1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Samsung on veils it's latest smartphone with a two hundred 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: megapixel camera. The malware making its way into computers through 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: Google Ads, the new software to detect if something was 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: written by AI or a human. Plus your tech questions answered, 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: on Tech, the show where I talk about the tech 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: place where I answer your questions. 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm the tech. 10 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome to 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: the show. And how about this show number five? So 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: that's meant to be right? Channel five, show number five. 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: It's all good today. My dad's birthday actually, so happy 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: birthday dad. Phone lines are open at triple A Rich 15 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: four to one zero one. This was a really exciting 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: fighting week in technology because I got to travel. It 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: was a big event. Samsung held its first in person 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: event in three years. This happened up in San Francisco. 20 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: It was on Wednesday, And you know, I told you 21 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: I was in San Francisco last week, so that was now, 22 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: I guess I can tell you that was to get 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: a little sneak peek at the new phones. So not 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: every company, I don't even know if I'm allowed to 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: tell you this, but not every company does this. But 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: some companies will give tech folks sort of a hands 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: on preview of gadgets before they launched them. And every 28 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: company is different. So for instance, Apple, as far as 29 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: I know, nobody gets hands on with stuff before it's 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: unveiled to the world, Like unless I'm not on some 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: list somewhere, that is just not happening. Like they used 32 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: to have back in the day. There was a couple 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: of really big time mainstream journalists that Apple would give 34 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: early access to their gadgets, but not before they were 35 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: announced as far as I knowed know, like it was 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: maybe right after they were announced, and nowadays, you know, 37 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: it might be a day after or the same day 38 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: that they announced them. During the pandemic, everything changed, of course, 39 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: because used to have to go to these companies to 40 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: pick these things up in person and talk to them 41 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: and you know, do what's called a briefing. And then 42 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: they just kind of changed it where they would ship 43 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: you the stuff, but of course, you know, then they 44 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: don't get to talk to you as much about it 45 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: and explain the features, and go through it. So ideally, 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: these companies want to want to kind of talk to 47 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: you in person so they can explain the different features 48 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: on these gadgets. Because I know that I've never read 49 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: a manual or an instruction book, so there's there's things 50 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,399 Speaker 1: that I miss sometimes and I'm checking these things out. 51 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: But anyway, so the week before I went up, I 52 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: saw the phones. Of course, you're under sort of what's 53 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: called an NDA where you can't really talk about this 54 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: stuff until a certain time. But it helps you as 55 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: a journalist because you understand what's coming out, what's going 56 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: to be announced, what's there, and you can start to 57 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: form kind of the questions in your head about these 58 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: products and also talk to people immediately about them. So anyway, 59 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: so that was the week before. Then on Wednesday we 60 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: went up for the actual event, and so I went 61 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: up early in the morning. The event started at ten. 62 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: It was in San Francisco, and of course I asked 63 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: Twitter the best way to get into San Francisco. I 64 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: was there the week before, but I wanted to try 65 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: a different way this time, and so I flew into Oakland. 66 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: I took public transit because if you know, me. You 67 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: know that I love to take public transit whenever possible, 68 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: much to the people around me not liking that very much, 69 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: namely my wife and my photographer and anyone else I 70 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: travel with on a regular basis. I'm always like, the train, 71 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: it goes right there, it's right here, let's go. And 72 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: they're like, can't we just take like an uber or 73 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: like a lyft it's like direct. I'm like, it's kind 74 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: of fun to be on the train. I mean, the 75 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: train's going to go anyway, you just have to hop on. 76 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: So I took the train to San Francisco, took it 77 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: to this event center which had not been there before. 78 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to mess up the name. I think it's gosh, 79 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Masonic Temple. I think that was it our Masonic lodge 80 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: in San Francisco, or let's see temple, and so it 81 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: was in Masonic Temple. Masonic Temple. Yeah, I don't know 82 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: how to say that. But anyway, so that was where 83 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: it was, and it was a smaller venue than in 84 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: year's past. So in years past these events would be 85 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: really really big. And the last one that Samsung did 86 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: was actually right before everything closed down for COVID. It 87 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: was like February nineteenth or something like twenty nineteen, and 88 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: so that was like the last event. And at that event, 89 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: people were like, oh, you might want to wear a mask, 90 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: might want to sanitize your hands. We'll take your temperature, 91 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: and then everything shut down right after that. So this 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: was kind of a big deal for Samsung to have 93 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: an in person event one more time, and it was small. 94 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: It was very, very small, and I think that just 95 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: reflects the fact that a lot of people aren't traveling anymore. 96 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: They don't you know, they don't see the need to 97 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: go to these in person things anymore. But I love it. 98 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: I feel like it's the best time to see people, 99 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: to meet with people in person, to talk with people 100 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: that you see online. And I mean every tech person 101 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: that's either on YouTube or a journalist that covers Samsung 102 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: or just tech in general, most of them are there, 103 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: or many of them are there, i should say. And 104 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: so it's kind of fun because you get to see 105 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: these people in person that you see online all the 106 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: time and just chat and actually talk to them in 107 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: person about you know, what'd you think about this, what'd 108 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: you think about that? For me, with the new radio show, 109 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: I'm always like, hey, will you come on the radio 110 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: show and talk about these different products, And so a 111 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: couple of people were talking to today were some of 112 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: the people at this show as well. 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: So the show was smaller. 114 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: And it you know, they announced their new S twenty 115 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: three Ultra, the S twenty three Plus and the S 116 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: twenty three, and the upgrades were really in the camera system. 117 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: And I actually find a little fault with what Samsung 118 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: did because I don't know if I really like it. 119 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: So they had these like big time directors that used 120 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: the Samsung phones, the new ones to shoot like everything 121 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: in the presentation, which is great and it just goes 122 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: to show like how high quality these cares are. But 123 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: the reality is, no average person is going to be 124 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: shooting stuff with these cameras the way that Samsung showed 125 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: them off. So most people are going to be using 126 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,559 Speaker 1: these cameras at their kid's birthday parties, or their kids 127 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: play and or you know, just somewhere at a restaurant 128 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: that's darkly lit and it's going to be all handheld. 129 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: The way that they showed them off was these directors 130 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: using like super big time Hollywood rigs, lighting stabilizers, all 131 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: kinds of filters and lenses, and it's like, nobody's going 132 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: to use these phones like that. That's an average person 133 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: that's trying to buy these things. The average person just 134 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,119 Speaker 1: wants to know, Hey, is this S twenty three Ultra 135 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: worth an upgrade for my S twenty two Ultra or 136 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: is it worth an upgrade from my Samsung S nine 137 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: or S ten or whatever you've got, And of course 138 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: that answer is yes. So so anyway, it was neat 139 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: to see the fact that these cameras can be used 140 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: in a big time way, and Apple has done similar 141 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: things in the past. But the reality is, show me 142 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: how this camera performs at a birthday party with just 143 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: candles in a dimly lit area. Show me how it 144 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: works at my kids play where I'm sitting in the 145 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: back row and I want to get a closer shot 146 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: to the front. 147 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: Show me how it works. 148 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: And I'm on a boat and it's shaky and it's 149 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: moving and I'm trying to, you know, record some video. 150 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: And those are the circumstances where you know, reporters like 151 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: myself come into play, because that's where I'm going to 152 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: go and test these things out. So I'm going to 153 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: use this as a regular person. I've got the phone 154 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: in my hand right now. I've been using it for 155 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: the past week, and I've got to say I'm impressed. 156 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: It is a good camera. Is it infinitely better than before? 157 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 3: No? 158 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: But is it generating some really nice pictures? 159 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: Yeah? 160 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: Is the two hundred megapixels something that I need? Probably not. 161 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: Unless you're blowing up pictures to be billboard sized, you 162 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: probably don't really need that. But the way that Samsung 163 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: is taking those two hundred megapixels, they're taking them and 164 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: they're kind of collecting them into little groups to make 165 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: this a standard. It's kind of sixteen megapixel picture at 166 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: the end of the day. So you're not going to 167 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: get a full two hundred many a pixel picture every 168 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: time you snap a shot unless you want that. And 169 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: if you want that, they have the option. And honestly, 170 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: after using this phone for a week or a couple 171 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: of days, now, was it Wednesday, Thursday, Friday? 172 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: A couple of days. 173 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: The biggest difference between the Androids and the iPhone is 174 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: just it's kind of refreshing to be on Android for 175 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: a little bit because it is just a different way 176 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: of doing things, you know, it just kind of has 177 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: a lot of options. I mean, this Samsung phone just 178 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: has so many options built in, like so many different 179 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: ways of doing things where I'm just like, oh yeah, 180 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: I kind of forgot that that takes like six or 181 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: seven steps on an iPhone, but it takes two steps 182 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: on an Android. So they've got their pros and cons. 183 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: And believe me, whenever I switch phones and I start 184 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: texting my friends when I'm on a test device, I 185 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: get the hate. 186 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: I get the hate. Believe me. 187 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: My friend this morning he said, when are you gonna 188 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: get off this this? I can't say what you said, 189 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: Android phone, I said, dude, like fifty percent of America 190 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: or the world, you know, half the people are using 191 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: an Android, half the people are using iPhone. Everyone has 192 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: a different preference, you know. And so anyway, I will 193 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: continue to test out the S twenty three Ultra. If 194 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: you want to see some of the pictures, I've posted 195 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: them to my Twitter and my Facebook and my Instagram 196 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: at rich on Tech. 197 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 2: But save the hate, you know. 198 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: It's just like, enjoy the fact that we all have 199 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: different preferences. Some people are gonna like the Android, some 200 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: people are gonna like iPhone. It doesn't make you a 201 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: bad person, you see that green or blue Bubble pop up. 202 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: Don't judge, just enjoy. 203 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: All Right, we got a great show for you this week. 204 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: I've got so many great guests. We're gonna talk to 205 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: Jacqueline Dallas, YouTuber extraordinaire. She is from Nothing but Tech. 206 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: She's gonna discuss the S twenty three, the new Samsung 207 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: phones with me. Brian Tong is back. He's going to 208 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: talk about the HomePod. We've been testing that this week, 209 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: and later in the show, we're gonna talk to the 210 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: makers of an app called True. If you're looking for 211 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: an alternative to Facebook that has no ads and no tracking, 212 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: this might be the app for you. Plus, we're gonna 213 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: have your calls coming up next at triple eight rich 214 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 215 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: four to one zero one. My name is Rich Shamiro. 216 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome back to 217 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech. My name is Rich Damiro. Thanks for 218 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: joining me here on the show where we are talking 219 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: about technology. Phone lines are open at triple eight rich 220 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two. 221 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: Four to one zero one. 222 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: We've got Mark in Monrovia, California. Mark, You're on with rich. 223 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 4: Hi, you're rich. So I've got this problem with video. 224 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 4: Let's see make sure I from. 225 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 5: My radio DWN here sorry okay, And I'm on a 226 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 5: Windows ten Dell laptop and you know, of course i's 227 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 5: the video is just don't start, whether it's YouTube or 228 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 5: coming out of Twitter or I don't know, various seasons. 229 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 5: But and I've got good download speed. I've got something 230 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 5: like damn in twenty five up. And I just don't 231 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 5: understand it. 232 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 4: I mean, I'll start a video and the first thing 233 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 4: it showed me is like the volume is muted, and 234 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 4: so I'll go ahead and unmus the volume, but then 235 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 4: the video wants to start over, and that's when it 236 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 4: started doing so the long buffering and it goes on 237 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 4: and then said, you know, if you have any problem, 238 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 4: try restarting your device. But that doesn't do. But it's 239 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 4: it's really strange. I'm not sure. It's only about two. 240 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 2: Year old machine did this? 241 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: So did it ever work? Has it ever worked? 242 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 3: So? 243 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: I mean the the videos so like YouTube, like you've 244 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: had this machine for two years? Has the has it 245 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: ever worked before? Like the videos have they played you 246 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: know like normally? 247 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, it was it was great everything would launch 248 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: just immediately. That's just the way I expected it. Of course, 249 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 4: you know, brand new machine. But in about the last 250 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 4: six months, maybe it's when it's been just really acting up. 251 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 4: Of course I've got that. I was thinking of turning 252 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: that off and going with Windows Defender or something. 253 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think it sounds like you may have 254 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: what what browser? Does it happen with every video on 255 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: all different sites? 256 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 4: Yes, like even coming out of like. 257 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, so it's it sounds like it is 258 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: a browser issue. So here's how I would troubleshoot something 259 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: like this. So first off, I would I would disable 260 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: any extensions I have on my browser. So uh well, actually, 261 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: before I even do that, I would probably go through 262 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: in my list of software on this Windows computer and 263 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: I would uninstall. And I always say to do this, 264 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: uninstall any program that you no longer need, want, or 265 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: programs that you don't really recognize. 266 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 2: You're like, wait a second, why is this on my computer? 267 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 6: Now? 268 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: There may be some like system stuff you don't have 269 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: to get rid of those, but you know, stuff that 270 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: you just don't need or use, Like you may have 271 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: installed something that interfering with your browser. And then once 272 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: you do that, restart your computer, obviously, make sure your 273 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: computer's up to date with all the latest software updates. 274 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: And then I would go to my browser and I 275 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: would go on the browser and look at all the 276 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: extensions you've got installed, and I would uninstall or at 277 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: least pause the extensions. And you can do that on 278 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: Chrome by clicking extensions and then manage extensions, and you 279 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: can just turn them all off, you know, and you 280 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: can just toggle them off and on. And if you're 281 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: not familiar with what extensions are, these are little pieces 282 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: of helper software that you can install on your web browser. 283 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: Whether it's Chrome, whether it's Firefox, whether it's Safari. They 284 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,239 Speaker 1: all support extensions in some way. But sometimes these extensions 285 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: can interfere with how our machine operates. And it sounds 286 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: like there's an extension that's interfering with the video streaming 287 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: on your entire browser. Now it could also be malware 288 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: that's interfering as well. So I've often gone to folks 289 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: computers that are having trouble and they're like, what's going on? 290 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: And sometimes their homepage has been hijacked or their search 291 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: has been hijacked, And a lot of times it's because 292 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: you've installed some sort of helper app that is not helping. 293 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: It's hurting. 294 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: And so what I do whenever I'm troubleshooting something is 295 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: just turn everything off. Like let's say I go to 296 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: a website and it's just not functioning the way I 297 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: think it should. I'll turn off some of the extensions. 298 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes that could be an AD blocker that's messing it up, 299 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: and you can turn that off and then the website 300 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: will work again. So once you toggle all those extensions off, 301 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: obviously close out the browser, open it again, try the 302 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: videos on YouTube. I mean, YouTube is a pretty universal website, 303 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: so I think that it should work pretty much flawlessly 304 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: across the board. So if it's not, there's definitely something interfering. 