Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in Boston history, the first ever successful phone call was made. Many know the story of the telephone's invention by ...

NEW YORK CITY -- On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men ...

March 10 marks 150 years since the first telephone call was made by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and telephones continue to change our lives today. The first call was made from Bell in his Boston ...

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. An MIT historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first telephone call on March 10, 1876. These ...

I spoke to an AT&T archivist about Alexander Graham Bell's famous transmission. Even though calls have changed, the reasons behind them are still the same. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - Tuesday marks 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. Wisconsin residents played a role in the invention’s early development. Two years before ...

Whether it was a chunky Nokia or a sleek iPhone, your first phone did more than make calls. It helped define your relationship with technology, shaped your expectations for digital life, and reflected ...

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