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Google Messages updates bring iOS reactions and YouTube embedsThe tech giant has detailed the new and upcoming features for its Messages app.
Google has detailed the new, recent and upcoming changes to its Messages app in an effort to advocate for the more widespread adoption of the RCS messaging protocol. Apple chief Tim Cook recently made clear that the company has no plans to fix the 'green bubbles' texting experience anytime soon, but Google's feature additions improve messaging interoperability between iOS and Android. Earlier this year, it rolled out an update for the Messages app that allowed it to display iMessage reactions as emoji. More recently, it launched the ability to react to SMS texts from iPhone users with emoji reactions, as well. To make navigating busy group chats easier, the app will soon let users respond to individual messages when RCS is enabled — they simply have to swipe on a particular message to reply. This will begin rolling out in the coming weeks. Google has expanded access to the Voice Message Transcription feature, as well, giving people who own a Pixel 6, Pixel 6A, Pixel 6 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy Fold 4 the option to read the contents of a voice message instead. The feature auto-transcribes voice messages using machine learning and was only previously available for the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. Another new feature is the ability to add reminders from right within the Messages app. Users who set reminders for birthdays and anniversaries will even get a notification when they open the application. In addition, the app will now suggest "starring" a message to keep track of important information or scheduling Meet calls and creating Calendar events when appropriate. Google has also given Messages an in-app YouTube player, so that users won't have to leave the application when someone sends them a link to a video on the platform. It's testing the capability that would allow users to chat with businesses on Search and Maps from within the application in some countries, as well. And for those flying United, take note that the tech giant has struck a deal with the airline to offer free messaging for passengers using United WiFi starting this fall. Finally, Google is updating its Messages, Phone and Contacts icons to "to better reflect today's modern messaging experience" and to better blend in with Google's other apps. |
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TECH IN YOUR LIFE You’re not the only one accidentally turning on your iPhone flashlightGoodbye, butt-dial. Hello, butt-light.By Heather Kelly Updated October 19, 2022 at 8:31 p.m. EDT
There are two kinds of iPhone users. The ones who accidentally turn on their flashlight and leave it blaring out of their back pockets — and the people who wonder how they keep doing that. Sarah Andrew Wilson says pockets are partially to blame, specifically the lack of pockets in women’s clothing. With no place to quickly put her iPhone away, the tech entrepreneur is constantly grazing her screen with a hand while trying to multitask, hitting the flashlight button in the bottom left corner of the screen. “I do feel like people are silently judging me. As in, I don’t know how to use my phone. But I’m in tech! I know how to use technology! I’m an early adopter,” says Wilson, who is 47. “So this is obviously a design problem on Apple’s part.” Wilson is not alone. We heard from dozens of readers about their flashlight woes, and many more Twitter users, as young as 22. The flashlight button has been on the iPhone’s lock screen for several years. It sits on the opposite side from a nearly identical button that turns on the camera and turns the light on with a bit of light pressure. Turning on the flashlight can drain a phone’s battery, flash in someone’s eyes or just be embarrassing. (To skip to our tips on how to make it happen less, scroll to the bottom.) Apple declined to comment on the matter. To figure out why this was happening, I asked people struggling with the problem to demonstrate how they pick up and put away their phone. People who don’t have flashlight woes were careful not to touch the glass, holding their smartphone gingerly on the edges like a CD. The iPhone owners who did turn on their lights were more likely to hold on to the phone like it wasn’t a giant slab of touch-sensitive glass, gripping the front and the back of the device between their fingers. People of all ages appear to struggle with this issue. Tori Daniels, 25, says they have been turning on the flashlight for years, most recently when they walked into a pitch-black room and realized it was illuminated by their back pocket. Daniels says it’s a button-placement issue by Apple more than a user error. “I think it’s a comparable level to the fly-is-down thing. Not actually embarrassing. More like, ‘Oh, shoot. How long has that been happening?’ ” Daniels says. Zain Jaffer, 34, is not a fan of strangers telling him his flashlight is on. “I feel most people say it in a condescending tone. They will go out of their way to say ‘excuse me sir … your flashlight is on’ and then walk away with a smug smile. I think it’s the equivalent of driving a car and someone honks at you.” Drew Turner, 40, doesn’t think people are judging him when the light is on, but it still stings when they say something. He keeps his phone in his back pocket, flashlight unknowingly pointing out for all to see. “I guess I think it’s a me problem since it doesn’t seem to happen to everyone, but I don’t know what I’m doing differently,” Turner says. Accidentally doing things on cellphones has a rich history dating back to butt-dialing. Calling someone inadvertently doesn’t happen as much since lock screens became common, but now we’re triggering other things on our smartphones. Divya Goel, 25, says turning on the flashlight is a common problem in her friend group. But the flashlight doesn’t concern her as much as the camera, which once recorded a full 10-minute conversation from her pocket. “The accidental camera thing is a little unsettling to me,” she says. Another common accidental iPhone problem is triggering SOS and calling 911, which can happen by pressing and holding the side button for too long. But it’s the flashlight that seems to be the most common issue, perhaps because the outcome is the easiest to see. Many people find the fickle button so frustrating that they’ve come up with their own ways to turn the light off. Some bypass the screen altogether and use Siri to turn off the light. (Try, “Hey, Siri, turn off flashlight.”) Michael Wong, a 29-year-old VR start-up founder, toggles the camera on to quickly disable the light. “I just swipe a bit to the right and it turns the flashlight off. It’s much easier to swipe a bit to the right than long-hold the flashlight button,” Wong says. Tricks to turn your flashlight on lessTry these tricks one at a time to see if they help your problem. You can also watch my quick video version.
Chris Velazco contributed to this report. |
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Officials: BSFR paramedic slept through fatal emergency call; probe finds ‘pager anomalies and failures’BY NICOLE LINSALATA OCTOBER 20, 2022 COOPER CITY, FLA. (WSVN) - A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic slept through an emergency call that led to the patient’s death, drawing concerns about the alarm system at a fire rescue station in Cooper City and triggering an investigation that uncovered “anomalies and failures” with an important piece of the first responders’ equipment. Investigators said a call for help with someone having trouble breathing came into the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Station 28 in Cooper City at 11:34 p.m. on Aug. 17. Audio from the call captured the dispatcher describing the situation. “Twenty-eight Echo. Trouble breathing,” said the dispatcher. A little under 20 seconds later, the dispatcher is heard repeating her call and providing the patient’s address. Firefighters would normally hear an alert go out in a situation like this twice, but there was no response from Rescue 28. Nearly 2 minutes after the first call, then 16 seconds after that, the dispatcher reached out to confirm the ambulance was en route to the home. But the crew were not on their way. One of the firefighter-paramedics, sleeping in a separate location, apparently never heard the call. “When that call came in, it would dispatch a rescue truck of three people. They sleep in different locations inside of the station, so there’s different alerting tones or systems that are throughout,” said Jason Smith, president of the organization Broward County Professional Firefighters. Smith said two of the firefighters went to the truck, but realized the third had not responded. “They went out, they went to the truck. As they were preparing themselves to respond to the 911 call, this was when they they recognized, ‘Hey, the individual in charge of this truck is not here,'” he said. The dispatcher sent another crew from the same station. By this time, the breathing trouble had turned into a cardiac arrest. “At this time, this is when everyone starts realizing that an initial call had come in, and they missed it,” said Smith. The question arises: how did the firefighter-paramedic, as well as another one sleeping in the same room, not hear that first call? “This individual asked questions to their group, ‘Hey, did you hear a call?’ And then that’s when [They said], ‘Yeah we got a call, but it didn’t go off in our room,'” said Smith. BSFR conducted an investigation and found that all the overhead alert tones appeared to be working, that they were “unable to replicate” the problem.” However, investigators also found “anomalies and failures” with pagers the firefighters wear. Why the first responders didn’t hear those alerts is simply unknown. The delay in this case was 2 minutes and 40 seconds. The man sent to the hospital died several hours later. When asked what he would say to people who learn about this incident and wonder what would happen if they call, Smith replied, “I would say that that is a fair position to initially feel, but the responders of the Broward Sheriff’s Office are dedicated to getting it right. We don’t delay any form of care, whether it’s from minor or to the most urgent, so for us to have any delay is a problem for us.” 7News has learned that some of the firefighters’ pagers have been replaced, the volume in some of the alerts has been increased to make it easier to hear, and there is now a checklist to make sure everyone is accounted for and they know where everyone is. The patient’s family declined to comment. |
