1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Amazon unveils a kindle you can write on. Google shuts 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: down yet another service, t Mobile gives customers more free 3 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: in flight Wi Fi plus Your tech questions answered? What's 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: going on on? Rich Demiro? And this is Rich on Tech, 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: the podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: think you should know about. It's also the place right 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: answer the questions you send me What's going on on? 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: Rich Demiro? Oh? Did I already say that I'm the 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the folks watching on Instagram live. From time 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: to time, I will Instagram live depending on my mood. Really, 12 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: that's what it comes down to, because it is a 13 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: different level of show to have live viewers, you know, 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: watching what you say. Responding. People are are sitting there 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: commenting on stuff. You know, everyone's trying to get a 16 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: little joke in there that that might catch my eye. 17 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: So I get it. It's it's a whole different show. 18 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: But anyway, it's a lot of fun. If you're watching 19 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: the show on Instagram, you might have noticed I'm wearing 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: a new ring. So long story short, my wife got 21 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: me the aur A ring for my birthday. Oh you 22 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: are a And I've been wearing it for a couple 23 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: of weeks. I had to exchange it for a bigger 24 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: size because they said go small, and then I did, 25 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: and I felt like my circulation was being cut off. 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: So I got the bigger size and you know, it's 27 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: it's I if the best way to describe this ring 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: is sort of the anti Apple Watch. There are there's 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: no screen on it, there's no fancy like you know, notifications, 30 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't vibrate. It just literally watches your metrics throughout 31 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: the day and especially at night. And so the app 32 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: really kind of gives you guidance on how you're feeling 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: and why you're feeling that way. So it gives you 34 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: like a score for each day, like I think it's 35 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: called the readiness score, And so if you get something 36 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: like a ninety, you feel good. If you get something 37 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: like an eighty, you're like ugh, if you get like 38 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: a seventy or sixty, you're like, Okay, what am I 39 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: doing right now? I got to go back to sleep. 40 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: So it's really been interesting and I'm gonna have a 41 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: full review of this soon. I'm still forming my opinions. 42 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: I will say if you have an Apple Watch, you 43 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: don't need the Aura. If you have the Aura, you 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: don't need the Apple Watch. I'm wearing both right now, 45 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: and it's definitely it's like too much. It's like I 46 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: just feel like everything I do, every move I make, 47 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: is like being recorded and processed and somehow sliced and 48 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: diced and like it's just too much. And so I 49 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: actually went back to my regular watch. I had to 50 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: bring it to a watch shop to get the battery 51 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: replaced and then to get the clasp fixed, and I 52 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: put that on for a while. But then I and 53 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: I realized, without having an Apple Watch, it is so calming, 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: Like I can't tell you if you've worn an Apple 55 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: Watch for a long time like I have. I'm just 56 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: so used to being interrupted all the time with little 57 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: pings and dings and up but up up, and without that, 58 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: it was like life was so silent for the while, 59 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: and I was missing things, like people would be like 60 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: where are you, you know, like I'd be like, oh, 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: my phone is in the other room. It's really you know, 62 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: it's just a really different experience because you're checking your 63 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: phone every once in a while and uh uh, Coco 64 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: on the on the comments says it is hard to 65 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: wear an Apple watch to bed, so better where a ring. 66 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: I agree, but my wife now calls me et because 67 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: the ring at night is really firing these sensors and 68 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: so it lights up. I think it's red, and you're 69 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: literally like, because it's nighttime in your room, you can 70 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: see this so bright, and uh, it's it's really it's 71 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: so funny because if you and anyway, and there's a 72 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: whole nother side of doing your sleep metrics, which is 73 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: the anxiety side of things, like where you're worried about 74 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: your sleep metrics because you're awake, and so that's a 75 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: whole other side of like when you don't, like typically 76 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: I don't wear my Apple watch or anything to you know, 77 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: like any ring or whatever to bed because it's just 78 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: too like nerve wracking, like sleep should be a nice 79 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: kind of like relaxing time. And so anyway, there's a 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: whole bunch of complications. And believe me, we are just 81 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: at the beginning of all this stuff. But I will say, 82 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: if you want something that's calm and interesting but still 83 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: getting your stats, the Aura ring is really unique. It's expensive. 84 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: It's about I think three hundred dollars plus the monthly 85 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: service I think is like five or six dollars. So 86 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: I'll do a full review and kind of put some 87 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: of my thoughts into a TV segment, but it is 88 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: it's different. I don't know if I'm gonna stick with it. 89 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: I'll be totally honest, and I've told my wife, I said, 90 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: please don't buy me tech because you know, I test 91 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: out a lot of tech and I go through a 92 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: lot of it and it's tough for me to stick 93 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: with one thing for a long time. And so the 94 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: ring is great. But I do really enjoy my Apple Watch, 95 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: and I realized that after a couple of days of 96 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: not wearing it, like I kind of really really like that. 97 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: So we'll see. All right, let's get to the first 98 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: topic of the show. Amazon is having another Prime Day sale, 99 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: and you're probably tired of hearing about Prime Day because 100 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: Amazon seems to have a bunch of these and only 101 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: historically has happened once a year. But this is the 102 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 1: second one. So it's happening October eleventh and October twelfth. 103 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: Not too many details on this Prime Day, so I'm 104 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: not going to spend a whole bunch of time on it. 105 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,799 Speaker 1: Other than you should know about it. I always recommend 106 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: that you put stuff that you want in your shopping 107 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: cart now so that you can see if the price 108 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: drops on it later. Don't just go around buying stuff 109 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: just to buy it. But this is kind of an idea. 110 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: The idea behind this is to give you an early 111 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: kickoff to the holiday shopping season. And they are doing 112 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: something and I think is very very smart. They're doing 113 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: a top one hundred list of some of the most 114 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: popular and giftable items. So notice they don't say of 115 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: just the most popular items, because if they did that, 116 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: it'd be filled with like you know, filters for your 117 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: air conditioning system and stuff like that. So it's probably 118 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: it is. I'm sure it's curated, and so they'll put 119 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: stuff on there that's interesting, but they'll also put popular 120 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: items on there. So top one hundred list I think 121 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: is really smart because on a day like Prime Day, 122 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: sometimes you're kind of looking for stuff to buy, like 123 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: you don't necessarily need anything, and so you're just kind 124 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: of like looking around the site and you end up 125 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: buying like a you know, some sort of weird like 126 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: you know, smoothie straw that or something I don't know whatever, 127 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: and so by having that top one hundred list, it'll 128 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: give people more ideas. So that's basically it. I'm not 129 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: going to spend any more time on sun Prime Day. 130 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: All I know is that I've got to I've got 131 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about a bunch of the Amazon products 132 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: that they unveiled this week, and I've got my eye 133 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: and a bunch of them, like I want to buy 134 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: the TV, the Kindle, the Fire TV Cube, and so 135 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: I will be watching the prices of those items over 136 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: Prime Day. So let's get to the first question of 137 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: the show. All right, Jim says, Howdy, I'm taking a 138 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: page out of your book, and it looks like paramount 139 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: Plus is one of the services that will let you 140 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: cancel before the trial membership ends and lets you keep 141 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: using it until the actual renewal date. Thanks for the tip, 142 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: and he forwarded his Paramount Plus subscription has been canceled, 143 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: but you can still use it until October sixteenth, and so, yeah, 144 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: this is a great tip here, and I think this 145 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: is one of the smartest pro tips. When you you 146 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: know people, they it's very easy to get these free 147 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: trials of services. But what happens is you forget about it, 148 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: and their entire mo is to get you to forget 149 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: about the fact that you subscribe to that service and 150 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: then boom, you will be paying an extra month of 151 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: that service. And I talked about this in the last show, 152 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: I believe, and I think that's why Jim emailed. But 153 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: I did that Panera like free coffee thing, and it 154 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: was like free for three months, and I was like, oh, 155 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: of course I'll remember to cancel this, like I've got 156 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: three months to cancel, and s off looking at my 157 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: statement on my card, and next thing, you know, it's 158 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: like eleven ninety nine for Panera. I'm like, ah, they 159 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: got me Panera, And so that eleven ninety nine paid 160 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: for all the Panera that, you know, the two or 161 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: three coffees that I got for free for those three months. 