AS a child one of the first things we learn when talking to other people – in person and on the phone – is how to say “hello.” However, the infamous greeting could have been very different if one ...

Greetings can be changed using any telephone, or from the Personal Communications Assistant using a desktop computer; However, departmental mailboxes and those assigned to labs and general spaces must ...

Thank Thomas Edison for this uniform phone greeting. If Alexander Graham Bell had his way, we’d all talking like pirates. It’s pure instinct. When our phones ring—after checking caller ID, of ...

A third of young people aged 18 to 24 say they answer their mobile phones with greetings such as "hi", "yo" or "what's up". Seven per cent of UK adults also admitted to screening all their landline ...

Research reveals that a business’s phone greeting can have an impact on whether the caller will want to work with them. Small businesses could be putting off potential customers simply by the their ...

Is it a good idea to update your voice mail greeting every day? Some people I call have a detailed daily message saying where they'll be, when. It sometimes feels like too much information. The "Hi, ...

Mr. Watson, Come Here, I Want You! What was the first telephone call ever like? We received word of a marvelously rare recording from our Quest for Sound phone line and decided to present it on Lost ...

Every year I am torn between the personal and the impersonal. Do I send a pre-printed photo card, write in a traditional card, or send an e-greeting? Well now, thanks to Inkly there is another option.