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Why We Should Bring Back The Phone Call

BuzzFeed | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Phone Calls, Telephone, Internet, Communicating on the Internet, Talking on the Phone, Cell Phone, Technology, Women News

Recently, I got into a conversation with some other women here at BuzzFeed about talking on the phone. The consensus: no one does it, unless they're c...

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Please, Sir, May I Have Another?

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Telecommunications, Verizon, At&T, Telecom, Telephone, Verizon Fios, Verizon Services, Fiber Optic Cables, Landline, Centurylink, Verizon Wireless, Phone Service, Politics News
Bruce Kushnick

For the last 20 years, the nation's major telecom companies have been playing the public and regulatory officials for fools. Now they're claiming they shouldn't be obliged to provide affordable landline service to everyone anymore, as they take the money and run to wireless.

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To My Internet Service Provider: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But I'm Doing It!

Lori Day | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Telephone, Internet, Bees, Relationships, Epipen, Email, Cable Tv, Customer Service, Allergies, Internet Service Providers, Comedy News
Lori Day

So I say to the worst Internet service provider in the world, to whom I have given dozens of hours of my time over the years dealing with their incompetent customer service and tech support professionals and their highly unstable platform, goodbye and good riddance.

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Will Texting Make the Phone Obsolete?

Larry Magid | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center, Texting, Cell Phones, Telephone, Teens Texting, Technology News
Larry Magid

I'm not talking about smartphones -- they're really not phones, but pocket-sized personal computers with an optional voice function -- but I do wonder whether the idea of using any type of device to actually talk is likely to fade away or at least diminish?

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Am I Antisocial?

Marian Salzman | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Telephone, Blackberry, Social Media, Interaction, Stamford, Hyperconnected, Antisocial, Trendspotting, Mumbai, Facebook, Networking, Texting, Communication, Technology News
Marian Salzman

How has this happened to me? How has this happened to so many of us? It seems that all the hyperconnectedness in today's society is siphoning away our energy for real-life interaction. Some people might call my lifestyle antisocial; I'd prefer to say I'm living the "new normal."

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Cool Icelandic Phone Technology Is Hot

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Telephones, Iphone, Cell Phones, Telephone, Voip, Mobile Phones, Dating Sites, Online Dating Sites, Skype, Communications, iPhone Apps, Communication, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Sometimes I doubt that all the amazing communications technology the world has seen in the last decade has resulted in increased or better communicati...

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Is He LTD (Looking to Date) or PTF (Playing the Field)? A Flowchart

Emily Bracken | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Online Dating, Telephone, Funny Flowchart, Relationship Advice, Love and Relationships, Dating Advice, Weddings, Dating, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

2011-11-07-Capture.JPG Not too long ago, there were only two methods by which a boy could procure a date with a girl: in person or via the telephone. With the advent of technology, there are myriad ways to show your interest.

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Let's Talk About Sex, Baby

Yael Cohen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Dan Levy, Generation Y, Voicemail Platform, Perez Hilton, Charity, Terrell Owens, Charlie Bewley, Awareness Campaign, Pauley Perrette, Early Detection, Yael Cohen, Deepak Chopra, Wilmer Valderrama, Social Media, Telephone, Video, Michael Winslow, Hosea Chanchez, Fuck Cancer, Adrian Grenier, Marketing, Cancer, Technology, Sophia Bush, Family, Impact News
Yael Cohen

The videos are just the beginning though; once you're hooked on awkward sex, it's time to send your parents a phone call.

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Phone Friends: Headed Toward Extinction?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generation Y, Friendship, Friend, Telephone, Breaking Media News, Pamela Paul, Phone, Phone Friend, Cultural Shift, New York Times, Text, Living, Decline in Phone Use, Breaking News, Communication, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Aided and abetted by new technologies, phone calls and phone friends are becoming a dying breed. More people are switching to text messaging, which is less intrusive and less time-consuming.

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Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It's Broke)

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Truth in Advertising, Abortion, Destitute, Vegetarian, In Defense of Food, New York City, Budget, Cpc, Parke Wilde, 9/11, Medicaid, Omnivore's Dilemma, Noelle Williams, Choice, Usda, Telephone, Marion Nestle, Wisconsin, Tax, Michael Pollan, Blog, Food Politics, Ms Magazine, Food, Working in These Times, Walker, Communications, Bury, Grist, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ems, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As the Great Blizzard of 2010 blanketed New York City, most residents were blissfully unaware that th...

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10 Key Ways to Communicate With Your Family Law Attorney

Henry Gornbein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Family Law Attorney, I Need an Attorney, Divorce Attorney, Telephone, 10 Tips, Fax, Divorce, Communication, Divorce News
Henry Gornbein

Communication in any relationship is critical. You can communicate with your attorney by email, now more the rule than the exception. But do not send an email every hour or with every thought.

