May 5, 2018 • 44 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
What's going on? Rich Demiro here, Rich on Tech. You
are listening to Rich on Tech Live. This is the
podcast where I take your tech questions and answer them
live on the air. Phone lines are open, you can
give me a call. The phone number is three one
zero five nine four three zero zero three. My name
is rich Dumiro, the tech reporter for KTLA five News
(00:31):
in Los Angeles, and thanks for tuning in. We've got
the folks tuning in on Facebook Live, so welcome to you.
We've got the folks listening on the podcast, so thanks
so much for downloading that on your favorite podcasting app
and wherever you may be listening. Thanks for taking the time.
This is just my time to have fun with you
guys and to answer your tech questions. A lot of
(00:52):
things happen every week in technology, and I know you're
always buying stuff and trying to figure out what's the
best technology and learn stuff. I mean, there's always a
new app out, there's always something that is perplexing you
in the tech world, and that's why I'm here to
kind of give you those answers. So we've got Facebook questions.
We'll take some of those from the comments and if
you'd like to call in. The phone lines are open,
(01:14):
so give me a call. Three one zero five to
nine four three zero zero three three one zero five
to nine four three zero zero three. The big news
this week, of course, was Facebook, with lots of new
features announced at their F eight This is their big
(01:34):
developers conference up in San Francisco. And the things that
you guys need to know about here's the most important stuff.
Number one, dating inside of Facebook. So Facebook is now
going to be a dating app as well. You don't
have to use the feature. You do have to set
up a separate profile for that to work. And they're
not going to show your full name. And also people
(01:56):
are going to be able to text you, but you're
not gonna be able to see links or photos right
off the bat, so it's gonna take a little back
and forth. So that's good. People don't just send you
crazy pictures. That's the number one thing. So Facebook, why
are they adding dating? Well, Facebook knows everything about everyone clearly,
they know your likes, they know your dislikes, and imagine
(02:17):
their algorithms just getting better and better over time hooking
people up. And they actually said that this is not
a hookup platform. This is really a platform for lifelong relationships,
so that'll be interesting. There's a lot of apps that
already use Facebook as kind of their basis for connecting people,
and so this makes a lot of sense that Facebook
is going to do this themselves. So the feature is
(02:39):
not in Facebook just yet, but it is coming soon.
So be on the lookout for a dating feature inside
the Facebook gap. And they said they're going to get
potential matches on dating preferences, things in common, and also
mutual friends. And of course you discover others through similar
interests through groups or events. That's kind of an interesting one.
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So if you are in sort of a group of hikers,
you might be able to find someone in that group
because you already know you have a shared love of hiking.
So I feel like these relationships these days, with the
online stuff, the person that you're meeting up with is
getting closer and closer to like who you are, just
another version of them. All right, I'll tell you some
(03:23):
more Facebook features in a moment, but let's just go
right to the phone lines nine O nine you're on
with Rich? Is this one of my regulars?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Oh? Yeah, this is me, This is Sam.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
How'd you get in so quick, Sam, what's up?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I have no idea, but hey, I got a question
for you.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Okay, let me make sure that people can hear you.
Hold on one second, because last time, you know, you
came in, nobody could hear you. Okay, yeah, I can.
I can see they can hear you. So what's going on?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I just got a quick question. A friend of mine's
going to cut the cable here pretty quick, and I
told him that before you know, he's like with direct TV,
and I told him, I said, before you do you know,
before we call the guy out, we need to go
down and get you a good outdoor antenna. And I
think a lot of these guys that work for these
(04:11):
companies are independent contractors. So I'm hoping that when the
guy comes out to pull the disc or the dish,
that he can pay the guy to, you know, put
up his antenna. Do you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, I see what you're saying. That's uh hmm. That's
an interesting one. I'd be curious to see. Now. I
will say that I did have a Dish network came
out to my place to put up an antenna here,
so I think they do it paid. I don't know
if they will actually do it sort of under the table.
That's an interesting one because the guy's up on the
(04:47):
roof anyway, and the cable's already run right.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Right. And you know, like years ago when I moved
into this house, the guy from Time Warner came out
and I need did the post safe out of my van.
And I looked at the guy and I said, hey,
I said, you're an independent contractor, aren't you in The
guy said yeah, I said, you want to make a
quick ten bucks? He goes, what do I gotta do?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And I agree. I've been known to ask people that
come to my house to do certain things to do
other things. I'm like, hey, while you're here. We In fact,
it was funny when we when we got some furniture delivered,
the chair that they were, you know, that we were replacing.
I said, hey, do you mind helping me put this
in the garage? That's not part of your job, right,
But the guy did not mind. I tipped him twenty
(05:31):
bucks and it was all good. So I think you're
onto something. I don't know. I'd be curious when your
friend does this, does he already have the antenna that
he wants to put up there.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, no, we're going to probably go over like Walmart
and find one, you know. I mean I got mine
at a good Will for like eight bucks. It was
like one hundred dollars antenna somebody you know got rid of.
But you know, I know they have him over there
for you know, right around eighty ninety dollars. Do you
have anyone that you would recommend.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Well, it depends what kind of reception he gets. But
I mean, if he wants to, it depends how much
he wants to pay. But and how much reception you want.
I like this one. I just tested it. It's called
the leaf Glide and it's from Mohu and it's ninety
dollars but it gets it. I plugged in three antennas
(06:21):
to my TV in the same area, and this one
got the most channels and it pulled in all the
channels actually for LA. So this is the one that
I really liked. Glide sixty five mile range indoor amplified
HD antenna and I didn't even hook up the amplified part.
That was before I actually plugged it in. So this
one was pretty good. But I also if you want
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to get just a regular one that's not as expensive.
The Mohu leaf is kind of the one that made
them famous, and that one is pretty low on Amazon
right now. It's like thirty let's see thirty nine ninety nine,
but on Amazon it's even cheap it.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, but that's an indoor tip.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Oh you're talking outdoor. That's right, you're talking out tour.
You know what, I don't you know what, just go
to Walmart. If you're putting an outdoor anyway, you're gonna
get a good signal for the most part, I think.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So I bought that I bought. I bought that leaf,
the you know, the one that was uh, you know, amplified,
and it didn't it really didn't work for me, you know.
I mean it wasn't until uh well, you know, originally
I thought I had to put it on the roof,
but this one that I had came with a an
(07:34):
adapter just amount it on the facia. So I just
got out my ladder, put it on the facia, pointed
at where I thought all the you know, the reception
would be, and I get everything. So, you know, basically,
I'm gonna, you know, try to help him, you know,
once he cuts the cable.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Well, I I hope it works for him. I mean,
I think, uh, I think he'll get some good if
he's putting it on his roof. I think he'll get
some pretty good channels. So yeah, right, I had to
h while I was talking to you, my TV repeat
went out, so if you watch the live show later
you'll see. But this is great. This is the beauty
(08:11):
of doing this all on your own. All right, Sam,
thanks so much for giving me a call.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Good talking dude.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
All right, see you letter, byebye. All right, nine oh nine,
you're on with Rich. Who's this?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Rich Bribe calling for Fontanaday.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
How are you good? How are you fine?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
I've asked you for some help in the past. You've
been very helpful. Got a little question to ask. I'm
not real savvy on I have a note eight phone
which I'm in love with, and I want to ask
you a question about the micro f sd XC card. Okay, okay,
So I want to make a jump up because I'm
actually filling up with all my photos and then love
(08:53):
clouded stuff, and I'm thinking to go to the one
or two fifty six I know with what you help
me with a little flash drive that going to a
bigger storage allows more processing. Is that true in the phones?
Also as far as speed of processing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
No, not this. This is just to store items on
this on this card, So it doesn't actually speed up
anything on the phone. So when you're talking computer memory,
when you put more memory in, it definitely speeds up
the computer. But this is something totally different. This is
like just adding a hard drive to your phone, and
so it's not going to speed up the phone in
(09:31):
any particular way.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
So two fifty six sounds like a lot of overkill.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I would say. So, I mean, what do you have
in there right now?
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Tons of pictures, mostly photos, but I end up storing
some videos, but not full length movies.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
What size card do you have though?
Speaker 4 (09:51):
All right now, I'm sorry, I think I have thirty two?
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Okay, So I think that a one twenty eight would
probably be a pretty big jump for you, and I
think you're not going to fill that up. I mean,
that's that's a pretty good amount. A one eight gigabyte
sand disc Ultra micro SD card, which is what you're
talking about needing, is thirty seven dollars on Amazon, So
that's a pretty good deal. And I think, I mean,
(10:17):
you could jump up to the two fifty six. I
just I think it's overkill. I don't think you need it.
I think that unless if you're doing a lot of
four K videos or something, then maybe, But right now,
I just don't think you really need that.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
You know. A last little caveat to this, I've found it.
My only problem with this phone, which I love. I
can't tell you how much I'm locked into this not
eight is I do have time hard time getting I
usually carry two cards because I do work with it.
