WEBVTT - A Hard Lesson on the Importance of Backing Up Data 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:10.719 The Apple event invites have arrived. Google Photos gets a 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:15.480 useful new feature, Fitbit has a new smart watch, testing 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:20.680 out sprints new five G Plus. I'm answering your tech questions. 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:24.320 What's going on? I'm Rich Dimiro. This is Rich on Tech. 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:26.680 This is the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:29.800 stuff I think you should know about. Plus, I answer 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:33.000 the questions that you email me, you tweet me, you 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.920 send me, you DM me, however you get message in 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:37.400 a bottle. 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:39.680 You asked me at the market, ask. 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.720 Me at the market, set me up at the market. Yeah, oh, 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.879 inside jokes. They're always such a fun way to start 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.239 a podcast. What's up, producer, Megan, you know. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:48.880 This week is flying by. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.960 I thought this was a very fast week. It was 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.800 a quick week, and now we have Labor Day approaching, 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.200 So either we'll have more people listening to the podcast 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:01.000 or more people not listening because they're on vacation. What 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.040 are you doing? I'll be on vacation. I'm taking the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.240 day off, so I can't wait. I I've got a 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.880 family trip plan, so I'm excited to do that and 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:12.560 little R and R. I may not turn on my 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.760 phone for the I'll probably have my phone on I 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:16.680 probably won't be on social media. You know that. I 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.400 said in last week's episode that I had acquired a 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.880 Pixel three Excel smartphone, so I've been using that and 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.560 it's interesting. Number One, I will tell you when you 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.040 use Android, like I go back and forth throughout the 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.760 year with Android and iOS just to stay fresh. So 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.199 it's funny because in the afternoons I'm all iOS because 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.880 I've been writing the book, and in the mornings I've 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:41.640 been using the Pixel And the funniest thing to me, 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.280 it was not funny. It's kind of sad that the 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.720 Android stuff does a lot of things better when it 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:49.120 comes to like anticipating your next move, but almost in 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.240 the camera, almost everything else is worse. Like I hate 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.640 to just knock it, but like I've gotten so used 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:58.280 to some of the simplest things on iosa, everything just 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:00.800 works when you get on Android. It's like who knows 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:02.560 what's gonna work. You try something, it's like it just 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.160 doesn't work. Like yesterday, what was I was trying to 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.600 like upload something? So you know, this way I like 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.200 to test both is I went through my normal workflow 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.960 of shooting an entire social media video on my phone 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.040 and editing it and posting it all through my phone 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.640 on my pixel, which is something that's very simple to 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.600 do on an iPhone. Well, the pixel, It's like it 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.119 just everything was a lot slower. Everything was just took 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.200 a little bit more time, and then when you upload it, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.839 it's just I don't know. It's it's really tough because 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.640 I love Android and I love iOS, but I see 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.800 the beauty of why Apple has pulled so far ahead 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.720 because everything just seems to work. So long story short, 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:43.280 what I was gonna mention is one of the features 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.639 that I'm really loving that they're adding to Android, which 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.480 is really cool, and it just appeared on my pixel. 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.640 I'm not running any special software, but it's called Focus Mode. 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.040 And what you do is you set up the apps 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:57.160 that distract you, and then with one tap, you can 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.320 press this focus mode. And those taps are those apps 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:05.040 not only get grayed out, but you can't use them, 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.600 but you also don't see any notifications from them during 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.600 that time. So I've been loving this because I'm let's 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.640 face it, we're all easily distracted with our smartphones. This 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.400 is just one of those things that makes it so 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.040 easy to just say, you know what, I want to 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:19.760 do something right now, I need a half an hour 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.040 or an hour or a couple of hours, and I'm 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.720 just going to enable this mode. And it's not forever, right, 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.239 But it's just one of those things where if you 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:27.840 want to check it, you turn it off and all 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.840 your notifications then pop up. So you turn it on, 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.600 they go away, don't it's really got. 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.400 That stressed you out when they all pop up again. 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:39.720 No, I have my notification set so only important ones 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.280 actually notify me. So on Twitter, I don't get all 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.000 the tweets, I don't get all the likes and stuff, 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.160 And on Instagram, I don't get everything, so I only 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.000 get a couple anyway, and on Facebook I don't get 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.720 any so but anyway, it's just one of those cool 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.320 things that I've just been loving and I know you 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.320 can do. I actually wrote about this, I think, in 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.440 a blog post about you can kind of hack that 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:02.120 same feature on the iPhone if you who's the downtime feature. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.960 But it's not as simple. It's not as like easy, 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.520 like there's not one tap to enable and disable, which 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.200 maybe Apple will do that in the future, because I 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.120 think that's really cool. One other thing I wanted to 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:13.480 bring up before we get into the meat of the podcast, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.720 is back up your stuff, Backup, Backup, back Up. Last 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:21.160 week's show, I talked about how my computer crashed, and 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.240 the main thing I was worried about was the fact 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.320 that my son's iPad pictures were on there. I went 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.600 into my time machine backup, which I don't do all 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.320 the time, but I do it kind of regularly, and 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:37.359 I will tell you that the pictures are there. Ooh, big, 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:41.680 big relief. So yeah. So my other point is I've 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.480 been kind of holding off with the computer of kind 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.720 of reformatting it and seeing if the hard drive is 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:47.800 totally shot or if it can just be reformatted and 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.520 set up again. But now I know I can try 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:53.160 it because I have a picture safe and sound so good. Okay, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.400 So okay, let's move on to the first story of 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:01.240 the podcast, which is the Apple Invite have officially gone 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:05.240 out join us on September tenth for a special event. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.279 And it's funny because you noticed this but I didn't. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:12.960 It says by innovation only, not invitation only. And it's 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.400 tough to describe what it looks like, but it's a 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.280 orb of an Apple logo kind of split in half. 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.479 Like a I would call it series style, like a 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.600 kind of that wavy look, and it's in different colors. 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.760 And this is happening at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.120 where it normally does now. September tenth, twenty nineteen. This 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.359 is the date that I had marked on my calendar. 