First Warning Weather Impact Day Thursday: Heavy rain, flood risk

Rain moves in tonight with periods of heavy rain expected Thursday and Friday in New Orleans ...

I got my kids, all 7 and under, a landline. They invited friends over on a snow day without my help, and I was thrilled.

I wanted my kids to experience a 90s-style childhood, and our new landline showed me how independence can grow with the ...

Android’s new ‘Call Reason’ flags important calls before you even pick up

Friends in your contact list who also have an Android phone can signal when this call isn’t one to send to voicemail.

I dialed these 14 secret codes to unlock hidden features on my Android and iPhone

ZDNET's key takeaways Use these codes to forward calls, pay your bill, check balances, etc.Some of the codes work only on ...

After an 86-year-old’s landline went silent, thieves stole $25K. The hijacked phone number scam is fueling a $4.5B crisis, but 1 move can stop it cold

But within weeks, $25,000 disappeared from the 86-year-old’s Wells Fargo savings account. Thieves had pulled off a ...

Miss Manners: My co-workers won’t stop chatting while I’m on important calls

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As part of my job as a news reporter, I spend a great deal of time on the telephone. The conversations I ...

Miss Manners: Struggling to concentrate on phone in the newsroom due to loud colleagues

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling noisy coworkers in a newsroom during ...

Miss Manners: How can I get my co-workers to be quiet during important calls?

Most of the time it is impossible to ask the person to hold on while I request that my co-workers keep it down. And ...

Miss Manners: How do I get chatty co-workers to pipe down when I’m taking an important call?

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...
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You May Still Need a Landline. Here's Why

Still have your old cordless phone? It could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world in the event of massive mobile network outages. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / ...