jul 7, 1971 - E-Mail

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Invented by Ray Tomlinson
It’s a critical communication breakthrough because it is the most widely use form of communication on the internet. More than 600 million people use email. It’s influenced the nature of communication because people found it affordable to communicate worldwide instantly. A positive implication would be that email is fast, paperless and free. A negative implication is that communication could go overboard with too many email’s, junk mail, and email viruses.

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