I spoke to an AT&T archivist about Alexander Graham Bell's famous transmission. Even though calls have changed, the reasons behind them are still the same. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology ...

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor and innovator, received the first patent for an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically,” a device he called the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Before the iPhone’s marimba ringtone, before rotary phones, even before the candlestick telephone, it all started in New Haven. The New Haven Museum displays a replica of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell makes his first successful telephone call to his assistant, saying, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” This success allowed ...

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. An MIT historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first telephone call on March 10, 1876. These ...

Alexander Graham Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He came to the U.S as a teacher of the deaf, and conceived the idea of "electronic speech" while visiting his hearing-impaired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI March 7 (UPI) ...

When Alexander Graham Bell made the first-ever phone call on March 10, 1876, he never could have dreamed how the telephone would evolve — not to mention the many ways it would end up changing the way ...

DALLAS — Read this story and more North Texas business news from our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal. Modern communication began with nine words: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see ...

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March 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany shortly after declaring independence ...