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Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss hurdles for a TikTok deal, a trust in radio survey, Gogo finding a buyer (who filed for bankruptcy in May), a smart video doorbell with facial recognition, Amazon monitoring social media groups that their workers participate in, and more.

Our guest this hour:

Kevin Cornell, CEO of Voosh Technologies

Allen in Wilmington, Delaware listens on WDEL Delawares NewsRadio asked: "Is Dexcom G6, for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes?"

https://www.intotomorrow.com/media/podcasts/2020/09-04-2020/09-04-2020-H1S2.mp3

We let Kevin Sayer, CEO of Dexcom answer Allen.

Thank you, Kevin!

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Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss hurdles for a TikTok deal, a trust in radio survey, Gogo finding a buyer (who filed for bankruptcy in May), a smart video doorbell with facial recognition, Amazon monitoring social media groups that their workers participate in, and more.

Allen in Wilmington, Delaware listens on WDEL Delawares NewsRadio asked: “Is Dexcom G6, for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes?”

We let Kevin Sayer, CEO of Dexcom answer Allen.

Thank you, Kevin!

When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes.

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Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss IFA 2020 Special Edition, online learning, rumored new Google devices, and more.

Our guest this hour:

Robin Daniels, Chief Marketing Officer - Matterport

Ray in Niagara Falls, New York listens online and asked: "I'm having problems with my iPhone X. I'm losing contacts in my phonebook and also if somebody calls me, the call goes right to voicemail unless the person is in my favorites list. Hope you can help me with that."

https://www.intotomorrow.com/media/podcasts/2020/09-04-2020/09-04-2020-H2S1.mp3

Ray, your second question has an easy answer, your first one not so much.

For your second question, we suspect you must be using the Do Not Disturb functionality. Apple built exceptions into their DND functionality. One of them, and the most relevant one in this case is Allow Calls From Favorites.

There are two easy ways to get around one, the first one is to just turn off Do Not Disturb, you can do that by pulling down from the top right corner to activate Control Center. From there just tap on the half moon button and youll be all set.

If you want to be able to continue to use DND but still allow calls (for example, if you just dont want to be notified of apps trying to get your attention). You can go into the settings and open Do Not Disturb.

From that pane you should be able to turn it off and on, check to see if you have scheduled DND hours, and set who is exempt and can still call you.

Your first question is tougher, there is no reason for your contacts to disappear. Something must be misbehaving somewhere and that something must have access to your contacts.

To try to figure out what app could be causing that behavior, you can go into Settings, then Privacy, and finally Contacts. That will show you which apps youve allowed to access your contacts. Any that dont have to access them should probably lose the privilege since, why allow it? But most importantly, one of those is the likely culprit if your contacts disappearing.

Eddie in Columbus, Mississippi listens on SuperTalk and asked: "I just wanted to know the best Wi-Fi extender. Cost, reliability, that sort of thing."

https://www.intotomorrow.com/media/podcasts/2020/09-04-2020/09-04-2020-H2S4.mp3

Eddie, in terms of cost your least expensive solution will be just any old style repeater. Any normal WiFi extender or repeater will be very cheap, think $20, but they are usually harder to set up and not as seamless to use.

The set up process sometimes requires (or more like strongly encourages) a repeater of the same make as your WiFi router. If they are not compatible, some will force you to either connect it via a wired network, or create a second WiFi network to repeat the signal.

Thats not every repeater, some work better, but its often a far-from-seamless experience.

On the other end of the spectrum you have mesh devices that just talk to each other and for the most part self-manage. The set up in this case will be pretty simple and theyll likely work as set it and forget it devices. Theyll also hand off your device between each other depending on what node your...

Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss IFA 2020 Special Edition, online learning, rumored new Google devices, and more.

Ray in Niagara Falls, New York listens online and asked: “I’m having problems with my iPhone X. I’m losing contacts in my phonebook and also if somebody calls me, the call goes right to voicemail unless the person is in my favorites list. Hope you can help me with that.”

Ray, your second question has an easy answer, your first one not so much.

For your second question, we suspect you must be using the Do Not Disturb functionality. Apple built exceptions into their DND functionality. One of them, and the most relevant one in this case is Allow Calls From Favorites.

There are two easy ways to get around one, the first one is to just turn off Do Not Disturb, you can do that by pulling down from the top right corner to activate Control Center. From there just tap on the half moon button and youll be all set.

If you want to be able to continue to use DND but still allow calls (for example, if you just dont want to be notified of apps trying to get your attention). You can go into the settings and open Do Not Disturb.

From that pane you should be able to turn it off and on, check to see if you have scheduled DND hours, and set who is exempt and can still call you.

Your first question is tougher, there is no reason for your contacts to disappear. Something must be misbehaving somewhere and that something must have access to your contacts.

To try to figure out what app could be causing that behavior, you can go into Settings, then Privacy, and finally Contacts. That will show you which apps youve allowed to access your contacts. Any that dont have to access them should probably lose the privilege since, why allow it? But most importantly, one of those is the likely culprit if your contacts disappearing.

Eddie in Columbus, Mississippi listens on SuperTalk and asked: “I just wanted to know the best Wi-Fi extender. Cost, reliability, that sort of thing.”

Eddie, in terms of cost your least expensive solution will be just any old style repeater. Any normal WiFi extender or repeater will be very cheap, think $20, but they are usually harder to set up and not as seamless to use.

The set up process sometimes requires (or more like strongly encourages) a repeater of the same make as your WiFi router. If they are not compatible, some will force you to either connect it via a wired network, or create a second WiFi network to repeat the signal.

