WEBVTT - Will you pay $5 a month for private, ad free search? 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:13.560 A new search engine that you pay for. Microsoft Reveals 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:17.360 Windows eleven. You can now test out the latest iPhone 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.840 features if you dare plus your tech questions answered? 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:21.800 What is going on? 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:24.560 I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:26.799 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.280 you should know about. It is also the place where 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:32.680 I answer the questions you send me. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:33.720 My name is. 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:37.080 Richdmiro once again, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.560 Los Angeles. Thanks so much for tuning in. Got a 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:44.320 lot of folks listening today on Facebook. What do they 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:48.199 call it? Live audio rooms? Live audio rooms? This is 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.120 a new thing on Facebook. I've been testing out and 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:56.400 it's pretty phenomenal. It's basically their version of clubhouse. But 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.760 the reason why it's so cool for me personally is 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:03.080 because I've got my following on Facebook and so the 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.120 fact that they folks can just listen in, and not 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:09.479 just listen in, but I can actually bring people on 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:11.240 the show. So I don't know if I'm gonna dare 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:15.000 do that this time, even though we've got let's see 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.759 nine people that want to come on, But maybe I'll 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:19.320 do it. If you have a tech question and you 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.920 or you want to say hi, you know, just I 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.520 guess invite yourself or raise your hand to speak, and 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:26.440 I'll do that. 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:28.120 Maybe I'll bring a couple of people on. 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:32.240 So let's see, I'll I don't know, it's always nerve wracking, 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.080 you know, to bring folks on, but I'll see what happens. 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.800 Why not, Well, this is a big week in so 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:44.840 many different ways. Number One went back to KTLA for 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.000 the first time in like four hundred and seventy five 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.240 days or something like that, so that was a big deal. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.240 So I've been reporting from the studio at KTLA in 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:59.160 Hollywood again. I went home before that for like a week, 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.760 and it was really cool to see my family hang out, 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.640 brought all the kids, all that good stuff, and honestly, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.320 this was one of the best times that I've ever 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.960 had at home. And I'm I don't know what the 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.480 difference was. Well I think I do. So we stayed 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.839 at a hotel for the first time ever. I've gone home 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.360 now for you know, twenty years or something like that, 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.560 to New Jersey and I've never stayed at a hotel 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.200 except maybe once or twice when I was doing like 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.360 workout there in New York City. But you know, for 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.239 a personal trip, and we stayed in a hotel, my 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.720 whole family. We had this great suite that was not fancy, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.560 believe me, not a fancy suite, just like one of 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:36.800 those like you know, sweet hotels. And I'll give a 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:38.280 shout out, why not Homewood Sweets. 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:41.240 It was called. I loved it, So it was great. 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.040 We had two rooms, like two bedrooms, so it was 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.120 just it was just great. And I think that the 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:49.079 difference was that there was like a lot of delineation 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:53.080 between the family time and personal time and my family time, 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.320 and it just you know, at the beginning of the 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:56.799 day we had some time to go to the gym 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:58.359 at the hotel. The end of the day, we had 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.640 some time to decompress. So I think that made for 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:02.440 like a much better trip. And it felt like a 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:06.519 vacation versus like cramming in a family member's house, which 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.960 is historically what I've done. So I thought it was great. 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.639 It was one of the most relaxing and refreshing trips 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:13.560 that I've ever had. 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:14.480 And so. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.480 I gotta say it was really really fun. And who 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.160 would think New Jersey would be fun to go to 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.800 on a vacation, But it totally was so New Jersey 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.040 for the win. Let's see what else this week? KTLA 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:34.920 celebrating thirty years. So thirty years of KTLA Morning News. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.840 I've been there for ten of those years. Can you 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:38.520 believe it? 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.280 I can't. So ten years. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.320 They did like this whole big thing where they profiled 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.160 a bunch of the reporters, and you know, I barely 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.240 made the cut, I'm sure, but they did a profile 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.480 of me, So thank you, kati La. But I guess 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.680 they felt obligated since I was They're like, well, he's 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.320 been here kind of a long time, we should probably 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.440 do something on him. So they did, and it was great, 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.040 and I'm playing it down. It was. It's just fantastic, 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.480 so many nice comments from people that watched, and it 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.320 was just really really fun. So thank you KTLA for 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.440 letting me be a part of TV history over the 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.160 past ten years. Not me, but like you know, KTLA 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.919 is TV history. It's it's a big historical TV station 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.200 in America, and I'm so happy that I'm part of it. 