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Mark Loosmore: And lo, electronic data began 50 years ago

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A mind-boggling volume of electronic messages are sent every day - around 300 billion emails, 23 billion texts, and 4.3 billion Facebook messages.
A mind-boggling volume of electronic messages are sent every day - around 300 billion emails, 23 billion texts, and 4.3 billion Facebook messages.
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  • 29 October 2019
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In a bid to commemorate 50 years to the day since the first electronic message was sent and received, Mark Loosmore looks at how much business data has improved since

It was with a brief ‘Lo' that 50 years ago to the day on Tuesday (29 October) we set off on a journey to a time where billions of messages are now sent around the world each day. The two letters - Lo -...

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