WEBVTT - Amazon’s AI Alexa, Apple Invites & Microsoft’s Free App to Speed Up Your PC 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:04.359 Amazon is set to show off an AI inspired voice assistant. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:09.120 Apple takes on Evite with a new app, the web 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:12.320 browser that wants you to take a break from the Internet. 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:17.320 Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on. I'm rich 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.840 Demiro and this is rich on Tech. This is the 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:23.000 show where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:25.560 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:29.319 answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.360 be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.160 lines at triple A rich one oh one. 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Well, 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.160 I've got some news to share about this very show. 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.880 This is the last time we will be heard in 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.880 Los Angeles without also being heard in New York City. 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:36.920 That's right. 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.800 Starting today, we are coast to coast, and I'd like 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.840 to give you a warm welcome thank you if you're 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:48.360 listening on our newest station seven to ten WOAR. 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:49.840 In New York City. 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:55.440 Now, this is especially significant for me personally because I 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.280 grew up in New Jersey exit one point fifty three 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.800 for those of you wondering. And not only did I 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.960 grow up on New York City radio stations, I've long 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:09.040 loved every aspect of radio. In fact, you can even 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.160 see the New York City skyline from the top of 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.600 the street where I grew up. I have always loved 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.000 New York City. I still do. I will share more 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.720 about my journey throughout the show. We've been doing this 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.480 show now for two years, originating from Los Angeles, and 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.160 when I got this show, the very first question I 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:29.120 asked the powers that be is will I be on 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:32.280 in New York City? And they said no. So it 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.080 took a few years, but we made it here we 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.040 are now. You might be shocked as a new listener 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.800 and even surprised at how simple this show is. Yeah, 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.880 there's not much to it. It's just a tech show 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.640 that helps people. That's it. It's not sensational. We're not 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.840 filled with rumors and speculation. But I guarantee you it 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:54.280 is informative, it's consumer focused, and it is approachable with 0:02:54.440 --> 0:03:00.359 practical advice, real reviews, helpful tips, and of course your questions. 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:02.800 You are the best part of this show, day in, 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.800 day out, So thank you for listening. Let's kick it 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.320 off this week with Amazon. The company announced an event 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:14.120 in New York City, happening on February twenty sixth, So fittingly, 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:15.200 I thought that was pretty cool. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:16.760 The day we're on in New York City. 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:21.200 So my invite says, join Amazon Devices on February twenty 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.440 sixth in New York City and see what's next. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.680 So I thought that was pretty interesting. According to The Verge. 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.680 Though the website The Verge, they saw that there were 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.960 five different invite styles. They all said something a little 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.760 bit different. But if you string them all together, they 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:39.080 spell out Alexa. 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.400 Oops, I just said it. Whoops. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:45.200 Apologies, They spell out alex A in the background. 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:46.600 So what does that mean. 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.440 That means that we are going to see smart home devices, 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:55.080 the next generation of Amazon's smart home devices, and get 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:59.119 a look at the next generation AI powered I'm gonna say, 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.840 alex A just to not activate all of your speakers 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:02.240 at home. 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:03.600 But here's the thing. 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.680 This is a big moment for Amazon because they were 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.160 super early to the voice assistant game, right like everyone, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.600 when they got one of those speakers, those echo speakers 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.040 in their home. The magic of being able to just 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.880 call something up, just saying, hey, play this song, or 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.640 play this radio station, or turn on those lights or 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.160 turn off that or answer this question. 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:24.440 It was incredible. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.039 I mean I remember, I literally remember the first time 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:29.440 that I heard one of these echo speakers. Not to 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.719 mention the sound, the audio quality was excellent as well. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.599 But this was a kind of a new moment in life. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.279 But since then, alex A has remained mostly the same. 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.240 It still answers basic questions. It's mostly used to set 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:47.520 timers and control smart home devices. Meanwhile, the likes of Chat, 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.359 GBT and all these other assistants have really been taken 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:54.240 to the next level. So Amazon needs to get this right. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:58.080 They've got millions of devices in people's homes, and they're 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.880 kind of walking a fine line here. They still need 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.800 those devices, even with the new AI to work properly 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.320 and the way that people know and love. So they 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:07.960 still need to be able to turn on and off 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.000 the lights, but they need to have that added magic 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.920 of AI that doesn't mess all of this up. 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:14.800 Now. 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.919 Amazon actually first previewed the new ELECTSA there I go, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.720 I said it again, the New Voice in twenty twenty three, 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.960 but it's been delayed and delayed and delayed ever since 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.760 then because they've been figuring out how to make this work. 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.440 Apparently it's not easy because AI has a mind of 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.200 its own and you say, hey, turn off the lights 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.599 in the backyard, it may have other things that it 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.120 wants to do. So again, it has to ride this 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:42.480 line of getting the core functionality right but also adding 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.200 new functionality that people are going to love. Now, there 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:49.120 are some rumors circulating out there that Amazon wants to 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.240 charge ten dollars a month or up to ten dollars 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.359 a month to use this new AI assistant. 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:56.520 We'll see. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.520 So far, if history is our guide, every single AI 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.760 company has given folks a standard level of service for 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.440 free and then an added level of service for a 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.200 paid cost. So if you go on chat GBT, you 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.320 can use it as much as you want. You're getting 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.599 maybe not the best model out there, maybe you're not 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.279 getting the most usage that you can if you're paying 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.159 for chat gibt. And by the way, they're paid plans 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:24.920 or anywhere from twenty dollars to two hundred dollars a month. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.760 Same thing with Claude, same thing with if you look 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.760 at Google, they've got Google Gemini. A lot of these 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.760 AI companies are still figuring out what's that nice mix 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:40.560 of paid and also free access. So again, February twenty sixth, 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:42.960 big event in New York City with Amazon. I will 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:44.840 be there and I will tell you all of the 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.159 updates that you need to know. In other news this week, 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:53.400 Apple taking on Evite. Can you believe that twenty five 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.560 years into evite they are still the king of party invites? Like, 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.159 when you get an invite to a party, chances are 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.760 it's arriving on Evite. And this thing looks like it 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.080 was locked in time, right, Like Evite still looks like 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.240 nineteen ninety eight is calling. And that's fine because it 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.920 does what you need, right, It gets you the information. 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.480 What do you need on a party invite? The address 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.640 and the date and an RSVP yes or no. That's 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.360 about it. There's not much we need from invites. So 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.920 evite you pick your little picture, you pick your little theme. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.560 You know, we send out our Halloween party invite, you know, 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.720 through Evite. And the thing is, everyone has their information 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.040 in evite already, so you've got your contacts in there. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.360 It's it's simple. You just put the names in and 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.000 you send out the invite. But now Apple said, you 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:40.760 know what, we see an opportunity here, so they came 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.200 out with the new app this week called Apple Invites. Fittingly, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:47.240 it's very simple. You enter an event title, the date 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.640 and time, the location, and that's about it, and you 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.720 send it off. Now this looks much more modern, it's 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.640 much more slick looking. Of course it's iPhone only because 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.160 it's Apple. There's even a They did some smart thing 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.200 so for instance, when you put the date and time in, 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.800 it'll put the weather for that day. So if it's 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.880 an outdoor party or whatever, some people just like to 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.320 know what the weather is going to be, like how 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.800 to dress for the party. So they've got that built in. 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.160 There's even an option to create a shared album. This 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.480 is actually pretty smart because you know, with every party 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.920 there's always that issue of how do we share the 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.720 party picks and videos with all the other guests. So 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.840 now you can just upload them to this shared album 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:25.880 and people will see them. So the app makes a 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.239 lot of sense. You've already got your photos on your phone, 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.320 You've got your contacts on your phone, so it's nice 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.440 and easy to build an invite and send it through 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.840 this new app. They also did something kind of fun. 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.800 If your phone supports AI, you can use AI to 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:43.120 generate backgrounds for your invites, so that's kind of cool. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.600 So it all works together, and Apple promises that this 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.200 will work with non Apple users, but we know the 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.640 process is not going to be perfect because they want 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:55.079 everyone to have an iPhone, right. So I tried sending 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.480 a link to myself and accessing it from a non 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.880 Apple device, and at first I couldn't really figure it out. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:04.000 It kept like asking me to log in or verify 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.959 my address, So it seems like you have to confirm 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:09.800 your email address with a one time code before you 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.280 can RSVP to the invite. The other catch is that 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.560 you have to have a subscription. Yes, this is not 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.280 just anyone with an iPhone. You have to have a 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:22.319 subscription to iCloud Plus, which is basically if you're paying 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.760 for any sort of storage on the iPhone that will 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.080 get you access to this new app. And my pal 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:32.880 Jefferson Graham, he figured out that your iCloud storage cannot 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:37.920 be full or your invite won't go through, so that's another. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:38.680 Little catch there. Now. 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:40.880 I think the app is great, it's slick, it's nice 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:44.280 to have an option outside of Evite, and I'm sure 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.560 many folks who have an iPhone will use this. But 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:51.120 Apple Invites breaks one of my general rules in life, 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.880 and that is I prefer to use apps and services 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:59.280 that work equally well across every platform and the two 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:02.640 main platforms iPhone and Android. So for me personally, I 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:06.040 like to download apps that work on iPhone and work 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:06.600 on Android. 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:07.800 I know we have this whole. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.040 Big divide between the blue bubble and the green bubble, 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:14.120 and it's gotten better, but why contribute to that? Right? Like, 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:15.920 this app is going to be used by so many 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.640 people that have iPhones. All the Android people that get 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.520 these invitations are going to feel like, ah, I'm a 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:24.960 little bit left out because I'm Android. So there are alternatives. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.560 You can use something called party full. In fact, party 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.720 full made a big, kind of a big deal about 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.240 this online because they said that app will kind of 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.560 rip them off a little bit. So party full works 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.080 with green and blue bubbles, you've got punch bowl, you've 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.679 got paperless posts, and of course if you want to 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.800 use evite you still can. All right, Coming up on 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.400 today's show, I'm gonna tell you about another app. This 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:49.640 is a great app. You have to download this if 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.839 you have a Windows PC. It's a little sluggish, a 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.640 little weird. Download this free app. I'll tell you about that, 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:57.600 But first it is your turn. Your calls coming up 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.280 next at eight eight eight rich one oh one eight 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.079 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:04.880 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:07.360 My name is rich DeMuro and you are listening to 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:09.120 rich on Tech. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:10.720 Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.240 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.640 triple A rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.560 seven four to two four one zero one. The website 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:24.040 for the show richon Tech dot TV. If you want 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.760 show notes, you can find them there. Just hit the 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:29.440 light bulb at the top of the page. Let's go 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:33.280 to Diana. Diana, you're on with Rich. Welcome to the show. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.079 Hi Rich, thank you for taking my call. 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:37.160 Absolutely. 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:42.280 The question is I'm very new to home security cams 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:47.080 and I recently bought a b Link Mini and set 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:52.960 it up, which was pretty simple, and so I guess 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:57.840 I expected it to be able to continuously stream, but 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:02.480 it seems like it streams for like five minutes and 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.439 then goes up and you have to keep clicking this 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.840 like a play button to have it stream five more minutes. