In 1982, Tommy Tutone had a smash hit with “867-5309/Jenny.” In the song, Heath fantasizes about calling a girl after finding her phone number on a wall. He also begs her not to change her number. The ...

Chaos erupted at a packed Southern California mall Wednesday evening after a hoax emergency call triggered a massive police ...

Indeed, this was the explanation that USA Today came up with in 2024. People have just become (I am paraphrasing here) unconsciously self-centered jerk faces who don’t even think about how annoying ...

I spoke to an AT&T archivist about Alexander Graham Bell's famous transmission. Even though calls have changed, the reasons ...

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. An MIT historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first telephone call on March 10, 1876.

On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized the way we communicate when the first discernible human voice traveled over wire from one person to another.

When Seth MacFarlane first brought a foul-mouthed teddy bear to life in the 2012 hit film Ted, the absurd premise quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon. Over ...

Old car phone cell networks were shut down years ago, but if you take the right steps, you can connect your car phone to your modern mobile device.

Few horror franchises have balanced reinvention and nostalgia as deftly as the Scream series. Beginning with 1996’s razor-sharp original and revitalized with ...

With its twirly cord and landline-like features, the Tin Can is giving kids a crash course in phone etiquette. For example: Talk!

President Donald Trump talked to the U.S. men’s hockey team and invited them to his State of the Union address after their gold medal victory over Canada at the Winter Olympics. American Olympian ...

MILAN — Team USA received a congratulatory phone call from President Donald Trump after its 2-1 win over Canada to take gold in men’s hockey for the first time since 1980. “He just spoke to the group ...