July 3, 2025 • 8 mins
Rich DeMuro joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the latest in the tech world and the best way to take photos of the fireworks on the 4th of July.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, let's get right to Rich DeMuro. Rich on Tech
(00:03):
has heard Sunday nights from eight to eleven on wor.
You can also reach out to Rich directly at rich
on Tech on Instagram. And I love this story that
we were just teasing a moment ago on how you
can take Everybody takes shots of the fireworks, and they
always are horrible, and then you go to an art
(00:24):
gallery and you see these beautiful pictures of them. Now, Rich,
you have a way for everyone to take better pictures,
at least maybe ideal pictures, hopefully of the fireworks. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I mean, look, we're all taking them on our smartphones.
And I will tell you, having tested smartphones for the
past you know, fifteen twenty years, they have gotten better.
They've gotten better at night shots, they've gotten better at
capturing fireworks. But my number one tip is, unless you're
a pro photographer, just enjoy the fireworks because honestly, you're
never gonna look at these pictures ever again. Larry, when
(00:57):
was the last time you searched the fireworks in your photo?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I don't because they all suck. I tell you, I
don't because they're bad. But if you can tell me
how to make them better, I may look at them again.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, So a couple of things you can do if
you want to take pictures. Number one, you got to
stabilize your phone. These things are high up in the sky,
they're far away. You are holding a tiny little phone
in your hand. If you don't have a tripod, which
come on, you don't want to be the nerd at
the fireworks or the tripod. Hold your arms close to
your body and stable your phone. Stabilize your phone. That's
number one. Number two, turn off the flash. A lot
(01:33):
of phones have a night mode you can use, or
some sort of low light mode. Turn that on for sure.
You can also try a long exposure mode if you
want something that's a little bit more artistic. And then
there's also something called burst mode. So if you don't
want to just like tap the phone a million times
on the screen, you can set your volume up to
(01:53):
be a burst mode on the iPhone. So right now
the iPhone, it used to be if you pressed and
hold on the shutter take a bunch of pictures at once,
they switch that to record mode. So if you want
to still use burst mode on the iPhone, you can
switch that setting, or you can press and let me
see if it stole works. Yeah, you do have to.
(02:14):
You got to switch that hold on. Let me just said,
I'm trying this some real time because it's been a
while since. Yeah, you got to go into settings and
change it to burst mode and then the other thing.
And this comes from a lot of pro photographers. Composition.
So if you're just aiming up in the sky and
there's nothing to sort of give you the perspective of
the fireworks, get a tree in there, get a building
in there, and it'll look a whole lot better, which
(02:36):
I think is a good one. Other things, yep, to
other things, Larry, clean your lens. You know you're having
an ice cream Sunday before you take these pictures. Your
fingers are all sticky. Clean the lens on your phone
before you take the pictures. That'll go a long way.
And if you want, you can actually record the picture,
record the fireworks, and while you're recording, you can tap
(02:57):
the little white shutter button in the up right hand
corner of your phone to snap a picture at the
same time, or you can go back in Google Photos
and actually extract a frame from the video. So those
are all the ways to do it. But my advice, well,
just enjoy.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, after all those tips, nobody's gonna not take that
advice and try to take the best pictures possible. But
we can always hope. Let's talk about I don't know
if everybody knows this about you, but being rich on
tech makes him a world traveler. Everybody wants them. He's
gone to London and he attended the launch of something
called the Nothing Phone three. So there must have been
(03:34):
a one and two Nothing phone. I've never heard of these?
What are they?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
No, you haven't, most people have not. Nothing is a
startup based in London. So the reason why they brought
a bunch of people out to London, including myself, is
because this new phone three is going to be sold
here in the US. So they've had a bunch of
phones in the past, they weren't truly launched here in
the US. This one is going to be. And it's
a great phone. It's a high end smart phone. It's
(04:00):
eight hundred dollars. It's got great cameras. It's got this
unique look so it almost has like a see through back,
and it has a little display on the back. They
call it the glyph Matrix. It can do fun things
like show you the time or countdown timers and things
like that. But you can also shake the phone for
a magic eight ball, spin the bottle. So, as you
(04:20):
can see, this company has kind of a fun design
focused angle to it, and so their whole point is
to make you use your phone less. I know, which
sounds silly, but they've got a whole bunch of features
on here that get you doom scrolling less and just
kind of being in the world more. So, this is
gonna ship in a couple of weeks. Here again, eight
(04:41):
hundred dollars. The big problem I see with this, Larry,
is that as far as I know, they don't have
a major carrier signed on, which means you're gonna have
to buy it directly from them or through Amazon, which
is not ideal because most people in the US, as
we know, either use an iPhone or they will buy
it from their carrier if they don't, and so them
not having that distribution could be a problem. Right.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It's gonna have be tough to break into the market
when you're starting at eight hundred dollars too. Hey, listen,
I want to give people a look behind the curtain
for a second, because you send us some notes on
what you'd like to talk about, and I think sometimes
you're just showing off. Listen to this sentence. I tested
out the car Play Ultra in a two hundred and
(05:24):
fifty thousand dollars Aston Martin. Man, some days I just
want to be rich on tech.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Oh come on, I'll take you for a ride. We'll
go out in the Aston Martin. I was actually, I've
never been scared to test drive a car, because I
do occasionally test a bunch of one. This is probably
the most expensive one. I design a waiver that was
like six pages long, and here it is. It's the
Aston Martin, it's the DBX, this is their suv, and
(05:53):
it's the first car to launch with what's called CarPlay Ultra.