When I'm doing my reporting stuff and I'm doing a
(10:50):
video or whatnot, it's easier for me to transfer. But
that little trade that they use, yes, it seems to
be difficult to slide those in, and I can't get
a resolve of it. I'm not sure if it's the
design flaw or just my phone in particular is having
a problem.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You mean when you try to what the when you
try to slide in the card kind of pops up
a little bit.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Exactly. Yeah, we'll stand. I like carrying two cards so
I can do my business on one if I'm doing
a photo shoot or I'm not doing some reporting, and
then keep on personal on another one.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
That's a tough one. Yeah, I agree. I've I've had
that problem with several phones with the SIM card slot
in general, where the SIM doesn't really stay in or
I agree with the with the Samsung phone. Now I'm
not I'm not changing out the card that many times,
but I do agree sometimes they kind of pop up
because they've gotten so flimsy with these plastic slots that
they don't really hold the card in. I used to
(11:43):
tape them in sometimes, but very very thinking that. Yeah,
but I don't recommend that.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
Thank you so much for your show and your time.
I appreciate it, and you do a great job.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
All right, Brian, thanks for calling in from a fun
Tana today. I appreciate that. All right, let's just go
right to the next line. Sick two six six two
six you're on with Rich Hello, Hello, Hi, I know
you're surprised you got you got right in.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I did.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
I did.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Let me tune you off on my computer because I
can listen to that. Got a cool question.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Who am I speaking with? First off?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
This is Christine?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Christine, Okay, I've called in the past, has been a while. Okay,
what I watched.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
In Channel five all the time, So I'm looking at
getting computer for my kids. I've got a eleven year
old and a fourteen year old, and my daughter really
likes to do a lot of drawing on the computer. Okay,
I've got an HP right now that she does, like
I can't drawing, but I want to get something in
that so she's in high school, get something a little
more that she could do more drawing and stuff. Would
(12:46):
what would you recommend a regular computer or a.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Mac or oh man, I mean, I'd probably, right off
the top of my head, I'd recommend an iPad, you know,
I mean, she's got the with the Apple pencil. If
she's is she an artist?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, she really loves to draw, oh man, with a
drawing arm, and she's i mean with the pixels. Is
she's doing really amazing stuff? Yeah, I mean a special
So I'm like, I'm looking for something that I really
encouraged it in there.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh man. I mean I think that the you can
get a basic iPad for the you know, most basic
version now supports Apple pencil, which is three hundred and
twenty nine dollars, and then the Apple pencil is another
one hundred, so that's four twenty nine and you're probably
gonna want to add a case. You know, you can
always get that later, but that's you know, you're talking
about five hundred dollars year. But I do think I
(13:37):
think the iPad is going to be really nice for
her because that's going to be the most flexible when
it comes to drawing. And I mean, I'm I'm playing
with one right now, and I just I mean, I
don't know if you can see this on the Facebook live. Yeah,
it's it's just unbelievable. The way you can draw on
this thing is you know, I mean, it's just so great,
(13:58):
you know, it's just it's it's like I never wanted
to like the iPad with the Apple pencil, but I
have fallen in love with it, and it's so much fun.
Not to mention for my job, I love that I
can highlight stuff on PDFs here because it wastes a
whole lot less paper, and the Apple pencil you have
to charge that. It's just it really is well done. Now.
(14:20):
The other thing i'd recommend, if you're not going to
if you want to get a full sized computer, they
have something from Microsoft called the Surface Studio, and this
is a lot more expensive, though I think this is
gonna be way way more expensive. I'm not familiar with
the price, so I gotta see, but I'm guessing it's
(14:40):
fifteen hundred dollars. Oh yeah, never mind, you're talking three
thousand dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
I say go with the iPads.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah never mind. I'm looking at that. It's like huh uh.
So I say go with the iPad. I think it's
very creative. If she is into art and into creativity.
I can't imagine a better device for that because it
just really unlocks that creativity and there's so many great
apps for it. That's the other side of this. I'd
recommend a touchscreen computer, but they're not going to have
the same amazing apps that the iPad's going to have.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Right, And I have one other question. What is the
difference between the chromebook and this irregular computer?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
So a chromebook is basically referring to the operating system
on it. So a chromebook is most people think of
Windows or Mac or Chromebook. So chromebook the operating system.
Have you ever used Google Chrome, like the web browser. Yeah,
so imagine that as your entire operating system. So everything
sort of happens inside that web browser. And nowadays, when
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you really think about how we use our computers. There's
almost no need to go outside a web browser. You
do your email, you do your YouTube, you can look
at your photos on there. So a lot of that
stuff is just happening in there.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
So that the kid score are using chromebooks down here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yes, exactly, and it's and it's the cool thing about
chromebooks is there's no viruses, there's no soft updates. It
all happened, well, there are, but they all happen sort
of automatically, so you don't have to worry about updating.
And it's it's a very fast, kind of simple computer
that's very inexpensive. And so a lot of people like these,
especially in the education field, because they've just they're just
(16:17):
so easy and they're so simple, so I don't Yeah,
you can play games a lot of them. With the
newer ones, you can download any Android app to them,
so that's kind of nice too. But and you know,
you may you may have luck with that they do.
The new the one from Acer. I believe they just
came out with the chromebook with a stylus and it's
(16:41):
a I think it's an ACER model and that one,
yeah here it is. This just came out so you
might want to look at that one. This one is
three hundred and fifty dollars, same price as the iPad basically,
but it includes the stylus. So that's kind of the
nice thing about that one. Stylus to you why, Okay,
(17:01):
for some reason it will let me search, but there
there's a picture of it with the stylist there. So anyway,
those are your options. I'd say go with the iPad.
I think you're going to spend a little bit more,
but I think the the return on investment is going
to be the highest out of any of these things,
if you ask me. All Right, Christine, thanks for calling in,
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Hey, take care, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
But bye. All right, moving right along, phone number three
one zero five nine four three zero zero three. So
while I wait for another call, I'll tell you more
about Facebook and what they're doing. Man, they're just adding
so many features to this thing. So to my TV,
I was still on, Okay, let's see crisis response. I
(17:44):
thought this was kind of interesting. People that are affected
by a crisis can now share first hand accounts of
information like road closures, damage, photos and videos. And that
feature is rolling out later this year, so they're kind
of putting people in the citizen journalism. Real people have
already been doing this on Facebook, but now they're going
to group it with some sort of crisis. So let's
(18:06):
say with the fires we had here in California, you'd
be able to upload videos of your area to let
people know kind of what's happening if the streets are
closed or if areas were burned that you know, you
wanted people to avoid. So that's pretty interesting. And then Instagram,
the big feature that they're adding there is video chat.
And I was talking about this with my brother today
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and it's one of those things where why is Instagram
getting all these features? Well, Instagram is now the de
facto app for everyone, and Facebook sees some people moving
away from Facebook, so they're just trying to do whatever
possible to keep people in the platform. And Instagram is
owned by Facebook. And video chat is the next logical extension.
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I mean a lot of people are chatting through Instagram,
so video chat kind of works. So and the cool
thing about that is it's cross platforms. You can video
chat with someone whether it's I'm Android or iOS, so
you don't have to worry about that. See who has
the best deal on the Robert says, who has the
best deal on the sixth generation iPad? You know, when
(19:09):
it comes to iPads, you kind of have to look
out for deals. Apple usually doesn't put them on sale,
but usually BNH Photo will put them on sale, and
so will Best Buy once in a while. So watch
those two. And the best way to do that really
is just set an alert in slick deals. So if
you set an alert in slick Deals, you'll get an
email every time an iPad goes on sale. So that's
(19:30):
what I did when I was buying my kids the
iPad Minis. I just put an alert and I got
a lot of good deals on there, so that was cool.
Cindy says, why all of a sudden am I getting
news pushing on my iPhone? I assume you're talking about
the Facebook News app, because if you open that up once,
you'll start to get notifications from it. If you want
(19:51):
to turn that off, you have to go into your notifications.
So all you have to do is go into let's
see here, you go into your settings. Hang on, you
go into your settings on your phone. You go down
to notifications and they scroll all the way down and
there's one for news and you turn that off. And
(20:13):
I know that because I did that on my phone
yesterday six six one. You're on with Rich. Who am
I speaking with?
Speaker 4 (20:19):
Hey?
Speaker 6 (20:20):
Rich, it's Greg from the av.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Hey Greg, what's going on?
Speaker 6 (20:24):
Not a whole lot? Well, actually a whole lot?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Oh wow, are you moving from the a V Oh no.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
No, we're still going to be in the AV.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Okay, then you can't. You have to say Greg from
somewhere else the I E. Remember I said that one time.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
Yeah, but yeah, it's just been hectic and uh but
I think we're on the last leg right now.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Did you get a good price for your house? I mean,
you know, LA real estate, California real estate is like,
you know, it's a gold rush here.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Yeah, And we were surprised that it went on every website,
Zillo and all that on Tuesday, and that same day
we had three viewers. And then Thursday we had two
offers for the house.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Oh my gosh, two days. Come on, this is ridiculous.
Two days to sell a house only in California. That's unbelievable. Wow.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Well good for you, but yes, thank you. But I
didn't have a question. I just wanted to get some information.
I just recently got my direct TV bill down to
twenty two dollars for what I'm sorry for.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
What what does that get you?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Well, I got the h I think it's called the
Entertainment Package, okay, and I've been a long customer. I
mean I think I've been a customer for like fifteen years.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
But this is good information for the other viewers because
if they have direct TVs, you're talking getting twenty two
dollars for some channels and also your locals too or
no locals.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Two.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
I also got I've got the East Coast channels so
I can watch the shows at five.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Wow, that's really cool.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I have the newest Genie HD.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Receiver.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
That's great. This is this is quite the deal I'm
hearing about. So that's amazing.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
I had called one time and they said, since you're
well whoever's a long standing customer, to call back every
three months and they'll always offer you something. Okay, it
can be it can be five dollars off the bill
for a year, it can be free HBO for like
(22:49):
six months, various things. And this las time when I called,
they offered me fifty five dollars off the bill.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
For a year.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Wow, well, my.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
Regular bill was seventy seven. That brought it down to
what up about twenty with taxes and all that.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Greg. I think they were sick of you calling every
three months. That's why they were just like, you know what,
we're just going to give this guy a really good
deal because we're sick of his calls. It's costing me more,
but it's costing more in our customer service rep time.
