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Tag results: Phone calls

Buffering … ⏳

The fact is, despite four decades of evolving technology, video conferencing is a sort of low-level magic that still konks out half the time. Here’s why.

Mar 24, 2020

Know Who’s Calling?

Over the past 35 years, our views on privacy and Caller ID technology have totally flipped. The concern used to be about the caller. Now, it’s the recipient.

Dec 05, 2019

Holding Patterns

The unusual state of hold music, which works pretty much the opposite way that every other kind of music does, for reasons both technical and psychological.

Jun 18, 2019

The Chinese Robocall Blues

Like spam messages, robocalls aim for the broadest possible audience in an effort to get someone, anyone, with its scam. And both are annoying as heck, too.

May 15, 2018

A Weaponized Slogan

Verizon’s popular “Can you hear me now?” tagline has been ruined by phone scammers trying to buy stuff with your voice, the Better Business Bureau reports.

Feb 01, 2017

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