So I'm sure you're familiar with the concept of CarPlay.
Car Play Ultra is the next version of this, which
the big difference is is that it takes over all
of the screens in your car, so not just the
main dashboard screen, but also that info cluster behind your
steering wheel. So what does that mean? You can customize
(06:15):
your gauges and the widgets and all the things that
you see on your dashboard a little bit more but
the downside is people think that this makes your car
seem too apply and if you think about an Aston Martin, yeah,
they've got the little Aston Martin logo in there. But
people are saying, well, isn't this taking away from like
the heart and soul of the car to make it
(06:36):
all look like Apple CarPlay. I don't know. My experience
is that it was very easy to use. It's familiar,
and you could always go back to the regular dashboard
if you want, but you can now control all of
the settings of the car, things like radio, climate and
all the vehicle settings right from inside car Play. So
it's one screen to rule them all.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Hey, we're running out of time, but I do want
to talk to you about Rotten Tomatoes. I think an
app because I just love Rotten Tomatoes. I never realized
until you told me that they didn't have a proper
app in the past.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I know, and I can't believe they finally got one
after we just talked about movie apps a couple weeks ago.
So yes, Rotten Tomatoes now available for the iPhone. You
can track the movies you want to watch, see the reviews.
It's got those tomato meter and popcorn meter. Scores, and yeah,
it's on iOS right now. Android version is coming soon.
Sorting options are a little limited if you're on Android
(07:30):
and you want something really good. I like the app
called Just Watch. That's a good alternative until Rotten Tomatoes
comes out for the Android as well. But I love
Rotten Tomatoes scores. I think they're really good and a
good indicator of the movies I want to watch. So
now you have a proper way to track them.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
That's perfect. Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday
Nights right here on WLR from eight to eleven PM,
and rich on Tech on Instagram is how you can
reach Rich. Thanks a lot, Rich, good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Thanks Larry, Happy forth you too,
Well, let's get right to Rich DeMuro. Rich on Tech
(00:03):
has heard Sunday nights from eight to eleven on wor.
You can also reach out to Rich directly at rich
on Tech on Instagram. And I love this story that
we were just teasing a moment ago on how you
can take Everybody takes shots of the fireworks, and they
always are horrible, and then you go to an art
(00:24):
gallery and you see these beautiful pictures of them. Now, Rich,
you have a way for everyone to take better pictures,
at least maybe ideal pictures, hopefully of the fireworks. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I mean, look, we're all taking them on our smartphones.
And I will tell you, having tested smartphones for the
past you know, fifteen twenty years, they have gotten better.
They've gotten better at night shots, they've gotten better at
capturing fireworks. But my number one tip is, unless you're
a pro photographer, just enjoy the fireworks because honestly, you're
never gonna look at these pictures ever again. Larry, when
(00:57):
was the last time you searched the fireworks in your photo?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I don't because they all suck. I tell you, I
don't because they're bad. But if you can tell me
how to make them better, I may look at them again.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, So a couple of things you can do if
you want to take pictures. Number one, you got to
stabilize your phone. These things are high up in the sky,
they're far away. You are holding a tiny little phone
in your hand. If you don't have a tripod, which
come on, you don't want to be the nerd at
the fireworks or the tripod. Hold your arms close to
your body and stable your phone. Stabilize your phone. That's
number one. Number two, turn off the flash. A lot
(01:33):
of phones have a night mode you can use, or
some sort of low light mode. Turn that on for sure.
You can also try a long exposure mode if you
want something that's a little bit more artistic. And then
there's also something called burst mode. So if you don't
want to just like tap the phone a million times
on the screen, you can set your volume up to
(01:53):
be a burst mode on the iPhone. So right now
the iPhone, it used to be if you pressed and
hold on the shutter take a bunch of pictures at once,
they switch that to record mode. So if you want
to still use burst mode on the iPhone, you can
switch that setting, or you can press and let me
see if it stole works. Yeah, you do have to.
(02:14):
You got to switch that hold on. Let me just said,
I'm trying this some real time because it's been a
while since. Yeah, you got to go into settings and
change it to burst mode and then the other thing.
And this comes from a lot of pro photographers. Composition.