162 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: Same thing with these streaming services. I'm guilty of it. 163 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: I forget all the time to cancel. But my one 164 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: pro tip is that you can go and cancel a 165 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: majority of these services as soon as you sign up. 166 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: I know it sounds counterintuitive, but you can sign up 167 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: for something like Paramount Plus and then immediately cancel it. 168 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: Go into your settings and cancel it and it'll still 169 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: allow you to use that service through the time that 170 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: your free trial goes through. And not every service lets 171 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: you do this. I've noticed with a lot of the 172 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: Apple services, surprisingly as soon as you cancel, it's like, 173 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: now you're done, we cut you off immediately, So that's 174 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. But I would say a majority of 175 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: the services let you stay using the service until the 176 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: time runs out on your free trial, so little pro tip. 177 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: And it also works on things that you subscribe to 178 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: on your phone. So if you subscribe through Apple on iTunes, 179 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: you can go into iCloud and then subscriptions and cancel 180 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: those and even a day or two after you subscribe, 181 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: and it should still let you use those. It's very 182 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: convenient for apps that have like a short free trial 183 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: like three days and then it's like three ninety nine 184 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: a week or something. You're definitely going to forget comments 185 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: coming in on the live stream, bd Castle says, just 186 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: said reminder on your calendar when to cancel. Yes, I 187 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: absolutely do that for sure. That's another good way. Rosa says, 188 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: my husband adds it to his calendar. Yeah. I do 189 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: that as well, but sometimes I forget to see it 190 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: on my calendar or it's not a convenient time when 191 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: I see my calendar to actually go ahead and cancel it. 192 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: And Sarah says, or Sra says, you can ask Siri 193 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: to remind you twenty nine days from now to cancel 194 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: your subscription. That works really great. That is a very 195 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: smart thing. Take advantage of those voices and reminders, whether 196 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: it's Google, whether it's Siri, those are very handy. Even 197 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: if you have you know, alex A in your house, 198 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: you can ask her and she will. She will help 199 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: you keep tabs on that as well. So all good 200 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: ways to avoid paying for things that you don't need 201 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: to pay for. All right, let's talk Google. And this 202 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: is a major problem I have with Google is that 203 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: they are all over the place. I've talked about this before, 204 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: but you just can't trust Google to continue a product 205 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: that they come out with. And one of those products 206 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: that many people thought they would never back or never 207 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: continue is called Stadia. Stadia is a controller that is 208 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: it uses Chrome casts and it streams your video games 209 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: to your TV. So it was just a piece of 210 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: hardware that literally really never needed to be upgraded because 211 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: it was the like, Okay, let me explain this in 212 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: a better way. So the when you're playing a game 213 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: on your TV, it's actually being played on a giant 214 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: supercomputer somewhere on a server farm that Google runs or whatever, 215 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: and then it's just being streamed to your TV like that. 216 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: Gameplay is being streamed to your TV and real time, 217 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: just like Netflix. And so the idea is that you 218 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't need to spend money on a big expensive console. 219 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: You would just need any controller that could play this game. 220 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: And everything was being run through the cloud, and so 221 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: it's basically always up to date, it's always fast, there's 222 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: no lag, it's like you know. But this took a 223 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: lot of technical know how to get this to work 224 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: properly because video games are all about latency. Like you 225 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: want when you press that a button, you want that 226 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: thing to fire right immediately. You can't have a delay 227 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: between pressing a button and having something happen on the screen. 228 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: And so that's what Google figured out how to do 229 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: with this streaming. Well, that was all great, but apparently, 230 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: according to Google, the streaming games for consumers that's built 231 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: on a strong technology foundation, but it hasn't gained the 232 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: traction with users that we expected. So they'll be winding 233 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 1: down Stadia. So that's sad. So here's the cool thing 234 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: that that Google is doing. They're refunding all Stadia hardware 235 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: purchases made through the Google Store and all game and 236 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: add on content purchases that were made through the Google 237 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: Stadia Store. Players will continue to have access to their 238 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: games library through January eighteenth, and they expect all refunds 239 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: to be completed by mid January, so not all is lost. 240 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: Google says that they're going to use the technology that 241 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: they figured out for things like YouTube, Google Play, and 242 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: their augmented reality efforts. So there's something here to this. 243 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's really really kind of sad that. You know, 244 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: Stadia was this thing that a lot of people didn't 245 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: want to get invested in because they figured Google might 246 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: shut it down, and their worst fear came true. Google 247 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: shut it down. All right, let's get to the next 248 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: quest question of the show. Carol says, Hey, Rich, I 249 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: think I heard you say that those of us who 250 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: have a z flip three can upgrade to the z 251 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: Flip four for one hundred dollars. How do we do that? 252 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: And then a follow up said, I'm hoping the battery, 253 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: life and camera are better. What do you think is 254 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: it worth the hassle of the upgrade? And I say absolutely. Now, 255 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: what Carol was referring to is that for a while, 256 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: Samsung was doing a deal where if you bought the 257 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: new z Flip four and traded in the three, it 258 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: would only cost you one hundred dollars to upgrade. So 259 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 1: you send them your old phone, you send them a 260 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: hundred bucks, and they'll send you the brand new phone. 261 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: And in my review of the z Flip four, I 262 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: found it to be a very pleasant experience. It's totally different. 263 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: It's a phone that flips like a flip phone, but 264 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: it's got a nice big screen inside. So just imagine 265 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: your typical Samsung phone, but it flips closed right like 266 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: an old flip phone, like a Motorol erasor and you 267 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: have all the beauty of a smartphone. They made the 268 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: outer screen bigger, more functionable, they made the cameras better, 269 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: they made the battery last longer. I felt like this 270 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: phone was really really fun. It's not for me because 271 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: I need a phone with a stronger camera setup because 272 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: I'm doing a lot of creation stuff on there for 273 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: TV and also for social media, but for general kind 274 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: of social media if you're not trying to, you know, 275 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: you know, do a huge bunch a ton of stuff, 276 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: it'd be just fine. Like the camera is just fine 277 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: on this thing. I found the front facing camera left 278 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: a little bit desired for me personally, but you know, 279 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: they've improved it and so, and it folds in half 280 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: so it fits in your pocket, and it's a really 281 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: nice little phone. And I think it's come a long 282 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: way since the first generation. And so Carol was saying, 283 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: should she do the upgrade? Is it worth the hassle? 284 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: And I say absolutely. I mean for one hundred dollars. Now, 285 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: the one hundred dollars deal, as far as I could tell, 286 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: is gone. I think it's closer to two to three 287 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: hundred dollars to upgrade. But at the same time, three 288 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: hundred bucks to upgrade your phone to the brand new one. 289 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: One's gonna have a better camera, better battery, a more 290 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: useful screen, you're gonna reset the clock on the hinge mechanism. 