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.000 They didn't want to do it on September eleventh. Obviously, 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:42.039 September ninth is Monday, it's too early, So September tenth perfect. Yeah, 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.160 So that is the date that I will be up in. Uh, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.920 where's it Coupertino? I was gonna say San Clementy for 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.839 some reason? Where is that? I was gonna say San Clementi, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:56.840 But no San Francisco or Coupertino, gotcha? So very exciting, exciting. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:58.599 What are you looking forward to most? Because I've been 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.960 playing with the iOS thirteen, so it's like I already 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.800 know everything that's happening with iOS. It's just a matter 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.160 of what's going to happen with the iPhone. 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.320 I mean, I feel like it's just going to look 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.400 exactly the same, which is what we've spoken about. There's 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:14.000 the camera that's the wide wide angle camera right that 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:15.800 you can now if you. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:17.839 Take a picture, recrop it and all that stuff. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.120 Recrop it. I mean, I don't know if I'm going. 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.160 To get it, because I what do you want? iPhone eight? 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:22.960 I'm on eight. 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:24.520 Yeah, I still have a home button. It might be 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:26.640 time for an upgrade. It might be time. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:27.440 It might be time. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.039 Oh that's the wrong time. This is the right time. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.960 Okay, all right, So this. 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.840 For that sound if your first time listener means it 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.520 is time for producer Megan to select one of the 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.200 questions that you have emailed or sent me and read 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:41.520 it out. 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:42.000 Yeah. 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:47.120 So this first question comes from Rich's Facebook page, which 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:51.839 is Facebook dot com slash Rich on tech as Morelda writes, 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.760 she said, not sure if you've posted on issues regarding 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.880 the cam Scanner app, but she currently has a Samsung 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:04.039 Note E and she uses the app regularly. And she's 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:07.120 noticed that several tech sites are saying to delete the 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:08.920 app off your phone. 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.280 Asapp it's safe to say that? 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.800 Or she asks is it safe to upload documents to 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.680 Google Drive or email them to myself? I would like 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:23.560 to preserve them somehow. Also, what alternative apps do you recommend? 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.680 And she says she's a big fan and she's freaking out. 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:31.440 Okay, I would probably get rid of this app just 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:35.400 based on principle alone, and that would be my thought. 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.160 I've never used cam Scanner. I'm not a fan of it. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.120 I'm actually it's funny. In life, I'm never a fan 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.120 of like the number one thing. I'm always a fan 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.440 of it. I talked about this before. I'm always a 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.400 fan of the number two thing, except when it comes 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.400 to courses PEPSI. Oh, okay, But like everything else, like 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.920 almost everything else in life, if it's the number one, 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.320 I'm generally not gravitated. 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.760 Towards it, Like I found iOS Android. Do you gravitate 0:07:58.800 --> 0:07:59.600 towards Android? 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.160 I actually do, But that's funny. That's not for Anny, 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.720 That's that's more for different reasons. But I'm talking just 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.160 in general when it comes to big brands, because I 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:10.640 always feel like, I don't know if you remember this, 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:13.120 but there used to be ads for like Avus. I 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.520 think it was like we do someone one of them 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.280 tried harder, like Hurts. I think was like the main company, 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.800 and then like aviis like tried harder, and like it 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.520 just seems to me that the second always tries harder. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.840 So anyway, Cam Scanner the way big tangent. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.720 This is like a very broad general but like I'm curious. 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.080 But you see what I'm saying, Like, I always like 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.560 kind of the second, like the underdog, I guess you 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.079 can say, because I feel like they try harder. Yeah, 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.200 And it's always why on Yelp, I never call the 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.719 first person that is in the list of results. I 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.320 always call the second because the first is getting so 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.720 many phone calls. They're the top dog, they have too 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:48.920 much business. I always go with the second guy. It's 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.319 getting a little less phone calls, right. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.040 I mean, I see that you're trying to say. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.000 So cam Scanner I never really used cause I think 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.520 it was one of the more popular scanning apps on androids. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:03.920 So that's I just disliked it immediately. But they here's 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:09.000 what happened. So cam Scanner apparently Kasperski who they investigated 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:13.480 cam Scanner, which is a phone pdf yeah, scans things 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:18.120 like into PDFs. But they found a malicious software on 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:22.280 I get it's kind of tough to explain, but bottom line, 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:27.200 somehow this program was allowing malicious software to be installed 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.000 on your phone once you install this app. And the 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.840 scary part about it is that this app was available 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:36.560 through Google Play, which is weird because you would think 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.760 that they would scan that app for anything malicious, which 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:44.400 is odd. So long story short, I would say personally 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.600 that you probably want to uninstall cam Scanner, ditch it. 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:52.120 Even though cam Scanner officially said that they detected an 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:57.480 advertisement at SDK provided by a third party named ad Hub, 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.400 integrated in Android version five point eleven point seven has 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.079 been reported for containing a malicious module that produces unauthorized 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:10.679 advertising clicks. So basically, this little module inside their program 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:15.640 was using your phone to create cash for this advertising 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.400 company ad Hub. Not good, not very not a very 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.040 nice use of your phone. This is why I always 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:27.040 also favor paid versions of apps from independent developers versus 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.400 you know, I call them garbage apps, the apps that 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.440 are just like these big apps that just have a 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.480 lot of users, but all their their whole goal is 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.760 like just infiltrate your phone with. 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:37.719 Advertising like Instagram. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.840 No, not Instagram there, that's a nice app, but just 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.760 just ran I don't know, I just I just I'm 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.520 really not hot on this camp scanner app. Yeah, because 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.320 I just don't. Let me just see how many downloads. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.320 This definitely delete, so I. 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.200 Would delete it they they do have a way that 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.360 you can get rid of uh, you know, upload or 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.160 download an update that doesn't have all this malware. But 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.280 I would just get rid of it. So I personally 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.080 would you either in Google Drive. You can just go 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.520 to Google Drive and there's a big blue button that 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.960 says scan in the lower right hand corner. You press 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.240 the big blue plus sign and then just says scan. 