NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — If consumers can agree on anything, it is their hatred for robocalls. But a new strategy developed by a McKinney man is convincing people to wait by their phones. That's ...

Americans don’t answer their phones like they used to, especially if they don’t know the phone number. One recent study found that more than three-fourths of calls go unanswered if the number is ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Telemarketers and scammers are inundating our cell-phones with robo-calls and it's getting worse. Many robo-calls come from overseas. Operators use technology that clones ...

They call constantly. When you accidentally answer, you’re certain you just set yourself up to get more robocalls. But that may not be the case, according to new research from an expert at NC State.

In contemplating the telephone answering machine, what better place to turn than Los Angeles---a town known for its phones. It's a city that never shuts up, or so the statistics would make you think, ...