FieldPulse says it can confirm the window on the call
FieldPulse says you can confirm an arrival window on a call while notes stage later, and Meta terms still allow website copying.
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FieldPulse says its software can confirm the window on the call
FieldPulse says Maverick is in the base subscription for every customer, with no per-person fee and no message cap. FieldPulse says it can check who is free on a live call, stage call notes into a job or estimate later, and nothing changes until a person approves it.
Why it matters: If your office runs on FieldPulse, FieldPulse says you can confirm an arrival window on a live call, with call notes staged into a job or estimate later for a person to approve.
Source: FieldPulse ·
Knowify says a contractor chat tool opens a beta
Knowify said October 16 that a chat tool for pricing a bid from a customer email and scheduling the crew opens a beta early the next week. Knowify says the beta has no extra charge, and a basic version will be in every account at launch, plus a paid add-on.
Why it matters: If you already run jobs in Knowify, Knowify says this beta can turn a customer email into a priced bid and a schedule, and the beta itself has no extra charge.
Source: Knowify ·
Always-listening gadgets can put the legal risk on the wearer
CNBC reports Amazon's Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse arrived Thursday, built to record, transcribe, and analyze, and Amazon says it stores no audio. CNBC reports a written summary can still fall under wiretap rules in some states when no audio is saved, and the risk can sit with the wearer.
Why it matters: If someone on the crew wears a device that listens all day in a customer's home, CNBC reports the legal risk in some states can sit with the wearer, not the company that made it.
Source: CNBC ·
Rules and prices
Laws, rulings and price changes that affect which AI tools you can use or what you pay.
Meta business terms still let it copy your website
Nieman Lab reports Meta removed the word train from business-account terms starting October 30, with no opt-out, and the terms still let Meta copy linked pages. Meta says owners can still tell its copier to stay away, and Nieman Lab says that line is not in the terms.
Why it matters: If you run a Facebook or Instagram page for the business, these terms start October 30 with no opt-out, so read what they let Meta copy from your website.
Source: Nieman Journalism Lab ·
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