The telephone made a great difference in the communication patterns of people since numerous inventions have been created by people, yet none of them influenced it to such a significant extent. This ...

The 1876 Centennial Exhibition showcased history-making inventions, including Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. (Library of ...

AT&T marked the 150th anniversary of the first phone call with a major financial commitment to modern-day connectivity. In a ...

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.

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, ...

If we were to somehow pull a Bill & Ted and nab Alexander Graham Bell out of the time-space continuum to bring with us back to 2011, he probably wouldn’t even recognize that the tiny Apple-stamped ...

The stuffy confines of the United States Patent Office could scarcely have presented a less romantic Valentine’s Day setting. But on the morning of February 14, 1876, amid the thrum of clerks busying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new Netflix series Death by Lightning reveals that Alexander Graham Bell invented an early metal detector to try and save the ...