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.040 And I really do just going through like all the 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.840 little file videos that they showed, it's just I've had 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.000 so many opportunities in this job I've talked to so 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.560 many amazing people, I've done so many amazing things, I've 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:35.680 gone to so many amazing places, and it's just such 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:39.640 a great spot that I landed upon, and I do 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:44.120 not ever ever take it for granted. Ever, even when 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:45.800 I feel like I'm like I could do other things 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.359 in life, like I still think to myself that, like, 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.280 this is still amazing. And I'm not planning on going 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.440 anywhere anytime soon. Let's put it that way. It's a 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.080 lot of work, Don't get me wrong. There's no simple 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.280 way to do my job, and it's I make it 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.279 look like it's effortless. That's the goal on TV. But 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.280 believe you me, it is something that I think about 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.840 twenty four to seven, how to do the best stories, 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.440 how to present the best stuff, whether I'm doing a 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.039 fair job, whether I'm doing a good job, And so 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:21.080 believe me, that's never ever lost on me. And so 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:25.159 that's that's that Facebook audio. Like I said, I'm on here, 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.920 it's it's just such a cool feature that they have here. 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:31.120 I'm really enjoying it. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.880 I would I My only thing is I wish that 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:38.000 they had a way that they would let me like 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.520 people could when they request to speak, people could like 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.080 comment something. That would be the only thing that I 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.080 would say that would be really cool for them to do, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:50.400 because otherwise I have no frame of reference, Like if 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.840 all these people are, you know, wanting to speak, I 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:54.760 don't know what they want to speak about. But we've 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:56.400 got a lot of people in the front row on 0:05:56.480 --> 0:06:01.799 the podcast on a Facebook audio. Adam tab It, Sarath, 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:06.280 San Megan Betty, thanks for joining, Thanks for thanks for 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:06.680 being a. 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:07.000 Part of this. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.040 All right, let's get to the first story of the week. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:14.640 This is really really interesting because we are so used 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.560 to Google, We're so used to Google being free. But 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.719 what about paying for a search engine and what about 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.120 paying for a search engine that's more private and has 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:28.559 no ads. That is the deal with Niva n ee Va, 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:32.200 and I saw this, I immediately signed up. It's five 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.120 dollars a month, but first three months are free, and 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.200 then if you do some other things like take a 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.200 tour of the website or whatever, you can get even 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:41.880 more months for free. So I think I'm on like 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.640 six months free right now. And they knew they were 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.599 gonna do that. This is heavily funded by vcs, so 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.719 they know that they're gonna they need a long runway 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.400 for people to try something different, especially if they're gonna 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.760 be paying for it down the road. This reminds me 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.120 of like the Spotify's of the world. Any web service, basically, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.520 it always starts out very much reduced price or free, 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.640 and then eventually, like I've said in previous podcasts, they 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.159 kind of crank up the volume, right they say, Okay, 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.280 now we're gonna make it paid just a little bit. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.440 So Niva, I will say out of the gate that 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:19.000 I'm actually quite impressed with the search results. And usually 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.880 with these third party random search engines that are not Google, 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.760 I'm always like, eh, I just passed it off, like 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:25.680 you know, I don't want to mention names. But there's 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.400 a bunch of them out there that people are starting 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.760 to use because they're more private, and I try them 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.240 for like thirty seconds and I say, Nope, just not 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:32.800 gonna work. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:33.800 Niva. 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:37.200 I actually did switch on my Chrome to use Neiva 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.040 as the default, and I've got to say, so far, 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:41.920 I haven't had a problem with the results. In fact, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.200 I really like how they present results because they do 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.600 it in such a good way. I mean, I'm very 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.760 very impressed with them, so I think the results are 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.040 gonna get better. It's not an end all because there's 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:53.960 still a lot of features on Google that are missing 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.080 that I really enjoy, but I will say I think 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.200 they're onto something I really really do. So it's ad free, 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.880 it's private. They're tracking what you search, but only to 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.040 make your search better. They're not sharing it with a 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.040 million advertisers and a million third parties, which is really cool. