Review: Wonka | TIME

People who love musicals often find themselves in a Sharks vs. Jets standoff with those who don’t. I recall a highly intelligent but perhaps overly literal sixth-grade classmate defending his stance with a sniff: “People don’t just spontaneously burst into song on the street.” He was right, but also so, so wrong. Without musicals, the world would be much more miserable than it already is; they’re one of the great joys of theater and film. [Read More]

Ringless Voicemail Compliance: 2021 Forecast (Youre Going to Get Sued For Using It) | Benesch

Ringless Voicemail (“RVM”) technology provides companies the ability to reach a massive amount of people with low cost by avoiding typical telephony charges. RVM works by sending a voicemail message via server-to-server communication, bypassing the need for a consumer’s telephone to ring. From the consumer’s perspective, there is no ringing telephone or missed call notification. Advocates argue that RVM is more time efficient due to the large number of telephone calls that are unanswered and is also less intrusive on consumers because it does not result in a ringing telephone. [Read More]