305 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: Now once you do all the extensions, if that's still 306 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: not working, if the videos are just not playing, then 307 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: I would download or try a different browser. And so 308 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: if you're using Chrome, let's say I would open up 309 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: Edge or Firefox on your Windows computer and then try 310 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: YouTube or the news website or whatever you're looking for 311 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: inside those browsers. And if it's not working there, then 312 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: you might have a bigger problem on your hands. But 313 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: I think that those solutions are going. 314 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: To solve it. 315 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: Also, make sure that your browser is up to date. 316 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: So if you're using Chrome, you can click into the 317 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: settings on Chrome and if you go to about Chrome, 318 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: it will check for updates. And right now, mind saying 319 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: up to date. And so that could be another issue, 320 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: is whether this browser is up to date, because sometimes 321 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: if it's not running the latest software, it just may 322 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: not play nicely with the websites that you're trying to 323 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: watch stuff on. But that's the way I would do it, Mark, 324 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: and hopefully it will work. I mean, this laptop's only 325 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: two years old. There is no reason why this thing 326 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: should not be working properly. So try out those things 327 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: and then let me know if that's going to work. 328 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: All right, Speaking of watching stuff, Netflix sent the Internet 329 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: into a tizzy this week over its proposed passwords sharing rules. 330 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: So we've been hearing over and over that Netflix is 331 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: really going to start enforcing some sort of rules for 332 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: sharing your account and. 333 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 2: You know who you are. 334 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: There's, by one estimate, one hundred million people are leeching 335 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: off of other people's Netflix accounts. 336 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: And I'm not saying it's a bad thing. 337 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: Look, Netflix has let this happen for many, many years, 338 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of arguments why people share their accounts, 339 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: whether it's a kid off to college, whether it's a 340 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: friend that you're helping out, whether it's a family member. 341 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: They didn't really have steadfast rules, like they didn't say, like, 342 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: you can't do this, because, believe me, Netflix can detect 343 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: when people outside your household are using your account. It's 344 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: not that tough. I mean, there's IP addresses, there's you know, 345 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: you're streaming at the same time as one of your 346 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: family members two different shows. I mean, they have ways 347 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: of detecting this stuff. But anyway, one of the things 348 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: they posted was some new rules that were suppose going 349 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: to be enforced in their help center, and one of 350 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: them was that you would have to log in with 351 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: the device every thirty one days for it to continue working. 352 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: And so of course people that are maybe using your 353 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: account in other states and things that would be tough 354 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,479 Speaker 1: and then they would have to be pushed to their 355 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: own Netflix account. Well, Netflix came out and said, look, 356 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: we pushed those rules to the website just a little early, 357 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: so we don't really have any rules to say just yet. 358 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: But at the same time, yes, these are coming, so 359 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: don't worry about it just yet if you're sharing or 360 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: you're a sharer, but yes, just keep in mind that 361 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: you may want to put a little line on in 362 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: your budget that may include Netflix in the next couple 363 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: of months, because these companies are not fooling around anymore. 364 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: All right, Coming up, we've got an interview with Jacqueline 365 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: Dallas from Nothing But Tech. We're going to talk about 366 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: the new Samsung Galaxy S twenty three lineup and get 367 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: her impressions about the new camera. You're listening to rich 368 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. My name 369 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: is rich Jamiro. Listening to the show where we talk 370 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: about technology and take your questions about all things gadgets, electronics, 371 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: cell phones. 372 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 2: Whatever you got. 373 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: I mean, everything's electronic these days, right all right on 374 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: the line. I've got a great guest, Jacqueline Dallas is 375 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: a YouTuber extraordinaire. She also does a podcast, and she 376 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: is going to talk to me about the new Samsung 377 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: Galaxy S twenty three lineup. 378 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 2: Jacqueline, welcome to the show. 379 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 7: Genuinely so honored to be on and I was listening 380 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 7: to it before I came on, and you're an incredible host. 381 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 7: I'm so blown to it. 382 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: Oh well, thank you. Now tell me this. Did you 383 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: just turn twenty one? 384 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 7: I did just turn twenty one. 385 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 2: Happy birthday. 386 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: I saw the picture on your Instagram in the in 387 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: the liquor store, so yeah, but you were just camera testing. 388 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 7: Just camera testing, completely sober. 389 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: No. 390 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 7: I was doing a the S twenty three Ultra, like 391 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 7: a day life review. And one of the new features 392 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 7: of this phone is like improved performance. And I feel 393 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 7: like liquor stores never have good like lighting quality. It's 394 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 7: always like the dimmest of lighting. So we went in 395 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 7: there to test out the new camera. But cold Brew 396 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 7: has my heart. That's like my diversi of choice. 397 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: Oh, we know. 398 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: If you follow Jacqueline on her YouTube channel, there's lots 399 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: of pictures of coffee and cold brew. So, Jacqueline, you 400 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: were at the event at the at Samsung. I missed 401 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: you somehow, but it was a sad smaller event than typical. 402 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,479 Speaker 1: But what are your impressions of this phone? You did 403 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: a video on your YouTube channel where you kind of 404 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: did your initial testing in San Francisco, and a couple 405 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: of things stood out. The camera, battery life you didn't 406 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: think was as good as you thought it might be, 407 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: and the camera the shutter lag in low light was 408 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: a little bit surprising, So tell me about those two things. 409 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 7: Well, thank you so much for watching the video. Your 410 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 7: genuinely invest I was loking you out at the events. 411 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 7: I'm so sad that we miss each other. But yeah, 412 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 7: So basically I put the phone in like a real 413 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 7: day in a live scenario where I I was taking 414 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 7: a lot of photos videos, also just using it throughout 415 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 7: the day, and the battery life was not incredible. But 416 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 7: one of the things that people in the comments were 417 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 7: mentioning that igroue with is that it does have something 418 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 7: called adaptive batteries, which basically means after like the two 419 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 7: week mark of using the phone, it kind of understands 420 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 7: what your usage habits are like and then it supposedly 421 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 7: can get better. So the journey still out on that 422 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 7: not positive yet, but in my initial testing it wasn't amazing. 423 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 7: I was doing a lot of four K video and 424 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 7: that drained it a lot. So I think like the 425 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 7: average user, battery life will be decent. Definitely a one 426 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 7: day phone, but not like a two day phone because 427 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 7: also the million powers is not increased over last year. 428 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 7: Ye Sampsling was saying that batteries could be better because 429 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 7: they just optimized it more. But since it's still the 430 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 7: same actual battery size, I didn't notice the staffic of 431 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 7: an improvement. 432 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Here's the thing about the battery 433 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: life on the Samsung. So I would agree that I 434 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: think that Samsung is kind of chewed through the battery 435 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: a lot faster than the iPhone. I think that's part 436 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: of the architecture of Android in general versus iOS, like 437 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: nothing gets to run in the background on iOS, whereas 438 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: on Android things can and so. But here's the difference. 439 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: So I was at the airport flying back from San 440 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: Francisco and I plugged in the Android and also the iPhone. 441 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: The iPhone charges a lot slower than the Samsung. I mean, 442 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: the Samsung is like super super speedy charging. Yeah, So 443 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: to me, I don't think it's that big of a deal. 444 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: As long as you have access to a charger at 445 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: some point during the day, you'll be fine, and you'll 446 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: be at like one hundred percent quickly or close to it, 447 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: faster than you would on an iPhone. 448 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 7: That's a really good point. Yeah, that's very true. I 449 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 7: think battery life is one of those things where it's 450 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 7: like you either need super fast charging or really big battery. 451 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 7: You don't necessarily need both. But also there are like 452 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 7: some reports that if you do fast charging all the time, 453 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 7: you can kind of like degrade the battery cycle or 454 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 7: like make it faster, meaning like the battery would become 455 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 7: less good over time. Yeah, I feel like that's important 456 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 7: to know too, Like fast charging isn't. 457 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: Always what you want to do, that is true, And 458 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: most of the time I'm trickle charging on a on 459 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: a you know, wireless anyway. All right, so let's talk 460 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: about the camp So two hundred megapixel camera. Are we 461 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: seeing this thing? Just blowing away the iPhone right out 462 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: of the gate? 463 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 7: Who Honestly, it was really good. The thing that was 464 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 7: most impressive to me was the zoom quality, and I 465 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 7: think it's because it had like this dedicated optical zoom lens. 466 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 7: The tours of megapixels is more so there for either 467 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 7: really really high right shots if you want to print something, 468 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 7: or more likely, I think most people will use it 469 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 7: in the pixel binning mode, which is basically it takes 470 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 7: the tours or megapixels and it combines either sixteen pixels 471 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 7: into one or four pixels into one depending on the 472 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 7: in lighting environment, and the idea there is that by 473 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 7: combining the pixels you're able to get better dynamic range 474 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 7: and exposure throughout the shots. I thought the images looked 475 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 7: really good in a lot of fers scenarios, and the 476 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 7: video quality was also excellent. The one area that you 477 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 7: mentioned earlier that I noticed a little bit was like 478 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 7: the shutter lag issue where I'd like hit the button 479 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 7: and then the photo would be a little bit delayed, 480 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,479 Speaker 7: so it would look maybe a little bit blurry. But 481 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 7: I would say that in general, in like normal lighting 482 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 7: environment mid lighting environment, images are genuinely incredible. 483 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I do think I okay, So first off 484 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: on the zoom situation, So this phone, the Ultra, has 485 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: a ten times optical zoom. It can zoom up to 486 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: one hundred times, but the ten times is incredible because again, 487 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: like I was saying earlier in the show, if you're 488 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: a parent that's sitting in the you know, in a 489 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: back row at your kids play, that ten times zoom 490 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: really comes into handy, and not just for that, but 491 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: so many scenarios where you're not close up and you 492 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: can get a lot closer and optical is always going 493 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: to look better than digital zoom for the most part. Yeah, 494 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: just for reference, the iPhone, like the latest iPhone has 495 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: what like a three time zoom right optical? 496 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, three times? Oh, actually, maybe I'm the it could 497 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 7: be five times. It's somewhere between three or five times. 498 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 7: I think it's three. 499 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's three on the pro phone, So 500 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: I mean the regular one is even less than that. Okay, 501 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: So now last night I took my phone out. My 502 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: wife is is a good companion for me because she's 503 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: always like testing of this stuff. And so we went 504 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: out to dinner at like a dimly lit restaurant and 505 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, I got to take pictures 506 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: of all this stuff. And I will say she noticed 507 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: when we took a selfie, she was like, why is 508 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: it taking so long? And it's like, you know, in 509 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: that moment that's when you get the blur is if 510 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: it takes too long and you're trying to hold the phone. 511 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,959 Speaker 1: I think that these are things that Samsung will tweak 512 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: with software because this is such a new sensor. I 513 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: always think the Samsung phones get better six months in. 514 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, I totally agree. I think charlag has been something 515 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 7: that people have kind of complained about for a couple 516 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 7: of years of the phones, and I think in the 517 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 7: past years it may have been more of a hardware 518 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 7: issue where they had to have the shutter open for 519 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 7: a long time to get like that lighting environment. But 520 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 7: now since the center is updated, I think that you're right, like, 521 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 7: they definitely could just push out a software update to 522 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 7: lower the amount of time that it takes to take 523 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 7: a picture. 524 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: All right, we're talking to Jacqueline Dallas. She is a 525 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: YouTuber and she has a YouTube channel called nothing but 526 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: Tech with a lot of subscribers and a lot of 527 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: enthusiasm and a lot of creativity. So thanks for joining 528 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: me today. We're talking about the Galaxy S twenty three lineup. 529 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: So S twenty three starts at eight hundred dollars, the 530 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: S twenty three Plus, which is the mid middle of 531 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: the line phone with a was six point six inch 532 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: screen that is one thousand dollars, and then the top 533 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: of the line, Galaxy S twenty three Ultra, starts at 534 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: twelve hundred dollars. You get two hundred and fifty six 535 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: gigs of storage, you get a six point eight inch screen, 536 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: you get the sty list, you get it all with 537 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: this phone. So and the phones are out on February seventeenth, 538 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: Go ahead, No, it's like a kitchen thing phone. 539 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 7: I feel like it's like you want all the features, 540 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 7: and this is like the epitomy of that. 541 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And that's what I think really gets me about 542 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: this phone. Like I've kind of fallen in love with 543 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: it over the past couple of days. Because while you 544 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: use an iPhone quite regularly, every time I use like 545 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: a Samsung, I just remember how many cool things it does. 546 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: And this is a small thing that like, I know 547 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: nobody else may care about this, but I love the 548 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: fact that when I take a picture, it goes up 549 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: into the cloud immediately, like it backs up on Google Photos. 550 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: Maybe that's if you use iCloud on the iPhone that happens. 551 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: But I use Google Photos on the iPhone, and so 552 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: it just bugs me that I have to like open 553 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: Google Photos and like wait for it to upload. So 554 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: it's little things like that. What else do you think? 555 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 7: It's like a neat quality of life dings? What else 556 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 7: do I think people should know? Hm, I would say 557 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 7: one of the big ones that is important to know 558 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 7: is that software updates are going to be a more regular, 559 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 7: longer supported thing. I think one of the issues that 560 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 7: I've noticed with a lot of Android for them that 561 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 7: Island doesn't have is that over time they kind of 562 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 7: struggle to keep up with performance. Like I think Pixel 563 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 7: is a great example, where it starts out so fast 564 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 7: and then like a year in there are more glitches 565 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 7: and feature issues even though software is supportive for a 566 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 7: long time. But I think Stampling has a pretty good 567 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 7: track record of having good lungevity with their phones in general, 568 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 7: and so with this one it's the same. I think 569 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 7: it's four years of software updates, definitely on the security end, yeah, 570 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 7: and I think other features ahead. 571 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're promising four generations of operating system updates and 572 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: five years of security updates. So that's a you know, 573 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: do the math. That's a long time. And by the way, 574 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: I mentioned the prices for these phones, I should also 575 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: say that, like, don't pay full price for a Samsung, 576 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Like there's always some sort of deal out there or 577 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: like a trade in deal. So like if you're don't 578 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: you know, the twelve hundred dollars, I know it sounds 579 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: like a lot, and it is, but you have to 580 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: somehow get that down with either a carrier deal or 581 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: you know, some sort of rebate or trade in or 582 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: just wait for a sale, because these do happen. 583 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, what do you think the S twenty two Ultra 584 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 7: users should consider? Like, do you think that there's any 585 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 7: scenario where S twenty two Ultra users should upgrade it? 586 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 7: Or do you think that this is like for pass generation. 587 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 2: That is a great question. 588 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, I come from the side of things where 589 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: I always want an upgrade, and I always want the latest, greatest, 590 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: So I would say, and I know that Samsung's not 591 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: doing as good of a trade in this year, but 592 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 1: just see how much it is. If it's like a 593 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: couple hundred bucks, Like if you can get into a 594 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: new S twenty three Ultra for like three hundred bucks, 595 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: if you're coming from the S twenty two, I think 596 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: it's worth it because you do get the newer phone, 597 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: you do get the newer camera tech, and I'm telling 598 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: you this thing is going to continue to get better 599 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: over the next six months to a year with software updates. 600 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: All right, Jaqueline, I got a run, So tell folks 601 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: how to find you online. 602 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 7: Ooh, you're the best. Thanks much for having me on YouTube. 