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HUFFPOST EXCLUSIVE/ONLINE ART PROJECT: 7 RINGS Day 1, Featuring Poet and Essayist Nicole Walker

Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Telephone, Nicole-Walker, Arts Project, Afghanistan, Arts, Rebecca Campbell, Artists, Poetry, HuffPost Exclusive, Arts News
Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker

Today, Poet and Essayist Nicole Walker responds to artist Kristin Calabrese's painting "My Only Regret." The Physics of It It was an accident. W...

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NEW POEM: Silvana Straw Brings her Everything to 7 Rings

Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebecca Campbell, New York, Installation, Writing, Collaboration, Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Music, Film, Painting, Poetry, Telephone, Video, Nicole Walker, Game, Ex-Mormon, Creative Writing, Utah, Mormon, Salt Lake City, Children, Afghanistan War, Gun Violence, Metal, Kenichi Hoshine, Nancy Kienholz, Nick Flynn, Kristin Calabrese, Top Chef, Arts News
Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker

7 Days, 7 Artists, 7 Rings, is a Huffington Post exclusive game of artist's telephone.

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Tire-Kicker Education

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telephone, Sales, Graphic Design, Career Advice, Careers, Career Tips, Advice, Self-Help, Business News
Liz Ryan

If we see our prospective clients and fans as stupid or unworldly we are creating negative energy.

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Hello, Virginia? Wyoming Calling

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Telephone, Area Code 307, Virginia, Caller Id, Phone Calls, Area Code 703, Wyoming, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

It's been going on for two days, with great urgency. Someone in the state of Wyoming is trying desperately to call me but gets shy when I pick up the phone.

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Baby Gaga: Little Kids Reenact 'Telephone' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telephone, Lady Gaga Telephone, Poll, Music Video, Funny Videos, Lady GaGa, Baby Gaga, Babies, Comedy News, Video, Comedy News

In yet another hilarious instance of "babies doing adult things," we bring you Baby Gaga. She's under 5 and already has her own cell phone! While th...

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Five Trends Spotted In Gaga & Beyonce's 'Telephone' Video

Mediaite | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telephone, Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Style News

But while the storyline of the 10 minute long video is certainly compelling and creative, it's Gaga and Beyonce's getups that have us totally obsessed...

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March 10: First Phone Call

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gilbert-and-Sullivan, Apollo, Telephone, Alexander Grahm Bell, Brad Pitt, Troy, Connecticut, Achilles, Theater, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call. He said, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." (On Wikipedia, t...

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The Inside Scoop on Your Introvert Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friend, The Friendship Doctor, Introvert's Corner, Living News, Relationships, Sophia Dembling, Shy, Psychology, Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup With Your Best Friend, Jenna Schnuer, Parties, Facebook, Interview, Breaking News, Irene S. Levine, World Hum, Telephone, Introversion, Social Media, Friendship Expert, Friendships, Party, Flyover America, Introvert, Breaking Living News, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Losing friends can be particularly difficult for introverts because we don't surround ourselves with people. We prefer a few intimate friends to lots of less-intense friendships.

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The Evolution of Technology

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philosophy, Myspace, Sociology, Email, Twitter, Facsimile, Psychology, Skype, Smoke Signals, Facebook, Morse Code, Telegraph, Text Messaging, Telephone, Neuroscience, Web, Data, Mobile Phone, Evolution, Technology, Gui, Technology News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Have you ever thought about how far we've come in our ability to connect with others and how far we'll go? I've been thinking a lot about connectivity recently and have always found that looking back to where we came from can help us better understand where we are today and, more importantly, where we may be going in the future.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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I Hate the Phone

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telephones, Cell Phones, Telephone, Instant Messaging, Landlines, Obsolete Technology, Skype, Answering-Machine-Obsolete, Technology News
Anna Jane Grossman

Of course, I've used the phone many times in my life. There were times I even liked it.

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Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investigative Fund, Fcc, Donotcall.gov, Courtesy Calls, Consumer, Newspaper Association of America, Election Calls, Campaigns, Robocalls, Washington D.C., Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Robocall Rules, Political Campaigns, Consumer Bankers Association, Regulation, Do Not Call List, Phone Calls, Mortgage Bankers Association, Campaign Calls, Federal Communications Commission, Telephone, Ftc, Consumers, Politics News

It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

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Sharpening the Saw: The End of Summer and Back to Work

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Telephone, Television, Internet, Crisis, Vacation, Recharge, Friedrich Nietzsche, Recession, Cell Phone, Healthy Living News
Vivian Norris

I hope that as many people as possible have sharpened the saw this summer. Because, dear humans, we will need to be at our best in the days ahead.

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