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:12.959 You can just use Google Drive to scan your stuff 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.480 into PDFs. That's number one. That's my main recommendation. Then 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.160 I would recommend Adobe Scan, which is you know, it's 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.520 a little bloated, but it will work. And then on 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.360 the iPhone, I actually like, let me say, I've got 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.280 two apps. I like Scannable, which is my favorite that 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.559 does not have an Android counterpart, and the other one 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:35.320 is doc Scanner from Zoho that's my new favorite, and 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.040 they also do not have an Android equivalent. So get 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.839 rid of cam scanner. That's bad bad actor, bad bad 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:48.040 bad acting. I don't even know what that means. Speaking 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.640 of apologies, Apple is apologizing. See what happens to the 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:56.960 best of them. Apple is apologizing because they you found 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.440 out that they were listening to their your serie commands 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.440 so they had a bunch of people at Apple listening 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.600 to Siri commands, which makes sense. How do you make 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.320 things better if you don't listen to what people are 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.640 saying and listen to the computer's response. I'm not surprised 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.040 that any voice commands are being listened to. I mean 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.959 they have to be listened to. Apple says that they 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:20.560 listen to less than two percent, or I guess less 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.840 than point zero two percent, So that's not that many. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.040 But when you do it times how many Siri commands are, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:26.640 it's a lot. 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:27.120 Yeah. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.719 They call it Siri grating, which makes sense. So if 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.600 you say, hey, Siri, what's the weather and it says 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.160 the NFL game is starting at three pm today, they 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.280 would want to know that that was not the right 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.360 response to your question. That makes sense, And the only 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.280 way they know that is if someone if a human 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.240 listens and goes, wait, she didn't ask about the NFL game, 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.400 but it sounded like Seattle Seahawks, so it misinterpreted. You see, 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.319 I'm saying what's the weather in Seattle and it says 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.920 the Seahawks play tonight at three pm? You know that 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.559 kind of thing. So three changes they're making. Number one 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.280 they're no longer going to retain audio recordings of what 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.360 you say to Siri. Number two, you have to opt in. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.800 So if you want your recordings to be used by 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.439 these people to make Siri better, you will opt in. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.760 A lot of people will opt in because if you 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.960 look at the flow of Siri of the way you 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.000 set up an iPhone right now, it says data and analytics, 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.000 and it's like the default is, yes, I want to 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.120 opt in. I always opt out, by the way, Oh 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:22.640 you do, I always always opt out. 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.320 Oh I thought you were going to say, you do opt. 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.400 In, always opt out? Because why I bought your phone 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.360 for one thousand dollars. Why am I the guinea pig 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.360 that's giving you all my data to make your. 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.240 Phone better and make someone else the guinea pig. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.680 Now I'm fine with you doing it or whoever else, 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.960 I don't know, but personally, like, I like to be 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:40.880 more private, So why am I giving you? Like if 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.040 you want to pay me for those analytics like Google 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.640 on there, I do this Google Play like rewards or whatever, 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.880 and they ask me questions and they pay me like 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.359 hard cash that I can use for Google Play goods. 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.800 Anyway, So if I wanted to opt out. 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:56.800 Right, now you can opt out. This is this is 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.680 they still have to they have to enable this. Yeah, 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.880 and then when customers opt in, only Apple employees will 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.839 be allowed to listen to audio samples. So they're not 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:06.880 going to use like third party randos to do that. 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:07.640 That's good. 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:10.280 Okay. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:14.840 So this next question comes from actually someone who emailed 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.080 you on your website, which is rich on tech dot tv. 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.160 You just click the contact button and you fill out 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.800 your question. So this comes from Mike and he asks, 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.000 I'll be traveling next month and with lost luggage on 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:31.480 the rise, would you happen to know any low cost 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.320 GPS luggage trackers? 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:34.440 I love this question. 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.080 This is a good question. I'm curious where is he 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.960 getting his data that lost luggage is on the rise. 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.440 I don't know. But I hear about people losing their luggage. 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.320 Do you really never hear that? 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:47.880 Oh? 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:52.960 Come on, I never hear of people losing Okay, tell 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:53.440 me a story. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:15:00.600 Yeah, okay, yesterday day, not me. I was watching someone story. 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:02.880 Okay, random story. Do you know this person? 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:03.040 No? 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:03.600 I don't know them? 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:09.120 Okay, never mind, no, no, hold on, you don't know 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.000 this person. You can't. This is This is like when 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.120 people tell me they'll be like, oh, everyone's going to Fiji. 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:15.960 I'm like who, They're like, well, I see them my stories. 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:17.200 Do you know those people? 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.240 No, Still, it happens. I have a friend that lost 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:21.760 her Anyways. 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.960 It's fine. I feel like you don't think it happens. 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:28.040 I've traveled. I've traveled around the world. I've traveled around 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.000 the world. So of you, yes, and for this job 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.360 and I knock on wood, have yet to ever have 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:35.400 a piece of luggage missing? 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:36.880 Wake Really, I've had two. 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.800 In ten I've actually, hold on, I've been I've been 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:45.000 flying for twenty something years. I can remember one time 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.280 that I have my luggage lost. And this was back 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.640 in the nineties. Wow. So I feel like luggage has 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:55.160 gotten a lot better. Okay, like the whole luggage process 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.360 with airlines. But that's besides the post. 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:58.560 I've had. It happened twice. 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.680 If it makes you feel better, then get a lot. 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.720 I don't think I would buy a tracker. I'm just 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:03.240 saying now. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.320 With that said, I used to keep a tile in 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.800 my suitcase in case it did get lost. 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:09.840 Get out of here. 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.400 But you know if it did. Okay, So here's the 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.240 challenge of tracking your luggage. Number one, you have to 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.960 have a GPS tracker because something like a tile may 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.680 or may not work. You want exact tracking. So there 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.040 used to be a product called track Dot and that 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.440 was the big one, and it was pretty inexpensive. It 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.920 was like fifty bucks and it would track your luggage 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:32.480 for I think it was like three years. I used 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:34.360 to have one of these. They sent me a test model. