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 ...

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 ...

For people who grew up in the mid-1970s, The Rockford Files is probably a recognizable TV show that brings back fond memories. Those born after the 1980s may be less inclined to have heard of the show ...

Martin Schneider of the website "Dangerous Minds" reviews a series of pre-recorded outgoing messages made by Radio Shack in the 1980s when home... Radio Shack's Answering Machine Messages Were Hip To ...

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 ...

With two line operation, this AT&T phone can conference between land and cellular lines as well as pair with up to four Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. Boasting caller ID and call waiting features, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

In “The Overlook,” Michael Connelly’s latest murder mystery, L.A. Police Det. Harry Bosch phones a hotel clerk and asks him to evacuate a guest who’s in danger then phone him back. “Here, write this ...