 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:35.000 has an LED display that shows you the time, the temperature, timers, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.760 and alarms. That's sixty dollars. I think this is probably 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.680 going to be the most popular device they launched because 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.560 it's an Echo Dot for your bedside that has a 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:46.880 clock on It makes perfect sense. You could put this 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.840 thing anywhere you could put it. I mean think if 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.680 you run like an Airbnb, could put this on a 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.400 bedside table, you know whatever. You could put it in 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.360 the spare room, in the bathroom, whatever, and it still 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.960 kind of works. It's cute, and it's sixty dollars, which 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.640 really means an Amazon money that it's probably like forty 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.520 when it goes on sale because these Echo Events devices 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:07.200 always go on seal. Yeah. Echo Show eight is their 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.440 answer to the Google Home Hub. This is an Echo 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.039 Show that has an eight inch display and the main 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.040 thing here is that it has a built in camera 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.120 shutter because privacy is top of mind these days, and 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.119 so you can slide that closed and it's one hundred 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.680 and thirty dollars. Echo Studio is their best sounding echo. 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.599 This is kind of a giant echo and if you 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.000 really want to convert your whole house to Amazon Sound, 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.680 then you probably want to get this thing. And it's 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:36.040 one hundred and ninety nine dollars. That's expensive, but it's 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:37.920 not as expensive as if you compare it to something 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.039 like Sonos, and that's kind of what they're putting this 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:44.040 up against. Echo buds these are my head scratcher of 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.680 the day. These are wireless earbuds that have bows active 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:52.159 noise cancelation or noise reduction technology and hands free access 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:55.080 to you know who. One hundred and thirty dollars. But 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.560 here's the thing. These have micro USB, which has not 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:02.640 been used on a gadget like five years. Okay, most 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.920 of the gadgets these days, or ninety nine percent of them, 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:09.800 are USBC, which is reversible, it's faster, it's better, it's 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:14.560 the standard nowadays, and lightning obviously on Apple products, even 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.760 some Apple products. The new ones are USBC, and they're 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.640 still micro USB on these earbuds, so that's a big 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:24.520 like eh. And they're not in air buds replacement at 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.000 one hundred and thirty dollars. No way, air buds are 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.680 one sixty or AIRPODSDS get the AirPods? 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:31.560 Or are the Samsum buds the. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.240 Galaxy buds those are like ninety nine on them. 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.320 Can you connect those buds to your phone? 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.200 Yeah, they're just Bluetooth so the work. Yeah. Echo Frames 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.880 these are two experimental products. Echo frames are glasses that 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.480 have hands free access to a and those are one 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:51.680 hundred and eighty dollars. They also have I mean you 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.640 basically can use them and hear Alexa. There's no camera inside, 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.280 there's no display. It's not like one of those like 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.200 futuristic glasses. They're just glasses that in the sides have 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.280 like microphone and speakers. You can talk to Alexa all day. 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.280 I don't know. Those are only compatible with Android phones, 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:11.320 which limits their you know, broad appeal. Echo Loop is 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.600 a smart ring that provides access to Alexa on the go. 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.760 This is one hundred and thirty dollars and it has 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.400 two microphones and the tiniest speaker ever on a Echo device, 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:24.000 plus a tiny haptic that vibrates. So if you now, 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.280 that's kind of cool. So if you get an incoming call, 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.240 your ring vibrates, which is kind of cool if you 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.800 don't want to watch right. It also can announce you know, 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.520 you can be Here's how they describe get this. 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:36.440 I feel like you're getting No. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.040 They can you can discreetly ask how much is the 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.440 right amount to tip at dinner. You can confirm you 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.360 lock the front door, or announce you're on the way home. 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:45.920 Or you can use it for short phone calls. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.320 Or you could just google it like on your phone. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.280 Yeah, or you can just use your phone. This the 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.760 echo loop smart ring. If it was a fitness ring, 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:55.520 I could see the benefit of it, and maybe there 0:08:55.520 --> 0:09:00.079 are some fitness things, but no, Amazon is really stretching 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.360 with some of this stuff, like give me a break, right. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.760 I wonder if Jeff Bezos is going to get engaged 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:08.800 to his girlfriend with the ring. That would be I hope, 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.920 so sorry. That's yeah, that's just funny. 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.520 See the way you think Amazon's smart oven. This is 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:19.280 a convection oven, microwave, airfrer, and food warmer. You can 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.320 ask Alexa to preheat the oven starter, stop cooking, and 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.160 be notified when it's ready. I actually think that's really cool. 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.920 And there's also a barcode scanner, so you can scan 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:32.760 smart foods or special foods from Whole Foods and Marie 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.800 Calendars and Guarden and it will tell you like it'll 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.520 cook them properly. That's kind of cool. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:39.080 That is cool. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.520 I actually like the idea of a smart oven because 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.280 I love the idea that when I'm on my way home, 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:44.240 I can preheat the oven. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:44.880 Yeah. 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.080 You know, when your dad you're like making nuggets for 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.360 the kids and stuff. So it's always like, I know 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.600 you're going to like Sweet Green for like a fifteen 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.120 dollars salad like with you know, protein. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.000 I literally never go to Sweet Green. I wish I 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.120 could afford that. That's so expensive. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.440 It is expensive, but it's all local and it's really good. 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:01.599 It is. 