Category: text messages

Tesla’s Holiday Update improves Camp Mode and driving visualization

Post author By Randall
Post date December 23, 2019
Categories In camp mode, camping, car camping, charging, climate control, electric vehicle, ev, ev battery, full self-driving, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, green, holiday update, Music, preview, tailgating, Tech, Tesla, text messages, Transportation, update

[ad_1] In the tweeted words of Elon Musk, “big batteries rock.” With all the extra power, it makes sense that EV owners might want to use some for camping accessories and comfort. Tesla isn’t alone in this thinking. Earlier this year, Rivian added a camp stove add-on to its electric truck. Nissan has a slightly […]

Google adds spam detection and verified business SMS to Messages

Post author By Randall
Post date December 12, 2019
Categories In gear, Google, Mobile, phishing, report, Safety, Scam, Security, sms, spam, Tech, text messages, texting, texts, verified, verify, warning

[ad_1] When you receive a message from a verified business, you’ll see the company name, logo and a verification badge in the message thread. Businesses must sign up to use Verified SMS, and so far, 1-800-Flowers, Banco Bradesco, Kayak, Payback and SoFi are on-board. Verified SMS is rolling out gradually in the US, Brazil, Canada, […]

Former Apple exec claims the company spied on his text messages

Post author By Randall
Post date December 10, 2019
Categories In Apple, breach, business, call records, competition, contract, executive, lawsuit, Mobile, nuvia, Privacy, Security, snooping, spying, Tech, text messages, tomorrow

[ad_1] Apple says Williams violated his contract, which barred him from planning or engaging in any business activities that are “competitive with or directly related to Apple’s business or products,” Bloomberg reports. “This case involves a worst-case scenario for an innovative company like Apple: A trusted senior director with years of experience, and years of […]

Apple reportedly shelves ‘walkie talkie’ iPhone feature

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In Apple, cellular, feature, gear, hold, Intel, Iphone, long distance, Mobile, project, project ogrs, radio, shelved, Tech, text messages, walkie talkie

[ad_1] This is the first time we’ve heard of the technology, which went by Project OGRS at Apple. It reportedly used the 900 megahertz radio spectrum, often used by the utility, oil and gas industries. Sources told The Information that it was designed to use Intel cellular modems. It’s unclear why Apple shelved the project, […]

FCC bans spoofed text messages and international robocalls

Post author By Randall
Post date August 2, 2019
Categories In ajit pai, approved, ban, business, fcc, federal communications commission, gear, international robocalls, Mobile, Politics, robocalls, rules, spoof, spoofing, Tech, text messages

[ad_1] As you may remember, Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the changes earlier this month. In a video announcing their approval, Pai said the FCC has received tens of thousands of complaints about spoofing in just the first six months of this year. The FCC isn’t fighting this fight alone, though. Last week, the House passed […]

FCC Chairman wants to ban caller ID spoofing for text messages

Post author By Randall
Post date July 8, 2019
Categories In ajit pai, ban, business, caller id, chairman, fcc, federal communications commission, gear, international calls, Mobile, Politics, proposed, robocalls, rules, spoofing, Tech, text messages, truth in caller id

[ad_1] “We must attack this problem with every tool we have,” Chairman Pai said. “With these new rules, we’ll close the loopholes that hamstring law enforcement when they try to pursue international scammers and scammers using text messaging.” While the Truth in Caller ID Act prohibits spoofing caller ID information, it did not originally extend […]