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.720 It worked for like two years. I don't remember if 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.080 I ever actually put it in my luggage. That was 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.920 number that's gone out of business. Okay, So the three 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.080 that I found that are still around. There is one 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:51.440 from Sprint called Tracker plus Tracker Safe and Sound, and 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.480 this is two dollars and fifty cents a month for 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.680 twenty four months. Can you do the math on that? Okay? 0:16:57.680 --> 0:16:59.680 Two dollars and fifty cents a month for twenty four 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.640 months plus five dollars a month for service, and that 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:04.760 seems like a lot of money. 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.120 If he's five dollars a month for. 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.200 Service plus plus twenty four dollars a month, I mean 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.480 two dollars and fifty cents a month for twenty four months. Okay, Okay, 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.320 that's number one. Then you've got the Geobit location monitor, 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:17.879 which we did a story on and this is a 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:19.760 good little tracker that can be used for anything, including 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.600 kids and elderly. This is one hundred and thirty dollars 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.080 plus nine dollars a month for two years, or you 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:27.880 can get it month a month for thirteen dollars a month. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:33.040 Then you've got the Luglock tracker, which is seventy dollars 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.400 and it's sold out so you can't even get that one. 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:37.879 Then they have a new one called gig which is 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:39.120 one hundred dollars month. Yeah. 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:40.320 By the way, this is this. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:44.800 Is my point. Just to trust that your airline is 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:46.760 gonna have your luggage when you get there, and if 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.399 they don't, I mean number one, I always do. I 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.160 try to do carry on as much as possible. That's different, 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.800 I know, But my point is I'm just saying this 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.320 person is saying Mike is saying that he's traveling next month. Yeah, 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.120 which means he's telling me he's not a frequent traveler. 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.440 So in the span of that one time he travels, 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.399 I say, take your chances and save the three hundred 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.800 dollars or whatever. We just decided this cost to have this. 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:12.560 And here's the other thing. If you you know, if 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:16.840 you bought your you know these companies the time that 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.080 they did lose the luggage, they will buy you new 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.200 clothes and they will also bring your luggage to your 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:21.800 place for you. 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.960 Yeah, okay, but what if Mike's diamond necklace was it? 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:28.040 Don't put your diamond necklace in luggage. Don't everything I 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:28.680 have in my supers. 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:30.560 I think what we're trying to say is you should 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:35.320 probably carry on if you're really, really, really worried, save 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.320 save the one hundred and eighty dollars on the tracker 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:40.960 and just carry. 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.240 Am I getting angrier as the podcast? No. 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.520 I feel like I feel like every time I have 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:51.560 one idea, you're just like, Nope, how right. 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:53.880 I gotta I gotta label these Why you're getting frustrated. 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:55.200 This is when Megan has an idea. 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:00.560 Okay, okay, well that was just not nice. 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:04.080 It launched their new smart watch. It's called the Versa two. 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.600 When the Versa came out, the original one, I was 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.240 a big believer in that watch. I really liked it. 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.960 I liked it as a alternative to the Apple Watch, 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.239 and I still do. I still think the Versa is 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.040 the best alternative to the Apple Watch. The reason why 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.880 is because it's simple. It works with every phone, including 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:26.000 iOS and Android devices, and it's just a it's it's 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:28.280 just a kind of the basic nice tracker, and I 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:29.760 thought it had a lot of features. The things I 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.119 didn't like about it was the music and the slowness. 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:34.520 Now they fix those, so they say the Versa two 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:37.600 is faster. Now Spotify is built in. Before you only 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:40.680 had Pandora, which is really cool. They built in Alexa, 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:42.680 but I don't care about that at all. I don't 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:47.879 want Alexa on my smart watch again the anger I don't. 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.520 Here's the thing, so now you're talking. If you have 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:56.760 a Google phone and a Fippit Versa, now you're talking, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.000 you have to use Alexa on your wrist and Google 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:00.800 on your phone. It's just or if you have an 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:02.600 iPhone and you're using this, now you have to use 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.440 Siri on your phone and Alex on your wrist. Nightmare 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:09.320 things to talk to. Thank you a lot of keeping trying. 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:11.440 I already talk to myself enough, so you do. 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:13.639 This is about the only time someone listens to you 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:14.240 when you talk. 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.000 Oh do you guys hear this? 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:24.440 Let's see five day battery life on the fipbit versa two, 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:26.960 which is really nice. The other thing I really like, 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:29.040 and this was my other problems about the Fippit versus 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.399 the Apple Watch. When you lift your wrist with the 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:34.920 Apple Watch, it lights up immediately to show you what's 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:39.120 on the screen. The versa there's a tiny delay, which 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:41.879 is really frustrating when you're using this thing and you 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:43.919 want to just glance at the time. So now they 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:46.600 do have an all day on mode which will only 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:48.240 give you two days a battery life. But to me, 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.680 I'd much rather have that. Yeah, because when you lift 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:54.000 up your wrist, the clearly Fippit can't figure out how 0:20:54.000 --> 0:20:56.159 to get the beauty of the Apple Watch, where it 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:59.440 just comes immediately to life. Yeah, as soon as you 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:01.639 lift your wrist. For some reason, phippeit can't get that. 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:02.840 That's why they're doing the always on. 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:06.560 So it also looks a lot like the Apple Watch. 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:08.480 It does look a lot like the Apple Watch, so 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:09.880 you might fool your friends. 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:11.760 Be like, yes, maybe I'll just get the Fippit versus. 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:13.359 Well, I feel like that we talk to Alexa all 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.400 the time, especially when you're near other things. 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.920 I like about this. It has a sleep score, which 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.800 is something the Apple Watch does not do. Maybe the 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:24.320 Apple Watch with the next generation will do sleep, but 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:25.920 that's a that's a glaring omission. 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:27.320 That's weird that they that it does. 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.280 We need sleep. On the Apple Watch, they do oxygen tracking, 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:31.800 which is really cool because a lot of people, if 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.359 you have like sleep apnea, this will be handy to 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:36.119 kind of see like how often it happens. You can 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:38.400 show your doctor be like, look, my oxygen is going 0:21:38.440 --> 0:21:40.399 like this while I'm sleeping, like up and down and 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:42.760 up and down, and your doctor can maybe do some 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:44.760 more tests and you know that kind of thing. 