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.839 Sweet Green is like my absolute favorite. Yeah, but I 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.400 feel like every time I go in there, it's just 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.440 more and more expensive. I'm like this, get like another 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:08.480 dollar more expensive. 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.079 My favorite thing is to like look up a salad 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:12.920 from there and then find regrade it. 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.960 Yeah. My new favorite thing has been going to salad bars. 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.359 Oh so it's like at Gelson's. 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.040 You see that I'm not good at putting it together. 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.520 I need here's what you do? This guy, doctor Grieger. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.120 He has the how not to die and he just 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.000 has his list of twelve things you should be eating 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:35.640 every day, which is like nuts, seeds, greens, cruciferous. Just 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.800 dump all that in the salad and it's great. So 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.200 just go for like anything that, like most people don't 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:42.920 want in their salad. That's what you put in there, 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:48.079 like the the atamamae beans, the sunflower seeds, the good 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.200 you know, kale, the you know, like anything that you 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.840 don't want, that's what you have to eat. Okay, that's it, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:53.800 and you just dump it all in there. Put a 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:55.640 little dressing. Tastes good, It tastes great. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.560 Little chicken obviously, chicken makes anything taste good. I think. 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:04.160 Finally, Echo Glow this looks really cool too, So I'm 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:08.160 not hating on, you know, on Amazon, I mean, but 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:12.040 Echo Glow is a multicolor smart lamp that pairs Alexa 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:13.920 and it's just thirty dollars and I love this. 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:15.560 I think I would get this too. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.920 Did you see it? Yeah? It looks really it looks 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:18.319 really cool. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:19.560 It reminds me of. 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.200 Yes, the Hue the you go. 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.720 Yeah, yep, it's literally the same thing. 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:24.959 Yeah, but for half the price. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:25.320 Right. 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:26.800 So that's why I love it. 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.920 And so basically doesn't it increase in brightness as you're 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.199 waking up, so it helps you wake you up, helps 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:34.720 wake you up. 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:36.880 You can put on your bedside to do that. They're 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:40.160 they're doing they're marketing it as a multicolor smart lamp 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.920 for kids, but it can you know, there's a lot 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.040 of things you can do. But I just love the 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.520 idea of the kids. You know, they love building forts 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:48.520 and to have this little glowing in fact, you know, 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.280 I'm just going to order this right now, pre order done. 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.680 I don't be released on November twentieth. I mean, why would 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:54.240 I not want this? 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:54.720 Yeah? 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.800 Now, can I control it with my phone? That's the 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:57.480 only thing. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.360 That's what I was about to say. I have a 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:00.920 Google Home Yeah I don't have. 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.040 I want to make sure that I can get it 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:06.120 with Bluetooth, because that's the thing about the phone. Yeah, 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.000 because if I can't do it with Bluetooth, that's a problem. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.800 Because I can't. I'll I have to look on into 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:12.800 this a little bit more. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.800 You know. What I started using, yes literally yesterday, was 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.040 there's a sleep app that I used to use and 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:23.520 I haven't touched it in a year. And it basically it's. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:28.959 Called a good story, Megan, what cool story? 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.800 Tell against sleep cycle? Okay, have you ever used it? No? 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.600 So basically what it does is it wakes you up 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.920 when you're in the lightest like frem or whatever. And 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.560 like I woke up at two thirty ish, like I 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.160 started to wake up, and it like turned on the 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.400 alarm then because it knew. 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:52.400 I was like, actually, have to put your phone on 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:53.640 your pillow, No, you. 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.040 Put it on your used to have to have it 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.600 on your bed, but now you can put it like 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.720 on your bedside table. And I don't know, but it's 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.240 like it knew that I was waking up like naturally, 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.840 which I don't ever do. I normally like can't wake up. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:09.880 It's like hard for me to wake up like always, 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:10.920 I've always been this way. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:11.840 You're a dead sleeper. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:13.960 Yeah, Like even if I have to wake up, even 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:15.640 after if I have to wake up at like ten 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.000 am on the weekend, it's hard for me. So it 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.480 literally is the safe funny. 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.480 I know, I'm a jump out of bed kind of person. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.160 I wish I could. I wait to wait. 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.200 I will wait as long. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.120 As I'll look over at my little alarm clock and 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.040 see I like tap my watch and I'll be like, 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:31.600 is it time to wake up yet? And I'll just 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.360 like lay there and like wait, and I'll wake up 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.640 like a little bit earlier than my clock sometimes. All right, 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.680 let's get to the first question of the day. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:45.040 All right, So this first question comes from Janetta and 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:49.200 she wrote to you through Facebook, which is Facebook dot com, 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.760 slash rich stamiro Right rich on Tech, rich on Tech. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.680 She asked, what do you think about mobilio app? Is 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.920 it safe to use? I've never heard of this. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.080 I have not heard of this either. But here's the thing. 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.040 I've noticed that a lot of people email me questions 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.320 about stuff they see advertised on TV. Because when I'm 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.120 at the gym, I see a whole bunch of stuff 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:11.920 and I'm just taking notes. I'm like, I need to 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:13.960 cover that. I need your story on that, and what's 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.120 that app? What's this? So I guarantee you this is 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.560 something that she either saw shared on Facebook, advertised on Instagram, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.240 or on a TV somewhere. So I looked it up 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:27.600 and Mobilio is an app where you drive with this 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.360 app on your phone, and the better you drive, the 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.520 more they reward. You, but they don't reward you in cash. 