---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190827192640.GA32145@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:26:40 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FTC Announces Robocall Crackdown by Alan L. Friel, Linda Goldstein, Amy Ralph Mudge and Randal M. Shaheen Commission rounds up a posse, tackles 90+ separate actions Le Deluge The Federal Trade Commission announced its latest major initiative against robocallers, those shadowy denizens of the phone-line ether that have plagued consumers since the internet subsumed all worldly communication. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=827410&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <194A1A12-F8A8-4A75-B1E6-CFD82809F90A@roscom.com> Date: 27 Aug 2019 19:23:40 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: A phone insurance company bought uBreakiFix, the official Pixel and Galaxy phone repairer By Ashley Carman Asurion, an insurance company for phones and other devices, has reportedly acquired uBreakiFix, the official phone repair company for Google Pixel devices and Samsung Galaxy phones. The immediate plans for the merger aren't clear, but it'd be relatively simple for Asurion to push its customers over to uBreakiFix locations to get their insured devices immediately repaired. uBreakiFix operates more than 500 stores in the US, and Asurion offers its customers screen repairs along with complete phone replacements, depending on their plans. Asurion is the provider of the phone insurance plans sold by AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon in the US. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/27/20835034/ubreakifix-asurion-right-to-repair-acquisition ------------------------------ Message-ID: <C6A9E7F4-E239-4C46-BDF4-8BB51C5E7AC6@roscom.com> Date: 26 Aug 2019 01:46:06 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Expert recommendations for a child's first phone, from basic to smart Expert recommendations for a child's first phone, from basic to smart Consider what kind of features your child needs, the operating system and the price. By Lindsey M. Roberts The experts agree: Age shouldn't be the deciding factor in when a child receives a cellphone. Instead, parents should weigh a child's level of maturity and need for a phone. "You know your child better than anyone else," says Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital. "All 13-year-olds are not the same. There's some who can handle social media and there's some 23-year-olds who can't. It's really a matter of parenting your kids in the digital space just as we parent them in the physical space." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/expert-recommendations-for-a-childs-first-phone-from-basic-to-smart/2019/08/21/80949820-a808-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 29 Aug 2019