603 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 7: It's nothing but tech and if you want to hear 604 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 7: like a tech conversation podcast, it's called The Digital Dive. 605 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, True, thank you, thank you for 606 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: being so positive. And by the way, Jacqueline started her 607 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: channel when she was just thirteen, so she's been doing 608 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: tech for ten years. I'm bad at math, but however 609 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: many years that is. It's been a bit and she's 610 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: been grown her channel. So awesome to see that. Thanks 611 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: Jaqueline for joining me. You're listening to rich DeMuro here. 612 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech is the show? Give me a call 613 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: at Triple eight rich one oh one. Welcome back to 614 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: rich on Tech. My name is rich Damuro here, tech 615 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles, hanging out 616 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,479 Speaker 1: with you, talking about technology, talking about life. You know, 617 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: I have a mantra on life. What do people say? 618 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: It's like abt That's what I say. Always be testing. 619 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm always trying something out. And it's kind of funny 620 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: because if you're around me, you know this, Like you know, 621 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: I'm always pulling some random phone out of my pocket 622 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: or I'm like, hey, can you come with me to 623 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: this event or go with me to this thing, or 624 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: can you try this computer or try this gadget, or 625 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: let me do this. It's really it's kind of funny 626 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: because if I didn't like this stuff, it would be 627 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: really tough to do this because it's I mean, okay, 628 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: let me give me an example. So I go to 629 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: the airport for the San Francisco trip, and you know, 630 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: I drive an electric car, okay, And so I get 631 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: to the airport and I'm like, ah, they just installed 632 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: all these new electric charging stations at the airport. Now, 633 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: just like any other person, I want to get to 634 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: my flight. I want to get there to the terminal, 635 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: I want to get through security, but I also want 636 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: to try out the new charging stations at the airport 637 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: because that way I can talk about them and I 638 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: can tell people like should you use it, should you 639 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: not use it? How does it work? How much does 640 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,959 Speaker 1: it cost? And so I took the extra you know, 641 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: ten minutes to try this out. So I find a 642 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: spot and they've got a ton of these charging stations now, 643 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: I think they built a couple hundred at the Los 644 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: Angeles Airport, and so you know, it was easy to 645 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: find a spot. A lot of people don't even know 646 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: about this yet, but I get there, I pull in 647 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: my car and it's like, okay, you got to scan 648 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: a QR code on the charger. I'm like, okay, By 649 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: the way, I've used so many different chargers. If you're 650 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: not using like a Tesla branded charger, like it's anything 651 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: goes right. And so half some of the chargers are free, 652 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: which are amazing. Then some of the chargers are just 653 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: you got to activate them somehow, that's easy. And then 654 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: some of the chargers want you to like sign up 655 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: for like this whole app and like load it up 656 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: with money. And that's what I had to do here. 657 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: So not only did I have to like download an app, 658 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: I had to sign up for the app, and then 659 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: I couldn't use like Apple pay or Google Pay to 660 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: pay for it. I had to like put a credit card in. 661 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: Then I had to buy time, like which I'm not 662 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: typically you know, I don't like pre paying for stuff 663 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: before I use it. But I had to buy like 664 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: a block of I guess credit on this app, and 665 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: so I did that and then I and then I 666 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: had to like set how long I wanted to charge for. 667 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a it was a process, and 668 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, if you're a person that's just trying to 669 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: get to your flight. It's like, who wants to go 670 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: through all this stuff? 671 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 8: Now? 672 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 2: I get it. 673 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: The first time you set it up, it takes the 674 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: longest the next couple times you do it. 675 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 2: But by the way, it's also expensive. 676 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: It's like forty five cents a kilowatt hour, which is 677 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: quite pricey. And then you know, you got to pay 678 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: two dollars just for the connection in addition, by the way, 679 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: to the parking price at the airport, which has now 680 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: gone up to sixty dollars for the day. So yeah, 681 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: it was very expensive to test this out. But I'll 682 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: tell you, it was kind of cool to come back 683 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: to a fully charged car, and so that was nice 684 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: throughout the whole situation. Once I came back to the 685 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: car and it was charged, that was nice. But the price, 686 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: you know, I thought they could kind of throw people 687 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: a bone at the airport, like you're already paying sixty 688 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: bucks to park your car there for the day, Like 689 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: why not just keep people free charging? I don't know, 690 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just I know it costs money to 691 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: put in all these chargers, but I'm just saying, you know, 692 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if it costs sixty bucks to have 693 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: that parking spot there. Anyway, let's go to Bonnie. Bonnie 694 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: is in Charleston, South Carolina. A beautiful city, Bonnie. Welcome 695 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: to the show. 696 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 3: And they're right where they're taking down the balloon. Do 697 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 3: you want me to say the piece if it falls 698 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 3: in my yard? 699 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you have the Chinese spy balloon is 700 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: in your backyard. 701 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 3: Well, they're taking it down. They've just canceled all flights 702 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 3: in North Carolina and South Carolina. Nobody can fly in 703 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 3: our air. Oh my, right now, because they're going to 704 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 3: take down the balloon right here. 705 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: How weird is that story? Like I came home last 706 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: night from dinner and I see this story and I'm like, 707 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: what is happening here? 708 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 2: Like what is going on? Okay? 709 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: Well, if you get a piece of that balloon, I 710 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: would save it, and you know it's probably you're probably 711 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: gonna have some people come to your front door and like, 712 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: you know, like the men in black you know what 713 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: I mean. 714 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 2: And they're going to erase your mind a bit. Oh 715 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 2: thank you, you never saw this. We're taking this from that. 716 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: I called you rich, Okay, Well what'd you call me about? 717 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 3: Okay? So I'm a pet portrait artist and I do 718 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 3: a lot of pets that have crossed over to the 719 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 3: Rainbow Bridge already. So people send me the photos of 720 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 3: their pets, and some of these photos are in pretty 721 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 3: bad shape because these dogs have been gone a long time. 722 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 3: And so I tried to download an app that claims 723 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 3: that it can, you know, perk up these photos a 724 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 3: little so I can get a little more detail to 725 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 3: do the pet portrait because I'm a watercolor artist and 726 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 3: I do very detailed work. Well, these these apps don't work. 727 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 3: This app didn't work. Definitely, it didn't do anything. And 728 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 3: I wonder if you know a better app. 729 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: Okay, Well what app did you get? And what platform 730 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: are you using. 731 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 2: This app on? 732 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 3: Well, I'm using it on my high pad. 733 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: Okay, so an iPad me. 734 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 3: Through Facebook or email send me the photos. So I 735 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 3: get the photos that way, and then I copy them 736 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 3: and keep them in my files. And so I don't 737 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 3: you want me to say the name of the apps 738 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 3: that I work? I didd okay. They actually gave me 739 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 3: a ten day free day trial, a ten day free trial, 740 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 3: and I put a pet portrait in there and it 741 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 3: did nothing. 742 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: Mmmm, Okay, Well, pet portraits. I mean, so I think 743 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: a couple of things are happening here. So I think, 744 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 1: you know, pet portraits could be unique because a lot 745 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: of these programs are built like if you're using I 746 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: mean number one, I would recommend something that's sort of 747 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: using AI to restore these things. But I think that 748 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 1: you know, this is still a growing area, and so 749 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: you know, the AI may not be trained. I know 750 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: that that that animals can trick some of these systems 751 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 1: sometimes because they're built for humans most of the time. 752 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,200 Speaker 1: So if you're trying to restore old pictures, you know, 753 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: sometimes that can be a thing. 754 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 2: Okay, So a couple of apps. 755 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: I mean, there's so many great apps for video edit 756 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: or for photo editing on the iPad. I mean, one 757 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: of them that comes to mind is pixel Mater. That's 758 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: like a number one kind of big app that a 759 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,839 Speaker 1: lot of people use that lets you do a lot 760 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:21,320 Speaker 1: of things. 761 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 2: Obviously, Adobe light. 762 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: Room is very popular, which you know is very very 763 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: popular there. And then you have a lot of these 764 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: newer apps that are sort of like these AI enhanced apps. 765 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: One that I like to use onmine is called Prisma 766 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: or sorry not Prisma. Pixart is one that I really 767 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: like at p I C s ar T and I've 768 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: I've thrown a lot at that app and it does 769 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: pretty well. And another one that I really like is 770 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: called snap seed, and so snap seed will let you 771 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: do a lot. Now, it depends what you're trying to do. 772 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: If you're really trying to, you know, restore an old picture, 773 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: there are some specialty AI programs I can do that, 774 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,319 Speaker 1: so I would look for something like that. But again, 775 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's an animal picture, so it could 776 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,839 Speaker 1: be a little bit tricky for these AI trained things 777 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: that are trained mostly for humans. But those apps will 778 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: get you started, I think, and you know, a lot 779 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: of these apps you don't have to pay for if 780 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 1: you want it the extra features. But I'm not familiar 781 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: with the app that you mentioned. But I would also 782 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,479 Speaker 1: just peruse on the iPad the list of the top 783 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,839 Speaker 1: photo apps and just kind of try them. I think 784 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: the best, you know, the best way to do this 785 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: is really trial and error. Just pop one of these 786 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: pictures into these apps, try it, see if it does 787 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: what you need, and if it does, stick with the app. 788 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 1: That's really the best way I find of you know, 789 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: identifying things that work. 790 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 2: The best for me. 791 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: All right, thanks Bonnie, watch out for that spy balloon. 792 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: You're listening to rich on Tech. We'll have more right 793 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. This is 794 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: the show where we talk about technology, answer your questions, 795 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: and just have a lot fun. Technology can be fun, 796 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: Yes it can. 797 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 2: I know. 798 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: We're very far from the days of the blinking twelve 799 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: o'clock on the VCR. Now our problems are a lot harder. 800 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 1: That was easy back in the day. Now we've got 801 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, why's my phone doing this? Why is my 802 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: computer doing this? Why am I doing this? 803 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,320 Speaker 2: There's a lot to answer. 804 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: My name is Richard Miro and the check reporter at 805 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 1: KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. I cover this stuff 806 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: for a living, live breathe. I haven't eaten tech, I 807 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: don't think. 808 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 2: I guess I have. 809 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: I've eaten three D printed candy, So does that count 810 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 1: as eating tech? I guess I have. So there we go. 811 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,919 Speaker 1: I've eaten this stuff. I don't recommend you eating technology though, well, 812 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: I mean, unless it's edible. Don't don't take a bite 813 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: out of your phone. Oh man, you can find me 814 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,359 Speaker 1: on social media. I am at rich on Tech every week. 815 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: I like to talk about the stuff that I upload 816 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: to my social media channels this week. On my Instagram, 817 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: Let's see, I like to just look at this. 818 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,280 Speaker 2: And see what I Let's see. 819 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: Oh, I think I uploaded a video of me taking 820 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: a ride in the way most self driving car up 821 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. 822 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 2: Let's see, I uploaded a. 823 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: Video explaining the new Galaxy S twenty three lineup of smartphones. Oh, 824 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: there's a cool new feature on the S twenty three 825 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: lineup called Bixby Text Call. And this is this is 826 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,640 Speaker 1: a feature that telemarketers and robo callers are gonna hate. 827 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: It basically lets you answer the phone with a digital assistant. 828 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: So when someone's calling your phone, you just tap a 829 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: button and it says, hey. 830 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 2: I'm Bixby. 831 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: You know this caller, this, this phone user is using 832 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 1: me to answer the call. Can you please tell them 833 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,760 Speaker 1: why you're calling? And then whatever they say is transcribed 834 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 1: on your phone screen. So if it's like a robo 835 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 1: caller or you know, someone trying to sell you something, 836 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: you know, you can just go ahead and hang up 837 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 1: on them, which is sad, but you know whatever, and 838 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: then you can type things back. So if you say, hey, 839 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,399 Speaker 1: can you explain further. It will speak whatever you say 840 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,279 Speaker 1: to the caller, and whatever the caller is says is transcribe. 841 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,440 Speaker 1: So it's also equally handy, like if you're in a 842 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,319 Speaker 1: meeting or in a quiet place and you just want 843 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,280 Speaker 1: to answer the phone you can't talk at that moment. 844 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: Instead of just those sort of canned responses where you're 845 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,880 Speaker 1: just responding with the text, this actually says whatever you 846 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,280 Speaker 1: type out to the caller. So I've got a video 847 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 1: demoing that, which I think is really cool. I could 848 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 1: use that all the time. People call me and you 849 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: kind of get caught and you're just like, ah, I'm 850 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: a nice person, but I really don't want to talk 851 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 1: to you right now, and I'm trying to get you 852 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: off the phone as soon as possible, and I'm going 853 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: to hear your spiel for like a minute, but I 854 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 1: just yeah, it's like, come on, Especially with us switching 855 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: like cable riders and all that stuff, it happens all 856 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: the time. Then I've got a video of me inside 857 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: the Samsung Experience up in San Francisco. Can you see 858 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 1: the theme this week? Because Samsung had their big event, 859 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,960 Speaker 1: They've got this cool Samsung It's not really a store. 860 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: I guess it's kind of a pop up store, but 861 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,920 Speaker 1: it's in San Francisco this month only. It's called the 862 00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: Samsung Galaxy Experience Space, and it's got a giant wall 863 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: of Galaxy smartphones. You can see all the Samsung phones 864 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: back to like the first Galaxy s back in twenty ten. 865 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: They've got this gaming center set up. They've got this 866 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,879 Speaker 1: cool like capsule you can stand in, then you put 867 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 1: your phone in this little spinny thing and you take 868 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: a recording and you spin the thing and it looks 869 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,839 Speaker 1: like you're floating in outer space. That's really cool. They've 870 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: got this whole setup of a planet with an astronaut 871 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: which you can take pictures. 872 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 2: Of and with. 873 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,439 Speaker 1: It's really cool too. But the coolest thing was two 874 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,719 Speaker 1: cool things that are really really neat is this alleyway 875 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: that's inspired by the streets of Soul, Korea, which is 876 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 1: where you know Samsung's headquartered, and it just literally looks 877 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: like you're there and you can take you know, pictures 878 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:42,839 Speaker 1: in there. 879 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 2: Have fun. 880 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,680 Speaker 1: But there's also a video game in there. I think 881 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,760 Speaker 1: it was a pac Man game. And then they also 882 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 1: have you know, it's kind of a place to test 883 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: low light photography. That's the reason for it, but it 884 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: just looks really cool. You'll take cool pictures. And then 885 00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: the other really neat thing is this immersive gallery. So 886 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,359 Speaker 1: they sit you down in this little room, they take 887 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,320 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of headshots using the S twenty three Ultra, 888 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: and then you walk into this room next door. It's 889 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: filled with like, I don't know, thirty or forty different 890 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,560 Speaker 1: video screens. They look like picture frames, and all of 891 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: a sudden, all your photos come up on those frames 892 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,879 Speaker 1: and it's all mirrored in there too, so you get 893 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: really cool pictures inside there, and it's just a fun 894 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: thing to see it. 895 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:24,800 Speaker 2: It'll put a smile on your face. 896 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 1: So if you happen to be in San Francisco in 897 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: the next month, definitely check out the Galaxy Experience Space. 898 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,720 Speaker 1: It's at one to eleven Powell Street. 899 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 2: I thought it was pretty. 900 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,600 Speaker 1: Cool, So I love stuff like that, just like different 901 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 1: unique I know, these like pop up things are kind 902 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 1: of cheesy sometimes, like the little like nineties restaurants and 903 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:44,879 Speaker 1: stuff that they put up in town for a little bit, 904 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 1: but this one was pretty cool. What else, What else 905 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 1: do I want to talk about? I guess let's go 906 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: to a call right now, Why don't we go to 907 00:41:51,640 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: a call. We've got Carla. Carla is in the Los Angeles. Carla, welcome. 