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:39.160 They reward you with their own cryptocurrency called Mobilio. Now, 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.480 I don't think there's anything wrong with this app. I 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.400 think that it's an interesting idea. But what they're doing 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.200 is there, and they are paying you for your data. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.880 Unlike Google Maps, which is doing the same thing. It's 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.240 collecting all kinds of data on you, it's not paying 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.200 you for that data. So I like the idea that 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.640 they are paying you for the data they're collecting. But 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.600 do I trust their weird crypt currency. No, And for 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.840 that reason I would not get this app. Now, with 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.960 that said, let me just see. I'm curious. I'm always curious. 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.080 You can't really trust Okay, yeah, it's only has Okay, interesting, 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:17.600 it's from uh, it's from Germany, so it's not necessarily 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.080 a bad app. But I just I don't. I don't know. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.400 I just feel like I'm not really convinced that this 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.400 is the way to go to give up all your 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.640 data about driving. And I'd also be concerned if something 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.520 were to happen, if you got into an accident, if 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.480 someone could subpoena the data from this app. Yeah, So 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.040 I don't. I don't think you should go for that. 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:36.560 But good question. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.280 It's an interesting I've never heard of something like that. 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.200 Well, something that people don't realize is and I told 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.840 Uber this when I was in contact with them about 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:49.040 you know, long story short, a lot of these apps 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.560 like Uber and Lyft, they're actually looking at what the 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:55.400 drivers are doing on those apps while they're driving. So 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.960 there is monitoring software inside those apps that see if 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.400 a driver is handling their phone, if they're speeding, yeah, 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.240 if they're breaking too hard. And I don't know if 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.680 all the drivers know that. They probably do know that, yeah, 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.960 And I'm not sure that even Uber is using this 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.440 data to you know, score drivers or you know x 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.040 drivers from their system or their platform. But I'm just 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.320 saying in a lot of these apps that you download, 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:20.440 there are a lot of things that you may not 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.360 know are happening in the background. And I think we're 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:25.560 seeing this with iOS thirteen. Actually, have you updated your 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.680 phone yet? Okay, so if you've updated your phone, you 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.360 have definitely noticed that you're getting all these little alerts 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.720 that say this program has been using your location in 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:38.200 the background, this program has been using Bluetooth. And so 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.240 for me, I got one from Ralph's. You know, Ralph's 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:44.440 the grocery store. Why would Ralphs need access to my bluetooth? 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.880 And I got this message on iOS thirteen. Ralphs has 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.240 been using your bluetooth thirteen times in the past, you know, 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.280 in the background. And here's why, because a lot of 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.080 these companies will use bluetooth as a beacon to track 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.360 you and see where you are inside the store. They 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.280 can see what things you walk past. Serious, absolutely, and 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.639 so now iOS thirteen is cracking down because something you 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:05.600 wouldn't even have thought of. 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:06.679 Thanks Apple. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.600 Yeah, they're being very cool, and so is Androids doing 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.800 the same thing. They're both getting because we went through 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.440 this renaissance of apps and the beauty of all the 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.560 things our phone can do, right, and now we're getting 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.159 into like, okay, we let you have free rain for 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.560 a long time. Yeah, now we're gonna pull back a 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.760 little bit because hold on, what's going on here, and 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.040 that's kind of what we're seeing with these new operating systems. 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.520 So wow, if you see those messages, the maps one 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.919 looks a lot scarier than it really is, but you 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.560 have to it gives you pause. So for me, I've 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.840 an app called Citizen which alerts you when there's crime 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.080 in your area. We've talked about this before. Yes, for 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.560 that one, I do want my background location on at 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:44.760 all times because no matter where I am, I can 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.240 get an alert about crime happening near me to scare 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.480 the hell out of me. With the other one, with Ralphs, 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:52.560 when I saw the bluetooth thing, I don't need them 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.720 to have access to my bluetooth. I'm not using the 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:58.439 Ralphs Alexa microphone in my phone or whatever, so I 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.560 don't need that. So immediately I said, Nope, don't allow. 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:02.960 And in my book, by the way, we'll talk about 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.159 in a moment, but I do talk about how you 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.920 can turn off access because there's a lot of new 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.120 ways to turn off access to stuff on your phone 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:13.000 in iOS thirteen than you had before. So we talk 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.520 about that. I'll get to that after the next question. 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:19.159 But let's talk about Ring they have. This is related 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:23.360 to Amazon, but they also launched their most affordable security 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.800 camera to date. It's called the Ring Indoorcam. Everyone loves 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.520 indoor cameras now, there's so many of them, fifty nine 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:33.080 to ninety nine, which is considerably cheaper than what Nest offers. 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:37.120 But not as cheap as what Wise offers. Wise has 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.119 a camera for about twenty dollars. If you just need 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.280 a basic indoor security camera, Wise is the way to go. 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:47.359 Former Amazon folks did that. Amazon Cloudcam also not a 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.439 bad way to go. But the Ring Indoorcam can be 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.440 mounted anywhere in the house. It's got ten ADPHD video. 