Tag Archives: telephone

AT&T Archives: The Twin Towers

Check out this AT&T archival video of Western Electric and AT&T installing the telephone system for the former World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan.

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AT&T Archives: Design Line Fashions

Before AT&T was split in the 1980s, the company experimented with high fashion phones that customers could buy instead of rent (which was the norm back then when you had phone service from a land line carrier). The phones in … Continue reading

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Toy telephone will curse at you if you press the right buttons

Well would you look at that! Hidden deep inside this toy telephone is a secret message for those who know the secret number code. Just watch the video. Thanks Ashley!

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Extn.21 by Lizzie Oxby

I’ve never seen this done before, but director Lizzie Oxby has created this unnerving video of a man just wanting to be heard using a mixture of stop-motion animation and live-action head-placement. Check it out.

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Space Marine deals with an automated telephone tree

Eleven from Joshua Marvel on Vimeo. Eleven – Operative 4511 is a space marine that’s in a bit of trouble. So he’s calling home via his communications device to get some help. The only problem is…he has to sit through … Continue reading

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Gmail now has free US calling from your computer

If there ever was a reason to keep your contact list clean and up to date in Gmail, this is it. Google announced today that Gmail is rolling out a new feature that allows you to make free US calls … Continue reading

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