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:14.720 And I guess, So my question is I'd like to 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.880 have something that will just stream continuously that I don't 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.880 have to pay a monthly fee for. So are any 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:27.679 of the current popular home security cameras able to do that? 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:31.839 And then also I was wondering if there's any iOS 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:38.319 apps that will let you convert old iPhones into home 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.400 like security cameras. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.920 Ooh there is, Oh gosh, I gotta get that. There 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:46.080 is a there is an app that lets you do that. 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:48.600 I got to find it here. 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.720 Let's see. 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.400 So, okay, so your first question number one, the blink cameras, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:59.959 those are really not meant to live stream. Those are 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.320 like out of all of the security cameras. Think of 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:07.280 the name Blink, right, So those those were invented for 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:11.240 quick clips. And the whole technology behind Blink is the 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:15.319 battery life. And so with a couple of double A 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.280 or triple A batteries whatever those little cameras take, those 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:22.080 cameras can last up to like two years without changing 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:22.680 the batteries. 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.800 Oh, the cameras that I have is plug in, so 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:26.560 it's required. 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.080 Well so yeah, I mean and still but the but 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.120 the idea behind Blink has always been it is not 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:33.560 a live streaming camera. 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:35.240 It is a camera, okay. 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:39.040 And I'm not too concerned with recording capability or. 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:40.319 You just want to watch the camera. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.200 Mainly, I'm looking for a home security that will just 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.400 stream continuously that I can monitor. 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.840 Yeah, so I mean that's pretty much almost any camera 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.560 I would take a look at, Diane. I think the Diane, 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.120 I think the best one for you would be a 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.320 UFI eu f Y eu F Y. And what people 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:02.520 love about these cameras is that there's no monthly fees 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.400 associated with them. So and you can also have local storage, 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.600 so you can start with one. You can you know, 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.640 live stream it as much as you want, and you 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.640 can store stuff on a hard drive as well. 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:13.240 They sell that. 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.640 The other camera, if you want something that's a little 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:23.720 bit cheaper, is the Wysecam w y Z, Wisecam Wyze 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.680 and those are great and you can live stream those 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.960 as well. So now, some of these cameras sometimes will 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.240 have a timeout depending on the device you're looking at 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.040 them on, so it kind of depends on and also 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.800 the setup, so like some of the Ring cameras may 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.800 do that as well. But you know, I'm looking at 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:46.040 my wise cam right now and basically, yeah, you just 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.040 load it up and you can watch it now. There 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.160 were some limitations at one point when we were trying 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:54.560 to watch this through a Google Home device, But on 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.040 my on my phone right here, I can watch it 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.160 as much as I want. It's not it's not timing out. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.760 So that's Those are the two brands I'd recommend for 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:05.880 that uf EU f Y and Wyse, and the Wyse 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:07.920 is going to be a little bit cheaper. They're known 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:11.360 for like pretty inexpensive cameras. Now, when it comes to 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:17.040 converting an old phone into a security camera, the app 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.240 that you want is called Alfred a l FR ed 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:24.920 Alfred Camera, and this is available for both Android and iPhone. 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.200 Now again, of course you want to you know, if 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:28.600 you're going to do this, you want to wipe the 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.120 phone clean, start over fresh, and then install just this 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.720 app on the phone, because you do need to leave 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.280 your phone plugged in and also on the whole time 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.280 if it's going to work that way. But this is 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.680 a popular app, it's got a lot going on. Let's 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:45.760 see if it's when the last time they were updated. 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.800 I always like, whenever I'm looking at an app to 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.160 see if it's a good app, you want to check 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.360 the last time it was updated. So if it was 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.360 updated in the last six months or something like that, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.720 then great. Now this one was updated January sixteenth, twenty 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.480 twenty five, so that one's going to be great on 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:04.280 the androidd side, on the iPhone side January twenty third, 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.720 twenty twenty five. So again, this is the website Alfred 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.680 Alfried Dot Camera. The other thing I like to look 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:15.480 at is if there are any in app purchases. So 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.320 on Google they don't necessarily show you if there are 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.480 in app purchases, but if you look up the app 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.440 on the App Store and you scroll down, it will 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.400 tell you if there are any in app purchases. And 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.560 I'm looking at the Alfred it does say Alfred Premium 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.560 five ninety nine twelve months twenty nine ninety nine. So 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.880 that tells me that you'll get a free level of 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.120 usage out of this app, and then you have to 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.320 pay if you want something a little bit above and 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:43.840 beyond that. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.320 So but yeah, this is super easy to use. 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:48.920 It says you can set it up in three minutes 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:53.120 and twenty four to seven livestream, watch the video from anywhere, 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.920 and you can change. You can convert an old iPhone 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.360 or an old Android phone into a security cam. This 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.360 great question, Diana, Thanks for kicking off the show with that. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:04.320 Do appreciate it. 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.880 Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.120 seven four to two four one zero one. The website 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.640 for the show richon Tech dot tv. If you want 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.159 links to anything I mentioned, just go there and look up. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.160 This is show number one zero eight. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:21.720 Coming up, we will. 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.560 Talk to a special guest, plus I'll tell you about 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.199 the app you need to download if you have a 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:30.080 Windows PC. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.520 here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple A. 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:37.120 Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.080 to two four one zero one. The website for the 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.439 show rich on Tech dot TV. You can send me 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.280 an email there by hitting contact, And if you want 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.800 to follow me on social media, I am at rich 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.160 on Tech on Instagram. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:52.280 So did you know that. 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:57.960 Microsoft has a free PC optimization app? I downloaded this yesterday, 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.960 and you know, if your system is running kind of 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:04.359 messy or sluggish or whatever you think something's going on, 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:09.840 download this app. It's called Microsoft PC Manager. Now, don't 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.600 just go searching on Google for that, because if you do, 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:14.920 it's going to lead you to one hundred different programs 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.359 that may or may not be the right one. So 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:23.440 the website Pcmanager dot Microsoft dot com. There's many imposters 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:27.320 out there, but this basically is for Windows ten and eleven. 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:31.159 It's a free utility and it offers all kinds of 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.639 built in tools to improve the performance of your computer 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:37.439 and free upspace and it's it's quite good, so you 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.600 can boost PC performance. So there's like one click to 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.760 clean up and free UPRAM and disk space. You can 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.240 manage your storage by getting rid of big files. There's 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.000 a health checkup feature so you can find and fix issues, 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.920 scan for threats on your computer, and clear out junk files. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.280 There's a pop up management toggle so you can reduce 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.200 ads and pop ups, and then there's a whole bunch 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:01.840 of stuff. There's a Internet speed monitoring in the taskbar 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:03.560 if you want to see how fast your internet is, 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.000 and some widgets as well. But I installed this yesterday. 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.360 It is free, it's simple, it's easy. It comes directly 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.359 from Microsoft. And again it's called Microsoft PC Manager, So 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.600 if your computer's acting a little wonky, you got Windows 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:21.240 ten or Windows eleven, download this app. The alternative is 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:23.840 called Sea Cleaner. That's been the one over the years 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.600 that a lot of folks like I think that was 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:29.200 just purchased by another company. But anyway, this one's right 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:32.560 for Microsoft and super easy to install. So there you 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.440 have it, rich on tech dot tv if you want 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.880 to link to that. All right, let's bring on special guest. 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.960 You know, I mentioned that this is the first show 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:43.119 that we are broadcasting in New York City, so I 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:46.600 figured i'd bring on a special guest who knows the 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:47.720 Tri State. 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.960 Area well, and it is none other than my mom. 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:55.200 Welcome to the show, Mom, Hi Richard, thank you. 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:57.359 My mom is the only one who calls me Richard. 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:01.560 By the way, after all these years, you are Jersey 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:07.280 born and you've lived there forever. First off, are you 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:10.280 excited that you can finally hear me on the airwaves 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:11.040 in New York City? 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:12.119 Oh? 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:15.160 Yes, I'm very excited. Yes, I really am. 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:16.560 Have you told any of your friends? 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:20.200 I'm even more excited that because it was your dream. 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:22.240 But what's your question? 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.560 Have you told any of your friends? More importantly, are 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:25.400 you spreading the word? 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:30.000 Yes? Of course I did. I told a lot of 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:31.640 my friends. Of course I was bragging. 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:33.200 Yes, okay, all. 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.479 Right, so I guess typically when I call you, I 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:36.760 ask how your tech is doing? 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:39.960 So how is everything? Is everything working in your home? 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:43.159 Yeah? 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:46.240 Everything is? What once in a while my phone doesn't 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.360 make a sound when I get a text or something. 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:51.400 So, oh, look at the time we got to go 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:56.320 all right, Well, thank you mom for joining me. Appreciate that. No, well, 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:57.280 you know that happens. 0:20:57.359 --> 0:20:58.080 That good. 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:01.960 But the good news is when I stilled an entire 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:07.080 cup of coffee on my laptop that's working. 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:10.320 Oh you know, go figure. 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:14.639 I've dropped coffee on my computer several times, and you 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:15.640 know you got to let it dry. 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:15.880 Out. 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:18.080 My main advice is to let it dry out. So 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:21.720 now here's the other thing. I know your cellular service 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.120 because I help you with it. It costs like fifteen 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:26.160 bucks a month. Does it really cost that much? 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.320 I don't know. I pay for the whole year, so 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:34.359 I don't really know what it costs a month. 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:36.560 But I mean, you have service that's pretty you know, 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:38.280 it's like I think it's Mint Mobile, right, isn't that 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:39.399 what it is? Yeah? 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:41.680 And you tell your friends that I only pay this much, 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:43.919 like under three hundred a year, and they don't believe you. 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:48.520 Well, yeah, because they don't believe that I get everything 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:49.359 for that cost. 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:50.760 Well, you don't get everything. 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:52.560 I think you only had like four gigs of data, 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:55.440 but you know, it's still only fifteen dollars a month. 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:59.080 I've never used all the gigs. 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:02.880 I'm surprised with all that scrolling on Facebook and Instagram. 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:07.760 No, I've never used them all, so go figure. But no, 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:10.320 but I have everything. I mean, I have everything on 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:14.080 my phone. Everybody else does and it's fine. 0:22:14.320 --> 0:22:18.360 Okay, here's my other question for you. Now, you were 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:22.960 a Netflix kling on for many years, so you were 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:26.359 you were in the sharing economy of your family member 0:22:26.680 --> 0:22:29.359 mainly me and maybe some other siblings. 0:22:29.960 --> 0:22:30.080 Uh. 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:34.640 Netflix broke that functionality. They said no more, no more sharing. 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:37.200 So how long did you go without Netflix? 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:37.960 And what was that like? 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:43.040 I guess I won't about how it would be a year, 0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:48.720 maybe maybe more. But the weird thing is Netflix would 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:52.680 would I would get Netflix every so often for about 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:53.600 a week and then they. 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:54.280 Would take it away. 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:55.359 Wow. 0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:59.080 Okay, so this kind of came and went, well, now 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:01.160 you have Netflix for real. 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:01.800 Do you know why? 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:04.639 Excuse me? 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:07.120 Do you know why you have Netflix for real right now? 0:23:08.119 --> 0:23:08.399 Yes? 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:09.800 Because you got it for me. 0:23:10.000 --> 0:23:11.000 Yes, that's right. 