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Lawmaker Warns FCC Not to Exceed Its AuthorityBy Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief
If the Republicans win control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections next month, Rep. Kathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), now the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, could be Chair. She wrote to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently, signaling the agency should stick to its marching orders from lawmakers, and not stray from that, even if the Commission seats a third Democrat during the lame-duck session of Congress. “As the committee of jurisdiction overseeing the FCC, I assure you the committee and its members will exercise our robust investigative and legislative powers to not only forcefully reassert our Article I responsibilities, but to ensure the FCC under Democrat leadership does not continue to exceed Congressional authorizations,” Rodgers warned. She noted that “in recent years the FCC has taken it upon itself to misinterpret its authority to initiate rulemakings with ‘economic and political significance’ that fit the chair’s political leanings.” Rodgers didn’t say specifically what congressional authorizations she believes the agency surpassed. She cited West Virginia v. EPA, a recent Supreme Court decision that clarified the limitations of certain agency action. “Although Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution vests ‘all legislative powers’ in Congress, the Biden administration has largely relied on executive action to advance its radical agenda,” notes Rodgers. As an example, in his first year, President Biden issued more executive orders and approved more major rules than any recent president, according to Rodgers. “Such reliance on the administrative state undermines our system of government. Our founders provided Congress with legislative authority to ensure lawmaking is done by elected officials, not unaccountable bureaucrats,” wrote Rodgers. “Given this administration’s track record, we are compelled … to remind you of the limitations on your authority,” she stressed. In response this week, Rosenworcel stated: “I can assure you that the FCC takes seriously the responsibilities entrusted to it by Congress under the law.” As requested, the Chairwoman included a list of pending and expected rulemakings and the specific Congressional authority for each one. Rosenworcel also included a list of pending and expected Declaratory Rulings on delegated authority by an FCC bureau or office. |
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BloostonLaw Partners Discuss Privacy at CVTMA Fall MeetingOn October 21, BloostonLaw partners Ben Dickens and Sal Taillefer will be presenting at the Carolina-Virginias Telephone Membership Association’s Fall Conference. The discussion, entitled “Telco & ISP Privacy: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today,” will cover the FCC’s attempt to regulate privacy in 2016, and then discuss the various attempts by some states to enact privacy laws of their own when the FCC’s regulations failed. Ben and Sal will then provide an overview of the privacy landscape as it applies to telcos and ISPs today, and will wrap up with a discussion of recently proposed Federal and State privacy legislation affecting telcos and ISPs. BloostonLaw Contacts: Ben Dickens and Sal Taillefer HeadlinesFCC Sizing Up 12.7 GHz Band For 5G Services and BeyondIn the upcoming October Open Meeting, the FCC is poised to adopt a Notice of Inquiry and Order seeking further information on the current use of the 12.7-13.25 GHz Band (12.7 GHz Band), how the Commission could encourage more efficient and intensive use of the band, and whether the band is suitable for mobile broadband or other expanded use. The 12.7 GHz Band represents 550 megahertz of mid-band spectrum that the FCC believes could offer an ideal blend of capacity and overage for providing 5G services and beyond. The NOI portion of the item seeks information on the current use of the band and whether the band is suitable for mobile broadband or other expanded use. The item asks whether any incumbent services in the band should be sunset, remain in their current form, or be relocated, and whether to adopt cost-sharing procedures to apportion any relocation costs among new entrants. The Commission’s inquiry was initiated at the request of DISH Networks, which uses the band for Fixed Satellite services (including television and broadband Internet services). Another major licensee in the band, RS Access, offers no telecom services and is backed by billionaire Michael Dell. Within a 50-kilometer radius of the 100 largest TV markets, the 13.15-13.2 GHz frequencies are reserved for television pickup stations, and cable television relay services (CARS). The 12.75-13.25 GHz band has only limited Federal use. The NOI asks questions about potential spectrum access methods in the 12.7 GHz band, including whether to use or require devices to access a database or