Jack White celebrated his 50th birthday with wife Olivia Jean, who bought him his first cell phone, an iPhone.

While watching a video about old radios from the 1920s, a phone jack popped up. The host mentioned that phone jacks are super old and he wondered what was their origin. I always assumed they had ...

All this time, Jack White has been living like the rest of us were back when "Seven Nation Army" was taking over the radio in ...

I cancelled my home phone line. Our house has phone jacks everywhere, but not many ethernet jacks. Can the phone wiring be repurposed for home networking rather than telephony? The house was built ...

Plug the phone cord leading from the wall phone jack into the phone-line socket on the base unit. Plug the base unit into an electrical outlet. Turn on the power.

For phone lines, it wasn't uncommon to run jacks in series as it saves significantly on wire and there is no need to do a direct home run unless there is a need for a dedicated line.

Initially the quarter-inch jack was used by operators in old-fashioned telephone switchboards, plugging and unplugging connections.

Need (or simply want) to plug in wired headphones? These top-tested phones buck the wireless trend and keep the old-school 3.5mm audio jack.

The jack is usually hidden behind a small rubber plug on the back of the phone, or may be cleverly hidden behind a camera mirror or decorative element. Other phones hide the jack behind the ...

Wish your Android phone had one more hardware button, maybe for the camera? Of course you do; hardware buttons are great. With up-and-Kickstartering gadget called Pressy, you can add one yourself ...