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:14.240 I finally decided that my mom was worth nine dollars 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:17.120 a month for the added account that you can add 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:20.720 onto Netflix. So after all these months, I felt guilty 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:22.240 and I said, you know what, I think. I think 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:25.679 I could swing the nine dollars a month for my 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:27.879 mom to have Netflix. And are you have you watched 0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:30.840 all of Netflix yet or what? Are you making your 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:31.399 way through it? 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:36.120 I haven't watched all of it, No, but I mean 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:38.600 I do put it on usually at night. 0:23:38.720 --> 0:23:41.119 Yes, okay, Well, don't let it get in the in 0:23:41.160 --> 0:23:43.439 the in the way of this show, all right, So 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:45.960 before you go. I do have a couple of questions 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.879 for you, like a little a little New York area 0:23:49.560 --> 0:23:50.920 quiz for you. Okay, you ready? 0:23:51.760 --> 0:23:52.000 Oh? 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:53.280 I hope I have the answers. 0:23:53.400 --> 0:23:55.199 Yeah, okay, first question? 0:23:56.119 --> 0:24:00.600 What states are in the tri state area? 0:24:01.080 --> 0:24:03.080 New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:05.000 That's right? Okay, you got that right. 0:24:05.600 --> 0:24:05.719 Uh? 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:06.840 Oh, I thank god? 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:11.919 Bagel buttered or cream cheese for me? 0:24:12.200 --> 0:24:12.680 Buttered? 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:16.640 Oh that's me too, okay. See, oh yeah, I. 0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:18.080 Don't really like cream cheese. 0:24:18.200 --> 0:24:18.760 I like butter. 0:24:18.920 --> 0:24:19.200 Okay. 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:25.200 As a Jersey in, what do you think of Jersey Mikes? 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:25.840 Pretty good? 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:28.359 Actually, I have a gift card to Jersey Mics that 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.640 I won at work. I haven't used it yet because 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:31.400 I keep forgetting. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:32.520 We'll get that sub on. 0:24:34.920 --> 0:24:36.600 It's pretty good, okay. 0:24:37.840 --> 0:24:40.639 Uh? And uh Bruce Springsteen or bon Jovi? 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:44.680 I was always more a bon Jovi girl. 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:50.639 That's putting it lightly. Mom. 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:52.200 Why Yeah, I. 0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:55.760 Like bon Jovi better than Bruce Springsteen Okay, mainly because 0:24:55.760 --> 0:24:59.680 he's he's very good looking? Can I say that? 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:03.399 And he Why couldn't you say that? You don't think 0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:04.439 anyone's ever thought that? 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:06.360 Yeah? 0:25:06.440 --> 0:25:10.919 And I preferred music more than Christein but I also 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:12.720 like Bruce Springsteen, all. 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:16.159 Right, and favorite food from down the shore. That's what 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:17.760 we call it. By the way, New Jersey. You go 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:20.720 down the shore, up the lake, down the shore into 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:23.040 the city. So what do you what's your favorite food 0:25:23.119 --> 0:25:23.560 growing up? 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:29.560 My favorite food I don't know, maybe pizza and Core's 0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:30.600 ice cream. 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:33.960 I thought you're gonna say Core's light. I was like, whoa, 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:35.880 mom is getting a little sloppy. 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:40.080 Now, no, that would be no, that would be a martini. 0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:43.040 But oha, oh, just going straight for the hard stuff. Okay, 0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:44.280 all right. 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:46.879 Any advice for me as I embark on taking on 0:25:46.880 --> 0:25:50.000 New York City with this show. 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:55.960 Any advice I think, just be yourself because you're part Jersey, 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:59.680 you're part California, and I think you have the best 0:25:59.680 --> 0:26:04.320 of world and I think you're going to do great. 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:07.760 Actually, all right, well, thank you mom, Love you have 0:26:07.800 --> 0:26:08.280 a good day. 0:26:09.400 --> 0:26:10.159 Okay, love you. 0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:13.520 I hope that internet continues to work. Thank you, appreciate it. 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:17.879 Uh that is my mom. Thank you mom for joining me. 0:26:17.960 --> 0:26:22.640 All right, coming up, we're going to talk more more 0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:25.440 tech eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight 0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:27.879 eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:26:27.920 --> 0:26:29.159 I see your calls. I see on. 0:26:29.200 --> 0:26:32.600 Hold, we'll get to those in just a moment. Welcome 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:34.920 back to Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:39.040 with you, talking technology at Triple eight. Rich one O 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.640 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:42.159 zero one. 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:45.280 Let's go to Mark. Mark, you're on with Rich. Welcome 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:45.760 to the show. 0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:50.560 Hello Rich. We're very sad you're leading La just when 0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:51.560 we really need you. 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:53.160 I'm not leaving LA. 0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:56.320 Everyone's saying that, I'm just it's it's an expansion. I'm 0:26:56.400 --> 0:26:58.879 staying in LA. We are just now on in New 0:26:58.960 --> 0:26:59.480 York City. 0:26:59.600 --> 0:27:02.240 So okay, just to be clear, Yeah, thank you. I 0:27:02.280 --> 0:27:02.879 know I missed that. 0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:06.040 People got a little upset. I got a bunch of emails. 0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:08.800 So no, I'm still here. What can I help you with? 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:09.879 So? 0:27:09.960 --> 0:27:13.679 I have an orb Mesh system which was not cheap, 0:27:14.240 --> 0:27:16.399 about two and a half years old, and I just 0:27:16.520 --> 0:27:20.360 added a new satellite to it and it does not connect. 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:24.359 I called orb Tech support and they said that I 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:29.040 need to renew this is the security subscription for three 0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:34.479 hundred and twenty nine dollars. Wow, So I did what 0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:35.679 and it's not working? 0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:37.840 Oh? Come on, no way, that sounds like a scam. 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:40.320 Are you sure? You dialed the right phone number. 0:27:41.960 --> 0:27:45.760 Well, how did you get the number that you follow? 0:27:46.760 --> 0:27:48.960 I mean they had my account, they had you know, 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:51.960 they they had access to the you know. 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:58.320 Orb app and three nine dollars for what for five years? Okay? 0:27:58.359 --> 0:27:59.800 For five years? Okay? 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:03.320 Uh divided by five okay, sixty five dollars a year? 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:04.400 What do you get for that? 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:06.000 You get? 0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:06.640 You know? 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:09.520 It's I guess that they're saying that the system doesn't 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:12.960 that MESH systems don't really work unless you actually have 0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:16.280 their security package and then you get the. 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:19.080 Whole text from Now this sounds bogus. I would I 0:28:19.080 --> 0:28:20.360 would request a refund. 0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:24.080 Okay this, but the satellite's not working though. 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:26.280 Well, okay, so there's two things going on here. First off, 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:29.760 I'm looking at the So is this like netgear armor? 0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:30.640 Is that what is called? 0:28:30.680 --> 0:28:33.960 Okay, No, it's not the armor. They said, that's something different. 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:36.439 Okay, So what what did you subscribe to? 0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:40.520 They're calling it the security system that comes with it. 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:44.280 You get two years when you buy it, and they're 0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:47.680 saying that it well, the whole system doesn't work unless 0:28:47.720 --> 0:28:49.880 you have the security on it. 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:56.680 M that's that sounds very I mean number one, I 0:28:56.720 --> 0:29:00.680 would not I would not even the fact that this 0:29:00.720 --> 0:29:03.600 little satellite is not working and connecting. That could be 0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:07.000 related to maybe the age of the system, like the 0:29:07.120 --> 0:29:09.160 because you have an older system that you're connecting a 0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:10.000 new satellite to. 0:29:10.520 --> 0:29:14.760 But but it is the satellite that's made to connect 0:29:14.800 --> 0:29:17.800 to that system, which they told me, you know, this 0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.560 is the one if you buy it new, but it's 0:29:20.600 --> 0:29:24.680 definitely made to connect to your satellite, your system. 0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:27.880 Okay, well, there's no way that you need a subscription 0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:31.000 to connect this satellite. I just I don't believe that. 0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:33.840 I have to do some more research, but okay, I 0:29:33.880 --> 0:29:36.720 have So I have the eurosystem, and yes, they also 0:29:36.960 --> 0:29:40.800 sell a subscription yearly, and the subscription gives you some 0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:44.600 added things like extra security, you know, malware and that 0:29:44.680 --> 0:29:45.120 kind of stuff. 0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:47.479 Protection. It does all that. And I also do have 0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:52.600 an Eero system at another place, and when I asked 0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:54.760 them about it, they said, well, yeah, well the euro 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:58.400 comes with five years when you buy it, then you 0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:00.960 have to add on years. You know, at that point 0:30:00.960 --> 0:30:04.280 it's absolute all right, So you're saying that that's. 0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:06.360 I'm saying that this is all This all sounds bogus 0:30:06.360 --> 0:30:08.280 to me, Like I think they just sold you on 0:30:08.440 --> 0:30:11.200 this subscription that you I don't think you need it, Like, 0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:13.120 I'll be honest, the only reason why I do the 0:30:13.120 --> 0:30:17.080 subscription on my my ero is because it blocks ads 0:30:17.080 --> 0:30:20.640 across the network and it gives me some parental controls 0:30:20.680 --> 0:30:22.000 that I want for my kids. 0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:23.440 So does it. 0:30:23.360 --> 0:30:25.600 Give me actual you know, security? 0:30:26.280 --> 0:30:27.680 It it does? 0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:30.560 I mean, it says it does. So, I mean it 0:30:30.600 --> 0:30:33.640 probably does scan the the URLs and things. But if 0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:36.200 you're using like a modern browser like Chrome, that's doing 0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:39.840 that anyway. So I mean I think that you know, look, 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:41.600 it's one of these things. I think there's two things 0:30:41.600 --> 0:30:42.880 going on here. Do you want to pay the three 0:30:42.920 --> 0:30:45.400 twenty nine for the five years? I don't like the 0:30:45.520 --> 0:30:48.480 sales tactics that they gave you, that says, And I 0:30:48.480 --> 0:30:51.040 think you need to figure out why this this satellite 0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.960 device is not connecting to the network, Like why is 0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:54.840 it not adding it? 0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:55.480 What? 0:30:55.480 --> 0:30:57.400 What's the hold up? Like does it see it and 0:30:57.440 --> 0:30:59.280 then it doesn't connect or does it not even see 0:30:59.280 --> 0:31:00.800 it when you're trying to connect? 0:31:02.720 --> 0:31:06.080 You know on the uh what's it called the network chart? 0:31:06.440 --> 0:31:10.080 You know everything is green, that one is orange the 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:14.200 network map. And so but now they're working on it. 0:31:14.280 --> 0:31:16.480 I mean, you know, they guy, they do call me 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:20.560 and they have someone assigned to it from Bangalore. But 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:24.240 I was suspicious when as soon as they did the network, 0:31:24.440 --> 0:31:26.479 as soon as I paid, and they said that's going 0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:28.480 to be it, and it didn't. And they said, well 0:31:28.480 --> 0:31:29.720 it takes forty eight hours. 0:31:29.720 --> 0:31:32.360 Oh come on, eight hours, Mark, I think I think 0:31:32.680 --> 0:31:35.760 sold here. Did you check your credit card to see 0:31:35.760 --> 0:31:36.960 where the charge came from? 0:31:37.760 --> 0:31:42.160 Oh? Okay? And then and then the reason I'm doing 0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:44.800 is because I have an R Low doorbell camera and 0:31:44.840 --> 0:31:46.920 I have a house on lots of levels which is 0:31:46.960 --> 0:31:50.240 having image trouble. So I figured that it was having 0:31:50.280 --> 0:31:53.600 image trouble because of the distance between the R Low 0:31:53.680 --> 0:31:57.120 camera and this and this satellite I have on like 0:31:57.160 --> 0:31:58.520 a three or four story house. 0:31:58.640 --> 0:32:00.479 That's probably true. Yeah, okay. 0:32:01.120 --> 0:32:03.200 You know when the when the ring doorbells first came out, 0:32:03.200 --> 0:32:06.720 everyone thought they were horrible because they thought they didn't work. 0:32:06.760 --> 0:32:09.040 But it really it's just a Wi Fi was not 0:32:09.120 --> 0:32:12.200 ready for that level of streaming outside the house. 0:32:12.760 --> 0:32:12.880 Right. 0:32:13.520 --> 0:32:15.400 So here's what I here's what I do, Mark. I mean, 0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:17.240 you've got a couple of things going on here. Number one, 0:32:17.560 --> 0:32:20.160 I would check to make sure that this charge was legitimate. 0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:22.280 It says that they saw your your account and all 0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:24.320 that stuff. They could have been making that up. It 0:32:24.400 --> 0:32:27.280 sounds a little suspicious to me. I'm trying to find 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:30.440 and this is another issue with their with their subscription. 0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:33.080 It's like I can't even see on their website what 0:32:33.320 --> 0:32:36.840 this subscription costs. I mean, it's like it's so hidden 0:32:37.360 --> 0:32:40.200 that I don't even Okay, So Neckgear Armor and then 0:32:40.240 --> 0:32:43.520 Neckgear Pro Support, so there's a there are three different 0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:47.840 subscriptions they have here, and I'm looking at compare plans, 0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:49.960 and even when I look at the plan, it still 0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:52.200 doesn't tell me how much it is. So I don't 0:32:52.280 --> 0:32:55.680 like that. That is not very transparent, and you know 0:32:55.800 --> 0:32:59.040 I don't so I don't like that tactic. And then 0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:01.120 the thing not working I would do. I would do 0:33:01.160 --> 0:33:05.560 a factory. First off, here's here's the order in which 0:33:05.560 --> 0:33:07.360 I would do things. Number One, I confirm that you 0:33:07.400 --> 0:33:10.800 were actually talking to Orby and Neckgear and make sure 0:33:11.160 --> 0:33:13.400 that that charge came from them, So I check your 0:33:13.400 --> 0:33:15.840 credit card, make sure that it's a legitimate charge from 0:33:15.920 --> 0:33:19.440 that company. Number two, look at the services that you 0:33:19.480 --> 0:33:22.240 get for that subscription. If you feel like it's reasonable, 0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:25.440 keep it whatever. Number three, you got to figure out 0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:28.760 why this little satellite is not connecting to your network. 0:33:28.800 --> 0:33:31.360 And what I would do now that you have this subscription, 0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.560 I would make sure you update the software on that satellite. 0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:38.000 If you can't do that, disconnect it, factory reset it, 0:33:38.640 --> 0:33:41.640 update the software on your whole network, and then try 0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:44.120 to reconnect that little satellite and hopefully it should come 0:33:44.160 --> 0:33:46.240 back to life and be on your network. But this 0:33:46.320 --> 0:33:49.680 whole business of your your system won't work if you're 0:33:49.720 --> 0:33:52.200 not paying for this subscription. As far as I know, 0:33:52.440 --> 0:33:56.560 none of the Mesh networks work that way. But of 0:33:56.600 --> 0:33:59.880 course the way of the world right now, everything everyone 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:03.360 wants a subscription, and so I understand that they're trying 0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:05.520 to sell you on that. I don't necessarily think you 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:09.080 need that to make this work. But thanks for the 0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:11.600 call mark appreciate it. Eight A eight rich one O 0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:15.239 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:34:15.520 --> 0:34:20.920 zero one. Well, speaking of free, the Windows Intelligence Newsletter 0:34:21.000 --> 0:34:24.680 had a good spot on free VPNs. So I know 0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:27.600 everyone's looking for a VPN and there's a whole bunch 0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:29.320 of them out there. I mean, there's so many paid 0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:33.600 and free. But Chris Hoffman writing in this newsletter, Windows 0:34:33.640 --> 0:34:36.600 Intelligence Newsletter said there's two that he recommends that he likes, 0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:40.080 and he says these are two solid free VPN options. 0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:45.640 Win Scribe wind Scribe, no speed throttling, full VPN experience, 0:34:45.719 --> 0:34:47.680 limited to ten gigs a month, so if you just 0:34:47.760 --> 0:34:52.080 need ten gigs, Winscribe is your is your VPN, and 0:34:52.120 --> 0:34:56.799 then Proton. Proton VPN has no data cap, but the 0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:59.640 free servers, he says, can be a little bit slower. 0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:02.440 So if you're looking for a VPN for your Windows 0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:05.840 computer or even your mobile device, these are two solid 0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:10.040 free options, Winscribe and Proton VPN. I'll put a link 0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:13.360 to this on the website rich on tech dot tv 0:35:13.840 --> 0:35:16.040 And if you like Windows tips like that, Chris does 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:19.680 a great job and his Intelligence newsletter of highlighting that stuff. 