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Kim Komando Today

Uber dangers, remote work scams, fix slow Wi-Fi

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Stop pulling out your credit cards to buy things. Follow these tricks instead. Plus, here's the best place for your router to fix lagging Wi-Fi. Also, five legitimate ways to make money online — and remote job scams to look out for. You also need to know about the enormous risk you take whenever you order an Uber.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond.

0:06.7

And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me.

0:11.8

Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out.

0:16.2

And that's it.

0:19.1

You got me. It's Kim Commando today. And I'm here with you just the facts and tips you need to thrive in our digital world.

0:25.2

Or, as I like to say, to live the best digital life ever.

0:28.9

You know, it was just bound to happen.

0:30.6

And I always like to start with a fun fact.

0:32.5

I mean, why sell something right out when you can make more money by charging a monthly fee?

0:37.2

That's happening all over

0:38.7

our lives, just thinking about all these little monthly charges that look little until you just add

0:43.4

them all up. Well, Apple is getting ready to launch a monthly subscription fee. I don't know if you heard

0:48.0

about this, for your brand new iPhone. And so instead of spending like $1,000 for a new phone,

0:53.2

you can lease it from Apple for about 50 bucks a month.

0:56.3

Why? Apple's going to make more money with this new revenue model as they brought in a new marketing team to replace the old one,

1:03.1

because after all, every once in a while, you need to have an Apple turnover.

1:08.7

Yes, yes, that's so funny. I know, and welcome to Kim Commando today because of my

1:14.1

successful weekend radio show that's on over 430 stations now. We've launched Kim Commando today.

1:21.1

That's our Monday through Friday edition of Kim Commando. And you can also get it as a podcast.

1:25.7

Where we get your podcast is search for Commando with a K, of course.

1:28.7

You can get Kim Commando today as a podcast.

1:30.6

And of course, you have at least a few questions about something digital.

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