Speaker 6 (23:21):
But the biggest thing I got last year, well, I guess, yeah,
last year I got the the NFL the package for free.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh wow, that's yeah, they were that was that. Yeah,
they were doing that for certain people. I think I
had that when I had DirecTV they gave me that
as well. And then but I was a new subscriber,
so they give you everything when you're a new subscriber.
And then all of a sudden, the second year, my
bill went up to like four hundred dollars or something ridiculous.
All right, see you later.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Okay, Yeah, so you know, just call back every three months,
and you know, ten dollars helps, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I just got my my cable bill
for my internet down ten dollars. I wanted it down twenty.
The guy was not having it, so he got but
I got down to ten. They wanted sixty five. I
got it for fifty five. So I'm happy with that,
you know. I mean it's still a bummer to pay
ten extra dollars a month and I was paying. But
I'm fine with the splitting the difference. You know, they
got to make money. I get it, and they make
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a lot.
Speaker 6 (24:20):
Of it, by the way, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
All right. Well, good advice, good advice, Greg, and congrats
on the house.
Speaker 6 (24:29):
Thank you very much. Hopefully the next time I call in,
I'll be from the new house.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Nice all right, let me know how it is, all right,
all right, okay, Greg, take care of thank you.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
All right, you did the same, all right, but bye, I've.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Got too many windows here open there we go. Man,
two days to sell a house only in California, right,
I mean, these things, it's just unbelievable how fast people
can sell their places here. Let's see, I saw a
okay we have Diane. Diane says, I I have an
iPhone six, and I find that I get dropped from
my Wi Fi at home a lot. I find that
(25:04):
if I shut my phone down and turn it back
on and reconnect, then I get Wi Fi back again.
Do you know what would cause this? Absolutely? Here's what
you need to do, Diane. I just help someone do
this the other day. And by the way, I have
I don't know if I told you guys this, but
I am writing a book about the iPhone right now.
So I've been learning a lot, even myself. It's going
to be a how to book, a bunch of tips
on how to use it. It's kind of like a
(25:25):
user's guide, but written by rich on tech, so it's
more fun and it's interesting and it's all the little
things that I think are good about the iPhone. So
this was one of the tips that I wrote the
other day actually, And what you need to do, Diane,
is you have to go through and you need to
reset your network settings. So all you have to do
is go into Settings, then General, then scroll all the
(25:46):
way down where it says I can't see it reset
all the way at the bottom. Okay, don't get scared.
You're not resetting anything crazy. And then the third option
says reset network settings. Okay, so that's the one that's
the one that you want to reset right there. So
if you press that, you have to pop in your passcode.
(26:06):
But what's gonna happen is your phone is gonna delete
all of your network settings. So that's your cellular network,
your Wi Fi networks, any of those that you've saved
in there, and your Bluetooth networks, and you're gonna have
to repair your phone to your car and rehook it
up to your Wi Fi at home. But I'm telling
you it is going to solve your problem pronto, because
what's happening is there's a little bit of confusion inside
(26:27):
your phone right now with your home Wi Fi network,
and once you do that little reset, everything's gonna work
perfectly again. So I just did this with someone out
my work. Helped her do that and she said it
worked fantastically. So yes, there you have it, phone number
three one zero five to nine four three zero zero
three three one zero five nine four three zero zero three,
(26:49):
Mark says tech reporter an author. You're a double threat.
I love it, you know, Mark. I've every time I
go on the radio or on TV when I'm a guest,
I always heard these people. They're like, you know, so
and so is author of you know whatever book. I
want that to be me. So finally you can say
author of my book. And I won't tell you the
title just yet, but it's a fun title too, So
(27:10):
I just need to finish it. I'm almost done. I've
got you know. This is actually this podcast right now
is breaking into my writing time because usually I'm writing
in the afternoons. But I really want to get this,
really want to get this finished. And Diane says, thanks
for answering my question. I'll give it a try. Let
me know how it goes. I think you're gonna like it.
Let's see. Angel says, what's the easiest way to transfer
(27:34):
iTunes from one computer to another computer? I would think
you just drag over the iTunes library folder on your
computer to the new computer and then open iTunes from there.
It really depends also if you're on a Mac or
a PC, because I think there's a way on iTunes
(27:56):
that you can set where your library is used to
be able to do that. I'm not sure if you still,
but I would just copy that entire folder over and
that way you can just launch it from there. I
think that's gonna be the best way to do it.
That's the way I believe I used to do it
that way, So yeah, three one zero five nine four
three zero zero three. I don't really use iTunes anymore.
(28:18):
I used to. I used to, you know, building that
music collection with such a big part of my life,
and now I just subscribe to Spotify. I've got Pandora,
and I just don't really want to have a music collection.
I don't have a collection of anything anymore. I used
to collect everything, stamps and rocks and all kinds of
stuff and books, and now I just don't even do
any of that stuff. Uh rohe says, great show. What
(28:41):
do you think of Uber and Google announcements next week? Yeah,
those are gonna be big. So Uber is having a
big event here in Los Angeles, Uber Elevate, and I
think they're gonna be talking about their flying cars, which
I know isn't that crazy? So that is pretty interesting.
Then Google up in San Francisco is doing something called
Google Io and that's basically their big developers conference, and
(29:05):
up there they're gonna talk about all the things coming
to Google in the next year. And I say next year,
it might be the next two years, because when I
went there, it was I did this demo that they
showed me of ways on Android Auto, and no joke,
I don't think it came out on Android Auto for like,
I think two years after I did that demo a
year and a half and that was that was pretty crazy.
(29:27):
So I'm excited. I have to pick one, and I'm
picking Google. So I'm going there and I can't wait
to see. I thought this was so much fun when
I went to Google Io. I went two years ago,
in twenty sixteen, and it was a blast. I mean,
Number one, I got to meet the CEO of Google.
I mean, how cool is that? So we were at
a party with him. I mean, what CEO just shows
up to like a party with a bunch of reporters.
(29:48):
That was really cool, and I got a picture with
him somewhere, and it's just fun. It's like it's literally
a nerd fest. It's like a concert with nerds. Let's see.
Gladys says, how can you sort out pictures on your
iPhone as opposed to having them all in one folder?
So the way iPhone pictures work is there's not really
(30:12):
folders to be done. There's really the only thing you
can do to sort through them is to put them
in albums. So the system will make certain folders for
you if you go in there and you can see
kind of like the different folders, but they don't even
really call them folders. They literally call them albums. So
I mean you get a couple like camera roll favorites,
(30:33):
people places, videos, selfies, portrait, live photos, slow mo screenshots,
and then you get to create your own albums. And
that's really kind of think of albums as folders. That's
really the best way to do it. But to be honest,
you really don't need to organize your pictures much anymore
these days because if you go into the search functionality
of Apple Photos on your iPhone, you can start typing
(30:54):
anything in there and you'll find your pictures. So type
in something like Seattle and all your pictures from Seattle
will come in. I just typed in seat and my
son and I on the airplane seat came up. So
that's a little kind of a secret. It's also in
the book. I know it's all going to the book people.
So again, this is what I'm playing with every day,
(31:16):
is the iPhone to find out all these little tricks.
Seven one four you are on with rich what's up?
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Hi there?
Speaker 4 (31:24):
I have a question?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Who am I speaking from?
Speaker 5 (31:27):
What my name is? Gary? From the Inland Empire. Okay, Mike,
I need to get a new home computer and it's
going to be shared by a couple of people. What's
the difference between a two and one versus getting a
regular laptop?
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Okay? So the main difference between an all and one
is the power that you get from that device. So
if you spend the same amount of money on an
all in one versus a laptop, you're going to get
more bang for your book with the all in one.
So the difference is are you going to be moving
this computer at all? Ever?
Speaker 5 (32:06):
Yeah, I want to use it as I didn't mean
all in one.
Speaker 4 (32:09):
I meant to.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
A what's those ones that flip around? Okay?
Speaker 1 (32:16):
A two in one? Okay, So like you're talking one
that has like kind of a it kind of goes
backwards and you can use it as a tablet and
it folds up and stuff like that, that kind of
thing versus a typical laptop.
Speaker 5 (32:28):
That's correct, Okay.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
The difference is really just preference, I mean, and and
a lot of times if you have the foldable screen,
it's gonna have a touch screen as well. Even though
a lot of computers are the Windows side are coming
with touch screens. Is there a particular model you're looking at?
Speaker 5 (32:43):
Not yet, I haven't got that far that I go
to the pro for some information.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Yeah, I mean personally, unless you had a use case
for the foldable screen, I would not get that because
you're gonna pay more for it, and it's gonna break
quicker because you're folding the screen backs so often, and
I think you're gonna be better suited with a regular
laptop unless you have a reason. I mean, the only
reason I can see forgetting a screen that bends backwards
(33:10):
is one reason, and that's to watch it on an
airplane with these you know intent style, you know, where
you have the computer like this and then it just
sits on the tray and I can watch the screen.