0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:21.799 I mean, do you need a VPN? You know, My 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:25.719 advice on the VPN typically is don't be checking your 0:35:25.760 --> 0:35:29.000 financial and secure accounts outside of the house if you're 0:35:29.040 --> 0:35:32.359 not using one, right, use a cellular connection on your 0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:34.480 home PC if you're at a hotel something like that. 0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:35.960 You know, there are times when you might want to 0:35:36.040 --> 0:35:36.640 use a VPN. 0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:39.560 Eight to eight Rich one O one eight eight eight 0:35:39.680 --> 0:35:42.319 seven four to two four one zero one. This is 0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:45.600 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich 0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:49.400 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:53.279 eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:57.000 to two four one zero one. Hope you're having a 0:35:57.080 --> 0:36:00.359 great day. The website for the show is rich john 0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:04.160 Tech dot tv. Go there, hit the light bulb, you 0:36:04.160 --> 0:36:07.040 can get the show notes, or you can hit contact 0:36:07.040 --> 0:36:10.360 to send me an email. Got a bunch of emails 0:36:10.400 --> 0:36:13.360 people saying I'm no longer gonna have this show in 0:36:13.400 --> 0:36:14.120 Los Angeles. 0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:14.800 That's not true. 0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:17.440 I made a joke at the beginning of the show. 0:36:17.760 --> 0:36:19.200 I said it was the last time you're gonna be 0:36:19.200 --> 0:36:21.560 able to I said it was the last time you're 0:36:21.560 --> 0:36:23.920 going to be able to listen to me in Los Angeles, 0:36:25.040 --> 0:36:26.880 something like that, without it also being on in New 0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:28.800 York anyway. So now we're on in both places and 0:36:29.160 --> 0:36:32.080 other places as well. So but this is the first 0:36:32.160 --> 0:36:34.560 day of New York City. So thanks for listening if 0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:37.000 you're there, and if you're still with me in LA 0:36:37.120 --> 0:36:39.560 which you should be hopefully, thank you for listening there 0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:40.680 or anywhere else you might be. 0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:43.920 Uh, let's see, let's go to the phones. Let's go 0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:47.040 to Katie. Let's go to Katie. You're on with Rich. Katie. 0:36:47.080 --> 0:36:47.840 Welcome to the show. 0:36:49.239 --> 0:36:49.799 Hi, Rich. 0:36:49.920 --> 0:36:50.520 How's it going. 0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:52.480 It is going fantastic? 0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:53.839 Oh good. 0:36:53.880 --> 0:36:56.080 You know I said I love your show. At first, 0:36:56.160 --> 0:36:58.400 I wasn't, you know, I just I've been listening to 0:36:58.480 --> 0:37:00.239 Leo forever and I was like, I don't know about 0:37:00.239 --> 0:37:02.360 this guy, but I really enjoyed the show. 0:37:02.600 --> 0:37:05.160 Oh well, thank you. I've liked myself more over the 0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:07.360 years too. I started out that way. 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:09.480 Yeah, I mean I have a question. You know, my 0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:12.640 fiance and I were getting married pretty Stone, and there 0:37:12.680 --> 0:37:15.360 are two different songs I want to play walking to 0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:18.120 the altar and having the bridesmaid walk to the altar, 0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:21.920 and I want to the two songs. I want to 0:37:21.920 --> 0:37:24.719 get like at least fifteen to thirty or fifteen to 0:37:24.719 --> 0:37:28.160 thirty seconds of each song and combine them. Is there 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:30.279 a website that's free I could do that. 0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:31.200 Yes. 0:37:31.320 --> 0:37:34.360 Well, first off, congrats on getting married. That's exciting. 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:36.600 Oh thank you, he's lucky. 0:37:38.000 --> 0:37:40.800 I like the way you think Bobo is just shaking 0:37:40.840 --> 0:37:47.560 his head. He's like, oh that's funny. Yeah, So congratulations, 0:37:47.719 --> 0:37:50.439 And so you want to combine a couple songs. There's many, 0:37:50.520 --> 0:37:54.120 many ways you can do this. There's a website that 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:56.120 will let you do it for free. I mean, the 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:58.480 free app that will let you do it is called Audacity, 0:37:58.920 --> 0:38:02.399 but I'll be honest, I never even use that because 0:38:02.400 --> 0:38:05.239 that's so complicated, even for me. So when I edit 0:38:05.280 --> 0:38:07.719 my video, I or sorry, when I edit audio, I 0:38:07.760 --> 0:38:10.400 do it all on Final Cut, which makes life a 0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:14.080 lot easier, even though that's meant for editing video, but 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:15.040 it still works with audio. 0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:16.840 But anyway, But the. 0:38:16.719 --> 0:38:21.800 Website is audio mass dot co au d io mass 0:38:21.920 --> 0:38:26.440 m a s S dot co. And this website you 0:38:26.480 --> 0:38:29.680 can just drag and drop those songs in there dragon 0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:31.759 you know, just go ahead and clip the parts that 0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:33.879 you don't want. I'm just going through right now. It's 0:38:33.960 --> 0:38:36.840 super super easy. It's all web based. It is like 0:38:37.000 --> 0:38:39.520 the easiest possible thing. Even if you're a novice you 0:38:39.560 --> 0:38:42.959 haven't used anything with audio editing. Just look at the waveforms, 0:38:43.239 --> 0:38:45.239 clip the parts you want, drag the other one in 0:38:45.360 --> 0:38:47.120 and then export it and you should be good to go. 0:38:48.160 --> 0:38:50.320 Oh perfect, that sounds good. I was looking at apps 0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:52.880 last night. I don't want to spend fifteen dollars or 0:38:52.960 --> 0:38:55.640 you know, noney. 0:38:54.920 --> 0:38:56.560 No, why spend money when you don't have to? 0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:59.000 I mean, I mean, look, there are other apps that 0:38:59.040 --> 0:39:00.880 can do this, like do you have an iPhone or Android? 0:39:01.880 --> 0:39:02.400 An iPhone? 0:39:02.440 --> 0:39:04.840 Okay, I mean there's so many ways you can do this. 0:39:04.920 --> 0:39:07.200 I mean you could you can also just use a 0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:10.640 well I guess I'm trying to think if one of 0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:14.560 these video editing apps would also let you export into 0:39:14.600 --> 0:39:17.000 an MP three version, which I don't know. 0:39:17.239 --> 0:39:19.080 Usually they're just audio video. 0:39:19.480 --> 0:39:22.480 But I would just use the website audiomass dot cou. 0:39:22.600 --> 0:39:24.799 That's probably the easiest, simplest way to do it. So 0:39:24.840 --> 0:39:27.200 I would do that. And if you if that doesn't, like, 0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:30.560 if you need something that's more full featured, then I 0:39:30.600 --> 0:39:31.839 would check out Audacity. 0:39:31.880 --> 0:39:34.200 And that's completely free as well. It's open source, so 0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:38.719 it open source it maybe okay, perfect that may not 0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:40.839 be open source, but it's you can get it for free. 0:39:40.920 --> 0:39:44.360 So okay, all right, Katie, Well, very exciting. When's the 0:39:44.360 --> 0:39:48.600 big date? When's the when's the wedding? February twenty second 0:39:48.880 --> 0:39:49.359 this year? 0:39:50.239 --> 0:39:50.839 Yeah, this year? 0:39:50.960 --> 0:39:53.000 Yeah, my gosh, I think I have something on that day. 0:39:53.040 --> 0:39:55.440 Oh my god. I'll clear everything out. It's fine, I'll 0:39:55.520 --> 0:39:56.040 figure it out. 0:39:56.080 --> 0:39:57.879 Yeah, yeah, come on down. 0:39:58.520 --> 0:39:58.839 All right. 0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:03.680 Well, congratulations, have a great wedding day, and please email 0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:04.880 me to let me know if that worked for you. 0:40:04.920 --> 0:40:06.960 Okay, okay, thank you so much. 0:40:07.000 --> 0:40:07.799 I really appreciate it. 0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:09.080 All right, Thanks, have a great day. 0:40:09.680 --> 0:40:12.640 Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:40:12.800 --> 0:40:17.680 four to two four one zero one. Skip from Aurora 0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:21.800 writes in I'm looking to invest in headphones for commercial 0:40:21.840 --> 0:40:24.400 flights and need some advice. Should I go with wired 0:40:24.520 --> 0:40:28.000 or wireless? Also, do headphones typically come with adapters for 0:40:28.080 --> 0:40:32.160 inflight entertainment or is that something I'd need to buy separately? 0:40:32.239 --> 0:40:36.000 If so, what adapters do you recommend? Good question, Skip. 0:40:36.040 --> 0:40:37.960 I do fly a decent amount, and I do have 0:40:38.040 --> 0:40:42.040 one rule of flying, and that is I have never 0:40:42.200 --> 0:40:47.320 watched a movie on the inflight entertainment ever, maybe once 0:40:47.440 --> 0:40:49.800 in my entire life. But it's a rule of thumb 0:40:50.160 --> 0:40:53.560 that I've done for so long that now I just refuse. 0:40:54.200 --> 0:40:56.000 And I know I'm weird because of that, but I 0:40:56.120 --> 0:40:57.680 like it because it's like one of those things where 0:40:57.719 --> 0:40:59.520 you start and you can never stop, like you have 0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:01.960 to keep doing it just so I can say this forever. 0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:05.920 But if you must watch stuff, on the seat back, 0:41:05.920 --> 0:41:08.040 and by the way, everyone else does except for me. 0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:13.279 You should definitely get a good pair of noise canceling headphones, 0:41:13.320 --> 0:41:16.759 and most of them are wireless, but a lot of 0:41:16.800 --> 0:41:19.239 them do have a wired option. But I'm gonna give 0:41:19.239 --> 0:41:20.920 you a couple of things that you should know. So 0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:24.400 number one, Bluetooth headphones. I would get the noise canceling 0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:26.480 and the Bluetooth because then you can use them with 0:41:26.520 --> 0:41:28.600 everything else, right, you can use them with your smartphone, 0:41:28.920 --> 0:41:31.680 your computer, whatever else you want to use these headphones with. 0:41:31.800 --> 0:41:34.360 That's why I get the Bluetooth instead of a standard 0:41:34.400 --> 0:41:37.360 pair of wired without Bluetooth. But most of the Bluetooth 0:41:37.440 --> 0:41:39.400 actually come or a lot of them come with a 0:41:39.400 --> 0:41:41.800 plug that you can plug them in as well. The 0:41:42.239 --> 0:41:44.680 thing is to know is that some of them need 0:41:44.719 --> 0:41:47.560 to be charged to actually work with the plug in. 0:41:48.040 --> 0:41:49.719 So that's something to know. Like if you just bring 0:41:49.760 --> 0:41:51.839 these things on the flight and they're the batteries dead, 0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:53.719 you may not be able to listen, So always keep 0:41:53.760 --> 0:41:56.480 them charged and the battery lasts forever for the most part. 0:41:57.360 --> 0:41:59.799 But the two brands that I like are Bows and 0:42:00.080 --> 0:42:03.600 so of course you know it's kind of a it's 0:42:03.600 --> 0:42:07.080 a personal preference if you if you want those, you 0:42:07.080 --> 0:42:09.520 know which one to get. But I think that those 0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:13.000 two are known to be the best, and you know, 0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:14.680 I've had both over the years, and I think they're 0:42:14.680 --> 0:42:17.920 both excellent. I think that the bows are just so comfortable. 0:42:18.000 --> 0:42:20.279 You pay a premium form obviously, but the Sony's you 0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:22.719 can often find on sale. They might be a little 0:42:22.719 --> 0:42:25.400 bit cheaper, and you know they're both gonna be great. 0:42:25.520 --> 0:42:29.040 The other ones that I like that I would recommend 0:42:29.080 --> 0:42:31.840 as well are the son Nos Ace And this is 0:42:31.840 --> 0:42:34.640 our first pair of headphones from Sonos, but they are excellent. 0:42:35.160 --> 0:42:36.920 Right now, they're even one hundred dollars off, they're three 0:42:37.000 --> 0:42:40.000 hundred and fifty dollars, so they are expensive, probably more 0:42:40.040 --> 0:42:42.280 than the Bow's and the Sony's, but they are really 0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:44.840 comfortable and really good. And if you have a Sonos 0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:47.600 system at home, they may work with that. So those 0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:51.120 are my three choices for the headphones. Now, when it 0:42:51.160 --> 0:42:54.120 comes to listening on the seatback, a lot of the 0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:58.400 seatback entertainment systems still use a standard headphone jack instead 0:42:58.400 --> 0:43:01.759 of Bluetooth. Some of the new planes do have bluetooth. Now, 0:43:01.800 --> 0:43:03.480 I will tell you the one time I had a 0:43:03.480 --> 0:43:07.440 plane that had the Bluetooth. I noticed there's something weird 0:43:07.600 --> 0:43:10.359 about connecting AirPods to it. I don't know what it is, 0:43:10.760 --> 0:43:13.400 but I notice people all the time have issues connecting 0:43:13.400 --> 0:43:15.879 their AirPods to it. I don't know why. Even I did, 0:43:15.920 --> 0:43:17.839 I could not get my AirPods to connect. Maybe they 0:43:17.840 --> 0:43:20.480 came out with an update that fixes that. But the 0:43:20.520 --> 0:43:24.600 thing I would recommend is called the Airfly adapter. So 0:43:24.800 --> 0:43:28.040 Airfly from a company named twelve South. I think they 0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:31.720 made their name on this Bluetooth transmitter device. It plugs 0:43:31.719 --> 0:43:34.480 in matt It's a little tiny square box. It's tiny, 0:43:34.960 --> 0:43:37.880 almost like a keychain dongle. You plug it into the 0:43:37.920 --> 0:43:40.719 headphone jack on the seat pack, and that has a 0:43:40.760 --> 0:43:45.279 Bluetooth transmitter that will now transmit that audio signal to 0:43:45.360 --> 0:43:48.200 your headphone. So basically what I'm telling you is that, 0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:50.720 for let's see, how much is this thing thirty five 0:43:51.239 --> 0:43:55.399 to sixty bucks, you can use your headphones on any 0:43:55.440 --> 0:43:56.480 plane no matter what. 0:43:57.160 --> 0:43:59.120 And this Airfly if you get. 0:43:59.000 --> 0:44:02.840 The the premium one, the Deluxe for sixty five bucks. 0:44:03.200 --> 0:44:04.600 It even comes to that little adapter. 0:44:04.719 --> 0:44:06.759 You know, sometimes the planes have that weird like two 0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.240 prong headphone adapter. I don't know what that's all about, 0:44:09.239 --> 0:44:12.279 but a lot of them do that. But that will 0:44:12.280 --> 0:44:15.400 come with this Airfly as well. So again, Bose Sony 0:44:16.280 --> 0:44:19.399 Sons for your headphones and then the Airfly adapter, and 0:44:19.440 --> 0:44:22.319 you will be a frequent flyer skip and people will 0:44:22.320 --> 0:44:26.440 think you are Yeah, they'll be asking you this question 0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:29.040 next year. So good question, Thanks for the call, Thanks 0:44:29.080 --> 0:44:31.960 for the email. Rather rich on tech dot tv. If 0:44:32.040 --> 0:44:34.200 you want to send me an email, go to rich 0:44:34.239 --> 0:44:37.600 on tech dot tv and up at the top you 0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:39.640 can hit contact. If you want to send me an email, 0:44:39.960 --> 0:44:43.480 you can hit the there's a light bulb icon if 0:44:43.520 --> 0:44:45.879 you want show notes. This is episode one oh eight, 0:44:46.280 --> 0:44:48.880 and if you hit the magnifying glass, that will actually 0:44:48.920 --> 0:44:51.399 take you to a search function, which is really good. 0:44:51.400 --> 0:44:53.080 If you can just remember one thing I said on 0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:55.600 the show, type in that term and I'm telling you. 0:44:55.560 --> 0:44:58.839 It will come up. It's really really good. No surprise here. 0:44:59.520 --> 0:45:03.400 Security flaws found in deep Seek in their iOS app 0:45:04.800 --> 0:45:08.600 now Secure, the mobile security firm found multiple critical security 0:45:08.600 --> 0:45:12.279 and privacy vulnerabilities deep Seek. If you remember, is that 0:45:13.120 --> 0:45:17.480 startup AI out of China. This was the top downloaded 0:45:17.520 --> 0:45:21.880 app on both iPhone and Android millions of downloads. So 0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:24.799 this came out about January twenty fifth, and you know, 0:45:24.840 --> 0:45:26.880 people were trying it out seeing how it was compared 0:45:26.880 --> 0:45:30.319 against chat GPT. I downloaded it, but you know, I 0:45:30.400 --> 0:45:32.040 just did it mostly to test it out. I'm not 0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:34.200 switching to deep Seek. I mostly wanted to see what 0:45:34.200 --> 0:45:37.280 they were doing. But the findings from this now secure 0:45:37.320 --> 0:45:41.720 mobile firm include unencrypted data transmission that means they're sending 0:45:41.719 --> 0:45:44.359 whatever you write into this thing over the Internet without 0:45:44.440 --> 0:45:48.560 encrypting it, weak encryption and other places insecure storage of 0:45:48.640 --> 0:45:52.279 usernames and passwords, and extensive data collections. Some of the 0:45:52.360 --> 0:45:55.520 data even went to byte Dance, which you know they 0:45:55.560 --> 0:45:58.160 are the ones that own TikTok. So we knew that 0:45:58.239 --> 0:46:00.400 this was going to be a problem with this app 0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:04.880 deep Seek. I don't think necessarily they are an nefarious app. 0:46:05.120 --> 0:46:07.600 But again, they put this thing together pretty quickly and 0:46:07.640 --> 0:46:10.560 a lot of people started using it because wow, it's 0:46:10.560 --> 0:46:12.120 the new thing, and how did they do this for 0:46:12.200 --> 0:46:12.680 so cheap. 0:46:12.719 --> 0:46:14.800 Well, now we know they probably cut a few corners, 0:46:15.080 --> 0:46:15.400 So just. 0:46:15.480 --> 0:46:17.680 Be aware if you're gonna use deep seek on your 0:46:17.680 --> 0:46:19.520 phone that you know there could be some data leaks 0:46:19.520 --> 0:46:22.799 there eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:46:22.960 --> 0:46:25.520 seven four to two four one zero one. 0:46:25.560 --> 0:46:28.520 Coming up, we're gonna talk more tech, more of your calls, 0:46:28.520 --> 0:46:29.040 and we've got. 0:46:29.000 --> 0:46:31.520 Joanna Stern from the Wall Street Journal right here on 0:46:31.680 --> 0:46:34.759 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:46:34.800 --> 0:46:39.360 Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple 0:46:39.400 --> 0:46:42.640 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:48.520 four to two four one zero one. Well, thank you, Taylor, 0:46:51.360 --> 0:46:52.360 you're so corney. 0:46:52.719 --> 0:46:53.239 Uh. 0:46:53.239 --> 0:46:55.640 We've got Bobo on the board. We've got Kim on 0:46:55.680 --> 0:46:59.239 the phones. We've got me uh talking to you at 0:46:59.560 --> 0:47:01.960 eight eight eight rich one on one. We've got the 0:47:01.960 --> 0:47:05.120 website rich on Tech dot TV. This is the show 0:47:05.120 --> 0:47:06.640 where I talk about the tech stuff I think you 0:47:06.640 --> 0:47:10.120 should know about. So it's all the information throughout the 0:47:10.160 --> 0:47:13.600 week that I distill and say this is the important stuff. 0:47:13.600 --> 0:47:16.600 And then of course we have your questions. Uh, let's 0:47:16.719 --> 0:47:20.160 get to one of those questions. Let's go to Adam. 0:47:20.840 --> 0:47:22.000 Where are we Adam? 0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:24.880 Adam, You're on with rich. 0:47:26.360 --> 0:47:28.800 Hi, Rich Thanks for taking my call. 0:47:29.160 --> 0:47:34.080 I had a question about a flash drive. I use 0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:41.839 different flash drives for different reasons, usually because some because. 0:47:41.560 --> 0:47:42.200 Of my work. 0:47:42.800 --> 0:47:45.840 So if I have a client files, then I'm moving 0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:48.840 from my home computer where I work from home to 0:47:48.920 --> 0:47:51.520 a laptop if I'm on the road or whatever. I 0:47:51.640 --> 0:47:54.319 use that flash drive for that client's file that I 0:47:54.360 --> 0:47:58.680 work with. And so I have different flash drives that 0:47:58.719 --> 0:48:02.759 I use, but one of my main one that I 0:48:02.920 --> 0:48:06.120 used was to back up my old computer that died 0:48:06.160 --> 0:48:09.360 a couple of years ago, and I took it to 0:48:09.480 --> 0:48:13.160 Best Buy and they recovered the hard drive, but they 0:48:13.160 --> 0:48:17.040 couldn't repair it. They put the hard drive, the contents 0:48:17.080 --> 0:48:20.560 of that hard drive on the old computer onto a 0:48:20.680 --> 0:48:24.920 flash drive, a PNY flash drive that they sold me 0:48:25.600 --> 0:48:26.760 at Best Buys. 0:48:26.920 --> 0:48:28.040 So I brought it home. 0:48:27.840 --> 0:48:30.000 And it's been a couple of years and I still 0:48:30.040 --> 0:48:32.799 had my old files on it, but I've transferred them 0:48:32.840 --> 0:48:38.000 onto my new PC. However, I noticed that just a 0:48:38.000 --> 0:48:41.640 couple of days ago, I was accessing something on that 0:48:42.400 --> 0:48:48.080 pn Y flash drive and it said a Windows error 0:48:48.120 --> 0:48:50.239 message came up that there was a problem with it, 0:48:50.520 --> 0:48:53.799 and it asked me to repair it, and so I 0:48:53.960 --> 0:48:57.800 said yes, I clicked yes, go repair it, and it did. 0:48:58.200 --> 0:49:00.640 And I checked to see that the files were available, 0:49:00.680 --> 0:49:01.200 and they were. 0:49:01.960 --> 0:49:03.919 But my question to you is. 0:49:05.520 --> 0:49:10.080 Should should I avoid p and Y flash drives. Should 0:49:10.120 --> 0:49:12.880 I replace it or is it good now that Windows 0:49:12.920 --> 0:49:14.799 fixed it? Or should I just get rid of it 0:49:14.840 --> 0:49:17.640 and get a new one? Are they reliable? 0:49:17.680 --> 0:49:18.239 What do you think? 