Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old telephone made of copper Phones are integral to the everyday lives of most people, but who should be regarded as the device's ...

Have you ever wondered what the voice of the telephone inventor sounded like? An unplayable recording of Alexander Graham Bell was found by Smithsonian Institution researchers in 2013 at the National ...

On March 7, 1876, a 29-year-old inventor named Alexander Graham Bell officially received a patent for his new invention, the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, revolutionized communication by enabling instant long-distance ...

Here’s a quick history lesson: On March 10, 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell -- the man behind the telephone -- successfully made the first phone call in history. The call was to his assistant, ...

Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when he ...

The light bulb wasn’t really Edison’s. The telephone wasn’t really Bell’s. In 2002, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Hardly momentous words, but their implications were enormous. Spoken by Scottish-born ...

The first phone call sparked the creation what is now the largest advanced converged network that connects Americans to the internet faster than ever. AT&T Inc. (T) (NYSE: T) proudly continues the ...

Author and science journalist Seth Shulman contends that dodgy patenting in the telecom industry extends all the way back to Alexander Graham Bell Author and science journalist Seth Shulman contends ...

Any schoolchild knows who came up with the telephone or the sewing machine. But conventional wisdom often has it all wrong.