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.040 It also has a privacy feature that lets you disable 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.399 motion and audio recording from the app, not on a 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.560 physical key, which a lot of these things are doing. 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.280 And there's also an indicator light that lights up whenever 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.880 the camera is recording. Then they also announced their third 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.920 generation Ring stick up Cam, And I love the idea 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:11.440 of the stick up camp because it's really simple. A 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:12.920 lot of times you don't want to When they came 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:16.639 to my house to install the Nest Cam, it took forever. 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.119 They had to run wires and this and that. It 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:21.520 was a whole big nightmare. You need power and all 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:23.880 this stuff. The stick up Cam you can put anywhere 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:25.919 by yourself, and you can power it by pluggin if 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:28.240 you got a plug nearby. Great battery if you want 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:31.640 to recharge it, or solar which is kind of cool. 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:33.639 So if you want a camera in your backyard and 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:35.560 you don't have you know, a plug close to wherever 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.760 you plug. Put the camera in Solar Boom Ring stick 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:40.320 up cam and they call it stick up because you 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:41.520 just stick it up anywhere. Wow. 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:42.000 Okay. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:46.119 And both new cameras of course work with you know 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:50.240 who Alexa. Yes, so you can say Alexa, show the 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.640 backyard or show the living room or answer the living room. 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:58.760 So anyway, sorry, yeah, sorry but yeah. 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.520 Oh and the Ring Indoor Ham is available today sixty 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:04.120 bucks Ring dot com, Amazon dot com, Best Buy dot com, 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:06.000 Target dot com, Home Depot dot com. 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:07.480 You sound like one of those. 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:08.840 Marcials late at night. 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:12.600 No, no, no, like the people that sell our. 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:20.320 Our oh our auction. All right, let's hear it. 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:26.000 The next question comes from Galen and she's looking for 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:30.280 a charger phone case for her iPhone. I'm looking for 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:33.639 a lightweight, slim phone case that will charge my phone. 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:37.439 Getting ready to go to Australia. She wants to be 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:40.040 efficient and prepared. If you have a suggestion for a 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:43.520 portable charger, I'm happy to learn this as well. 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:46.879 Oh, she wants a portable charger or a or a phone. 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:49.040 Case that charges her phone. So one or the other. 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:51.280 All right, well the phone. There's two phone cases that 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.320 are and she has iPhone, okay, so the two phone 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.080 cases are kind of the gold standard. Number one is 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.320 even before Apple did it, a company called Mophi did it. 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:02.919 Oh yeah, and everyone's heard of the Mofi case. So 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:07.960 Mophi has a juice pack and that's what I'd recommend. 0:21:08.440 --> 0:21:10.920 So it depends if you want. They have different levels 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.639 of them, but your phone basically slides into this case. 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.040 Nowadays a lot of them are wireless, so you still 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:19.720 get the use of the lightning port on the bottom. 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.840 It used to be your phone would snap into the 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.639 case like this and it would take over the lightning 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:29.040 port because the charger the case would charge the lightning port. 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.760 Now it just sits on your phone on the back 0:21:31.880 --> 0:21:34.359 and it wirelessly charges because all the new phones have 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:37.280 wireless charging, so you still get access to your charging 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:40.080 port if you need to plug in anything, headphones, whatever. 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:42.440 So that's the main thing. Those are about one hundred dollars. 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:44.520 I would recommend the Mofi one. Just go for that. 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:46.600 If you want to stick with Apple and stay in 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:48.959 the Apple family, then I would go with the Apple 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:53.560 iPhone Smart Battery case and did she say which model 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:57.760 of phone she had? No, No, okay, so they should 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:00.000 have it for most phone models. So it just depends. 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:02.159 But you know, that's the phone. Now. The one from 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:04.159 Apple is a little bit more expensive because that's Apple. 0:22:04.440 --> 0:22:08.000 You're paying that little premium that's one hundred and thirty dollars. 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:10.760 And the only reason I like the Apple one a 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.639 little bit more is because it's grippy. It has that 0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:17.160 silicone case, which is grippy, and I find that that's 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:17.640 really cool. 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:19.720 The only way does it have two stars? 0:22:20.080 --> 0:22:22.200 Oh that's just on the Apple website. Who knows. Okay, 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:24.800 they probably don't like that as grippy. But the main 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:27.760 problem with the grippiness for a guy is that getting 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:30.040 it in and out of your jeans pocket not so easy. 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:31.480 Oh yeah, so I've had. 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.840 The grippy girls put their phones in their genes part 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:34.720 in the back too. 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:36.480 But it's but it's a little bit easier because you're 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:38.600 sliding it in, like screen first. I feel like, how 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:40.400 do you put your phone in your back pocket? Screen first? 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:41.600 Or screen first? 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:44.160 Yeah, that's what I feel like, Yeah, do you do that. 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.040 I've started to do that because I really am concerned 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:51.119 about having my phone in the area that it's in 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:53.920 when it's in your pocket, you know what I mean, right, 0:22:54.080 --> 0:22:56.280 Like that area is a little sensitive, you know, right, 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.040 So I feel like that I've been carrying a phone 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:01.280 there for like twenty years now I'm done having kids. 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.160 Radiation, Yeah, I never thought. 0:23:04.359 --> 0:23:06.080 Yeah, oh, you've never thought about that. I also think 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:08.879 about it with my wrist with the Apple Watch, because 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:11.040 this has cellular and I feel like cellular is just 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:14.640 you know, pouring down on my wrist all day. 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:15.679 That's really crazy. 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:18.040 So I've actually started and I think, so one should 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:20.399 do this putting my phone in my sock. 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:23.760 But then if your foot gets cancer. 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:26.199 Well that's fine. They can just chop it off, right, 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:28.000 I mean, if it comes down to that, that's much. 