When was the last time you heard a dial tone? If you’re young enough, you might not even know what a dial tone is. You might not understand that we used to hear a droning buzz whenever we picked up ...

EXCLUSIVE: Seasoned television exec Brandy Crawford-Uriu has joined Celia Aniskovich‘s Dial Tone Films (The Merchants of Joy) as the production company’s new Head of Unscripted and Formats. At Dial ...

In a college house near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota, there is a spacious walk-in closet where the band Dial Tone recorded their self-titled debut album. Dial Tone consists of ...

Telephone dial tones are one aspect of modern life that we take for granted, but there is a history there. Wikipedia offers some interesting reading on the subject. Back in 1954 when Bell Telephone, ...

If your organization is like most, you’re still paying a communications service provider for dial tone lines, typically delivered on copper cable. These are also called POTS lines (Plain Old Telephone ...

A familiar tone turns into phantom dialling. The little box in your house or office is calling out to an answering modem. Brief chirps confirm the two devices are ready to talk each other’s language.

Last month, Robber Robber announced their debut album Wild Guess and released the idiosyncratic lead single “Backup Plan.” Today, the Burlington post-punk quartet is back with the bewitching, chaotic ...

AOL has announced its dial-up service will be discontinued after more than 30 years in service. The announcement to shutter the service was recently made in a notice posted on AOL’s website. AOL’s ...

A moment of reflection, if you will, for AOL dial-up, the service that brought a generation of Long Islanders to the internet, and now is on the brink of its demise. The service and accompanying ...