other spectrum management system similar to the way the Spectrum Access System (SAS) manages the wireless communications of devices transmitting in the CBRS band, in order to prevent harmful interference to higher priority users. While there has been pushback to reallocating the band from consumer rights organizations, Indian Tribes, community groups, school districts, education associations, agricultural organizations, and small business groups, the satellite industry is eyeing the $90 billion raised by the recent C-band auction in hopes of another big payday. Nearly 100,000 satellite broadband customers have reached out to the FCC urging it not to risk their broadband access by supporting the proposal from DISH and the 5G for 12 GHz Coalition. SpaceX has also been a prominent critic of the 12.7 GHz proposal, which it says will result in a windfall to DISH and Dell’s personal trust fund, and would “effectively end service to Americans who already depend on the band.” While current stakeholders and nationwide wireless carriers are likely to have the most in the way of substantive input at the NOI stage of the proceeding, small and rural carriers should keep an eye on the band for future 5G opportunities. BloostonLaw Contacts: Cary Mitchell and John Prendergast. White House Announces Accelerated Infrastructure Initiative; Includes Dig-Once Broadband ProgramOn October 13, at the White House Accelerating Infrastructure Summit, the White House announced new efforts and an Action Plan to accelerate the rebuilding of US infrastructure under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Included among the described efforts is a “dig once” construction effort to speed broadband, transportation, and electrification projects. Specifically, the Department of Commerce (DOC) will initiate a Dig Once effort in cooperation with the Departments of Transportation and Energy. Dig Once entails interagency coordination on planning, design and construction to prevent multiple excavations for broadband, transportation and electrification projects. DOC will support state broadband offices to work with their counterparts in state energy and transportation departments to identify potential opportunities for project coordination. This effort will support the Federal Highway Administration’s December 2021 Broadband Infrastructure Deployment final rule that allows installation of broadband during road construction projects to minimize disruption and delay. The full Action Plan can be found here. Law and RegulationComment on New Robotexting Rules Due November 10On October 11, the FCC published in the Federal Register its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing new rules on caller ID authentication for text messaging and new blocking requirements. Accordingly, comments are due November 10, and reply comments are due November 25. As we reported in a previous edition of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, the NPRM proposes and seeks comment on applying existing caller ID authentication standards to text messaging. It also proposes requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts, at the network level, that purport to be from invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers, and numbers on a Do-Not-Originate (DNO) list. Finally, the NPRM also seeks input on other actions the FCC might take to address illegal texts, including enhanced consumer education. Providers interested in filing comments on the NPRM may contact the firm for more information. BloostonLaw Contacts: John Prendergast and Cary Mitchell. FCC Announces Updates to Form 499 for 2023 On October 14, the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing the availability the (1) annual Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A (FCC Form 499-A) and accompanying instructions (FCC Form 499-A Instructions) to be used in 2023 to report 2022 revenues, and (2) quarterly Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-Q (FCC Form 499-Q) and accompanying instructions (FCC Form 499-Q Instructions) to be used in 2023 to report projected and collected revenues on a quarterly basis. Links to the new forms and instructions are embedded above. The revisions to the 2023 FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q and the accompanying instructions, as applicable, are summarized below:
Carriers with questions about the annual and quarterly Form 499 filings may contact the firm for more information. BloostonLaw Contacts: Gerry Duffy and Sal Taillefer. FCC Settles Investigations into Failures to File Annual 911 CertificationOn October 14, the FCC issued three orders settling three separate investigations into failures to file the annual 911 certification by Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation d/b/a Viya, Mud Lake Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., and Highland Telephone Cooperative. As a result, each of these entities will pay up to $6,000 in civil penalties and will implement compliance plans to ensure the deadline is met going forward. Covered 911 Service Providers, which are defined as entities that “[p]rovide[] 911, E911, or NG911 capabilities such as call routing, automatic location information (ALI), automatic number identification (ANI), or the functional