The first "phone book" (really a one-page sheet) came long before phones like this, but it was an important step towards the printed directories that were ubiquitous in the twentieth century and are ...

Don’t count on automatically receiving a Verizon white-pages telephone directory next year. The state Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved Verizon’s plan to halt distribution of its ...

The official local phone book, a reminder of the age when telephones came in any color as long as it was black, is fast fading from the scene. "In a cell-phone age, white pages directories have become ...

Before the Internet, if a person needed to obtain a phone number or address for a person or business, he grabbed the phone book and searched for the information. Back then, "Googling" consisted of ...

If you live in eastern Volusia County, you may have recently received a phone book. For some of us, it may have been a pleasant (or unwanted) surprise and a nostalgic reminder of those pre-digital ...

Photo illustration with Marilyn Monroe holding phone book. Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined ...

IThe other day, Nick, my 20 year old, called me in Miami on his cell phone from a crowded sidewalk in Manhattan. “Dad, are you at your computer?”. I knew what was coming next. “Can you check a phone ...

The YPA is calling the site the National Yellow Pages Consumer Choice & Opt-Out Site, because it allows you to opt out of all books or choose to receive selected books. I clicked through through the ...

In the U.S., we produce 804,000 tons of phonebooks every year. That's the statistic that comes from the EPA. It's over five pounds of paper for every man, woman and child, including those too young to ...

ALBANY — The days of having a new telephone book regularly delivered to your door are over for many New Yorkers. The state Public Service Commission on Thursday allowed Verizon and its directory ...

Q: What ever happened to phone books? Do they still make them, and if so, why? Isn’t it a colossal waste of paper? A: Ah, remember the days that your new, crisp, fresh-smelling phone book would arrive ...

We started receiving this warning in our inbox in 2015: Despite dire warnings like the one above about the imminent release of cell phone numbers to telemarketers that continue to be circulated via ...