Why aren’t there “phone books” (directories) for cell phone numbers? Finding your name and number in the phone book once meant that you had officially made it in the world. You see that in the film ...

BT, the former British Telecom, has put its archived telephone books dating back to 1880 online. BT partnered with the subscription-based website, Ancestry UK, to offer a searchable database that will ...

When is the last time you found someone's phone number using a phone book? If you don't have it stored in your phone, you can usually find it online. So what are people using the phone book for? Even ...

Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...

IThe other day, Nick, my 20 year old, called me in Miami on his cell phone from a crowded sidewalk in Manhattan. “Dad, are you at your computer?”. I knew what was coming next. “Can you check a phone ...

The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here! If you’re old enough to get the reference, you’re probably old enough to remember using rotary-dial phones to call grandma and grandpa on ...

Online phone directories can be a useful tool in looking up someone's number or address, much like a traditional paper phone book. However, the online phone books also provide maps and directions to ...

In the U.S., we produce 804,000 tons of phonebooks every year. That's the statistic that comes from the EPA. It's over five pounds of paper for every man, woman and child, including those too young to ...

In my job, I think a lot about how most people these days would rather get their news and information online than from a printed newspaper. People talk to me about it, and a look at our circulation ...

ALBANY — The days of having a new telephone book regularly delivered to your door are over for many New Yorkers. The state Public Service Commission on Thursday allowed Verizon and its directory ...