---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200219143750.GA13683@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:37:50 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Prolonging battery life Tech Tuesday: Prolonging battery life MADISON (WMTV) -- Tuesday is National Battery Day, so in this Tech Tuesday segment AT&T's Caleb Drolshagen has some tips to help juice your battery life and keep that phone charged longer. https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Tech-Tuesday-Prolonging-Battery-Life-567983651.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200219143546.GA13660@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:35:47 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Serial TCPA Plaintiff Suffers Another Defeat The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently dealt another blow to serial TCPA plaintiff, Gorss Motels, Inc., granting summary judgment to the defendant in Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Lands' End, Inc., No. 17-cv-00010, 2020 WL 264784 (D. Conn. Jan. 16, 2020). This is the latest in a series of adverse decisions - including from a Court of Appeal - suffered by Gorss Motels. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/serial-tcpa-plaintiff-suffers-another-63252/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <9569CE7B-00B1-4F39-8C71-38560BAB33CF@roscom.com> Date: 19 Feb 2020 09:10:14 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: My smart car rental was a breeze - until I got trapped in the woods My smart car rental was a breeze - until I got trapped in the woods Kari Paul in San Francisco Tue 18 Feb 2020 I rented a car through the Gig app. But when I lost cellphone service, I found myself stuck by a remote highway On Saturday morning, I used an app on my phone to unlock a vehicle from Gig, a car sharing startup, and set off for a Valentine's Day weekend trip to northern California with my partner. By late Sunday afternoon, we were sitting on the side of a remote highway, a software issue on our smart car rendering it unusable. It was getting dark, we had no way of getting home, and I was contem- plating the limits of the sharing economy and the ultimate costs of convenience. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/18/smart-car-gig-rental-app-trapped ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 21 Feb 2020