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Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

AP News 22 days ago

Google tells FCC its Voice Service blocks fewer than 100 phone numbers Google Inc. said late Wednesday that its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 specific phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and ...

Google Voice call blocking limited, company says

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 23 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday it restricts calls to less than 100 U.S. telephone numbers with its Google Voice service, responding to a query from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Google Voice has been surrounded in controversy since ...

Ray LaHood Testifies At Senate Hearing On Distracted Driving

Getty Images 23 days ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) testifies about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol ...

A Chat with FCC Chief Genachowski

BusinessWeek 25 days ago

A day after the Federal Communications Commission voted to explore new rules to prevent Internet service providers from blocking certain services and content, the agency's chairman, Julius Genachowski, stopped by BusinessWeek's offices to discuss regulations for an open Internet as well as ...

US regulators move to protect 'net neutrality'

AFP Global Edition 29 days ago

US government regulators agreed on Thursday to begin drafting rules that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all Web traffic equally. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski and two other Democrats voted in favor of crafting rules on "network ...

FCC votes to begin crafting `net neutrality' rules

AP News 29 days ago

FCC to begin crafting `network neutrality' rules for future of the Internet Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic. Despite the concerns of the telecommunications industry and the ...

BLASTING AWAY AT PRODUCT PLACEMENT

BusinessWeek 29 days ago

BLASTING AWAY AT PRODUCT PLACEMENT Nothing infuriates Corie Wright more than when a TV network and advertiser try to sneak a product pitch past viewers. Case in point: Elisa and Jack of 30 Rock fame discussing whether McDonald's McFlurry is the best ...

Key U.S. lawmaker backs FCC on eve of Web rule

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 30 days ago

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker threw his support behind the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet proposal, despite renewed protests from telecom companies including Verizon on Wednesday. The endorsement from Rick Boucher, chairman of a key House committee, came on the ...

TechBits package

AP News 30 days ago

3-D laptops; HP's book project; lobbying on net neutrality With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further — introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen. ...

AT&T asks employees to lobby FCC on net neutrality

AP News 30 days ago

As FCC net neutrality vote nears, AT&T urges employees to speak out on agency blog AT&T Inc. is encouraging employees to join its lobbying campaign against proposed federal rules that would restrict the ways broadband companies can manage traffic on their networks. ...

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