Have you ever wondered why "Hello" is the universal word we say when we answer the phone? Though it feels so natural to our daily communication today, the story of "Hello" is, surprisingly, very new ...

In the early days of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell suggested using “ahoy, ahoy” when users answered because the device borrowed so much from telegraph and nautical greetings. Meanwhile, the ...

A telephone used to be a friend, something you said hello to and took for granted. But since the advent of direct dialing and seven-digit phone numbers plus area code, the square black box, which no ...

Adele's new insta-blockbuster, "Hello," touches on the singer's signature theme of breakup regret while adding a new twist: the telephone. The song joins an illustrious lineage of sad-phone-call songs ...