Your smartphone serves as your primary tool for communication, but there are times when you may not be able to answer calls directly due to busy schedules, meetings, or being in a location where ...

Do you have a vintage rotary phone and long for the days when you could actually use it? Discover which device lets you take ...

If you're of a certain age, say 40 and up, you may have had a landline phone in the house. They still work, even if you don't have landline phone service. A gadget, the Cell2Jack, connects almost any ...

My mom needed a phone to stay connected in her new assisted living apartment, but most smartphones were too complex for her.

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a ...

According to a recent report by VOX Media, there’s a new trend emerging: children are actively decreasing their screen time, yet they are maintaining strong connections, ...

A Bayview family is bringing back an old technology to solve a modern parenting dilemma: when to give children their first smartphone.

I don’t remember exactly when it happened. Probably around 2012, when I downloaded Instagram to my iPhone and posted my first heavily filtered image. In the years that followed, the iPhone, which had, ...

Phones are undeniably useful when you're out and about in the world. Directions, photos, music, messaging the people you're meeting up with, or even just scrolling while you're waiting for the ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Sep 15, 2025 at 9:17 ...

I’ve spent most of my eight years covering technology trying to win back my off-hours time and attention from my smartphone. Despite how indispensable our phones have become (for much more than making ...