Government Shutdown Impacting technology

[DavidJ726]

This is really beginning to get annoying, tourists are being held hostage in towns because roads are "closed" to non-residents, National Parks are being closed and people can't even view the monuments from the roadside, and now this... It's time to get the government out of our lives!!

Device makers such as Google Inc. (GOOG) may have to delay introductions of new smartphones and other products because the partial U.S. government shutdown halted certifications that the gadgets don?t cause interference.

Computers, mobile phones, gaming systems, TVs and wireless medical devices that emit radio waves need to pass a review by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC clears about 16,000 electronic devices annually, according to figures presented last month to U.S. lawmakers by Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner.​

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From Gadgets Stuck in Shutdown Pipeline Portend Possible Delay - Bloomberg

 

[Golfdriver97]

An unfortunate downside to shutdowns.

 

[srkmagnus]

An unfortunate downside to shutdowns.

Yup. There's a lot of people being affected right now. It's far beyond those who work for the Federal Government...the trickle effect this is having needs to stop.

 

[FuzzyB]

This is really beginning to get annoying, tourists are being held hostage in towns because roads are "closed" to non-residents, National Parks are being closed and people can't even view the monuments from the roadside, and now this... It's time to get the government out of our lives!!



Read more at the following link;

From Gadgets Stuck in Shutdown Pipeline Portend Possible Delay - Bloomberg

"It's time to get the government out of our lives!!"

Truer words were never spoken!

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