0:49:18.560 --> 0:49:19.600 Pn Y is fine? 0:49:19.880 --> 0:49:22.640 I use pn Y sand Disc obviously is the other 0:49:22.640 --> 0:49:25.879 big brand out there, but I would say yes, get 0:49:25.880 --> 0:49:28.280 a new one. I would not trust this drive anymore 0:49:28.320 --> 0:49:30.760 because the fact that there was some sort of corruption 0:49:30.880 --> 0:49:33.600 on it means that that may happen again, and the 0:49:33.600 --> 0:49:35.160 next time it happens, you may not be able to 0:49:35.200 --> 0:49:38.080 recover this stuff. Now it sounds like you have these 0:49:38.120 --> 0:49:40.680 files in a different place. Is that what I understood? 0:49:42.360 --> 0:49:47.240 Yes, So it's interesting. The ones for the client files 0:49:47.360 --> 0:49:50.839 that I keep on different flash drives to shuttle back 0:49:50.840 --> 0:49:54.240 and forth. I do back them up on my PC, 0:49:55.600 --> 0:49:59.960 but I keep them on their individual flash drives depending 0:50:00.120 --> 0:50:02.560 on the client. And the funny thing is those I 0:50:02.640 --> 0:50:05.799 got from Microcenter and I've never had a problem with them. 0:50:06.120 --> 0:50:08.040 It was just the one that I had to back 0:50:08.080 --> 0:50:11.319 up my computer at best Buy and the pn Y 0:50:11.440 --> 0:50:14.480 they transfer onto my new computer. That's where I had 0:50:14.480 --> 0:50:15.319 the problem with that. 0:50:15.440 --> 0:50:18.359 PNY Well that could just be a fluke. I mean, 0:50:18.400 --> 0:50:19.960 you know these things they make millions of them. 0:50:20.040 --> 0:50:21.839 It could just be that you got a bad one, 0:50:22.000 --> 0:50:24.000 or you know, maybe it got jostled around. There's some 0:50:24.040 --> 0:50:27.120 sort of damage that that occurred there. But the bottom 0:50:27.200 --> 0:50:29.680 line is, you know, we're talking about a fifty dollars 0:50:29.760 --> 0:50:31.160 or less fix right to. 0:50:31.120 --> 0:50:31.920 Have peace of mind. 0:50:32.400 --> 0:50:35.279 And so I think that that's probably what I would do, 0:50:36.360 --> 0:50:39.080 and I think I maybe go with you know, there's 0:50:39.680 --> 0:50:41.720 if you're going to be moving this flash drive around 0:50:41.719 --> 0:50:44.160 a lot, and most flash drives are kind of by 0:50:44.160 --> 0:50:46.400 the nature of a flash drive, there's small and portable, 0:50:46.440 --> 0:50:48.560 and people bring them around with them. I used to 0:50:48.640 --> 0:50:51.319 keep on on my keychain. You know, I keep one 0:50:51.320 --> 0:50:52.160 in my bag right here. 0:50:52.239 --> 0:50:54.600 Let's see, let's see see what brand I have on 0:50:54.680 --> 0:50:57.160 mind that I keep jostling around in my bag. 0:50:58.320 --> 0:51:00.839 Oh, I guess I took it off my keychain. Well, 0:51:00.840 --> 0:51:02.400 I'm glad I don't have one anymore. But I do 0:51:02.520 --> 0:51:05.680 have hard drive. I've got a one one terabyte sand 0:51:05.680 --> 0:51:07.320 disc hard drive that I carry around. 0:51:07.320 --> 0:51:07.960 So I've got that. 0:51:08.880 --> 0:51:11.680 But you know the reality is, I think, Adam, I 0:51:11.680 --> 0:51:13.360 would just get a new drive. I would go with 0:51:13.440 --> 0:51:16.040 a you know, like a sand disc. How much storage 0:51:16.280 --> 0:51:18.840 do you need on this thing like a terabyte or less, 0:51:19.560 --> 0:51:22.120 no much less, okay. So I mean if you're talking, 0:51:22.200 --> 0:51:25.000 you know, one hundred and twenty eight two fifty six gigs, 0:51:25.320 --> 0:51:28.800 you we're talking thirty to forty dollars. So I would 0:51:28.840 --> 0:51:30.880 just for the peace of mind, I would just get 0:51:30.920 --> 0:51:33.680 a new one and you know, wipe that old one 0:51:33.760 --> 0:51:35.960 and just get rid of it. But that's what I 0:51:36.000 --> 0:51:38.800 would do. Or you know, if you have these files 0:51:38.840 --> 0:51:41.400 safe and sound somewhere and you know you want to 0:51:41.400 --> 0:51:43.440 take a little bit of a gamble on the drive, 0:51:43.640 --> 0:51:45.480 you can just continue to leave them on the drive. 0:51:45.480 --> 0:51:47.359 But if you're using this drive day in, day out 0:51:47.360 --> 0:51:50.080 for anything, I would definitely get a new one because 0:51:50.360 --> 0:51:52.040 you just don't want to take a risk with these things. 0:51:52.040 --> 0:51:55.040 And when these flash drives fail, you know, they fail 0:51:55.160 --> 0:51:58.600 usually to a larger degree than some of the standard 0:51:58.640 --> 0:52:00.640 hard drives that were used to you might be able 0:52:00.640 --> 0:52:03.480 to recover some of the data. So once these things go, 0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:06.160 could put that's pretty much it. So I would just 0:52:06.200 --> 0:52:08.200 go on and go on Amazon or go to your 0:52:08.239 --> 0:52:11.160 local store and just grab something new. And micro Center 0:52:11.200 --> 0:52:14.640 you mentioned love that place, great great place. I was 0:52:14.640 --> 0:52:17.239 in there for a story the other day and just 0:52:17.480 --> 0:52:19.680 spent so much time in there because it was so cool. 0:52:20.280 --> 0:52:22.879 Thanks for the call today, Adam, appreciate it. But yeah, 0:52:22.920 --> 0:52:25.080 get a new drive. That's what I would do. 0:52:26.719 --> 0:52:27.200 By the way. 0:52:27.360 --> 0:52:30.000 So, since there are some of you listening for the 0:52:30.040 --> 0:52:32.799 first time, and you may not know exactly who I am, 0:52:33.680 --> 0:52:39.200 I have been reporting on technology for about gosh, fifteen 0:52:39.239 --> 0:52:42.120 plus years, most of it in Los Angeles. I actually 0:52:42.200 --> 0:52:44.279 used to work in New York City at CNET for 0:52:44.360 --> 0:52:47.400 a bit, came out to Los Angeles and on the 0:52:47.440 --> 0:52:51.279 local news there, and I do tech reports for the 0:52:51.360 --> 0:52:53.680 City of Los Angeles, you know, for the news station 0:52:53.760 --> 0:52:55.560 I work for. So if you want to see some 0:52:55.640 --> 0:52:57.600 of those, you can go to the website rich on 0:52:57.640 --> 0:53:00.719 Tech dot TV. Cover all kinds of fun stuff and 0:53:01.040 --> 0:53:03.640 it's great. So and I'm here as well. All right, 0:53:03.719 --> 0:53:07.280 coming up, we're gonna talk to Joanna Stern, a fixture 0:53:07.400 --> 0:53:10.200 in the Wall Street Journal. She's gonna talk about AI 0:53:10.600 --> 0:53:12.879 and some of her favorite gadgets coming up right here 0:53:12.960 --> 0:53:15.759 on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:53:15.840 --> 0:53:19.359 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:53:19.480 --> 0:53:22.600 Triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:53:22.719 --> 0:53:25.640 four to two four one zero one did you know 0:53:25.680 --> 0:53:28.480 that Google Maps turns twenty this year? 0:53:28.920 --> 0:53:29.400 Wow? 0:53:29.440 --> 0:53:33.080 Two decades of Google Maps now. By the way, I 0:53:33.120 --> 0:53:34.920 know this our first day in New York City. When 0:53:34.960 --> 0:53:36.480 I lived in New York City, well, I lived in 0:53:36.520 --> 0:53:38.000 New Jersey, but I worked in New York for a 0:53:38.040 --> 0:53:41.080 couple of years. There was no such thing as the 0:53:41.160 --> 0:53:44.160 maps that we know and love now. So when I 0:53:44.400 --> 0:53:47.360 was there, this is really dating myself. I had to 0:53:47.440 --> 0:53:49.360 use something called like HopStop. I think you have to 0:53:49.400 --> 0:53:51.960 print out maps when you want to go on the 0:53:52.000 --> 0:53:55.640 subway to like figure out where you were going. Anyway, 0:53:55.640 --> 0:53:59.000 Google did a whole blog about all the most reviewed restaurants. 0:53:59.560 --> 0:54:05.680 Cats Delicatessen, Sherman's Deli, Barbecue, Terry Blacks in Austin, The 0:54:05.719 --> 0:54:11.200 Salt Lick also in Austin. Most reviewed destinations Metropolitan Museum 0:54:11.239 --> 0:54:15.120 of Art, The Getty, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Parks, 0:54:15.160 --> 0:54:20.960 Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Zoos, San Diego Zoo, Smithsonian, and the 0:54:21.000 --> 0:54:25.560 Bronx Zoo. World's largest attractions Superman Statue. Oh, I gotta 0:54:25.560 --> 0:54:27.400 find out that one ball of twine that reminds me 0:54:27.440 --> 0:54:32.120 of that movie Rocking Chair. Most photographed parks, Central Park, 0:54:32.239 --> 0:54:37.200 Niagara Falls, Griffith Park and visitor attractions, Rockefeller Center, Statue 0:54:37.239 --> 0:54:40.479 of Liberty, Navy Peer. Again, a lot of these things 0:54:40.520 --> 0:54:42.200 in New York. I didn't plan it that way. I 0:54:42.280 --> 0:54:44.239 just this is what Google said. But it makes sense, 0:54:44.320 --> 0:54:47.000 right because so many people go there anyway, Google Maps 0:54:47.000 --> 0:54:48.120 twenty if you can believe it. 0:54:48.800 --> 0:54:52.480 Let's bring on our guest. Joanna Stern is the. 0:54:52.560 --> 0:54:56.640 Excellent personal tech columnist at The Wall Street Journal, and 0:54:57.239 --> 0:55:00.400 I believe well I know lives in the New York area. 0:55:00.560 --> 0:55:01.759 Joanna, Welcome to the show. 0:55:02.600 --> 0:55:03.839 Hey, how are you rich? 0:55:04.080 --> 0:55:04.319 Good? 0:55:04.400 --> 0:55:04.560 Now? 0:55:04.719 --> 0:55:06.680 Were you born in New York, New Jersey or what? 0:55:07.600 --> 0:55:10.600 I was born in New Jersey, lived in New York 0:55:10.640 --> 0:55:13.200 for a long time, and now back in New Jersey. 0:55:13.400 --> 0:55:16.920 So I love it. So how is my home state? 0:55:17.840 --> 0:55:20.520 It's it's it. I would say it's doing great, but 0:55:20.600 --> 0:55:23.239 it's cold. I think it's gonna be great. Tomorrow is 0:55:23.239 --> 0:55:24.080 supposed to snow. 0:55:24.440 --> 0:55:27.680 Okay, so yeah, we're gonna have some hopefully some weekend sledding. 0:55:27.840 --> 0:55:31.920 But I can't say I'm not a little jealous. 0:55:31.520 --> 0:55:32.480 Of where you live. 0:55:32.680 --> 0:55:34.920 Well, it's been raining, so it's you know, But I 0:55:34.960 --> 0:55:37.320 will tell you when I sled when I was sledding. 0:55:37.320 --> 0:55:40.280 As a kid, we sled down this hill that literally 0:55:40.400 --> 0:55:44.040 just like went right into a highway like this. Obviously, 0:55:44.080 --> 0:55:46.080 like nowadays there's probably a fence and all that stuff, 0:55:46.120 --> 0:55:47.640 but like when we were kids, it was just hey, 0:55:47.680 --> 0:55:49.719 there's like less rules. So but we had I love 0:55:49.800 --> 0:55:52.279 sledding when there was a snow day. All right, So 0:55:52.480 --> 0:55:55.000 explain first off, what you do for the Wall Street 0:55:55.040 --> 0:55:57.239 Journal if if people are not familiar, you write a 0:55:57.280 --> 0:56:00.960 great column, but you do videos and stuff. So what's 0:56:01.000 --> 0:56:02.360 your approach to technology? 0:56:02.440 --> 0:56:02.839 Number one? 0:56:03.840 --> 0:56:06.080 Yeah, that's about That's about right. 0:56:06.120 --> 0:56:08.120 I write a column for the Wall Street Journal, but 0:56:08.280 --> 0:56:10.759 I do not you know, my title is columnist, but 0:56:10.760 --> 0:56:13.600 I would say I spend less time writing the column 0:56:13.640 --> 0:56:16.560 and much more time out and about shooting videos and 0:56:17.200 --> 0:56:18.640 doing some fun things on video. 0:56:18.680 --> 0:56:21.720 But my approach is really the consumer first. 0:56:21.840 --> 0:56:25.360 That I am out there testing and talking to the companies, 0:56:26.880 --> 0:56:30.200 always advocating for the consumer, always thinking about do these 0:56:30.520 --> 0:56:32.120 these tech products work well for us? 0:56:32.160 --> 0:56:33.319 Which are the best to use? 0:56:34.080 --> 0:56:37.680 Then often sometimes you know, investigating why things don't don't 0:56:37.719 --> 0:56:41.239 work well. But that's where I enjoy this type of work. 0:56:41.280 --> 0:56:44.000 It's just we're out there, we're using these things. And 0:56:44.040 --> 0:56:46.960 the companies should give us more answers about the devices 0:56:46.960 --> 0:56:49.080 and the products we're being given to use. 0:56:49.640 --> 0:56:51.560 What about the hype of AI? 0:56:51.719 --> 0:56:53.880 What do you make of AI at this point, because 0:56:53.920 --> 0:56:56.759 now it's like, you know, everything is AI. I joke that, 0:56:56.840 --> 0:56:58.040 you know, if you're coming, like it used to be 0:56:58.080 --> 0:57:00.560 when you went to CES, the big consumer show, you know, 0:57:00.680 --> 0:57:03.359 the big tech show in Las Vegas, I always joked 0:57:03.360 --> 0:57:06.120 that they were in the process of adding Internet to everything, 0:57:06.120 --> 0:57:08.640 including your coffee mug, which, by the way, this morning 0:57:08.680 --> 0:57:10.840 I use an Ember mug, which does have, you know, 0:57:10.920 --> 0:57:13.759 a connection to your phone. But now I joke that 0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:17.360 everything has AI because it's just it has to. So 0:57:17.600 --> 0:57:19.240 do you think there's too much hype on AI? And 0:57:19.280 --> 0:57:21.080 do you think this is actually working for people? 0:57:22.320 --> 0:57:24.200 I think there's a ton of hype, But I do 0:57:24.280 --> 0:57:27.080 think it's one of the biggest moments we've experienced in 0:57:27.120 --> 0:57:29.720 the tech industry in a long time. And you lived 0:57:30.040 --> 0:57:32.360 through and we kind of covered it through it together. 0:57:32.480 --> 0:57:36.200 The advent of mobile and how quickly the iPhone got better, 0:57:36.200 --> 0:57:38.840 and how quickly Samsung and all these devices got better, 0:57:38.840 --> 0:57:40.120 and how that changed the way we live. 0:57:40.680 --> 0:57:43.240 I think that is absolutely where we're heading with AI. 0:57:43.520 --> 0:57:46.880 I think, given what happened with mobile and everyone, you 0:57:47.160 --> 0:57:49.520 just jumped on that, let's make an app. I mean 0:57:49.640 --> 0:57:51.720 remember these days, the early days of apps, people are 0:57:51.720 --> 0:57:54.680 making apps. You have a lighter on your phone. I 0:57:54.680 --> 0:57:55.880 mean were there were all these. 0:57:55.720 --> 0:57:59.360 Like yeah, nonsense whatever, nonsense type of things. 0:57:59.400 --> 0:58:01.240 I mean, that's where we are with AI, and so 0:58:01.280 --> 0:58:03.680 everyone's trying to get in, try to get a piece. 0:58:04.040 --> 0:58:07.120 But I'm writing a book right now about the impact 0:58:07.120 --> 0:58:10.400 of AI on my life for the for the next year, 0:58:10.560 --> 0:58:13.120 starting in what was starting in January, I said, I'm 0:58:13.120 --> 0:58:15.240 going to do as much of my life, as much 0:58:15.280 --> 0:58:18.320 of the people and the products and the things I 0:58:18.360 --> 0:58:20.320 do in life, I'm going to try to figure out 0:58:20.360 --> 0:58:23.200 where AI can replace or augment or help. 0:58:23.400 --> 0:58:25.400 Wait, what does that mean? Hold on, explain that. 0:58:25.480 --> 0:58:25.760 I know. 0:58:25.960 --> 0:58:28.760 Wait, like when you're going to dinner, deciding between two restaurants, 0:58:28.800 --> 0:58:31.080 you just ask AI or what sure? 0:58:31.120 --> 0:58:32.120 I'm doing stuff like that. 0:58:32.280 --> 0:58:34.520 But I really think the deeper stuff is going to 0:58:34.520 --> 0:58:37.400 come in the places where we interact with humans and 0:58:37.440 --> 0:58:39.880 where we start to realize, wow, those humans are either 0:58:39.920 --> 0:58:43.200 going to be replaced by AI or really working deeply 0:58:43.240 --> 0:58:45.360 with AI. And one of the examples that this is 0:58:45.400 --> 0:58:48.440 my first month on the book has been all about healthcare, 0:58:48.840 --> 0:58:51.920 all about doctors and the way they're using AI. I'm 0:58:51.960 --> 0:58:54.200 doing some really interesting stuff or I've seen a lot 0:58:54.200 --> 0:58:55.360 of really interesting stuff on that. 0:58:55.760 --> 0:58:55.920 You know. 0:58:55.920 --> 0:58:57.320 I think there's a day that's going to come as 0:58:57.320 --> 0:58:58.520 we're all going to go to the doctor and we're 0:58:58.520 --> 0:59:01.160 going to realize, Okay, I'm really seeing a human, but 0:59:01.200 --> 0:59:03.880 I'm also seeing some sort of robot or some sort 0:59:03.920 --> 0:59:06.479 of bot here. And so I'm exploring all those types 0:59:06.520 --> 0:59:08.840 of ways that A is going to infiltrate our lives. 0:59:09.040 --> 0:59:11.080 That isn't just sitting in front of a computer and 0:59:11.120 --> 0:59:12.160 talking to a chatbot. 0:59:12.360 --> 0:59:13.840 I mean it's yeah, well that's the other thing. 0:59:13.880 --> 0:59:16.360 It's like already starting with the chatbots where they're screening 0:59:16.400 --> 0:59:18.800 you right, like if you need customer service for something, 0:59:19.240 --> 0:59:21.480 it's like, well here, they push you to the chatbot 0:59:21.560 --> 0:59:25.720 first that's AI obviously now, and then maybe it'll flick 0:59:25.760 --> 0:59:28.120 you to an actual person later on down the road. 0:59:28.160 --> 0:59:30.760 And I feel like with medicine that's going to happen too. 0:59:30.760 --> 0:59:32.400 It's like they screen you like here, put on all 0:59:32.440 --> 0:59:35.520 your stuff, like your symptoms whatever, and now the doctor 0:59:35.560 --> 0:59:37.160 comes in with like a little bit of knowledge and 0:59:37.240 --> 0:59:40.840 baseline understanding of what's going on before they talk to 0:59:40.840 --> 0:59:41.680 you for twenty minutes. 0:59:42.120 --> 0:59:42.680 Yeah, I mean, and. 0:59:42.960 --> 0:59:44.720 I'm like, part of this is, of course I'm seeing 0:59:44.800 --> 0:59:46.640 human doctors this here, but every time I go to 0:59:46.680 --> 0:59:49.480 the doctor, I get test results, I'm running those through AI. 0:59:49.920 --> 0:59:52.600 Some of those those doctors are already doing that. They're 0:59:53.000 --> 0:59:55.200 using it at radiology, they're using in these places. 0:59:55.240 --> 0:59:57.880 So I'm going all in. I'm using it in that way. 0:59:57.920 --> 1:00:00.000 I'm going to be doing transportation of course, self drive 1:00:00.120 --> 1:00:02.840 in cars, all of that education. I'm just kind of 1:00:02.840 --> 1:00:05.480 going all in for a year to see where we're at. 1:00:05.920 --> 1:00:08.240 And you had a chance to check out the Weaimos 1:00:08.280 --> 1:00:10.480 self driving car, right, weren't you in La recently? 1:00:11.000 --> 1:00:15.360 I was you tried that? Did you try the Weaimo 1:00:15.440 --> 1:00:16.160 while you're out here? 1:00:16.640 --> 1:00:17.440 I did? I did. 1:00:17.480 --> 1:00:19.000 I spend quite a bit of time in Weimo's and 1:00:19.040 --> 1:00:21.240 I'm going out to Phoenix soon to spend even more 1:00:21.280 --> 1:00:22.800 time in them. 1:00:23.600 --> 1:00:25.040 I mean, I should ask you, what do you think 1:00:25.080 --> 1:00:26.439 you live around them? 1:00:26.680 --> 1:00:26.919 Well? 1:00:26.960 --> 1:00:29.680 I live around them, but yeah, so it's interesting they 1:00:29.720 --> 1:00:32.400 don't necessarily work in my neighborhood, yet they work where 1:00:32.440 --> 1:00:34.800 I work, and so I have taken one, but I 1:00:34.800 --> 1:00:36.720 did take it in San Francisco, and the other day 1:00:37.240 --> 1:00:39.160 I had the opportunity to take one, and I was 1:00:39.160 --> 1:00:39.880 a little bit scared. 1:00:39.880 --> 1:00:41.080 I was like, I don't know if I actually want to. 1:00:41.120 --> 1:00:43.760 I think I'm just gonna drive myself. I don't know. 1:00:43.840 --> 1:00:46.240 I mean, I but I have my car drive itself 1:00:46.280 --> 1:00:50.240 a lot. So it's it's this weird thing of it's 1:00:50.280 --> 1:00:53.160 all software and I feel like it should be better, 1:00:53.200 --> 1:00:54.200 but I'm not sure. 1:00:56.200 --> 1:00:57.000 So I'm with you. 1:00:57.280 --> 1:01:00.320 I think there's a lot of spectrum on this. Right, 1:01:00.360 --> 1:01:03.439 there's the cars that drive yourself that you have either, 1:01:03.640 --> 1:01:04.680 I don't know if you have a Tesla. 1:01:04.800 --> 1:01:06.720 Yeah, yeah, So look, you have. 1:01:06.680 --> 1:01:09.440 A good chunk of self driving car software and there 1:01:09.480 --> 1:01:11.920 autonomous software, and that is probably going to work in 1:01:11.960 --> 1:01:13.160 some really good situations. 1:01:13.160 --> 1:01:15.280 And of course we could get deep into that. But 1:01:15.320 --> 1:01:16.280 then on the Waimo. 1:01:16.080 --> 1:01:19.600 Side, I think it is it is really fascinating and 1:01:19.640 --> 1:01:22.400 it really I've been telling everyone if you have the 1:01:22.400 --> 1:01:24.200 opportunity to get in one of these, you. 1:01:24.080 --> 1:01:26.120 Should do it. 1:01:25.560 --> 1:01:29.440 It does feel so incredibly safe, especially in these cities 1:01:29.440 --> 1:01:33.760 where these cars have been trained and have done the 1:01:33.800 --> 1:01:37.640 same roots over and over and over again. I mean, 1:01:37.680 --> 1:01:40.320 I truly feel like this was the most safe driver 1:01:40.400 --> 1:01:42.640 I've ever been with. I did say and I pieced 1:01:42.640 --> 1:01:44.200 there that it felt at times like it was like 1:01:44.200 --> 1:01:46.440 my mom, it got a little nervous. But I think 1:01:46.480 --> 1:01:50.160 it's in a good way in the sense of like, Okay, 1:01:50.200 --> 1:01:53.160 it is cautious. It is always cautious in the intersections 1:01:53.240 --> 1:01:55.120 that will make you feel nervous, but then once you 1:01:55.160 --> 1:01:56.800 do it enough times, you're like, oh, yeah, this is 1:01:56.880 --> 1:01:58.440 just how it approaches an intersection. 1:01:58.520 --> 1:01:59.960 It wants to be incredibly safe. 1:02:00.160 --> 1:02:01.520 But why I asked you is I think that some 1:02:01.600 --> 1:02:03.880 of the funnier stories are about people who are living 1:02:03.880 --> 1:02:05.040 in these spaces and just like. 1:02:05.040 --> 1:02:06.560 Observing their odd behavior. 1:02:07.560 --> 1:02:09.400 I also heard a story in LA And I was 1:02:09.400 --> 1:02:13.400 in Davas a few weeks ago, and I was talking 1:02:13.400 --> 1:02:16.200 to the company Serve, the Serve robotics that have the 1:02:16.240 --> 1:02:16.960 little robots. 1:02:17.160 --> 1:02:18.640 You've you've seen those around. 1:02:18.440 --> 1:02:21.520 Your yeah, your area, of course, the delivery robots. 1:02:21.720 --> 1:02:24.160 And I was asking him about this viral video of 1:02:24.240 --> 1:02:27.200 the way moo that hit the serve robot. 1:02:27.640 --> 1:02:28.240 Did you see that? 1:02:28.320 --> 1:02:30.520 I did not see that, But that's funny too. 1:02:30.960 --> 1:02:33.760 Hilarious because you're like, this is the future. The robots 1:02:33.800 --> 1:02:35.360 just colliding in the streets. 1:02:35.720 --> 1:02:36.480 That's amazing. 1:02:38.080 --> 1:02:38.800 But yeah, I mean he. 1:02:38.760 --> 1:02:42.680 Had a good explanation of why it probably happened, but yeah, 1:02:42.720 --> 1:02:43.840 you're living in the future there. 1:02:43.680 --> 1:02:45.800 In LA I'm amazed every time I see one of 1:02:45.840 --> 1:02:48.680 those delivery robots that it's actually just working, and people 1:02:49.360 --> 1:02:50.960 most of the time respect it. I mean, I know 1:02:51.040 --> 1:02:54.160 they've been roughed up sometimes, but I mean it's just 1:02:54.280 --> 1:02:55.040 it's like kind of sad. 1:02:55.080 --> 1:02:57.800 It's like, this is just a little robot. Okay, so 1:02:57.880 --> 1:02:58.560 I do to New. 1:02:58.520 --> 1:02:59.920 York and New York here, and we're not going to 1:03:00.200 --> 1:03:02.680 New York here because this is your your opening show. 1:03:02.720 --> 1:03:06.360 But you know, we've still got regular grocery carts and 1:03:06.480 --> 1:03:08.640 we're still yeah, we're. 1:03:08.760 --> 1:03:11.320 Like nineteen ninety five. I would say, we're not so 1:03:11.440 --> 1:03:12.080 far behind. 