Communication
The First Telephone Book Had Fifty Listings and No Numbers
It came out less than two years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the device
'9-1-1' Has Meant 'Help, Please' Since 1968
The first 911 call ever placed came from the small town of Haleyville, Alabama
Patients With Locked-in Syndrome May Be Able to Communicate After All
A new use for brain-computer interfaces gives insight to life with ALS
What Tech Writers Said About the iPhone When It Debuted Ten Years Ago
Not everyone thought the sleek phone/browser/music player would have mainstream appeal
How the Cell Phone Is Forever Changing Human Communication
An ongoing study by Smithsonian anthropologists investigates the dramatic shifts wrought by the smart phone
From the Telegram to Twitter, How Presidents Make Contact With Foreign Leaders
Does faster communication cause more problems than it solves?
The Physical Stock Ticker Is a Relic, But Its Influence Reverberates Loudly Today
On this day 149 years ago, the first digital transmitter debuted
How a Couple of Guys Built the Most Ambitious Alien Outreach Project Ever
You might think it takes vast governmental resources to launch an extraterrestrial communication effort. Nope
Why Do We Still Have Morse Code and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answer
Melting Arctic Ice Might Mean Faster Internet for Some
The dwindling ice has an unexpected benefit: more underwater cables
You Can Help Decode Thousands of Top Secret Civil War Telegrams
Volunteers will transcribe and tease out the messages of of nearly 16,000 communiques
Net Neutrality Was Just Upheld in the U.S. Court of Appeals
It’s a victory for open internet activists—but will it stick?
Video Calls Are Replacing In-Person Visits at Some Prisons
For some companies, bans on in-person prison visits mean big business
Antennae Yield New Clues Into Ant Communication
Despite more than a century of study, scientists still have much more to learn about the complex world of ant communication
Thanks to the FCC, You Might Soon Have More Control Over Your Personal Data
Regulators are taking on internet service providers over targeted ads
This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea
Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean
What the All Writs Act of 1789 Has to Do With the iPhone
How a law signed by George Washington is being applied to Apple
Texting Isn’t the First New Technology Thought to Impair Social Skills
When Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone, skeptics worried about how it might affect people’s interactions
Which States Have the Fastest Talkers?
Next time you hear, "this call may be recorded," an analytics firm could be analyzing every word
Instead of Cheesy Pickup Lines, 19th-Century Americans Gave Out Calling Cards
Consider it the Victorian-era version of OKCupid
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