May 28, 2025 • 7 mins
KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about What’s App for the iPad, NotebookLM App, Samsung Galaxy Edge, and money saving websites.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's say good morning now to the host of Rich
on Tech Saturdays from eleven to two right here on KFI.
It's Katla tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you. Amy.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Okay, so we got the iPad and we've got something
that they finally have on the iPad and something that
they still don't have on the iPad.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, it's only taken about fifteen years to get this application,
but it is finally there. And that app is WhatsApp.
That is the app. That's basically the entire story. People
love WhatsApp all over the world. They use it to communicate.
It is fully encrypted end to end, which people really like.
It is owned by Meta, but it's on the iPad now,
(00:42):
so you can have it on multiple devices. Your phone,
your Mac, your iPad. Messages do stay in sync and
the end to end encryption stays intact across all devices.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Okay, so go get it. I have a question, and
that is that WhatsApp has been available on the iPhone
but not on the iPad. Is there a reason for that?
Speaker 2 (01:03):
You know? I think part of it was the encryption situation,
because when WhatsApp was first available, the reason I didn't
use it is because you can only use it on
one device. At the time, it had to be linked
to a phone number on a phone, and then they
sort of expanded that over the years. I don't know
what the reason for the iPad lag was, but it's
there now. The only other app that Meta needs to
(01:24):
make for the iPad is Instagram, which people are baffled
why there's not an official Instagram app. You know, you
can put the phone app on there, but there's no
official sort of like big screen Instagram app for some reason.
So maybe that will be next.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah. I didn't even know that because I have an iPad.
I rarely use it because I just use my phone
so often. But that's just crazy that the IG isn't
on the iPad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, you would think there would be. But you know,
I think at some point Instagram had like a reason
for it, like, oh, we want to keep it, you know,
more intimate with your phone versus like your iPad. But
you know, it's like, come on, give us options.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Okay. So I think that we've talked about this before
about how you can turn your when you take notes
and stuff, you can turn it into a podcast, And
now that's available in more places.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, so we talked about this a couple weeks ago.
Notebook LM is the tool, So this sort of was
an experiment at Google, just like a small thing. It
went viral because of this audio overview feature, which basically
allows you to toss any information you want into this
notebook LM app and it will convert it into a
(02:39):
podcast basically with two hosts kind of talking about the information.
But you can put anything in there, so you can
you can, you know, put PDFs in there, you can
put a website, YouTube, video, anything you want to learn
more about. And what's neat about this is that it's
only using that information, so it's kind of like a
little bit cleaner than it would be if you just
use like straight up AI because it's trying to pull
(03:02):
just from your info. But the other thing is amy
you can also ask questions. You know, you can sit
there and like type in questions about things that you
want to ask about the information you put in there.
So anyway, it's a really cool learning feature available through Google.
And now they finally came out with an app on
iPhone and Android. This only took them like two years,
so that's not too yep. But the cool thing is
(03:25):
you can listen to those audio overviews anywhere basically.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Okay, So my question is if it's taking your information,
it's not going out searching the web. It's taking your
information and making the podcast. Is this for like your
own edification or to share with like, is it to
help you study or is it excited to share?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
No? I think it's I mean, you could share it.
You could download the podcasts and share it out, but
it's not meant to like make podcasts for you that
you can like share with friends and family. Like, that's
not really the idea. The idea is that you're going
to a foreign country. You want to learn everything you
could possibly learn about it, and so you drop that
information into notebook LM. It generates a podcast. I'm doing
(04:06):
a panel discussion today, so they gave me a whole
briefing book. I dropped that into notebook LM. I listened
to that in my car, and now I'm briefed on
all the things that everyone wants to talk about, the panelists,
the background whatever. But it's only that information. So it's
really just you know, you want to learn a new law,
you know, throw it in there, that take it down act,
that they passed a couple weeks ago. You can throw
(04:27):
that in there and you can learn about that. So
it's just a different way to learn. A lot of
college students use it, a lot of lifelong learners. It's
just a really different and convenient way to learn thanks
to AI.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Okay, and let's talk phones, because you have been playing
with the brand new S twenty five Edge for the
last couple of weeks and you said you we talked
to you about it, or we talked to you when
you first got it and you said, I'm going to
play with it for a while. Well now you have yes, So.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
It's been about three weeks. I've been using it on
a daily basis. This is Samsung's thinnest phone yet it
goes on sale on Friday. It's super thin, it's super light.
