In the U.S., we produce 804,000 tons of phonebooks every year. That's the statistic that comes from the EPA. It's over five pounds of paper for every man, woman and child, including those too young to ...

Syracuse, NY -- Mark another milestone in the digital era. The next Verizon phone book you receive will contain no residential listings, a change that will reduce the directory’s bulk by about 25 ...

Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...

Before the Internet, if a person needed to obtain a phone number or address for a person or business, he grabbed the phone book and searched for the information. Back then, "Googling" consisted of ...

Alas, the poor phone book. Once, it was the cornerstone of American connection, an indispensable resource people relied on to find pizza shops, plumbers, and the number of the cute girl in math class.

The YPA is calling the site the National Yellow Pages Consumer Choice & Opt-Out Site, because it allows you to opt out of all books or choose to receive selected books. I clicked through through the ...

Phone books may seem like things of the past for anyone who has a smartphone. After all, just about any number is obtainable via online resources. With that said, there are still personal phone ...

FARGO - Ask yourself, "When was the last time I used a phone book?" If you're like 70 percent of the American population, you probably don't recall the last time you used the archaic directory that at ...