Texting is a fact of life for billions of humans, at this point, so it’s easy to forget that is a fairly recent phenomenon. Indeed, the word “texting” was only added to the dictionary in 2010!

If you would like to get the whole story on texting from its inception in the early ’90s to its contemporary ubiquity, we invite you to explore this handy infographic put together by the folks at neonsms.ie.

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