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OMG! Texting is 25 years old

Texting turned 25 on Sunday, ICYMI. The first text message was sent on Dec. 3, 1992, by British engineer Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, an executive at British telecom Vodafone, who was attending his company’s holiday party in Newbury, England. Typed out on a PC, it was sent to Jarvis’s Orbitel 901, a mobile phone that would take up most …

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Vodafone starts selling NBN (complete with 4G to be safe)

Vodafone is now officially selling home broadband. After teasing a launch since last year, the telco opened orders for its NBN service on Monday both online and in-stores. The telco is kicking off service in a limited number of cities, offering NBN to residents in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle and Geelong. You won’t need to be an existing Vodafone customer …

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