Gizmodo

Ancient ‘Dial-a-Poem’ Service Rises From the Grave, Lets You Use Your Phone as a Phone

There's something rather poetic about a service designed to breathe life back into poetry getting resurrected after all these years. Reading time 2 minutes We rarely use our phones as actual ...
MarketWatch

This 100-year-old stock-market indicator just flashed a buy signal. Here’s how investors should read it.

A stock-market indicator that has been used by investment analysts for more than a century flashed a bullish signal this week. For the first time in more than a year, the Dow Theory flashed a buy ...
Yahoo Finance

The Buffett indicator is flashing red, and investors are ‘playing with fire’ worse than 1999. Is it time to sell?

Momentum in U.S. stocks just keeps building, with the S&P 500 recently hitting fresh record highs (1). Yet despite the market euphoria, one gauge — popularized by none other than Warren Buffett — is ...
WAND

Dial-A-Carol keeps a 65-year University of Illinois tradition alive with 24/7 songs

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) – A University of Illinois tradition that began with a simple idea to spread Christmas cheer has once again connected callers from around the world with student singers.
CNBC

Fundstrat's Tom Lee says crypto is a 'leading indicator' for U.S. stock prices

The direction of crypto prices could inform the trajectory of the U.S. stock market, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors' head of research. Bitcoin on Thursday declined to levels not seen ...
NPR

The Dial-A-Poem art installation can now reach listeners worldwide on the internet

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium — the internet. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1 ...
The Motley Fool

This Stock Market Indicator Issues a Major Warning for Investors -- but There's a Silver Lining

The stock market continues to surge, but a downturn is coming sooner or later. One stock market indicator suggests that we could be in an overvaluation bubble. With the right strategy, though, it's ...
Los Angeles Times

AOL ends dial-up service, closing the book on ’90s internet era

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the ...
New York Post

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up internet after decades of service

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support site last month ...
Yahoo

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up internet service after 30+ years

(NewsNation) — AOL’s dial-up internet, once a household gateway to the web, is officially going offline. The company announced it will officially shut down its decades-old service on Tuesday, marking ...
USA Today

AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...