Tied Up Today

On 7 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received his patent for the telephone . The famous "first call" -- where he said "Mr. ...

On 1 September 1878: the first telephone operator, Emma Nutt, ushered in the era where women would dominate the job. She worked for the Edwi...

The history of the telephone centers on the 1876 invention by Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson. Bell's entry in hi...

 On this date in 1963, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics created a "hotline" communication...

 On 7 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. Exactly fifty years later (1926), the first transatlantic conve...

 On 7 March 1926 (95 years ago today), a telephone conversation was established between the post office in London and Bell Laboratories in N...

On this date in 1878, Emma Nutt reported for work at the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston. She became the world's firs...

Charles Schulz' first "Peanuts" cartoon was published on this date in 1950! It starred a little boy named Charlie Brown. The o...

On this date in 1950, Charles Schulz (1922-2000) published the very first Peanuts® cartoon. My tie shows many Peanuts characters with cell p...

On this date in 1963, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics created a "hotline" communication l...

On this date in 1878, Emma Nutt became the world's first female telephone operator, for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. They had...

100 years ago today, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson completed the first transcontinental telephone call! Read more details in my bl...

Happy Area Code Day! In 1951, the nation was first tied together with coast-to-coast direct dialing for telephone calls on this date. Some o...

Today is turning into "Rescue Ben's Cell Phone Day." Ben is flying to Salt Lake City for a newspaper-business conference. He c...

Today marks the 137th anniversary of the first words spoken over the telephone: " Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you." (Al...

Yesterday marked the 61st anniversary of Area Codes for the U. S. telephone system. I grew up with area code 215, went to college in 716, se...

Greetings on "World Hello Day"! Be sure to say "Hello!" to everyone around you today. Alexander Graham Bell originally t...

July is (always) National Cell Phone Courtesy Month. These characters from Peanuts® always take their chance sometime this month to show how...

It's "Area Code Day," celebrating the anniversary of direct long-distance dialing that began on this date in 1951.

July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month, a time to remember how to be nice to others with your cell phone. Yes, there is a Web site dedic...