August 2021 | FTC-I

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31

2021

FCC Stepping Up Its Anti-Robocall Efforts in 2021

At the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), preventing unwanted phone calls, including illegal and spoofed robocalls, is a top priority. And there is good reason the responsibility is considered so important. These annoying, intrusive and often even dangerous calls are the No. 1 reason consumers file complaints with the government agency, which is charged with regulating telephone calls and other forms of communication throughout the United States. And according to reports, U.S. consumers received nearly 46 billion robocalls in 2020 alone. What the FCC is Doing to Crack Down on Robocalls To combat these unwanted calls, the FCC has recently engaged...

Aug

23

2021

5 Powerful Ways a Business Can Benefit From Boosting Its Social Media Efforts

In an increasingly internet-savvy world, social media has become one of the top ways people all over the globe stay connected with friends, family and colleagues. For businesses, social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube offer the opportunity to build and maintain strong connections with consumers, too. But according to a 2019 survey, nearly 40% of small businesses do not take advantage of the opportunity and have no social media presence at all. For business owners who fall into this group, it is never too late to start leveraging the business-boosting benefits of social media. And...

Aug

16

2021

5 Great Smartphone Apps for Musicians

Today’s smartphones are a serious boon for music lovers. Among other things, they give users the ability to store days (and even weeks or months) of music right in the pockets, not to mention allowing them easy access to all of it with just a few simple swipes and clicks. But the musical benefits of owning a smartphone certainly do not stop there. The devices can also deliver major advantages to musicians who own them. Consider these five great apps that can make life easier for musicians: The Metronome by Soundbrenner: Keeping time is essential for any musician, whether he...

Aug

13

2021

5 Great Websites Offering Free Online Resources for Small Business Owners

As upstart entrepreneurs know, when trying to get a small business off the ground or working to keep a more established one profitable, it is important to stretch every dollar. And one of the best ways for small business owners to limit a business’s outgoing expenses is to adopt a do-it-yourself mentality, taking on and gaining a high level of proficiency in as many business-critical tasks and operations as possible. Fortunately for business owners in the digital age, the internet puts a wide range of online resources at their fingertips to help them sharpen their business knowledge and skills. For...

Aug

10

2021

8 Simple Tips for Taking Better Smartphone Photos

Among the many reasons smartphones are so popular is they put a long list of powerful tools in users’ pockets at nearly all times. And of these wide-ranging tools, one of the most popular and regularly utilized might also be one of the longest tenured: the devices’ built-in cameras, which have been around since the days when the flip phone was at the technology’s cutting edge. These always-in-reach cameras, though, have certainly come a long way since their early days. While the initial cameras built into mobile phones were far inferior to their full-size handheld counterparts, the image quality of...