Now she’ s graduated to a Tin Can– the modern version that is. This Tin Can is one of a number of so-called“ dumb phones,” ...

I saw a cartoon of a businessman sitting at his big desk. He was talking into a tin can attached to a string going through a big office window.“Trust me,” ...

Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a smartphone. (Photo illustration: Nathalie Cruz/Yahoo News; photo: Courtesy ...

Burner phones have seen a quiet resurgence in 2025. These simple mobile devices remain popular among privacy-conscious users, digital minimalists, and anyone looking for a basic secondary phone. The ...

A campus movement aims to find out what happens when college students forgo phones for in-person connection. By Christina Caron Reporting from Orlando Nearly every student clutches a phone in one hand ...

Imagine traveling back in time to your childhood bedroom, where you wait for your best friend to call and organize a playdate. Suddenly, you hear it: The landline phone begins to ring, and you race to ...

One of the hottest topics of conversation among parents right now is what to do about kids and phones. Increasingly, these conversations are dominated by stories of brave families who’ve gone ...

Forty-six years ago this month, a sports channel launched in Bristol with a few-dozen employees. They worked in a building still under construction, in a part of the city that formerly hosted a ...

Tin Can CEO Chet Kittleston, joins Jon Hansen to discuss how his company is providing kids with a screen-free calling experience to connect with their friends. Tin Can is a landline for kids that ...

Some of you may remember the decades-old tin can telephone. Now a startup company in Seattle has taken it into the 21st century. Geekwire is reporting Tin Can, which recently developed their Wi-Fi ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Sep 15, 2025 at 9:17 ...