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.640 If you want to turn off tracking completely, you can 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.840 do that. They also let you customize various aspects, so 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.160 if you want to see more of a particular news 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.240 source and less of another one, you can do that, 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.800 which Google lets you do to some extent, but they 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.600 have a lot more. They've really thought of a lot 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.040 of stuff. So the other thing that's kind of cool 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.360 that I have not done yet is that you can 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:34.840 connect Neva to third party services that you use like 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:39.040 Google Drive or Microsoft or drop Box, and so when 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:42.080 you search in this one search box, it brings up 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:45.080 results from your emails and your Dropbox files and all 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:45.760 that kind of stuff. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.680 I'm a little bit I'm a little bit hesitant. 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:50.120 To do that because that means they have to index 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:54.000 all of my emails and all of my other stuff 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.839 and third parties, and I'm not really in my Google drive. 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.760 I'm just not ready to give them that access just yet. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:00.920 Maybe be in a couple of weeks. 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.679 But I will say I think they're onto something, and 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.160 I think I don't think they're gonna give Google a 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.960 run for the money immediately, but I do think they're 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.040 gonna be a viable option. And a lot of people 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.480 I hear over and over they say I'm willing to pay. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.600 I will pay for something if it's ad free or 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:20.160 if it's better, or if it's premium. And then of 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:24.199 course when push comes to shove, they're listening to Pandora 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.280 for free at like fifty six kilobits per second. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:28.120 Sound I don't know. 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.440 I don't even know if that's like the actually whatever 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.880 it is, the you know, the sound quality. You know, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.320 now we're seeing all these streaming services go up and 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:38.480 up with the sound quality. But you know, like anyway, 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:43.360 bad joke, but NIVA check it out, n ee v A. 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.720 I talked to the founder, one of the founders this week. 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.000 I'll have a story on KTLA next week about it. 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:52.240 But I have to say, I think they are definitely. 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:53.920 There. 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.280 I said onto something so many times, so I'm trying 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.000 to think of a different word. But there's just something 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.320 about it that is like it's really refreshing to like 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.200 to type in here and all every time you type, 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.280 it has like little things like in the search box, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.920 like right now it's saying no ads here. Another time 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:13.640 it said like the right results, no distractions. Another time 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.880 it said, let's see you're the trackers be gone. So 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.000 I'm very very much is this is Let's put it 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.480 this way. This is the longest I've ever spent with 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.319 another search engine other than Google in about a decade, 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.680 so that has got to be a good sign for NIVA. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.960 All right, let's get to the first question of the day. 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.559 And yes, if you're listening on the Facebook, I am 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.280 monitoring for some of the people requesting to speak. So 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:47.000 I just know that if you, if I recognize you 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:50.640 from my page, I'll probably be more more apt to 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:52.439 bring you on because I trust you. 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.280 Because I know, I know, I've seen. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:57.960 You around, so I know you that you're not just 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:00.520 you know, just trying to get on for no reason. 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.480 All right, first question of the week, Let's go here 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.840 to Connie. Connie says Hey, Rich, I remember you mentioning 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:08.680 at one point how to get oh do we have 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:09.200 Robert on? 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:10.320 Robert? You're on? 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:11.520 Hi? 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.160 Rich, Hey, how's it going good? 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.240 I was just listening to your podcast on the way 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.080 home from my doctor's appointment. 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.840 Oh well, very good? Everything okay with the doctor, I hope. Yeah, 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:22.760 look at the check it. 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.840 Okay, very cool, very good. My last check up was virtual. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:27.880 I didn't even my doctor didn't even show up like 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:29.800 he just they just did like a blood test. 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:30.040 And that was it. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.840 And I'm like, oh, where's the doctor? Always working from home? Okay? 