I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech Daily. Nintendo has a surprise for fans of its hit game Super Mario Odyssey, a free update so you can play some more. The new level is called Luigi's Balloon World. It's now gonna show up after you beat the main story and download the update. Then you just have to find and talk to Luigi to access it. The world is like Hide and Go Seek, but with balloons and players from all over the world. And this is a
pretty brilliant move on Nintendo's part on two levels. First off, it lets kids like mine who are still obsessed with Super Mario Odyssey even after they've completed the game, they get to still play with it with this new level. And it gets people to sign up for Nintendo's online service for the Switch, which right now is free, but they said they're going to start charging for it come September.
All right, Moving on now. A corporate finance guy in San Francisco wanted to see what the difference was between Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Ways, so he did a giant blog post and an experiment. For most of twenty seventeen, he logged about one hundred and twenty trips including weather conditions, traffic,
and more So, here is what he decided. If you want to get to your destination fastest used Google Maps, Apple Maps is best for accurate predictions to when you're going to arrive, and if you're just anxious about getting there, he says to use Ways since it makes you feel like you're making progress due to its random roots. Here's the deal. He also said that Ways is kind of interesting because they always show sort of the shortest estimated time for your trip, when in reality that may not happen.
But here's what his theory is. His theory is that because Google sells advertising on Ways, like when you come to a stop, it will show a little ad on your screen, they want as many people as possible to use the app. And if you open up Ways and it says forty minutes for your trip versus Google Maps that shows forty five, Well, which one do you think you're gonna use? Interesting theory. I Finally, today, a British writer is revealing the two words that could help you
snag a first class upgrade. Her name is Tilly Bagshaw. She's a best selling author and flies about one hundred thousand miles a year. She told Bloomberg Pursuits she has never paid for a first class seat, so her secret. All you have to do is mention the term revenue management to the reservation agent, as in, hey, has revenue management released any first class seats for a miles upgrade? And if they say no, ask to be transferred to that department to see if they can release one for you.
I see this happen all the time. You book an international flight, you go to the first class upgrade page and it says nope, sorry, they're all waitlisted if you want to use your miles, or they're just not available. So the reality is it's not that they're all taken up with miles upgrades. It's just the fact that the airline hasn't really really released any of those seats that they want people to pay top dollar for into a
miles upgrade. So interesting theory. I don't know when I'm gonna try this, but next time I have a big trip coming up, I will definitely do that and I'll report back to you. Guys. Thanks so much for listening. If you like this podcast, be sure to recommend it to your friends and subscribe in your favorite podcasting app just search Rich on tech and hit that subscribe button. If you want links to anything I mentioned on TV, here, or pretty much anywhere, I post them all to my
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