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:31.399 It's a much better place if I had to pick. 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:33.600 I mean, let's hope we don't get to that. And 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:35.640 I'm not saying that phones do that, but you just 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:38.000 it's been a long time, and yeah, you know, like. 0:23:38.160 --> 0:23:40.720 Sometimes when I watch TV on my laptop and it's 0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:43.960 on my stomach, I'm like, this might not be good. 0:23:44.200 --> 0:23:46.440 Depends how much you're binging. If you're binging a lot, 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.000 yeah might ours Yeah, cash out for that I'm not 0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:51.600 a doctor, so don't take it. Don't take any medical 0:23:53.400 --> 0:23:55.520 I and I love. I love having two kids because 0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:57.680 they play together so much. It's amazing. 0:23:57.680 --> 0:23:58.800 I think that's the perfect America. 0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:01.159 It really is. Oh that's mean you have three in 0:24:01.200 --> 0:24:03.879 your family. So mean. 0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:08.720 When I have kids, I've thought about, well, I used 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:10.800 to want four if this is when I was like twelve, 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:14.399 and now I'm like, I think two. I don't know. 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:18.679 Everything's so expensive these days. I'll probably just stick to cats. 0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:19.439 I'm just kidding. 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:22.679 I don't have cats. I have a dog. That's my 0:24:22.800 --> 0:24:26.399 child for now. My mom's one of eleven, though, so 0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:27.240 that's a lot. 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:29.920 Yeah, that's a lot of kids. I was one of five. 0:24:30.240 --> 0:24:31.680 Oh yeah, and luck how you turned out. 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:34.560 I'm yeah the thing. I was early in the bunch. 0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:35.960 Yeah you're the first. 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:38.720 Oh my, I'm the second. But all my siblings are great, 0:24:38.800 --> 0:24:41.159 and it's I actually loved having five because it was 0:24:41.200 --> 0:24:44.200 a party. Yeah, and I'm sure you know, I love 0:24:44.320 --> 0:24:44.479 you know. 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:48.200 I loved having like I thought it was so normal 0:24:48.200 --> 0:24:50.479 to have such a big family. And I love all 0:24:50.520 --> 0:24:51.080 the cousins. 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.960 So and solo kids. What do you call it? A 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:55.640 single thing? 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:56.800 And my dad's an only child. 0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:59.679 Only child. Only child's probably great too. You kids probably 0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:00.400 love that because. 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:01.760 They get all that at all the attention. 0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:04.479 Yeah, but I love my kids. I love I call 0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:06.480 it like autopilot when they're just playing with each other 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:07.000 and I'm like. 0:25:06.960 --> 0:25:09.520 Oh my gosh, this is That's like when my dogs 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:10.280 play with each other. 0:25:10.560 --> 0:25:13.520 It's the same thing, very similar. And you're like, come on, 0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:17.120 come and get it, come and get the food. Let 0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:18.520 me tell you about my new book, because I am 0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:20.399 very proud of this, Megan. We've talked about this on 0:25:20.440 --> 0:25:24.240 the show before, but now it is actually available so exciting. 0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:27.680 It is called one and one iPhone Tips and Tricks, 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:29.720 and I say it is the key that's going to 0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:32.080 help you unlock the most useful features on your phone. 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:34.000 Now you might be remembering that I wrote a book 0:25:34.080 --> 0:25:35.760 last year, and you might be like, Rich, I already 0:25:35.760 --> 0:25:37.359 got your last book. I don't need a new book. 0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:38.960 Stop trying to get me to get this new book. 0:25:39.320 --> 0:25:42.439 This new book is completely up, updated for iOS thirteen. 0:25:42.800 --> 0:25:46.880 So while everyone else was out this summer vacationing sunbathing, 0:25:47.280 --> 0:25:49.440 you were in Hawaii. Guess what I was doing. 0:25:49.960 --> 0:25:51.479 You were in New Jersey. 0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:54.119 I was writing my book no matter where I was, 0:25:54.680 --> 0:25:57.560 and so I've been pouring over iOS thirteen finding all 0:25:57.600 --> 0:26:00.199 the little nuggets new things that you can do in 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:02.439 this operating system, and I wrote the book all about it. 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:05.159 So I tell you about the new way you can update, delete, 0:26:05.160 --> 0:26:07.040 and rearrange apps, because that will throw you for a 0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:10.040 loop when you try it. There's a new photo editor 0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:12.720 and video editor. How to set time limits for apps, 0:26:12.760 --> 0:26:15.119 and I can set time limits for websites too. Oh 0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:17.439 wow cool. Okay, you can set your phone up to 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:20.680 help out in the emergency situation, block robo calls, activate 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:23.720 the dark mode, swipe to type, create an eye message profile, 0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:25.680 which I'm surprised you have an update because that's like 0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:27.919 one of the best features. When you text someone now 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:30.680 it shows their stuff, which is really cool. 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:32.560 Is there a reason why I don't see your profile? 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:34.560 Yeah, because you're not on iOS thirteen yet. 0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:35.040 Okay. 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.120 You can ask Siri to play any radio station, all 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:40.280 kinds of stuff. And if you're wondering how much of 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:43.080 this book is different from the first, I was very 0:26:43.119 --> 0:26:46.439 cognizant of writing it for someone that purchased the previous book, 0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:49.080 So yes, there is some stuff that repeats, but even 0:26:49.160 --> 0:26:51.200 if it repeats, I do put a new twist on it, 0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:54.679 but a majority of it is new now. Right now, 0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:58.359 it's available as an ebook on the Kindle on Amazon. 0:26:58.600 --> 0:27:01.080 The paperback is coming soon. We're just literally finalizing the 0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:03.760 cover like this weekend, like it should be any day now. 0:27:04.400 --> 0:27:06.160 Once that's done, you'll be able to get a paperback. 0:27:06.200 --> 0:27:08.880 But the ebook is available. And some people have been 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:11.880 emailing me because they can't seem to figure out if 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:13.480 they don't have a Kindle how do they get the 0:27:13.560 --> 0:27:16.159 Kindle version. Well, you don't necessarily have to have a 0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:20.679 Kindle device. You can download the Amazon app, it's the 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:23.399 Amazon Kindle App to your iPhone or your iPad or 0:27:23.400 --> 0:27:27.040 any tablet and read the book on there. But here's 0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:29.520 a little trick of this whole thing. If you're trying 0:27:29.560 --> 0:27:32.520 to buy the book from an iPhone, it will say 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.000 this item is not available for purchase on this device. 0:27:35.280 --> 0:27:38.320 It's because Apple and Amazon are at war over a 0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.960 commission on books sold. So you have to go to 0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:44.000 a desktop computer buy the book that way, and then 0:27:44.040 --> 0:27:46.760 you can just download it's your Kindle app anywhere you want. 0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:50.399 That's a little trick to know. Or if you're really slick, 0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:52.359 you can do what I can. What I would do 0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:55.520 is I would just request the desktop version of the 0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.560 website on Safari on Amazon and just buy it through 0:27:58.560 --> 0:28:00.119 the website because you can buy it. Of course, you 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:03.919 can buy something on a website. So the problem is 0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:07.240 if you go to Amazon on your phone and type 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:09.760 in you know, one D and one, Well, now I 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:12.560 have it on the desktop. So anyway, that's it one 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:14.040 and one iPhone tips. 0:28:14.480 --> 0:28:16.320 Can you read us something from your book? 