The Truth About Toll Free Scams
800 toll free numbers serve a wide range of genuine services, from community outreach, personal support, technical support, and a wide array of customer-related needs. Unfortunately, the services that are contests and scams have given 800 toll free services a bad name. Beyond telemarketing, it sometimes seems as if the “Do Not Call list” doesn’t do enough. Similar to how e-mail scams are referred to as “phishing”, these tricks prey on your sympathies and desires promising to deliver the minute you give them those credit card digits.
Court Verdict Issued: Apple Lays Smack down on Samsung
The damages are being done. The phones in question: Continuum, Droid Charge, Exhibit 4G, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Tab, The Gem, Indulge, Infuse 4G, Mesmerie, Nexus S 4G, Replenish, and Vibrant were found to have illegally ripped off Apple’s software interface concepts—including bounce-back scrolling and other subsequent gestures. Not only that, phones like the Galaxy S, S 4G, Infuse 4G, and Vibrant among others were found to infringe upon Apple’s “front trade dress”. The Galaxy Tab gets off for the design, if that’s any moral victory.
2012 Marks the 45th Anniversary of The Toll Free Number Services
Originally started in the early 1960s as a “Freephone” service in the United Kingdom, AT&T capitalized on the opportunity to create an alternative collect calling method and reduce the need for operators. The service was introduced as IN-WATS, or Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service, and was used by major hospitality companies such as the Americana, Hyatt, Marriott, Rodeway, Sheraton and Quality Inn. Unfortunately, the call centers were so difficult to operate that the service providers soon went out of business.