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Weekly News Digest
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December 6, 2022 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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The 30th Anniversary of Texting
Chris Matyszczyk, contributing writer for ZDNet, shares the following in “It’s 30 Years Since the First Text. Here’s How Far Civilization Has Fallen”:[O]n December 3 1992, 22-year-old software architect Neil Papworth texted his colleague Richard Jarvis some heartfelt feelings. The text read: ‘Merry Christmas.’ Well, Papworth is British so, you know, don’t expect too many effusive feelings, unless they’re about Europe. Here we are, then, 30 years later. We text, we sext and we’re so often vexed. How, though, has texting changed civilization? For more information, read the article.
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Brandi Scardilli
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