291 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: I think that it's it's definitely worth it, so I 292 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: say go for it. The flip for is probably at 293 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: this point the only foldable phone that I would recommend 294 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: in a big way. The fold is really fantastic. That 295 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: one opens and closes like a greeting card. But the 296 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: problem with that is that it's a very small it's 297 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: just a it appeals to a very small group of 298 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: people that need something like that because the technology is 299 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: not fully there yet. The fold is still a little 300 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: bit chunky. It's a little bit bulky, it's a little 301 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: bit heavy. So I really really like that phone, but 302 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: I just don't think that it's ready for prime time 303 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: just yet for the average person. If you want a 304 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: foldable and you've made that your life, and you've made 305 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: it your life mission to have something like that, like 306 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: I only want a phone that's going to do both 307 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: a tablet and a phone, then yeah, the fold is fantastic. 308 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: It's a great situation. But the price is still really 309 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: expensive as well, at eight hundred dollars, So i'd recommend 310 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: the flip over the fold, just for the average person. Also, 311 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: if the screen on the outside was just a little 312 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: bit bigger on the fold, it might have convinced me 313 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: to switch, because there are some advantages, especially for someone 314 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: that travels a lot, of having that foldable phone. It's 315 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: just such a such a cool device. So great question, Carol, 316 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: and good luck with the new phone. All right, let's 317 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: talk about a new kindle. This is so Amazon this 318 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: week had their big Amazon Fall event where they talk 319 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: about all of the gadgets that they are going to 320 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: launch over the holidays, and they just throw a whole 321 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. 322 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: And because it's Amazon, because they are you know, really interesting, 323 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, smart about their prices and stuff and their promotions, 324 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: they will sell a ton of these gadgets. They may 325 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: not sell all of them to the same amount, but 326 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: they will sell a lot of these. Now, one of 327 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: these is it's a little bit of an unknown. We'll 328 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: see if this works or not. But it's called the 329 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: Amazon Kindle Scribe. And this is the first kindle that 330 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: lets you not only read, but also write on the screen. 331 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: It is a ten point two inch screen. It's the 332 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: same kind of screen that you see on your typical kindle, 333 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: but now it responds to writing, so you can use 334 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: this included pen to write on the screen. It's a 335 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: frontlet display. It includes the pen. The price is very high, 336 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: especially for a kindle. It's three hundred and thirty nine dollars, 337 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: which uh ah, quite honestly, I would not pay that 338 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: for this. I think that the target price for me 339 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: on this is two ninety nine, which I know is 340 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: still wildly expensive for a kindle, But you have to 341 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: remember that you're also getting a notepad in this, and 342 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: it's a really cool notepad because you can take you know, 343 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: digital notes on it. And you might be saying, well, 344 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: for three hundred and three forty, I can get an iPad. Well, 345 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: the iPad is great, and I agree, and you can 346 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: write on the screen, but the you know, the pen 347 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: is going to the pencil Apple pencil is going to 348 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: cost you another one hundred dollars. Your minimum for the 349 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: Apple pencil with the with the iPad is going to 350 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: be you know, you're looking at four to five hundred 351 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: dollars for that situation here you're talking. I think the 352 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: target price is closer to three hundred, so you know, 353 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: it's one hundred dollars, but you're not getting all the 354 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: apps and stuff that you would get an iPad. So 355 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 1: let's just imagine that this is more for the person 356 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: who wants that kindle e paper experience but also kind 357 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: of likes the idea of having a notepad that you 358 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: can write in. And I'm kind of a notepad. Guy, 359 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: I like pen and paper, even though you know, the 360 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: older I get, the less I use it because the 361 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: more I kind of like put stuff into my phone. 362 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: But I still love the idea of it. So what 363 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: can you do with this thing? You can write in 364 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 1: the margins of the book that you're reading, So if 365 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: you're I'm a big fan of highlighting passages in my 366 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: kindle books that I read, and so you can do that. 367 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: You can now write things in addition to take notes. 368 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 1: In addition to the highlighting, you can organize with to 369 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: do lists. You can use it as your planner, which 370 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: would be kind of cool. I like that idea of 371 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: a calendar. You make journal entries, you could review documents 372 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: that you imported from your phone or computer. And again 373 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: it's all sort of distraction free. Because it's a kindle, 374 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: you can't do too much on it. But the fact 375 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: that you can use this as a as a notepad, 376 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: to me is very appealing. USBC charging. The battery is 377 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: designed to last much longer than the standard you know, 378 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, like a iPad battery. Let's say, so you're talking, 379 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: you know, weeks or months depending on how you use 380 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: this thing. It's not gonna last months if you're writing 381 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: on it on a daily basis, But again, that's kind 382 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: of the basics of this kindle scribe. I think that 383 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: the reality is we're gonna have to see how this 384 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: is because it's a bigger kindle than most people are 385 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: used to. So is it gonna be comfortable for reading? 386 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I have not tested this personally, but 387 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: I think they've got some of these things right. Where 388 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: it comes with the pen, there's a basic pen that 389 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: never needs to be charged, so it's you're never gonna 390 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: be in that situation where you want to use this 391 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: pen and you can't because you need to charge it up. 392 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: The magnetically attaches to the side of the device, just 393 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: like a wood on an iPad. And then there's a 394 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: premium pen, which I think they probably should have made 395 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: this whole thing a premium pen. But the premium pen 396 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: is a dedicated, dedicated eraser on the top, plus a 397 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: customizable shortcut button. I think that they should just make 398 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: that the default pen. And the cool thing is all 399 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: of your documents are backed up to the cloud for free, 400 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: which I really like, and in twenty twenty three you'll 401 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: be able to access those documents via the Kindle app, 402 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: which again I feel like this should have been something 403 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: out of the gate where you can take a note 404 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: on your Kindle scribe and you can see that note 405 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: on your phone in the Kindle app. But you know, look, 406 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: these things sometimes take a little bit of time. I 407 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: also like to send a Kindle feature. Now, this is 408 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 1: a feature. If you don't have this installed on your computer, 409 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: this is something you might want to look into. So 410 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,239 Speaker 1: I use a service called Pocket, which allows me to 411 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: read articles later, and so it's in this kind of nice, 412 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: uncluttered fashion where you can look at these things when 413 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: you have time to, like really read a long article. 