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:17.760 Like not? 0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:20.000 You know, you don't want to give a lot of 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:21.040 it away. No. 0:28:21.080 --> 0:28:23.680 If you go on Amazon, you get literally the first 0:28:23.760 --> 0:28:26.439 eleven chapters for free as a sample. So if you 0:28:26.480 --> 0:28:28.320 want to get an idea of this book, just go 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:29.560 ahead and download the sample. 0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:31.040 And I'm doing it now. 0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:33.479 You get like the first ten chapters. I mean, it's 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:37.000 pretty amazing. But I I talk about all kinds of 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:42.080 fun stuff. So I mean, let's see, like privacy, every 0:28:42.120 --> 0:28:44.440 app wants access to your location at all times. The 0:28:44.480 --> 0:28:46.920 reason they can use this information to build a more 0:28:46.960 --> 0:28:49.360 precise profile of you and have better luck as selling 0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:51.640 you stuff. Of course, there are many benefits to sharing 0:28:51.680 --> 0:28:53.840 your location with an app. It's how car sharing service 0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:56.800 finds your house or weather app shows your local forecast. 0:28:56.840 --> 0:28:59.680 Apple understands that location access can be a double edged sword, 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:02.880 which is why they're giving users more precise sharing options 0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:05.560 in iOS thirteen. There you go. 0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:10.440 Anyway, And I keep telling Rachi Sha do an audiobook. 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:12.080 Oh see, that's what it would sound like. You're just 0:29:12.120 --> 0:29:13.800 gonna get me to read a little chapter every time 0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:14.960 and post it all together. 0:29:15.080 --> 0:29:17.160 It's because I love listening to audiobooks when I go 0:29:17.240 --> 0:29:17.760 on walks. 0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:20.520 So you want to take me everywhere? I get it? 0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:26.960 Yeah? No, okay, moving on. Next question comes from Rich's 0:29:26.960 --> 0:29:31.600 Instagram account, which is rich on tech. Blue Moon asks 0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:35.000 what is the best GPS watch for a person with 0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:37.160 autism that does not have a phone. 0:29:37.800 --> 0:29:41.840 Ooh, there, this is a market. If you're listening and 0:29:41.920 --> 0:29:45.480 you are handy in any way, shape or form, come 0:29:45.560 --> 0:29:47.640 up with a smart watch for kids because all the 0:29:47.640 --> 0:29:50.760 options out there are terrible. And Apple should make the 0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:52.800 Apple Watch for kids, but they don't. Oh yeah, but 0:29:52.840 --> 0:29:55.200 the one that I've been testing with my kid is 0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.880 the cool Pad Dino. I think we did a story 0:29:57.880 --> 0:30:00.880 on this. It's a smart watch kind of a random 0:30:00.880 --> 0:30:03.719 company that you probably haven't heard of, but it's a 0:30:03.720 --> 0:30:05.960 great little watch. It does what it needs to do. 0:30:06.080 --> 0:30:09.200 You can track your kid, it's GPS, it's got built 0:30:09.200 --> 0:30:11.760 in cellular. You can buy this thing by itself. I 0:30:11.760 --> 0:30:13.440 think the watch is like one hundred and fifty bucks. 0:30:13.480 --> 0:30:16.800 Then you have to buy the cellular plan. Yeah, the plan, 0:30:16.920 --> 0:30:19.440 which you know, they have various plans, but it's great. 0:30:19.440 --> 0:30:21.320 It works with iOS and Android. You can send text, 0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:23.680 you can call your kid. We've done calls like where 0:30:23.680 --> 0:30:25.760 they are at, like knots Berry Farm or something, and 0:30:25.760 --> 0:30:28.160 you call them on It sounds great, and you really 0:30:28.200 --> 0:30:29.920 do when your kid has this thing on the wrist, 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.280 which she doesn't all the time, but you really do 0:30:32.280 --> 0:30:34.280 feel peace of mind that your kid can have a 0:30:34.280 --> 0:30:36.160 longer lease. They can kind of go because you know 0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:38.480 you can get in touch with them, so I kind 0:30:38.480 --> 0:30:43.040 of I mean, that's what I'd recommend Dino kids dot com. Okay, 0:30:43.120 --> 0:30:45.280 the website to go to. All right, Oh my gosh, 0:30:45.320 --> 0:30:46.760 we're almost out of time on the show. I can't 0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:48.800 believe it. What did I promise here? I should? Oh 0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:50.920 my gosh, Okay, let me get to a couple of things. 0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:54.600 We talked about ways to make web browsing more private 0:30:54.720 --> 0:30:56.600 on KTLA, and so I just want to go through 0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:58.120 some of the tools that we talked about because I 0:30:58.160 --> 0:30:59.920 thought that this story did fantastic. 0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:01.200 I love this story. 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:04.680 First thing we talked about startpage dot com. You probably 0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:07.080 haven't heard of it, but it builds itself as the 0:31:07.080 --> 0:31:10.080 world's most private search engine. And the cool thing about 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:12.959 this search engine is twofold number one. The results are 0:31:13.000 --> 0:31:15.360 from Google, so you can actually use it and get 0:31:15.400 --> 0:31:18.440 good results and still protect your privacy. The second thing 0:31:18.480 --> 0:31:21.640 is that you can visit any search result anonymously. So 0:31:21.760 --> 0:31:24.960 next to each search result says something like anonymous visit, 0:31:25.320 --> 0:31:27.720 You click it, and it sets up a temporary proxy 0:31:28.040 --> 0:31:30.480 between you and the site you're visiting. So I always 0:31:30.480 --> 0:31:32.600 give the example of you know, you think you got 0:31:32.640 --> 0:31:34.719 something wrong with you you want to look it up, 0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:37.200 but you don't really want that on your permanent Google record, 0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:39.640 That's what I call it. And so you look up 0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:42.480 this weird you know thing that you think you have, which, 0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:44.320 of course is going to lead to you thinking you're dying. 0:31:44.320 --> 0:31:47.520 Have you ever done this, Megan? Okay, of course everyone has. Yeah, 0:31:47.680 --> 0:31:50.080 So again you don't want reminders of it, you. 0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:52.440 Know, beam a headache and Google like headache in the 0:31:52.440 --> 0:31:55.640 back of your brain. It's like taniarism, and then you're like, 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:57.120 how many minutes do I have? 0:31:57.640 --> 0:32:01.320 So true exactly, you've done this lately. The next thing 0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:04.920 is the Brave web Browser. Brave web Browser is entire 0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:09.240 web browser dedicated to privacy, so by default, it blocks trackers, 0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:12.920 it blocks ads, it forces secure encrypted connections on any 0:32:12.920 --> 0:32:16.000 website that supports it. They say that webpages load faster 0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:18.360 because of all this, and you can also see how 0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:20.360 Brave is working because they give you a little report 0:32:20.360 --> 0:32:21.880 card for each site, but that's kind of like a 0:32:21.920 --> 0:32:25.680 heavy handed approach because you're switching your entire web browser. Now, 0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:28.520 speaking of switching your entire web browser, there's one called 0:32:28.520 --> 0:32:31.880 Firefox Focus, and this is a mobile web browser, but 0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:34.560 this is for a super private web browser on your phone. 0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:37.240 And the thing about this web browser you probably wouldn't 0:32:37.240 --> 0:32:38.680 replace your web browser with it, but it's kind of 0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:40.760 fun to have for those searches. Like you said, if 0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:43.520 you're looking up some sort of weird, you know, medical 0:32:43.600 --> 0:32:45.400 condition you think you have and you don't really want 0:32:45.400 --> 0:32:47.760 this on your phone. Every time you type into series 0:32:47.760 --> 0:32:49.840 something and it's like you start with S and it's 0:32:49.880 --> 0:32:52.400 like you know or are, and it's like weird rash 0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:54.440 on side of leg you know what I mean, Like, 0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:57.600 maybe you just don't want that, So Firefox Focus blocks 0:32:57.640 --> 0:32:59.680 all the stuff you don't need. It's highly secure, and 0:32:59.720 --> 0:33:02.239 at the end of your search session you press a 0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:05.280 trash can and boom, everything is gone, so there's no 0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:08.800 record of it. That's cool. Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials 0:33:09.000 --> 0:33:11.920 This is good if you're hesitant to switch browsers. This 0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:15.520 is an extension for Chrome and other browsers that will 0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:19.440 put a shield between you and spying trackers. So it 0:33:19.480 --> 0:33:21.959 does all kinds of stuff. The only downside is it 0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:25.479 changes your search engine to Duck Duck Go, which is 0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:28.480 not very good. Yeah. I hate to say. They say 0:33:28.480 --> 0:33:33.760 that they source results from four hundred different things, but 0:33:34.360 --> 0:33:36.960 Google is not one of them, clearly because it's You'll 0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:39.400 be fine, but it's just not Google like Google, let's 0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:42.160 be honest, as the gold standard for search engine. And 0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:43.480 then a lot of people were asking me what the 0:33:43.480 --> 0:33:46.520 difference is between just all these things and using incognito 0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:49.720 or private browsing mode. The difference is that incognito and 0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:52.840 private browsing won't remember your search history, but it doesn't 0:33:52.840 --> 0:33:56.000 necessarily block what you're doing from your ISP whoever's giving 0:33:56.040 --> 0:33:58.120 you that Internet connection, which by the way, could be 0:33:58.160 --> 0:34:00.720 your employer. So if you're searching for this stuff on 0:34:00.920 --> 0:34:03.720 Wi Fi at work, your employer could see everything that 0:34:03.760 --> 0:34:06.960 you're searching. So that's the main difference. Okay, you got 0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:07.880 a quick question, Megan. 0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:15.040 Um, Yeah, this question comes from Alex, she asks, and 0:34:15.080 --> 0:34:19.279 she says, quick question. Oh perfect, I have Pixel three. 0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:24.240 Thinking of changing thoughts on S ten versus Note versus 0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:25.080 Pixel four. 0:34:26.680 --> 0:34:29.440 S ten versus Note versus Pixel four. So S ten 0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:32.360 and the Note are pretty much the same. They're both Samsung. Yeah, 0:34:32.400 --> 0:34:35.840 she has a Pixel three or he I would be 0:34:35.880 --> 0:34:38.040 partial to seeing what the Pixel four is gonna be 0:34:38.040 --> 0:34:39.800 all about. I mean, if you're used to that Pixel 0:34:39.800 --> 0:34:42.000 three camera, it's gonna be really tough to go to 0:34:42.040 --> 0:34:44.760 a Samsung camera. Not that the Samsung camera is bad, 0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:50.520 but it's just not as fast and like spot On 0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:54.560 the first time Pixel camera, no matter what you tap 0:34:54.600 --> 0:34:57.120 it and it's gonna be a perfect picture every single time. 0:34:57.160 --> 0:35:02.240 There's literally just no there's no fu whatsoever with Samsung. 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:04.520 It takes great pictures, but sometimes it could be hit 0:35:04.640 --> 0:35:08.680 or miss in the low light situations, the selfie situations, 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:10.719 whatever it is. Sometimes it can be good. Sometimes they're 0:35:10.760 --> 0:35:12.960 not so good. But with that said, I will say 0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:16.000 that Samsung makes some of the most fun cameras I've 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:18.360 ever seen on a smartphone. When I have a Samsung 0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:20.160 device in my hand, I just feel like I want 0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:22.040 to take pictures in various ways, like I want to 0:35:22.040 --> 0:35:24.200 take portrait mode, I want to take live video, I 0:35:24.239 --> 0:35:26.239 want to just do all kinds of cool pictures with 0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:28.799 that camera. Pixel is great, but it's kind of a 0:35:28.920 --> 0:35:30.759 I always say this, it's a one trick pony. It 0:35:30.760 --> 0:35:33.319 takes a picture, it's great, it looks cool, but that's it. 0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:36.920 There's no wide angle, there's no you know, there's no telephoto. 0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:39.360 You know, there's nothing. It's just boom, you take a picture. 0:35:40.239 --> 0:35:43.200 So with that said, Pixel four is going to add 0:35:43.200 --> 0:35:45.040 that wide angle lens, So that'll give you a lot 0:35:45.080 --> 0:35:47.839 more in terms of creativity. So I'd wait for that 0:35:47.960 --> 0:35:50.040 and i'd probably see what they offer and then make 0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:52.399 your decision. But when it comes to S ten versus note, 0:35:52.960 --> 0:35:55.960 I would go S ten plus because it's a smaller 0:35:55.960 --> 0:35:58.399 form factor. Unless you need that stylus, it's a much 0:35:58.440 --> 0:36:02.759 easier to handle phone. It just is cool, all right? 0:36:02.920 --> 0:36:04.880 What else? What else? What else? Oh my gosh, I 0:36:04.880 --> 0:36:06.920 feel like we have so many things to talk about. 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:13.319 Let's talk about Google play Pass. So both Google and 0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:16.839 Apple have introduced a new way to purchase games, and 0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:20.200 these are the Netflix subscription model, and that means you 0:36:20.239 --> 0:36:22.480 pay one price a month, which is five dollars a month, 0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:24.759 and you get unlimited access to games. You talked about 0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:28.080 Apple Arcade last week. Google play Pass is what they 0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:31.000 call it. The best part about these games there are 0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:33.440 no ads or in app purchases, and we have been 0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:35.560 so trained over the years to buy these games or 0:36:35.600 --> 0:36:37.839 download them for free. Next thing you know, you're hit 0:36:37.920 --> 0:36:40.799 up for fifty bucks for gold coins, two dollars for this, 0:36:40.880 --> 0:36:44.360 three dollars for that. These games don't have that. So 0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:46.520 I love that. I'm trying to get my kids to 0:36:46.520 --> 0:36:48.960 play these games on the iPad. My kids says are 0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:51.600 not as good because the main thing is he wants 0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:54.680 these tycoon games, which are just sort of addictive games 0:36:54.680 --> 0:36:58.040 that are terrible. But he wants those, and of course 0:36:58.080 --> 0:37:00.239 those aren't offered in this model because guess but the 0:37:00.239 --> 0:37:02.640 whole point of a tycoon game is to sell you 0:37:02.719 --> 0:37:05.000 ondoing things faster, which means you need to buy gold 0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:07.560 coins to do it faster. So it doesn't even work 0:37:07.600 --> 0:37:09.600 with this model of no in app purchases. There is 0:37:09.640 --> 0:37:12.680 no game. The game is psychological warfare on your brain 0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:15.239 to get you to want to buy stuff, and if 0:37:15.280 --> 0:37:18.600 you're taking that out of the equation, there's no reason 0:37:18.680 --> 0:37:19.280 for those games. 0:37:19.360 --> 0:37:21.200 So it's a world that I don't Yeah, I don't 0:37:21.239 --> 0:37:21.920 know much about. 0:37:22.239 --> 0:37:24.440 So I will tell you that the play pass and 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:27.799 has Tokoboca games built in, which is really cool if 0:37:27.840 --> 0:37:30.560 you have kids, which I know you don't, but Tokboca 0:37:30.640 --> 0:37:34.239 games are fantastic for kids. And for five bucks a 0:37:34.239 --> 0:37:36.840 month to get unlimited Tokoboca games, that's really cool. I 0:37:36.880 --> 0:37:39.440 don't know if it's all of them, says Tokoboca Classics 0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:42.839 to the Mytown series. That's really cool. That's worth That 0:37:42.920 --> 0:37:45.440 is worth the price of admission right there. And by 0:37:45.480 --> 0:37:47.520 the way, Playpass is only a dollar ninety nine for 0:37:47.520 --> 0:37:49.960 your first twelve months for a limited time, So if 0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:52.600 you're on an Android device, I would jump on this 0:37:52.800 --> 0:37:56.120 even if you don't necessarily care today. Locking that price 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:58.680 for twelve months, you get twelve months of gaming for 0:37:58.760 --> 0:38:01.120 twenty four dollars. That's awesome them. Then it jumps up 0:38:01.120 --> 0:38:02.600 to four ninety nine a month and they can do 0:38:02.640 --> 0:38:04.319 that at any time. And if you don't get in 0:38:04.440 --> 0:38:05.960 that one nine nine a month, you're gonna be kind 0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:08.400 of sad. I'm gonna subscribe to it just because. 0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:08.959 Yeah. 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:10.239 I was looking through the games so a lot of 0:38:10.239 --> 0:38:10.879 stuff on there. 