908 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,680 Speaker 9: Oh, thank you for taking my call. 909 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 2: Hell, thanks for listening. I'm doing fantastic. How are you good? 910 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 9: Okay? So, I know you guys already were talking about 911 00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,840 Speaker 9: the phones before with the girl and then she left, 912 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 9: so I caught the tell into that. But I have 913 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,160 Speaker 9: a friend who has the brand new iPhone fourteen, so 914 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 9: and I finally upgraded from my Note eight to this 915 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:30,319 Speaker 9: Samsung Galaxy Ultra point two. Okay, So the colors are 916 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 9: different in the iPhone. Like we were testing out his videos, 917 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,760 Speaker 9: the colors were more vibrant, and I think there's probably 918 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 9: something in the Samsung that you can switch to make 919 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 9: the colors, you know, match what I saw on his phone. 920 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 10: But what I was more. 921 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,880 Speaker 9: Interested in is blur the blurr in the background, because 922 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,399 Speaker 9: his head automatically did it, and I don't know where 923 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 9: to find that in my phone or if it even 924 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 9: does it. 925 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 2: Okay, well, there's it, definitely does it. 926 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,839 Speaker 1: So the situation with color is, you know, that's gonna 927 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 1: be sort of a product of the color tuning of 928 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,240 Speaker 1: the phone. So it's gonna be tough. Now, the iPhone 929 00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: has this thing called like photographic styles, and he may 930 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:13,640 Speaker 1: have chosen one of those that enhances kind of the 931 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,840 Speaker 1: way things look. You can choose that in the settings 932 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,880 Speaker 1: of your iPhone and it will change pretty much the 933 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 1: way every picture looks. It'll apply like a bunch of 934 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,799 Speaker 1: filters and tuning to every single picture depending on what 935 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,840 Speaker 1: you like. Some people like brighter, some people like more natural, 936 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,680 Speaker 1: some people like more vibrant. But when it comes to 937 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:32,440 Speaker 1: the Samsung, I mean, I think you can get some 938 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,160 Speaker 1: really good pictures out of that phone if you want 939 00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,960 Speaker 1: the blurry background. I mean a couple things. First off, 940 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,560 Speaker 1: if you're just taking like a regular picture, depending on 941 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,880 Speaker 1: how you're taking it, the background should be somewhat blurred 942 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 1: on the Samsung as long as it's not using what's 943 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: called focus enhancer. So if you see that pop up, 944 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,839 Speaker 1: that means that it's using sort of the wide angle 945 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,440 Speaker 1: lens to take the picture, and so it's gonna make 946 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,400 Speaker 1: it more flat and not sort of a blurry background. 947 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: So that could be nonumber one number two. There's also 948 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,480 Speaker 1: a portrait mode on the phone, and some people I 949 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,239 Speaker 1: know just love to take pictures in portrait mode, and 950 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,279 Speaker 1: if you take it in portrait mode, that's actually applying 951 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,840 Speaker 1: sort of an artificial blur to your picture. And so 952 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: that will definitely apply a blur as well, but you 953 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,040 Speaker 1: have to you know, that's a little bit trickier to 954 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,759 Speaker 1: do that. Also, I would take a look in your settings. 955 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,120 Speaker 1: So if you go into your settings on your Samsung, 956 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,799 Speaker 1: I would take a look at the different things inside there. 957 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 1: So they have all kinds of stuff. A scene optimizer. 958 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,360 Speaker 1: You can turn that on and off, and you can decide, 959 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, if you want that to. You know, it'll 960 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,920 Speaker 1: notice if you're taking a picture of food, and it'll 961 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 1: make food look a certain way. But there's also a 962 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,040 Speaker 1: way that you can go. Let's see, there's a way 963 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,600 Speaker 1: that you can go into your picture after you take 964 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,080 Speaker 1: it and add a blur. So I'm looking at a 965 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: picture on the Samsung right now. If you go into 966 00:44:56,239 --> 00:45:00,319 Speaker 1: the Samsung Gallery and you press the little menu, you'll 967 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,680 Speaker 1: see where it says add portrait effect, and you tap that, 968 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,400 Speaker 1: and it's using sensor data. So it's using depth sensor 969 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:12,080 Speaker 1: data from your phone to separate the foreground from the background, 970 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,080 Speaker 1: and then it's blurring the background and you can adjust 971 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,320 Speaker 1: the level of blur that you want on the background 972 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,400 Speaker 1: and that I'm looking at this in real time and 973 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,080 Speaker 1: it looks pretty good. It's not going to get everything 974 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,279 Speaker 1: just perfect, but it's doing a pretty good job. Now, 975 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:27,680 Speaker 1: one other thing you can do if you want to 976 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,279 Speaker 1: get that blurry background is in Google Photos. It has 977 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,239 Speaker 1: an option to give you a blurry background as well, 978 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:35,880 Speaker 1: and you can do this on pretty much any photo 979 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,759 Speaker 1: editing app. But just go into the edit function on 980 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:42,160 Speaker 1: Google Photos and then just go into your tools and 981 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,399 Speaker 1: you know, you can just tap blur and it will 982 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:47,880 Speaker 1: give you, you know, a blur if you want to 983 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:51,040 Speaker 1: do a depth blur or whatever you want. So but 984 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:54,040 Speaker 1: basically the feature you want is called portrait mode. So 985 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:55,759 Speaker 1: that's that's kind of the thing that you want to do. 986 00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: I think that with a little bit of practice and 987 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of you know, using this phone a 988 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:01,759 Speaker 1: little bit, I think you're gonna take some pretty good 989 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,919 Speaker 1: pictures at rival your friend with the iPhone. But look, 990 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,239 Speaker 1: I mean, iPhone fourteen takes fantastic photos. So believe me, 991 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,920 Speaker 1: it's it's you know, their neck and neck, let's put 992 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,480 Speaker 1: it that way. But I think some of it is 993 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,280 Speaker 1: just getting used to the way that the Samsung works. 994 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,080 Speaker 2: So Carla, good question. 995 00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,920 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for calling, and enjoy the new phone 996 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: and I think you'll like it all right, phone lines 997 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: are open triple eight rich one oh one eight eight 998 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,440 Speaker 1: eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 999 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,239 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk to my friend Brian Tong about the 1000 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 1: home pod from Apple. We're gonna see how it sounds 1001 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:36,439 Speaker 1: compared to the old one. Later, we're gonna talk about 1002 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,920 Speaker 1: an alternative to Facebook. Plus, we're gonna talk about malvertizing. 1003 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:45,839 Speaker 1: What's malvertizing? Find out? Coming up. Welcome back to rich 1004 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,160 Speaker 1: on Tech. This is the show where we talk about 1005 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:52,799 Speaker 1: technology and answer your questions. At triple eight rich one 1006 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 1: O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 1007 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:59,120 Speaker 1: four to one zero one. Laura sent me an email said, Hey, 1008 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,120 Speaker 1: I saw your recently on San Francisco TV. How do 1009 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,280 Speaker 1: I retrieve or receive your recommendation for using travel points? 1010 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,200 Speaker 1: You mentioned the information was new to you. Looking forward 1011 00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,440 Speaker 1: to your reply. Oh, this was a website. It's actually 1012 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:17,160 Speaker 1: a really good website. I've used this several times. It's 1013 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,840 Speaker 1: called point dot me. So I don't really play the 1014 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:22,759 Speaker 1: points game in a big way like I if I 1015 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:26,240 Speaker 1: get some points for you know, flights or using my card, whatever, 1016 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,000 Speaker 1: I'll take them. But I'm not sitting there actively trying 1017 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,400 Speaker 1: to rack them up. But if I have them, I'm 1018 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:33,719 Speaker 1: gonna use them and I want to make the most 1019 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,560 Speaker 1: of them. But this is a website did a story 1020 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,480 Speaker 1: on and it's it's a new one. It's a point 1021 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:42,080 Speaker 1: dot me. And what's cool about this website is it 1022 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,280 Speaker 1: helps you figure out ways of booking with your points 1023 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,560 Speaker 1: that you may not think of. So if you have 1024 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,480 Speaker 1: like let's say, Chase points or MX points, or you 1025 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,719 Speaker 1: have United points or south you know, maybe not Southwest, 1026 00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,440 Speaker 1: but you know different airlines you know, it'll figure out 1027 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,440 Speaker 1: you know the best ways to use those points for flights, 1028 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 1: and also taking into consideration transferring those points between different programs. 1029 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,480 Speaker 1: So even though you have United Points, you may be 1030 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,240 Speaker 1: able to use those on an airline out of Japan 1031 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,720 Speaker 1: and it might take less points to redeem for a ticket. 1032 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,680 Speaker 1: So it goes through all that stuff for you. It 1033 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:19,960 Speaker 1: takes a little bit to do the searches, but it's 1034 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,200 Speaker 1: because it's really like doing a deep dive. So I've 1035 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,879 Speaker 1: used this personally to book at least two flights one time, 1036 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,160 Speaker 1: was for my mom, and I couldn't believe, like I 1037 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,720 Speaker 1: didn't even know she had the use of jet Blue points, 1038 00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:33,640 Speaker 1: Like I didn't even have a jet Blue account for her, 1039 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:38,120 Speaker 1: and you know, whatever points she had somehow transferred into 1040 00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:41,160 Speaker 1: jet Blue and it was a fantastic deal compared to 1041 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,000 Speaker 1: the other flights that she typically took. And so we 1042 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:46,359 Speaker 1: did that, and then in another flight I found sort 1043 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,760 Speaker 1: of a premium seat at an economy amount of points, 1044 00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,640 Speaker 1: and so it will figure that out for you too. 1045 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,360 Speaker 1: So again, the website is point dot me. It is 1046 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:59,800 Speaker 1: a paid site. I think you can get a starter 1047 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,560 Speaker 1: ass or I know there's a rich on tech code 1048 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,040 Speaker 1: that they had at some point. I don't know if 1049 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,720 Speaker 1: that still works, but you can try putting in promo 1050 00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,440 Speaker 1: code rich on Tech and see if that gets you, 1051 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,640 Speaker 1: like something for free. It might get you like a 1052 00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,640 Speaker 1: free month or something, or a month for a dollar, 1053 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,759 Speaker 1: but definitely give it a try if you have a 1054 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,440 Speaker 1: bunch of points and you're trying to book a trip. 1055 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,760 Speaker 1: I would check this out because I was very impressed. 1056 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,640 Speaker 2: With this this website, point dot me. 1057 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:24,920 Speaker 1: And by the way I put all the websites, I 1058 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,680 Speaker 1: tweet them out later on my Twitter so I bookmark 1059 00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,640 Speaker 1: everything that I mentioned in the show, and then I 1060 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,960 Speaker 1: put the link on my Twitter at rich on Tech, 1061 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,239 Speaker 1: so you can find that as well. All right, let's 1062 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,480 Speaker 1: go to Jimmy. Jimmy is in Los Angeles. Jimmy, you're 1063 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:42,000 Speaker 1: on with rich I am doing fantastic. 1064 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,759 Speaker 6: How are you wonderful? 1065 00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:45,839 Speaker 2: What can I help? 1066 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:51,640 Speaker 8: I want to see if you can an Apple wash 1067 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,200 Speaker 8: into an Android like this? 1068 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:55,200 Speaker 2: Oh? 1069 00:49:55,360 --> 00:50:01,000 Speaker 1: Good question. Uh, the short answer is not really what 1070 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,320 Speaker 1: are you trying to do? You have an Android phone, 1071 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:08,240 Speaker 1: but you want to use an Apple Watch? Yes, okay, 1072 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,759 Speaker 1: So the only way I know that you could do this? 1073 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:12,120 Speaker 1: Do you have an Apple ID? 1074 00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,600 Speaker 2: I'm not going to one, okay. Do you have a. 1075 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,600 Speaker 1: Friend or a family member that has an iPhone? 1076 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:20,600 Speaker 6: Yes? 1077 00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:22,120 Speaker 8: At home? 1078 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:22,799 Speaker 2: Oh you do? 1079 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,239 Speaker 1: Okay, So here's here's the best way to do it. 1080 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,880 Speaker 1: That it's not going to be perfect. Like let's just 1081 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,200 Speaker 1: let's just be clear. Android does not interface with Apple 1082 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,520 Speaker 1: Watch in any way, shape or form. So it's not 1083 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:37,040 Speaker 1: you're not going to get your notifications, uh that you know, 1084 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:39,760 Speaker 1: like let's say, you know, your text messages and stuff 1085 00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,120 Speaker 1: like that are not going to come through to this 1086 00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:44,279 Speaker 1: watch or you're uh some notifications will depending on how 1087 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:45,719 Speaker 1: you set it up. But the only way that you 1088 00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,960 Speaker 1: can kind of hack this together is to set up 1089 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:52,800 Speaker 1: the Apple Watch using your iPhone and then just using 1090 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,920 Speaker 1: the Apple Watch on your wrist and then the Android 1091 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:58,919 Speaker 1: as your phone. But the Apple Watches, once you take 1092 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:00,759 Speaker 1: it out of range of that I phone, it's going 1093 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,200 Speaker 1: to be very limited in what it can do. And 1094 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,600 Speaker 1: so what does that mean. It means that you can 1095 00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,080 Speaker 1: if you have a cellular connection on the Apple Watch, 1096 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,120 Speaker 1: you'll be able to use things like you know, streaming 1097 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,560 Speaker 1: music stuff like that, get some notifications on the go, 1098 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,080 Speaker 1: maybe use Apple Maps. 1099 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,480 Speaker 2: But if you just want to use the. 1100 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,000 Speaker 1: Apple Watch to sort of track your steps or track 1101 00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:23,200 Speaker 1: your fitness on the go, it'll work for that. Or 1102 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,120 Speaker 1: use it just as a time piece, it'll work for 1103 00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,560 Speaker 1: that as well, but it's not going to interface with 1104 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,920 Speaker 1: the Android in a meaningful way. The other thing you 1105 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,680 Speaker 1: can do is, you know, if you you can set 1106 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,520 Speaker 1: it up what's called family setup, and so this is 1107 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,040 Speaker 1: this is if you have a cellular Apple Watch and 1108 00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,960 Speaker 1: you want to use it on the go without an 1109 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:47,280 Speaker 1: iPhone at all, you can do what's called the family setup. 1110 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,640 Speaker 1: And so this is a little bit more probably a 1111 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,320 Speaker 1: little bit better of a setup if you're trying to 1112 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,239 Speaker 1: use it with an Android phone, could because it'll work 1113 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:59,560 Speaker 1: on its own without having the need for the iPhone nearby. 1114 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,480 Speaker 1: And this is meant for family members setting up an 1115 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:06,440 Speaker 1: Apple Watch for their kid, or maybe for an elderly adult, 1116 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,840 Speaker 1: or for someone that just doesn't have an iPhone but 1117 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,480 Speaker 1: wants an Apple Watch that's in the family and so 1118 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,440 Speaker 1: you can set this thing up that way as well. 1119 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,640 Speaker 1: And that's the way my kid's Apple Watch is set up. 1120 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,040 Speaker 1: It's called family set up, and he has cellular and 1121 00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:22,280 Speaker 1: he basically has a phone on there. He can text message, 1122 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:25,640 Speaker 1: he can use limited apps. You know, not every app 1123 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,200 Speaker 1: works on that sort of setup. But if you just 1124 00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:31,400 Speaker 1: want this thing to track your steps and just you know, 1125 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,719 Speaker 1: do basic stuff on there, listen to music, you'll be 1126 00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,000 Speaker 1: able to do that. So that's the only way I 1127 00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:39,960 Speaker 1: know of doing it. But it's it's definitely not ideal 1128 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,359 Speaker 1: because it could be frustrating if you're trying to sync 1129 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:47,480 Speaker 1: up the actual Android notifications to this watch. It's just 1130 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:49,439 Speaker 1: not built that way. And you know, it's the same 1131 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,400 Speaker 1: thing on the other side it used to be. I 1132 00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:54,400 Speaker 1: kind of remember that there was there used to be 1133 00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:57,080 Speaker 1: a way to use an Android watch with an iPhone 1134 00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:59,520 Speaker 1: for a certain period of time, and I don't think 1135 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,960 Speaker 1: that's the case anymore either. It was very limited, but nowadays, 1136 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,600 Speaker 1: I mean, look, the name of the game nowadays is silos. 1137 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:10,440 Speaker 1: Every tech company wants to silo you into their stuff, 1138 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,200 Speaker 1: and Apple is pretty much the best at this. They 1139 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:15,920 Speaker 1: have a couple of tricks up their sleeve when it 1140 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:19,239 Speaker 1: comes to I Message, when it comes to FaceTime, when 1141 00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:21,479 Speaker 1: it comes to the Apple Watch. They give you these 1142 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,359 Speaker 1: things that work really well together, but they don't work 1143 00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:29,080 Speaker 1: with anything else dimensioned I message. That's probably the biggest 1144 00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:33,359 Speaker 1: one that gets people walked into the Apple ecosystem. And 1145 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,359 Speaker 1: once they're on that blue bubble, they just don't want 1146 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,359 Speaker 1: to ever get out of that blue bubble world. And 1147 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,520 Speaker 1: when someone texts them with a green bubble, they get 1148 00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:42,839 Speaker 1: all annoyed. And Apple did that on purpose too. They 1149 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:45,200 Speaker 1: made the bubbles different colors. Why they do that so 1150 00:53:45,239 --> 00:53:48,120 Speaker 1: that you knew, oh, this person's coming from an Android phone, 1151 00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,600 Speaker 1: this person's coming from an iPhone. I am not a 1152 00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:53,960 Speaker 1: fan of that. I think that that's you know, it's 1153 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,840 Speaker 1: just sad that people are judging each other based on 1154 00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:00,400 Speaker 1: the color of bubble coming through on their messaging stone purse. 1155 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,919 Speaker 2: And believe me, if you don't think it's a thing, 1156 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:03,440 Speaker 2: it is. 1157 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,440 Speaker 1: People get on these group texts and you know, one 1158 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,799 Speaker 1: person's on Android and they get all bent out of 1159 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,280 Speaker 1: shape in the group text saying, Ah, who's the person 1160 00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,880 Speaker 1: on Android here? That's that's messing up this group text. 1161 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,239 Speaker 1: So it's a thing, and I think it puts a 1162 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:19,840 Speaker 1: little undue pressure on folks, you know, maybe even teenagers 1163 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,719 Speaker 1: that are getting their first phone. But that was the 1164 00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:24,680 Speaker 1: whole point, I guess, brilliant marketing by Apple. All right, 1165 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,040 Speaker 1: coming up next, we're gonna talk about the home Pod. 1166 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,560 Speaker 1: This is a speaker made for Apple products. I've got 1167 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,120 Speaker 1: my friend Brian Tongue coming on the show to talk 1168 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,960 Speaker 1: about how the new HomePod sounds compared to the old 1169 00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:37,600 Speaker 1: home Pod. 1170 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,600 Speaker 2: We'll we'll talk about that, plus we'll. 1171 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,160 Speaker 1: Take more of your questions at triple eight Rich one 1172 00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,719 Speaker 1: oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 1173 00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:48,920 Speaker 1: four to one zero one. My name is Rich Dmiro. 1174 00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,480 Speaker 1: We've got so much more in the show to talk about. 1175 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,399 Speaker 1: You can find me on social media. I am at 1176 00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:58,080 Speaker 1: rich on Tech. We'll have more of the show right 1177 00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:01,840 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to to Rich on Tech. My 1178 00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:02,920 Speaker 1: name is Rich Demiro. 