414 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: The problem is I always forget to open up Pocket 415 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: on my smartphone, and so I never end up reading 416 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: these articles that I bookmark to read later. So with 417 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: the Kindle, I do open my Kindle pretty much on 418 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: a nightly basis at home, so I can see you 419 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: can get into a routine of every night you just 420 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: open up your Kindle, you read some of the articles 421 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: that you sent to your Kindle from your computer throughout 422 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: the day, and then you read your book for a 423 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: half an hour or forty five minutes at night. So 424 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: they're definitely onto something and then you kind of journal 425 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: jot down. I think I'm a big fan of journaling, 426 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: even though I don't really do it on a daily 427 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: basis as much as i'd like to, But I'm a 428 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: big fan. I was doing for a while, I was 429 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: writing down three things that made me happy that day 430 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: and just writing that down in a journal. I don't 431 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: even remember what the name of the journal is because 432 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: I don't I didn't use it enough. I think it's 433 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: called Day one and let's see. And it really was 434 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: an interesting thing to do every night, Like just think 435 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: about I know, we go through our lives and there's 436 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: so many things that frustrate us during the day, and 437 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: you know, if you live in Los Angeles, like the 438 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: city could really you know, bring it down in certain ways, 439 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: especially with all the problems we're having right now. But 440 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: I think that if you write down, yeah, like someone 441 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: on the Instagram sete of Gratitude journal, that's yeah, that's 442 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: pretty much what it is. But if you start writing 443 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: down things that make you happy, you kind of remember 444 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: that it doesn't take much throughout your day to make 445 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: you happy, Like sometimes just you know a little bit 446 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: of an interaction with your friends or family or your children, 447 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: or something someone says to you in passing, or you know, 448 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: just even getting like a coffee in the afternoon and 449 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: like really enjoying that or you know whatever, it is 450 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: just the sun shining, like and you write those things 451 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: down at the end of your day and you really 452 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: reflect on like, wow, these are things that you kind 453 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: of overlook in your daily life because we're just so 454 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: busy and you know, just just everything is just so 455 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: like busy these days. But if you just started sort 456 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: of think about these little things that really are just 457 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: like you know, we had the cats in the house 458 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: when we were fostering, like just like sitting with you know, 459 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: petting the cat for the you know, for an hour 460 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: in the afternoon or whatever. You know, it's like, wow, 461 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: that's just so so like nice and calming. And so 462 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: just write those things down and you reflect and your 463 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: brain starts to get wired to recognize all these little 464 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: things that make you happy. And then now you just 465 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,719 Speaker 1: start recognizing more of them. So anyway, this is not 466 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: a self help podcast, but you know, sometimes it is 467 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: kind of nice. So, oh, I don't sometimes these usernames 468 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: I don't know how to say, but miter boo says, 469 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: I like to do this with my students. Yeah. It's 470 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: funny because when I was in school, we never heard 471 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: about happiness or how you're feeling, or gratitude or any 472 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: of these things that now kids are exposed to all 473 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: the time, and I think it's a really good thing. 474 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: Todda nineteen sixty three says, any idea the launch date 475 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: for the pixel Watch, Well, the launch event is next 476 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: Friday in your city. And then the launch date, I 477 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: think expected is the fourteenth of October. So I don't 478 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: quote me because they haven't announced that publicly. Well they 479 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: haven't announced it. Sorry, I don't know what the launch 480 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: date is, but I do know when the event is, 481 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: and so usually you know, these things are available a 482 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: week or two or three after the launch. I know, 483 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: very highly anticipated to have a nice, simple Android watch, 484 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: especially that pixel Watch. So yeah, all right, let's get 485 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: to the next question of the show. Karen says, I'm 486 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: wondering if I should turn on cross site tracking. Not 487 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: sure what this is. Thank you, Karen, sent from my iPhone. No, Karen, 488 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: you want to turn off cross site tracking? And so 489 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 1: people are finally getting hip to this idea that we 490 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: are tracked in so many different ways. When you visit 491 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: one website, it reports to another website. They all report 492 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: back to you know, these advertising forms and these data 493 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: collection firms. So yeah, you want to turn on turn 494 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: off cross site tracking as much as possible. And I 495 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: turn it off on Chrome. And if you look on Chrome, 496 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: it's third party cookies are being blocked. If I go 497 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: to this website, it blocked thirty third party cookies. What 498 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: does that mean? That means that when I go to 499 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: a website to shop for something, it's reporting my activity 500 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: to thirty different tracking companies and other websites. And so 501 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: what does that mean? It means that when I visit 502 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: one of those websites, or if I just surf the 503 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: web at large, I may now start getting ads for 504 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: the product that I looked at on that first website. 505 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: So here's how to turn this off in Chrome. Just 506 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: go to the menu which is in the upper right 507 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 1: hand corner. It's the three little dots. Then you go 508 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: to settings, and then you go to let's see here, 509 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: I think it is privacy and security, and then you 510 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: go to cookies and other site data, and there's an 511 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: option to allow all cookies or block third party cookies 512 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 1: in incognito, or block third party cookies, or block all cookies. 513 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: I do not recommend blocking all cookies. That will make 514 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: your life a nightmare because then things like your login 515 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: are not saved and you'll have to log into websites 516 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: every single time. But third party cookies you can safely block, 517 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: and that means that different websites can't see your browsing 518 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: across different websites. So it's just really it makes it 519 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: so that websites can't really talk to each other and say, oh, 520 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: Rich visited here and looked at the blanket that we're 521 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: selling that's embroidered with his kid's name, and then they'll 522 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: try to sell you a blanket that's embroidered for cheaper 523 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: or whatever. Now, on Safari and a lot of the 524 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: newer browsers, this stuff is starting to be blocked by default. 525 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: So if you're using something like Firefox or Safari, basically 526 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: anything except Chrome, it's all this third party stuff is 527 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: blocked mostly by default, even on the iPhone if you're 528 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: using Safari, But if you're using something like Chrome, you 529 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: do need to turn this feature on so you can 530 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: block third party cookies. Also somewhat related is that when 531 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: you're opening up an app for the first time, it's 532 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: going to ask you allow it says, can allow app 533 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: to track you across apps. You want to say no 534 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: to that question. It seems like you might want to 535 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: say yes, but you want to say no. You do 536 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: not want to allow apps to cross track you because 537 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: that means it's the same thing that I just talked 538 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: about with the web browsers, except it's inside apps on 539 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 1: your iPhone. And so when Apple did that and they 540 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: gave customers the option for that, it really really changed 541 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: the advertising industry because advertisers no longer have this really 542 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: rich data set about which apps people are using and 543 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: which apps which where people what people do inside those 544 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: apps on the iPhone. E Flores says, have we been 545 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: heard from our phones for ads? I just noticed by 546 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: talking about buying something and not searching for I'll get 547 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: an ad later for that product. This has been a 548 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: common occurrence for me any many years. Know, your phone's 549 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: not listening to what you say out loud, but it 550 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: is using a lot of different cues to help figure 551 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: out whether it's just show you an AD, And many 552 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: times it does feel like we're getting ads for stuff 553 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: that we talk about in passing with our friends. But 554 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 1: the social media companies and all the advertising companies swear 555 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: swear swear that they are not listening to the microphones 556 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: on our phones, and I would tend to agree with that. 557 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: So I don't have any evidence that says they are listening, 558 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: but I do have a lot of evidence that says 559 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: they're not listening. And it just seems very unrealistic for 560 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: them to be processing, you know, thousands and thousands of 561 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: minutes of conversations every second to figure out what people 562 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,719 Speaker 1: are speaking. And also that's a privacy nightmare if they 563 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: were really found to be doing that, which you know, 564 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: if you've ever seen news kind of news segments where 565 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,239 Speaker 1: people really test this, they like really truly test it, 566 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: it never works. Like they'll be like, oh, I just 567 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: mentioned about going to this secret island in the Caribbean, 568 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: and they name something random and then they wait for 569 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: an ad to show up for that island and it 570 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: never does. Now, if you search for islands or search 571 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: for an island vacation, yeah, the chances are you're gonna 572 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,719 Speaker 1: get a lot of ads for advertising against island vacations. 573 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: And so it happens. Believe me, people mentioned a new 574 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: mattress that they got to their friends, and next thing 575 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: you know, you know, they get an AD for that mattress. 