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:48.560 Or if you have like sleep paralysis, which you don't 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:50.120 know what it is, Is this what you have? 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:54.240 When are we going to get into Megan's sleep issues? Here, 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:57.600 no sleep paralysis, so tell me again. You basically wake 0:21:57.680 --> 0:21:58.880 up and you feel like you can't move. 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:02.080 Yeah, which, by the way, Rich didn't know what this 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:04.680 was and I had. I said, oh, I have sleep proalysis. 0:22:04.680 --> 0:22:07.120 He was like, I've never heard of that. So basically, yeah, 0:22:07.160 --> 0:22:09.440 it's like say you're taking a nap. 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:11.439 Right and like that'd be a dream. 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:14.000 Okay, that sounds like you're saying you're just taking a nap, 0:22:14.040 --> 0:22:17.600 and then it's this feeling where your your brain is awake, 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:19.960 like you're trying to wake up, but your body's asleep. 0:22:20.119 --> 0:22:22.080 That's so weird. So you feel like you carry but 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:22.520 you can't move. 0:22:22.560 --> 0:22:24.480 But see, I feel you feel paralyzed. 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:26.160 I feel like you were talking about the thing where 0:22:26.200 --> 0:22:28.200 if you're in a dream and you're trying to move, 0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:30.280 it feels like you're moving through water or like, olass, 0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:33.960 it's really slow. Oh okay, never had those dreams totally. 0:22:34.040 --> 0:22:36.640 You're trying to run from someone. It's like you literally feel. 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:39.640 Like have you ever liked when you're falling asleep? 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:42.000 Oh? Yeah, you're like any fast you like? 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:45.200 Actually, yeah, that's my favorite. I love when that happens. 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:47.040 That happens on the plane all the time, where. 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:49.600 You're just like, oh my gosh, I hate sleeping on planes. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.840 Love it. Two hundred dollars for the fippit. It's available 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:56.000 on a Fippit versus two. It's available on September fifteenth, 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:58.800 twenty nineteen. The thing I don't like about fippit, they 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.399 like everyone else has real that subscriptions seem to be 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:03.960 a nice source of income now Fippit is offering a 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.479 ten dollars a month service, which I don't even I'm 0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:09.080 not even gonna go into what it includes because just 0:23:09.080 --> 0:23:12.440 by principle, I don't want it. I don't want another subscription. 0:23:12.640 --> 0:23:13.440 So many subscriptions? 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:13.840 How many? 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:16.600 All right? 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:20.320 So this next question comes from Bruce. He emailed you 0:23:20.400 --> 0:23:23.199 and he wrote Rich, I've called Apple about this and 0:23:23.320 --> 0:23:26.840 ended up at Goldman Sachs. They weren't completely sure about 0:23:26.840 --> 0:23:29.280 their answer. The question is if I set up a 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:32.760 monthly subscription, say for Netflix, and give them my card 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:35.919 number to draw it from each month, then later I 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:39.240 generate a new card for a purchase online, does that 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.560 negate the number Netflix is using? In other words, each 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:45.240 time I generate a new number, are the old ones trashed? 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:46.840 Is he talking about credit card? 0:23:47.040 --> 0:23:51.320 Yes, he's talking about Apple card. Oh okay, got it interesting? 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:52.840 So he said he couldn't find the answer to this, 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:56.520 and yeah, So the Apple Card is is Apple's new 0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:58.639 credit card which is linked to the iPhone and it 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:01.119 works in several ways. Number One, you sign up for it, 0:24:01.160 --> 0:24:03.440 you get it immediately on your phone. Then you can 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:05.879 request to have a physical card sent to you. The 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:08.240 physical card has no numbers on it. So how do 0:24:08.280 --> 0:24:11.800 you use a number? You create a virtual number inside 0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:15.000 the app. And this can be handy for several reasons, 0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:19.360 the first being that it's for security. If you are 0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:23.399 doing like a free trial online or sketchy website, you 0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:26.359 can use a virtual number and it won't affect your 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:28.320 credit card and that's kind of nice. And you can 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.760 cut off that virtual number at any time. So let's 0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:33.640 say you do a Netflix trial and you're like, eh, 0:24:33.680 --> 0:24:35.680 I don't want this anymore. Instead of like calling Netflix, 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:38.280 you could literally just like turn off that number. So, 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.639 and this is not the first credit card to do this. 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.880 A lot of the other banks offer these virtual numbers. 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:45.240 I think it sounds very complicated to like do this, 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:47.600 like to set up different numbers all the time. Yeah, 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:49.720 but I can see where it can come in handy, 0:24:49.800 --> 0:24:51.960 especially with free trials, because you just don't want to 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:54.720 deal with getting charged for a free trial that you 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:58.800 don't want. What he's asking is if he generates one number, 0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:00.800 does it push out the old number and then all 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.000 of a sudden, all his subscriptions on that number go 0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:06.520 like haywire. Yeah, that's not how it works. You can 0:25:07.080 --> 0:25:10.160 pretty much generate new numbers and keep the old numbers. 0:25:10.240 --> 0:25:12.320 You'll see a whole list of your numbers and then 0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:14.320 you can delete them as you want. That's how it 0:25:14.400 --> 0:25:16.680 normally works, and that's that's the way it would work 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:19.160 to make the most sense, because if you do want 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:20.919 to set these things up, like you can type in 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:22.639 on your you know, I haven't used this can I 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:25.080 don't have the Apple card. But if you theoretically would 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:27.159 type in like Netflix card, and it would just generate 0:25:27.200 --> 0:25:29.600 the number and you have it labeled as your Netflix card, Okay. 0:25:29.640 --> 0:25:31.200 And then next thing, you know, you want to sign 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:33.879 up for a subscription for your kids for something like 0:25:33.920 --> 0:25:35.720 one of those box you know they come every month, 0:25:35.760 --> 0:25:38.440 like a science experiment box or something. But you think 0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:40.879 that you're going to like totally ghost the company, and 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:42.240 you're just like, I don't want to really get this, 0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:44.000 but I'll just try it. So you put in that 0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:47.719 number and then after a month, you just delete that number, okay, 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.159 after you get your box. So that's the way I 0:25:50.240 --> 0:25:52.239 understand it. I think that that's cool, and I'm not 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:54.879 you know, you know me, I love credit cards, but 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:56.960 I hate credit cards. I you know, I love the 0:25:56.960 --> 0:26:00.000 credit cards for the convenience, but I like spending money 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:03.040 that I feel and so totally I get the Apple 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:05.520 card I feel like is actually kind of in the 0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:08.480 middle there. And I I find that the tap to 0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:11.119 pay is really interesting because we've talked about this before. 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:14.560 If I am handing you cash, it's gonna take a 0:26:14.560 --> 0:26:15.879 little bit longer for you to pull it out of 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:18.440 my hand. Right if I'm handing you my debit card, 0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:21.080 it's going to take a little bit less time, but 0:26:21.480 --> 0:26:24.080 similar to that, you still feel it. If I hand 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:26.119 you my credit card, I'm just like doing a dance 0:26:26.160 --> 0:26:28.280 move and I'm like swiping it or putting that chip 0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:30.800 in whatever. It's no big deal, even for when it's 0:26:31.000 --> 0:26:33.680 one hundred three hundred, four hundred dollars transaction, even the 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:37.160 biggest transaction, I still don't feel it. Tap to pay 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:41.560 I feel like might even be less friction than the 0:26:41.600 --> 0:26:44.680 credit card because it's so easy to just tap your phone. Yeah, 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:46.400 do you have this setup tap to pay? 0:26:46.480 --> 0:26:48.000 Yeah? 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:48.359 I have? 0:26:48.720 --> 0:26:51.200 You mean, well, there are credit cards that have the tap. 