1179 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:04,040 Speaker 2: Joining me now. 1180 00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:10,880 Speaker 1: Is Brian Tongue, fellow tech friend and YouTuber. 1181 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:12,160 Speaker 2: Brian. Welcome to the show. 1182 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:13,520 Speaker 3: What's up? Rich? 1183 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:14,239 Speaker 10: Thanks for having me. 1184 00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:15,240 Speaker 2: Man, Hey, you're. 1185 00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,160 Speaker 1: The first guest to be on twice woo. 1186 00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,839 Speaker 10: I feel very honored and I'll do it as as 1187 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,520 Speaker 10: long as you ask me back and hopefully your listeners like, yeah, 1188 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,320 Speaker 10: bring them back please, Otherwise I may not ever talk. 1189 00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,600 Speaker 1: To you again, right I think, well that will never happen. 1190 00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:34,359 Speaker 1: But welcome to the show. Brian is a YouTuber. He 1191 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:37,440 Speaker 1: was up in San Francisco with me at the Samsung event. 1192 00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:38,920 Speaker 1: But we're not going to talk about that. We're going 1193 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,280 Speaker 1: to talk about the home Pod because you've been testing 1194 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,160 Speaker 1: these out in your home, brand new from Apple. 1195 00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,160 Speaker 2: So just to give you the rundown on the home Pod. 1196 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,960 Speaker 1: We talked about it, I think last week, but you know, 1197 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,000 Speaker 1: it's a two hundred and ninety nine dollars speaker that 1198 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,200 Speaker 1: is a smart home speaker. It's got some new features, 1199 00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,360 Speaker 1: including a removable cable, which I think is actually I 1200 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:00,880 Speaker 1: know it sounds like I'm making fun of it, but 1201 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,040 Speaker 1: that's actually a good thing, so you can pull out 1202 00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:06,080 Speaker 1: the power cord and pop it back in. It's got 1203 00:56:06,080 --> 00:56:10,919 Speaker 1: spatial audio, it sounds good, it looks good, and it's 1204 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,080 Speaker 1: a great companion for. 1205 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:14,600 Speaker 2: The Apple ecosystem. 1206 00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:17,680 Speaker 1: Right, So, Brian, you tested this thing out. We texted 1207 00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:19,600 Speaker 1: each other. We had the same sort of reaction to this. 1208 00:56:19,719 --> 00:56:23,279 Speaker 1: We both think that the old home pod sounds better 1209 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:23,919 Speaker 1: than the new pod. 1210 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:24,960 Speaker 2: How could that be possible? 1211 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:27,720 Speaker 10: You know, it could be possible in a few ways. 1212 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,520 Speaker 10: Right from a technical standpoint, this new home Pod has 1213 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,080 Speaker 10: two less tweeters than the original, but at the same time, 1214 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:40,360 Speaker 10: because Apple is redesigned it, it leverages what's called computational audio, 1215 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,839 Speaker 10: which basically means it can analyze the room and the 1216 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:47,319 Speaker 10: best sound to deliver to you. It does not. For 1217 00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:48,320 Speaker 10: the record, it does. 1218 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:49,160 Speaker 11: Not sound bad. 1219 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:53,200 Speaker 10: It sounds really good. But when you and I, you know, 1220 00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:54,680 Speaker 10: you texted me right out of the gates and I 1221 00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:56,799 Speaker 10: had already gone through extensive I mean, I match it 1222 00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,200 Speaker 10: up against I think four different speaker sets, and it 1223 00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:02,719 Speaker 10: just didn't feels as full. When I say that, I 1224 00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:05,600 Speaker 10: just mean there, if you listen to music, you'll hear, 1225 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:07,680 Speaker 10: you know, voices, but you also hear these things called 1226 00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:09,560 Speaker 10: mids which kind of round out the sound. You'll hear 1227 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:11,839 Speaker 10: loads which give you some of that basin ump, and 1228 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:16,640 Speaker 10: the original HomePod just sounds better in that regard. But 1229 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,000 Speaker 10: this is more than just the speaker. I think a 1230 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,720 Speaker 10: lot of people have purchased this with the intention of 1231 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:25,360 Speaker 10: I want a good sounding home smart speaker, so it 1232 00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:28,520 Speaker 10: goes beyond that, but from just the very basic level 1233 00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:29,960 Speaker 10: of how does the speaker sound, because I think that's 1234 00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,920 Speaker 10: what everyone wants to know. It sounds great, but the 1235 00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:34,320 Speaker 10: original HomePod just sounds better. 1236 00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:35,000 Speaker 2: Now. 1237 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,520 Speaker 1: In your YouTube video, which was very in depth, you 1238 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,840 Speaker 1: even enlisted the help of your fiance. She did like 1239 00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:44,919 Speaker 1: a sort of a blind, blindfolded listening test. And she's 1240 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,160 Speaker 1: not necessarily a techie, she you know, she just was 1241 00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,400 Speaker 1: enlisted to help and you said, hey, which one of 1242 00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:53,040 Speaker 1: these sounds better? And she was kind of surprised because 1243 00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:57,600 Speaker 1: you compared it against the original HomePod, then the Amazon 1244 00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:01,720 Speaker 1: Echo speaker, and then the Google Nest speaker, which is 1245 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,280 Speaker 1: like the bigger one. And in all cases, did she 1246 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,680 Speaker 1: not think that the other speaker sounded better. 1247 00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:11,720 Speaker 10: Than the than than the new HomePod? 1248 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:12,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? 1249 00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:17,400 Speaker 10: Uh? The in Yeah, actually the nets, the Google Nest 1250 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:21,120 Speaker 10: speaker did not is honestly the to sound the worst out. 1251 00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:21,480 Speaker 5: Of all of them. 1252 00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:25,280 Speaker 10: It was in a completely like lower tier. Okay, but surprisingly, 1253 00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:28,760 Speaker 10: the Amazon Echo sounded very good. And you know, when 1254 00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,360 Speaker 10: you listen to any speaker, it comes down to how 1255 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,720 Speaker 10: you hear things. We all actually hear things differently, we 1256 00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,400 Speaker 10: all have different preferences to. 1257 00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:36,560 Speaker 4: The type of sound we like. 1258 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:40,520 Speaker 10: But the Amazon Echo, in both my opinion and her 1259 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:44,360 Speaker 10: opinion in these tests, actually sounded slightly better than the 1260 00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:45,520 Speaker 10: new home. 1261 00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:48,000 Speaker 1: Pod as well, which is just so wild. I mean, 1262 00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:50,240 Speaker 1: this thing is, you know, no matter which one you're 1263 00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:53,320 Speaker 1: looking at. I mean, the Echo fourth generation is a 1264 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:56,800 Speaker 1: hunter Bucks. This speaker is is three hundred, which is 1265 00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:59,280 Speaker 1: fifty dollars less than the original home Pod that was 1266 00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:01,280 Speaker 1: discontinued back a couple of years ago. 1267 00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:02,480 Speaker 2: But here's the thing. 1268 00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:04,960 Speaker 1: I don't really think any of this matters to the 1269 00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:09,560 Speaker 1: Apple ecosystem user that wants a good speaker for their 1270 00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:12,800 Speaker 1: home that looks really nice, plays really nice with all 1271 00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:15,240 Speaker 1: of their Apple stuff, and it's going to sound good. 1272 00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:18,400 Speaker 1: And do you think that Apple can improve the audio 1273 00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:20,240 Speaker 1: on this speaker with software updates? 1274 00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:21,080 Speaker 2: Is that even a thing? 1275 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:25,280 Speaker 10: I mean, because it is like you're alluding to computational audio. 1276 00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,800 Speaker 10: They can tweak it. I think that it will. A 1277 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,600 Speaker 10: lot of people say, hey, you need to listen to 1278 00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,240 Speaker 10: a speaker for a long period of time to break 1279 00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:34,520 Speaker 10: it in to kind of help the base come in. 1280 00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:36,320 Speaker 10: And so, you know what, I'm going to give them 1281 00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:37,840 Speaker 10: the benefit of doubt, and I'm going to do another 1282 00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,479 Speaker 10: speaker test. Let's give them like three or four months 1283 00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:43,560 Speaker 10: and revisit it and see if anything's changed, match them 1284 00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:46,400 Speaker 10: up with maybe some other speakers, like the Sono's one 1285 00:59:46,440 --> 00:59:48,440 Speaker 10: setup that is kind of in that tier when we 1286 00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:51,440 Speaker 10: talk about price point, the Echo Studio, which is kind 1287 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:54,760 Speaker 10: of their larger speakers in that price point, but from 1288 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,400 Speaker 10: just a basic level, when you turn it on and 1289 00:59:57,400 --> 01:00:00,000 Speaker 10: when you hear music, if you've owned the original home 1290 01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:03,240 Speaker 10: it sounds different. But people there's a lot of people 1291 01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:04,920 Speaker 10: that do not own a HomePod. It never owned the 1292 01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:07,400 Speaker 10: original HomePod. There's a lot of people that own home pod. 1293 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,320 Speaker 10: Minis that really that was their introduction to get involved 1294 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:13,800 Speaker 10: with Apple's smart speakers and home smart speakers. So I 1295 01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,240 Speaker 10: think there's a lot of Mini owners that are like, 1296 01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:18,240 Speaker 10: I do want better sound now, and this HomePod is 1297 01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:19,120 Speaker 10: gonna be perfect for them. 1298 01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:20,280 Speaker 2: And here's the thing. 1299 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:24,240 Speaker 1: Let's it sounds good, It's just it's different. Like okay, 1300 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:25,720 Speaker 1: so the way I can describe it, and I'm not 1301 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:27,480 Speaker 1: an audio file, but when I turned it on and 1302 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:29,360 Speaker 1: played the first song, which I think was like Harry 1303 01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:32,840 Speaker 1: Styles as it was, I was a little bit surprised 1304 01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:37,680 Speaker 1: at the room filling nature was just not as apparent 1305 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:39,480 Speaker 1: as it was on the first home Pod. Like the 1306 01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:41,440 Speaker 1: first HomePod, when I turned it on, I was like, wow, 1307 01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,160 Speaker 1: this is incredible, Like it just felt like the whole 1308 01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,920 Speaker 1: room was filled with sound. With this new HomePod. I 1309 01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:49,520 Speaker 1: felt like I can pinpoint exactly where the HomePod was 1310 01:00:49,560 --> 01:00:51,880 Speaker 1: in the room and I can see where the audio 1311 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,120 Speaker 1: was coming from. That's the best way I can describe it. 1312 01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:57,840 Speaker 1: And so it's not doesn't sound bad. It almost sounded 1313 01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,000 Speaker 1: like a less full than the original HomePod. 1314 01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:01,640 Speaker 2: Is that fair? 1315 01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:02,720 Speaker 8: Yeah? 1316 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:05,360 Speaker 10: You know if for people that are really into I 1317 01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:08,560 Speaker 10: would say the different genres of music perform differently depending 1318 01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,560 Speaker 10: on how a speaker sounds, and the new HomePod does 1319 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:13,440 Speaker 10: really emphasize the highs, which are like the voices, So 1320 01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:17,480 Speaker 10: the voices are really clear, they feel upfront. But the 1321 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:20,200 Speaker 10: word that I used to describe how it's missing the 1322 01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:21,800 Speaker 10: aspect of when you're saying that it kind of feels 1323 01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:24,360 Speaker 10: like it's missing something is I use the word presence 1324 01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:26,800 Speaker 10: because when you're listening to the original HomePods, you feel 1325 01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,200 Speaker 10: like the music is like surrounding you. You feel like 1326 01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:30,720 Speaker 10: you're right in the middle of the heart of it. 1327 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,880 Speaker 10: And with the new HomePods, it doesn't establish that at all, 1328 01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:37,120 Speaker 10: and so you only know what you know. But you 1329 01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:39,880 Speaker 10: and I know, like, man, it just doesn't sound as good. 1330 01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:43,320 Speaker 10: But hopefully with some sort of tuning and over time 1331 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:45,959 Speaker 10: maybe the speaker's breaking a little bit, maybe we start 1332 01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,680 Speaker 10: hearing a little some of those deeper tones. It helps 1333 01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:50,840 Speaker 10: the audio quality. But if it's hard for I could 1334 01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,000 Speaker 10: never you know, looking at someone straight in the eye, 1335 01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:54,760 Speaker 10: I would never tell them that the new HomePod sounds 1336 01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:55,160 Speaker 10: as good as. 1337 01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:55,720 Speaker 4: The original one. 1338 01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:59,919 Speaker 1: That's that's really that's hurtful. Them are fighting words right there. 1339 01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:04,720 Speaker 1: We're talking to Briantongue YouTube dot com slash at Briantongue 1340 01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:06,959 Speaker 1: if you want to find his U tech videos there. 1341 01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:10,320 Speaker 1: Brian typically covers Apple in a big way, but also 1342 01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,680 Speaker 1: other tech as well, so definitely check out his videos. 1343 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:16,520 Speaker 1: A couple other features real quick, I've got a couple 1344 01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,760 Speaker 1: of minutes here, uh, Enhanced audio return channel. 1345 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,680 Speaker 2: I thought this was kind of cool. So if you 1346 01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:22,000 Speaker 2: have an. 1347 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:25,320 Speaker 1: Apple TV four K, you can pair up the home 1348 01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,320 Speaker 1: pod with this and it's got this e ARC support, 1349 01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:31,240 Speaker 1: which means anything that's connected to that TV will actually 1350 01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:32,800 Speaker 1: run through the home pod. I thought that was kind 1351 01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:35,320 Speaker 1: of a cool feature. I don't know if you played with. 1352 01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:39,760 Speaker 10: That, you know what. I think that's imost forget that 1353 01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:43,920 Speaker 10: the Apple user, the general apper things to work and 1354 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:46,960 Speaker 10: they don't even like they don't even care about ARC. 1355 01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,040 Speaker 10: But the fact that if you have an Apple TV 1356 01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:51,400 Speaker 10: and everything that kind of flows through that TV is 1357 01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,120 Speaker 10: played on your Apple speatures and you're and you might 1358 01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:54,840 Speaker 10: be going like, oh wow, I didn't have to plug 1359 01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:56,920 Speaker 10: anything and it's just work. That's what Apple wants you 1360 01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:00,200 Speaker 10: to feel, right, And so that that's true to how 1361 01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,960 Speaker 10: they build their products for the general consumers. 1362 01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:05,960 Speaker 1: So I think feature the way I understand it, If 1363 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,600 Speaker 1: I have my cable box plugged into the TV through 1364 01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:13,320 Speaker 1: HDMI and that cable box supports ARC, basically that audio 1365 01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:15,560 Speaker 1: will flow through the Apple TV and through the speakers 1366 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:16,439 Speaker 1: as well. 1367 01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:18,640 Speaker 2: That's correct Okay, that's pretty cool. 1368 01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:21,320 Speaker 10: Yeah, And like I think there are people that won't 1369 01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:23,400 Speaker 10: even realize that's what's happening, but they'll be like, wow, 1370 01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:24,880 Speaker 10: this works everything right. 1371 01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:27,400 Speaker 1: Right, Okay, And finally we only have a minute here. 1372 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,600 Speaker 1: But Matter is also built into this speaker, and you 1373 01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:33,120 Speaker 1: think that's going to be a pretty pretty good thing 1374 01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:35,360 Speaker 1: for the smart home ecosystem, huh. 1375 01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:37,919 Speaker 10: I think this is the biggest thing about Apple's Home 1376 01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:41,560 Speaker 10: home platform is that they really have been very lacking 1377 01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,760 Speaker 10: with smart devices that are compatible. When we're talking about 1378 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:50,800 Speaker 10: doorbell cameras, thermostats, lights, wall plugs. Matter is going to 1379 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:53,160 Speaker 10: allow all a lot of these devices that have never 1380 01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:56,160 Speaker 10: been compatible with Apple's Smart Home to finally be compatible 1381 01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,919 Speaker 10: without you even listening to fingers. So I think as 1382 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,640 Speaker 10: time goes on, this the actual home pod and this 1383 01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:04,720 Speaker 10: Matter smart home platform is going to really elevate it 1384 01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:07,120 Speaker 10: and make it just so much easier use. And this 1385 01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:10,000 Speaker 10: is Apple really getting serious about getting the smart home finally. 1386 01:04:10,320 --> 01:04:10,720 Speaker 2: Awesome. 1387 01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:13,120 Speaker 1: Brian tong thanks so much for joining me at Twitter 1388 01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:16,560 Speaker 1: dot com slash Briantongue. We used to be pals at 1389 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:18,680 Speaker 1: c nets, so we've got a long history. Are you 1390 01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:20,640 Speaker 1: still in San Francisco, Like, are you on the cable 1391 01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:22,160 Speaker 1: car right now? That's what it sounds like. 1392 01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:24,520 Speaker 10: I'm not on the cable car, but I am in 1393 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:26,760 Speaker 10: a car with my nephew. We are we are driving 1394 01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:27,880 Speaker 10: to get lunch right now? 1395 01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:30,840 Speaker 2: What kind of lunch are we talking? You're making me hungry? 1396 01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:33,760 Speaker 10: A little bit of country in a little breakfast for lunch. 1397 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:35,160 Speaker 10: You know, I'm a breakfast. 1398 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:37,000 Speaker 2: Guy, Rich, Oh, I love it. I love it. 1399 01:04:37,080 --> 01:04:39,440 Speaker 1: So am all right, Brian, thanks so much for joining me, 1400 01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:42,840 Speaker 1: and definitely check out Brian's videos and safe travels back 1401 01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:47,000 Speaker 1: here to Los Angeles. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 1402 01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:49,520 Speaker 1: My name is Rich Dmiro. The phone lines are open 1403 01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:52,640 Speaker 1: at triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight 1404 01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:55,320 Speaker 1: seven four to two four one zero one. You got 1405 01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,000 Speaker 1: a tech question, give me a call. Welcome back to 1406 01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:01,160 Speaker 1: Rich on Tech. My name is Rich Tomuro. You're listening 1407 01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:03,640 Speaker 1: to the show where we talk about technology and answer 1408 01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:06,680 Speaker 1: your calls at triple A Rich one O one eight 1409 01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:11,080 Speaker 1: eight rich one oh one. Let's go to Jay in 1410 01:05:11,600 --> 01:05:14,240 Speaker 1: Woodland Hills, California. Jay, you're on with Wretch. 1411 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:15,600 Speaker 8: Thank you, Rich. 1412 01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:17,720 Speaker 2: How's going good? 1413 01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:24,440 Speaker 8: Thank you? I uh, this is a question regarding generated 1414 01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:26,320 Speaker 8: passwords on bit warten. 1415 01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:26,800 Speaker 2: Okay. 1416 01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:31,280 Speaker 8: So I went to my bank and I changed the password. 1417 01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:35,520 Speaker 8: And normally when you change the password, you know, you 1418 01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:39,640 Speaker 8: get that flag on the top of the screen. 1419 01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:43,280 Speaker 2: Sure updated youah updated. That didn't happen. 1420 01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:48,000 Speaker 8: And that didn't happen. So I'm out of my bank. 1421 01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:54,360 Speaker 8: So I googled how do retriees generated passwords? And I 1422 01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,080 Speaker 8: got this. It says, yes, you can view the history 1423 01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:02,880 Speaker 8: of the password generator from client applications generate a. 1424 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,800 Speaker 2: Scream and it's not there. 1425 01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:10,880 Speaker 8: So how do I access the client applications generator screen? 1426 01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:12,400 Speaker 2: Okay? 1427 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:14,880 Speaker 1: So if you go now, do you have bitwarden installed 1428 01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:16,080 Speaker 1: as a Chrome extension? 1429 01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:16,800 Speaker 8: Yes? 1430 01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:17,240 Speaker 2: Okay. 1431 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,800 Speaker 1: So, and just to give you know, give a little 1432 01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:24,760 Speaker 1: perspective on this, Bitwarden is a very popular, free and 1433 01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:29,000 Speaker 1: open source password management system. And I recommend if you're 1434 01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:32,520 Speaker 1: listening to this, that you use a password generating app. 1435 01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,560 Speaker 2: And I know that it sounds like rich. 1436 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:37,120 Speaker 1: I don't really want to get into that because, you know, 1437 01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:39,840 Speaker 1: like Jay is saying, there can be some problems with 1438 01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:42,800 Speaker 1: this situation. You know, like these passwords that they generate 1439 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:46,240 Speaker 1: are twelve fourteen characters, they're long. I can't remember them. 1440 01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:51,680 Speaker 1: But it's better believe me. So yes. What happens is 1441 01:06:52,040 --> 01:06:55,120 Speaker 1: most of the time when you are generating a password, 1442 01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:58,720 Speaker 1: these systems will once you put that password in, it'll say, hey, 1443 01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:00,120 Speaker 1: do you want us to save it? Like the Well, 1444 01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:03,240 Speaker 1: notice that you've tried a new password or you've generated 1445 01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:05,600 Speaker 1: a new password, and the system will pop up a 1446 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,880 Speaker 1: little notification that will say do you want to either 1447 01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:12,360 Speaker 1: right over the old password or save the new password 1448 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,680 Speaker 1: or whatever. And sometimes that doesn't happen, just depending on 1449 01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:17,720 Speaker 1: the architecture of the website that you're on, it just 1450 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:21,760 Speaker 1: may block that notification or whatever. Well, these password generators 1451 01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:24,920 Speaker 1: have gotten pretty good over the years and they've realized 1452 01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:26,960 Speaker 1: that when you generate a password, it should probably save 1453 01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:28,080 Speaker 1: that password. 