Margot is an award-winning journalist and author covering the health and business beats for 30 years. She is the CEO of The Word Factory, a brand journalism studio based in Carrboro, NC, whose clients ...

Although there's a pretty good chance you already have a phone number on your smartphone, your primary number assigned by your carrier isn't your only option for calling and texting. There are ...

In the long ago era of a few decades ago, the only reliable way to get a phone number was to get it straight from the person you wanted to contact or from the phone book, if they were listed. The ...

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