If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

Of all the noises that my children will not understand, the one that is nearest to my heart is not from a song or a television show or a jingle. It's the sound of a modem connecting with another modem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Oona Räisänen, Creative Commons Photo credit: . Long before the vwip! of iMessage and the funky beats of the Skype ...