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May 22, 2021 15:36 IST
Despite the many advances in technology, email communication continues to thrive, 50 years after it was first invented
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Despite the many advances in technology, email communication continues to thrive, 50 years after it was first invented
This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of an ubiquitous, resourceful, yet frustrating invention that has become an important part of our lives: Email.
It is widely acknowledged that Ray Tomlinson invented the first electronic messaging system in 1971. Though they have evolved quite a bit since then, it is difficult to imagine that emails have been around for half a century. I got my first email account rather late in the 1990s. As a generation, we thought we were experiencing the thrills of modern technology (Of course, not so modern, in retrospect). We thought it was something new and exciting. But, little did I know back then that emails like most inventions could become pro