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.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

It’s the end of an era. AOL announced this week that it has discontinued its dial-up internet service. For younger Gen-Xers and elder millennials, in particular, the beep-boops, whirrs, and crackly ...

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 ...

A beacon of the early internet is about to be silenced. AOL’s dial-up internet service is shutting down Tuesday, ending one of the web’s first mainstream access points. Once a dominant technology ...

In 1969, John Giorno got an idea: offer poetry via phone. Now, the quirky project is back, and it’s spreading to Brazil, Hong Kong and beyond. By Ted Loos As interactive, technology-based artworks go, ...

Ever an astute observer of pop culture, Fran Drescher’s title character in the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny” once complained that the TV crime drama “Columbo” reveals whodunit in the first five minutes, ...

AOL said last week stating that it would be discontinuing dial-up internet as of Sept. 30. The move marks the end of an era when it comes to the internet, as AOL is one of the last major companies to ...

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This week’s announcement that AOL will be discontinuing its dial-up internet access service on September 30 triggered a bout of nostalgia in me—an internet dinosaur who first dialed up to ARPANET in ...