1454 01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:28,200 Speaker 2: In some way. 1455 01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:33,680 Speaker 1: So on the extension, click the extension and there's a 1456 01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:37,680 Speaker 1: little section called generator and that can be used to 1457 01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:38,600 Speaker 1: generate a password. 1458 01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:41,080 Speaker 2: But there should also be an area that. 1459 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:46,360 Speaker 1: Says password history, and if you click that password history, 1460 01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:49,160 Speaker 1: that should give you a list of all the different 1461 01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:52,520 Speaker 1: passwords that have been generated recently. Now this may not 1462 01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:54,560 Speaker 1: be perfect. They may not all be there. In fact, 1463 01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:56,840 Speaker 1: the one that was generated with your bank may not 1464 01:07:56,920 --> 01:07:59,520 Speaker 1: be there. But that's the first place to look. And 1465 01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm looking at my password management system and it's given 1466 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:06,640 Speaker 1: me all the different passwords that I've generated all the 1467 01:08:06,720 --> 01:08:11,960 Speaker 1: way back to December nineteenth, So that's my last twenty 1468 01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:14,760 Speaker 1: generated passwords. If it's before that, it may not be 1469 01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:17,920 Speaker 1: on there, but Jay, that's the place to look. If 1470 01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:22,760 Speaker 1: you can't find it in that Bitwarden password generator history, 1471 01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:26,080 Speaker 1: then you're going to have to do a password reset 1472 01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:31,080 Speaker 1: on your you know, your bank password, and then do 1473 01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,680 Speaker 1: a new password. And I know that's not ideal, but 1474 01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:36,760 Speaker 1: sometimes these things do get lost in the system and 1475 01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:38,280 Speaker 1: the shuffle whatever you want to call it. 1476 01:08:38,760 --> 01:08:39,240 Speaker 2: And for that. 1477 01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:43,519 Speaker 1: Reason, and you know, I passwords are very tricky because 1478 01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:45,519 Speaker 1: you don't you want to be very careful about these 1479 01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:46,600 Speaker 1: generated passwords. 1480 01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:48,040 Speaker 2: But what I'll do is. 1481 01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:52,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes even I'm a little hesitant to give out this advice, 1482 01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:55,519 Speaker 1: but sometimes if I really want to make sure that 1483 01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:58,200 Speaker 1: the password I just generated is going to be saved, 1484 01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:00,680 Speaker 1: I will copy and paste it into sort of my 1485 01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:03,840 Speaker 1: notes app, and then I'll make sure it's saved in 1486 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:07,479 Speaker 1: my password management software and then I will delete it 1487 01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:09,120 Speaker 1: out of my notes app. Now that can cause some 1488 01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:12,040 Speaker 1: issues because your notes app or wherever you paste this thing. 1489 01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:15,040 Speaker 1: Just being on the clipboard of your computer could not 1490 01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:18,320 Speaker 1: be as secure as I'd like, but it's, you know, 1491 01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:20,680 Speaker 1: in some ways easier just to have that peace of 1492 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:23,080 Speaker 1: mind that you have that password somewhere, especially if it's 1493 01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:25,559 Speaker 1: for a big account like a Google or a Twitter 1494 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:28,479 Speaker 1: or an Instagram or a Facebook like you don't want 1495 01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,840 Speaker 1: to lose that password because resetting can sometimes be a 1496 01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:34,799 Speaker 1: pain with those websites. So that's the place to look, Jay. 1497 01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:38,640 Speaker 1: I'm glad that you're using a password manager, and Bitwarden 1498 01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:42,559 Speaker 1: is a good one because it's free, it works across 1499 01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:48,479 Speaker 1: multiple devices, it's relatively easy to use. It's open source, 1500 01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,479 Speaker 1: which means a lot of people have looked into the 1501 01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:54,160 Speaker 1: security of that password generating software, and a lot of 1502 01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:59,160 Speaker 1: people like it. Other password management software includes dash Lane, 1503 01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:03,160 Speaker 1: which is good, but it is a little pricey. I 1504 01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:05,120 Speaker 1: think they've introduced some new plans that are a little 1505 01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:09,280 Speaker 1: bit easier to manage because they're monthly. Let's see, one 1506 01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:13,080 Speaker 1: password is also a very popular one. So one password 1507 01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:16,040 Speaker 1: used to be primarily for just Apple products. Now they've 1508 01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:19,760 Speaker 1: sort of gone across all different platforms, so one Password 1509 01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,439 Speaker 1: is a really good one as well. And if you're 1510 01:10:22,520 --> 01:10:26,800 Speaker 1: just on if you're just using Apple products, just use 1511 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:28,960 Speaker 1: iCloud keychain. I mean, you know, if you've ever used 1512 01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:30,600 Speaker 1: the iPhone, it popped up where it says, hey, do 1513 01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:32,840 Speaker 1: you want us to generate a password or save a password? 1514 01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,880 Speaker 1: That's iCloud keychain, and you could just use that. If 1515 01:10:35,920 --> 01:10:39,599 Speaker 1: you're only using Apple products, that's fine. I'm totally fine 1516 01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:42,759 Speaker 1: with that. But if you're using a combination of Apple 1517 01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:47,400 Speaker 1: and Android, or Apple and Chrome, or iOS and Chrome, 1518 01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:51,320 Speaker 1: then I would recommend one of these cross platform password 1519 01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:53,360 Speaker 1: managers like I just mentioned the other. 1520 01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:54,040 Speaker 2: One you can use. 1521 01:10:54,439 --> 01:10:58,519 Speaker 1: Google also has their own, so they have Google Password 1522 01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:01,800 Speaker 1: Manager and that realy got an update, and so that 1523 01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:03,600 Speaker 1: used to be really good. I would recommend it if 1524 01:11:03,640 --> 01:11:06,600 Speaker 1: you only used Chrome, but now they actually made it 1525 01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:10,840 Speaker 1: so that it integrates nicely into iOS. And so if 1526 01:11:10,840 --> 01:11:13,760 Speaker 1: you use a lot of Google products, you can use 1527 01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:18,960 Speaker 1: Google's password manager. And where you want to look on 1528 01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:21,840 Speaker 1: this is on your iPhone. If you go into your 1529 01:11:21,880 --> 01:11:27,840 Speaker 1: settings and you go to type in autofill and then passwords, 1530 01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:30,680 Speaker 1: and then you can look at your password options and 1531 01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:33,600 Speaker 1: you can see auto fill passwords. You can turn that 1532 01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:35,599 Speaker 1: on or off, and it gives you the options. It says, 1533 01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:37,920 Speaker 1: where do you want to allow filling from? And it'll 1534 01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:39,559 Speaker 1: give you all the different options. And one of them, 1535 01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,960 Speaker 1: if you have Chrome installed on your phone, is from 1536 01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:45,640 Speaker 1: Chrome and it's it's kind of a sleeper kind of 1537 01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:48,880 Speaker 1: feature because they introduced it, i think late last year 1538 01:11:49,479 --> 01:11:52,760 Speaker 1: and they didn't really publicize it too much. But if 1539 01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:55,679 Speaker 1: you want a free option that works and you're you're 1540 01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:59,120 Speaker 1: using let's just give you a scenario. You're primarily a 1541 01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,120 Speaker 1: Chrome user on your desktop computer and then you use 1542 01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Chrome on your iPhone. That's a great system where you 1543 01:12:06,240 --> 01:12:09,320 Speaker 1: can just use Chrome's password manager and it will work 1544 01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:12,479 Speaker 1: on your computer, it will work on your iPhone. It 1545 01:12:12,479 --> 01:12:16,960 Speaker 1: will automatically fill things on your iPhone, and it's totally free. Now, 1546 01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,000 Speaker 1: you may not like Google that much to trust it 1547 01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:21,960 Speaker 1: with that stuff, but you know it's gonna work, and 1548 01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:24,800 Speaker 1: it's you know, like I said, it's cross platform. It's 1549 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:27,360 Speaker 1: totally free. And some of these other ones, like the 1550 01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:29,439 Speaker 1: one Passwords of the World and the dash lanes, you know, 1551 01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:32,439 Speaker 1: they can cost fifty sixty bucks a year, So if 1552 01:12:32,479 --> 01:12:34,280 Speaker 1: you're not prepared to pay that, and once you get 1553 01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,880 Speaker 1: into these systems, you know it's tough to get out. 1554 01:12:36,960 --> 01:12:37,599 Speaker 2: Yes, you can. 1555 01:12:37,479 --> 01:12:39,920 Speaker 1: Export all your passwords, but you know it takes a 1556 01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:44,000 Speaker 1: little bit to switch. And so my recommendation is to 1557 01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:47,840 Speaker 1: really think about the products that you use, and these 1558 01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:50,640 Speaker 1: password managers are sort of a long term thing that 1559 01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:51,240 Speaker 1: you want. 1560 01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:53,519 Speaker 2: To Once you get into it, it's tough to get out. 1561 01:12:53,680 --> 01:12:57,799 Speaker 1: So Jay, anyway, thanks for bringing up the password manager, 1562 01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:00,679 Speaker 1: because I'm always ready to talk about that because password 1563 01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:05,200 Speaker 1: manager two factor authentication, two things that every iPhone user, 1564 01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:09,200 Speaker 1: Android user, and computer user should absolutely be thinking about 1565 01:13:09,439 --> 01:13:12,280 Speaker 1: how to keep their data private and their their accounts safe. 1566 01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:15,880 Speaker 1: All Right, we've got much more of the show, so 1567 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:17,599 Speaker 1: much more to talk about. We're going to talk about 1568 01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,200 Speaker 1: malvertizing in the next hour. I'm going to tell you 1569 01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:23,519 Speaker 1: how to stay safe from that. Open ai is going 1570 01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:27,200 Speaker 1: to launch a paid version of their popular chat GPT. 1571 01:13:27,439 --> 01:13:29,080 Speaker 1: Do you need to pay twenty bucks a month for 1572 01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:29,759 Speaker 1: chat GPT? 1573 01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:33,160 Speaker 2: I don't know. We'll talk about that. Plus, I've got. 1574 01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:35,559 Speaker 1: A great interview coming up with the founders of an 1575 01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:39,600 Speaker 1: app that is billing itself as an alternative to Facebook. 1576 01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,920 Speaker 1: If you want to protect your privacy, you are listening 1577 01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:45,200 Speaker 1: to Rich on Tech. Phone lines are open at triple 1578 01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:48,080 Speaker 1: eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 1579 01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:51,400 Speaker 1: to two, four to one zero one. You are listening 1580 01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:54,040 Speaker 1: to Rich on Tech. My name is rich DeMuro, tech 1581 01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:58,160 Speaker 1: reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles, talking about 1582 01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:02,120 Speaker 1: technology and all all the cool stuff that happens on 1583 01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:05,440 Speaker 1: your phone, on your computer, on the web, pretty. 1584 01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:07,360 Speaker 2: Much anything these days. I mean, I can't think of 1585 01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:09,200 Speaker 2: something that tech doesn't touch at this point. 1586 01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:12,240 Speaker 1: You can find me on social media. I am at 1587 01:14:12,439 --> 01:14:17,120 Speaker 1: rich on Tech, my website rich on tech dot tv. 1588 01:14:17,360 --> 01:14:19,960 Speaker 1: There you can find links to all my social media 1589 01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:23,680 Speaker 1: podcast version of this show, as well as some of 1590 01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:27,080 Speaker 1: the segments I do on KTLA, and just anything that 1591 01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:29,679 Speaker 1: I mentioned I pretty much put again the website rich 1592 01:14:29,880 --> 01:14:34,600 Speaker 1: on tech dot TV. All right, let's talk about malvertizing. 1593 01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:38,000 Speaker 1: This is a pretty serious thing. I haven't seen it 1594 01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:40,960 Speaker 1: in a while, but it definitely happens. And this is 1595 01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:44,240 Speaker 1: when you search something on Google and one of the 1596 01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:47,840 Speaker 1: ads at the top of the screen looks like it's 1597 01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:50,439 Speaker 1: what you're trying to find. And mostly this happens with 1598 01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:56,240 Speaker 1: software that you're trying to download, but it delivers malware 1599 01:14:56,320 --> 01:14:59,680 Speaker 1: to your computer system. And this is an article out 1600 01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:03,639 Speaker 1: of Space House Haus Dot com talking about how they're 1601 01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:07,559 Speaker 1: seeing a whole bunch of malvertizing happening right now across 1602 01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:11,200 Speaker 1: Google Ads. Now, Google Ads is pretty smart. Google is 1603 01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:13,720 Speaker 1: pretty smart, but there are people that are trying to 1604 01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:17,200 Speaker 1: evade their systems at all times. And so as smart 1605 01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:22,200 Speaker 1: as Google can be, they can't find everything, you know, instantly, 1606 01:15:22,680 --> 01:15:25,679 Speaker 1: and so these you know, bad actors, so to say, 1607 01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:30,880 Speaker 1: find ways of exploiting the Google system, and you know 1608 01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:33,639 Speaker 1: they do. So here's how it happens. Let's say you search. 1609 01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:35,799 Speaker 1: Let's say you want to download a piece of software. 1610 01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:39,880 Speaker 1: And some of the software examples they give our Adobe Reader, 1611 01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:46,640 Speaker 1: Microsoft Teams, let's see what else, Slack and Thunderbird. And 1612 01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:49,880 Speaker 1: so you search for that software on Google and the 1613 01:15:49,920 --> 01:15:51,639 Speaker 1: top thing right at the top, let's just. 1614 01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,160 Speaker 2: Try it Thunderbird, And that's like a. 1615 01:15:55,600 --> 01:15:58,920 Speaker 1: You search for that and the first result is from 1616 01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:02,639 Speaker 1: an advertisment. And so a lot of times two things 1617 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:06,160 Speaker 1: are happening here. A lot of times companies like Mozilla 1618 01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:10,040 Speaker 1: or whatever, they'll take out ads so that when you're 1619 01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:12,320 Speaker 1: looking for their software, you'll find it right at the top. 1620 01:16:12,400 --> 01:16:15,320 Speaker 1: And you'll see this is typically ads are marked at 1621 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:19,360 Speaker 1: the top of Google. You know, they say ad let's 1622 01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:20,000 Speaker 1: see what do they say. 1623 01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:23,120 Speaker 2: I think they just changed it recently. I mean, trying 1624 01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:24,840 Speaker 2: to search for something that'll bring up an AD. There 1625 01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:26,040 Speaker 2: we go. Yeah, they're marked AD. 1626 01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:29,479 Speaker 1: And so if you look at Google, and this is 1627 01:16:29,560 --> 01:16:32,000 Speaker 1: just general, you know, if you just look at Google 1628 01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:34,840 Speaker 1: at the top of your search results, just you're going 1629 01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,480 Speaker 1: to see AD right now. I just search for mattresses, 1630 01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm seeing AD, AD, AD AD, then places and then 1631 01:16:42,040 --> 01:16:45,599 Speaker 1: the first result comes up way after that for mattress warehouse. 1632 01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:46,759 Speaker 2: So you're talking. 1633 01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:49,760 Speaker 1: If you're just looking at Google and clicking the top 1634 01:16:49,840 --> 01:16:52,439 Speaker 1: thing every time, you're probably clicking an AD most of 1635 01:16:52,479 --> 01:16:54,519 Speaker 1: the time. And that's why Google makes billions of dollars 1636 01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:57,040 Speaker 1: by the way. They've come up with this brilliant system 1637 01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:00,920 Speaker 1: that most people are just clicking the top link, like 1638 01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:05,519 Speaker 1: you know, a large percent of searches result and the 1639 01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:09,679 Speaker 1: first link is what gets clicked. And that's why SEO 1640 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:12,879 Speaker 1: search engine optimization. That's why it's such a big business, 1641 01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:16,559 Speaker 1: because people just want to be that first result. Because 1642 01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:19,120 Speaker 1: people go to Google and they just click the first 1643 01:17:19,160 --> 01:17:21,240 Speaker 1: result they see, whether it's an AD or not. And 1644 01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:24,040 Speaker 1: that's what's so brilliant about their their system is that 1645 01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:26,639 Speaker 1: you just see an AD, and you know, most people 1646 01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:30,040 Speaker 1: don't distinguish between ads and actual results. We call them 1647 01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:33,920 Speaker 1: organic search results. Those are a little bit further down. 1648 01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:35,840 Speaker 1: So now if we scroll further down, we can see 1649 01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:38,960 Speaker 1: the first organic search result is, you know, like I said, 1650 01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:43,120 Speaker 1: Mattress warehouse. So just in general, be aware of what 1651 01:17:43,160 --> 01:17:46,400 Speaker 1: you're clicking on Google. So don't always just click the 1652 01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:49,559 Speaker 1: first thing that you see, especially on your phone. Google 1653 01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:51,680 Speaker 1: is a little tricky about this because they want they 1654 01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:53,639 Speaker 1: want you to click that that's how they make their money. 1655 01:17:53,920 --> 01:17:57,080 Speaker 1: So they will make it so that the AD results 1656 01:17:57,160 --> 01:18:00,639 Speaker 1: look the same as what we call organics search results. 1657 01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:06,320 Speaker 1: Organic search results are the results that companies have earned 1658 01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:09,320 Speaker 1: right they have made their way to the top because 1659 01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:12,479 Speaker 1: they're trusted because a lot of other websites link to them. 1660 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,720 Speaker 1: Google doesn't exactly tell us the special sauce that goes 1661 01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:18,600 Speaker 1: into this whole. You know, what makes a link the 1662 01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:22,320 Speaker 1: number one, but we know there's certain factors that contribute 1663 01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:22,559 Speaker 1: to that. 1664 01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,480 Speaker 2: So anyway, so I'm telling. 1665 01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:25,920 Speaker 1: You all this stuff so that you understand when you 1666 01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:29,000 Speaker 1: click that first link, it's not always the link of 1667 01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:32,000 Speaker 1: the organic website. It could be an AD. And so 1668 01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:34,320 Speaker 1: what these bad actors are doing is they are buying 1669 01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:37,760 Speaker 1: ads that look like they are going to bring you 1670 01:18:38,120 --> 01:18:41,280 Speaker 1: that software, whether it's Adobe Reader, whether it's Microsoft Teams, 1671 01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:44,479 Speaker 1: whether it's Slack, whether it's Thunderbird, and you click it 1672 01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:48,120 Speaker 1: and then it loads. In one example, I saw it's 1673 01:18:48,120 --> 01:18:52,439 Speaker 1: actually a dropbox link and it'll load software onto your system. 1674 01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:55,320 Speaker 1: It will actually download software. And this is what they 1675 01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:58,639 Speaker 1: call malvertizing. And I've seen this happen. It's actually happened 1676 01:18:58,680 --> 01:19:01,240 Speaker 1: to me before. I've actually witnessed it on my own computer. 1677 01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,559 Speaker 1: It's been a couple of years. But this is something 1678 01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:06,200 Speaker 1: to just look out for. And so if you're clicking, 1679 01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:09,400 Speaker 1: you know, software links, just be aware of this and 1680 01:19:09,520 --> 01:19:12,920 Speaker 1: really just look at the URL that you're downloading. A 1681 01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:16,960 Speaker 1: lot of times these companies, these you know, malvertizing, they 1682 01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:20,800 Speaker 1: will they will buy domains that look very similar to 1683 01:19:20,840 --> 01:19:22,760 Speaker 1: the domain that you're trying to find, you know, whether 1684 01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:26,040 Speaker 1: it's software or whatever, and so they'll they'll try to 1685 01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:29,360 Speaker 1: trick you even further. So just really be aware of 1686 01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:32,559 Speaker 1: what you're clicking, what you're downloading. Anytime you're downloading something 1687 01:19:32,560 --> 01:19:35,400 Speaker 1: into your system, you really got to be aware of 1688 01:19:35,439 --> 01:19:38,479 Speaker 1: that download because that's that's when the problems start. If 1689 01:19:38,479 --> 01:19:40,120 Speaker 1: you're just surfing the web, like most of the time, 1690 01:19:40,160 --> 01:19:42,960 Speaker 1: it's going to be fine. But if you're downloading something 1691 01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:45,839 Speaker 1: and running that on your computer, that's when the problems 1692 01:19:46,160 --> 01:19:46,679 Speaker 1: can start. 1693 01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:50,080 Speaker 2: So just be aware. All right. Now, let's talk about 1694 01:19:50,120 --> 01:19:51,960 Speaker 2: chat GPT, And this is kind of. 1695 01:19:53,560 --> 01:19:56,439 Speaker 1: An upfront to Google because Google, we've gotten so used 1696 01:19:56,479 --> 01:20:00,200 Speaker 1: to Google being a place where we go and let's 1697 01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:03,280 Speaker 1: say you're searching for something and you click links, and 1698 01:20:03,320 --> 01:20:06,679 Speaker 1: you click links and you look for results. Well, chat 1699 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:10,719 Speaker 1: GPT sort of turns that upside down. Chat GPT makes 1700 01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:12,839 Speaker 1: it so that you don't really have to click any links. 