576 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: And it's because they're using a lot of cues and 577 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: a lot of signals. And so some of those cues 578 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: and signals are that they know that your friend just 579 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: bought that mattress, they know that you were around your 580 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: friend's phone, and so they say, hey, they might have 581 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: talked about this mattress. Let's send them an AD for that. 582 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: Just read three sixteen says best smart TV. I always 583 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: recommend the TCL, the TCL sixth series. I think the 584 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: TCL six series is probably one of my favorite TVs, 585 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: So I will recommend that, but I will also Now 586 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna start recommending, but I'm gonna have 587 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: to test this first. This is another thing that was 588 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: mentioned at the Earth announced at the Amazon event. It's 589 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: called the fire TV omni q LED series. And so 590 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: this is Amazon's like top of the line television QLED. 591 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: It's not O LED, but it's still it's a really 592 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: nice display technology. And so this smart TV. The number 593 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: one feature that I really like about it is that 594 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: it doubles as a picture frame when you are not 595 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: using it, and I really really enjoy that feature. It's 596 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: something that Samsung has had on a TV called the 597 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: Frame for a long time, but it's something that I 598 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: think every TV should have because I love seeing my 599 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: family photos in the background when I'm not using my TV, 600 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: and so the fact that these TVs are smart enough 601 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: to do that is something I really like. So this 602 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: new q LED series has fire TV built in, it's 603 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: got hands free Alexa. Plus it has this new ambient 604 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: feature and so it's always on when you're not using it. 605 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: And so this TV has little sensors in it to 606 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: know that if you're not home, it's going to turn 607 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: the screen off, but if you're home, it's going to 608 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: turn the screen on and it's going to display whether 609 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: it's pictures or artwork or information like the weather, and 610 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: so I think that's really really cool. It's got the 611 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: hands free Alexa. This is going to be available for 612 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: pre order for eight hundred dollars for the sixty five 613 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: inch model, and then they also have a seventy five 614 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: inch model. Again, it's called the fire TV Omnique QLED series, 615 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: And again I think this is probably the biggest competition 616 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: I've seen for my recommendation over the TCL six series, 617 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: which I've been recommending for many, many years, and people 618 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: love them. And they do have some new models available, 619 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: as I see in the comments that yes there are 620 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: new models available of the sixth series, so those were 621 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: recently updated, so be sure you're getting the newer model 622 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: if you want the latest and greatest features on the 623 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: sixth series. But the sixth series from TCL has Roku 624 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,959 Speaker 1: built in and it just has It's really hit its 625 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: stride with like being one of the best smart TVs 626 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: out there, just because it's been around for a really 627 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: long time now. A lot of people have purchased it, 628 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: including a lot of people that listen to me, and 629 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: the feedback I've gotten is that it's just fantastic. Now 630 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: here's the only caveat, I would say, And this happens 631 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: over and over. People go in for the TCL six series, 632 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: which you know is a bit more of a premium 633 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: price tag compared to some of the other TCL five 634 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: four series, And so people go into best Buy looking 635 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: for the six series and they say, I can get 636 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,959 Speaker 1: the five series for like two hundred dollars cheaper. They 637 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: buy the five series and I'm just telling you go 638 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: with the six series unless you're putting it in a 639 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: spare room that you don't need all of the best features. 640 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: Then you know, then you can go with the five 641 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: series or the four series or something like that. But 642 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: if you're getting it for your main TV, spend a 643 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: little extra. You know how much time we spend watching 644 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: our TVs. Spend the extra two hundred dollars to get 645 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: something that's that's an upgrade from you know, the other stuff. 646 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: Can you say the name of the TV again? You 647 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: say so fast? Yes, The TCL series is my overall 648 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: pick for a smart TV. Otherwise, I like the lg 649 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: C seven for an OLED that's a really premium set. 650 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: And now I haven't tested this yet, but the fire 651 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: TV omni qled series is something that I think is 652 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: going to be a really nice TV for a lot 653 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: of people as well. Cheryl says, Hey, Rich, I need 654 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: your help. I keep getting the Recapsha puzzle to complete 655 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: with each and every website I want to visit. With Google, 656 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: it seems impossible to talk to a real human at Google. Yeah, 657 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: so I'm hoping you can help. What could have gone 658 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: wrong to turn this annoying chore on each and every 659 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: time I want to search for something. I think it 660 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: has to do with Google, but I'm not sure. I'm 661 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: using my MacBook Pro with up to date software. I'm 662 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: usually browsing with Safari. Can you help solve this annoying problem? 663 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: Thank you? Cheryl from San Diego. Cheryl, these Recapsha puzzles 664 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,479 Speaker 1: you've probably seen. They are super duper annoying. But what 665 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: they do is, and you've seen them before, it basically says, 666 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: please identify all of the squares with a red light 667 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 1: in them, or a traffic light, or a bike or 668 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: a I got one the other day that have all 669 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: dead plants in them. I'm like, what is this? Dead plants? Like, 670 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: what is that all about? And so you've seen them before. 671 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: It takes a while. It takes an average of thirty 672 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: seconds to complete one of these puzzles. But what they're 673 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: doing is they're trying to make sure you're not a robot, 674 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,919 Speaker 1: because what happens is robots they'll send, you know, people 675 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 1: will create bots that do certain things on a website 676 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: like check the prices, check airfare, book things, reserve things, 677 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,439 Speaker 1: and companies don't like this because it puts a big 678 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: tax on their system. And also they don't want robots 679 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: booking airfares or reserving all the PS fives that are available, 680 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: or scooping up tickets to a concert, So they put 681 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: these recapture puzzles in place so that a real human 682 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: has to move the mouse and make sure that they're 683 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 1: doing something that a computer or a robot can't or 684 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: an automated system can't do. But yes, they're annoying for 685 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: you and I, and they're coming up with ways of 686 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: making these easier. But until then, I see them all 687 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: the time. They're super annoying, But and I get them 688 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: wrong half the time, like, wait, is that red light 689 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: on the edge of that other little square or is 690 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: it only in that square? And then you pick it 691 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: and then it's not right, And so it's a whole 692 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: big thing. If they did if they did Seinfeld today, 693 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: recapture puzzles would definitely be a part of the show 694 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: for sure. But I digress. So what can you do 695 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: about this? Usually when you're seeing a lot of these 696 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: things over and over, there's something happening on your computer 697 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: that is not right, whether there's something running in the background, 698 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: whether your IP address is doing something kind of weird, 699 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: whether you have a helper app on your computer that's 700 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: doing something funky. So what I would do is, if 701 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,800 Speaker 1: you're using Safari, because I was gonna say if're using Chrome, 702 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 1: I would go through and get rid of all the extensions, 703 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: or at least pause them temporarily and see if this 704 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: key happening. But you say you're using Safari, which historically 705 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,240 Speaker 1: does not have a lot of extensions, But I'd still 706 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: go into Safari and check out your extensions and make 707 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 1: sure you don't have anything. Usually, helper apps are the 708 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 1: culprit in things like this or a VPN. If you're 709 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: using a VPN, so first things first, I would I 710 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: would update all the software on your computer. Then I 711 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: would go through and I would uninstall anything on your 712 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: computer you don't need or you don't use, whether it's 713 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,399 Speaker 1: a VPN or a helper program or whatever you're not using. 