The book, out this fall, explores the evolution of the phone, from a newfound technology to an essential everyday item James Gleick's The Telephone explores the unsung history behind one of today's ...

According to the mots recent estimations, around 85% of the world’s population owns a smartphone or landline telephone - that’s 8.31 billion people who are able to communicate thanks to the ingenuity ...

Imagine a world without instant communication, when hand-written letters carried news and gossip, but even the fastest horse couldn't deliver a response in less than a few days at best. The late 19th ...

Here’s a quick history lesson: On March 10, 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell -- the man behind the telephone -- successfully made the first phone call in history. The call was to his assistant, ...

These days cellphones are basically extensions of our bodies, so it might be hard to imagine life without them. But the world’s first telephone call — or, more specifically, the first time a ...

In 1849, Italian-born inventor Antonio Meucci began developing an early voice-transmission device that would later be known as the "teletrofono." Decades of experimentation, financial hardship and a ...

April 25 is just another day to most people, but the date celebrates an important invention that has revolutionized our lives─the telephone. While most people greet a caller with hello, the article ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Author Ella Schwartz — who has an inquisitive mind and pens fiction and non-fiction books for young readers — is in the habit of always asking questions and trying to learn new ...

Alexander Graham Bell was a professor on paid leave from Boston University’s School of Oratory on March 10, 1876, when he successfully completed the first telephone call ever, to his assistant Thomas ...

Cincinnati was one of the first cities to have telephone service, just a year after Alexender Graham Bell introduced the new device. The company formerly known as Cincinnati Bell (now Altafiber) ...