Besides the Car Pro Show and our weekly newsletter, my other favorite radio show and newsletter is Kim Komando’s. We are on many of the same radio stations across America. She does for her listeners and newsletter subscribers exactly what I endeavor to do: Give you useful information to keep you up to date on the latest in cars, only she does it with technology and there is nobody who does it better. Not sure how she puts out a top-notch newsletter seven days a week, but she does.
With her permission, I comb her newsletters each week and curate a list of her tips and advice that I think you'll find relevant and interesting. Here's what I have for you this week!
As written in Kim Komando's newsletters:
Old car, new tech tricks: No Apple CarPlay or Android Auto? No problem. A $20 Bluetooth FM transmitter (the best one I researched for you) plugs into your cigarette lighter and broadcasts your phone’s audio through your car stereo. Tune to an empty FM station, and suddenly you have Spotify, Waze, podcasts and hands-free calls. Pair it with a magnetic phone mount (the one I use) on your dash, and you’ve got a setup that rivals cars twice the price. Your 2009 Camry doesn’t know what hit it.
Don’t bus a move: I’d lose it if I got to the gate and found out my flight was a bus. Not transportation to the plane, that long vehicle is your plane. American Airlines is selling some itineraries that look like normal connections, but one leg is ground transportation in the fine print. So you book a flight online, drag yourself through TSA, and surprise, it’s highway time. Read the details before your layover turns into a field trip. Yikes.
Rocket stock mania: Well, SpaceX is going public at more than $1.75 trillion. Elon’s company quietly filed with the SEC, and if it lists as soon as June, it could raise up to $75 billion, the biggest IPO ever by a mile. Bigger than Aramco’s $29 billion. And get this. You know the whole rockets and Starlink pitch, but it’s also including things like Starship, AI data centers in space and a moon base. My index fund just lit a cigarette.
Bushel of luck: A kidnapped man in New Jersey was rescued after his Apple Watch sent an emergency SOS alert when he could not call or openly ask for help. Cops tracked the signal and got to him in time. I love a good wearable tech rescue story. The little wrist narc that bugs you to breathe turned into a getaway plan. Charge and wear your watch, it might save your life.
File under fake: AI tax scams have gotten way too good, with phishing emails that name your employer, your state, even a fake refund estimate pulled from data brokers, all dressed up to look like the IRS. One click on “verify your refund,” and you’re donating your identity to strangers. The IRS will never email you. Go directly to IRS.gov yourself.
The storage killer on your phone: It’s not apps. It’s not photos. It’s videos. One minute of footage eats more space than dozens of pictures. Before deleting things you actually use, check your camera roll. On iPhone, open Photos > Library > sort icon (three lines, top right) > Filter > Videos. On Android, Gallery > Menu > Videos. Your storage problem is probably five clips deep.
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