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Thomsen Young June 20, 2015

Cheat Sheet for Open Chat with Jeff Rosen on New Requirements for 2015

Thomsen Young June 20, 2015

Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @ For those of you that missed out, Jeff Rosen, General Counsel for Convo, hosted “Open Chat with Jeff: New Personal Information Requirements…

Thomsen Young June 13, 2015

Did you know? More than 335,000 deaf or hard of hearing Americans own their own business.

Thomsen Young June 13, 2015

(Warning: it has come to our attention that this number is unrealistic since the SBA uses this number to represent its’ own organization). Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow…

Thomsen Young February 24, 2015

FCC Intern Mary Harman, who is deaf, shares her experience.

Thomsen Young February 24, 2015

Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @ An intern who is deaf shares her experience of what it is like interning for the Federal Communications Commission. Mary Harman shares…

Thomsen Young September 6, 2014

FCC wins US court challenge by Sorenson on FCC rate cut.

Thomsen Young September 6, 2014

Three days ago, the US appeals rejected Sorenson Communications Inc’s challenge of a 2013 order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that cut the amount the company get paid for providing a…

Thomsen Young July 22, 2014

FCC Requires Closed Captioning of Online Video Clips

Thomsen Young July 22, 2014

Andrew Philips, from NAD, explains what new rule means when FCC is now requiring Closed Captioning of Online Video Clips. For full transcripts, click on the video. What happened? Back in 2010…

Thomsen Young May 20, 2014

What’s happening with your relay service with FCC?

Thomsen Young May 20, 2014

Sean Gerlis does a vlog about some of the possibilities that might happen with relay services especially focusing on Sprint’s services. According to him, Sprint has urged the FCC to freeze (or…

Thomsen Young May 4, 2014

UPDATE: Purple Responds to FCC Charges and Allegations

Thomsen Young May 4, 2014

Purple has finally officially responded to the FCC press release, that was posted on May 2, 2014. This story was officially reported by DSTidbits.com. Now, Purple is counter-attacking the FCC saying that…

Thomsen Young May 2, 2014

What is Neutral Platform? #SHARE

Thomsen Young May 2, 2014

A very simple video that explains what Neutral Platform is about. For more detailed information about Neutral Platform, check out these latest articles TSG wrote. Ed Bosson Shares Important Information About FCC…

Thomsen Young April 30, 2014

Four Ways to Express Your Concern with FCC on Neutral Platform

Thomsen Young April 30, 2014

Follow the instructions in the video if you want to learn the four ways to express your concerns with the FCC on the Neutral Platform debate. Thomsen YoungFounder of SG http://thomsenyoung.com/

Thomsen Young March 26, 2014

When will Text to 911 be available in the United States?

Thomsen Young March 26, 2014

Text 911 is starting to pop up in cities everywhere in North America. We first reported that Metro Vancouver, Canada started their services last Wednesday. Today, we just heard that Edmonton will…

Thomsen Young March 7, 2014

Upcoming: Open Dialogue with Convo Relay about FCC and VRS industry

Thomsen Young March 7, 2014

The Silent Grapevine is committed to bringing you more information about what’s happening within the VRS industries and we have just learned that Jeff Rosen of Convo will be having an open…

Thomsen Young February 21, 2014

FCC Votes to Improve Closed Captions

Thomsen Young February 21, 2014

FCC has voted to improve services for closed captions. For more information, read below: The FCC has voted unanimously to require program creators and distributors to make their best efforts to improve…

Thomsen Young May 8, 2013

$18.25 million settlement over services for deaf,

Thomsen Young May 8, 2013

NEW YORK — The federal government says AT&T will pay $18.25 million to settle charges related to operating services that are designed for use by the deaf and hard-of-hearing who place calls…

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