Otherwise I don't really, I'm personally not writing on my
computer screen. I'm not flipping it backwards to use as
a tablet. I think it's way too bulky to do that,
so I don't. I don't see a reason to get
(33:31):
it too. In one, I would go with a regular
laptop over the two and one because you're gonna save money,
and I think you're gonna save yourself some headaches too.
Speaker 5 (33:40):
My experience with laptops. If they say the battery last
eight hours, it'll last maybe two hours because they probably
do those tests with nothing on.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Yeah they Yeah, is there.
Speaker 5 (33:53):
Any laptops that have a life that's real that last
eight hours?
Speaker 1 (34:00):
The newer ones do. I mean the Dell XPS that
I've tested, that one lasts a really long time. I
think if it's been a while since you bought a laptop,
the batteries definitely last longer. But here's the thing. I mean,
some of the some of the real like business laptops,
are gonna last longer the average laptops you're probably looking at,
you know, five hours, six hours. It really depends on look.
It all comes down to what you're doing on the laptop.
(34:21):
If you're watching any sort of video, it's gonna it's
gonna go through that battery a lot faster. If you're
doing any sort of video processing, it's gonna go through
that battery. Me personally, ever since I got the MacBook Pro,
I feel like my battery just goes so fast. But
with that said, I can you know, if I'm traveling
for the day, I don't necessarily need to plug in.
But realistically, if they say the battery is rated for
(34:43):
fourteen hours. You know you're gonna get half of that.
You know you're whatever they say, you're not gonna get that.
Basically that's my experience. But I think, are you looking
for a Mac or a PC.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
PC?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
My advice is to have you figured out where you're
buying this thing.
Speaker 6 (35:04):
No, I haven't even gotten it for so, I mean, I.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Really like getting the computers at the Microsoft Store if
you have one near you. The difference between that and
best Buy is that at the Microsoft Store they don't
add a bunch of extra software onto their computers. They're
not allowed to. So it's just kind of nice because
your computer is gonna run smoother, it's gonna run faster,
it's not gonna have a lot of bloatwear on it.
So if you find yourself near a Microsoft store, just
pop in and check out some of the computers there.
(35:29):
And they have a nice selection too. So I'm not
opposed to best Buy. I just think that sometimes you
can get a little bit better of a system at
the Microsoft Store. So good question, And yeah, I'd go
with the I'd go with the just a standard laptop.
I think that's gonna be best. Thanks Scary for calling
in from the Ie today. Let's see, we've got Connie
(35:50):
who says, when we lived in Alta, Dina and we're
watching you on KTLA. You did a live video from Aldi.
It was a new to the La area. Since moving
to Indie. We have a story near us. They just
did a major renovation. It's much more upscale. Thanks for
the original info. And that's funny you say that because
I got kicked out of that Aldi. I was on
a shoot in Kentucky, Lexington. What's the main city in Kentucky, Lexington?
(36:15):
I guess whatever city that Jennifer Lawrence is from. That
that was a big claim to fame, Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
And that's where I was. And I never saw an
Aldi before and I heard that they were coming to
LA and so I went in there and I live
streamed it and next thing you know, they actually tapped
me on the shoulder and they said you gotta get out.
You can't. Well they didn't kick me out, they just
(36:36):
said that you're not all out to live streaming here.
I couldn't even believe they knew what I was doing.
I was just holding my iPhone right in front of me.
With but I had headphones on, so I was just
showing where that was. So thanks for watching when you
were back here, Connie. What would I suggest for dash
cam an internal car recording? Well, here's the thing. The
dashcam I like is called the Vava cam, and that
(36:58):
one is really cool. Did the did a story on
that and a lot of you bought one because that
was one of the most popular stories we've done at KTLA.
So this is it right here, Vava Cam. That's one
hundred and nineteen dollars. But if you want oh sorry,
I'm on the wrong thing here there we go. So
(37:18):
if you want something that records inside your car, you
can either flip that one around. So if you noticed,
this one has a swivel, so you can just spin
this around if you want to record the interior of
your car, and then you can spin it back around
to record the exterior. But if you want both at
the same time, there's this dash cam called the owl cam,
and they really call it a security camera, and this
(37:39):
one records both the front and the back at the
same time of your car. The reason why I have
not done a story on this thing for KTLA is
that it's really expensive. You're talking. I think, let's see,
three hundred and fifty dollars and that includes the LTE
service for a year, So that's much more expensive than
a lot of people want to spend on a dash cam.
(37:59):
It's really cool and it has a lot of great features,
but it's just it's an expensive thing, and you have
to pay once you once you have this thing for
a while, after the first year, you have to pay
for LTE service, which I think is ten dollars a month,
So that's not cheap, all right. Is it possible to
turn off my TV from a remote area? Hang on?
(38:22):
Let me know where am I going? Here? From a
remote area? So I don't have hold on? Is it
possible to turn my TV off for a remote area?
I don't have Apple TV and I have an iPhone ten.
I have a Visio TV and it's ten years old. Absolutely, estrella,
here's what you need. I'll show you right now. You
get one of these. It is the let's see hold on,
(38:44):
hold on, I'm trying to get it. Uh, it is
a plug and let's see here. It's just all you
need is a smart plug. So that's that's basically what
I'm trying to get on here Amazon. Go to Amazon
and you can get the Belkan Wemo Smart Plug. Oops,
(39:06):
Wemo smart plug. Oh my gosh, it keeps changing it
to the are Go Wemo Mini Smart Plug. Okay, And
all you have to do is get that, and it's
thirty one dollars. And all you have to do is
plug this into your TV, plug your TV into this,
plug this into the wall, and then from your iPhone
(39:27):
ten you'll be able to turn off the TV and
turn it on. So that's all you gotta do. Very simple,
and it's a thirty dollars solution. There are other smart
plugs as well. This is just one option. There are
many many options if you look on Amazon. The only
ones that I've tested that I recommend is this Wemo
one and this one. If you want one that's really cheap,
(39:50):
Genie smart plug, Let's see if I can find that one.
This is the there's just so many of them. I
can't even find the one that I had. Anyway, That's
that's what I do, is just get that Wemo plug.
I'll post the uh. I'll post the link as well
so you can get it. Let me uh, let me
get that link and I'll post it so This is
the we Moo smart Plug. I have time for one
(40:13):
more caller, So if you want to call, the phone
line is open three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three. And that's weird that it doesn't come
up there.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
It is.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Wemo Smart Plug. They've got so many of them. You
can get a three pack. I mean, there's just so
many of these things. Just you kind of want to get,
like one that's a decent brand though, like Belkan, especially
if you're plugging a TV into it. Here it is
smart Plug Mini, So I will send you the link
to that and that is right here there. You go, Uh,
(40:49):
how can I show iPhone photos on my TV? Tom asks?
And Uh? To do that, you really need an Apple
TV if you want to use it as a screen. Say,
if you just want to show your iPhone photos on
your TV, just get a plug the HDMI So you
can just get one of these things and I'll show
it to you. Okay, So you just plug this into
(41:15):
the bottom of your iPhone and this is just a
lightning to HDMI and so you just plug that into
the bottom of your iPhone and then this plugs into
your TV. The little HDMI cable down here and that's it,
and then you just go on your iPhone and you
just show your photos as a slideshow. And it's a
(41:35):
twenty six dollars solution. So you'll definitely need a Hdmi
cable and that's it and just plug this into your
phone and it's super simple. So I will I'll put
that in the comments as well. So that's all you
need there. Very simple solutions, guys, So easy, okay. And
(41:57):
Mike says that the Wemo plugs are two fifty at Costco. Yes, Mike,
because I bought two of them there. I bought that
two pack and so you can get them for a
lot cheaper there. I'm a proud Galaxy owner. Is there
a smart watch that you suggest one that I can
use for calls and we'll play Spotify. Well, the only
one that really you can do that with with the
Galaxy is the Samsung Watch. Yeah. Here it is the
(42:22):
Gear S three and you can get that and that
one has the phone calls and Spotify is on there
as well. I hope Spotify is on this one. I
think it is, Yeah, Spotify offline. That's the only one
that you can get on with that. The Spotify does
not work on the Apple Watch, which is insane, and
(42:42):
it does not work work on the watch that I've
been wearing lately, which is the Fitbit Versa, which is
also insane. Come on, Spotify, where are you at these
on these watches? Let's see what else has got. Time
for one more question? All right, Samsung TV and Samsung
TV app on iPhone. Oh, that's it. Interesting. Daniel says
that the Samsung TV app on iPhone will work as
(43:04):
well for streaming from iPhone to TV. Hmm, that's interesting.
I've not tried that. All right, that's gonna do it
for today's show. Thanks so much for listening. As always,
I would really appreciate if you like what we're doing here,
leave a review on the Apple podcast app. All you
have to do is search rich on Tech in the
Apple podcasts app and leave a review. A written review
(43:26):
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thank you so much for doing that. It just spreads
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people are interacting with the podcast, the more they're going
to suggest it to other people to listen to. So
thanks so much for listening and Apple Podcasts is the
number way you got number one way you guys are listening.
So that's why I mentioned that, But realistically, I'm happy
(43:47):
if you listen to any podcasting app as well. Links
to everything I mentioned here Just go to Rich on
tech dot tv. Please tell your friends, don't be shy.
I'm Rich Dumiro. Thanks so much for listening. I'll talk
to you real soon.