So if you're just aiming up in the sky and
there's nothing to sort of give you the perspective of
the fireworks, get a tree in there, get a building
in there, and it'll look a whole lot better, which
(02:36):
I think is a good one. Other things, yep, to
other things, Larry, clean your lens. You know you're having
an ice cream Sunday before you take these pictures. Your
fingers are all sticky. Clean the lens on your phone
before you take the pictures. That'll go a long way.
And if you want, you can actually record the picture,
record the fireworks, and while you're recording, you can tap
(02:57):
the little white shutter button in the up right hand
corner of your phone to snap a picture at the
same time, or you can go back in Google Photos
and actually extract a frame from the video. So those
are all the ways to do it. But my advice, well,
just enjoy.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, after all those tips, nobody's gonna not take that
advice and try to take the best pictures possible. But
we can always hope. Let's talk about I don't know
if everybody knows this about you, but being rich on
tech makes him a world traveler. Everybody wants them. He's
gone to London and he attended the launch of something
called the Nothing Phone three. So there must have been
(03:34):
a one and two Nothing phone. I've never heard of these?
What are they?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
No, you haven't, most people have not. Nothing is a
startup based in London. So the reason why they brought
a bunch of people out to London, including myself, is
because this new phone three is going to be sold
here in the US. So they've had a bunch of
phones in the past, they weren't truly launched here in
the US. This one is going to be. And it's
a great phone. It's a high end smart phone. It's
(04:00):
eight hundred dollars. It's got great cameras. It's got this
unique look so it almost has like a see through back,
and it has a little display on the back. They
call it the glyph Matrix. It can do fun things
like show you the time or countdown timers and things
like that. But you can also shake the phone for
a magic eight ball, spin the bottle. So, as you
(04:20):
can see, this company has kind of a fun design
focused angle to it, and so their whole point is
to make you use your phone less. I know, which
sounds silly, but they've got a whole bunch of features
on here that get you doom scrolling less and just
kind of being in the world more. So, this is
gonna ship in a couple of weeks. Here again, eight
(04:41):
hundred dollars. The big problem I see with this, Larry,
is that as far as I know, they don't have
a major carrier signed on, which means you're gonna have
to buy it directly from them or through Amazon, which
is not ideal because most people in the US, as
we know, either use an iPhone or they will buy
it from their carrier if they don't, and so them
not having that distribution could be a problem. Right.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It's gonna have be tough to break into the market
when you're starting at eight hundred dollars too. Hey, listen,
I want to give people a look behind the curtain
for a second, because you send us some notes on
what you'd like to talk about, and I think sometimes
you're just showing off. Listen to this sentence. I tested
out the car Play Ultra in a two hundred and
(05:24):
fifty thousand dollars Aston Martin. Man, some days I just
want to be rich on tech.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Oh come on, I'll take you for a ride. We'll
go out in the Aston Martin. I was actually, I've
never been scared to test drive a car, because I
do occasionally test a bunch of one. This is probably
the most expensive one. I design a waiver that was
like six pages long, and here it is. It's the
Aston Martin, it's the DBX, this is their suv, and
(05:53):
it's the first car to launch with what's called CarPlay Ultra.
So I'm sure you're familiar with the concept of CarPlay.
Car Play Ultra is the next version of this, which
the big difference is is that it takes over all
of the screens in your car, so not just the
main dashboard screen, but also that info cluster behind your
steering wheel. So what does that mean? You can customize
(06:15):
your gauges and the widgets and all the things that
you see on your dashboard a little bit more but
the downside is people think that this makes your car
seem too apply and if you think about an Aston Martin, yeah,
they've got the little Aston Martin logo in there. But
people are saying, well, isn't this taking away from like
the heart and soul of the car to make it
(06:36):
all look like Apple CarPlay. I don't know. My experience
is that it was very easy to use. It's familiar,
and you could always go back to the regular dashboard
if you want, but you can now control all of
the settings of the car, things like radio, climate and
all the vehicle settings right from inside car Play. So
it's one screen to rule them all.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Hey, we're running out of time, but I do want
to talk to you about Rotten Tomatoes. I think an
app because I just love Rotten Tomatoes. I never realized
until you told me that they didn't have a proper
app in the past.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I know, and I can't believe they finally got one
after we just talked about movie apps a couple weeks ago.
So yes, Rotten Tomatoes now available for the iPhone. You
can track the movies you want to watch, see the reviews.
It's got those tomato meter and popcorn meter. Scores, and yeah,
it's on iOS right now. Android version is coming soon.
Sorting options are a little limited if you're on Android
(07:30):
and you want something really good. I like the app
called Just Watch. That's a good alternative until Rotten Tomatoes
comes out for the Android as well. But I love
Rotten Tomatoes scores. I think they're really good and a
good indicator of the movies I want to watch. So
now you have a proper way to track them.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
That's perfect. Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday
Nights right here on WLR from eight to eleven PM,
and rich on Tech on Instagram is how you can
reach Rich. Thanks a lot, Rich, good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Thanks Larry, Happy forth you too,
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