The Titanic famously (or infamously) used Morse code to call out in distress at the end of its final voyage. Ships at sea and the land-based stations that supported them used Morse code for decades, ...

1840: Samuel F.B. Morse receives a U.S. patent for his dot-dash telegraphy signals, known to the world as Morse code. The code Morse devised in partnership with Alfred Vail uses a system of dots and ...

Readers of a certain age will remember the payphone trick of letting the phone ring once and then hanging up to get your quarter back. This technique was used with a pre-planned call time to let ...

The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.” By Katie Robertson Reporting from Atlanta When ...