1701 01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:16,519 Speaker 1: And people have really gotten excited about this because instead 1702 01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:18,920 Speaker 1: of having to click a whole bunch of links, chat 1703 01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,800 Speaker 1: gpt just does all the work for you and says, like, 1704 01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:24,000 Speaker 1: if you ask what's the best mattress, it will look 1705 01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:26,920 Speaker 1: out on the web to see all the different resources 1706 01:20:26,920 --> 01:20:31,599 Speaker 1: that talk about good mattresses, and it will concisely give 1707 01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:34,680 Speaker 1: you the answer of okay, based on all of our 1708 01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:37,160 Speaker 1: observations of the web, here's what we think are the 1709 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:40,920 Speaker 1: top mattresses. And I'm not even sure that chatchipt can 1710 01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:43,439 Speaker 1: do this. What I'll just ask it. Let's just ask 1711 01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:49,760 Speaker 1: what are the top mattress brands? Now, remember chat GPT 1712 01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:54,280 Speaker 1: was they kind of stopped the research in twenty Let's 1713 01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:56,240 Speaker 1: see it's I think it was in twenty twenty one. 1714 01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:59,600 Speaker 1: So it's not like up to date per se with 1715 01:20:59,840 --> 01:21:02,880 Speaker 1: the results because this is still a research project. Don't 1716 01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:05,519 Speaker 1: forget they're still seeing how this works. But I just 1717 01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,559 Speaker 1: asked it. Here are some of the what are the 1718 01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:09,400 Speaker 1: top mattress brands? That says, here are some of the 1719 01:21:09,439 --> 01:21:14,640 Speaker 1: top mattress brands Casper, Purple, Nectar, Tufted Needle, Lisa, Temperpedick, 1720 01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:18,880 Speaker 1: and brook Linnen. And there's a little warning on my 1721 01:21:19,560 --> 01:21:21,840 Speaker 1: chat GPT that's I don't know what that warning is, 1722 01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:26,720 Speaker 1: but it's but again, it's not giving me a website 1723 01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:29,960 Speaker 1: result that is telling me these top brands. It went 1724 01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:31,600 Speaker 1: out and it said, Okay, we see a lot of 1725 01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:34,839 Speaker 1: people mention Casper, we see a lot of people mentioned Purple. 1726 01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:37,479 Speaker 1: We see a lot of good reviews for Nectar. Now, 1727 01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:39,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if these are the best brands in 1728 01:21:39,680 --> 01:21:42,840 Speaker 1: that order, but I mean again, it's coming up with 1729 01:21:42,920 --> 01:21:45,680 Speaker 1: that on the fly, whereas Google would make me kind 1730 01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:49,320 Speaker 1: of go to these different websites and look and see like, Okay, 1731 01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:51,439 Speaker 1: what does this person say about Casper? What does this 1732 01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:54,040 Speaker 1: person say about Purple? So it's a totally different way 1733 01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:57,519 Speaker 1: of thinking about search. Well, anyway, chat GPT has really 1734 01:21:57,560 --> 01:22:00,040 Speaker 1: taken the world by storm because people are finding so 1735 01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:04,360 Speaker 1: many things they can do with it, creating essays, poems, 1736 01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:07,120 Speaker 1: you can write an email to say, hey, can you 1737 01:22:07,320 --> 01:22:09,360 Speaker 1: apply for this job? Write me a cover letter and 1738 01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:13,639 Speaker 1: it'll do that, lyrics to songs. So now they already 1739 01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:17,000 Speaker 1: have their first product, Chat GPT plus. If you've used 1740 01:22:17,080 --> 01:22:20,799 Speaker 1: chat GPT, you know that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 1741 01:22:21,120 --> 01:22:25,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's slow, sometimes it's not very good, and so 1742 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:27,800 Speaker 1: you may be thinking, Gosh, I would really like a 1743 01:22:27,880 --> 01:22:32,519 Speaker 1: much more reliable version of chat GPT, and I'm willing 1744 01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:36,320 Speaker 1: to pay for that, because if you're a salesperson or 1745 01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:40,200 Speaker 1: I don't know anything practically, some of these things that 1746 01:22:40,320 --> 01:22:42,880 Speaker 1: chat GPT can do can really help you out in 1747 01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:45,680 Speaker 1: your job. And so for twenty bucks a month, that 1748 01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,240 Speaker 1: is the new product, chat GPT plus. 1749 01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:51,280 Speaker 2: Now it depends if. 1750 01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,639 Speaker 1: This is worth it for you, because if you're using 1751 01:22:53,720 --> 01:22:55,800 Speaker 1: chat GPT, a lot of people are using the free 1752 01:22:55,880 --> 01:22:58,439 Speaker 1: version and it's working just fine, but some people have 1753 01:22:58,680 --> 01:23:00,599 Speaker 1: really kind of honed in on that and they're saying, 1754 01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:03,599 Speaker 1: I'm using this on a daily basis. Like let's say 1755 01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:07,760 Speaker 1: you're a salesperson and you're writing like custom emails to 1756 01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:10,639 Speaker 1: sell people on stuff, or you know, custom cover letters 1757 01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:13,719 Speaker 1: or custom whatever. This may be worth it for twenty 1758 01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:16,040 Speaker 1: books a month. So what do you get for chat 1759 01:23:16,040 --> 01:23:20,799 Speaker 1: GBT Plus. Well, you get better access even during peak times. 1760 01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:23,280 Speaker 1: There's a lot of times when chat GPT says, ah, 1761 01:23:23,320 --> 01:23:27,200 Speaker 1: we just can't work right now. Faster responses and priority 1762 01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:31,479 Speaker 1: access to new features and improvements. So chat GPT says, 1763 01:23:31,520 --> 01:23:34,040 Speaker 1: the free tier is here to stay. But now you've 1764 01:23:34,040 --> 01:23:36,080 Speaker 1: got Chat GPT Plus, which, by the way, you can't 1765 01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:37,080 Speaker 1: sign up for immediately. 1766 01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:38,479 Speaker 2: It's kind of a wait list. 1767 01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:41,439 Speaker 1: But twenty bucks a month for full access to chat 1768 01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:43,920 Speaker 1: GBT and all that power is pretty incredible. It's also 1769 01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:46,720 Speaker 1: incredible that we've been using Google for free for so 1770 01:23:46,840 --> 01:23:49,960 Speaker 1: long and here's this newcomer and they're already saying, hey, look, 1771 01:23:50,200 --> 01:23:52,160 Speaker 1: we're going to give you priority access to us for 1772 01:23:52,240 --> 01:23:54,120 Speaker 1: twenty bucks a month, And the fact that people are 1773 01:23:54,160 --> 01:23:57,680 Speaker 1: going to pay for that is pretty incredible as well. 1774 01:23:57,720 --> 01:24:01,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to rich on Tech is Rich Demiro. We're 1775 01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:03,800 Speaker 1: talking technology. We've got more of your calls coming up 1776 01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:06,080 Speaker 1: at Triple eight rich one on one coming up next. 1777 01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:08,800 Speaker 1: Uh In the show, I've got a guest who's going 1778 01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:12,320 Speaker 1: to talk about the alternative to Facebook that they've built. 1779 01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:15,639 Speaker 1: It's an app that protects your privacy even when you post. 1780 01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:16,840 Speaker 2: We'll be back. 1781 01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:21,560 Speaker 1: Welcome back to rich on Tech. You're listening to the 1782 01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:24,360 Speaker 1: show where we talk about technology and answer your questions. 1783 01:24:25,960 --> 01:24:31,160 Speaker 1: Yogi is in Belmont Shore, California. Yogi, you're on with Rich. 1784 01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:34,840 Speaker 6: Hi there, Rich Hi, Hi? 1785 01:24:35,080 --> 01:24:36,080 Speaker 4: Hey you hear me? 1786 01:24:36,120 --> 01:24:37,280 Speaker 2: Good? Right, I hear you great? 1787 01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:39,080 Speaker 5: Okay, what's going on here? 1788 01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:44,040 Speaker 6: My question is simple. I'm a T Mobile customer and 1789 01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:48,360 Speaker 6: my wife is yeah, my daughter's Verizon and all that stuff. 1790 01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:51,920 Speaker 6: But I hear about Consumer Cellular and Pure Talk and 1791 01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:56,760 Speaker 6: all these other phone you know, arrangements. I guess we'll 1792 01:24:56,760 --> 01:24:59,880 Speaker 6: call them. So can you easily explain or just come 1793 01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:03,120 Speaker 6: kind of tell me what would be? Why would I 1794 01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:05,559 Speaker 6: do that, why would I change to that? And what's 1795 01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:07,519 Speaker 6: the advantage. I know they're supposed to be cheap of 1796 01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:12,640 Speaker 6: well no, why is that they exist? And kind of 1797 01:25:12,680 --> 01:25:14,679 Speaker 6: like what's the whole story around them. 1798 01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:17,559 Speaker 1: Okay, great question. This is uh, this is a really 1799 01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:21,920 Speaker 1: good question. So these are called mv and os and 1800 01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:27,480 Speaker 1: that means mobile virtual network operator. And so in the US, 1801 01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:31,840 Speaker 1: for example, we pretty much have three networks. We have 1802 01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:35,919 Speaker 1: T Mobile, we have AT and T, and we have Verizon, 1803 01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:39,240 Speaker 1: and I believe Dish is building their own network as well, 1804 01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:42,160 Speaker 1: so that will be up and coming. But the reality 1805 01:25:42,280 --> 01:25:44,599 Speaker 1: is all of the cell phone service that we have 1806 01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:48,160 Speaker 1: in America is pretty much these three companies. And so 1807 01:25:48,240 --> 01:25:54,480 Speaker 1: when you see all these advertisements about Visible and Cricket 1808 01:25:54,920 --> 01:25:59,599 Speaker 1: and US Mobile and like you said, Consumer Cellular, they 1809 01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:02,800 Speaker 1: are all running on one of these networks. And so 1810 01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:05,840 Speaker 1: what's the difference. Okay, think about it this way. Let's 1811 01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:09,439 Speaker 1: say that you know, you get a hamburger and you've 1812 01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:12,439 Speaker 1: got three friends. They all season that burger differently and 1813 01:26:12,479 --> 01:26:14,760 Speaker 1: grill it differently and serve it to you differently. One 1814 01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:17,120 Speaker 1: of those might be better to you, might taste better, 1815 01:26:17,120 --> 01:26:19,479 Speaker 1: it might look better, it might be more appealing. So 1816 01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:22,120 Speaker 1: that's really the big difference. So I think it comes 1817 01:26:22,160 --> 01:26:25,080 Speaker 1: down to two things. Number One, you want to figure 1818 01:26:25,080 --> 01:26:28,240 Speaker 1: out which network do you like, and whether you know 1819 01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:31,360 Speaker 1: you can you can figure out online which of these 1820 01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:34,759 Speaker 1: networks these mv and o's run off of. So for instance, 1821 01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:37,559 Speaker 1: if you look up Visible, you'll find that that's actually 1822 01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:41,120 Speaker 1: owned by Verizon. If you look up Cricket, you'll find 1823 01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:46,479 Speaker 1: that that's owned by AT and T. T Mobile probably 1824 01:26:46,520 --> 01:26:50,240 Speaker 1: has the most mv and os running off of their network. 1825 01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:51,960 Speaker 1: It's just I don't know why, it's just the way 1826 01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:54,960 Speaker 1: it is, but they just have a lot of these 1827 01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:57,400 Speaker 1: different companies that run off a T Mobile. I guess 1828 01:26:57,479 --> 01:27:01,839 Speaker 1: T Mobile resells their network a lot, so I would figure, 1829 01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just looking up a list of some 1830 01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:07,920 Speaker 1: of these things. Mint Mobile, that's another big one. Ultra 1831 01:27:08,240 --> 01:27:13,559 Speaker 1: Boost Mobile Boost I believe is now owned by Dish Network. 1832 01:27:14,120 --> 01:27:16,680 Speaker 1: You've got Google five, You've got Red Pocket. I mean, 1833 01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:19,080 Speaker 1: there are so many different mv and os out there. 1834 01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:21,559 Speaker 1: So again, what it comes down. 1835 01:27:21,360 --> 01:27:23,800 Speaker 2: To is what's best for you. 1836 01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:28,080 Speaker 1: So what these companies do is the service of the 1837 01:27:28,120 --> 01:27:30,960 Speaker 1: line and also the features of the line. So for instance, 1838 01:27:31,000 --> 01:27:34,040 Speaker 1: there's an mv and O called US Mobile, and what 1839 01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:37,400 Speaker 1: they specialize in is that you can pretty much customize 1840 01:27:37,439 --> 01:27:41,080 Speaker 1: your plan with exactly the features that you need. 1841 01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:42,799 Speaker 2: So let's say you. 1842 01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:47,360 Speaker 1: Want, you know, just texting and calling and just a 1843 01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:50,280 Speaker 1: tiny bit of data. You can configure a line like that. 1844 01:27:50,760 --> 01:27:54,400 Speaker 1: Let's say you want unlimited everything. There are systems like that. 1845 01:27:54,479 --> 01:27:56,800 Speaker 1: Let's say you want unlimited everything for a very cheap 1846 01:27:56,880 --> 01:28:00,680 Speaker 1: price every month. Visible might be something that appeals to you. 1847 01:28:00,880 --> 01:28:03,840 Speaker 1: So it all comes down to the network that you 1848 01:28:03,920 --> 01:28:06,639 Speaker 1: want and also the features that you want, and which 1849 01:28:06,720 --> 01:28:09,800 Speaker 1: one of these companies packages it in a way that 1850 01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:12,960 Speaker 1: appeals to you most. Now there is another side, and 1851 01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,200 Speaker 1: I was actually talking to the folks at one of 1852 01:28:15,240 --> 01:28:19,439 Speaker 1: the major cellular companies about this, the idea of do 1853 01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:24,080 Speaker 1: these third party companies have the same sort of access 1854 01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:27,519 Speaker 1: and priority to the line that you would have if 1855 01:28:27,560 --> 01:28:32,000 Speaker 1: you were a you know, a subscriber directly. So let's 1856 01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:34,439 Speaker 1: say you're on T Mobile and the person next to 1857 01:28:34,479 --> 01:28:37,040 Speaker 1: you is on Mint and you're both trying to access 1858 01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:40,680 Speaker 1: the network in a crowded place. So there are some 1859 01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:43,639 Speaker 1: people that think that maybe these mv and o's don't 1860 01:28:43,680 --> 01:28:46,720 Speaker 1: have as much priority on the network as the you know, 1861 01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:50,280 Speaker 1: first party customers. And I don't know that to be 1862 01:28:50,360 --> 01:28:54,519 Speaker 1: true or not, Like I didn't really get that sense 1863 01:28:54,600 --> 01:28:57,680 Speaker 1: from the mobile carrier that I was talking to, Like 1864 01:28:57,720 --> 01:29:00,479 Speaker 1: they said, no, everyone pretty much has the same act access. 1865 01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:02,720 Speaker 1: So but there could be a way like your if 1866 01:29:02,760 --> 01:29:06,439 Speaker 1: your network is way cheaper, that could be another place 1867 01:29:06,439 --> 01:29:08,280 Speaker 1: where they kind of save, like the priority is just 1868 01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:10,840 Speaker 1: not there. So what it really comes down to again 1869 01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:13,360 Speaker 1: to me, when it comes to, you know, choosing a 1870 01:29:13,400 --> 01:29:16,320 Speaker 1: cellular carrier, it's where does it work? Does it work 1871 01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:19,280 Speaker 1: where you live, does it work where you work? And 1872 01:29:19,400 --> 01:29:22,120 Speaker 1: does it work where you play? Those are the kind 1873 01:29:22,120 --> 01:29:24,320 Speaker 1: of things that I think is the most important. So 1874 01:29:24,479 --> 01:29:26,120 Speaker 1: if you want to go with one of these third 1875 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:30,479 Speaker 1: party carriers, you know, see if T Mobile works where you, 1876 01:29:30,479 --> 01:29:32,439 Speaker 1: you know, use your phone the most. See if AT 1877 01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:35,080 Speaker 1: and T works where your phone is the most, see 1878 01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:37,120 Speaker 1: if Verizon works where your phone is the most, and 1879 01:29:37,160 --> 01:29:41,320 Speaker 1: also travel. Some of these third party mv and os 1880 01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:43,920 Speaker 1: they may not have international data, or it may be 1881 01:29:43,960 --> 01:29:47,400 Speaker 1: really expensive, or they may not have perks like free 1882 01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:49,519 Speaker 1: Netflix and stuff like that, so you might not need 1883 01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:52,680 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But that's really how I size up 1884 01:29:52,760 --> 01:29:55,920 Speaker 1: these networks. So for instance, I've got a family member 1885 01:29:55,920 --> 01:29:58,759 Speaker 1: who has been on Mint Mobile for a very long time, 1886 01:29:59,240 --> 01:30:01,320 Speaker 1: and every time she tells people about mint Mobile and 1887 01:30:01,360 --> 01:30:03,240 Speaker 1: how much she pays, I think it's like fifteen bucks 1888 01:30:03,280 --> 01:30:05,479 Speaker 1: a month. They're always like, wait, how do you pay 1889 01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:08,240 Speaker 1: fifteen bucks a month when I'm paying, you know, forty 1890 01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:11,360 Speaker 1: fifty sixty seventy eighty dollars a month for my phone line. 1891 01:30:11,960 --> 01:30:15,880 Speaker 1: And it's quite simple. The person who's on that line 1892 01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:17,960 Speaker 1: just doesn't use a lot of data. She doesn't need 1893 01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:20,720 Speaker 1: a ton of data. So why pay for an unlimited 1894 01:30:20,760 --> 01:30:24,360 Speaker 1: data plan at sixty to eighty dollars a month when 1895 01:30:24,720 --> 01:30:27,639 Speaker 1: you're not using a lot of data. You're not streaming music, 1896 01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:31,200 Speaker 1: you're not streaming YouTube, you're not you know whatever, So 1897 01:30:31,240 --> 01:30:34,479 Speaker 1: why pay all that extra? So it really the main 1898 01:30:34,640 --> 01:30:39,360 Speaker 1: carriers have specialized in these unlimited plans that are very 1899 01:30:39,520 --> 01:30:42,599 Speaker 1: very pricey. They're very expensive, they're very premium, and they 1900 01:30:42,600 --> 01:30:45,040 Speaker 1: come with a lot of stuff. You may not need 1901 01:30:45,120 --> 01:30:47,559 Speaker 1: all of that stuff, but it's just been the default 1902 01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:50,880 Speaker 1: forever to go to one of these big plans, and 1903 01:30:50,920 --> 01:30:53,000 Speaker 1: so that's that's what a lot of people kind of 1904 01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:55,840 Speaker 1: gravitate to, and they don't really understand, like, I can 1905 01:30:55,880 --> 01:30:58,920 Speaker 1: get the same level of cellular service from a different 1906 01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:01,920 Speaker 1: company that's may not be as well known or may 1907 01:31:01,920 --> 01:31:05,559 Speaker 1: not be as big of an advertiser on network TV. 1908 01:31:05,840 --> 01:31:07,759 Speaker 2: So anyway, look. 1909 01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:11,519 Speaker 1: Into them, see which company does what you need, and 1910 01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:12,559 Speaker 1: you know, try them out. 1911 01:31:12,560 --> 01:31:14,639 Speaker 2: You can always switch back. It's very easy to switch. 1912 01:31:15,920 --> 01:31:18,719 Speaker 2: You're listening to rich on Tech. My name is rich Demiro. 1913 01:31:18,800 --> 01:31:22,880 Speaker 1: We're talking technology, we're talking gadgets, and coming up, I'm 1914 01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:25,280 Speaker 1: going to tell you how to enable Gmail's new package 1915 01:31:25,320 --> 01:31:27,400 Speaker 1: tracking features, so if you use Gmail, it can now 1916 01:31:27,439 --> 01:31:30,280 Speaker 1: track your packages right inside your app. We're also going 1917 01:31:30,360 --> 01:31:34,759 Speaker 1: to talk to the CEO of an app named True. 1918 01:31:35,439 --> 01:31:40,080 Speaker 1: True bills itself as an alternative to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. 1919 01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:42,599 Speaker 1: It's an app that lets you share with your friends, 1920 01:31:42,960 --> 01:31:45,920 Speaker 1: but it does not collect your personal information. It does 1921 01:31:45,960 --> 01:31:49,200 Speaker 1: not sell you ads, it does not track you. I 1922 01:31:49,280 --> 01:31:52,439 Speaker 1: am on there, should you be on there? We'll talk 1923 01:31:52,439 --> 01:31:55,080 Speaker 1: to the CEO of True. Coming up next, you're listening 1924 01:31:55,080 --> 01:31:59,439 Speaker 1: to Rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1925 01:31:59,479 --> 01:32:00,559 Speaker 2: My name is Tomiro. 1926 01:32:01,760 --> 01:32:03,920 Speaker 1: If you follow me on social media, you know that 1927 01:32:03,960 --> 01:32:09,720 Speaker 1: I've been testing out a new social media app called True. 1928 01:32:09,960 --> 01:32:15,000 Speaker 1: This is the anti Facebook. No tracking, no ads, doesn't 1929 01:32:15,040 --> 01:32:17,840 Speaker 1: collect a whole bunch of personal information, and. 1930 01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:21,400 Speaker 2: It's kind of slick. Let's bring on. 1931 01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:26,360 Speaker 1: Brett Coxy is the CEO of True, the San Francisco 1932 01:32:26,479 --> 01:32:27,240 Speaker 1: based app. 1933 01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:28,960 Speaker 2: Brett welcome to the show. 1934 01:32:29,560 --> 01:32:30,720 Speaker 11: Rich thanks for having me on. 1935 01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:31,719 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. 1936 01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:36,280 Speaker 1: All right, So True, can you explain what it is exactly? 1937 01:32:37,120 --> 01:32:37,400 Speaker 6: Sure? 1938 01:32:37,680 --> 01:32:41,680 Speaker 11: So kind of you know, over covid, I got so 1939 01:32:41,800 --> 01:32:44,680 Speaker 11: fed up with Facebook that I decided to build a replacement, 1940 01:32:44,840 --> 01:32:47,479 Speaker 11: if you can believe that. It may sound crazy, but 1941 01:32:47,680 --> 01:32:50,679 Speaker 11: you know, the thinking was, Wow. You know, we never 1942 01:32:50,760 --> 01:32:53,280 Speaker 11: agreed to allow these large companies to be in the 1943 01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,519 Speaker 11: middle of our friendships, to be in the middle of 1944 01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:59,080 Speaker 11: our relationships. Yet there they are. You know, they're watching 1945 01:32:59,160 --> 01:33:01,599 Speaker 11: every move that we and they're selling all that information 1946 01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:03,840 Speaker 11: through the highest bidder and making money through selling us 1947 01:33:03,880 --> 01:33:08,120 Speaker 11: targeted advertising, our information through targeted advertising. And I thought 1948 01:33:08,160 --> 01:33:11,479 Speaker 11: that we could build something that respected user privacy and 1949 01:33:11,520 --> 01:33:13,759 Speaker 11: got back to those things that matter, which we felt 1950 01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:17,880 Speaker 11: were you know, real friends in real life without monetizing 1951 01:33:17,960 --> 01:33:19,040 Speaker 11: your personal information. 1952 01:33:19,880 --> 01:33:22,439 Speaker 1: Now I get a lot of pitches for new apps, 1953 01:33:22,560 --> 01:33:27,000 Speaker 1: especially apps that want to replace Facebook or social media whatever, 1954 01:33:27,439 --> 01:33:29,839 Speaker 1: and quite honestly, I don't do a lot of stories 1955 01:33:29,880 --> 01:33:32,599 Speaker 1: on them because I'm like, I take the let's wait 1956 01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:35,040 Speaker 1: and see kind of approach. But when I checked out 1957 01:33:35,200 --> 01:33:38,000 Speaker 1: True and you can go to the website try True 1958 01:33:38,040 --> 01:33:40,400 Speaker 1: dot com, slash rich on Tech. To see what we're 1959 01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:45,000 Speaker 1: talking about here, try true dot com slash rich on Tech. 1960 01:33:45,600 --> 01:33:47,880 Speaker 1: What drew me to doing a story with you for 1961 01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:51,160 Speaker 1: ktla is the fact that this app is well designed. 1962 01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:55,840 Speaker 1: It works equally well on iOS and Android. It looks slick, 1963 01:33:55,960 --> 01:33:59,080 Speaker 1: and it seems like it has a chance of taking 1964 01:33:59,120 --> 01:34:03,120 Speaker 1: off in a big way because all the good boxes 1965 01:34:03,200 --> 01:34:07,080 Speaker 1: are checked like it's not tracking you. It really works nicely. 1966 01:34:07,240 --> 01:34:08,840 Speaker 1: It allows me to do what I want to do, 1967 01:34:08,880 --> 01:34:11,799 Speaker 1: which is create a group thread. You can have several 1968 01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:15,200 Speaker 1: of these, whether it's with your family members, whether it's 1969 01:34:15,200 --> 01:34:18,520 Speaker 1: with your friends, whether it's with your kids basketball team, 1970 01:34:18,840 --> 01:34:23,000 Speaker 1: and it lets you share again privately. So tell me 1971 01:34:23,080 --> 01:34:25,559 Speaker 1: how has it been. What's been the reception of this 1972 01:34:25,640 --> 01:34:26,200 Speaker 1: app brand? 1973 01:34:26,920 --> 01:34:30,000 Speaker 11: Well, you know, it's funny. We lost it around in 1974 01:34:30,080 --> 01:34:32,400 Speaker 11: the summer last year and we were watching it grow 1975 01:34:32,439 --> 01:34:35,040 Speaker 11: and grow and grow over the holidays. It doubled and 1976 01:34:35,120 --> 01:34:37,920 Speaker 11: tripled and quadrupled in terms of the number of people 1977 01:34:38,040 --> 01:34:41,000 Speaker 11: using it, and recently it's just kind of exploded. You know. 1978 01:34:41,240 --> 01:34:45,160 Speaker 11: We said from the very very beginning that we thought 1979 01:34:45,200 --> 01:34:47,760 Speaker 11: we could build this product. Gone are the days where 1980 01:34:47,800 --> 01:34:50,160 Speaker 11: two guys in a garage can build the next big 1981 01:34:50,200 --> 01:34:53,240 Speaker 11: thing in social These products are very complicated. You mentioned 1982 01:34:53,240 --> 01:34:55,519 Speaker 11: that it's a beautiful, functional product, and it's because we 1983 01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:57,760 Speaker 11: spent a lot of time and effort to make it 1984 01:34:57,800 --> 01:35:00,920 Speaker 11: that way. We realized that we had to make a 1985 01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:05,160 Speaker 11: social network that was on par in quality with the 1986 01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:08,240 Speaker 11: Facebook family of apps, but make it private, and so 1987 01:35:08,439 --> 01:35:11,200 Speaker 11: that's what True is. It's a very high quality product. 