---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <6dccdbe5-c804-4bbb-bf74-553c15451ccd@googlegroups.com> Date: 3 Sep 2019 14:37:09 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History Bell System 100 years ago Here is a link to a Bell Telephone ad of 100 years ago. They were pledging value for their revenues but the need to have sufficient income. https://books.google.com/books?id=NDLni1BjdngC&lpg=PA3&dq=boys%20life%20october%201919&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false (you may scroll through the rest of the issue). While the magazine is illustrated, there is much more fine print text than there would be in later years, and certainly today. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <00B87597-8F89-4229-A27C-82145A60F01F@roscom.com> Date: 3 Sep 2019 17:26:05 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: When Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go With It Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could lead to invasions of privacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/technology/smartphone-medical-records.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <da07b566-836f-40e4-8930-7c55b3b66e98@googlegroups.com> Date: 3 Sep 2019 14:28:39 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Expert recommendations for a child's first phone, from basic to smart On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 1:30:31 PM UTC-4, Monty Solomon wrote: > 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. Historical note: The following 1958 Bell System ad might not exactly be what the Post article had in mind. But Bell ran a series of promotional ads featuring the little girl using the phone. https://books.google.com/books?id=vFMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA133&dq=%22it's%20fun%20to%20'phone%22&pg=PA133#v=onepage&q&f=false But Bell also advertised more serious ads with children and urgent situations: Back then operators were there to help. https://books.google.com/books?id=wUUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA111&dq=%22honest%20operator!%22&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q&f=false (preceding page has article on the state of computers in 1961) https://books.google.com/books?id=yVYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA89&dq=%22telephone%20operator%22%20%22emergency%22%20child&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 05 Sep 2019