How telegraph wires strung through trees in 1850 grew into switchboards, local phone companies and, eventually, the AT&T legacy in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Missouri.

The patent for the telephone turns 150 today, the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the telegraph, ...

Nothing has been slow-dripping news about the upcoming Phone 4a for a few days now, with a promise to reveal the handset on March 5. However, the company jumped the gun a bit and just posted an actual ...

Every time the telephone rings in Bryant Pond, it’s a crank call. That doesn’t mean all the town’s 300 telephone subscribers are displeased with the service. It’s just that they share the unique ...

Women's roles in wartime rarely have been so smartly and poignantly portrayed as in "The Hello Girls." Ross Valley Players are staging the 2018 musical drama by co-written by Peter C. Mills and Cara ...

Samsung Electronics Co. announced that its Galaxy Z TriFold, the first foldable phone of its kind to ship to the U.S., will sell for $2,899 and become available Friday. The price is substantially ...

A group of Democratic lawmakers asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a mobile phone venture started by President Donald Trump’s two older sons for “potential violations of consumer ...

The economist and philosopher Adam Smith described the evolution of human civilization as comprising four stages: hunting, shepherding, agriculture and commerce. Each stage represented a leap in how ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Before the iPhone’s marimba ringtone, before rotary phones, even before the candlestick telephone, it all started in New Haven. The New Haven Museum displays a replica of ...

Yeah, I said it — and I’ll stand by it. I know the dust hasn’t even settled on the end of 2025, nor have we named our editor’s choice picks for phone of the year, but I already know what the best ...

EXCLUSIVE: Switchboard, founded by Call Me Miss Cleo producer Celia Aniskovich, is launching a new initiative to help short documentary filmmakers. The company, which is a platform that mixes ...

Three longtime residents of Telephone Hill filed a lawsuit against the city on Friday, seeking to reverse the eviction of residents and halt demolition of homes on the hill. The City and Borough of ...