IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1971, PhoneMate introduced the ...

Telephone answering machines were almost a fad. They were hindered for years by not being allowed to connect to the phone lines. Then a mix of cell phones and the phone company offering voicemail made ...

Joseph J. Zimmermann Jr., 92, who in 1948 invented one of the first telephone answering machines, died March 31 in Brookfield, Wis. The cause of death was not announced. Zimmermann was running his own ...

I dunno what happened, but I've been positively inundated with automated telemarketing calls over the last couple of months. <BR><BR>I was going to order a Telebouncer from amazon, essentially a ...

I miss the old days. That simple fact was made evident after reading a feature story in the Hub regarding appropriate phone message habits. The main point of the article was this: Be brief, concise ...

Have you been bothered by a robocall recently? If you are like the rest of us, the answer is, of course, yes. And I am sad to admit, that you might be able to thank my father for that. It was 1975 and ...

Our cordless phone tests mean that we can tell you everything – from call quality and how well they work over long distance, to nuisance call-blocking capabilities and the built-in answering machine – ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The origin of magnetic recording can ...