1:03:12.400 --> 1:03:15.080 I'm wondering when, Yeah, like the self driving, if it 1:03:15.120 --> 1:03:16.800 makes it to New York City, then we know it's 1:03:16.840 --> 1:03:18.760 it's taken a it's reached a tipping point. 1:03:18.920 --> 1:03:19.200 All right. 1:03:19.240 --> 1:03:21.200 Before we run out of time here, I do need 1:03:21.240 --> 1:03:24.120 to ask you some some Jersey and New York questions. So, 1:03:24.680 --> 1:03:27.200 first off, ever pumped your own gas? 1:03:27.960 --> 1:03:31.400 I live. I live in New Jersey. Of course I 1:03:31.440 --> 1:03:31.840 grew up. 1:03:31.960 --> 1:03:34.800 I go to other states thinking I need to pump 1:03:34.800 --> 1:03:35.720 my own gas. 1:03:36.160 --> 1:03:38.680 Well, you do pump in other states and New Jersey 1:03:38.680 --> 1:03:40.760 you can't write, isn't it still illegal? 1:03:41.400 --> 1:03:41.600 Oh? 1:03:41.720 --> 1:03:42.800 Sorry, so you're asking. 1:03:43.000 --> 1:03:43.160 Yes. 1:03:43.280 --> 1:03:46.240 Sorry, I was like, wait a second, are you just 1:03:46.280 --> 1:03:47.720 breaking the rules here every day? 1:03:47.800 --> 1:03:49.560 I'm sorry, I've got it opposite there. 1:03:49.600 --> 1:03:52.479 Okay, yes, have pumped my own gas, but only learned 1:03:52.480 --> 1:03:54.640 when I went to college and went to other states. 1:03:54.640 --> 1:03:56.160 Okay, that makes more sense. 1:03:56.280 --> 1:03:59.280 Okay, that makes much more sense, because yeah, like I 1:03:59.280 --> 1:04:00.800 I jump out of my car when I get to 1:04:00.920 --> 1:04:02.280 Jersey and I'm like, oh, hey, I can't do this, 1:04:02.320 --> 1:04:04.560 but I love it. When it's freezing cold, you have 1:04:04.600 --> 1:04:06.959 to you open your like window a tiny little slit 1:04:07.040 --> 1:04:08.720 and like slip your credit card through it, and it's 1:04:08.720 --> 1:04:09.640 like here, fill it up. 1:04:10.960 --> 1:04:12.200 Sorry okay. 1:04:12.280 --> 1:04:15.120 And I'm also thinking that when I go to other states, 1:04:14.840 --> 1:04:17.520 same situation. I'll sometimes sit there now. 1:04:18.320 --> 1:04:20.040 Waiting for someone to come to you, and it's just 1:04:20.080 --> 1:04:21.960 like nope, not happening, right. 1:04:22.040 --> 1:04:24.360 But also I guess it's similar to you drive an 1:04:24.360 --> 1:04:27.320 ev now and don't spend that much time at gas stations. 1:04:27.600 --> 1:04:31.400 Yes, Times Square magical or a tourist trap. 1:04:35.040 --> 1:04:35.920 Somewhere in between. 1:04:36.040 --> 1:04:39.280 I still like to walk through Times Square every couple 1:04:39.320 --> 1:04:41.439 of months to see some things that have changed. I live, 1:04:41.520 --> 1:04:43.280 I work right in Times Square, so I have to 1:04:43.840 --> 1:04:45.800 kind of trudge through it if I sometimes need to 1:04:45.800 --> 1:04:48.840 get to the train station. But you know, it changes 1:04:48.840 --> 1:04:50.440 every so often, and when of the changes are made, 1:04:50.480 --> 1:04:51.360 it's fun to see them. 1:04:51.840 --> 1:04:53.360 And have you ever been to the top of the 1:04:53.360 --> 1:04:55.520 Empire State Building or is that just for tourists? 1:04:56.360 --> 1:04:56.720 You know what? 1:04:56.840 --> 1:04:58.560 I never have been to the top of the Empire 1:04:58.560 --> 1:04:59.240 State Building. 1:04:59.440 --> 1:05:02.040 I always wanted to because I grew up listening to 1:05:02.120 --> 1:05:02.920 Z one hundred and. 1:05:02.880 --> 1:05:06.600 I was yester. Yes, but like they. 1:05:06.520 --> 1:05:08.320 Went I remember, I think it was like fourth grade, 1:05:08.400 --> 1:05:10.280 like my school trip. They went on one and I 1:05:10.320 --> 1:05:10.960 was sick that day. 1:05:11.000 --> 1:05:12.480 They went to the top of the Empire Statement and 1:05:12.600 --> 1:05:14.080 I've never done it, so I guess I should take 1:05:14.120 --> 1:05:14.400 my kids. 1:05:14.480 --> 1:05:16.920 Okay, quick story, I'm out of time. But so when 1:05:16.960 --> 1:05:18.720 I was young, of course you one hundred from the 1:05:18.800 --> 1:05:21.960 top of the Empire State Building. I finally make my 1:05:22.040 --> 1:05:24.760 way up as a high schooler and I'm like, where's 1:05:24.760 --> 1:05:27.600 this Z one hundred studio. They're like, kid, you got 1:05:27.640 --> 1:05:32.280 to listen closely. They said broadcasting, not the studio. So 1:05:32.400 --> 1:05:35.440 that's right. I that was like, oh my gosh, life lesson, 1:05:35.640 --> 1:05:37.280 Joanna Stern, this has been so much fun. 1:05:37.520 --> 1:05:39.000 Good luck with the book. What's it called? 1:05:40.520 --> 1:05:43.600 The working title is chat but like but with two 1:05:43.600 --> 1:05:46.480 t's at the at the end. So if listeners like that, 1:05:46.720 --> 1:05:48.439 tell me let me know, hit me up on social 1:05:48.560 --> 1:05:48.800 let me know. 1:05:48.760 --> 1:05:50.360 If I should keep that or should keep thinking of 1:05:50.360 --> 1:05:50.760 a new one. 1:05:50.800 --> 1:05:52.920 All right, Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal, thanks so much 1:05:52.920 --> 1:05:55.520 for joining me today. Appreciate it. 1:05:55.720 --> 1:05:57.960 Eight eight eight rich one oh one eight eight eight 1:05:58.040 --> 1:06:00.640 seven four to two four one zero one. Welcome back 1:06:00.680 --> 1:06:03.160 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:06:03.400 --> 1:06:07.720 talking technology eight eight eight rich one O one eight 1:06:07.840 --> 1:06:11.160 eight eight seven four two four one zero one. Find 1:06:11.200 --> 1:06:13.720 me on social media. I am at rich on Tech 1:06:13.880 --> 1:06:17.200 on Instagram. You could also go to the website rich 1:06:17.240 --> 1:06:19.720 on Tech dot TV. Hit contact if you want to 1:06:19.720 --> 1:06:24.120 get in touch. Let's go to Ron in Palm Springs. Ron, 1:06:24.560 --> 1:06:25.360 welcome to the show. 1:06:26.480 --> 1:06:30.120 Hi, good after me a long time listener. First time I'm. 1:06:29.920 --> 1:06:32.920 Calling you, but uh well, thank you? 1:06:33.000 --> 1:06:37.520 Using I was using Yeah, I've been using Microsoft Word. 1:06:37.760 --> 1:06:39.640 We're writing. Writing a letter. 1:06:39.680 --> 1:06:42.120 Yesterday was fine. I opened up my computer this morning 1:06:42.120 --> 1:06:45.240 and now the spelling checker is in Spanish. How do 1:06:45.360 --> 1:06:46.600 I get it back to English? 1:06:46.960 --> 1:06:48.800 Were you writing in Spanish or English? 1:06:49.160 --> 1:06:49.280 No? 1:06:50.080 --> 1:06:52.600 English? And it asked it starting to say all my 1:06:52.720 --> 1:06:55.919 words in the first sentence where we're incorrect. They gave 1:06:55.920 --> 1:07:00.160 me some Hispanic alternatives. So then I wrote burrito and 1:07:00.280 --> 1:07:03.080 it was correct. So figure I'm in Spanish spelling checker. 1:07:03.480 --> 1:07:06.040 Oh okay, interesting, is burrito a Spanish? I guess it 1:07:06.120 --> 1:07:08.120 is a Spanish word. 1:07:07.760 --> 1:07:10.520 It didn't say it was wrong. 1:07:11.600 --> 1:07:12.960 Okay, So here's the deal. 1:07:13.520 --> 1:07:16.320 I so I actually went on my Windows computer to 1:07:16.360 --> 1:07:18.320 try to see how to set the language and my 1:07:19.000 --> 1:07:22.640 version of Office is expired, which I'm embarrassed to say, 1:07:23.200 --> 1:07:25.240 but I think that's pretty common with a lot of people. 1:07:25.280 --> 1:07:28.120 It's like, oh wait a second, but I'm looking here, 1:07:28.280 --> 1:07:32.520 and have you tried going to set the language preferences 1:07:32.680 --> 1:07:33.360 in the options? 1:07:33.400 --> 1:07:33.920 Have you done that? 1:07:34.280 --> 1:07:35.200 I haven't found that. 1:07:35.400 --> 1:07:36.000 Okay. 1:07:36.080 --> 1:07:36.760 I just got home. 1:07:36.880 --> 1:07:41.480 So okay, now is this a new version or an 1:07:41.560 --> 1:07:43.320 old version of Office? 1:07:44.360 --> 1:07:48.240 It's the new three sixty five co pilot version. 1:07:48.320 --> 1:07:51.440 Okay, so it looks like you can go into file 1:07:52.040 --> 1:07:57.480 options and language and this will set the authoring, proofing 1:07:57.960 --> 1:08:03.120 and display language. So file options language and that may 1:08:03.160 --> 1:08:05.840 be set to Spanish, so you might want to just 1:08:05.960 --> 1:08:09.040 make sure that's set to English and hopefully that should 1:08:09.080 --> 1:08:11.360 fix it. The other thing you could do if that's 1:08:11.360 --> 1:08:13.720 not working is I would you know, close it out, 1:08:13.760 --> 1:08:16.160 reopen it, restart it and see if that you know, 1:08:16.400 --> 1:08:18.240 and then go into the settings and make sure that 1:08:18.240 --> 1:08:20.680 that's set. It's odd that it would just switch by 1:08:20.720 --> 1:08:25.320 itself without exactly yeah, without but that, but that's the best. 1:08:25.640 --> 1:08:27.479 You know, when tech does that, that's the best is 1:08:27.479 --> 1:08:29.439 that you know, it just does things that we don't 1:08:29.479 --> 1:08:36.920 understand why it does it. So try that. Yeah, and 1:08:36.960 --> 1:08:38.479 do you see what what is it saying? Does it 1:08:38.520 --> 1:08:39.360 say it's English? 1:08:39.400 --> 1:08:45.280 Prefer English? It says preferred English proofing initiated? Okay, the 1:08:45.360 --> 1:08:47.040 United States General preferred. 1:08:47.240 --> 1:08:48.360 Okay, there you go. 1:08:49.600 --> 1:08:54.439 So hopefully now when you write okay, when you when 1:08:54.479 --> 1:08:56.320 you write click a word like when it gets a 1:08:56.320 --> 1:08:59.639 little squigglies underneath, is it giving you suggestions in Spanish? 1:08:59.720 --> 1:09:03.000 Arning, Yes, it's giving me Okay, now that I've done this, 1:09:03.080 --> 1:09:04.000 I'm going to go back to. 1:09:08.160 --> 1:09:11.960 So here's the other thing. So okay, so if you're 1:09:12.680 --> 1:09:15.680 I mean every all the yeah, I mean all of 1:09:15.720 --> 1:09:18.200 the options that I'm seeing are all under this uh 1:09:18.360 --> 1:09:21.320 file options language. So the only thing I would say 1:09:21.400 --> 1:09:24.360 is that perhaps you have you might have a global 1:09:24.360 --> 1:09:27.280 option on your you know Windows PC that's uh this, 1:09:27.560 --> 1:09:30.160 you know a similar option. So in that case, I 1:09:30.200 --> 1:09:33.080 would go into your settings and search for language and 1:09:33.160 --> 1:09:36.880 make sure that that's set to English, and are using 1:09:36.880 --> 1:09:39.160 this through a web browser or through your or through an. 1:09:39.080 --> 1:09:45.000 Appu through on a web on a web browser. It's 1:09:45.040 --> 1:09:47.040 one of my one of the apps that I have 1:09:47.160 --> 1:09:49.800 on my I came with the computer and it just 1:09:49.840 --> 1:09:54.280 switched me to co pilot two days ago. So maybe 1:09:54.280 --> 1:09:57.640 it's something new. But my options are propeller, propel and 1:09:57.800 --> 1:09:59.560 propeller for property. 1:10:00.080 --> 1:10:00.799 Oh my gosh. 1:10:00.840 --> 1:10:06.439 Okay, well yeah, this is quite the quite the situation here, okay. 1:10:06.439 --> 1:10:09.080 And even if you so, have you tried restarting and 1:10:09.080 --> 1:10:10.719 then setting English as your language. 1:10:11.120 --> 1:10:13.320 It happened last night and I said forget, I'm going 1:10:14.400 --> 1:10:16.200 back to it this morning. It's still there. 1:10:16.640 --> 1:10:16.960 Wow. 1:10:17.040 --> 1:10:18.040 Okay, that's interesting. 1:10:18.280 --> 1:10:20.400 The only other thing I would check is in your 1:10:20.560 --> 1:10:25.559 web browser there's there's a section called preferred languages. So 1:10:25.600 --> 1:10:27.960 if you go into your settings on your web browser 1:10:28.040 --> 1:10:31.400 settings and then search language, you should see the preferred 1:10:31.479 --> 1:10:34.719 languages there and that should be English. But my greater 1:10:34.800 --> 1:10:38.439 advice ron without being in front of the computer, is 1:10:39.160 --> 1:10:41.400 all like I would start at the local level and 1:10:41.600 --> 1:10:44.479 keep working up and make sure, uh to go into 1:10:44.520 --> 1:10:47.839 settings and just search for language and make sure everything's 1:10:47.840 --> 1:10:49.840 set to English if that's what you want to use, 1:10:50.640 --> 1:10:53.160 and again set it start at the browser, then you 1:10:53.200 --> 1:10:55.320 can go up to you know, word or actually I 1:10:55.360 --> 1:10:57.759 would start at word and then go to the browser 1:10:57.960 --> 1:11:00.280 and then go up to the computer at large and 1:11:00.360 --> 1:11:03.240 just search language and make sure they're all set to English. 1:11:03.240 --> 1:11:04.920 That's an interesting one. 1:11:05.080 --> 1:11:05.320 Wow. 1:11:07.200 --> 1:11:10.120 Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:11:10.240 --> 1:11:12.840 four to two four one zero one. Uh coming up 1:11:12.920 --> 1:11:15.880 if your word is expired. I've got the Office Suite 1:11:15.920 --> 1:11:19.759 that's free. It's the alternative that you can download for free. 1:11:19.880 --> 1:11:22.960 This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:11:23.080 --> 1:11:26.719 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at 1:11:26.840 --> 1:11:29.800 eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:11:29.960 --> 1:11:33.680 seven four to two four one zero one. Website for 1:11:33.760 --> 1:11:38.760 the show rich on Tech dot TV Jonas brothers from 1:11:38.840 --> 1:11:43.840 New Jersey who who knew? I didn't until I was 1:11:43.880 --> 1:11:47.320 coming up with today's playlist and uh picking some you know, 1:11:47.360 --> 1:11:50.000 we didn't have any Connecticut. This is the Tri State area, 1:11:50.600 --> 1:11:52.880 so probably should have had something Connecticut in there. 1:11:53.520 --> 1:11:54.040 A couple of. 1:11:53.960 --> 1:11:56.280 Headlines before we get to the phones. Rick, I see 1:11:56.280 --> 1:11:57.759 you there. We'll get to you in just a moment. 1:11:58.000 --> 1:11:58.320 Uh. 1:11:58.600 --> 1:12:00.519 Libra Office. Libra Office. 1:12:01.040 --> 1:12:06.000 This is a privacy focused alternative to sort of the 1:12:06.040 --> 1:12:09.120 big you know, like the Microsoft Words of the world, 1:12:09.240 --> 1:12:11.920 the Google docs of the world. So if you want 1:12:11.960 --> 1:12:15.680 something that you can download that is completely free, they 1:12:15.720 --> 1:12:18.840 have a brand new version of this Libra l I 1:12:19.000 --> 1:12:26.080 b R Librale looks yeah, Libra, why can't I pronounce 1:12:26.120 --> 1:12:31.120 this word anyway? Office twenty five point two now available 1:12:31.120 --> 1:12:35.320 for Windows, mac Os, and Linux. It's got more polished UI, 1:12:35.439 --> 1:12:40.160 better accessibility, and also works better with Microsoft documents. So 1:12:40.200 --> 1:12:42.800 this is privacy focused. It's got an option, a new 1:12:42.800 --> 1:12:45.960 option to remove all personal data from documents like time 1:12:46.000 --> 1:12:50.040 stamps and author info. It's got a whole bunch It's 1:12:50.040 --> 1:12:52.720 just a whole bunch of new stuff. So one thing 1:12:52.760 --> 1:12:55.640 you do need to know. Support for Windows seven and 1:12:55.760 --> 1:12:58.960 eight of this program is ending, so you got to 1:12:59.040 --> 1:13:04.439 upgrade before version twenty five point eight, so that's coming soon. 1:13:04.520 --> 1:13:04.880 I guess. 1:13:05.640 --> 1:13:05.760 Uh. 1:13:05.920 --> 1:13:10.840 But Libraoffice remains free and open source, and it supports 1:13:10.920 --> 1:13:15.640 the uh ODF files and the Microsoft formats. And I 1:13:15.720 --> 1:13:19.040 downloaded this yesterday just to kind of try it out 1:13:19.040 --> 1:13:21.800 before I talked about it, and it's great. I mean, 1:13:21.840 --> 1:13:24.880 it just looks like Microsoft Word and Excel in the 1:13:24.920 --> 1:13:28.800 spreadsheet program, So I mean, why not. I personally use 1:13:28.880 --> 1:13:31.639 Google Docs, But I understand if you're, you know, more 1:13:31.680 --> 1:13:34.559 privacy centric, or you don't like big tech or something 1:13:34.640 --> 1:13:35.960 like that, and you want to use something that's a 1:13:35.960 --> 1:13:39.040 little bit more open source, then I would check this out. 1:13:39.280 --> 1:13:44.040 The website is uh libra l I b R eoffice 1:13:44.240 --> 1:13:48.280 dot org slash download and I will put that on 1:13:48.280 --> 1:13:51.720 the website rich on tech dot TV. Meanwhile, if you 1:13:52.200 --> 1:13:56.840 had an iPhone seven with the loop disease, you are 1:13:57.120 --> 1:13:59.800 you might have gotten a payout. So I guess Apple 1:13:59.800 --> 1:14:02.240 pay out thirty five million dollars in a class action 1:14:02.360 --> 1:14:06.839 settlement related to this loop disease. I guess the software 1:14:07.000 --> 1:14:11.920 was making it. Boot Loop payments are around two hundred dollars, 1:14:12.479 --> 1:14:14.000 so if you got like an email that said, hey, 1:14:14.040 --> 1:14:16.639 claim your two hundred bucks or your payouts coming, like, yes, 1:14:16.680 --> 1:14:19.320 you should do it, but you know, obviously you should 1:14:19.360 --> 1:14:23.320 confirm that it's legitimate because you know, whenever something like 1:14:23.360 --> 1:14:26.519 this happens, these other people they scam artists. They will 1:14:26.760 --> 1:14:28.360 look at that and say, ooh, let's try to figure 1:14:28.400 --> 1:14:31.240 out how we can scam people. So no matter what, 1:14:31.479 --> 1:14:34.439 let me see if I can find something on this 1:14:35.960 --> 1:14:40.200 iPhone loop disease. So it was oh sorry, it was 1:14:40.280 --> 1:14:44.799 degraded audio and call quality and listening to music caused 1:14:44.840 --> 1:14:47.599 by users applying pressure on a certain part of the phone. 1:14:47.640 --> 1:14:51.760 I do not remember this when this happened, but that's interesting. 1:14:51.800 --> 1:14:55.000 I was a while ago iPhone seven. That was a 1:14:55.080 --> 1:14:58.040 real long time ago. Anyway, if you but here's the deal, 1:14:58.240 --> 1:15:00.360 this this is over. So you had to make that 1:15:00.400 --> 1:15:03.200 claim a long time ago. But up to three hundred 1:15:03.200 --> 1:15:04.719 and forty nine dollars, that's pretty good. 1:15:05.680 --> 1:15:09.760 All right, let's go to uh rick in uh Let's 1:15:09.760 --> 1:15:13.280 see west Hill's Rick. You're on with Rich. 1:15:14.000 --> 1:15:16.800 Hey, Rich, thank you for taking my call. So I'll 1:15:16.800 --> 1:15:18.760 try to be quick. I just want to know if 1:15:18.760 --> 1:15:22.479 I should purchase more Apple storage or buy an app 1:15:22.520 --> 1:15:25.519 to help clean up my photos or back up to 1:15:25.600 --> 1:15:28.000 my computer. And then the second part of the question 1:15:28.120 --> 1:15:30.200 is if I do back up to the computer, I 1:15:30.200 --> 1:15:32.519 don't know how that works because it keeps adding the 1:15:32.560 --> 1:15:35.360 same pictures over and over again, does it? Anyway, those 1:15:35.360 --> 1:15:36.280 are that's the question. 1:15:36.800 --> 1:15:42.000 Okay, So first the first question is should you tell 1:15:42.000 --> 1:15:42.519 me them again? 1:15:42.840 --> 1:15:47.240 Oh, purchase more Apple storage. I purchased the fifty gig plans, 1:15:47.560 --> 1:15:49.920 but I've already used one hundred gigabytes, so I'm not 1:15:50.000 --> 1:15:52.000 obviously my phone is not backing up now. 1:15:52.120 --> 1:15:56.639 Yeah, okay, So man, I so the thing about Apple 1:15:56.680 --> 1:15:59.400 storage is so I'm on the I think I'm on 1:15:59.439 --> 1:16:04.040 the five terabyte plan on Google. So I use Google Storage. Yeah, 1:16:04.080 --> 1:16:06.759 I've got three I've got like three terabytes of photos. 1:16:06.760 --> 1:16:08.559 So but you know, it's all my videos and stuff 1:16:08.560 --> 1:16:10.559 from work. So it's like, I, you know, I'd rather 1:16:10.640 --> 1:16:13.720 keep it than get rid of it. But the thing is, 1:16:13.760 --> 1:16:16.000 so I would you could do two things. You could 1:16:16.000 --> 1:16:18.439 either try to pare down the hundred gigs or you 1:16:18.960 --> 1:16:20.760 said you have one hundred gigs on your phone, but 1:16:20.800 --> 1:16:22.120 you have fifty available to you. 1:16:22.800 --> 1:16:24.559 Yeah, so I bought the two night I think it's 1:16:24.560 --> 1:16:27.160 the two ninety nine plan, So it's like fifty gigabytes 1:16:27.200 --> 1:16:27.559 and do you. 1:16:27.520 --> 1:16:29.120 Know how much of that? Do you know how much 1:16:29.120 --> 1:16:30.120 of that is photos? 1:16:30.360 --> 1:16:30.599 Yeah? 1:16:30.600 --> 1:16:31.920 Photos is twenty eight. 1:16:31.960 --> 1:16:34.280 Okay, so photos, So you're still like, even with that 1:16:34.320 --> 1:16:36.439 twenty eight, that's a lot. I mean, you've got that's 1:16:36.479 --> 1:16:38.240 a lot of you know, a lot of photos. 1:16:38.520 --> 1:16:42.160 So iPhone and iPhone and iPhone, so they add. 1:16:42.040 --> 1:16:43.640 Up, right. So there's a couple of things you could do. 1:16:43.760 --> 1:16:44.440 You could. 1:16:45.680 --> 1:16:48.120 You could try to pare down the twenty eight gigs 1:16:48.479 --> 1:16:51.120 to get under the fifty with your backup of your phone, 1:16:51.200 --> 1:16:53.240 but that's going to be really tough because you're going 1:16:53.320 --> 1:16:55.400 to be spending a lot of time and it's just 1:16:55.479 --> 1:16:57.320 going to be like, you know, you're just gonna be 1:16:57.320 --> 1:16:59.280 pulling your hair out. The other thing you could do 1:16:59.439 --> 1:17:02.640 is you could just not if money is not a problem, Like, 1:17:02.680 --> 1:17:05.280 if you're not how much is the step up to 1:17:05.000 --> 1:17:05.880 the next sire? 1:17:06.160 --> 1:17:07.800 I'll shoot, I knew I should have wrote that down. 1:17:07.800 --> 1:17:10.160 It probably like three ninety nine a month or something 1:17:10.240 --> 1:17:11.120 like that or something. 1:17:11.200 --> 1:17:11.800 It's that bad. 1:17:12.040 --> 1:17:14.320 Yeah, So if that feels fair to you, then that's 1:17:14.320 --> 1:17:17.040 probably the easiest solution. But what I would do in 1:17:17.280 --> 1:17:19.840 once you upgrade to that is, I would pare down 1:17:20.240 --> 1:17:22.719 your camera roll, get get some of the big videos 1:17:22.720 --> 1:17:24.960 out of there that you don't need, or duplicate pictures 1:17:24.960 --> 1:17:26.479 and all that kind of stuff. So that's the second 1:17:26.520 --> 1:17:30.479 thing I would do. As for offloading to your computer, 1:17:30.600 --> 1:17:35.840 that's my least favorite option because it's the most labor intensive. Yes, 1:17:35.920 --> 1:17:38.280 your computer can figure out which like when you plug 1:17:38.320 --> 1:17:40.479 your phone into your computer, let's say of a Windows computer, 1:17:41.040 --> 1:17:43.439 it can it can import just the new pictures or 1:17:43.479 --> 1:17:45.559 on a Mac it'll do this. It'll it'll figure out 1:17:45.560 --> 1:17:48.479 which ones it hasn't imported, so it can do that. 1:17:48.960 --> 1:17:51.040 But now you have to make sure that those pictures 1:17:51.080 --> 1:17:53.479 are backed up somehow on your computer. 