0:38:11.680 --> 0:38:12.720 Do you play a lot of games? 0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:16.239 I don't at all? Zero for your kids, Yeah, so 0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:19.320 I'm but they're always playing games, so I'm I actually 0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:22.399 I shouldn't say zero. I've I've probably played an hour 0:38:22.480 --> 0:38:25.160 total last year of games. Oh okay, and I do 0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:29.240 play a little like just to test amount sometimes. Yeah, 0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:32.319 all right, uh wow, end of the show. Yeah, let's 0:38:32.320 --> 0:38:34.480 do best of the week. I found a quote last 0:38:34.520 --> 0:38:36.960 night in a book I'm reading that I really liked. Okay, 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:38.480 and do you want to go first or you want me. 0:38:38.480 --> 0:38:40.359 To go first? You go first? This is like legit. 0:38:40.480 --> 0:38:43.360 Okay, So this was a great quote that I just 0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:45.279 thought was really good. I posted this by my desk 0:38:45.360 --> 0:38:48.520 at work. So and this was the quote. What do 0:38:48.600 --> 0:38:51.680 we mean by talent? In the most general sense, talent 0:38:51.800 --> 0:38:54.440 is a sum of a person's abilities, his or her 0:38:54.640 --> 0:39:00.800 intrinsic gifts, skills, knowledge, experience, intelligence, judgment, at itude, character, 0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:03.919 and drive. This is the most important part. It also 0:39:03.960 --> 0:39:07.520 includes his or her ability to learn and grow. I 0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:09.399 just thought I could read this over and over. It's 0:39:09.400 --> 0:39:12.120 just so interesting. When you think of someone being talented, 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:14.520 you think, oh, they're really good at something, But if 0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:16.960 you think about it, talent is really a sum of 0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:21.040 all these different little things about a person, and it 0:39:21.080 --> 0:39:25.600 does include intelligence, judgment, attitude, character, drive. Someone could be 0:39:25.680 --> 0:39:28.080 really talented and be really annoying to work with, right, 0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:32.000 probably that's probably me. No, then I have to be talented, 0:39:32.000 --> 0:39:32.719 I guess to fit in that. 0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:32.879 Wait. 0:39:33.680 --> 0:39:35.880 This is from the book named Grit, which I'm reading 0:39:35.960 --> 0:39:38.359 right now. Oh yeah, And the whole thesis of the book, 0:39:38.400 --> 0:39:40.680 as far as I can discern from the first like 0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:44.920 two chapters, is that being you know, people described as 0:39:44.920 --> 0:39:47.279 a hard worker, but having that drive and that kind 0:39:47.320 --> 0:39:50.320 of like just doing doing doing is sometimes more valuable 0:39:50.320 --> 0:39:53.799 than just intrinsic talent. So that's why they're defining what 0:39:53.920 --> 0:39:56.400 is talent. So I thought that was a great quote. 0:39:56.440 --> 0:39:59.480 I love it and it reminds me actually of you, Megan, 0:40:00.040 --> 0:40:03.600 because you shot something yesterday at an event we went to, 0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:05.960 and it was kind of like a no brainer that 0:40:06.000 --> 0:40:07.400 you did a really good job on this thing that 0:40:07.440 --> 0:40:09.880 you shot, and I thought that was really cool. Sometimes 0:40:09.880 --> 0:40:12.680 we shoot things for social media on an iPhone and 0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:15.879 it's a talent to be able to actually just do that. 0:40:16.200 --> 0:40:18.360 I mean, obviously we have skilled camera people that do. 0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:21.120 Luis our camera guy we love, and he is a 0:40:21.160 --> 0:40:23.520 fantastic camera person, but sometimes you don't burden him with 0:40:23.520 --> 0:40:26.879 these little social media things we do, so they could 0:40:26.880 --> 0:40:29.680 not look as good as our typical, like professional stuff. 0:40:30.040 --> 0:40:31.640 But anyway, he did a really nice job, and it 0:40:31.760 --> 0:40:34.440 just makes me realize that talent is. It's tough to 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:36.960 like just say one thing when it comes to talent. 0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:39.120 Yeah, so I agree. I agree. 0:40:39.200 --> 0:40:40.839 So that's mine. What's your best of the week? 0:40:40.880 --> 0:40:43.560 Oh my gosh, mine is not as meaningful. 0:40:43.680 --> 0:40:44.640 That's okay, it doesn't have to be. 0:40:45.280 --> 0:40:50.000 So my brother has a YouTube page and it's called 0:40:50.080 --> 0:40:54.560 magic Mikey, and he basically does like reviews and stuff 0:40:54.680 --> 0:41:00.160 on like restaurants, and so he yesterday went to some 0:41:00.440 --> 0:41:04.600 bakery and brought home a ton of donuts and like 0:41:04.719 --> 0:41:07.359 horrible things I shouldn't be eating, but it was really 0:41:07.440 --> 0:41:10.400 nice and like I like had a donut and it 0:41:10.520 --> 0:41:12.879 was just like prop so far the best. 0:41:13.000 --> 0:41:14.840 That was the best part of your week. I love that. 0:41:14.840 --> 0:41:17.040 That's sad. I just I don't know, it was nice. 0:41:17.040 --> 0:41:17.759 My mom and I. 0:41:17.760 --> 0:41:20.520 Like like chowed down. Yeah, do you have more than 0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:21.400 one or no? 0:41:21.560 --> 0:41:24.279 I had like half of an apple fritter, but those 0:41:24.320 --> 0:41:24.800 are huge. 0:41:24.800 --> 0:41:28.439 Those are good though. After fritters. Yeah, your brother he's 0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:32.319 doing a good job. Yes, I see his videos pop 0:41:32.400 --> 0:41:34.879 up on my feed because I'm a subscriber. 0:41:35.520 --> 0:41:37.280 Are you a subscriber to him on YouTube? 0:41:37.360 --> 0:41:39.480 Yeah? Of course cool. Yeah, so his little videos and 0:41:39.520 --> 0:41:42.239 on my YouTube like auto plays a little bit, so 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:44.080 I can see like a little preview sometimes and I'll 0:41:44.080 --> 0:41:46.640 sit and watch some of them. Yeah, it's it's you know, 0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:49.319 it's one of these things that he's eating like ten 0:41:49.400 --> 0:41:51.839 thousand calories, twenty thousand calories, like in a sitting. He's 0:41:51.880 --> 0:41:52.600 trying he. 0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:55.480 Yeah, so he's trying to do less of that and 0:41:55.520 --> 0:41:57.040 more of just like. 0:41:56.640 --> 0:41:58.959 Like features and yea yeah, features of food. 0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:02.319 But that was what, like, you know, got him a 0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:05.600 lot of followers in the beginning, was the whole cheat 0:42:05.640 --> 0:42:06.280 day stuff. 0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:09.000 Well, I love donuts, as well. I would if I could, 0:42:09.080 --> 0:42:12.320 I would eat no joke. I could eat a dozen donuts, 0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:14.439 no problem, like the glaze ones, not like a full 0:42:14.480 --> 0:42:15.880 fritter kind of thing. But I could just sit there 0:42:15.920 --> 0:42:18.839 and eat that like that is. I can't because it's 0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:19.640 not good. 0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:20.319 For you to be here. 0:42:20.480 --> 0:42:22.239 I would. I would be dead, Yeah, I would. 0:42:22.280 --> 0:42:24.960 Donuts and bagels are pretty pretty amazing. 0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:29.080 Bagels have a good place in my heart. Yeah all right, Well, 0:42:29.120 --> 0:42:31.120 thanks so much for listening to the show. We do 0:42:31.200 --> 0:42:32.759 appreciate it. If you want to get in touch and 0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:35.879 submit a question, you just go to my website. It's 0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:38.640 rich on tech dot tv. Just hit that contact form. 0:42:38.680 --> 0:42:41.840 I also have a newsletter that I send out usually weekly. 0:42:42.120 --> 0:42:44.040 Just go to rich on tech dot tv. Hit newsletter, 0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:46.759 put your email address in. It's totally free. Subscribe to that. 0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:49.719 You'll get that every week or whenever I decide to 0:42:49.760 --> 0:42:51.320 do it. Most of the time it's weekly, but it 0:42:51.360 --> 0:42:52.760 gives you kind of a rundown of all the stuff 0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:55.200 I mentioned. Producer Megan, how can people find you online? 0:42:55.560 --> 0:42:59.359 I'm on Twitter at producer Megan, and I'm on Instagram too, 0:42:59.640 --> 0:43:00.640 Megan mcmonagall. 0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:03.560 We don't mention that one because you change it to 0:43:03.560 --> 0:43:06.640 producer Megan. Yeah, I am rich on tech on all 0:43:06.680 --> 0:43:09.239 platforms for the most part that I care about. Thanks 0:43:09.280 --> 0:43:12.040 so much for listening. The book again is one hundred 0:43:12.080 --> 0:43:15.680 and one iPhone Tips and Tricks, available as an ebook 0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:19.200 on Amazon. Look for the new cover in what. 0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:22.680 Color it's in blue? Well, it's black and blue. 0:43:22.719 --> 0:43:25.200 Look for the new black and blue cover. That is 0:43:25.239 --> 0:43:26.719 the cover you want to look for. Don't get the 0:43:26.760 --> 0:43:29.360 old one. Make sure it says iOS thirteen. Thanks so 0:43:29.400 --> 0:43:32.399 much for listening. You have a fantastic day. We will 0:43:32.440 --> 0:43:33.439 talk to you real soon.