Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a smartphone. (Photo illustration: Nathalie Cruz/Yahoo News; photo: Courtesy ...

As more parents try to limit their children’s screen time and keep them offline for as long as possible, many are turning ...

When we were younger, we loved talking on the phone. We could spend hours on a landline, chatting with friends while painting our nails, watching MTV, or even vacuuming if we had a super-long cord.

Anyone who grew up before Y2K remembers what it was like to make a phone call on a landline: You’d punch in your friend’s phone number (which you had memorized), make awkward small talk with their mom ...

This WiFi-enabled landline is a screenless option for kids, allowing them to make phone calls with approved contacts within set hours. Calls with other Tin Cans are ...

Staff are encouraged to scan and charge customers at a rapid speed – which often means you’re left red in the face and ...

The mermaid ended up looking like "Ariel from Jersey Shore", people joked HER daughter had asked her to make a Little Mermaid cake for her birthday. So Emily obliged ...

I don't know how old I was when my parents let me answer our family's phone, but I was younger than most. In the early 1980s, my dad was a landscaper and tree trimmer, so our house phone was also his ...

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Is it time to consider a new phone design? Apple's and Samsung's skinny phones make a compelling case for going thin. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of ...