714 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: Uninstall it, and then you can restart your computer. If 715 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: you need a good program to help you uninstall stuff, 716 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: I recommend clean my MacX. That's a really fantastic program 717 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 1: to help you get rid of stuff. It may cost 718 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: you something, but I do really like that program and 719 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: so it works really well. The other thing is try 720 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: a different web browser, so you can try Chrome and 721 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: see if this still happens on Chrome. If none of 722 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 1: that stuff works, I would go through your Chrome extensions 723 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,280 Speaker 1: or your Safari extensions and see if you have anything 724 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: installed there, and you can go to Safari and it 725 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 1: says extensions in the menu and you can delete those 726 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: as well. So I would go through into your preferences 727 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,800 Speaker 1: and just go through every single preference on your Safari 728 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: and see what's in there. If anything looks weird or strange, 729 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 1: then you know, get rid of that. Now, they used 730 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: to have a way in Safari that you could reset 731 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: the entire Safari all at once. I don't know if 732 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:33,359 Speaker 1: that's possible at this point. Like you used to have 733 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: just literally a way to reset your entire web browser 734 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: to default settings. I'm I guess now you can just 735 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,279 Speaker 1: do it with clear history. So if you can, you 736 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: can try that and see what happens. But if none 737 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: of those things work, I don't know. And yeah, you're right, 738 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: you can't just call someone at Google and say, hey, 739 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 1: you know, I'm having a problem with my Google, like 740 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: can you help me? Like nobody's gonna answer the phone 741 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: at Google to do that. So yeah, I don't know, 742 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 1: it's a very odd problem, but I would turn off 743 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: your computer, restart it, see what happens. And then if 744 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 1: none of that stuff works, if you're still getting the problem, 745 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe you might have to take it as 746 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,239 Speaker 1: someone that knows what they're doing. And you know, I'm 747 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 1: getting a message on my Instagram to thank my supporter. 748 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: So if you've supported me in this live in this 749 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: live stream, thank you, You're awesome. Thanks for buying a badge. 750 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: I'm still not exactly sure what that means, but it 751 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: seems like it's a good thing, and I think it's 752 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,799 Speaker 1: really cool. So thank you for supporting me in that way. 753 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: That's very very nice of you to do that. All right, 754 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: let's get to the next How much more time do 755 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: we have? Okay, we got some time here. Let's get 756 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: to the next topic here. Halo Rise. This is another 757 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: Amazon gadget that is was released or I guess unveiled 758 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: this week. This is now. They say it's a first 759 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: of its kind bedside sleep tracker. But I'm gonna say 760 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: nuances there because Google does have the Nest Hub that 761 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 1: performs a very similar functionality, so I can't say this 762 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 1: is a first of its kind. It's first of it's 763 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: kind with Alexa. It's first of it's kind with an echo, 764 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 1: but it's not first of its kind. There's technology that 765 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,560 Speaker 1: already does this. And what this does is it's a 766 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: bedside tracker that is meant to help you improve your sleep. 767 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 1: There's nothing that you have to wear. Remember I was 768 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,200 Speaker 1: talking about this earlier. There's nothing that you have to wear. 769 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 1: It use the sensors to measure your respiration and movement patterns, 770 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: and then an algorithm to figure out if you are 771 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,879 Speaker 1: sleeping right now. John says, I'm not sure I want 772 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: Amazon on my nightstand. And this is a problem that 773 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 1: you talk about that actually is a problem that Amazon's 774 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: trying to figure out. How do you get more Alexa 775 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,800 Speaker 1: in the bedroom. I know that sounds a little U 776 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 1: la la, but hear me out. You know, people don't 777 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,800 Speaker 1: want to put an echo show in their bedroom, or 778 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: even an echo speaker because it has a microphone and 779 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 1: some of the echo shows or all of them, all 780 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: of them, I have a camera. You don't really want 781 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: put to put something with a camera and a microphone 782 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 1: on your bedstand, right because you just don't. It's your bedroom. 783 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: You don't. You don't want Amazon peeking into that world there. 784 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,800 Speaker 1: So how do you get more analytics in the bedroom? 785 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: You put this Halo Rise hold on. So how do 786 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: you get more analytics in the bedroom. You put this 787 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,359 Speaker 1: Halo Rise. It sells for one and forty dollars and 788 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: it uses contactless low energy sensors to figure out how 789 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 1: you're breathing, and that will figure out your sleep stages 790 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 1: throughout the night. There are no microphones, there's no cameras, 791 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,439 Speaker 1: and this is something that will give you a little 792 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 1: report when you wake up about how you slept. Now, 793 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 1: I have not tested this one because it's not available 794 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: just yet, but I did test the Google one and 795 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,319 Speaker 1: it worked as promised. It, you know, basically tells you 796 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,280 Speaker 1: how you sleep at night. You know your rem sleep, 797 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: your light sleep, your whatever you're doing you're well. I 798 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 1: don't know if this one didn't mention snoring, but the 799 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 1: Google one does figure out you're snoring as well. It 800 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,400 Speaker 1: also measures your room temperature, your humidity, and light levels. 801 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: This also has an alarm clock and a wake up 802 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: light built into it, so you get that as well. Now, 803 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: if you're on a normal or a typical sleep schedule, 804 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: where you wake up with the sun. This could be 805 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: a really nice thing to help you wake up gently. 806 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 1: And by the way, pro tip, if you're using a 807 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: standard alarm to wake up on your iPhone, please stop. 808 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: Do not use a standard alarm to wake up on 809 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: your iPhone. Let me explain. There is a feature on 810 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: the iPhone called sleep or called bedtime whatever, however it's 811 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,879 Speaker 1: marked in the iPhone. And what that does is when 812 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: you set your alarm through bedtime, your alarm will gradually 813 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: increase and it doesn't come up blaring like the standard clock. 814 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,240 Speaker 1: If you're just setting a regular alarm on your iPhone, 815 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: alarm is just it's immediate, it's loud. Those alarms are 816 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: more like a timer. It's more like, oh, alarm at 817 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,239 Speaker 1: three pm, I need to go take out the dog. 818 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,840 Speaker 1: This is not something that you want to use to 819 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: wake up. Set the bedtime feature on your iPhone. Okay, bedtime. 820 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 1: I think it's called bedtime. Let me just make sure 821 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: that's what it's called. Yeah, set the bedtime feature on 822 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,799 Speaker 1: your iPhone. It is inside the clock app. I know 823 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of work to get it started, 824 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 1: but then you use that and you can adjust it 825 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,239 Speaker 1: every day. If you wake up at different times. You 826 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 1: can set different schedules for the different days that you 827 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,359 Speaker 1: wake up. But believe me, when you start hearing that 828 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: gradual alarm come up, and if you use it, you 829 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about. The alarm does not blare 830 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,840 Speaker 1: all at once. It starts out really soft and gentle, 831 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,840 Speaker 1: and it gently gets louder, so it wakes you up gently. 832 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:52,000 Speaker 1: That is the way you're supposed to approach a new 833 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: day on this earth, not with a blaring alarm. So 834 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 1: please go into your iPhone, take the three minutes to 835 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 1: figure out the feature and set up time. Your your 836 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:06,279 Speaker 1: sleep and your your awakeness will really really thank me. 837 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm telling you that. Yeah, like Beady Castle says, do 838 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 1: I do not feel good after waking up for my alarm? 839 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 1: Absolutely not. It's to you're literally like this, like sleeping, 840 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 1: it's so nice and all of a sudden like ah, alarm, 841 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, what what's going on here? If you 842 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 1: if you use the bedtime, you'll notice it's it's a 843 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: very it's like someone just gently kind of pushing your shoulder, 844 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: gently tapping you, saying hey, rich, hey, rich, rich, rich rich. 845 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:37,919 Speaker 1: Time to get up and it's and the snooze functionality 846 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,959 Speaker 1: is so much better, So please, I don't know why 847 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,240 Speaker 1: Apple doesn't really advertise the fact that, And I also, 848 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,840 Speaker 1: quite frankly, Apple should let you set a gradual alarm 849 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: on the standard alarm, so they don't. But that's the 850 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,240 Speaker 1: way to find it is to go into the bedtime 851 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,160 Speaker 1: functionality in the clock and and set your wake up 852 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,000 Speaker 1: time and you're and I'm also kind of I love 853 00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 1: the idea of getting a certain amount of sleep every night. 