If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to ...

This column is for people who remember — or who heard stories from their parents or grandparents — that staticky, buzzing ...

Argyle (Eduardo Franco), Jonathan’s (Charlie Heaton) California-stoner best friend, gave Stranger Things fans plenty of laughs in season 4. The dedicated Surfer Boy Pizza employee is passionate about ...

Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard's film "Sound of Freedom," which highlights the realities of child sex-trafficking, is continuing to draw in audiences across the country. The movie ...

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

"That damn movie follows me around like an albatross," Christopher Plummer once said Christopher Plummer's best-known film The Sound of Music wasn't always one he held in high regard. Plummer's death ...

Santa Claus is coming to town, but you don't have to wait until Christmas Eve to hear from Ol' Saint Nick. While he's incredibly busy with last-minute touch-ups and making sure everything's in order ...

To call your voicemail on an Android phone, open your phone's dial pad and hold your finger down on the "1" key.

Every day, innocent people get on the phone and find themselves transformed into a robot by an evil system of telecom infrastructure. At least, that’s what it sounds like on the other end of the line.

10-digit dialing requires callers to enter the area code for the phone number they’re dialing. skynesher Getty Images People making local calls to Lexington phone numbers will now have to dial the 859 ...

Rotary phones, once a staple in the typical mid-century living room, were largely relegated to dusty basements and landfills ...