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One of the information age’s successes has celebrated its 20th birthday. The first, simple, text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992. It was sent by software Neil Papworth to his boss at the British mobile phone operator Vodafone. It read , “Merry Christmas”. Little did they know that their mode of communication would take the world by . SMS (Short Message Service) is today a multi-billion-dollar industry covering every corner of the . An estimated nine text messages are sent globally each year. Everyone from presidents to schoolchildren to villagers in parts of developing countries on it to communicate.

SMS is now an part of daily life for most of us. It is the preferred method of communication between family members. One study showed that the American teenager sends up to 60 texts a day. It has also countless original and innovative business from sending cash overseas to in online polls. However, SMS has also been blamed for a in language ability and an increase in traffic . A new sub-language has spread worldwide as texters shortcuts to write their messages as quickly as possible using the possible characters. Texting shorthand such as LOL (laugh out loud) and OMG (oh my god) has entered the Oxford English Dictionary.

 


 
 

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