Telephones

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone is acquiring Dimension Data, as Japan's largest telephone company seeks to expand its global footprint and offer up new services to take advantage of cloud computing.

Getting rid of landlines and going mobile-only is a popular choice for people -- especially young singles -- who are looking to cut costs.Verizon lost 9.8% of its landline subscribers last year, and is now working overtime to retain those it still has. The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription...

If you were a baby boomer - or the parents of one - then you remember the old-time telephones. You remember the 1930's classic -form follows function - desk phone, clunky, black and squat. You remember when colors arrived and the appearance of the wall phone. If you were a girl, what you remember...

For the 10.3 million unemployed people in the United States who are looking for a job, one of the most frustrating aspects of a job hunt is waiting for the phone to ring. Especially after an interview. And especially after an employer says "We'll call you soon." I know. I've been doing it for six...

This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. I bought my first cell phone in the late 1990's, and by now it's hard to remember what life was like...