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December 3, 2012

The first text message was sent 20 years ago today

by Laura Domela

On December 3rd 1992, a 22-year-old Canadian test engineer sat down and typed out a very simple message, “Merry Christmas.” It flew over the Vodafone network to the phone of one Richard Jarvis, and since then, we just haven’t been able to stop texting.
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