Gen Xers watched dial-up phones shrink to pocket size; typewriters turn into touch screens; and appointment TV give way to ...

Long before smartphones and streaming, a handful of iconic gadgets shaped the daily lives of Baby Boomers, leaving them with ...

There’s something special about growing up in a world of rotary phones and VHS tapes. It might not seem like it, but it equipped us with some unique skills. You see, in an era before smartphones and ...

It’s safe to say that few people still use rotary phones on a daily basis. Hell, most of us don’t even use landline telephones anymore. But just because these classic phones are no longer being used ...

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that We've all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically ...

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” for example, are abstract words without the physical reference that older ...

There was a time when we didn’t need games on our phones, because every phone came with a built-in game of roundabouts. Kids today have no idea what they missed, and don’t seem too impressed when they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you grew up using a rotary phone, you know how quickly technology has changed. Long gone are the days of stretched phone cords ...