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‘Green bubble’ texts on iMessage are not the FCC’s problem to solve

20 February, 2024

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The Hill

When iPhone users see a green bubble pop up in their text messages, it has a way of dulling the experience. Emoji reactions, Facetime video calls, or even high-quality images over WiFi are immediately broken once a green-bubbled Android user slides into a group thread. This is the reality of Apple’s iMessage protocol, the default…
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The EU’s ‘regulate first, innovate later’ mantra will sink U.S. tech firms

30 June, 2023

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Daily Breeze, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, Pasadena Star-News, Press-Telegram, Redlands Daily Facts, San Bernardino Sun, San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Last week, a bespeckled white-haired Frenchman strolled the streets of San Francisco in between high-profile meetings and uncomfortable photo ops. With his horn-rimmed round glasses, wavy hair, and tailored suit, as well as a full entourage of slickly-dressed Europeans, the European Union Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, made his rounds in Silicon Valley.…
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Antitrust tech hearings dig for consumer harm but come up short

31 July, 2020

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Consumer Choice Center

Armed with face masks and fresh customer complaints, members of the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law convened both virtually and in-person on Thursday, for the first of many hearings on competition in the tech sector. It was almost a six-hour marathon of gobbledygook legal turns of phrase and static-prone sessions of troubleshooting for lawmakers.…
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Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show: 100 Years of Prohibition, U.S. Gov’s $1 billion 5G Alternative, and more (17. Jan 2020)

17 January, 2020

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Big Talker 106.7FM, Interviews

Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: 100 Years of Prohibition: Why the legacy carries on in states like North Carolina and other southern states. We need modern alcohol policy. U.S. Senators want to create a $1 billion alternative to Huawei. Here’s why that’s a bad idea. Apple…
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