854 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 1: I think my target is like seven hours. So you 855 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 1: can use a little spin wheel when you get this 856 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,440 Speaker 1: thing set up to make sure. Like when I'm on 857 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,160 Speaker 1: the road and I have to wake up for an event. 858 00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,239 Speaker 1: Let's say the event is nine am, I backtrack from 859 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,719 Speaker 1: nine am. I want two hours a week before that, 860 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,240 Speaker 1: so that means I have to be up at seven. 861 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,560 Speaker 1: So I backtracked the little wheel, and I'm like, I 862 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,120 Speaker 1: can go to bed at midnight. I'm like, wow, that's 863 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,080 Speaker 1: seven hours sick now, really I wouldn't do that. I'd 864 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 1: probably go to bed at eleven. But the point is 865 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:29,280 Speaker 1: it's anyway, that's one feature I think you should know about. 866 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,920 Speaker 1: So back to the Halo Rise, Halo Rise. It does. 867 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't require the Halo membership, but it does come 868 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,399 Speaker 1: with six months of Halo membership. After that, it does 869 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,440 Speaker 1: cost you. I think it's like three to four dollars 870 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,960 Speaker 1: or four dollars a month for the Halo membership. You 871 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: don't need it, but you probably need it to get 872 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:50,080 Speaker 1: the most the most features out of this thing. And 873 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,239 Speaker 1: we're definitely seeing the trend of all these wearables. Like 874 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: I just talked about the Aura. You know, you got 875 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,319 Speaker 1: to pay for these these add on membership fees that 876 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,720 Speaker 1: they get you monthly. Now everything's a monthly fee because 877 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,319 Speaker 1: the days of just buying a piece of hardware and 878 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,880 Speaker 1: it working forever is kind of behind us. Even the apps, 879 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,160 Speaker 1: even a lot of the apps that I use, they're 880 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,600 Speaker 1: no longer just letting you buy that software. It's now 881 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,600 Speaker 1: like either a monthly or a yearly. So it's really 882 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,360 Speaker 1: we're getting into this world of everything is a subscription. 883 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,840 Speaker 1: And you know, I get it. These companies have more revenue. 884 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,000 Speaker 1: They they like the idea that they can improve the 885 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,399 Speaker 1: products and push out software features over time. But it's 886 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,799 Speaker 1: just something that we have to get used to as consumers. 887 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,800 Speaker 1: But Halo Rise one hundred and forty dollars if you 888 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,239 Speaker 1: you know, it kind of goes back to what I 889 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,960 Speaker 1: was saying, where the bedroom should be this kind of 890 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: this oasis, this like closed off area where you know, 891 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,600 Speaker 1: you're not really having a lot of you know, it's 892 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,600 Speaker 1: just not many things should happen in there, right, And 893 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:56,799 Speaker 1: so by having all these trackers and gadgets and gizmos 894 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,520 Speaker 1: that are trying to track your sleep and help you 895 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,680 Speaker 1: wake up in this and that it gets very it's 896 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 1: it takes away from what you're trying to do, which 897 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,200 Speaker 1: is sleep. And so I think the the idea of 898 00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,200 Speaker 1: these gadgets that sit on your bedside that don't really 899 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: do much. They seem like an alarm clock, but they're 900 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,959 Speaker 1: tracking you. I think they're on to the right They're 901 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:22,920 Speaker 1: on to the right path there. All right, Uh, let's 902 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:30,320 Speaker 1: see Marcia. What's the difference between Marcia and Marcia Marcia 903 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,840 Speaker 1: m A r Cia. Is that Marcia or Marsha I 904 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:38,000 Speaker 1: don't know, so either way, Hi, Rich, love your show 905 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,520 Speaker 1: and Instagram very informative. By the way, do you know, 906 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,399 Speaker 1: I just started doing TikTok and I had like two 907 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:46,160 Speaker 1: viral videos on TikTok within the first week. Now, I'm 908 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:50,920 Speaker 1: not bragging about that. It's actually a bigger I see 909 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:55,160 Speaker 1: why TikTok is so popular with creators. It's because you 910 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,840 Speaker 1: can go on someone like me. I had zero followers 911 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,279 Speaker 1: on TikTok and I posted you know, five, let's say, 912 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,080 Speaker 1: six videos, and out of those six videos, two went 913 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,279 Speaker 1: viral with over five hundred thousand views or something of 914 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,520 Speaker 1: that nature. And so, you know, not a huge hit, 915 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 1: but still with zero followers, the fact that you can 916 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,880 Speaker 1: accrue a half a million views is quite remarkable. And 917 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,640 Speaker 1: the reason that's possible is because TikTok has a method 918 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,120 Speaker 1: where it kind of lifts you up and it puts 919 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: you down the stream, right, And I'm using that as 920 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 1: kind of a euphemism for how they do things on Instagram. Historically, 921 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,960 Speaker 1: you had to build your followers, and your followers would 922 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,840 Speaker 1: see your stuff. And now they've switched gears to this 923 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,800 Speaker 1: reels and suggested method because even if you don't have followers, 924 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,080 Speaker 1: they'll still show your stuff to people. And that's way 925 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:45,640 Speaker 1: TikTok has done it all all forever. And so now 926 00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:49,000 Speaker 1: you're seeing all the other social media companies say, hmm, okay, 927 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,080 Speaker 1: I see what TikTok's doing. It's become so popular because 928 00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,000 Speaker 1: people know that they can make a video and have 929 00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,240 Speaker 1: it go viral without having a basis of followers first. 930 00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,759 Speaker 1: And that's really powerful for creators because it means that 931 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,720 Speaker 1: you can pick up followers along the way by doing 932 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:07,959 Speaker 1: good stuff. And you know, I'm not gonna say everything 933 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,160 Speaker 1: on TikTok is good, but it's a really it's an 934 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,360 Speaker 1: inverse of the way all social media started. You build 935 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,880 Speaker 1: your followers, your stuff is seen by your followers. Your 936 00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,160 Speaker 1: followers may or may not share. There was never even 937 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,839 Speaker 1: a shareability feature in the uh Instagram. And I think 938 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna see more changes to Instagram because of this, 939 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:28,560 Speaker 1: because those same videos and Instagram, yeah they did okay, 940 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,160 Speaker 1: but they're not doing as well because they are you know, 941 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:36,360 Speaker 1: it's it's limited. Instagram is still just kind of playing 942 00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:40,520 Speaker 1: with the idea of suggested stuff, and you still need 943 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,960 Speaker 1: that follower base to really have your stuff shown. And 944 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,960 Speaker 1: so TikTok, you could post one video, it can go 945 00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,200 Speaker 1: instantly viral and now you've picked up a bunch of followers. 946 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:54,799 Speaker 1: And anyway, uh uh okay, so uh yeah, and and 947 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,400 Speaker 1: hot hot bait, Hot Beebie says peeps want info for 948 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,239 Speaker 1: knowledge enhancement, not just and I agree. Instagram has always 949 00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,800 Speaker 1: been this place where pictures kind of ruled, and TikTok 950 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,719 Speaker 1: you would flip through and get a lot of information 951 00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:10,200 Speaker 1: about how to do things or whatever, just a lot. 952 00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:12,279 Speaker 1: It was just to me, TikTok was a lot of 953 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,799 Speaker 1: people just sharing their their knowledge and their head on 954 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,400 Speaker 1: whatever they're smart about and putting that in a video. 955 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:20,480 Speaker 1: And it's still a huge amount of that stuff. There's 956 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 1: also a lot of stuff you got to watch out 957 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,160 Speaker 1: for that's not super true. And so you gotta be 958 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,560 Speaker 1: careful because a lot of things, a lot of people 959 00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,560 Speaker 1: like my kids, are getting a lot of information from 960 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:34,000 Speaker 1: TikTok that is just misinformation. It's just not true, and 961 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,360 Speaker 1: so you have to kind of you know, as an adult, 962 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,440 Speaker 1: you're looking and you're like, that's it doesn't like it 963 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:44,000 Speaker 1: doesn't seem very true, all right, So uh, Marcia or 964 00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:47,719 Speaker 1: Marcia says question, I have an eight iPhone eight plus. 965 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,320 Speaker 1: I can hear the laughter. That still works great. I'm 966 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 1: recommending I'm wondering what you'd recommend in the form of 967 00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,880 Speaker 1: a power bank for travel. I have an anchor, but 968 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,000 Speaker 1: it went out in a couple of weeks, time a 969 00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,200 Speaker 1: couple of years, so time for something to replace. Any 970 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,840 Speaker 1: suggestions would be welcome, Thank you so much. I would 971 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:06,880 Speaker 1: still recommend an Anchor iPhone eight plus. I do believe 972 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,719 Speaker 1: iPhone eight was the first with fast charging. So what 973 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,800 Speaker 1: you want to look for on the iPhone eight yeah, 974 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:18,480 Speaker 1: is you can basically get a charger that supports twenty 975 00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:21,880 Speaker 1: watts versus five watts. So what you want to do is, 976 00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:25,600 Speaker 1: I think you want to find a charger that lets 977 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,880 Speaker 1: you charge with USBC. So a lot of these chargers 978 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: are kind of shady. On Amazon. They will have a 979 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,400 Speaker 1: USBC port, but it's only to charge up the charger. 