Speaker 6 (44:01):
Use use to use the
What's going on? Rich Demiro here, Rich on Tech. You
are listening to Rich on Tech Live. This is the
podcast where I take your tech questions and answer them
live on the air. Phone lines are open, you can
give me a call. The phone number is three one
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is rich Dumiro, the tech reporter for KTLA five News
(00:31):
in Los Angeles, and thanks for tuning in. We've got
the folks tuning in on Facebook Live, so welcome to you.
We've got the folks listening on the podcast, so thanks
so much for downloading that on your favorite podcasting app
and wherever you may be listening. Thanks for taking the time.
This is just my time to have fun with you
guys and to answer your tech questions. A lot of
(00:52):
things happen every week in technology, and I know you're
always buying stuff and trying to figure out what's the
best technology and learn stuff. I mean, there's always a
new app out, there's always something that is perplexing you
in the tech world, and that's why I'm here to
kind of give you those answers. So we've got Facebook questions.
We'll take some of those from the comments and if
you'd like to call in. The phone lines are open,
(01:14):
so give me a call. Three one zero five to
nine four three zero zero three three one zero five
to nine four three zero zero three. The big news
this week, of course, was Facebook, with lots of new
features announced at their F eight This is their big
(01:34):
developers conference up in San Francisco. And the things that
you guys need to know about here's the most important stuff.
Number one, dating inside of Facebook. So Facebook is now
going to be a dating app as well. You don't
have to use the feature. You do have to set
up a separate profile for that to work. And they're
not going to show your full name. And also people
(01:56):
are going to be able to text you, but you're
not gonna be able to see links or photos right
off the bat, so it's gonna take a little back
and forth. So that's good. People don't just send you
crazy pictures. That's the number one thing. So Facebook, why
are they adding dating? Well, Facebook knows everything about everyone clearly,
they know your likes, they know your dislikes, and imagine
(02:17):
their algorithms just getting better and better over time hooking
people up. And they actually said that this is not
a hookup platform. This is really a platform for lifelong relationships,
so that'll be interesting. There's a lot of apps that
already use Facebook as kind of their basis for connecting people,
and so this makes a lot of sense that Facebook
is going to do this themselves. So the feature is
(02:39):
not in Facebook just yet, but it is coming soon.
So be on the lookout for a dating feature inside
the Facebook gap. And they said they're going to get
potential matches on dating preferences, things in common, and also
mutual friends. And of course you discover others through similar
interests through groups or events. That's kind of an interesting one.
(03:01):
So if you are in sort of a group of hikers,
you might be able to find someone in that group
because you already know you have a shared love of hiking.
So I feel like these relationships these days, with the
online stuff, the person that you're meeting up with is
getting closer and closer to like who you are, just
another version of them. All right, I'll tell you some
(03:23):
more Facebook features in a moment, but let's just go
right to the phone lines nine O nine you're on
with Rich? Is this one of my regulars?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Oh? Yeah, this is me, This is Sam.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
How'd you get in so quick, Sam, what's up?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I have no idea, but hey, I got a question
for you.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Okay, let me make sure that people can hear you.
Hold on one second, because last time, you know, you
came in, nobody could hear you. Okay, yeah, I can.
I can see they can hear you. So what's going on?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I just got a quick question. A friend of mine's
going to cut the cable here pretty quick, and I
told him that before you know, he's like with direct TV,
and I told him, I said, before you do you know,
before we call the guy out, we need to go
down and get you a good outdoor antenna. And I
think a lot of these guys that work for these
(04:11):
companies are independent contractors. So I'm hoping that when the
guy comes out to pull the disc or the dish,
that he can pay the guy to, you know, put
up his antenna. Do you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, I see what you're saying. That's uh hmm. That's
an interesting one. I'd be curious to see. Now. I
will say that I did have a Dish network came
out to my place to put up an antenna here,
so I think they do it paid. I don't know
if they will actually do it sort of under the table.
That's an interesting one because the guy's up on the
(04:47):
roof anyway, and the cable's already run right.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Right. And you know, like years ago when I moved
into this house, the guy from Time Warner came out
and I need did the post safe out of my van.
And I looked at the guy and I said, hey,
I said, you're an independent contractor, aren't you in The
guy said yeah, I said, you want to make a
quick ten bucks? He goes, what do I gotta do?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And I agree. I've been known to ask people that
come to my house to do certain things to do
other things. I'm like, hey, while you're here. We In fact,
it was funny when we when we got some furniture delivered,
the chair that they were, you know, that we were replacing.
I said, hey, do you mind helping me put this
in the garage? That's not part of your job, right,
But the guy did not mind. I tipped him twenty
(05:31):
bucks and it was all good. So I think you're
onto something. I don't know. I'd be curious when your
friend does this, does he already have the antenna that
he wants to put up there.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, no, we're going to probably go over like Walmart
and find one, you know. I mean I got mine
at a good Will for like eight bucks. It was
like one hundred dollars antenna somebody you know got rid of.
But you know, I know they have him over there
for you know, right around eighty ninety dollars. Do you
have anyone that you would recommend.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Well, it depends what kind of reception he gets. But
I mean, if he wants to, it depends how much
he wants to pay. But and how much reception you want.
I like this one. I just tested it. It's called
the leaf Glide and it's from Mohu and it's ninety
dollars but it gets it. I plugged in three antennas
(06:21):
to my TV in the same area, and this one
got the most channels and it pulled in all the
channels actually for LA. So this is the one that
I really liked. Glide sixty five mile range indoor amplified
HD antenna and I didn't even hook up the amplified part.
That was before I actually plugged it in. So this
one was pretty good. But I also if you want
(06:42):
to get just a regular one that's not as expensive.
The Mohu leaf is kind of the one that made
them famous, and that one is pretty low on Amazon
right now. It's like thirty let's see thirty nine ninety nine,
but on Amazon it's even cheap it.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, but that's an indoor tip.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Oh you're talking outdoor. That's right, you're talking out tour.
You know what, I don't you know what, just go
to Walmart. If you're putting an outdoor anyway, you're gonna
get a good signal for the most part, I think.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
So I bought that I bought. I bought that leaf,
the you know, the one that was uh, you know, amplified,
and it didn't it really didn't work for me, you know.
I mean it wasn't until uh well, you know, originally
I thought I had to put it on the roof,
but this one that I had came with a an
(07:34):
adapter just amount it on the facia. So I just
got out my ladder, put it on the facia, pointed
at where I thought all the you know, the reception
would be, and I get everything. So, you know, basically,
I'm gonna, you know, try to help him, you know,
once he cuts the cable.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Well, I I hope it works for him. I mean,
I think, uh, I think he'll get some good if
he's putting it on his roof. I think he'll get
some pretty good channels. So yeah, right, I had to
h while I was talking to you, my TV repeat
went out, so if you watch the live show later
you'll see. But this is great. This is the beauty
(08:11):
of doing this all on your own. All right, Sam,
thanks so much for giving me a call.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Good talking dude.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
All right, see you letter, byebye. All right, nine oh nine,
you're on with Rich. Who's this?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Rich Bribe calling for Fontanaday.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
How are you good? How are you fine?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
Hey?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
I've asked you for some help in the past. You've
been very helpful. Got a little question to ask. I'm
not real savvy on I have a note eight phone
which I'm in love with, and I want to ask
you a question about the micro f sd XC card. Okay, okay,
So I want to make a jump up because I'm
actually filling up with all my photos and then love
(08:53):
clouded stuff, and I'm thinking to go to the one
or two fifty six I know with what you help
me with a little flash drive that going to a
bigger storage allows more processing. Is that true in the phones?
Also as far as speed of processing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
No, not this. This is just to store items on
this on this card, So it doesn't actually speed up
anything on the phone. So when you're talking computer memory,
when you put more memory in, it definitely speeds up
the computer. But this is something totally different. This is
like just adding a hard drive to your phone, and
so it's not going to speed up the phone in
(09:31):
any particular way.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
So two fifty six sounds like a lot of overkill.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I would say. So, I mean, what do you have
in there right now?
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Tons of pictures, mostly photos, but I end up storing
some videos, but not full length movies.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
What size card do you have though?
Speaker 4 (09:51):
All right now, I'm sorry, I think I have thirty two?
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Okay, So I think that a one twenty eight would
probably be a pretty big jump for you, and I
think you're not going to fill that up. I mean,
that's that's a pretty good amount. A one eight gigabyte
sand disc Ultra micro SD card, which is what you're
talking about needing, is thirty seven dollars on Amazon, So
that's a pretty good deal. And I think, I mean,
(10:17):
you could jump up to the two fifty six. I
just I think it's overkill. I don't think you need it.
I think that unless if you're doing a lot of
four K videos or something, then maybe, But right now,
I just don't think you really need that.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
You know. A last little caveat to this, I've found it.
My only problem with this phone, which I love. I
can't tell you how much I'm locked into this not
eight is I do have time hard time getting I
usually carry two cards because I do work with it.