I do love that aspect of it. I don't love
the fact that there's no dedicated zoom lens. It has
become not an issue, but it's definitely not ideal if
you're coming from like a phone that has that. But
(05:17):
if you don't really care the phone, the camera is
excellent on this device, like really really impressive. I've used
it in all kinds of different situations, and it's a
great phone. The battery life was my other question. I
would say that the battery life is fine. If you
have a charger, you're going to be fine. I would
say it's not going to have as good battery life
towards the end of the day as some of the
(05:38):
main other phones, but still overall, I really like this device.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Okay, So Samsung Galaxy S twenty five Edge available in
stores now right Friday, Available in stores Friday. And how
much does it cost?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
It starts at eleven hundred dollars, but there are many
many deals out there, so be on the lookout. If
you pay full price for that thing, you're doing something wrong.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Okay, speaking of not paying full price, just real quick
money saving websites, you have some tips so we can
save some money, which I always I'm going to have
my ears perked up for this one.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
This is great. If you visit my website one time
this year, go today rich on tech dot tv. I've
got five different sites on there. Number one Shop Back,
this brand new cash back shopping assistant that just launched
in the US. You get a dollar back on every
Amazon order, plus cash back on other sites. Simply codes
if you're looking for working codes, these promo codes actually work.
(06:35):
It's the only promo code site I use. There's a
website called the Big List of Streaming Deals. If you
want free Peacock or a free trial on Paramount plus
Apple TV plus Stars, it is all there. It's updated
on daily basis. Plus I've got some more all at
rich on tech dot tv. Amy It's a roundup of
some really great sites today.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Definitely going to check that out, the simply codes, especially
because I've at those sites where they go here, try
this code, try this code, and they all go nope, nope, nope, nope,
never work, never works.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yep. This is the one I use, and it works.
If there is a code out there, this site nine
out of ten times has it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Okay. Thanks, that's so great to know. This is the
host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's our very
own Rich DeMuro. Also, you can see him weekdays on KTLA.
You can hear him live every Saturday from eleven am
to two pm on KFI. You can follow him on Instagram,
Rich on Tech, and of course the website with those
great ways to save money. Rich on Tech dot tv.
(07:34):
Thanks so much, Rich, we'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Have a great one, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
You two. I'm excited about that one. I gotta go
do a little perusing, save some money, especially the Amazons.
They have a buck on every Amazon order. I could
save thousands of dollars a year. Thousands the point, all right,
Let's say good morning now to the host of Rich
on Tech Saturdays from eleven to two right here on KFI.
It's Katla tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you. Amy.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Okay, so we got the iPad and we've got something
that they finally have on the iPad and something that
they still don't have on the iPad.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, it's only taken about fifteen years to get this application,
but it is finally there. And that app is WhatsApp.
That is the app. That's basically the entire story. People
love WhatsApp all over the world. They use it to communicate.
It is fully encrypted end to end, which people really like.
It is owned by Meta, but it's on the iPad now,
(00:42):
so you can have it on multiple devices. Your phone,
your Mac, your iPad. Messages do stay in sync and
the end to end encryption stays intact across all devices.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Okay, so go get it. I have a question, and
that is that WhatsApp has been available on the iPhone
but not on the iPad. Is there a reason for that?
Speaker 2 (01:03):
You know? I think part of it was the encryption situation,
because when WhatsApp was first available, the reason I didn't
use it is because you can only use it on
one device. At the time, it had to be linked
to a phone number on a phone, and then they
sort of expanded that over the years. I don't know
what the reason for the iPad lag was, but it's
there now. The only other app that Meta needs to
(01:24):
make for the iPad is Instagram, which people are baffled
why there's not an official Instagram app. You know, you
can put the phone app on there, but there's no
official sort of like big screen Instagram app for some reason.
So maybe that will be next.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah. I didn't even know that because I have an iPad.
I rarely use it because I just use my phone
so often. But that's just crazy that the IG isn't
on the iPad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, you would think there would be. But you know,
I think at some point Instagram had like a reason
for it, like, oh, we want to keep it, you know,
more intimate with your phone versus like your iPad. But
you know, it's like, come on, give us options.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Okay. So I think that we've talked about this before
about how you can turn your when you take notes
and stuff, you can turn it into a podcast, And
now that's available in more places.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, so we talked about this a couple weeks ago.
Notebook LM is the tool, So this sort of was
an experiment at Google, just like a small thing. It
went viral because of this audio overview feature, which basically
allows you to toss any information you want into this
notebook LM app and it will convert it into a
(02:39):
podcast basically with two hosts kind of talking about the information.