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:52.960 There are some credit cards. Now I know that's even 0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:54.720 more I don't have tap to pay. So you have 0:26:54.760 --> 0:26:56.919 a card that has the tap to pay? Yes, So 0:26:56.960 --> 0:26:57.520 that's kind. 0:26:57.359 --> 0:26:58.920 Of and it's funny because they don't even like I 0:26:58.960 --> 0:27:00.600 was paying for something. Once I was like, where do 0:27:00.680 --> 0:27:02.480 I tap this card? And they were like, oh, I 0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:04.399 don't know, yeah, and I was like, oh, well, it says. 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:07.480 Like anyways, so I just it's the same as a 0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:08.199 credit card to me. 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:10.200 Yeah, feel the same. 0:27:09.920 --> 0:27:12.960 Feeling of like I won't see this for a month, right, 0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:16.679 And that's so the Apple card. 0:27:15.840 --> 0:27:18.040 The Apple card, you would see it because now with 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:20.879 the app, it's it's all in the app, itemized, like 0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:25.040 immediately your transaction. So anyway, I will not be getting 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.359 the Apple card. But I'm not saying like that. It's 0:27:27.480 --> 0:27:29.960 it's terrible, like if you're on top of your finances 0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:31.640 and all that stuff like it can be. It can 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:34.080 be a good tool, let's put it that way. But 0:27:34.119 --> 0:27:36.200 the virtual cards, yes, you should be able to delete 0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:38.520 those at will and have several of them at the 0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:42.760 same time to manage everything that you've got. All right, 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:44.520 let's see, do you want to talk about Yelp. I 0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:47.080 want to talk about Yelp. This is the first time 0:27:47.359 --> 0:27:51.040 that Yelp kind of revamped their app to be personalized. Now. 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:54.840 In the past, I always had my way of searching Yelp. 0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:56.040 Did I ever tell you how I do it? No, 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:58.320 So when I search Yelp, I would do something like, 0:27:58.440 --> 0:28:00.119 let's say I was in San Francisco for the day 0:28:00.160 --> 0:28:02.240 and I wanted to eat at a restaurant. I would 0:28:02.320 --> 0:28:05.040 go into Yelp and I would search restaurants, and then 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:07.679 I would go into the the sort filters and I 0:28:07.680 --> 0:28:11.359 would do by most reviewed, which is near me, So 0:28:11.440 --> 0:28:14.680 that would tell me not the most popular restaurant, per se, 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:17.200 but kind of it's like the restaurant that has the 0:28:17.200 --> 0:28:21.120 most like people are going and they're reviewing. This restaurant's trendy. 0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.000 It's kind of yeah, like people know about it. So 0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:25.840 I'd just be like, well, that's basically the restaurant that 0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:27.600 I need to go to. Go ahead, try see what's 0:28:27.600 --> 0:28:29.520 in this area. You can, I'll talk about what Yelp's 0:28:29.520 --> 0:28:31.560 doing is. So that was always my way of finding 0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:34.320 like the little hotspots without a lot of work, you know, 0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:35.840 because if you're only in a city for a day, 0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:37.320 you don't want to really spend a lot of time 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:38.800 researching restaurants. So I'd just be like, let me just 0:28:38.840 --> 0:28:41.320 go to the place everyone's reviewing. So I would do 0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:42.160 that most reviewed? 0:28:42.280 --> 0:28:44.800 Okay, I see it. Do you find a place why 0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:45.440 it's loading? 0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:46.000 Okay? 0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:49.840 So most reviewed? That's sponsored okay, carda. 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:51.800 Mom, Nope, keep going. They changed it so now you 0:28:51.800 --> 0:28:53.400 have to look for all results there. It is Pink 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.240 hot Dogs seven thousand. So that's not a place that 0:28:56.280 --> 0:28:58.640 I would normally go, but it's kind of funny. Have 0:28:58.640 --> 0:28:59.200 you ever been there? 0:28:59.680 --> 0:28:59.960 Yes? 0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:02.920 Okay, if you I had it once they came here 0:29:02.960 --> 0:29:05.400 to the station. I'm not a big hot dog person, 0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:07.280 so I don't really like seek them out, but I 0:29:07.280 --> 0:29:10.200 will eat one. But it's just funny because if I 0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:11.960 was in La, like that is one of the places 0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:14.440 that you should probably hit up. Everyone knows pinks and 0:29:14.480 --> 0:29:16.440 so it kind of worked. The second one, i'd never 0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:19.160 heard of Republic. Oh I've heard of it, but it 0:29:19.480 --> 0:29:23.520 sounds fancy, so I would. I also buy the way, 0:29:24.440 --> 0:29:26.040 so it's that's nothing. 0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:28.120 That's absolutely easy. 0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:31.520 I would totally a five dollars if it's if it 0:29:31.520 --> 0:29:33.360 gets up to the five, I would. I would have 0:29:33.400 --> 0:29:36.960 a little pause anything, swipe that credit card one dollar, 0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:42.840 sign to four. No big deal. I'm kidding. It's actually funny. No, 0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:45.320 what's funny is when I travel on business, I am 0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:48.920 definitely like a cheaper eater, so I will I don't 0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:51.080 want to name names with some of my other colleagues here, 0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:53.200 but I will generally try to find places that are 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:56.800 like two to three versus like a force four dollars sign. 0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:58.680 But you told me that I can only eat at 0:29:58.680 --> 0:29:59.680 one one dollar. 0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:04.280 Hey, Megan, don't give everyone your secrets here. I'm just kidding, Okay, 0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:07.440 So for the first time, you can now tell Yelp 0:30:07.560 --> 0:30:11.280 what your preferences are. And those preferences now are your diet, 0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:16.640 so you can specify if you're gluten free, halal quito, kosher, pescatarian, vegan, 0:30:16.720 --> 0:30:18.760 or vegetarian, or as Megan likes to call it, all 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:19.640 the above. 0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:21.720 Good one. 0:30:21.840 --> 0:30:25.400 You can do your lifestyle, which is car owners, homeowners, parents, 0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:28.680 and pet owners. You can do wheelchair accessibility. You can 0:30:28.720 --> 0:30:32.479 also choose your favorite food and drink categories, including happy hour, bronze, 0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:36.000 Chinese pizza. And then you can choose your interests like bookstores, 0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:40.000 late night, late nights, date nights, hair salons, hiking, home decor, 0:30:40.120 --> 0:30:42.720 kid activities, and more. And immediately what came to mind 0:30:42.720 --> 0:30:44.600 when I saw this new feature which yelp gave me 0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:47.320 early access to for a week. I'll just humble brag there. 0:30:47.400 --> 0:30:50.640 But don't toot your own horn. 0:30:50.840 --> 0:30:53.640 I'm just saying i'd access this access to this feature 0:30:54.080 --> 0:30:56.960 quicker than more people. But the first thing I thought 0:30:57.000 --> 0:30:59.000 of is, oh my gosh, I'm handing over all my 0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:02.240 datity yelps so they can now sell this to advertisers. 0:31:02.240 --> 0:31:06.000 But Yelp says that they do keep this information private 0:31:06.080 --> 0:31:09.160 and it's only shared with the app, So I don't 0:31:09.160 --> 0:31:11.120 know how true that is, but that's what they're saying. 0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:15.440 So bottom line, love Yelp. By the way, Yelp is great. 0:31:15.600 --> 0:31:18.240 Yeah, not sponsored by Yelp, but like love Yelp. 0:31:18.360 --> 0:31:23.160 But once you choose these things about your life, it 0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:25.800 makes sense. If you are vegan, it would make sense 0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:27.800 for Yelp to put the vegan restaurant, or not even 0:31:27.800 --> 0:31:30.080 a vegan restaurant, let's just say a restaurant is known 0:31:30.120 --> 0:31:33.120 for like some great vegan options. It would put those 0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:35.280 towards the top of the list. The only thing that 0:31:35.320 --> 0:31:37.560 they're doing here that's kind of weird to me is 0:31:37.680 --> 0:31:40.040 it throws me off. They put little hearts next to 0:31:40.120 --> 0:31:42.720 things that are sort of tailored for you. Yeah, to me, 0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:45.800 when I see a heart, that means something is heart healthy, 0:31:46.080 --> 0:31:48.440 like a healthy restaurant. Really it just to me, it 0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:51.240 just seems like it's heart healthy, but it means no. 0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:54.160 This is personalized. So the other thing they do that's 0:31:54.240 --> 0:31:57.040 really cool is they tell you why something is sort 0:31:57.080 --> 0:32:01.840 of elevated for you. It'll say, yelpers report that this 0:32:01.920 --> 0:32:04.360 location has a lot of vegan options, or Yelpers like 0:32:04.440 --> 0:32:08.720 this place for its kid friendly pancakes. Right, It'll kind 0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:11.240 of give that information so you understand why it shows 0:32:11.240 --> 0:32:13.640 those I think that this is very much evolving. I 0:32:13.640 --> 0:32:15.600 don't think it's perfect. I don't think that Yelp has 0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:18.320 a level of AI that Google has just yet. But 0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:20.840 it's a start, and it's a good way to kind 0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:23.719 of personalize the Yelp experience. I worry a little bit 0:32:23.720 --> 0:32:26.320 about things being too personalized where it's like, rich, you 0:32:26.360 --> 0:32:28.920 love pizza, just keep going to pizza places. I don't 0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:29.600 want that to happen. 