In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere ...

Dial-up modems used to be the default way of accessing the Internet, but times have moved on. They’re now largely esoteric relics from a time gone by. With regular old phone lines rather hard to come ...

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that ...

When we think about using the internet in the 1990s, there’s one specific sound that comes to mind. You can’t really describe it in writing but you can surely recreate it with your voice. In fact, I ...

AOL is ending dial-up access next month, 34 years after launching the service that provided many Americans with their first (somewhat limited) taste of the internet. The surprising news here is that ...

A moment of reflection, if you will, for AOL dial-up, the service that brought a generation of Long Islanders to the internet, and now is on the brink of its demise. The service and accompanying ...

Apple’s iOS 17 will include one of the biggest revamps to the iPhone’s phone app in years. The newly updated Phone app included with the software update adds real-time voicemail transcriptions, ...

Also BBSes, which were also huge time sinks. I ended up bringing in a second phone line to my parents' house, and then a third line when I wanted to run a BBS. But the house was only wired for two, so ...

AOL-or American Online, as it was once called-is officially ending its dial-up internet service after 36 years. This change comes after the 2023 United States Census Bureau report that claimed ...

Major discounts on top-rated high-end smartphones like the Pixel 9 Pro and Galaxy Z Fold 6 make upgrading more affordable than ever. I’m one of PCMag’s mobile writers. That means I check out phones, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Take caution when using your smart phone's voice technology to look up a phone number. The Better Business Bureau warns it could dial up trouble. Smart devices and voice technology ...

It’s the last call for Dial-A-Buoy, a longtime phone service that has provided hundreds of thousands of callers with potentially lifesaving coastal weather and water information. The toll-free system, ...