But you can put anything in there, so you can
you can, you know, put PDFs in there, you can
put a website, YouTube, video, anything you want to learn
more about. And what's neat about this is that it's
only using that information, so it's kind of like a
little bit cleaner than it would be if you just
use like straight up AI because it's trying to pull
(03:02):
just from your info. But the other thing is amy
you can also ask questions. You know, you can sit
there and like type in questions about things that you
want to ask about the information you put in there.
So anyway, it's a really cool learning feature available through Google.
And now they finally came out with an app on
iPhone and Android. This only took them like two years,
so that's not too yep. But the cool thing is
(03:25):
you can listen to those audio overviews anywhere basically.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Okay, So my question is if it's taking your information,
it's not going out searching the web. It's taking your
information and making the podcast. Is this for like your
own edification or to share with like, is it to
help you study or is it excited to share?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
No? I think it's I mean, you could share it.
You could download the podcasts and share it out, but
it's not meant to like make podcasts for you that
you can like share with friends and family. Like, that's
not really the idea. The idea is that you're going
to a foreign country. You want to learn everything you
could possibly learn about it, and so you drop that
information into notebook LM. It generates a podcast. I'm doing
(04:06):
a panel discussion today, so they gave me a whole
briefing book. I dropped that into notebook LM. I listened
to that in my car, and now I'm briefed on
all the things that everyone wants to talk about, the panelists,
the background whatever. But it's only that information. So it's
really just you know, you want to learn a new law,
you know, throw it in there, that take it down act,
that they passed a couple weeks ago. You can throw
(04:27):
that in there and you can learn about that. So
it's just a different way to learn. A lot of
college students use it, a lot of lifelong learners. It's
just a really different and convenient way to learn thanks
to AI.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Okay, and let's talk phones, because you have been playing
with the brand new S twenty five Edge for the
last couple of weeks and you said you we talked
to you about it, or we talked to you when
you first got it and you said, I'm going to
play with it for a while. Well now you have yes, So.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
It's been about three weeks. I've been using it on
a daily basis. This is Samsung's thinnest phone yet it
goes on sale on Friday. It's super thin, it's super light.
I do love that aspect of it. I don't love
the fact that there's no dedicated zoom lens. It has
become not an issue, but it's definitely not ideal if
you're coming from like a phone that has that. But
(05:17):
if you don't really care the phone, the camera is
excellent on this device, like really really impressive. I've used
it in all kinds of different situations, and it's a
great phone. The battery life was my other question. I
would say that the battery life is fine. If you
have a charger, you're going to be fine. I would
say it's not going to have as good battery life
towards the end of the day as some of the
(05:38):
main other phones, but still overall, I really like this device.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Okay, So Samsung Galaxy S twenty five Edge available in
stores now right Friday, Available in stores Friday. And how
much does it cost?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
It starts at eleven hundred dollars, but there are many
many deals out there, so be on the lookout. If
you pay full price for that thing, you're doing something wrong.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Okay, speaking of not paying full price, just real quick
money saving websites, you have some tips so we can
save some money, which I always I'm going to have
my ears perked up for this one.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
This is great. If you visit my website one time
this year, go today rich on tech dot tv. I've
got five different sites on there. Number one Shop Back,
this brand new cash back shopping assistant that just launched
in the US. You get a dollar back on every
Amazon order, plus cash back on other sites. Simply codes
if you're looking for working codes, these promo codes actually work.
(06:35):
It's the only promo code site I use. There's a
website called the Big List of Streaming Deals. If you
want free Peacock or a free trial on Paramount plus
Apple TV plus Stars, it is all there. It's updated
on daily basis. Plus I've got some more all at
rich on tech dot tv. Amy It's a roundup of
some really great sites today.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Definitely going to check that out, the simply codes, especially
because I've at those sites where they go here, try
this code, try this code, and they all go nope, nope, nope, nope,
never work, never works.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yep. This is the one I use, and it works.
If there is a code out there, this site nine
out of ten times has it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Okay. Thanks, that's so great to know. This is the
host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's our very
own Rich DeMuro. Also, you can see him weekdays on KTLA.
You can hear him live every Saturday from eleven am
to two pm on KFI. You can follow him on Instagram,
Rich on Tech, and of course the website with those
great ways to save money. Rich on Tech dot tv.
(07:34):
Thanks so much, Rich, we'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Have a great one, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
You two. I'm excited about that one. I gotta go
do a little perusing, save some money, especially the Amazons.
They have a buck on every Amazon order. I could
save thousands of dollars a year. Thousands the point, all right,
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