1:17:53.640 --> 1:17:54.479 Right now. 1:17:55.520 --> 1:17:57.720 There is an argument there that you can say, well, rich, 1:17:57.800 --> 1:18:00.519 I've got my photo, I've got one copy on my phone, 1:18:00.640 --> 1:18:02.479 and now I've got one copy on my computer, so 1:18:02.520 --> 1:18:05.920 I'm good. And typically we would say you'd want one 1:18:05.960 --> 1:18:08.640 copy on your computer, one copy on your phone, and 1:18:08.640 --> 1:18:11.040 one copy in the cloud somewhere right just to make 1:18:11.040 --> 1:18:15.120 sure you've got you know, everything covered. So those are 1:18:15.200 --> 1:18:17.600 kind of your options. What are you leaning towards? What 1:18:17.880 --> 1:18:19.080 do you feel like you want to do. 1:18:19.240 --> 1:18:21.760 I'm leaning just buying that seems like the cheapest option. 1:18:21.840 --> 1:18:23.320 But I don't know if the wife would like that. 1:18:23.520 --> 1:18:25.680 She just she hates to spend money on things like that. 1:18:25.840 --> 1:18:28.599 Yeah, oh that's and so it's a I totally get that. 1:18:28.760 --> 1:18:30.840 And of course that's what Apple wants you to do, right, 1:18:30.880 --> 1:18:32.760 I mean, that's why they that's why Apple does not 1:18:32.840 --> 1:18:35.720 make it easy. Like if you told me, like if 1:18:35.760 --> 1:18:37.759 you said, Rich, how do I find all the biggest 1:18:37.880 --> 1:18:39.040 video files on my phone? 1:18:39.080 --> 1:18:41.240 Right now? They don't make it easy to do that. 1:18:41.320 --> 1:18:43.720 Like you can't sort like on a Samsung device or 1:18:43.720 --> 1:18:45.920 on a Google device, you could just go in and 1:18:46.000 --> 1:18:48.840 literally sort my largest videos and just get rid of them, 1:18:48.880 --> 1:18:51.160 right if you say, oh, I ran my camera for 1:18:51.200 --> 1:18:53.600 twenty four hours and forgot about it. But like on 1:18:53.640 --> 1:18:57.320 the iPhone, it's really tricky. So there are some there 1:18:57.360 --> 1:19:01.439 are some apps that will do this for you. Clean 1:19:01.520 --> 1:19:03.240 my Phone is one of them. You can check that 1:19:03.360 --> 1:19:07.160 out and see. But again, you know, it's it's going 1:19:07.200 --> 1:19:08.880 to take a while to figure this stuff out, to 1:19:08.920 --> 1:19:10.920 get to get this to a place where it's under 1:19:10.960 --> 1:19:15.639 the fifty gigs, including your backups. I think you're right, Rick, 1:19:15.680 --> 1:19:17.360 The other thing you could do is if you're a 1:19:17.360 --> 1:19:20.160 member or do you have Amazon Prime. I do, okay, 1:19:20.200 --> 1:19:22.639 so they have a free photos app that as long 1:19:22.680 --> 1:19:25.680 as you're an Amazon Prime member, you can download this 1:19:25.800 --> 1:19:29.320 photos app from Amazon and it will back up all 1:19:29.360 --> 1:19:32.400 of your photos for free and unlimited at full resolution. 1:19:32.880 --> 1:19:38.160 But yeah, well the caveat is two things. Number One, 1:19:39.439 --> 1:19:40.840 you have to be a Prime member, So if you 1:19:40.840 --> 1:19:42.360 stop paying for Prime, you know, they'll give you a 1:19:42.400 --> 1:19:44.320 certain amount of time where you have to download all 1:19:44.360 --> 1:19:47.160 your stuff before they kick you out, you know, So 1:19:47.200 --> 1:19:49.920 that's number one. Number two is they don't give you 1:19:50.000 --> 1:19:52.120 any story. They give you a tiny bit of storage 1:19:52.120 --> 1:19:55.559 for videos, so it's not a solution for your videos, 1:19:56.000 --> 1:19:58.479 but if you want, you know, you can use this 1:19:58.520 --> 1:20:03.160 as another way of offloading these pictures. So I use 1:20:03.200 --> 1:20:05.280 it personally as like a secondary backup and I just 1:20:05.320 --> 1:20:06.639 turn off the videos completely. 1:20:06.640 --> 1:20:09.519 I say, don't even back up videos. Which it's actually 1:20:09.640 --> 1:20:10.960 nice that the app gives you that option. 1:20:11.640 --> 1:20:13.880 Yeah, okay, I didn't know about that, so thank you. 1:20:13.920 --> 1:20:14.680 I appreciate that. 1:20:14.760 --> 1:20:17.280 But yeah, I mean, look the photos. If you look 1:20:17.320 --> 1:20:20.760 at the earnings reports of all the major companies, whether 1:20:20.800 --> 1:20:25.719 it's Amazon, whether it is Apple and Google. The number 1:20:25.840 --> 1:20:28.679 one growth for these companies right now is in what's 1:20:28.720 --> 1:20:32.160 called their service and cloud divisions. And why do you 1:20:32.160 --> 1:20:35.040 think that is all the stuff that we are uploading 1:20:35.080 --> 1:20:36.759 from our phones? And why do you think these phones, 1:20:37.000 --> 1:20:39.479 you know they keep they shoot in four K, they 1:20:39.520 --> 1:20:42.680 shoot and you know higher megapixels, they're all taken up. 1:20:43.240 --> 1:20:45.120 This is this is where it's at, Like, this is 1:20:45.600 --> 1:20:48.920 money that these companies will make forever based on us 1:20:48.960 --> 1:20:49.920 being unorganized. 1:20:51.000 --> 1:20:52.960 I was I was thinking Apple's not selling a phone, 1:20:53.000 --> 1:20:54.120 They're selling storage. 1:20:54.240 --> 1:20:56.080 Yeah, that's that's really what it comes down to. They 1:20:56.120 --> 1:20:58.240 sell the phone they make. You know, people are holding 1:20:58.240 --> 1:21:01.519 their phones for thirty nine months now, so that that 1:21:01.640 --> 1:21:03.280 money you spend on a phone, let's say you spend 1:21:03.320 --> 1:21:04.759 eight hundred to one thousand dollars. 1:21:04.800 --> 1:21:05.360 Do the math. 1:21:05.920 --> 1:21:09.439 But if you're spending I mean Apple iCloud storage starts 1:21:09.479 --> 1:21:11.519 at ninety nine cents a month, three ninety nine, five, 1:21:11.600 --> 1:21:14.160 ninety nine, ten dollars, I think I'm up to twenty. 1:21:14.360 --> 1:21:16.120 I'm up to two hundred and fifty dollars a year 1:21:16.720 --> 1:21:20.599 on my Google storage, Apple storage. I pay for the 1:21:21.200 --> 1:21:24.240 ridiculous Apple one, which is another forty bucks a month 1:21:24.280 --> 1:21:27.040 and then I pay for Dropbox. So I mean, you know, 1:21:27.160 --> 1:21:29.439 but I don't want anything to go away. So I'm 1:21:29.479 --> 1:21:31.200 I'm a little crazy in that way where I want 1:21:31.240 --> 1:21:34.240 everything all at once, and you know, plus I test 1:21:34.240 --> 1:21:35.960 this stuff out, so well. 1:21:35.800 --> 1:21:36.120 Thank you. 1:21:36.200 --> 1:21:38.400 I'm going to hopefully my wife Maria will allow me 1:21:38.479 --> 1:21:40.840 just to get the cloud stuff and just fight the bullet. 1:21:41.160 --> 1:21:43.439 Yeah, I would sit down and uh, you know, like 1:21:43.479 --> 1:21:45.400 I say to my wife, you know, if we're spending 1:21:45.439 --> 1:21:47.479 over you know, a certain amount of money, usually like 1:21:47.520 --> 1:21:49.639 over one hundred bucks, it's like family meeting time. 1:21:49.720 --> 1:21:51.559 We got to talk about this. We got to discuss 1:21:52.200 --> 1:21:53.360 So sit. 1:21:53.240 --> 1:21:56.880 Down, you know, maybe pour some wine, you know, just 1:21:56.880 --> 1:22:00.080 get everyone a little bit relaxed, and you know, we 1:22:00.600 --> 1:22:02.000 talk about this cloud storage thing. 1:22:02.080 --> 1:22:04.760 Rick all right, say thanks for your time. I really 1:22:04.800 --> 1:22:05.400 appreciate it. 1:22:05.520 --> 1:22:07.000 Thanks for the question. Appreciate it. 1:22:07.439 --> 1:22:10.320 Just one more example of the fact that none of 1:22:10.400 --> 1:22:12.200 us are organized when it comes to our photos. I 1:22:12.400 --> 1:22:14.360 will tell you this, at the end of the day, 1:22:15.080 --> 1:22:18.240 sit down and go through your photo role. Just take 1:22:18.280 --> 1:22:20.880 ten minutes a day, because that is the best way 1:22:20.920 --> 1:22:22.639 I found to get rid of a lot of the clutter, 1:22:22.680 --> 1:22:24.320 a lot of the things you do during the day, 1:22:24.640 --> 1:22:27.160 you don't necessarily need it long term eight eight eight 1:22:27.520 --> 1:22:30.120 Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 1:22:30.160 --> 1:22:33.400 two Poor one zero one. This is rich on Tech. 1:22:35.160 --> 1:22:37.679 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:22:37.720 --> 1:22:42.320 out with you, talking technology. You can find me online 1:22:42.400 --> 1:22:46.560 at richon Tech dot tv. Coming up this hour, YouTuber 1:22:46.800 --> 1:22:51.040 Jimmy is Promo is going to talk about the Samsung 1:22:51.080 --> 1:22:53.719 Galaxy S twenty five and give some tips and tricks 1:22:53.800 --> 1:22:57.160 if you have a Samsung device, and we'll get to 1:22:57.200 --> 1:22:59.240 the phone lines in just a moment. But first couple 1:22:59.240 --> 1:23:04.280 of items of no true caller. This app finally, finally, 1:23:04.360 --> 1:23:08.760 finally brings real time caller ID to the iPhone and 1:23:08.800 --> 1:23:11.840 I got my first call yesterday where I identified it 1:23:12.360 --> 1:23:16.639 using this app. So iPhone for many many years has 1:23:16.680 --> 1:23:19.840 had spam blockers and some level of caller ID, but 1:23:19.920 --> 1:23:22.639 this is the first time that apps can take advantage 1:23:22.680 --> 1:23:25.080 of a new feature in the latest version of the 1:23:25.120 --> 1:23:29.679 iOS software eighteen I think eighteen point three or eighteen 1:23:29.720 --> 1:23:33.280 point two rather and basically you can now see real 1:23:33.280 --> 1:23:35.439 time caller ID for the first time. I'm not going 1:23:35.520 --> 1:23:37.519 to get into it, but it used to be that 1:23:37.600 --> 1:23:40.240 apps like True Caller were limited to like a small 1:23:40.479 --> 1:23:43.280 database of phone numbers they stored on your phone, but 1:23:43.479 --> 1:23:46.960 now it can actually look up using what's called live 1:23:47.040 --> 1:23:50.960 caller ID when someone actually calls. So this is a 1:23:51.080 --> 1:23:54.120 paid subscriber situation, so you do have to pay either 1:23:54.200 --> 1:23:56.320 ten dollars a month or seventy five dollars for the year. 1:23:56.680 --> 1:23:59.160 But if you've been looking for a solution on the 1:23:59.200 --> 1:24:04.000 iPhone for actual caller ID and also spam blocking that 1:24:04.560 --> 1:24:09.040 actually works, this might be the solution. And again, yesterday 1:24:09.040 --> 1:24:11.920 I got my first call where the caller phone number 1:24:11.960 --> 1:24:13.280 came up with the name and I was like, oh, 1:24:13.360 --> 1:24:16.840 there it is. Wow, it works. So True Caller is 1:24:16.880 --> 1:24:18.880 the app. They do have a level of free service, 1:24:18.920 --> 1:24:22.040 but if you want this new premium real time caller ID, 1:24:22.320 --> 1:24:26.120 you gotta get the paid Let's see what else here? 1:24:26.760 --> 1:24:30.519 Oh this app I love. It's called Rosebud. This is 1:24:30.560 --> 1:24:34.559 a journaling app and it uses AI. And I'm not 1:24:34.640 --> 1:24:38.240 kidding you know, I'm not a huge journaling guy, but 1:24:38.640 --> 1:24:42.080 this has made me journal because I love it. It's 1:24:42.120 --> 1:24:46.519 so it's called Rosebud and basically you put an entry 1:24:46.560 --> 1:24:49.320 into the app and then the app uses AI to 1:24:49.400 --> 1:24:52.040 kind of read what you wrote and gives you either 1:24:52.120 --> 1:24:55.519 questions back or insights on what you wrote. So if 1:24:55.560 --> 1:24:57.439 you're having like a rough day at work, you write 1:24:57.439 --> 1:24:59.880 in I keep having problems with gym at work. You know, 1:25:00.160 --> 1:25:02.880 just it's on my case every day about this. It 1:25:02.920 --> 1:25:07.439 will basically identify like how you think, patterns, and it 1:25:07.600 --> 1:25:11.400 just learns about you over time. I mean, it's really good. 1:25:11.640 --> 1:25:13.839 I don't want to call this therapy, but it feels 1:25:13.960 --> 1:25:16.960 almost like a mix of like therapy and life coaching 1:25:17.120 --> 1:25:21.240 all in one. And it's again, I can't tell you 1:25:21.320 --> 1:25:24.800 how good this is now. I know it seems a 1:25:24.800 --> 1:25:27.320 little scary to have AI kind of like reading what 1:25:27.320 --> 1:25:30.519 you're writing. But the guys who made this app, they 1:25:30.520 --> 1:25:33.679 tell me everything is private, everything's encrypted, nobody's reading your stuff. 1:25:34.240 --> 1:25:37.360 But I love this app. You type something in, like 1:25:37.400 --> 1:25:39.120 the other day, I had a little thing at work 1:25:39.160 --> 1:25:41.320 and I was like, oh, let me type this into Rosebud. 1:25:41.840 --> 1:25:44.200 And the insights that it gives you about your life 1:25:44.320 --> 1:25:48.160 are just like wow, it figures out, like it'll say, Rich, 1:25:48.280 --> 1:25:51.080 here's how you think. Here's the pattern we notice over 1:25:51.120 --> 1:25:53.160 and over. Here's what we notice you do over and over. 1:25:53.280 --> 1:25:55.600 You say, over and over or how you react to 1:25:55.680 --> 1:25:59.439 this situation over and over and it's really spot on. 1:26:00.280 --> 1:26:03.919 So if you're looking for more like self awareness, self reflection, 1:26:04.479 --> 1:26:06.040 maybe you just want to start a journal in the 1:26:06.040 --> 1:26:07.360 new year, I would. 1:26:07.200 --> 1:26:09.360 Check out this app. It's really really cool. 1:26:10.040 --> 1:26:17.719 The website rosebud Dot app rosebud Dot app. It's available 1:26:17.720 --> 1:26:20.720 for iPhone and Android, and I think, you know, if 1:26:20.720 --> 1:26:22.920 you're looking to improve your mental health, you want that 1:26:23.000 --> 1:26:24.840 kind of Like I told my wife the other day, 1:26:24.880 --> 1:26:25.960 she was stressed out about something. 1:26:26.000 --> 1:26:27.280 I said, did you journal about it? 1:26:28.200 --> 1:26:30.599 Now that I'm mister journal And she, by the way, 1:26:30.640 --> 1:26:33.519 is into like counseling and all that stuff, so she's like, no, 1:26:33.600 --> 1:26:35.720 I haven't. I'm like, all right, well try that. And 1:26:35.760 --> 1:26:39.040 I'm telling it just feels better to like write something 1:26:39.080 --> 1:26:41.920 out and just get it out of your head and 1:26:42.000 --> 1:26:45.519 onto somewhere else and then to get that. It gives 1:26:45.560 --> 1:26:47.439 you a weekly report of like all the stuff that 1:26:47.439 --> 1:26:49.800 happened and even figures out your mood. It'll give you 1:26:49.800 --> 1:26:52.200 like a weekly like here was your mood during the 1:26:52.200 --> 1:26:54.360 week based on how you wrote. So I really really 1:26:54.400 --> 1:26:57.479 like this app rosebud And yes it's freemium, so there 1:26:57.560 --> 1:26:59.800 is a free level of things you can do on it, 1:26:59.840 --> 1:27:03.639 and of course a paid level. Kathy and Pittsburgh, welcome 1:27:03.680 --> 1:27:04.200 to the show. 1:27:04.640 --> 1:27:07.760 Hi. I'll warn you your listeners are going to be 1:27:07.800 --> 1:27:09.240 bored and they're going to be laughing. 1:27:09.680 --> 1:27:12.080 Okay, well are they listening to just me? Or is 1:27:12.080 --> 1:27:13.400 that including what you're going to say? 1:27:13.439 --> 1:27:15.640 No, that's what I'm going to say. First time. I 1:27:15.720 --> 1:27:17.880 just heard you today, So thank you for taking my call. 1:27:19.120 --> 1:27:23.000 Almost eighty years old, and I have been using Windows 1:27:23.040 --> 1:27:25.639 eighty one on a desktop forever. 1:27:26.040 --> 1:27:26.479 I love it. 1:27:27.479 --> 1:27:31.320 But all of a sudden, I'm just getting delused with 1:27:31.520 --> 1:27:36.160 must upgrade, you know, in order to access So I said, okay, 1:27:36.760 --> 1:27:41.719 kicking and screaming. I'm trying to figure out what to get, 1:27:41.760 --> 1:27:43.880 and I have to hardware everything in my house. But 1:27:44.240 --> 1:27:47.840 here's two considerations. I recently was away from home for 1:27:47.840 --> 1:27:49.959 a couple of weeks and had go to the library 1:27:50.000 --> 1:27:51.720 to be able to access my emails, and such a 1:27:51.800 --> 1:27:55.400 nice discuss to stop. So I'm looking for something that's portable, 1:27:56.200 --> 1:28:00.280 and I don't know whether to go for a app 1:28:00.280 --> 1:28:05.599 top tablet or what now. And I will mention because 1:28:05.600 --> 1:28:08.599 I'm Wi Fi sensitive, I limit my use on my 1:28:08.680 --> 1:28:12.320 cell phone. But I can put some protection and some 1:28:12.439 --> 1:28:13.400 grounding to use. 1:28:13.320 --> 1:28:16.360 A laptop or right, you can use a connection like 1:28:16.520 --> 1:28:16.840 a wire. 1:28:16.880 --> 1:28:18.599 I've got less than a minute, so I've got to Okay, 1:28:18.640 --> 1:28:20.519 so here's my question for you, Kathy. 1:28:20.920 --> 1:28:23.080 But what could you recommend for an old person that 1:28:23.160 --> 1:28:26.280 doesn't really use their computer for much but emails than routes. 1:28:26.400 --> 1:28:27.599 Okay, that's what I was going to ask you. 1:28:27.640 --> 1:28:29.479 Do you want to accomplish work on this or you 1:28:29.560 --> 1:28:31.000 just want to mostly consume? 1:28:31.439 --> 1:28:31.559 No? 1:28:32.200 --> 1:28:34.360 Okay, then I would say just get an iPad and 1:28:34.400 --> 1:28:37.000 you can get you can get an adapter for Ethernet. 1:28:37.080 --> 1:28:38.599 So if you want to, you know, a long cable 1:28:38.640 --> 1:28:41.040 from your you know, your router, just connect it to 1:28:41.040 --> 1:28:42.720 the bottom of the iPad. But that's the best thing 1:28:42.760 --> 1:28:43.800 to get, because. 1:28:43.800 --> 1:28:45.599 Do you have something other than an Apple product? 1:28:45.800 --> 1:28:48.519 Oh yeah, go with the Samsung. Go with the Samsung 1:28:48.960 --> 1:28:52.960 Tab S nine is their latest tablet. I would just 1:28:52.960 --> 1:28:55.840 go with that. But you know, I will tell you 1:28:55.880 --> 1:28:58.599 the apps are going to be way better on the iPad. 1:28:58.640 --> 1:29:01.599 That's just the bottom line, because the iPad has the 1:29:01.600 --> 1:29:03.240 most support for mobile apps. 1:29:03.280 --> 1:29:04.320 So but the. 1:29:04.320 --> 1:29:06.240 Tab, you know, the tab best nine will be great. 1:29:06.280 --> 1:29:08.320 I think that it's gonna be a little bit more expensive, 1:29:08.760 --> 1:29:10.920 but you know, it's gonna have a nice big screen. 1:29:10.960 --> 1:29:12.840 It's gonna have all the Android apps, and you'll be 1:29:12.880 --> 1:29:14.599 able to do all the stuff you want to do. 1:29:15.080 --> 1:29:16.840 And then just get a little connector for the bottom 1:29:16.880 --> 1:29:19.720 of the USB c to Ethernet to plug in your 1:29:19.760 --> 1:29:22.600 Ethernet cable. Coming up, we're gonna talk to Jimmy is 1:29:22.680 --> 1:29:26.880 Promo about Samsung right here on rich On tech Rich. 1:29:27.120 --> 1:29:30.400 Welcome back to rich On tech Rich. DeMuro here hanging 1:29:30.439 --> 1:29:35.760 out with you talking technology. What a show it's been. 1:29:36.240 --> 1:29:38.759 First show in New York City. You know, don't forget 1:29:38.760 --> 1:29:40.800 we're on other places and we're not going anywhere in LA. 1:29:40.880 --> 1:29:42.680 We are staying put in LA as well. I know 1:29:42.680 --> 1:29:44.760 I've gotten a lot of emails people saying, Rich, what 1:29:44.760 --> 1:29:47.879 are you doing? No, No, we're We're now on both coasts. 1:29:48.280 --> 1:29:52.400 What do they say? Both coasts best coast right? No, No, 1:29:52.439 --> 1:29:53.080 one says that. 1:29:55.400 --> 1:29:59.320 I've got a great guest here, YouTuber Jimmy is Promo, 1:30:00.360 --> 1:30:04.919 always sharing tips and tricks and all things Samsung on YouTube. 1:30:05.400 --> 1:30:06.559 Jimmy, welcome to the show. 1:30:07.200 --> 1:30:09.479 Hey, thanks for having me, man, I appreciate it. 1:30:09.560 --> 1:30:12.400 So Jimmy and I see each other once or twice 1:30:12.400 --> 1:30:16.400 a year at the tech events, and he every time, 1:30:16.439 --> 1:30:18.280 I'm just like, hey, can you wait, you could do 1:30:18.320 --> 1:30:20.000 that on your phone. Wait what He's like, don't you 1:30:20.040 --> 1:30:22.600 watch the channel? I'm like yes, But every time I 1:30:22.600 --> 1:30:26.000 always pick up something new. So first off, I guess, 1:30:26.520 --> 1:30:29.839 how did you get into like doing Samsung tips and tricks? 1:30:30.680 --> 1:30:31.000 Yeah? 1:30:31.040 --> 1:30:34.640 So it first originated quite a while ago. Was back 1:30:34.680 --> 1:30:39.160 in twenty twelve. I was curious about, you know, what 1:30:39.280 --> 1:30:41.479 is it like to upload a video? I was actually 1:30:41.560 --> 1:30:44.479 in an AT and T store back then doing some 1:30:44.640 --> 1:30:48.400 marketing and some promotions for what was brand new back 1:30:48.400 --> 1:30:51.479 then was the original Note one Oh Wow, And so 1:30:51.600 --> 1:30:53.120 I was showing off some of the tips on the 1:30:53.120 --> 1:30:55.080 tricks and they're like, hey, take the phone home with you, 1:30:55.120 --> 1:30:58.360 get used to it, play around with it, you know, 1:30:59.400 --> 1:31:01.559 master that you're showing off, and I was like cool. 1:31:01.680 --> 1:31:03.800 So I got home and pretty much at that time, 1:31:03.840 --> 1:31:06.120 I was like, let's shoot a video. So I just 1:31:06.120 --> 1:31:09.479 wanted to shoot something, and it was the same spiel 1:31:09.520 --> 1:31:11.280 that I was doing in the stores, just showing off 1:31:11.280 --> 1:31:13.839 all the brand new tips and tricks and the new features, 1:31:14.360 --> 1:31:17.519 and basically I was curious of Okay, could I get 1:31:17.560 --> 1:31:20.840 some views and where can it go? And so pretty 1:31:20.880 --> 1:31:24.040 much it was mostly just based off of curiosity. So 1:31:24.080 --> 1:31:26.920 I uploaded the first video. It actually did pretty well, 1:31:26.960 --> 1:31:29.080 almost better than some of my videos today, but it 1:31:29.160 --> 1:31:31.680 was I think that one got like a little over 1:31:31.720 --> 1:31:33.960 three hundred and forty three hundred and fifty thousand views 1:31:34.000 --> 1:31:39.639 pretty quick because there wasn't as many tech specific phone 1:31:39.720 --> 1:31:44.040 related channels out there. Yeah, and so yeah, that's basically 1:31:44.040 --> 1:31:46.320 how it started. So it came from the world of 1:31:46.360 --> 1:31:49.640 marketing promotions showing customers how to use their phone, and 1:31:49.640 --> 1:31:53.120 then it kind of moved into just doing it more 1:31:53.160 --> 1:31:54.680 and more and more on YouTube. And then after I 1:31:54.720 --> 1:31:56.320 figured out that it's actually a thing that I just 1:31:56.400 --> 1:32:01.120 kept uploading. And then the name Jimmy is pro came 1:32:01.160 --> 1:32:05.040 from the email that I created back way back in 1:32:05.040 --> 1:32:09.240 the day doing promotional work tours promotions, and I was like, 1:32:09.280 --> 1:32:12.479 I have to have an easy email that they would 1:32:12.840 --> 1:32:14.960 go with and maybe something that's more professional than some 1:32:15.000 --> 1:32:17.519 of the older emails that we had, and so Jimmy 1:32:17.640 --> 1:32:20.880 is Promo just kind of stayed and that's just kind 1:32:20.880 --> 1:32:23.360 of how I got that work. And then that's how 1:32:23.920 --> 1:32:26.519 YouTube kept the name of Jimmy as promo. The only 1:32:26.600 --> 1:32:29.479 change I did was put in the spaces between Jimmy 1:32:29.640 --> 1:32:30.520 is promo. 