0:32:29.840 --> 0:32:32.640 Yeah, But at the same time, it's like, you do 0:32:32.720 --> 0:32:33.240 eat a lot of. 0:32:33.240 --> 0:32:35.840 Pizza, Hey, but you would what now you're saying, just 0:32:35.840 --> 0:32:37.680 because I'm Italian, I eat a lot of pizza. Huh, 0:32:37.680 --> 0:32:40.240 all right, I do. 0:32:40.160 --> 0:32:42.240 Love pizza though, right, so. 0:32:42.120 --> 0:32:44.120 I will have Italian food any day of the week. 0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:46.760 There you go. You probably want to try different places too, 0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:47.920 and yeah, I want to help. 0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:51.200 I did try Boba tea though, I loved it, so 0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:54.560 now maybe I'll heart Boba all right. 0:32:54.600 --> 0:33:00.160 This next question comes from Facebook. Monica writes, what's your 0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:01.880 opinion on VPNs? 0:33:01.920 --> 0:33:02.040 Oh? 0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:04.640 Another VPN question? We got one? I think last week? 0:33:05.480 --> 0:33:09.000 She keeps reading about added security for online banking fraud? 0:33:09.480 --> 0:33:14.200 Are they that secure? This from from Monica? 0:33:14.360 --> 0:33:16.680 No, I mean, who's Monica reading this from? Okay? 0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:19.760 So yeah, I know everyone's citing things and we don't 0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:20.120 really know. 0:33:20.320 --> 0:33:22.120 Well, here's what happened. I will tell you where they're 0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:25.480 hearing it, Megan. They're hearing it from ads. When they 0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:28.120 browse online, A lot of the stuff they see is 0:33:28.520 --> 0:33:31.160 sort of clutter and it's ads. It's advertising. I'm at 0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:33.400 the gym and I'm watching on the TV, like what 0:33:33.680 --> 0:33:37.000 I sometimes don't connect or I do connect what I 0:33:37.040 --> 0:33:40.160 see on TV to questions that I get because people 0:33:40.200 --> 0:33:42.240 are heavily being advertised and I've seen My. 0:33:42.080 --> 0:33:44.800 Sister asked me this question this weekend, and I was like, 0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:46.920 how do you not like I didn't know what a 0:33:47.000 --> 0:33:49.640 VPN was until I started working with you, because. 0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:52.640 We because I always use one to secure all my travels. Yeah, 0:33:52.720 --> 0:33:55.480 but anyways, I will tell you my thoughts on VPNs. 0:33:55.760 --> 0:33:58.200 The main number one is a vp Okay, VPN is 0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:02.160 virtual private network. And if you have a job at 0:34:02.640 --> 0:34:05.240 a corporation, a lot of times you will use a 0:34:05.320 --> 0:34:09.000 corporate VPN to access your network at work. And what 0:34:09.040 --> 0:34:11.120 that does is think of a VPN as a tunnel. 0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:15.520 It's a direct line from your computer tunnel under all 0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:18.560 the crap that's on the internet, right to your company 0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:21.480 so that you can access company servers. You can access 0:34:21.480 --> 0:34:25.440 company files, company data without Imagine you're in a tunnel 0:34:25.520 --> 0:34:27.920 that has just you know, it's totally secured. No one 0:34:27.960 --> 0:34:29.440 can get into that tunnel because it's kind of like 0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:31.920 there's a big like, you know, there's just no way in. 0:34:32.440 --> 0:34:34.680 So you can take that tunnel to your company's network. 0:34:34.719 --> 0:34:37.600 That's what a VPN is in its simplest definition. What 0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:43.000 people use VPNs for normally is to get around geo 0:34:43.120 --> 0:34:47.799 location restrictions that a lot of websites put on so 0:34:47.840 --> 0:34:50.880 that you can't access stuff from certain places. So for instance, 0:34:51.280 --> 0:34:53.920 let's say Netflix had a show in Germany that's not 0:34:54.000 --> 0:34:56.640 offered in the US. A lot of people would use 0:34:56.719 --> 0:34:59.959 a VPN to say they're in Germany and then they can, 0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.640 you know, watch that show that's yeah in Germany. 0:35:02.719 --> 0:35:04.400 That was the question my sister asked me. 0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:07.279 She said, do you recommend any VPNs so that I 0:35:07.320 --> 0:35:10.120 can so that you can watch Netflix from other countries. Yes, 0:35:10.200 --> 0:35:13.000 she's not leaving the country anytime soon. I don't know where, 0:35:13.920 --> 0:35:14.920 but she's planning ahead. 0:35:14.920 --> 0:35:19.040 She's planning ahead. Another one the another way people do 0:35:19.120 --> 0:35:22.839 it is with sporting events. A lot of a lot 0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.319 of the games are blacked out. So let's say, and 0:35:25.360 --> 0:35:27.200 I never understood this, I'm not a big sports guy, 0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:29.560 but let's say you live in Los Angeles and you 0:35:29.640 --> 0:35:33.960 have a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket. Who's our team 0:35:34.000 --> 0:35:36.879 here in LA? Like, who's the football team? The Rams? No, 0:35:36.960 --> 0:35:40.640 not the Trojan Sorry the Rams. You can't watch Rams 0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:43.160 games on Sunday Ticket because they want you to watch 0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:48.839 it on broadcast TV. Makes no sense, Okay, same thing 0:35:48.840 --> 0:35:52.479 for baseball. You're in Atlanta, you can't watch I believe 0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:55.080 it's the Braves. You can't watch the Braves when you 0:35:55.160 --> 0:35:58.200 have a subscription at MLB TV because they want you 0:35:58.280 --> 0:36:00.560 to tune into. However, the Braves are broadcast on TV. 0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:03.160 Now I'm not sure if that's still the way it is, 0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:06.400 but that's crazy. Generally, how VPNs came into the public 0:36:06.680 --> 0:36:09.520 spotlight is because people wanted to get around these rules, 0:36:09.800 --> 0:36:12.320 and so that's the main thing. There's other reasons to 0:36:12.320 --> 0:36:14.799 have VPNs when it comes to securing your data. Here's 0:36:14.840 --> 0:36:17.239 when I recommend using a VPN. Number one, if you're 0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:21.439 at a hotel like a Hilton or whatever main hotel chain, 0:36:21.560 --> 0:36:23.280 nine times out of ten, you don't need a VPN 0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:28.040 unless you're accessing really secure stuff. Generally, I try not 0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:31.240 to access my bank account on anything that's not LTE connection, 0:36:31.600 --> 0:36:33.960 So I would, yep, if you're on public Wi Fi, 0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:37.480 I would not access bank accounts. Now, is it secure, Yes, 0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:40.640 it is, but because your bank is encrypted, but there 0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:42.880 is a little bit better of a chance that someone 0:36:42.960 --> 0:36:44.319 might be able to do something when you're on a 0:36:44.320 --> 0:36:47.640 public network versus LTE, which is much more secure cellular, 0:36:49.360 --> 0:36:51.160 if you're on a random if you love getting on 0:36:51.239 --> 0:36:54.600 random Wi Fi networks, like that's like. 0:36:54.520 --> 0:36:56.120 One of my favorite things to do in life. 0:36:56.200 --> 0:36:57.880 I actually just hop on random. 0:36:59.040 --> 0:37:00.520 Megan loves to get on random. 0:37:00.560 --> 0:37:03.400 But it's true. It's it's you know, it's one of 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:06.080 those things where if you because some people are are 0:37:06.120 --> 0:37:08.880 sort of Wi Fi like they love always getting on 0:37:08.920 --> 0:37:11.280 Wi Fi like they just they do the save battery. 0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:13.040 I don't know what it's for, but it's like they 0:37:13.040 --> 0:37:15.360 just don't use their data whatever it is. Like, Yeah, personally, 0:37:15.440 --> 0:37:17.759 I avoid Wi Fi at all costs, Like, if I 0:37:17.760 --> 0:37:20.040 can use my cellular, I'm gonna use that. But some 0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:21.680 people just love to always like, you know what the 0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:23.560 Wi Fi is for this place, I'm like, I don't know, 0:37:24.200 --> 0:37:27.960 Like I don't care. So that's the other reason is 0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:30.120 if you're always using random Wi Fi networks, then I 0:37:30.120 --> 0:37:33.560 would probably use a vv VPNs I recommend. I don't 0:37:33.560 --> 0:37:35.120 really have one, but the one that a lot of 0:37:35.120 --> 0:37:38.160 people like is I believe it's called Private Internet Access. 0:37:38.200 --> 0:37:40.000 I think that's the one that a lot of people use. 0:37:41.600 --> 0:37:44.680 I think that's the I think that's the one people use. 0:37:45.200 --> 0:37:47.600 There's just so many are there's so many. 0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:50.200 I don't know any so I can't recommend any. 0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:54.120 Nor it is another one that people like we use here, yeah, 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:56.240 but we use a corporate one. So it doesn't really care. Okay, 0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:58.759 So yeah, okay. Now with that said, if you are 0:37:58.800 --> 0:38:01.719 traveling to a country like I would definitely use a 0:38:01.800 --> 0:38:03.880 VPN for all of your stuff and may have to. 0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:05.600 Or if you're in Russia, or if you're in a 0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:09.640 country like follow the trend here Russia, China, you get it. 0:38:09.719 --> 0:38:13.280 If you going to Italy, you don't need one, You're fine. Okay. 0:38:13.480 --> 0:38:15.560 I want to go to Italy, so do I. 0:38:15.560 --> 0:38:17.399 I'd love to get some pizza. All right, Two quick 0:38:17.440 --> 0:38:18.840 things I want to get through before the end of 0:38:18.880 --> 0:38:22.040 the show. We tried out Sprint's new five G network, 0:38:22.560 --> 0:38:25.160 which is called True Mobile five G, and I will 0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:27.080 tell you it's cool that they lit this up in 0:38:27.160 --> 0:38:30.520 Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, and Washington, and I tried 0:38:30.520 --> 0:38:31.880 it out. They gave me a phone to try it 0:38:31.880 --> 0:38:34.359 out on and it's the one plus or no, they 0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:35.520 give me the one plus. No, they gave me a 0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:39.400 Samsung five G phone. It's cool if it works. So 0:38:39.520 --> 0:38:41.400 my advice on five G. You're gonna be hearing a 0:38:41.400 --> 0:38:43.920 lot of hype about five G. I don't think you 0:38:43.960 --> 0:38:46.480 need to worry about hopping on five G or I 0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:48.759 don't think you need to upgrade now if you have 0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:50.279 no need for it, you know, like if you're just 0:38:50.320 --> 0:38:52.000 thinking like, oh now, if you're a nerd like me 0:38:52.040 --> 0:38:54.680 who loves like I will never forget. When Sprint got 0:38:54.719 --> 0:38:56.640 what they called the Vision network back in the day, 0:38:56.680 --> 0:38:58.920 I was living in Treeport and they turn on this 0:38:59.040 --> 0:39:00.799 Sprint Vision it was called, and it was like a 0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:03.719 faster three G network that they launched. I had to 0:39:03.719 --> 0:39:06.560 get the phone the first day I ran to Sprint. 