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.360 Much better and using the time wisely. Now I could 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.840 I could text in for our our email for prescriptions, 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:40.760 refills and stuff. 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:41.880 It's much smarter. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:46.040 One thing about coronavirus it is is fast forwarded technology. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.840 So in so many ways with all these businesses and 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.079 doctors and everything, it's it's quite impressive in that aspect. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.120 Otherwise it's been horrible, but with the tech, with the 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.160 tech adoption, it's been really good. So what do you 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.120 think of this whole thing? What do you want to say? 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:04.200 I think it's pretty cool. I heard you, yeah the 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.360 other day on it and it was new and it 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:10.200 was even new to you, so I knew that was something. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.160 Yeah, I mean, my goal is to really, I mean, 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.520 my goal with this show has always been to do 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.960 live calls, and so this is about the closest I 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.480 think I'm getting to it with the easiest kind of solution. 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:23.760 It's like, here's all my Facebook people that want to 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.160 ask questions. I think the main thing is finding a 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.000 time that I'm on every week so that people know 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.040 they can come on and join, not just randomly, you 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:34.760 know what I mean, Yes, I did. 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:35.680 That's yeah. 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:40.600 I heard you on the podcast asking for written evaluations 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.320 and whatnot, and I just wanted to make the point 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.000 to you that listen to your podcast. And then later 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:47.760 in the day, my wife asked me a question and 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.120 it's something you hit upon on your podcast, and I'll 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.439 pull up the podcast for her to answer the question 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.920 right away. So I just want to let you know 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.760 that stuff you do talk about comes into our life 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.640 and we appreciate it. 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.480 Oh well, thank you, Robert, and I that is literally 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.000 the goal. Like when I get these questions every day 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.960 from people, and I don't answer all the questions that 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:11.040 I get on the podcast, but when I get these questions, 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.400 literally every question I choose is based on what am 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.600 I hearing from friends. Who do I think will have 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.600 the biggest you know which questions? Do I think we'll 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.480 have the biggest impact on people? And a lot of 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.920 times the people listening to the podcast are a little 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.360 bit more tech savvy, but my hope is that the 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.120 information trickles down to other folks as well. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:34.560 Yeah, I'm I'm not real tech savvy. I my last 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.920 semester in high school was the first semester they offered 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:41.640 a computer class. I never took any computer classes at all, 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.079 but with your help, I've learned. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.240 A lot over the years. Awesome. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.360 Well, thank you, Robert. I've definitely seen your messages on 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.680 my Facebook page. I do appreciate it, and thanks for 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:52.600 listening today. 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:53.640 So very cool. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:58.400 All right, let's get to that first question from Connie. Connie, hey, Rich, 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.520 I remember you mentioning at one point how to get 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:02.880 rid of the little dot light next to the phone 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:06.080 battery percentage? Can you tell me how to take it off? 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.200 Is it bad to keep it there? Sent from my iPhone? So, 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.760 if you have an iPhone and you've updated to the 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.120 recent software, what Connie is talking about is the little 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.440 indicator light that's in the upper right hand corner. Whenever 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:22.440 an app is using your microphone or your camera, you'll 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.760 see that light up. And Connie, as far as I know, 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:27.760 I don't believe there's a way to get rid of that. 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.040 And I think that's actually something you don't want to 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.800 get rid of because as I record this right now, 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.560 I'm looking at my Facebook app on my iPhone and 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.480 I see that there is an indicator light because it 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:42.280 is using my microphone. And so that is a safety 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:46.320 precaution that Apple has built into the phone. It lets 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.240 you know, like if you happen to be using an 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.240 app and you see or you're not using an app 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.160 and you see that that's lit up, it would make 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.480 you go, huh, that's odd. I'm not using my microphone 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.880 right now, Why is something listening to me? So I 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:01.200 think they did that also well, some of the fears 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.760 about Facebook listening in when you didn't think it was listening, 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.840 and so Apple is saying like, no, like here we're 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.760 showing you when it's listening. So if you're not seeing that, 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:15.880 then it's it's probably not listening. So, by the way, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:20.280 on the new version of Android, they're actually taking this 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.520 a step further, and I hope Apple does this as well. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.760 They're putting in not just the indicator light, but they're 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.960 putting in two global toggles. And those global toggles one 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.080 is for the mic, one is for the camera. You 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.360 toggle those switches on your phone, and its not I 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.560 say switch, it's a it's a you know, it's not 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.800 a physical thing. It's a it's a button, you know, 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.400 like a virtual button on the screen. You tap that 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.800 and your camera and your microphone one or the other 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.680 are completely disabled. Like you cannot even use the camera 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.080 on your smartphone if you disable that. 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.120 Like if you, let's say you're in a really. 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.240 Private place, or you you know, you're having a private 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.400 conversation or whatever, or you just want some extra privacy, 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:03.040 you toggle those two switches and boom, nothing can access 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:04.200 those two things on your phone. 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:04.320 Now. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.240 I know there's gonna be some conspiracy theorists that don't 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.880 believe it, but I think that that is a very 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.400 very cool feature that they're building into the UH to 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:16.360 the Android twelve, and Apple of course is very I 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.400 think has some of the best privacy features going on 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:20.560 the UH on the phone. 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.200 But that's a that's a good one on Android as well. 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:24.760 All right, good question. 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.880 So, by the way, I have an explainer video about 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:32.000 the whole about the whole indicator light on my Instagram. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.880 If you go to my Instagram and click IGTV. By 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.200 the way, I've never really done this on the website. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.160 If you go to instagram dot com slash rich on 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.160 tech and then hit ig TV, you'll see like all 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.080 of my Instagram TV videos, which is actually kind of 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:46.760 cool because you. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.440 Can see them all lined up. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:50.880 It's uh and you can see all the titles, so 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:52.560 you can, you know, just see if there's anything that 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.240 interests you. And I mean I was looking at this 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:56.800 and I'm like, oh, this is cool. I forgot that 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.280 I did so many. So there is one that is 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:04.439 labeled you can look at. The says here's what the 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:08.040 new iPhone privacy dot means. And so that's the video 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.199 that you want to look at. If I end up 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.720 doing notes in the podcast, we can I'll put that 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:13.080 in there. 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:14.119 All right. 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:18.040 Last week, I know I was off, but Windows eleven 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.119 Microsoft showed off the new Windows eleven and I'll be honest, 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.880 I get very excited about new software. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:25.000 I just do. I'm a nerd. 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.840 It's just kind of built into my blood. I've always 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.760 been the person that wants to update my software and 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.639 wants to get new software, and it's just exciting. 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:34.080 It's fun. 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.080 It's something that's built into the fabric of kind of 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.240 who I am, and if you're a tech nerd, I 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.080 feel like that's kind of how you are as well. 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:43.919 I have not played with Windows eleven yet, even though 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.199 there is a public beta out there. I would not 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.960 recommend installing it on your machine that you need to 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.560 rely on, because betas are buggy. But let me just 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.800 go over a couple of the top features. Simplified design 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:59.320 Number one, new start button and taskbar. They move the 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:03.199 start button in the taskbar to the middle. So that 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.159 makes sense because you know, it's just kind of the 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.560 screens are getting so big, so it's now in the center. 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.800 It's got new snap layouts, snap groups, and desktop features 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.439 to help you optimize like what's on your screen. And 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.000 I do this all the time with my Mac. I 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:21.680 have a program called what is it called. It's called Rectangle. 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.479 I used to use one called Spectacle, then I used 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.640 to use one called Cinch. I think so I love 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.720 the idea of snapping windows to certain places, and Windows 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:33.000 ten had like a way to snap windows into certain places, 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.840 but now you're going to get many, many more options. 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.359 And also it looks like the ability to save those 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.240 layouts so that you can just kind of immediately snap 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:45.640 your windows to places, and that's really handy. Microsoft Teams 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:47.800 is now going to be built into Windows, which makes 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.600 a lot of sense now that we know that the 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:54.160