1:32:30.400 --> 1:32:32.439 And as they say, the rest is history. So now, 1:32:32.439 --> 1:32:34.519 of course you have a channel on YouTube and you 1:32:34.560 --> 1:32:37.439 know very successful. What do you think about the new 1:32:37.960 --> 1:32:40.439 S twenty five series. I've been loving it. I think 1:32:40.439 --> 1:32:41.519 it is the best phone. 1:32:41.600 --> 1:32:41.760 Now. 1:32:41.800 --> 1:32:43.640 I know you may have a different opinion because you 1:32:43.680 --> 1:32:46.600 know the micro SD cards and the Bluetooth on the 1:32:46.680 --> 1:32:49.519 you know, no Bluetooth on the stylist, But like, I 1:32:49.560 --> 1:32:52.439 think this is overall the best Samsung phone I've ever used. 1:32:53.200 --> 1:32:56.160 I mean, I'd say it's the best well rounded phone 1:32:56.240 --> 1:32:59.080 I think. I'm and I guess pun intended with the corners. 1:32:59.120 --> 1:33:01.080 I mean, I love the flag that you know, with 1:33:01.120 --> 1:33:04.600 the S twenty four it was a rectangular device and 1:33:04.640 --> 1:33:06.360 if you use it without a case, it was just 1:33:06.520 --> 1:33:09.040 in your palm. Yeah, and so this is a comfortable 1:33:09.080 --> 1:33:12.200 phone to hold, a comfortable phone to use. So with 1:33:12.240 --> 1:33:15.640 the rounded corners you have a little bit better performance 1:33:15.800 --> 1:33:17.880 than even the S twenty four Ultra. I mean, I 1:33:17.880 --> 1:33:20.360 can tell the difference between the camera as well as 1:33:20.360 --> 1:33:22.880 the sound, Like I feel like it sounds much better 1:33:22.920 --> 1:33:26.160 than the S twenty four and then also Samsung one 1:33:26.280 --> 1:33:29.400 UY seven Yeah, which is basically the skin that Samsung 1:33:29.520 --> 1:33:32.680 uses on top of Android. It just it gives you 1:33:32.680 --> 1:33:34.719 a really good experience, a whole bunch of really fun, 1:33:34.920 --> 1:33:42.519 you know, packed features, and yeah, so far, it's definitely 1:33:42.520 --> 1:33:44.000 one that I could tell the difference between the S 1:33:44.040 --> 1:33:46.679 twenty four and for anybody who was holding onto any 1:33:46.720 --> 1:33:48.880 phone of like the S twenty, the S twenty one, 1:33:48.920 --> 1:33:51.400 the S twenty two, the S twenty three, they'll see 1:33:51.439 --> 1:33:53.720 a huge difference for upgrades. 1:33:54.720 --> 1:33:56.480 If you're maybe. 1:33:56.080 --> 1:33:58.760 Moving or thinking of moving from the S twenty four 1:33:58.840 --> 1:34:01.839 series to the S twenty five series, those are mostly 1:34:01.920 --> 1:34:04.439 those who love the latest and greatest, who wants the 1:34:04.479 --> 1:34:07.960 highest trade and value for the most recent phone. But yeah, 1:34:07.960 --> 1:34:09.720 anybody that moves into it, I think is going to have, 1:34:10.240 --> 1:34:11.960 you know, a really good experience with the device. 1:34:12.200 --> 1:34:14.000 I'd say, even if you have the S twenty four 1:34:14.080 --> 1:34:17.120 and you're thinking of it, go for it, because I 1:34:17.520 --> 1:34:20.680 just think that just the design alone on the S 1:34:20.760 --> 1:34:23.320 twenty five Ultra compared to the twenty four is like 1:34:23.920 --> 1:34:26.640 it just feels perfect in your hand, like compared to 1:34:26.640 --> 1:34:28.960 the old one, which was fine, but it wasn't as 1:34:29.000 --> 1:34:31.599 easy to hold and manipulate as this one. 1:34:31.680 --> 1:34:34.320 So yeah, that's my thing. Who's going. 1:34:34.320 --> 1:34:35.600 I mean, you get a little bit better of a 1:34:35.640 --> 1:34:38.639 camera set up like the Ultra wise a little bit better. Yeah, 1:34:38.680 --> 1:34:41.439 and then even even the power efficiency is better, so you. 1:34:41.680 --> 1:34:45.080 Thel the cooling is way improved because it's like the 1:34:45.160 --> 1:34:47.679 vape what I mean. I know this is nerdy and techy, 1:34:47.760 --> 1:34:50.160 but like that vapor chamber, it's like bigger, so it 1:34:50.240 --> 1:34:52.920 keeps the phone cooler. Like I'm not kidding, Jimmy, I 1:34:53.000 --> 1:34:56.840 was using the pixel of was the pixel fold. The 1:34:56.880 --> 1:34:59.599 heat that that thing puts out compared to the Samsung 1:34:59.640 --> 1:35:02.960 that does not heat up at all, is just it's 1:35:03.000 --> 1:35:03.960 just night and day. 1:35:04.439 --> 1:35:06.840 Yeah, I believe the vapor chamber, if I remember right, 1:35:06.840 --> 1:35:09.479 they said it was forty percent larger in the S 1:35:09.560 --> 1:35:11.920 twenty five Ultra versus the S twenty four Ultra. 1:35:12.280 --> 1:35:14.759 So that means that your phone when it's being used, 1:35:14.760 --> 1:35:16.599 if you're playing games or just using it a lot, 1:35:16.680 --> 1:35:19.240 or even charging it, it's just not going to get 1:35:19.400 --> 1:35:22.120 hot compared to the older model. And it to me, 1:35:22.280 --> 1:35:24.439 I've never even felt this phone warm. I know it's 1:35:24.479 --> 1:35:28.799 not the summer right now, but it's still pretty pretty good. Okay, 1:35:29.280 --> 1:35:32.280 So I wanted you to touch upon one thing before 1:35:32.320 --> 1:35:33.760 we get to some of your tips and tricks. But 1:35:33.880 --> 1:35:37.120 easy Mode this is a really this is like a 1:35:37.200 --> 1:35:39.800 nice hidden gem on the Samsung side of things. Can 1:35:39.800 --> 1:35:40.720 you explain what that is? 1:35:41.680 --> 1:35:44.679 Yeah, so easy Mode it's actually even easy to find. 1:35:45.479 --> 1:35:49.600 So it just changes your display so you still have 1:35:49.640 --> 1:35:52.559 a very powerful phone. But when you go inside your 1:35:52.640 --> 1:35:56.200 display settings, you have an option for easy Mode. And 1:35:56.320 --> 1:35:59.040 what it does is it makes it easier to use. 1:35:59.400 --> 1:36:02.479 It is limiting basically what is shown on the screen. 1:36:03.160 --> 1:36:06.760 It also has larger print. It only comes with three 1:36:06.840 --> 1:36:10.120 home screens initially, so on the left hand side, if 1:36:10.120 --> 1:36:12.360 you swipe to the left, that is where you're gonna 1:36:12.360 --> 1:36:14.519 have all of your quick contacts. So like you have 1:36:15.000 --> 1:36:16.880 I believe it's nine or twelve. I think it could 1:36:16.880 --> 1:36:19.920 be nine contacts and you tap on them so in 1:36:19.920 --> 1:36:21.879 this way you can either call them or text them. 1:36:22.240 --> 1:36:23.880 Then you have your main home screen that you can 1:36:23.920 --> 1:36:26.160 move your applications wherever you want them to go. You 1:36:26.160 --> 1:36:29.240 have your camera, the Internet, and then your next screen 1:36:29.360 --> 1:36:31.960 is just whatever you want there, like if you want 1:36:32.000 --> 1:36:34.479 a couple of widgets, you know, on the right so 1:36:34.520 --> 1:36:39.160 pretty much, it's like if you don't need all the 1:36:39.160 --> 1:36:42.360 bells and whistles, but you still want it, you can 1:36:42.400 --> 1:36:43.599 basically tone it down. 1:36:43.640 --> 1:36:45.000 And that's really what easy mode does. 1:36:45.439 --> 1:36:47.760 Yeah, it just makes the phone like just simpler. I mean, 1:36:47.960 --> 1:36:50.960 look in general, like you if it's like someone that's 1:36:50.960 --> 1:36:53.479 a little bit more elderly or a senior that you 1:36:53.479 --> 1:36:56.160 know may not want everything or just want something simple, 1:36:56.640 --> 1:36:58.439 or even the fact that I was looking at it 1:36:58.439 --> 1:37:01.320 and it says it increases the touch and hold delay, 1:37:01.680 --> 1:37:04.000 so that means that like you know, some people like 1:37:04.040 --> 1:37:06.360 they may hold things or touch their screen longer and 1:37:06.400 --> 1:37:08.160 like now they're like, oh, something just happened. I don't 1:37:08.160 --> 1:37:10.840 know why I didn't do anything. Well, that's because you're 1:37:10.840 --> 1:37:13.759 touching stuff randomly and it's activating stuff. So this actually 1:37:14.120 --> 1:37:17.479 makes that delay longer so that you're not like triggering 1:37:17.560 --> 1:37:19.519 random stuff all the time, which I know you know 1:37:19.600 --> 1:37:23.320 is a common problem. So any tip you want to 1:37:23.320 --> 1:37:25.439 offer for the Samsung phones, anything that you think people 1:37:25.439 --> 1:37:28.080 should look into if they have one of these things. 1:37:29.080 --> 1:37:32.640 I mean, first off, when it comes down to you know, 1:37:32.720 --> 1:37:35.759 let's say like the camera. Pretty much for the camera, 1:37:36.439 --> 1:37:40.479 you're able to play with your Galaxy Log if you 1:37:40.520 --> 1:37:44.160 want to create like a really nice video shot where 1:37:44.160 --> 1:37:48.440 you're able to notice if you're shooting something that's overexposed, 1:37:48.680 --> 1:37:51.040 so you'll have like just a really clean shot, so 1:37:52.320 --> 1:37:54.840 you'll be able to play with the Galaxy Log a 1:37:54.840 --> 1:37:56.840 couple of things too, Like one of the newer ones, 1:37:56.880 --> 1:38:00.439 it's features called now bar, And if you're into sports, 1:38:00.520 --> 1:38:04.720 if it's NBA or baseball, basketball, football, doesn't matter what 1:38:04.760 --> 1:38:07.640 it is. They actually have a new now bar that 1:38:07.720 --> 1:38:11.880 is called Live Sports and pretty much it's associated with 1:38:11.920 --> 1:38:14.320 your Google and it's actually very easy to set up. 1:38:14.680 --> 1:38:18.439 I've actually shown videos showing off like the best tips 1:38:18.439 --> 1:38:20.960 in the tricks, some of the hidden features, some of 1:38:21.000 --> 1:38:23.960 the settings can change immediately, you know, on my channel. 1:38:25.280 --> 1:38:27.080 And also if you create, you know, some of the 1:38:27.080 --> 1:38:29.600 simple stuff. If you create something on your calendar and 1:38:29.640 --> 1:38:31.920 you notice it's on the wrong day, you can do 1:38:31.960 --> 1:38:35.080 a simple drag and drop rather than editing, so you 1:38:35.120 --> 1:38:36.800 can just drag it and drop it to the correct 1:38:36.880 --> 1:38:39.080 date and then that's all you would have to do. 1:38:39.400 --> 1:38:41.880 And then you can, if you want, fully customize your 1:38:41.880 --> 1:38:43.360 lock screen and your home screen. 1:38:44.520 --> 1:38:46.519 Yeah, I mean that's I think that's the biggest I mean, 1:38:46.520 --> 1:38:48.240 I guess I should ask you this, why do you 1:38:48.360 --> 1:38:50.880 like Samsung and Android over iOS? 1:38:51.560 --> 1:38:51.760 Yeah? 1:38:51.800 --> 1:38:54.320 So, I mean one of the reasons would be a 1:38:54.320 --> 1:38:56.519 lot of the customizations. I mean, there's just so much 1:38:56.520 --> 1:38:59.759 you can do with it. And actually, yesterday I played 1:38:59.800 --> 1:39:05.439 with the new and upcoming Samsung Home Up application. It's 1:39:05.439 --> 1:39:09.080 where you can fully free form set up your entire 1:39:09.160 --> 1:39:13.800 home screen however you want. You can diagnoalize anything, make 1:39:13.840 --> 1:39:15.040 any application bigger. 1:39:16.080 --> 1:39:16.799 You can also. 1:39:18.160 --> 1:39:21.160 Change your animation, so some people love the animations of 1:39:21.200 --> 1:39:24.599 Samsung phones. You can actually completely change how the animation looks, 1:39:24.680 --> 1:39:27.280 how it bounces, how fast or how slow it goes. 1:39:27.320 --> 1:39:29.640 So I'd say the number one would be a customization. 1:39:30.080 --> 1:39:32.640 Other than that, I mean, Samsung is you know, if 1:39:32.640 --> 1:39:35.519 you're looked in that security reasons, Samsung is just as 1:39:35.640 --> 1:39:38.559 you know, just as or more secure than Apple, Especially 1:39:38.560 --> 1:39:38.760 when it. 1:39:38.760 --> 1:39:40.000 Comes down to Samsung Knox. 1:39:41.120 --> 1:39:43.960 I think personally, just because my home has so many 1:39:44.000 --> 1:39:47.920 Samsung products that I feel they have a bigger ecosystem 1:39:47.920 --> 1:39:49.599 because not only do they have you know, Samsung has 1:39:49.640 --> 1:39:52.800 the phones, the watches, the tabs, the earbuds, they have 1:39:52.960 --> 1:39:57.320 the TVs, the washers, the dryers, the refrigerators, the robot vacuums, everything, 1:39:57.360 --> 1:40:01.879 so you can just connect everything together. And then lastly, 1:40:01.920 --> 1:40:05.360 I'll say the camera. So I know that I have 1:40:05.360 --> 1:40:09.360 a few friends that have Apple iPhone devices and if 1:40:09.360 --> 1:40:11.599 I'm with them, they'll say, hey, Jimmy, just take the photo. 1:40:12.200 --> 1:40:14.599 And it's sometimes just because they know that I can 1:40:14.840 --> 1:40:17.320 sometimes create a better shot. 1:40:17.200 --> 1:40:17.960 Than what they can. 1:40:18.040 --> 1:40:19.559 So I don't know if it's a big main thing 1:40:19.600 --> 1:40:21.960 out there, but in my world out here, some of 1:40:22.000 --> 1:40:24.679 my iPhone friends asked me to take the photos. Which 1:40:24.760 --> 1:40:29.920 is funny because within Samsung phones and Apple phones, they 1:40:29.960 --> 1:40:34.520 both use sensors that are coming from either Sony or Samsung. 1:40:35.320 --> 1:40:37.520 It just kind of depends on some of the processing 1:40:37.640 --> 1:40:41.720 after the fact. Interesting, So I love the camera and 1:40:41.760 --> 1:40:45.800 the security and the ecosystem and the customizable you know, customizability. 1:40:46.000 --> 1:40:47.760 Yeah, that's really what it comes down to. I mean, 1:40:47.800 --> 1:40:50.160 obviously it's a personal preference, and you know there's always 1:40:50.439 --> 1:40:52.040 till the end of the world there will be a 1:40:52.040 --> 1:40:53.519 debate of iPhone versus Android. 1:40:53.560 --> 1:40:57.040 But that's what makes this stuff fun. Jimmy is promo 1:40:57.600 --> 1:41:00.559 search them up on YouTube, subscribe to his chance if 1:41:00.560 --> 1:41:03.400 you want to take your Samsung to the next level. 1:41:03.800 --> 1:41:05.960 I mean, this stuff, it's just like you sit there 1:41:06.000 --> 1:41:08.439 in like every little setting that you go through, every 1:41:08.479 --> 1:41:12.360 little customization feature, it's all there and you do a 1:41:12.400 --> 1:41:12.840 great job. 1:41:12.920 --> 1:41:15.640 Jimmy, thanks for joining me today. Thank you man, I 1:41:15.920 --> 1:41:16.479 appreciate it. 1:41:16.560 --> 1:41:18.479 Thank you so much for having me on the show 1:41:18.520 --> 1:41:19.920 and taking up some of your time. 1:41:20.080 --> 1:41:21.479 Absolutely all right. 1:41:21.520 --> 1:41:23.480 Coming up next, we're going to open up the feedback, 1:41:24.160 --> 1:41:26.439 get into some of the emails this week, and I'll 1:41:26.439 --> 1:41:28.559 tell you about the web browser that wants you to 1:41:28.600 --> 1:41:32.519 take a break from the Internet. This is rich on Tech. 1:41:33.120 --> 1:41:35.760 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:41:35.760 --> 1:41:41.280 out with you, talking technology. You know, I didn't think 1:41:41.320 --> 1:41:43.519 that I would like a new web browser, but I 1:41:43.520 --> 1:41:46.280 got to tell you this Opera Air. It's a brand 1:41:46.280 --> 1:41:50.880 new web browser that I'm kind of loving. And it's 1:41:50.920 --> 1:41:54.400 called Opera Air. It's made by Opera company out of 1:41:55.080 --> 1:41:59.080 I think they're Scandinavian, and you know, Opera's been around forever. 1:41:59.120 --> 1:42:02.400 But this new web browser is all about mindfulness and 1:42:02.439 --> 1:42:05.400 well being. So a couple features that are really neat. 1:42:05.520 --> 1:42:08.280 Not only does this web browser look really cool, it's 1:42:08.280 --> 1:42:10.439 like very like nice like kind of a almost like 1:42:10.479 --> 1:42:12.000 a I don't know if I want to say a 1:42:12.040 --> 1:42:14.479 green design, but it just looks like very modern and 1:42:14.560 --> 1:42:18.280 like fresh. But it's got two special modes take a 1:42:18.320 --> 1:42:21.519 break mode, so it's got it reminds you to take 1:42:21.520 --> 1:42:23.160 a break, so if you've been on the internet for 1:42:23.160 --> 1:42:25.200 too long, it'll say, hey, take a break, and then 1:42:25.200 --> 1:42:28.599 you can do these breathing exercises, meditation and body scans. 1:42:29.080 --> 1:42:33.439 Then it's got this Boosts feature, which features binaural beats 1:42:34.000 --> 1:42:37.040 to enhance relaxation, focus, and creativity. So they've got a 1:42:37.080 --> 1:42:42.839 creativity boost and energized focus, deep relaxation, mental clarity, analytical thinking, 1:42:43.479 --> 1:42:47.720 and peak concentration. Now I use the I wrote my newsletter, which, 1:42:47.760 --> 1:42:49.559 by the way, you can subscribe to Rich on tech 1:42:49.600 --> 1:42:52.599 dot tv. Sign up there for free. But I use 1:42:52.680 --> 1:42:56.200 the energized focus yesterday while I wrote my newsletter. I'm 1:42:56.240 --> 1:42:59.559 not kidding, it might be my best newsletter yet. Now 1:42:59.560 --> 1:43:04.200 they go into these things. Theta six hurts, Alpha twelve hurts. 1:43:04.200 --> 1:43:06.679 I don't know what that means, but it's like something 1:43:06.680 --> 1:43:09.880 in the beat, the vibration. I don't know, but it's 1:43:09.920 --> 1:43:11.479 just these are great and they're built in. It's like 1:43:11.479 --> 1:43:16.200 background music. Then it also has CHATCHYBT in the sidebar, 1:43:16.320 --> 1:43:18.599 so you can surf and got CHATCHYBT to your left. 1:43:19.000 --> 1:43:22.040 It blocks ads and trackers in the settings. It's not 1:43:22.080 --> 1:43:24.360 on by default, but you can toggle it on and 1:43:24.400 --> 1:43:27.760 you can even get Chrome extensions. So I'm like, I'm 1:43:27.880 --> 1:43:30.160 almost ready to switch to this web browser to try 1:43:30.200 --> 1:43:31.559 it out because I'm trying to figure out what the 1:43:31.560 --> 1:43:34.600 downside is. Oh, there's also a VPN built in, so 1:43:35.400 --> 1:43:37.720 again it's called Opera Air. It's brand new. It's all 1:43:37.720 --> 1:43:38.640 about mindfulness. 1:43:38.760 --> 1:43:39.040 I don't know. 1:43:39.040 --> 1:43:41.640 I would check it out. It's pretty nice, all right, 1:43:41.720 --> 1:43:45.240 Let's open up the feedbag. This is a feedback plus 1:43:45.280 --> 1:43:48.639 the mail bag mixed into one. These emails, the comments 1:43:48.640 --> 1:43:50.400 and the questions I've gotten from you. If you want 1:43:50.400 --> 1:43:52.479 to submit yours, go to Rich on tech dot tv 1:43:52.920 --> 1:43:56.840 hit contact. Jeff writes in about the language issues we 1:43:56.920 --> 1:43:59.559 had with our earlier caller. He said, if you're having 1:43:59.600 --> 1:44:03.880 trouble with the language on Windows, try pressing Windows key 1:44:03.920 --> 1:44:07.439 plus space to quickly switch between languages. You said the 1:44:07.439 --> 1:44:09.640 shortcut works if you have multiple languages installed, and of 1:44:09.720 --> 1:44:13.759 course you also said settings time in language, language and region, 1:44:14.200 --> 1:44:16.759 make sure the right language is set there hope that works. 1:44:16.840 --> 1:44:17.599 Thank you, Jeff. 1:44:18.280 --> 1:44:20.479 Jay writes in, I was listening to your podcast from 1:44:20.560 --> 1:44:23.040 last week about the Samsung Galaxy S twenty five and 1:44:23.080 --> 1:44:25.519 whether an mv and O would offer the satellite feature. 1:44:26.000 --> 1:44:28.040 I just got a Samsung S twenty five and was 1:44:28.080 --> 1:44:31.679 thinking about switching from Verizon to Visible, but Visible told 1:44:31.680 --> 1:44:33.639 me they don't offer the feature, even though the phone 1:44:33.720 --> 1:44:36.400 is capable, I'd have to stay with Verizon to use it. 1:44:36.439 --> 1:44:37.639 That is a great point. 1:44:38.640 --> 1:44:42.439 All these mv and o's that offer inexpensive coverage or 1:44:42.520 --> 1:44:46.400 inexpensive monthly service, you may not get that new satellite 1:44:46.479 --> 1:44:50.200 texting if your phone doesn't have that capability. Like with Apple, 1:44:50.320 --> 1:44:52.600 it's built in with the pixel, it's built in. What 1:44:52.760 --> 1:44:56.280 was Samsung? They are relying on the cellular carriers to 1:44:56.320 --> 1:44:58.840 offer satellite, so I haven't heard a word about these 1:44:58.920 --> 1:45:03.200 mv and os offering that great great point, Jay, let's see. 1:45:03.439 --> 1:45:06.680 Eric writes in via Facebook, Facebook dot com slash rich 1:45:06.720 --> 1:45:09.879 on tech, thanks for covering Netflix plans. The Netflix standard 1:45:09.880 --> 1:45:12.719 with ADS plan at eight bucks a month does allow 1:45:12.800 --> 1:45:15.800 downloads right now, Netflix is the only streaming service that 1:45:15.880 --> 1:45:18.560 lets users download content on an AD supported plan. I 1:45:18.640 --> 1:45:22.639 was surprised you didn't mention this. I appreciate the clarification, Eric, 1:45:22.680 --> 1:45:26.120 I did not realize that Netflix added downloads to this plan. 1:45:26.600 --> 1:45:29.639 When it first came out, it was streaming only. They 1:45:29.640 --> 1:45:33.439 did not have offline viewing, so I'm glad they changed that. 1:45:33.680 --> 1:45:36.240 And you know what, eight bucks a month? 1:45:36.280 --> 1:45:38.599 Why not? Let's see. 1:45:39.040 --> 1:45:41.320 Ferlan writes in just listening to your last show heard 1:45:41.360 --> 1:45:45.160 you mentioned Michael and Kentucky asking about the car tablet Promax. 1:45:45.320 --> 1:45:49.000 I bought the model from Amazon. Installation takes some work 1:45:49.040 --> 1:45:51.759 if to mount the review mirror. I run the audio 1:45:51.760 --> 1:45:54.200 through the auxport on my twenty twelve forward focus. I 1:45:54.240 --> 1:45:57.479 really wanted a backup camera. I love it. CarPlay works great. 1:45:57.560 --> 1:45:59.760 Then unit records constantly, which is great in case of 1:45:59.800 --> 1:46:02.400 an accident. Great for an old car that doesn't have 1:46:02.479 --> 1:46:05.960 car Player Android Otto. Okay, there you go, let's see. 1:46:06.000 --> 1:46:08.559 Robert writes in bottom Line. I'm almost seventy. I'm not 1:46:08.640 --> 1:46:11.519 tech savvy and still do most things manually, including running 1:46:11.560 --> 1:46:14.040 my fifty year old business. I keep someone on retainer 1:46:14.080 --> 1:46:16.720 for tech help. But you've always answered my questions, and 1:46:16.760 --> 1:46:18.559 the way you explain things makes it easy. 1:46:18.560 --> 1:46:19.320 It always works. 1:46:19.360 --> 1:46:22.400 Your professional, straightforward and clearly passionate about what you do. 1:46:22.920 --> 1:46:25.400 Enjoy your growth. Thank you, Robert. You paid him for that, 1:46:25.479 --> 1:46:28.760 didn't you. I did not. 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They're the 1:46:56.080 --> 1:46:58.080 ones that come up with these questions that you know 1:46:58.160 --> 1:47:01.200 I may not think of. Andy writes in, as an 1:47:01.200 --> 1:47:04.000 AI user, computer novice and someone over sixty, I find 1:47:04.000 --> 1:47:06.920 you're writing and information very useful. I've been reading for 1:47:06.960 --> 1:47:08.880 a while and enjoy what you share. Keep up the 1:47:08.920 --> 1:47:09.439 good work. 1:47:10.040 --> 1:47:10.439 Thank you. 1:47:10.520 --> 1:47:13.000 Andy always said everyone, no, it's just me. By the way, 1:47:14.120 --> 1:47:15.680 there are some people that help on this show, but 1:47:16.080 --> 1:47:17.120 all the other stuff is just me. 1:47:17.920 --> 1:47:19.920 Uh, including the newsletter. 1:47:19.479 --> 1:47:21.080 That's going to do it. 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