0:39:06.600 --> 0:39:08.200 I got the phone and it was it was a 0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:10.640 flip phone and it had a little tiny screen. But 0:39:10.719 --> 0:39:13.720 I was like, this is the fastest data you've ever experienced, 0:39:14.120 --> 0:39:15.960 and I had to have it. And I'm still like that. 0:39:15.960 --> 0:39:18.320 I'm a nerd. So if I was a Sprint customer 0:39:18.680 --> 0:39:21.080 and I was upgrading my phone, I would definitely get 0:39:21.080 --> 0:39:23.200 one of these five G phones because that's just who 0:39:23.239 --> 0:39:25.920 I am. If your average person doesn't really care, like 0:39:25.960 --> 0:39:27.840 your four G is just fine. It works everything. 0:39:27.880 --> 0:39:29.520 And if you're a gamer, if you're. 0:39:29.360 --> 0:39:31.360 A gamer, that's a good thing. If you're gaming on 0:39:31.400 --> 0:39:32.960 your phone, it could give you a little advantage on 0:39:33.000 --> 0:39:36.239 Fortnite because there's less latency. But I will tell you 0:39:36.320 --> 0:39:39.240 the main thing I learned in reporting. The Sprint story 0:39:39.320 --> 0:39:41.759 is that Sprint is not using millimeter wave, which is 0:39:41.760 --> 0:39:44.960 what Verizon and AT and Tier. Using millimeter wave does 0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:48.320 not travel as far, but it gives you much faster speeds. 0:39:49.600 --> 0:39:52.160 So the reason SO and Sprint what they're doing is 0:39:52.160 --> 0:39:55.239 they're kind of using a modified I don't I don't 0:39:55.440 --> 0:39:58.480 really know, but basically they're modifying their LTE network to 0:39:58.760 --> 0:40:02.080 accommodate five G speeds, so they're not as fast. They're 0:40:02.120 --> 0:40:05.080 averaging about two hundred versus on Verizon AT and T 0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:08.400 you'll probably average closer to like a thousand. Wow, But 0:40:08.680 --> 0:40:11.439 do you need all that at the end of the day. Yeah, 0:40:11.480 --> 0:40:12.200 I mean it'd be nice. 0:40:12.239 --> 0:40:13.000 I don't I don't know. 0:40:13.120 --> 0:40:15.440 Sprint says their average five G download is two hundred 0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:18.000 and three megabits per second, which is six times faster 0:40:18.040 --> 0:40:21.160 than their LTE which is thirty five megabits per second. 0:40:21.520 --> 0:40:24.080 But bottom line, it's cool. I love believe me. Seeing 0:40:24.080 --> 0:40:25.680 those speed tests and that thing just go off the 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:27.600 chart was kind of cool. All right. One more thing 0:40:27.640 --> 0:40:30.799 to mention, Google Photos got a really cool feature. It 0:40:30.880 --> 0:40:32.920 might still be rolling out, it's already live in my 0:40:33.040 --> 0:40:36.319 Google Photos, but it's really really cool. And that is 0:40:36.400 --> 0:40:41.080 you can now search for text inside pictures. So if 0:40:41.120 --> 0:40:44.279 you were in Italy and you remember some random sign 0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:48.640 that you saw, it would be an Italian. Yeah, that's true. 0:40:48.719 --> 0:40:51.600 Probably maybe well man, maybe it recognized different languages. I 0:40:51.600 --> 0:40:53.520 don't know. But let's I'll give you a better example. 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:55.759 Let's say you travel a lot for work, and you 0:40:55.800 --> 0:40:58.280 take pictures of your receipts, and you want to remember 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:00.600 you need to submit a receipt for that Burger place 0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:03.879 that you went to. You can type in Burger and 0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:07.280 that receipt would show up. It's a really cool little feature. 0:41:07.360 --> 0:41:10.720 It's it's just makes Google Photos that much more useful. 0:41:10.880 --> 0:41:13.080 And so try it out. Just try searching for some things. 0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:15.480 I've started to use Google Photos now to take pictures 0:41:15.520 --> 0:41:18.080 of my receipts for that reason, because now it's so easy. 0:41:18.120 --> 0:41:19.680 I used to not do that because I used to 0:41:19.760 --> 0:41:21.520 use them in Google Drive. But now it's like, just 0:41:21.640 --> 0:41:26.000 go ahead. One more thing. The Microsoft Surface event will 0:41:26.040 --> 0:41:29.759 be happening October second in New York City, and we 0:41:29.800 --> 0:41:33.719 are expected to expecting to see some new surface laptop, 0:41:33.920 --> 0:41:38.919 surface tablets, whatever whatever they got. And I'm predicting too 0:41:38.960 --> 0:41:41.239 that the pixel from Google the new one will be 0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:45.520 around that same date, October first or third in New York. 0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:47.000 Hopefully it's in New York, so I only have to 0:41:47.000 --> 0:41:49.200 go to one place and hit up. That'd be ideal. 0:41:49.760 --> 0:41:52.839 That's like best case scenario. That'd be like. 0:41:52.880 --> 0:41:56.680 That that there you go, there you go. 0:41:57.360 --> 0:41:59.879 All right. I think that's gonna do it for the show, Megan. 0:42:00.640 --> 0:42:01.879 Really, yeah, that's it. 0:42:01.960 --> 0:42:04.520 That's it. I talked. I talked way too much this show. 0:42:04.800 --> 0:42:07.480 You didn't, Yeah, I did, because I went off about 0:42:07.560 --> 0:42:10.600 cam Scanner. I just did. 0:42:10.760 --> 0:42:10.840 Know. 0:42:10.880 --> 0:42:13.480 You're just excited, you know. 0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:16.120 I get very excited about technology, and I get very 0:42:16.160 --> 0:42:18.439 excited about all the stuff that we talked about. 0:42:18.480 --> 0:42:21.160 Its probably a good sign that you love what you do. 0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:24.680 That is a good sign. How did you enjoy the show? 0:42:25.200 --> 0:42:26.480 I thought it was fun. 0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:29.120 You seemed a little disappointed that it was not what 0:42:29.680 --> 0:42:32.719 there wasn't as much. Maybe you didn't get as many 0:42:32.800 --> 0:42:36.000 questions and as you want, Oh. 0:42:34.960 --> 0:42:35.960 Yeah, to feel bad. 0:42:36.000 --> 0:42:37.520 Do you have a really good question that we should 0:42:37.520 --> 0:42:38.080 extend the show? 0:42:42.040 --> 0:42:43.160 Sorry, I'm just reading them. 0:42:43.440 --> 0:42:44.200 Don't be sorry. 0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:46.040 Actually, I think we're good. 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:47.840 I think we're good. Okay, good, Okay, Well there you 0:42:47.840 --> 0:42:50.040 have it, all right, well, I do want to mention 0:42:50.320 --> 0:42:53.440 that I was on another podcast. It was called The 0:42:53.800 --> 0:42:56.840 Valve Show Side Show. If you're in Los Angeles, we 0:42:56.880 --> 0:42:59.840 have the station called one O four three MYFM Valentine 0:42:59.880 --> 0:43:02.600 and Morning. I went into this show and you came 0:43:02.600 --> 0:43:05.560 with me, and you saw they just started recording without 0:43:05.600 --> 0:43:07.480 even me knowing that we were doing the podcast. 0:43:07.680 --> 0:43:08.520 Yeah, it was funny. 0:43:08.640 --> 0:43:10.920 They literally just called me to like they emailed me. 0:43:10.920 --> 0:43:12.680 They're like, would you come to the one oh four 0:43:12.680 --> 0:43:18.440 to three studios on Friday, September whatever August. I'm like, sure, whatever, 0:43:18.880 --> 0:43:20.120 and I go there and it's like I had no 0:43:20.120 --> 0:43:22.000 idea what they were gonna do, what they're gonna talk about, 0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:24.040 what they wanted whatever, And it's just like all of 0:43:24.040 --> 0:43:25.520 a sudden we get in. They're like, what's up, Rich, 0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:27.680 And I'm like, uh, saying all this stuff and they're like, oh, yeah, 0:43:27.680 --> 0:43:29.480 we're done with the podcast. We just rolled for like 0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:30.799 forty minutes on whatever you said. 0:43:30.840 --> 0:43:33.239 I'm like, what, you know you were on air? 0:43:33.520 --> 0:43:34.920 You know I was on air on the radio. 0:43:34.960 --> 0:43:38.120 I think you some of your interview from the podcast 0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:39.080 was also on air. 0:43:39.239 --> 0:43:42.440 Yeah, it's very weird, different, It's very different than us, 0:43:42.480 --> 0:43:46.440 like yeah, you know, when I'm recording you. What do 0:43:46.480 --> 0:43:47.600 you mean the red lights? 0:43:47.680 --> 0:43:50.440 Oh yeah, and also like for broadcast, like when you're 0:43:50.440 --> 0:43:52.960 watching Channel five, like everything's live. 0:43:53.239 --> 0:43:55.560 Yeah, but on radio, on radio, it's all blurred. 0:43:55.800 --> 0:43:56.920 I don't think people know that. 0:43:57.040 --> 0:43:58.960 No, it's all it's all very very. 0:43:58.800 --> 0:43:59.840 Giving away secrets. 0:44:00.080 --> 0:44:02.440 No, I will tell you that Val did say that 0:44:02.560 --> 0:44:05.800 he likes to be as live as possible as opposed 0:44:05.800 --> 0:44:08.960 to some other morning show hosts out there, which will 0:44:09.000 --> 0:44:13.960 remain unnamed. Oh, now, we're giving away scenes anyway. If 0:44:13.960 --> 0:44:15.879 you want to check it out, just search Val Show 0:44:16.000 --> 0:44:18.920 sideshow in your favorite podcasting app, or just go to 0:44:18.920 --> 0:44:22.640 my website rich on tech dot tv and you can 0:44:23.040 --> 0:44:25.000 just click the link and listen to the podcast. I 0:44:25.040 --> 0:44:27.959 think I said too much, which is why I said. 0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:30.680 I keep telling my wife I'm no longer doing podcasts 0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:33.840 except my own because I always say too much. 0:44:33.880 --> 0:44:34.120 On that. 0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:36.880 Yeah, I did I reveal things about KTLA that should 0:44:36.880 --> 0:44:37.600 not be revealed. 0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:39.600 Oh I think you were. I thought it was great. 0:44:39.800 --> 0:44:42.239 Okay, you're too hard. You weren't the one saying it. 0:44:42.680 --> 0:44:42.960 True. 0:44:43.080 --> 0:44:45.080 Yeah, you don't have to deal with the repercussions. 0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:46.960 That's also true, all. 0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:48.759 Right, anything else I should mention. You can find our 0:44:48.760 --> 0:44:50.759 website rich on tech dot tv. If you're a new 0:44:50.800 --> 0:44:55.000 listener to the show, please subscribe, rate and review the show. 0:44:55.239 --> 0:44:57.200 Just go to I don't know however you do that 0:44:57.239 --> 0:44:59.920 on Apple podcasts. Just leave a rating whatever it is, 0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:01.840 you know, as long as it's five stars. If it's not, 0:45:02.160 --> 0:45:06.600 don't bother a little shout out yeah and if you yeah. Okay, 0:45:06.640 --> 0:45:08.920 now I'm just talking to talk, so thanks so much 0:45:08.920 --> 0:45:11.200 for listening. Producer Meghan, thanks so much for joining me 0:45:11.239 --> 0:45:15.200 on the show. Have a fantastic day. We will talk 0:45:15.239 --> 0:45:16.560 to you real soon. Bye bye.