Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Last week, I wrote an article laying out my smartphone history, in which I waxed nostalgic about some of the devices and platforms ...

When answering machines first came out, "callers resisted the whole notion of speaking to a machine." It was weird. Why would anyone want to talk to a robotic voice that asked you to "leave your name ...

Saturday, May 28 marks the 18th anniversary of the day that Saturday Night Live star and comedy legend Phil Hartman was murdered in his sleep by his wife, Brynn Omdahl. So many years later and just ...

Messenger is rolling out a host of new features with its latest update! Highlights include an answering machine, AI-generated wallpapers, improved call quality, and Siri integration. Although ...

Sometimes, someone blogs about something that someone else blogged about, and it leads to an incredible discovery, or in this case, a rediscovery. (SOUNDBITE OF ANSWERING MACHINE RECORDING) ...

“Please leave a message after the ….” It’s a phrase we all know, but in 1971 the PhoneMate 400 took voicemail to the next level. Find out why the hi-tech machine changed the answering machine game.

Broadband is available in most areas these days but there are still places where dialup is the only solution. And of course if you are on the Internet and you get a phone call, the caller gets a busy ...

Apple's implementation of a digital video answering machine, once destined for inclusion in an earlier version of Mac OS X, has been resurrected in a patent filing, suggesting the company may give the ...

Dear Abby: I have a telephone answering machine. It is very handy, but it`s a source of great frustration when someone dials a wrong number and leaves a message. For example, the following message was ...

WATAUGA (KRLD-AM) -- The Masjid Al-Sahaabah mosque in Watauga is on edge after someone left a threatening message on its answering machine. "If you think you're going to establish Sharia Law in my ...