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Apple, AT&T, Google and others working with FCC to combat robocall phone spam

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<p>AT&amp;T chairman Randall Stephenson will soon announce that a consortium of 33 companies, including Apple, AT&amp;T, Google and Comcast are joining the FCC in an effort to crack down on phone call spam made by robots, according to Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-robocalls-idUSKCN10U18L?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29). In the inaugural “Robocall Strike Force” meeting, the companies will announce their initial plans on how to stop US phone owners from receiving advertorial spam run by automated machines …</p>
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