equivalent of those capabilities, directly to a public safety answering point (PSAP), statewide default answering point, or appropriate local emergency authority,” or that “[o]perate[] one or more central offices that directly serve a PSAP,” are required certify that they have taken reasonable measures to provide reliable 911 service with respect to three substantive requirements: (i) 911 circuit diversity; (ii) central office backup power; and (iii) diverse network monitoring by October 15. Certifications must be made through the FCC’s portal. BloostonLaw Contacts: Sal Taillefer. IndustryOhio Receives First Planning Grants under Bipartisan Infrastructure LawOn October 13, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Ohio received its first planning grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, Ohio is receiving $6,470,550.76 in funding to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet throughout the state. From the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, Ohio will receive $5 million to fund:
From the Digital Equity Act (Digital Equity) program, Ohio will receive $1,470,550.76 to fund:
As we reported in a previous edition of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, all 50 U.S. states and six territories applied for planning grant funding for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s BEAD program and Digital Equity program. Ohio is the second state to receive both its BEAD and Digital Equity planning grant. Grant awards for all 56 eligible entities will be announced on a rolling basis. BloostonLaw Contacts: Ben Dickens, Gerry Duffy, and Sal Taillefer. FCC Authorizes RDOF Support for 1,865 Winning Bids; Announces More DefaultsOn October 12, the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing the authorization of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (Auction 904) support for the winning bids identified here. For each of the winning bids identified, the FCC reviewed the long-form application information, including the letter(s) of credit and Bankruptcy Code opinion letter(s) from the long-form applicant’s legal counsel and, based on the representations and certifications in the relevant long-form application, formally authorized and obligated support. The FCC also provided a list of winning bids associated with winning bidders or their assignees that have notified the FCC that they do not intend to pursue all or some of their winning bids in a state. A list of these bids can be found here, and according to the Public Notice, a list of the eligible census blocks covered by these winning bids will be made available on the Auction 904 website under the “Results” tab, https://www.fcc.gov/auction/904/round-results. Auction 904 support will not be authorized for these bids, and the winning bidders and assignees are considered to be in default for these bids and subject to forfeiture. In the near future, the FCC indicates it will post a state-level summary under the “Results” tab on the Auction 904 webpage at https://www.fcc.gov/auction/904/round-results. The summary will provide for each long-form applicant included in this Public Notice: 1) the total support amount over 10 years and total number of locations that the long-form applicant is being authorized for in each state, 2) the total number of locations to which the authorized support recipient must offer the required voice and broadband services for each performance tier and latency in each state, and 3) the eligible census blocks included in the winning bids that are being authorized in each state. The FCC included a summary of the various obligations of authorized Auction 904 support recipients, but caveated that this list is not comprehensive:
The FCC authorizes support and determines defaults on a rolling basis. DeadlinesNOVEMBER 1: FCC FORM 499-Q, TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORTING WORKSHEET. All telecommunications common carriers that expect to contribute more than $10,000 to federal Universal Service Fund (USF) support mechanisms must file this quarterly form. The FCC has modified this form in light of its decision to establish interim measures for USF contribution assessments. The form contains revenue information from the prior quarter plus projections for the next quarter. Form 499-Q relates only to USF contributions. It does not relate to the cost recovery mechanisms for the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund, the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA), and the shared costs of local number portability (LNP), which are covered in the annual Form 499-A that is due April 1. BloostonLaw Contacts: Ben Dickens and John Prendergast.
Calendar At-a-GlanceOctober November Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP is a telecommunications law firm representing rural telecommunications companies, wireless carriers, private radio licensees, cable TV companies, equipment manufacturers and industry associations before the FCC and the courts, as well as state and local government agencies. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized enterprises whose vitality and efficiency depend on the effective deployment of communications. |
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