980 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,880 Speaker 1: You have to then charge your device through the USB, 981 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:42,080 Speaker 1: the old school, the big USB. So you want to 982 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:45,920 Speaker 1: look for a charger that lets you in and out 983 00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:49,759 Speaker 1: through USBC. And they're a little bit more expensive. So 984 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,360 Speaker 1: if you notice the chargers when you're looking on Amazon, 985 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,680 Speaker 1: the cheap ones you can get one for fifteen bucks 986 00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,480 Speaker 1: a power bank, but the expensive ones, you want to 987 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:04,359 Speaker 1: get a power bank that has USBC in and out, 988 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:07,719 Speaker 1: so read the fine print. I still recommend Anchor as 989 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,600 Speaker 1: my go to power bank. They have done really well 990 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,040 Speaker 1: with these things. They work great, So let's just look 991 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,560 Speaker 1: at the top. Okay. So the top one, okay, let's 992 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:20,359 Speaker 1: look at the top three. Okay. So the first one 993 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:25,680 Speaker 1: is the power anchor three thirteen twenty two dollars. It's 994 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:30,720 Speaker 1: got USBC recharge only that means we don't want it. 995 00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:32,480 Speaker 1: It's not going to charge your phone as fast as 996 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:36,399 Speaker 1: it can. Next one is the same one. Next one 997 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:39,640 Speaker 1: is the three thirty seven. It's sixty dollars, so it's 998 00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,560 Speaker 1: a lot more money. So it's going to turn people off. 999 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,640 Speaker 1: But if you look at it, let's see does it 1000 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:49,719 Speaker 1: have input and output USBC. Let's see, you gotta you 1001 00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,160 Speaker 1: really have to look at these at the fine print here. 1002 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:58,720 Speaker 1: So it's got three USB USBU and it's got dual 1003 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:06,280 Speaker 1: input ports. Okay, I don't think this one has USBC either. Output. 1004 00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, output is maximum of yeah. Nope, So we 1005 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,880 Speaker 1: don't want that one either, Okay, So let's keep looking 1006 00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:18,920 Speaker 1: three thirty seven. Uh, let's see here, okay, three twenty five. 1007 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:20,759 Speaker 1: Oh wow, there's too many of these for me to 1008 00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:22,879 Speaker 1: look at them right now. But if we look at 1009 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:24,719 Speaker 1: this one, okay, so if we look at this one 1010 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:29,799 Speaker 1: that is fifty dollars, this is a magnetic one which 1011 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:32,200 Speaker 1: is wireless, which you don't need, but it does have 1012 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:37,560 Speaker 1: USBC and it seems to be in and out. So anyway, 1013 00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:42,000 Speaker 1: just look at the look at the writing because you 1014 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,080 Speaker 1: need to make sure look at the fine print that 1015 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:47,759 Speaker 1: USBC lets you charge it through USBC but also lets 1016 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:51,880 Speaker 1: you charge your phone through USBC. So yeah, okay, this 1017 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:57,200 Speaker 1: one says built in by directional USB c ports. That's 1018 00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:00,560 Speaker 1: what you want to look for, by directional USB. If 1019 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,200 Speaker 1: you don't see that on the charger that you purchase, 1020 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,719 Speaker 1: I would go somewhere else because USBC is going to 1021 00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:10,200 Speaker 1: give you the fastest possible charge for your phone. iPhones 1022 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,880 Speaker 1: charge really slow to begin with. They're not the fastest 1023 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,400 Speaker 1: in the world to charge. Samsung charges faster, Pixel charges faster. 1024 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,600 Speaker 1: One plus charges really fast, so you definitely want to 1025 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,920 Speaker 1: find a USBC BI directional to charge even this older 1026 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,560 Speaker 1: even this older iPhone eight plus. All right, got a 1027 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,879 Speaker 1: couple of things to get through. Let's just get through 1028 00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,160 Speaker 1: this T Mobile expanding their Wi Fi So if you 1029 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,160 Speaker 1: have Tea Mobile now you can get free Wi Fi 1030 00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:41,560 Speaker 1: in flight Wi Fi on United as well, including if 1031 00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 1: you're on the Max Plan, you get it on every flight. 1032 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:45,439 Speaker 1: If you're on the Magenta, you get it four times 1033 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,200 Speaker 1: a year, I believe. But definitely a great thing to 1034 00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,840 Speaker 1: take advantage of. So they also do this on American 1035 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:55,120 Speaker 1: Alaska and Delta. So if you have Tea mobile in flight, 1036 00:53:56,200 --> 00:54:00,359 Speaker 1: in flight charging is great or Wi Fi oh, Gil 1037 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:06,080 Speaker 1: says yes. So Gil says, my daughter watched reels video 1038 00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:08,960 Speaker 1: and all her Facebook videos now or his or her 1039 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,759 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, is cooking reels. Is there a way 1040 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:13,759 Speaker 1: to stop this? Absolutely, And the same thing you can 1041 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,600 Speaker 1: do on TikTok. On TikTok, you press and hold the 1042 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,600 Speaker 1: video and it says not interested. This happened to me 1043 00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:21,360 Speaker 1: when I was looking up how to make salmon bowls 1044 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,279 Speaker 1: and every one of my videos was flipping through. It 1045 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,680 Speaker 1: would be cooking videos for salmon. Press and hold and 1046 00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:31,719 Speaker 1: it should say not interested. On Facebook, I'm not completely sure, 1047 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,239 Speaker 1: but there should be an option in the menu to 1048 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:36,120 Speaker 1: go into the menu on that video and just say 1049 00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:38,239 Speaker 1: not interested. I know you can press and hold on 1050 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,560 Speaker 1: the explore page and it will bring up a not 1051 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:44,480 Speaker 1: interested menu. But you can definitely train these algorithms. If 1052 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,600 Speaker 1: you looked at one video one time and now all 1053 00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:49,440 Speaker 1: you're seeing is that sort of video. Look for the 1054 00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:52,279 Speaker 1: option that says not interested. That's what you want to do. 1055 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,520 Speaker 1: Let's see. I think that's it. I do want to 1056 00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:58,799 Speaker 1: just mention one more thing before we go. If you 1057 00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,759 Speaker 1: have an and alex A in the house, you know 1058 00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,920 Speaker 1: that A L e x A. You can do some 1059 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,480 Speaker 1: fun stuff with this for the holidays, for the you know, 1060 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,160 Speaker 1: the Halloween. So you can hear a couple of the commands. 1061 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,440 Speaker 1: You can say a let's get spooky, and it will 1062 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,399 Speaker 1: give you some ideas on how to make your home 1063 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,960 Speaker 1: more festives, such as Halloween themed jokes, games, and creepy noises. 1064 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:25,560 Speaker 1: A start Spooky Halloween Sounds that's pretty self explanatory, plays 1065 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:30,040 Speaker 1: a loop of spooky Halloween noises. A launch ghost Detector. 1066 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:32,440 Speaker 1: If you want to become a real life ghostbuster in 1067 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:35,239 Speaker 1: your own home, you can try this game A trick 1068 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,600 Speaker 1: or Treat. It'll play bad Halloween jokes and fun surprises. 1069 00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,880 Speaker 1: A give me a spooky rap, super corny but fun 1070 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:45,160 Speaker 1: Halloween themed rap. A tell me a zombie joke or 1071 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:49,040 Speaker 1: a Halloween joke, Dad jokes but spooky, and then ghost 1072 00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:52,479 Speaker 1: A start ghost stories. This says not for the faint 1073 00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:55,680 Speaker 1: of heart, for that's a little bit more, maybe not 1074 00:55:55,760 --> 00:56:01,160 Speaker 1: for the kids, so that sound does mean that is 1075 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,680 Speaker 1: going to do it. For the end of the show, 1076 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:05,160 Speaker 1: Francis said, this was great info. Thank you Rich. Thank 1077 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,239 Speaker 1: you Francis for tuning in and watching. I do these 1078 00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:10,320 Speaker 1: from time to time. There is a lot of pressure 1079 00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,640 Speaker 1: on me to do a performance that is good for 1080 00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:17,560 Speaker 1: Instagram Live, but also keeping my podcast that most people 1081 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:21,680 Speaker 1: listen to audio only, keeping it fun and not distracted 1082 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:25,799 Speaker 1: for them. So this is it really flexes a lot 1083 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:30,600 Speaker 1: of different muscles when it comes to somehow answering questions 1084 00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,040 Speaker 1: and doing things with people on live at the same time. 1085 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,280 Speaker 1: So I don't always do it, but it is fun. 1086 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,799 Speaker 1: Purple Girl sixty three says, thank you. This my first 1087 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:40,640 Speaker 1: time listening to your podcast. How often you do it 1088 00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,160 Speaker 1: on Instagram any time I feel like it, So usually 1089 00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:46,160 Speaker 1: on Fridays, depending on the time, but I don't really 1090 00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:49,480 Speaker 1: announce it before because it depends on my schedule. Thank 1091 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:53,040 Speaker 1: you Rich. What's the podcast name? The podcast is called 1092 00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:56,640 Speaker 1: rich on Tech, So if you search in Spotify or 1093 00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,840 Speaker 1: Apple podcasts, just search rich on Tech. You can subscribe 1094 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:04,440 Speaker 1: and you'll get the audio. Anna says, just update on 1095 00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,919 Speaker 1: my sleep alarm to wake up gradually. Yes, I love 1096 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:11,600 Speaker 1: it all right. I got a whole bunch of stuff 1097 00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:13,359 Speaker 1: to stay here, so let me close out the show here. 1098 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:15,759 Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode of the show. 1099 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:17,480 Speaker 1: If you'd like to submit a question for me to answer, 1100 00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:20,280 Speaker 1: go to my Facebook page, Facebook dot com, slash rich 1101 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,440 Speaker 1: on Tech hit the big blue send email button, or 1102 00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:24,800 Speaker 1: go to rich on Tech dot tv hit the email icon. 1103 00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,280 Speaker 1: I'd love it if you would rate and review this podcast. 1104 00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:28,880 Speaker 1: Go to the listening app of your choice, write a 1105 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,400 Speaker 1: quick line about what you like about the show. 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There are 1114 00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,760 Speaker 1: so many ways you can spend an hour of your time. 1115 00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:01,280 Speaker 1: I do appreciate you spending it right here with me. 1116 00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,280 Speaker 1: Have a great weekend. I'll talk to you real soon.