1988 01:35:11,240 --> 01:35:14,160 Speaker 11: As you mentioned on both iOS and androids. It allows 1989 01:35:14,160 --> 01:35:16,080 Speaker 11: you to be as private or as public as you 1990 01:35:16,120 --> 01:35:18,519 Speaker 11: want to be, and a lot of thought and time 1991 01:35:18,560 --> 01:35:20,639 Speaker 11: has gone into it and we're pleased with the growth 1992 01:35:20,840 --> 01:35:21,719 Speaker 11: so far this year. 1993 01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:24,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, So the app is private by default, so 1994 01:35:24,880 --> 01:35:28,880 Speaker 1: when you set up a thread, it's private, and you 1995 01:35:28,920 --> 01:35:31,880 Speaker 1: can make it public if you want. Like I have 1996 01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:34,840 Speaker 1: a thread called rich on Techi's which I've been experimenting with. 1997 01:35:34,880 --> 01:35:37,320 Speaker 1: I've got a couple hundred people hanging out in there, 1998 01:35:37,680 --> 01:35:39,760 Speaker 1: and I can make a post and anyone can join 1999 01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:41,400 Speaker 1: this thread without me approving them. 2000 01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:42,760 Speaker 2: But if you. 2001 01:35:42,680 --> 01:35:45,559 Speaker 1: Want, let's say one with just your family members, you 2002 01:35:45,560 --> 01:35:48,160 Speaker 1: would invite them by sending them a link. They would 2003 01:35:48,280 --> 01:35:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, you would approve them, and then you would 2004 01:35:50,720 --> 01:35:53,080 Speaker 1: all be in this group together where you can chat. 2005 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:56,280 Speaker 1: You can exchange pictures, you can exchange videos, you can 2006 01:35:56,280 --> 01:35:58,360 Speaker 1: comment on things. And you might be saying, well, rich, 2007 01:35:58,400 --> 01:36:01,320 Speaker 1: can I just use group messaging for that? Well, group 2008 01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:05,560 Speaker 1: messaging is fine, but cross platform if you're just using SMS, 2009 01:36:06,200 --> 01:36:08,479 Speaker 1: is not very good because pictures and videos will not 2010 01:36:08,600 --> 01:36:11,439 Speaker 1: come through it a good resolution. You know, if everyone 2011 01:36:11,479 --> 01:36:14,400 Speaker 1: has an iPhone, sure you're using I message, but you 2012 01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:16,799 Speaker 1: know it can get messy because people text at different 2013 01:36:16,800 --> 01:36:19,479 Speaker 1: hours of the day. And so this is much more 2014 01:36:19,600 --> 01:36:21,840 Speaker 1: like a way where you can post something and people 2015 01:36:21,880 --> 01:36:25,400 Speaker 1: can comment and exchange ideas and thoughts at any time 2016 01:36:25,439 --> 01:36:27,000 Speaker 1: of the day, and you can come to when you 2017 01:36:27,040 --> 01:36:28,880 Speaker 1: have the chance to kind of look at this stuff. 2018 01:36:30,439 --> 01:36:33,720 Speaker 1: My next question, Brett, is really about if you're not 2019 01:36:33,800 --> 01:36:36,519 Speaker 1: doing ads, if you're not tracking people, I mean, Facebook 2020 01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:38,120 Speaker 1: makes a lot of money on us, how are you 2021 01:36:38,160 --> 01:36:40,599 Speaker 1: going to keep this thing going right? 2022 01:36:40,680 --> 01:36:44,160 Speaker 11: So we have a plan to use keyword based advertising 2023 01:36:44,240 --> 01:36:47,120 Speaker 11: in public threads only. So if you think about it. 2024 01:36:47,160 --> 01:36:50,160 Speaker 11: When you start with truth, you sign up, you tell 2025 01:36:50,240 --> 01:36:52,799 Speaker 11: us you know what. The creator creates a thread on Truth, 2026 01:36:53,120 --> 01:36:56,439 Speaker 11: they decide exactly what keywords apply to it. So a 2027 01:36:56,479 --> 01:37:00,439 Speaker 11: running thread might have running keywords, a family something that 2028 01:37:00,479 --> 01:37:03,080 Speaker 11: has to do with hiking. Might have hiking keywords, and 2029 01:37:03,160 --> 01:37:06,320 Speaker 11: then whenever you look for threads to consume untrue that 2030 01:37:06,360 --> 01:37:09,920 Speaker 11: are public, you also enter keywords. We're doing a system 2031 01:37:09,920 --> 01:37:13,000 Speaker 11: it's very similar tout got if you're familiar with this, 2032 01:37:13,720 --> 01:37:17,519 Speaker 11: which is a keyword based advertising system that people can 2033 01:37:17,560 --> 01:37:21,880 Speaker 11: see ads only in creator threads. The creator has to 2034 01:37:22,360 --> 01:37:24,920 Speaker 11: publish that thread to us, otherwise we have to approve 2035 01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,679 Speaker 11: it more to be released on the platform, but allows 2036 01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:32,920 Speaker 11: us to monetize through public content, but still keep private 2037 01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:36,360 Speaker 11: content private and an ad free experience. So we've been 2038 01:37:36,400 --> 01:37:39,040 Speaker 11: saying for a while we can make enough money with 2039 01:37:39,120 --> 01:37:42,639 Speaker 11: this model to be wildly successful and you'll never see 2040 01:37:42,640 --> 01:37:45,360 Speaker 11: another advertisement in a private thread as long as you're 2041 01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:47,840 Speaker 11: on True, so all of your family, everything that you 2042 01:37:47,920 --> 01:37:50,880 Speaker 11: share with that group remains the same, that experience will 2043 01:37:50,880 --> 01:37:54,000 Speaker 11: remain the same, and then you can consume public content 2044 01:37:54,120 --> 01:37:54,960 Speaker 11: if you decide to. 2045 01:37:55,560 --> 01:37:57,960 Speaker 1: My guest right now is Brett Cox. He is the 2046 01:37:57,960 --> 01:38:02,599 Speaker 1: CEO of San Francisco based True, the website try True 2047 01:38:02,640 --> 01:38:05,040 Speaker 1: dot com, slash rich on tech. If you want to 2048 01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:08,240 Speaker 1: join my rich on techies group, you can also download 2049 01:38:08,240 --> 01:38:11,439 Speaker 1: the app there or become Brett's friend as well. So Brett, 2050 01:38:11,439 --> 01:38:12,599 Speaker 1: how are people using this. 2051 01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:15,800 Speaker 11: App right now? You know what we notice? Rich And 2052 01:38:15,840 --> 01:38:18,639 Speaker 11: by the way, congratulations on having one of the fastest 2053 01:38:18,680 --> 01:38:21,000 Speaker 11: growing threats I think we've ever seen on True. You 2054 01:38:21,040 --> 01:38:24,759 Speaker 11: went from zero to I think you're over three hundred 2055 01:38:24,760 --> 01:38:28,000 Speaker 11: and fifty getting closer to four hundred members, you know, 2056 01:38:28,479 --> 01:38:31,600 Speaker 11: in no time. But you know, what we're seeing is 2057 01:38:32,040 --> 01:38:35,000 Speaker 11: we saw people begin to get off the big social 2058 01:38:35,040 --> 01:38:39,040 Speaker 11: networks like Facebook, and they started moving to private messaging products, 2059 01:38:39,080 --> 01:38:41,920 Speaker 11: specifically with their families. In other words, they did want 2060 01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:45,799 Speaker 11: to share their personal lives on blasts in a public form. 2061 01:38:46,040 --> 01:38:48,040 Speaker 11: They wanted to share pictures of their kids and their 2062 01:38:48,080 --> 01:38:51,320 Speaker 11: pets with smaller groups of families in a private way. 2063 01:38:51,720 --> 01:38:54,160 Speaker 11: And so I like to explain that True is a 2064 01:38:54,200 --> 01:38:59,120 Speaker 11: social platform that's organized like a private messaging platform. So 2065 01:38:59,240 --> 01:39:02,040 Speaker 11: this makes it id you'l for sharing privately, you know, 2066 01:39:02,120 --> 01:39:04,280 Speaker 11: if you kind of think about it, We don't broadcast 2067 01:39:04,320 --> 01:39:07,440 Speaker 11: our authentic lives and public. We kind of share discreetly 2068 01:39:07,479 --> 01:39:10,160 Speaker 11: with groups of people we already know. And we also 2069 01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:13,960 Speaker 11: belong to different communities where we share different parts of ourselves. 2070 01:39:14,120 --> 01:39:17,120 Speaker 11: And so what we're seeing is people coming onto the product. 2071 01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,800 Speaker 11: They'll typically start with families and then they'll start to 2072 01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:23,240 Speaker 11: consume other contents they find interesting. And right now it's 2073 01:39:23,280 --> 01:39:24,719 Speaker 11: taking off. We couldn't be happier. 2074 01:39:25,240 --> 01:39:27,639 Speaker 1: So when you create a post on the app, once 2075 01:39:27,680 --> 01:39:30,360 Speaker 1: you sign up, you can post a picture or video, 2076 01:39:30,600 --> 01:39:33,880 Speaker 1: you can post a jiff, you can post a let's see. 2077 01:39:33,880 --> 01:39:36,559 Speaker 1: You can make your post public or private. And then 2078 01:39:36,600 --> 01:39:39,280 Speaker 1: you also have this little lifespan option, so you can 2079 01:39:39,320 --> 01:39:42,880 Speaker 1: say pick how long your post lives forever, a week 2080 01:39:43,080 --> 01:39:45,400 Speaker 1: or a day. So that's kind of a cool feature. 2081 01:39:45,439 --> 01:39:47,439 Speaker 1: Tell me about some of the options for posts. 2082 01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:51,240 Speaker 11: Sure, you know, if you think about it, all the 2083 01:39:51,320 --> 01:39:54,560 Speaker 11: larger companies they make money by mining all this information, 2084 01:39:54,800 --> 01:39:57,200 Speaker 11: keeping it for a long period of time, and then 2085 01:39:57,280 --> 01:40:00,400 Speaker 11: deciding how to sell things to you. Right, we don't 2086 01:40:00,439 --> 01:40:03,280 Speaker 11: have that. We don't keep any information. We don't monetize 2087 01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:05,639 Speaker 11: personal information. We don't we don't watch it, we don't 2088 01:40:05,640 --> 01:40:07,840 Speaker 11: mind it, we don't analyze it, we don't look at it, 2089 01:40:07,880 --> 01:40:10,160 Speaker 11: and certainly we don't share it with any third parties. 2090 01:40:10,439 --> 01:40:12,960 Speaker 11: So in the example that you just gave, you can 2091 01:40:13,000 --> 01:40:15,000 Speaker 11: set a live span for your information and you can 2092 01:40:15,080 --> 01:40:17,240 Speaker 11: live in a bubble as you move through time with 2093 01:40:17,280 --> 01:40:20,760 Speaker 11: your post deleating themselves behind you, and no one will 2094 01:40:20,760 --> 01:40:24,640 Speaker 11: see the content forever, if you like. We have a 2095 01:40:24,760 --> 01:40:27,720 Speaker 11: variety of new things coming. We have the ability to 2096 01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:31,000 Speaker 11: do things like leave the easter eggs, and we have 2097 01:40:31,040 --> 01:40:36,640 Speaker 11: some interesting things coming around around them, attacking locations and 2098 01:40:36,680 --> 01:40:40,000 Speaker 11: building interactive stories with your friends. One of the things 2099 01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,840 Speaker 11: I'm most excited about that we have coming up rich 2100 01:40:42,960 --> 01:40:46,280 Speaker 11: is a product called days which allows you to build 2101 01:40:46,280 --> 01:40:49,360 Speaker 11: an interactive story over a vacation or a period of 2102 01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:53,000 Speaker 11: time or a weekend collaboratively with friends, and then share 2103 01:40:53,040 --> 01:40:57,160 Speaker 11: that into a threat either privately, privately or publicly. It's 2104 01:40:57,200 --> 01:41:00,599 Speaker 11: things like this that I think will set us apart 2105 01:41:00,840 --> 01:41:03,320 Speaker 11: really strongly from other other big social networks. 2106 01:41:03,400 --> 01:41:06,080 Speaker 1: Okay, finally, how do you convince someone to try this, 2107 01:41:06,200 --> 01:41:08,280 Speaker 1: to download it? I mean, there's so many apps out there, 2108 01:41:08,360 --> 01:41:10,960 Speaker 1: it's another sign up, it's another thing to check. How 2109 01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:13,799 Speaker 1: do you convince someone to actually give this a chance? 2110 01:41:14,560 --> 01:41:16,960 Speaker 11: You know, what we've seen is that there's actually a 2111 01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:20,720 Speaker 11: built in cohort of people that have had enough. Right, 2112 01:41:20,880 --> 01:41:24,920 Speaker 11: They're fed up with this surveillance capitalism. They're fed up 2113 01:41:25,040 --> 01:41:27,479 Speaker 11: with being watched all the time. They're fed up with 2114 01:41:27,520 --> 01:41:30,439 Speaker 11: these companies knowing what they do before they do, and 2115 01:41:30,520 --> 01:41:34,360 Speaker 11: so they want there's a gap in the market right 2116 01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:37,639 Speaker 11: now that we think we can fill that that's caters 2117 01:41:37,640 --> 01:41:40,519 Speaker 11: to those kinds of people we see over and over 2118 01:41:40,600 --> 01:41:42,439 Speaker 11: again when people come on to the product, they say, 2119 01:41:42,479 --> 01:41:45,360 Speaker 11: thank you, thank you, thank you. This is great. Please 2120 01:41:45,479 --> 01:41:47,760 Speaker 11: give us more of it. And what we're trying to 2121 01:41:47,800 --> 01:41:52,160 Speaker 11: do is explain to people like, look, there's great choices 2122 01:41:52,200 --> 01:41:56,040 Speaker 11: for sharing things publicly on Blast, Instagram, Facebook, they do 2123 01:41:56,120 --> 01:41:58,240 Speaker 11: that really, really well. But if you want to have 2124 01:41:58,439 --> 01:42:01,120 Speaker 11: a place that feels like home where you share your 2125 01:42:01,160 --> 01:42:04,600 Speaker 11: most intimate and genuine memories, True is that product for you. 2126 01:42:04,680 --> 01:42:06,519 Speaker 11: It allows you to do that with a smaller group 2127 01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:09,439 Speaker 11: of people. We like to say that we're making social 2128 01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:12,559 Speaker 11: a safe place again without monetizing your personal information. 2129 01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:14,720 Speaker 1: All right, Brett, we're gonna leave it there. Thanks so 2130 01:42:14,800 --> 01:42:17,280 Speaker 1: much for joining me today. I do appreciate it. Brett Coox, 2131 01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:20,120 Speaker 1: CEO of San Francisco based True. If you want to 2132 01:42:20,200 --> 01:42:22,519 Speaker 1: check out the app we were talking about, it is, 2133 01:42:22,800 --> 01:42:26,400 Speaker 1: try True dot com slash rich on tech. You can 2134 01:42:26,479 --> 01:42:29,519 Speaker 1: join my rich on Techies group there. I'm still trying 2135 01:42:29,560 --> 01:42:32,599 Speaker 1: to figure out exactly what to share inside my True app, 2136 01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:35,479 Speaker 1: but it's kind of a cool place you're listening to 2137 01:42:35,600 --> 01:42:37,360 Speaker 1: rich on Tech. Coming up, we're going to close out 2138 01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:39,799 Speaker 1: the show. We're going to talk about gmails, new package tracking, 2139 01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:44,000 Speaker 1: and Apple adds another streaming service. We'll talk about that 2140 01:42:44,040 --> 01:42:46,960 Speaker 1: when we come back. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 2141 01:42:47,080 --> 01:42:51,960 Speaker 1: Rich Dmiro hanging out with you here talking technology. One 2142 01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:55,240 Speaker 1: of the things we should talk about is Gmail. They've 2143 01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:58,240 Speaker 1: got this. If you order as many packages as I do, 2144 01:42:59,120 --> 01:43:02,000 Speaker 1: you're always looking like when they're getting delivered, You're always 2145 01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:05,439 Speaker 1: tracking them, seeing if they've been delivered or seeing what 2146 01:43:05,520 --> 01:43:08,120 Speaker 1: day they're supposed to arrive. And so now Gmail can 2147 01:43:08,160 --> 01:43:11,759 Speaker 1: do this all for you. So new feature inside Gmail. 2148 01:43:11,800 --> 01:43:14,800 Speaker 1: This was announced back in November, but now it's rolling 2149 01:43:14,840 --> 01:43:19,280 Speaker 1: out inside the Gmail app. So Google basically scans your 2150 01:43:19,360 --> 01:43:23,200 Speaker 1: emails for package tracking information like a UPS or a 2151 01:43:23,200 --> 01:43:27,240 Speaker 1: FedEx number, and then it will display that information right 2152 01:43:27,479 --> 01:43:28,760 Speaker 1: inside your inbox. 2153 01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:30,799 Speaker 2: And so this could be really helpful. 2154 01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:33,680 Speaker 1: Instead of, you know, if you're like me, you get 2155 01:43:33,680 --> 01:43:37,360 Speaker 1: these tracking emails, you archive them, and then maybe you'll 2156 01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:38,400 Speaker 1: look for them when you're. 2157 01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:40,000 Speaker 2: Like, wait, when's that thing coming again? 2158 01:43:40,520 --> 01:43:42,200 Speaker 1: So now this would just show it right in the 2159 01:43:42,240 --> 01:43:44,839 Speaker 1: inbox view, so you can just glance at your inbox 2160 01:43:44,920 --> 01:43:47,840 Speaker 1: and see, you know, okay, is it arriving, is it late? 2161 01:43:47,960 --> 01:43:48,679 Speaker 2: Is it delayed? 2162 01:43:49,160 --> 01:43:51,639 Speaker 1: And so Gmail sort of pings these little tracking numbers 2163 01:43:51,680 --> 01:43:54,720 Speaker 1: and will update the information in real time so that 2164 01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:56,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to click every single time you want 2165 01:43:56,760 --> 01:44:00,759 Speaker 1: to check the status of this package. So the feature 2166 01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:03,880 Speaker 1: is here, and you may see an option at the 2167 01:44:03,880 --> 01:44:06,760 Speaker 1: top of your inbox to activate it. If you want 2168 01:44:06,800 --> 01:44:09,240 Speaker 1: to activate this manually, you can do it. And I 2169 01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:12,120 Speaker 1: looked on my both on Android and iPhone and it 2170 01:44:12,200 --> 01:44:15,080 Speaker 1: wasn't active, which and I never saw any sort of like, hey, 2171 01:44:15,120 --> 01:44:16,960 Speaker 1: do you want to activate this? So if you have 2172 01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:19,479 Speaker 1: an iPhone, you can open up your Gmail app, go 2173 01:44:19,520 --> 01:44:22,000 Speaker 1: into the menu on the left hand side and then 2174 01:44:22,080 --> 01:44:25,519 Speaker 1: click settings and then scroll all the way down to 2175 01:44:25,640 --> 01:44:27,880 Speaker 1: data Privacy, which they kind of put it in a 2176 01:44:27,880 --> 01:44:30,160 Speaker 1: scary place because who wants to like go into like 2177 01:44:30,240 --> 01:44:33,679 Speaker 1: data privacy and see something that's like inherently not that private, 2178 01:44:33,840 --> 01:44:36,760 Speaker 1: Like Google's going to look at your tracking numbers, but 2179 01:44:37,439 --> 01:44:39,840 Speaker 1: they've got your email, so I think it's probably fine. 2180 01:44:40,600 --> 01:44:43,000 Speaker 1: And then once you go into data privacy, you'll see 2181 01:44:43,000 --> 01:44:46,479 Speaker 1: an option for package tracking. You can toggle that on 2182 01:44:47,240 --> 01:44:51,760 Speaker 1: now on Android it's very similar. You go to the 2183 01:44:51,960 --> 01:44:56,000 Speaker 1: Gmail settings, you go to general and then package tracking, 2184 01:44:56,120 --> 01:44:58,519 Speaker 1: and it says Gmail will share tracking numbers for your 2185 01:44:58,560 --> 01:45:02,600 Speaker 1: package with shipping carrier, and that's giving them the permission 2186 01:45:02,640 --> 01:45:06,040 Speaker 1: to look up these various tracking numbers. And so once 2187 01:45:06,080 --> 01:45:08,960 Speaker 1: you do that, Google will do it and put it 2188 01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:11,080 Speaker 1: in your inbox. You can always turn this off if 2189 01:45:11,080 --> 01:45:13,360 Speaker 1: you don't like it. But I have yet to see 2190 01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:16,400 Speaker 1: a package show up with this information. I just ordered 2191 01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:21,880 Speaker 1: something today, so I'm embarrassed to say what it is, 2192 01:45:22,120 --> 01:45:22,960 Speaker 1: but i will. 2193 01:45:23,400 --> 01:45:25,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if I yeah. 2194 01:45:25,080 --> 01:45:28,000 Speaker 1: Anyway, it's soaps. It's these soaps that I really like. 2195 01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:31,720 Speaker 1: It's it's a burly soap brand, like it has a 2196 01:45:32,520 --> 01:45:34,880 Speaker 1: let's put a sasquatch as their mascot. 2197 01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:37,160 Speaker 2: So if you know what I'm talking about, I just 2198 01:45:37,240 --> 01:45:38,280 Speaker 2: I you know, these. 2199 01:45:38,120 --> 01:45:40,880 Speaker 1: Soaps are They're more expensive than they should be, but 2200 01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:42,840 Speaker 1: I've grown to just kind of like them. And so 2201 01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:46,360 Speaker 1: now I'm ordering soap online and you know, ordering a 2202 01:45:46,360 --> 01:45:48,240 Speaker 1: bunch of bars at the same time, and they get 2203 01:45:48,240 --> 01:45:50,080 Speaker 1: shipped out. And the first time I did this, it 2204 01:45:50,120 --> 01:45:52,599 Speaker 1: was actually during the pandemic, and it took so long 2205 01:45:52,640 --> 01:45:54,800 Speaker 1: to get my delivery that. 2206 01:45:55,560 --> 01:45:58,519 Speaker 2: Uh, you know, I've always said that. I always think 2207 01:45:58,560 --> 01:45:59,160 Speaker 2: this is funny. 2208 01:45:59,200 --> 01:46:01,639 Speaker 1: If you ever want a toiletry that you have, whether 2209 01:46:01,680 --> 01:46:06,280 Speaker 1: it is toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, some sort of face wash, 2210 01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:08,920 Speaker 1: if you ever want it to last a really long time, 2211 01:46:09,400 --> 01:46:12,240 Speaker 1: just go out and buy a new item, And for 2212 01:46:12,320 --> 01:46:14,519 Speaker 1: some reason, when you do that, your old item will 2213 01:46:14,560 --> 01:46:18,160 Speaker 1: last forever because you're excited to use the new one, 2214 01:46:18,200 --> 01:46:20,200 Speaker 1: whether it has a new scent, whether it's you know, 2215 01:46:20,640 --> 01:46:23,840 Speaker 1: something that hasn't improved formula, whatever it is, different brand, 2216 01:46:24,320 --> 01:46:28,160 Speaker 1: you're so excited to break into that new toothpaste or whatever, 2217 01:46:28,680 --> 01:46:32,000 Speaker 1: that the old one just will last forever. Just to 2218 01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:35,200 Speaker 1: mess with you, And so just try it. I've tried 2219 01:46:35,200 --> 01:46:37,080 Speaker 1: this so many times. It is a theory that I 2220 01:46:37,160 --> 01:46:40,479 Speaker 1: have that just seems to work. You want your old 2221 01:46:40,520 --> 01:46:42,400 Speaker 1: thing to last, just buy the new one. 2222 01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:42,960 Speaker 2: Anyway. 2223 01:46:43,160 --> 01:46:45,200 Speaker 1: So that's what happened with this soap, is that I 2224 01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:47,800 Speaker 1: was running out of my old soap and the new 2225 01:46:47,840 --> 01:46:49,960 Speaker 1: one just would not arrive, and I kept checking and 2226 01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:52,479 Speaker 1: I'm like, what is going on. It turns out that 2227 01:46:52,600 --> 01:46:55,720 Speaker 1: during the pandemic, I guess this business just had a 2228 01:46:55,720 --> 01:46:58,400 Speaker 1: lot of business and they couldn't keep up and so 2229 01:46:58,880 --> 01:47:00,840 Speaker 1: now when I order it come in like a couple 2230 01:47:00,840 --> 01:47:02,200 Speaker 1: of days. Like the last time I ordered it, I 2231 01:47:02,200 --> 01:47:04,920 Speaker 1: couldn't believe how fast it came like next day practically, 2232 01:47:05,800 --> 01:47:08,280 Speaker 1: But that will be the first probably use when I 2233 01:47:08,320 --> 01:47:11,439 Speaker 1: get this tracking number in my Gmail, it'll it'll be 2234 01:47:11,479 --> 01:47:13,240 Speaker 1: my first use of this new feature, so I can 2235 01:47:13,280 --> 01:47:18,040 Speaker 1: see where my where my soap is in the world. Okay, uh, 2236 01:47:18,320 --> 01:47:22,200 Speaker 1: and then let's talk about this Apple. Apple is just 2237 01:47:22,400 --> 01:47:26,760 Speaker 1: wild with their Their business just sees no end at 2238 01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:30,920 Speaker 1: this point. And so they've got they just purchased Major 2239 01:47:31,000 --> 01:47:35,559 Speaker 1: League Soccer. Uh, they purchased the streaming rights to Major 2240 01:47:35,640 --> 01:47:38,040 Speaker 1: League Soccer. I think for like how many years it 2241 01:47:38,120 --> 01:47:40,360 Speaker 1: might be, is it ten years? 2242 01:47:41,200 --> 01:47:42,200 Speaker 2: So ten years? 2243 01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:44,759 Speaker 1: Major League Soccer is now going to be on Apple TV. 2244 01:47:45,439 --> 01:47:47,639 Speaker 1: And Apple TV is a little confusing because Apple TV 2245 01:47:47,800 --> 01:47:50,559 Speaker 1: is a box. But then you have Apple TV, which 2246 01:47:50,600 --> 01:47:53,040 Speaker 1: is a service now, and then you have Apple TV Plus, 2247 01:47:53,080 --> 01:47:58,800 Speaker 1: which is like the Apple you know, original programming. So 2248 01:47:59,520 --> 01:48:01,840 Speaker 1: this is now now inside the Apple TV app. You 2249 01:48:01,880 --> 01:48:06,200 Speaker 1: can get MLS season pass. Season kicks off February twenty fifth. 2250 01:48:06,280 --> 01:48:07,960 Speaker 1: And I'm not telling you this because I'm a big 2251 01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:10,160 Speaker 1: soccer fan or anything like that, although I do think 2252 01:48:10,200 --> 01:48:13,120 Speaker 1: soccer is fun. But I'm telling you this because we 2253 01:48:13,160 --> 01:48:16,880 Speaker 1: are seeing the first shift in the sports world when 2254 01:48:16,920 --> 01:48:20,759 Speaker 1: it comes to streaming of sports. Now, sports are streaming 2255 01:48:20,800 --> 01:48:23,519 Speaker 1: in a lot of different places. We've seen Amazon purchase 2256 01:48:23,960 --> 01:48:29,040 Speaker 1: the rights to Thursday Night Football, We've seen NBA League Pass. 2257 01:48:29,080 --> 01:48:31,240 Speaker 1: There's a whole bunch of different ways to watch stuff. 2258 01:48:31,800 --> 01:48:34,000 Speaker 1: The Clippers here in Los Angeles, they've got their own 2259 01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:37,679 Speaker 1: streaming service that they started this year. But there's one 2260 01:48:38,160 --> 01:48:42,360 Speaker 1: thing that Apple is doing very differently, and they are 2261 01:48:42,600 --> 01:48:48,200 Speaker 1: letting you watch every single game without any sort of exclusions. 2262 01:48:48,720 --> 01:48:54,600 Speaker 1: So typically when these companies negotiate rights, the games that 2263 01:48:54,680 --> 01:48:59,479 Speaker 1: are local to your area are still sort of kept 2264 01:48:59,680 --> 01:49:03,599 Speaker 1: on a service that is like a local channel or 2265 01:49:03,720 --> 01:49:06,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's not on them like not anyone can 2266 01:49:06,040 --> 01:49:08,920 Speaker 1: access that if you're in that area. So if you're 2267 01:49:08,960 --> 01:49:11,320 Speaker 1: a sports fan, you know what I'm talking about. So 2268 01:49:11,600 --> 01:49:14,320 Speaker 1: what Apple did and they tried to buy I forget 2269 01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:16,080 Speaker 1: whatever what else it was, but they tried to buy 2270 01:49:16,120 --> 01:49:19,400 Speaker 1: another sports package, and the sports teams were just like, now, 2271 01:49:19,400 --> 01:49:22,080 Speaker 1: we're not giving you that because sports is evolving and 2272 01:49:22,120 --> 01:49:25,280 Speaker 1: they make a lot of money on these games, and 2273 01:49:25,360 --> 01:49:29,320 Speaker 1: so I guess with MLS. They saw an opportunity and 2274 01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:34,320 Speaker 1: so every single game will be aired. You'll be able 2275 01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:37,639 Speaker 1: to access them as a subscriber with consistent match times 2276 01:49:37,680 --> 01:49:41,600 Speaker 1: and no blackouts. This is a first in live sports broadcasting. 2277 01:49:42,120 --> 01:49:44,080 Speaker 1: So you'll be able to see a couple of games 2278 01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:47,120 Speaker 1: for free. Actually, so you can go to a MLS 2279 01:49:47,160 --> 01:49:49,639 Speaker 1: Soccer dot com slash schedule to see the full schedule 2280 01:49:49,680 --> 01:49:52,679 Speaker 1: and which games are free on Apple TV the app 2281 01:49:52,760 --> 01:49:56,120 Speaker 1: during the first month. And Apple is also doing a 2282 01:49:56,160 --> 01:49:59,320 Speaker 1: whole bunch of other things where they've got stuff inside 2283 01:49:59,360 --> 01:50:01,719 Speaker 1: Apple Map where you can see different bars to watch 2284 01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:04,880 Speaker 1: the games a and to like enjoy. They've got a 2285 01:50:04,920 --> 01:50:08,160 Speaker 1: new MySports section on the Apple tv app, and then 2286 01:50:08,200 --> 01:50:09,160 Speaker 1: they've got where you can. 2287 01:50:09,080 --> 01:50:11,040 Speaker 2: Ask Siri for information about MLS. 2288 01:50:11,080 --> 01:50:12,880 Speaker 1: So the first season is going to be fourteen ninety 2289 01:50:12,920 --> 01:50:15,040 Speaker 1: nine a month or ninety nine bucks for the whole season, 2290 01:50:15,479 --> 01:50:17,640 Speaker 1: or if you're an Apple TV Plus subscriber, you can 2291 01:50:17,680 --> 01:50:20,479 Speaker 1: subscribe for twelve ninety nine a month or seventy nine 2292 01:50:20,520 --> 01:50:23,679 Speaker 1: dollars for the whole season. All right, that is gonna 2293 01:50:23,720 --> 01:50:27,519 Speaker 1: do it for today's show if you can believe it, Wow, 2294 01:50:27,960 --> 01:50:31,120 Speaker 1: show number five in the can. Next week we're going 2295 01:50:31,160 --> 01:50:32,840 Speaker 1: to talk to the inventor of an app that lets 2296 01:50:32,880 --> 01:50:35,880 Speaker 1: you scan your sports cards and your Pokemon cards to 2297 01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:37,080 Speaker 1: find out their value. 2298 01:50:37,439 --> 01:50:40,040 Speaker 2: That is a really cool app. Once again, you can. 2299 01:50:39,920 --> 01:50:43,439 Speaker 1: Find me on social media at rich on tech across 2300 01:50:43,520 --> 01:50:46,320 Speaker 1: all the different platforms. I meant to tell you I 2301 01:50:46,360 --> 01:50:49,160 Speaker 1: did post something silly on Instagram today. I posted my 2302 01:50:49,560 --> 01:50:52,679 Speaker 1: chocolate sou fla from last night and all the name 2303 01:50:52,800 --> 01:50:55,160 Speaker 1: of testing the S twenty three Ultra. So if you 2304 01:50:55,160 --> 01:50:57,240 Speaker 1: want to see that video, go to my Instagram, my 2305 01:50:57,320 --> 01:50:59,840 Speaker 1: website rich on tech dot tv. There you can watch 2306 01:50:59,840 --> 01:51:02,160 Speaker 1: my TV segments. My name is rich Demiro. Thanks so 2307 01:51:02,240 --> 01:51:04,360 Speaker 1: much for listening. There are so many ways you can 2308 01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:06,720 Speaker 1: spend your time. I do appreciate you spending it right 2309 01:51:06,760 --> 01:51:08,599 Speaker 1: here with me. I'll talk to you real soon.