Type in a few numbers and symbols on your dialer and discover powerful tools, system info, and settings buried deep in your phone.

There's a hidden language that's part of the GSM standard that can unlock hidden features on your smartphone. You can dial codes to check your bill, data usage, forward calls, hide your caller ID, and ...

Coders have a storied tradition of creating back doors in programs (or sometimes just fun little Easter eggs) that can only be accessed with a special "key." This has happened for almost as long as ...

SPOKANE, Wash- The next time you get a phone call from a 564-area code don’t hang up. That phone call is coming from the west side of the state. The 360-area code was exhausted, meaning there’s no ...

Phone users in the 805 area code will have to dial 10 digits for all calls — even local ones — starting Saturday. Cellphone users will have to dial the area code and phone number for calls to and from ...

WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...

The last 937 area code numbers are being assigned to phone carriers in the Miami Valley, and a new area code will be rolled out in about two months. The new 326 area code will overlay the existing ...

Probably starting next summer or early fall, the area code for new telephone numbers in the saturated 717 region will be 223. The new area code was announced Tuesday by Neustar Inc., the company ...