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The Telecom Digest for Oct 20, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 186 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Phone Use for Photos and Videos Is Increasing, Report Finds (Monty Solomon)
A Look Behind the Snapchat Photo Leak Claims (Monty Solomon)
Businesses Are Turning to Beacons, and It's Going to Be O.K. (Monty Solomon)
Directory Listings (Michael)

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Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:26:23 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Phone Use for Photos and Videos Is Increasing, Report Finds Message-ID: <941FFB18-0CE0-4C3D-BA78-C5EC6CB50A14@roscom.com> Phone Use for Photos and Videos Is Increasing, Report Finds The Commerce Department reported that in 2012, for the first time, more than half of mobile phone users over 25 used their phone for taking photos or video. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/phone-use-for-photos-and-videos-is-increasing-report-finds/
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:22:45 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: A Look Behind the Snapchat Photo Leak Claims Message-ID: <DD433618-D4B5-4DDE-ADC9-01118B928B8D@roscom.com> A Look Behind the Snapchat Photo Leak Claims Three men who built a tool called Snapaved to store images from the messaging service have come forward to offer details of how a recent theft of thousads of private photos occurred. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/a-look-behind-the-snapchat-photo-leak-claims/
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:30:09 -0400 Subject: Businesses Are Turning to Beacons, and It's Going to Be O.K. From: Monty Solomon Message-Id: <154D7BBE-E017-42D0-9D38-1DB3FF4846A8@roscom.com> Businesses Are Turning to Beacons, and It's Going to Be O.K. Beacons, tiny radio transmitters that send signals to phones close by, have quickly become a new front in the chase to find you whenever and wherever you are. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/technology/personaltech/businesses-are-turning-to-beacons-and-its-going-to-be-ok.html
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:36:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Directory Listings From: Michael <michael.muderick@remove-this.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1c3c04fe-4b3b-4b86-b902-7f067a8ff378@googlegroups.com> Are there any "free" directory listings anymore? Whitepages.com, anywho.com, Verizon supepages, etc., all seem to take you to a paid link for Name, address, phone, reverse lookup. What else is there? mm

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