Phone calls have been around for 147 years, the iPhone 16 years and FaceTime video voice mails about a week. Not surprisingly, how we make calls has changed drastically alongside advances in ...

Between calling and video chatting and texting and DM'ing, communication these days has never been more convenient. We can take or make a call anywhere — at the gym, on the train, in the grocery store ...

Do you remember the days when everyone had a landline at home? Those hardwired phones are now becoming relics of the past. The mobile phone reigns supreme in our pockets and palms, always ready to ...

As someone who makes and takes phone calls as a big part of my job, I’ve recently noticed a trend in phone etiquette that’s messing with my entire sense of reality. It’s not that it bothers me exactly ...

It may be nothing to write home about, but today's etiquette regarding cellphone use is getting a thoroughly modern makeover — and a lot of attention. "In casual or personal situations, it's often ...

It was recently brought to my attention that it's no longer considered good etiquette to call someone and leave a message. Apparently, the correct thing to do these days is text someone to see if they ...

This confusion plays out at the dinner table, but it also plays out in the workplace. Employees trespass against each other’s unwritten communication rules, stirring up confusion, annoyance, and ...

Unless you're waiting for a *really* important call, don't even answer the phone. And this isn't just your cellphone... it's any phone. If it *is* really important, either tell the caller that you're ...

A modern smartphone is useful for accomplishing a variety of tasks, and the nice thing about them is that you can complete said tasks virtually anywhere and at any time. In an era when smartphones ...

Phone calls carried a sense of occasion, and small habits filled the gaps between dialing and hanging up. Many of those habits have faded as smartphones have made communication faster and less formal.