So, the telephone was a positive force in society, providing a new source of income for women. But the rise of ‘hello girls’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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) ...