When I'm doing my reporting stuff and I'm doing a
(10:50):
video or whatnot, it's easier for me to transfer. But
that little trade that they use, yes, it seems to
be difficult to slide those in, and I can't get
a resolve of it. I'm not sure if it's the
design flaw or just my phone in particular is having
a problem.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
You mean when you try to what the when you
try to slide in the card kind of pops up
a little bit.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Exactly. Yeah, we'll stand. I like carrying two cards so
I can do my business on one if I'm doing
a photo shoot or I'm not doing some reporting, and
then keep on personal on another one.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
That's a tough one. Yeah, I agree. I've I've had
that problem with several phones with the SIM card slot
in general, where the SIM doesn't really stay in or
I agree with the with the Samsung phone. Now I'm
not I'm not changing out the card that many times,
but I do agree sometimes they kind of pop up
because they've gotten so flimsy with these plastic slots that
they don't really hold the card in. I used to
(11:43):
tape them in sometimes, but very very thinking that. Yeah,
but I don't recommend that.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
Thank you so much for your show and your time.
I appreciate it, and you do a great job.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
All right, Brian, thanks for calling in from a fun
Tana today. I appreciate that. All right, let's just go
right to the next line. Sick two six six two
six you're on with Rich Hello, Hello, Hi, I know
you're surprised you got you got right in.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I did.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
I did.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Let me tune you off on my computer because I
can listen to that. Got a cool question.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Who am I speaking with? First off?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
This is Christine?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Christine, Okay, I've called in the past, has been a while. Okay,
what I watched.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
In Channel five all the time, So I'm looking at
getting computer for my kids. I've got a eleven year
old and a fourteen year old, and my daughter really
likes to do a lot of drawing on the computer. Okay,
I've got an HP right now that she does, like
I can't drawing, but I want to get something in
that so she's in high school, get something a little
more that she could do more drawing and stuff. Would
(12:46):
what would you recommend a regular computer or a.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Mac or oh man, I mean, I'd probably, right off
the top of my head, I'd recommend an iPad, you know,
I mean, she's got the with the Apple pencil. If
she's is she an artist?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, she really loves to draw, oh man, with a
drawing arm, and she's i mean with the pixels. Is
she's doing really amazing stuff? Yeah, I mean a special
So I'm like, I'm looking for something that I really
encouraged it in there.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh man. I mean I think that the you can
get a basic iPad for the you know, most basic
version now supports Apple pencil, which is three hundred and
twenty nine dollars, and then the Apple pencil is another
one hundred, so that's four twenty nine and you're probably
gonna want to add a case. You know, you can
always get that later, but that's you know, you're talking
about five hundred dollars year. But I do think I
(13:37):
think the iPad is going to be really nice for
her because that's going to be the most flexible when
it comes to drawing. And I mean, I'm I'm playing
with one right now, and I just I mean, I
don't know if you can see this on the Facebook live. Yeah,
it's it's just unbelievable. The way you can draw on
this thing is you know, I mean, it's just so great,
(13:58):
you know, it's just it's it's like I never wanted
to like the iPad with the Apple pencil, but I
have fallen in love with it, and it's so much fun.
Not to mention for my job, I love that I
can highlight stuff on PDFs here because it wastes a
whole lot less paper, and the Apple pencil you have
to charge that. It's just it really is well done. Now.
(14:20):
The other thing i'd recommend, if you're not going to
if you want to get a full sized computer, they
have something from Microsoft called the Surface Studio, and this
is a lot more expensive, though I think this is
gonna be way way more expensive. I'm not familiar with
the price, so I gotta see, but I'm guessing it's
(14:40):
fifteen hundred dollars. Oh yeah, never mind, you're talking three
thousand dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
I say go with the iPads.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah never mind. I'm looking at that. It's like huh uh.
So I say go with the iPad. I think it's
very creative. If she is into art and into creativity.
I can't imagine a better device for that because it
just really unlocks that creativity and there's so many great
apps for it. That's the other side of this. I'd
recommend a touchscreen computer, but they're not going to have
the same amazing apps that the iPad's going to have.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Right, And I have one other question. What is the
difference between the chromebook and this irregular computer?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
So a chromebook is basically referring to the operating system
on it. So a chromebook is most people think of
Windows or Mac or Chromebook. So chromebook the operating system.
Have you ever used Google Chrome, like the web browser. Yeah,
so imagine that as your entire operating system. So everything
sort of happens inside that web browser. And nowadays, when
(15:40):
you really think about how we use our computers. There's
almost no need to go outside a web browser. You
do your email, you do your YouTube, you can look
at your photos on there. So a lot of that
stuff is just happening in there.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
So that the kid score are using chromebooks down here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yes, exactly, and it's and it's the cool thing about
chromebooks is there's no viruses, there's no soft updates. It
all happened, well, there are, but they all happen sort
of automatically, so you don't have to worry about updating.
And it's it's a very fast, kind of simple computer
that's very inexpensive. And so a lot of people like these,
especially in the education field, because they've just they're just
(16:17):
so easy and they're so simple, so I don't Yeah,
you can play games a lot of them. With the
newer ones, you can download any Android app to them,
so that's kind of nice too. But and you know,
you may you may have luck with that they do.
The new the one from Acer. I believe they just
came out with the chromebook with a stylus and it's
(16:41):
a I think it's an ACER model and that one,
yeah here it is. This just came out so you
might want to look at that one. This one is
three hundred and fifty dollars, same price as the iPad basically,
but it includes the stylus. So that's kind of the
nice thing about that one. Stylus to you why, Okay,
(17:01):
for some reason it will let me search, but there
there's a picture of it with the stylist there. So anyway,
those are your options. I'd say go with the iPad.
I think you're going to spend a little bit more,
but I think the the return on investment is going
to be the highest out of any of these things,
if you ask me. All Right, Christine, thanks for calling in,
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Hey, take care, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
But bye. All right, moving right along, phone number three
one zero five nine four three zero zero three. So
while I wait for another call, I'll tell you more
about Facebook and what they're doing. Man, they're just adding
so many features to this thing. So to my TV,
I was still on, Okay, let's see crisis response. I
(17:44):
thought this was kind of interesting. People that are affected
by a crisis can now share first hand accounts of
information like road closures, damage, photos and videos. And that
feature is rolling out later this year, so they're kind
of putting people in the citizen journalism. Real people have
already been doing this on Facebook, but now they're going
to group it with some sort of crisis. So let's
(18:06):
say with the fires we had here in California, you'd
be able to upload videos of your area to let
people know kind of what's happening if the streets are
closed or if areas were burned that you know, you
wanted people to avoid. So that's pretty interesting. And then Instagram,
the big feature that they're adding there is video chat.
And I was talking about this with my brother today
(18:27):
and it's one of those things where why is Instagram
getting all these features? Well, Instagram is now the de
facto app for everyone, and Facebook sees some people moving
away from Facebook, so they're just trying to do whatever
possible to keep people in the platform. And Instagram is
owned by Facebook. And video chat is the next logical extension.
(18:49):
I mean a lot of people are chatting through Instagram,
so video chat kind of works. So and the cool
thing about that is it's cross platforms. You can video
chat with someone whether it's I'm Android or iOS, so
you don't have to worry about that. See who has
the best deal on the Robert says, who has the
best deal on the sixth generation iPad? You know, when
(19:09):
it comes to iPads, you kind of have to look
out for deals. Apple usually doesn't put them on sale,
but usually BNH Photo will put them on sale, and
so will Best Buy once in a while. So watch
those two. And the best way to do that really
is just set an alert in slick deals. So if
you set an alert in slick Deals, you'll get an
email every time an iPad goes on sale. So that's
(19:30):
what I did when I was buying my kids the
iPad Minis. I just put an alert and I got
a lot of good deals on there, so that was cool.
Cindy says, why all of a sudden am I getting
news pushing on my iPhone? I assume you're talking about
the Facebook News app, because if you open that up once,
you'll start to get notifications from it. If you want
(19:51):
to turn that off, you have to go into your notifications.
So all you have to do is go into let's
see here, you go into your settings. Hang on, you
go into your settings on your phone. You go down
to notifications and they scroll all the way down and
there's one for news and you turn that off. And
(20:13):
I know that because I did that on my phone
yesterday six six one. You're on with Rich. Who am
I speaking with?
Speaker 4 (20:19):
Hey?
Speaker 6 (20:20):
Rich, it's Greg from the av.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Hey Greg, what's going on?
Speaker 6 (20:24):
Not a whole lot? Well, actually a whole lot?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Oh wow, are you moving from the a V Oh no.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
No, we're still going to be in the AV.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Okay, then you can't. You have to say Greg from
somewhere else the I E. Remember I said that one time.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
Yeah, but yeah, it's just been hectic and uh but
I think we're on the last leg right now.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Did you get a good price for your house? I mean,
you know, LA real estate, California real estate is like,
you know, it's a gold rush here.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Yeah, And we were surprised that it went on every website,
Zillo and all that on Tuesday, and that same day
we had three viewers. And then Thursday we had two
offers for the house.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Oh my gosh, two days. Come on, this is ridiculous.
Two days to sell a house only in California. That's unbelievable. Wow.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Well good for you, but yes, thank you. But I
didn't have a question. I just wanted to get some information.
I just recently got my direct TV bill down to
twenty two dollars for what I'm sorry for.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
What what does that get you?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Well, I got the h I think it's called the
Entertainment Package, okay, and I've been a long customer. I
mean I think I've been a customer for like fifteen years.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
But this is good information for the other viewers because
if they have direct TVs, you're talking getting twenty two
dollars for some channels and also your locals too or
no locals.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Two.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
I also got I've got the East Coast channels so
I can watch the shows at five.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Wow, that's really cool.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I have the newest Genie HD.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Receiver.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
That's great. This is this is quite the deal I'm
hearing about. So that's amazing.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
I had called one time and they said, since you're
well whoever's a long standing customer, to call back every
three months and they'll always offer you something. Okay, it
can be it can be five dollars off the bill
for a year, it can be free HBO for like
(22:49):
six months, various things. And this las time when I called,
they offered me fifty five dollars off the bill.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
For a year.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Wow, well, my.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
Regular bill was seventy seven. That brought it down to
what up about twenty with taxes and all that.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Greg. I think they were sick of you calling every
three months. That's why they were just like, you know what,
we're just going to give this guy a really good
deal because we're sick of his calls. It's costing me more,
but it's costing more in our customer service rep time.
