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fromTasting Table
6 days ago

Meet The Futuristic '60s Oven Model Featured On 'Bewitched' - Tasting Table

The Frigidaire Flair oven exemplified 1960s kitchen innovation with its unique design and advanced features, making it a standout appliance of its time.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

This Clever Oven Feature From The '50s And '60s Is Missing From Modern Kitchens - Tasting Table

Modern kitchen technology aims to simplify cooking, but vintage ovens had unique features like pull-out cooking charts that provided detailed cooking instructions.
History
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

How AT&T created the most iconic phone ever

The Western Electric 500 was the dominant landline phone in the U.S., symbolizing AT&T's monopoly in the telephone industry.
UX design
fromArchitectural Digest
3 weeks ago

Should You Add a Vintage Phone to Your Project? Rachel Brosnahan's New York Apartment Makes The Case for Landlines

Client interest in analog objects is rising, with vintage phones becoming functional, sculptural, and culturally provocative.
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

The long and short of telephone progress

In 1952, Japanese technologist Masaru Ibuka learned that Western Electric was releasing its transistor patents to the public for $25,000, a significant investment for his struggling firm. This opportunity would allow access to essential patent portfolios and technical information, crucial for innovation in electronics.
Intellectual property law
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
3 weeks ago

10 Retro Appliances We Rarely See In Kitchens Today - Tasting Table

Modern consumers enjoy luxurious kitchen appliances, but iceboxes were once essential for food preservation before refrigerators became common.
Gadgets
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Old-School Kitchen Feature You'll Never See In Modern Homes Again - Tasting Table

Wall-mounted rotary phones, once common in mid-20th-century American kitchens, are obsolete and unlikely to return due to modern mobile and texting habits.
Digital life
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

9 phone call rituals boomers remember that cell phones completely changed - Silicon Canals

The shift from landlines to smartphones transformed communication rituals, boundaries, attention, and memory, altering social behaviors, availability, and presence.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Hotel hides ancient switchboard behind the desk

An antique analog telephone switchboard with rotary dial and jacks remains behind an Italian hotel reception alongside retro devices, evoking manual call-connection era.
East Bay real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
34 years ago

FOCUS: PACIFIC BELL BUILDING

Pacific Bell completed an eight-story, 200,000-square-foot office building in Anaheim's redevelopment district housing 1,000 employees with modern amenities and 800-car parking capacity.
Digital life
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I Use a Landline Phone in the Year 2026. The Results Have Been Miraculous.

Using a Bluetooth-paired corded landline at night reduces smartphone screen time while preserving emergency and prioritized call access.
fromBored Panda
2 months ago

80 Vintage Ads That Show Which Values Changed And Which Stayed The Same Over Time

We might be exposed to more ads and commercials today than ever before in human history, but the idea of advertising itself is certainly not a new concept. According to Instapage, the first signs of advertisements actually appeared in ancient Egyptian steel carvings from 2000 BC. Meanwhile, the first printed ad was published in 1472, when William Caxton decided to advertise a book by posting flyers on church doors in England.
Marketing
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fromFast Company
2 months ago

In Rochester, pay phones are working again-and they're free

Volunteers revived pay phones in Rochester using VoIP to provide free, reliable phone access for people without mobile service, including unhoused residents.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This Square Phone Rotates Open to a BlackBerry or Game Boy Setup - Yanko Design

The iFrog RS1 is a modular square phone with a rotating base that transforms into either a physical keyboard or gamepad, designed as a customizable platform for carriers and brands rather than a finished retail product.
Digital life
fromMedium
2 months ago

Going analog in 2026

A 2026 cultural shift embraces analog technologies, crafts, and slow, intentional experiences as a counterbalance to digital overload and AI-driven shortform content.
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Gadgets
fromEsquire
2 months ago

The Brick Is the Best Productivity and Mindfulness Product Released in Years

A physical locking device, the Brick, enforces app restrictions and reduces doomscrolling when willpower and built-in limits fail.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Meet your new phone away from phone

Unihertz's booth at MWC was a little out of the way, but those who did find it all seemed to want to pick up the Titan Elite 2. Sure, the cosmic orange color attracted attention, and the QWERTY keyboard reminded one showgoer of his old BlackBerry. But once I picked it up, I could see why it was so popular. It's slim, light, and pocketable, and the physical keys just beg to be pressed.
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