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Kim Komando Today

Venmo on Amazon, holiday smart speaker, no more Chrome

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

If you can solve this riddle, you belong in the FBI. Plus, Amazon now allows you to pay with Venmo, Chrome is going away with Windows 7 and browser extensions that take over your searches.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, I always like to start with something interesting. And I got an email the other day from Robert in Alabama. And he actually said this to me. Hey, Kim, love the show, love the podcast. Thank you, Robert. We love you too. Is it okay that I still use Internet Explorer? Because I'm so used to it, I don't want to get rid of it. Okay. Well, Robert, where were you 25 years ago? Okay,

0:22.7

because think about it. That was when Microsoft first released Internet Explorer, and they actually

0:28.0

killed it off on June 15th of 2022. So, Robert, you should not be using Internet Explorer at all.

0:35.5

I mean, you're going to be using Edge. You probably are using

0:37.7

Windows XP, which means that you need to get rid of that, too, just a little word to the wise.

0:42.3

But it reminds me of an old joke. It was a chilly day in spring when a woman answered her

0:47.3

front door to a child holding a plastic pumpkin by the handle. And the little child says,

0:53.1

trick or treat. And the woman says, you're a little late on

0:57.0

this one, sweetie. Halloween was many months ago. She goes, oh, I'm sorry, I was dressed up as

1:02.2

Internet Explorer. Exactly. All right. Hey, joining us here on Kim Commander today, every Friday

1:09.3

it's a podcast, a little bit different than the Monday through Thursday podcast. Because on Friday, we'd like to call it Tech Refresh. And it's your show about all things digital. And it gives us a chance for all of you to learn more about, well, first of all, our amazing content queen, Ali Selgman. And Ali, what pearls of wisdom are you going to be sharing with us today?

1:29.6

Well, on the bad news side, I have got a hidden danger in your browser. But on the fun side,

1:34.6

a couple little holiday tricks you can use with your smart speaker. Oh, nice. So you're back to being

1:40.2

bad news, Alley. Unfortunately, but just for the news. Just for the news.

1:44.3

Just a little bit.

1:45.2

All right.

1:45.4

And then, as always, we have our magnificent millennial and our very own Internet

1:49.2

Scout, Matthew Heffel.

1:50.9

And how are you going to be wowing our listeners today?

1:53.5

Matt?

1:54.0

You know, I'll be talking about how Amazon is finally getting Venmo, as well as the part two of my weight loss journey using tech,

2:01.4

and a test to see if you're smart enough to be in the FBI.

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