Speaker 6 (23:21):
But the biggest thing I got last year, well, I guess, yeah,
last year I got the the NFL the package for free.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh wow, that's yeah, they were that was that. Yeah,
they were doing that for certain people. I think I
had that when I had DirecTV they gave me that
as well. And then but I was a new subscriber,
so they give you everything when you're a new subscriber.
And then all of a sudden, the second year, my
bill went up to like four hundred dollars or something ridiculous.
All right, see you later.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Okay, Yeah, so you know, just call back every three months,
and you know, ten dollars helps, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I just got my my cable bill
for my internet down ten dollars. I wanted it down twenty.
The guy was not having it, so he got but
I got down to ten. They wanted sixty five. I
got it for fifty five. So I'm happy with that,
you know. I mean it's still a bummer to pay
ten extra dollars a month and I was paying. But
I'm fine with the splitting the difference. You know, they
got to make money. I get it, and they make
(24:20):
a lot.
Speaker 6 (24:20):
Of it, by the way, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
All right. Well, good advice, good advice, Greg, and congrats
on the house.
Speaker 6 (24:29):
Thank you very much. Hopefully the next time I call in,
I'll be from the new house.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Nice all right, let me know how it is, all right,
all right, okay, Greg, take care of thank you.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
All right, you did the same, all right, but bye, I've.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Got too many windows here open there we go. Man,
two days to sell a house only in California, right,
I mean, these things, it's just unbelievable how fast people
can sell their places here. Let's see, I saw a
okay we have Diane. Diane says, I I have an
iPhone six, and I find that I get dropped from
my Wi Fi at home a lot. I find that
(25:04):
if I shut my phone down and turn it back
on and reconnect, then I get Wi Fi back again.
Do you know what would cause this? Absolutely? Here's what
you need to do, Diane. I just help someone do
this the other day. And by the way, I have
I don't know if I told you guys this, but
I am writing a book about the iPhone right now.
So I've been learning a lot, even myself. It's going
to be a how to book, a bunch of tips
on how to use it. It's kind of like a
(25:25):
user's guide, but written by rich on tech, so it's
more fun and it's interesting and it's all the little
things that I think are good about the iPhone. So
this was one of the tips that I wrote the
other day actually, And what you need to do, Diane,
is you have to go through and you need to
reset your network settings. So all you have to do
is go into Settings, then General, then scroll all the
(25:46):
way down where it says I can't see it reset
all the way at the bottom. Okay, don't get scared.
You're not resetting anything crazy. And then the third option
says reset network settings. Okay, so that's the one that's
the one that you want to reset right there. So
if you press that, you have to pop in your passcode.
(26:06):
But what's gonna happen is your phone is gonna delete
all of your network settings. So that's your cellular network,
your Wi Fi networks, any of those that you've saved
in there, and your Bluetooth networks, and you're gonna have
to repair your phone to your car and rehook it
up to your Wi Fi at home. But I'm telling
you it is going to solve your problem pronto, because
what's happening is there's a little bit of confusion inside
(26:27):
your phone right now with your home Wi Fi network,
and once you do that little reset, everything's gonna work
perfectly again. So I just did this with someone out
my work. Helped her do that and she said it
worked fantastically. So yes, there you have it, phone number
three one zero five to nine four three zero zero
three three one zero five nine four three zero zero three,
(26:49):
Mark says tech reporter an author. You're a double threat.
I love it, you know, Mark. I've every time I
go on the radio or on TV when I'm a guest,
I always heard these people. They're like, you know, so
and so is author of you know whatever book. I
want that to be me. So finally you can say
author of my book. And I won't tell you the
title just yet, but it's a fun title too, So
(27:10):
I just need to finish it. I'm almost done. I've
got you know. This is actually this podcast right now
is breaking into my writing time because usually I'm writing
in the afternoons. But I really want to get this,
really want to get this finished. And Diane says, thanks
for answering my question. I'll give it a try. Let
me know how it goes. I think you're gonna like it.
Let's see. Angel says, what's the easiest way to transfer
(27:34):
iTunes from one computer to another computer? I would think
you just drag over the iTunes library folder on your
computer to the new computer and then open iTunes from there.
It really depends also if you're on a Mac or
a PC, because I think there's a way on iTunes
(27:56):
that you can set where your library is used to
be able to do that. I'm not sure if you still,
but I would just copy that entire folder over and
that way you can just launch it from there. I
think that's gonna be the best way to do it.
That's the way I believe I used to do it
that way, So yeah, three one zero five nine four
three zero zero three. I don't really use iTunes anymore.
(28:18):
I used to. I used to, you know, building that
music collection with such a big part of my life,
and now I just subscribe to Spotify. I've got Pandora,
and I just don't really want to have a music collection.
I don't have a collection of anything anymore. I used
to collect everything, stamps and rocks and all kinds of
stuff and books, and now I just don't even do
any of that stuff. Uh rohe says, great show. What
(28:41):
do you think of Uber and Google announcements next week? Yeah,
those are gonna be big. So Uber is having a
big event here in Los Angeles, Uber Elevate, and I
think they're gonna be talking about their flying cars, which
I know isn't that crazy? So that is pretty interesting.
Then Google up in San Francisco is doing something called
Google Io and that's basically their big developers conference, and
(29:05):
up there they're gonna talk about all the things coming
to Google in the next year. And I say next year,
it might be the next two years, because when I
went there, it was I did this demo that they
showed me of ways on Android Auto, and no joke,
I don't think it came out on Android Auto for like,
I think two years after I did that demo a
year and a half and that was that was pretty crazy.
(29:27):
So I'm excited. I have to pick one, and I'm
picking Google. So I'm going there and I can't wait
to see. I thought this was so much fun when
I went to Google Io. I went two years ago,
in twenty sixteen, and it was a blast. I mean,
Number one, I got to meet the CEO of Google.
I mean, how cool is that? So we were at
a party with him. I mean, what CEO just shows
up to like a party with a bunch of reporters.
(29:48):
That was really cool, and I got a picture with
him somewhere, and it's just fun. It's like it's literally
a nerd fest. It's like a concert with nerds. Let's see.
Gladys says, how can you sort out pictures on your
iPhone as opposed to having them all in one folder?
So the way iPhone pictures work is there's not really
(30:12):
folders to be done. There's really the only thing you
can do to sort through them is to put them
in albums. So the system will make certain folders for
you if you go in there and you can see
kind of like the different folders, but they don't even
really call them folders. They literally call them albums. So
I mean you get a couple like camera roll favorites,
(30:33):
people places, videos, selfies, portrait, live photos, slow mo screenshots,
and then you get to create your own albums. And
that's really kind of think of albums as folders. That's
really the best way to do it. But to be honest,
you really don't need to organize your pictures much anymore
these days because if you go into the search functionality
of Apple Photos on your iPhone, you can start typing
(30:54):
anything in there and you'll find your pictures. So type
in something like Seattle and all your pictures from Seattle
will come in. I just typed in seat and my
son and I on the airplane seat came up. So
that's a little kind of a secret. It's also in
the book. I know it's all going to the book people.
So again, this is what I'm playing with every day,
(31:16):
is the iPhone to find out all these little tricks.
Seven one four you are on with rich what's up?
Speaker 5 (31:23):
Hi there?
Speaker 4 (31:24):
I have a question?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Who am I speaking from?
Speaker 5 (31:27):
What my name is? Gary? From the Inland Empire. Okay, Mike,
I need to get a new home computer and it's
going to be shared by a couple of people. What's
the difference between a two and one versus getting a
regular laptop?
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Okay? So the main difference between an all and one
is the power that you get from that device. So
if you spend the same amount of money on an
all in one versus a laptop, you're going to get
more bang for your book with the all in one.
So the difference is are you going to be moving
this computer at all? Ever?
Speaker 5 (32:06):
Yeah, I want to use it as I didn't mean
all in one.
Speaker 4 (32:09):
I meant to.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
A what's those ones that flip around? Okay?
Speaker 1 (32:16):
A two in one? Okay, So like you're talking one
that has like kind of a it kind of goes
backwards and you can use it as a tablet and
it folds up and stuff like that, that kind of
thing versus a typical laptop.
Speaker 5 (32:28):
That's correct, Okay.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
The difference is really just preference, I mean, and and
a lot of times if you have the foldable screen,
it's gonna have a touch screen as well. Even though
a lot of computers are the Windows side are coming
with touch screens. Is there a particular model you're looking at?
Speaker 5 (32:43):
Not yet, I haven't got that far that I go
to the pro for some information.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Yeah, I mean personally, unless you had a use case
for the foldable screen, I would not get that because
you're gonna pay more for it, and it's gonna break
quicker because you're folding the screen backs so often, and
I think you're gonna be better suited with a regular
laptop unless you have a reason. I mean, the only
reason I can see forgetting a screen that bends backwards
(33:10):
is one reason, and that's to watch it on an
airplane with these you know intent style, you know, where
you have the computer like this and then it just
sits on the tray and I can watch the screen.