Thats not every repeater, some work better, but its often a far-from-seamless experience.

On the other end of the spectrum you have mesh devices that just talk to each other and for the most part self-manage. The set up in this case will be pretty simple and theyll likely work as set it and forget it devices. Theyll also hand off your device between each other depending on what node youre getting the best signal from without you ever noticing (youll only see one network and the rest is up to them).

The downside of those systems is price. Youll have to replace the router and get at least one repeater, so youre looking at around $200 for a Google WiFi, Eero mesh, or an Netgear Orbi pair.

Sandra in Cleveland, Ohio listens on AM800 CKLW and asked: “I am interested in buying an iPad for home use – for check e-mail,

Tech News and Commentary

Our guest this hour:

Dr. David Feinberg, Head of Google Health, Google

Bob in El Paso, Texas listens to the podcasts and asked: "We really like to use some of these social distancing Internet platforms like Zoom. The problem with Zoom is the 40 minute limit on the free version. We're looking for some alternatives. Can you suggest something that's good, that allows the family to talk together besides some of the more popular ones that require a subscription?"

https://www.intotomorrow.com/media/podcasts/2020/09-04-2020/09-04-2020-H3S1.mp3

Bob, Google Meet should work well for your needs. Their tiled view can show up to 16 participants at a time, if your family members could connect to Zoom they should be able to connect to Google Meet using the same devices.

Google has been pushing it pretty hard lately, so you’re unlikely to run into any annoyances until they conquer more market share and want to monetize it more.

Skype has gotten pretty clunky and bloated but it should work for your family too. 

If your family already uses WhatsApp, you can also do video conferences there, which may spare them from having to download an extra app. Microsoft Teams might work for you as well, it’s a little more of a corporate tool meant to help with collaboration on Office documents, but you can ignore that and just use the video.

Other ways of connecting with family is Facebook messenger. They have a video chat option. Snapchat has video chat as well. There you can play games and add filters to your video output. Facetime is another choice if you have an Apple device. It also has filters to make conversations a bit more fun.  

Any gamers would probably know Discord is a great way to stay connected while playing video games or you and your family can video chat and play games with one another with Houseparty.

There are many, many others, but most of the good ones have the same problem Zoom has for your use case: they’re marketed towards businesses and have limits.

For example, Whereby is pretty good but it has a low amount of participants on free accounts, BlueJeans costs less than Zoom per month but has no free version, WebEx feels like something someone forgot to keep updating 5 years ago and the free version will cut you off after less than an hour, and GoToMeeting has no free version.

The good news here is that there are plenty of options even if most products are aimed towards paid use for business.

When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes.

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway:

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway: Call anytime, 24/7 – 800-899-INTO (4686) Or use the “Message to Studio” option on the FREE Into Tomorrow App!

All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automa...

Tech News and Commentary

Bob in El Paso, Texas listens to the podcasts and asked: “We really like to use some of these social distancing Internet platforms like Zoom. The problem with Zoom is the 40 minute limit on the free version. We’re looking for some alternatives. Can you suggest something that’s good, that allows the family to talk together besides some of the more popular ones that require a subscription?”

Bob, Google Meet should work well for your needs. Their tiled view can show up to 16 participants at a time, if your family members could connect to Zoom they should be able to connect to Google Meet using the same devices.

Google has been pushing it pretty hard lately, so you’re unlikely to run into any annoyances until they conquer more market share and want to monetize it more.

Skype has gotten pretty clunky and bloated but it should work for your family too. 

If your family already uses WhatsApp, you can also do video conferences there, which may spare them from having to download an extra app. Microsoft Teams might work for you as well, it’s a little more of a corporate tool meant to help with collaboration on Office documents, but you can ignore that and just use the video.

Other ways of connecting with family is Facebook messenger. They have a video chat option. Snapchat has video chat as well. There you can play games and add filters to your video output. Facetime is another choice if you have an Apple device. It also has filters to make conversations a bit more fun.  

Any gamers would probably know Discord is a great way to stay connected while playing video games or you and your family can video chat and play games with one another with Houseparty.

There are many, many others, but most of the good ones have the same problem Zoom has for your use case: they’re marketed towards businesses and have limits.

For example, Whereby is pretty good but it has a low amount of participants on free accounts, BlueJeans costs less than Zoom per month but has no free version, WebEx feels like something someone forgot to keep updating 5 years ago and the free version will cut you off after less than an hour, and GoToMeeting has no free version.

The good news here is that there are plenty of options even if most products are aimed towards paid use for business.

When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes.

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway:

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway: Call anytime, 24/7 – 800-899-INTO (4686) Or use the “Message to Studio” option on the FREE Into Tomorrow App!

All CALLERS — using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  – automatically qualify to win prizes.

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Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss Dave's and Chris' coronavirus experiences, and more.

Our guest this hour:

Richard Kanadjian, Encrypted USB Business Manager, Kingston Technology

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The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway:

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway: Call anytime, 24/7 – 800-899-INTO (4686) Or use the “Message to Studio” option on the FREE Into Tomorrow App!

All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes.

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Tech News and Commentary

Dave and the team discuss Dave’s and Chris’ coronavirus experiences, and more.

When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes.

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway:

The 2020 COOL “Into Tomorrow” HOT Summer Giveaway: Call anytime, 24/7 – 800-899-INTO (4686) Or use the “Message to Studio” option on the FREE Into Tomorrow App!

All CALLERS — using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  – automatically qualify to win prizes.

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