1840 - Letters 1844 – Telegram

Up until this date, people who The first telegram was sent
received letters had to pay for on 24th May 1844 by Samuel
them. In 1840, the first one Morse. His message was, ‘What
penny stamps were used. hath God wrought.’

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1876 – Telephone 1971 – Email

Alexander Graham Bell invented In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the

the telephone in 1876. Only the first email from his computer.
very rich could afford to have a Email became a popular way to
telephone in their homes. communicate in the 1990s.

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1973 – Mobile Phone 1992 – SMS
new message

The first mobile phone was made Neil Papworth sent the first
in 1973 by Motorola. text message from his computer
which said, ‘Merry Christmas.’

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2003 – Skype 2004 – Facebook

Skype allows people to talk over Facebook was founded in 2004 by

the Internet face-to-face. It Mark Zuckerberg.
began in 2003 and is popular
because calls are free.

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