Otherwise I don't really, I'm personally not writing on my
computer screen. I'm not flipping it backwards to use as
a tablet. I think it's way too bulky to do that,
so I don't. I don't see a reason to get
(33:31):
it too. In one, I would go with a regular
laptop over the two and one because you're gonna save money,
and I think you're gonna save yourself some headaches too.
Speaker 5 (33:40):
My experience with laptops. If they say the battery last
eight hours, it'll last maybe two hours because they probably
do those tests with nothing on.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Yeah they Yeah, is there.
Speaker 5 (33:53):
Any laptops that have a life that's real that last
eight hours?
Speaker 1 (34:00):
The newer ones do. I mean the Dell XPS that
I've tested, that one lasts a really long time. I
think if it's been a while since you bought a laptop,
the batteries definitely last longer. But here's the thing. I mean,
some of the some of the real like business laptops,
are gonna last longer the average laptops you're probably looking at,
you know, five hours, six hours. It really depends on look.
It all comes down to what you're doing on the laptop.
(34:21):
If you're watching any sort of video, it's gonna it's
gonna go through that battery a lot faster. If you're
doing any sort of video processing, it's gonna go through
that battery. Me personally, ever since I got the MacBook Pro,
I feel like my battery just goes so fast. But
with that said, I can you know, if I'm traveling
for the day, I don't necessarily need to plug in.
But realistically, if they say the battery is rated for
(34:43):
fourteen hours. You know you're gonna get half of that.
You know you're whatever they say, you're not gonna get that.
Basically that's my experience. But I think, are you looking
for a Mac or a PC.
Speaker 4 (34:54):
PC?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
My advice is to have you figured out where you're
buying this thing.
Speaker 6 (35:04):
No, I haven't even gotten it for so, I mean, I.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Really like getting the computers at the Microsoft Store if
you have one near you. The difference between that and
best Buy is that at the Microsoft Store they don't
add a bunch of extra software onto their computers. They're
not allowed to. So it's just kind of nice because
your computer is gonna run smoother, it's gonna run faster,
it's not gonna have a lot of bloatwear on it.
So if you find yourself near a Microsoft store, just
pop in and check out some of the computers there.
(35:29):
And they have a nice selection too. So I'm not
opposed to best Buy. I just think that sometimes you
can get a little bit better of a system at
the Microsoft Store. So good question, And yeah, I'd go
with the I'd go with the just a standard laptop.
I think that's gonna be best. Thanks Scary for calling
in from the Ie today. Let's see, we've got Connie
(35:50):
who says, when we lived in Alta, Dina and we're
watching you on KTLA. You did a live video from Aldi.
It was a new to the La area. Since moving
to Indie. We have a story near us. They just
did a major renovation. It's much more upscale. Thanks for
the original info. And that's funny you say that because
I got kicked out of that Aldi. I was on
a shoot in Kentucky, Lexington. What's the main city in Kentucky, Lexington?
(36:15):
I guess whatever city that Jennifer Lawrence is from. That
that was a big claim to fame, Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
And that's where I was. And I never saw an
Aldi before and I heard that they were coming to
LA and so I went in there and I live
streamed it and next thing you know, they actually tapped
me on the shoulder and they said you gotta get out.
You can't. Well they didn't kick me out, they just
(36:36):
said that you're not all out to live streaming here.
I couldn't even believe they knew what I was doing.
I was just holding my iPhone right in front of me.
With but I had headphones on, so I was just
showing where that was. So thanks for watching when you
were back here, Connie. What would I suggest for dash
cam an internal car recording? Well, here's the thing. The
dashcam I like is called the Vava cam, and that
(36:58):
one is really cool. Did the did a story on
that and a lot of you bought one because that
was one of the most popular stories we've done at KTLA.
So this is it right here, Vava Cam. That's one
hundred and nineteen dollars. But if you want oh sorry,
I'm on the wrong thing here there we go. So
(37:18):
if you want something that records inside your car, you
can either flip that one around. So if you noticed,
this one has a swivel, so you can just spin
this around if you want to record the interior of
your car, and then you can spin it back around
to record the exterior. But if you want both at
the same time, there's this dash cam called the owl cam,
and they really call it a security camera, and this
(37:39):
one records both the front and the back at the
same time of your car. The reason why I have
not done a story on this thing for KTLA is
that it's really expensive. You're talking. I think, let's see,
three hundred and fifty dollars and that includes the LTE
service for a year, So that's much more expensive than
a lot of people want to spend on a dash cam.
(37:59):
It's really cool and it has a lot of great features,
but it's just it's an expensive thing, and you have
to pay once you once you have this thing for
a while, after the first year, you have to pay
for LTE service, which I think is ten dollars a month,
So that's not cheap, all right. Is it possible to
turn off my TV from a remote area? Hang on?
(38:22):
Let me know where am I going? Here? From a
remote area? So I don't have hold on? Is it
possible to turn my TV off for a remote area?
I don't have Apple TV and I have an iPhone ten.
I have a Visio TV and it's ten years old. Absolutely, estrella,
here's what you need. I'll show you right now. You
get one of these. It is the let's see hold on,
(38:44):
hold on, I'm trying to get it. Uh, it is
a plug and let's see here. It's just all you
need is a smart plug. So that's that's basically what
I'm trying to get on here Amazon. Go to Amazon
and you can get the Belkan Wemo Smart Plug. Oops,
(39:06):
Wemo smart plug. Oh my gosh, it keeps changing it
to the are Go Wemo Mini Smart Plug. Okay, And
all you have to do is get that, and it's
thirty one dollars. And all you have to do is
plug this into your TV, plug your TV into this,
plug this into the wall, and then from your iPhone
(39:27):
ten you'll be able to turn off the TV and
turn it on. So that's all you gotta do. Very simple,
and it's a thirty dollars solution. There are other smart
plugs as well. This is just one option. There are
many many options if you look on Amazon. The only
ones that I've tested that I recommend is this Wemo
one and this one. If you want one that's really cheap,
(39:50):
Genie smart plug, Let's see if I can find that one.
This is the there's just so many of them. I
can't even find the one that I had. Anyway, That's
that's what I do, is just get that Wemo plug.
I'll post the uh. I'll post the link as well
so you can get it. Let me uh, let me
get that link and I'll post it so This is
the we Moo smart Plug. I have time for one
(40:13):
more caller, So if you want to call, the phone
line is open three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three. And that's weird that it doesn't come
up there.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
It is.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
Wemo Smart Plug. They've got so many of them. You
can get a three pack. I mean, there's just so
many of these things. Just you kind of want to get,
like one that's a decent brand though, like Belkan, especially
if you're plugging a TV into it. Here it is
smart Plug Mini, So I will send you the link
to that and that is right here there. You go, Uh,
(40:49):
how can I show iPhone photos on my TV? Tom asks?
And Uh? To do that, you really need an Apple
TV if you want to use it as a screen. Say,
if you just want to show your iPhone photos on
your TV, just get a plug the HDMI So you
can just get one of these things and I'll show
it to you. Okay, So you just plug this into
(41:15):
the bottom of your iPhone and this is just a
lightning to HDMI and so you just plug that into
the bottom of your iPhone and then this plugs into
your TV. The little HDMI cable down here and that's it,
and then you just go on your iPhone and you
just show your photos as a slideshow. And it's a
(41:35):
twenty six dollars solution. So you'll definitely need a Hdmi
cable and that's it and just plug this into your
phone and it's super simple. So I will I'll put
that in the comments as well. So that's all you
need there. Very simple solutions, guys, So easy, okay. And
(41:57):
Mike says that the Wemo plugs are two fifty at Costco. Yes, Mike,
because I bought two of them there. I bought that
two pack and so you can get them for a
lot cheaper there. I'm a proud Galaxy owner. Is there
a smart watch that you suggest one that I can
use for calls and we'll play Spotify. Well, the only
one that really you can do that with with the
Galaxy is the Samsung Watch. Yeah. Here it is the
(42:22):
Gear S three and you can get that and that
one has the phone calls and Spotify is on there
as well. I hope Spotify is on this one. I
think it is, Yeah, Spotify offline. That's the only one
that you can get on with that. The Spotify does
not work on the Apple Watch, which is insane, and
(42:42):
it does not work work on the watch that I've
been wearing lately, which is the Fitbit Versa, which is
also insane. Come on, Spotify, where are you at these
on these watches? Let's see what else has got. Time
for one more question? All right, Samsung TV and Samsung
TV app on iPhone. Oh, that's it. Interesting. Daniel says
that the Samsung TV app on iPhone will work as
(43:04):
well for streaming from iPhone to TV. Hmm, that's interesting.
I've not tried that. All right, that's gonna do it
for today's show. Thanks so much for listening. As always,
I would really appreciate if you like what we're doing here,
leave a review on the Apple podcast app. All you
have to do is search rich on Tech in the
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(43:26):
is really good. I'll take the ratings as well. Those
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people are interacting with the podcast, the more they're going
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thanks so much for listening and Apple Podcasts is the
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So that's why I mentioned that, But realistically, I'm happy
(43:47):
if you listen to any podcasting app as well. Links
to everything I mentioned here Just go to Rich on
tech dot tv. Please tell your friends, don't be shy.
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to you real soon.
Speaker 6 (44:01):
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