Communication since the beginning of time has played a significant role in the evolution of human society. From “town criers” who vocally shouted out messages to a distance of up to 100 meters to modern communication channels where individuals across the globe have access to the same information in a span of a second, technology has evolved exponentially in a very short span of time. Communication that took days and weeks in olden times is now possible within few seconds.
Messaging is no different. Messaging started off with the first message being sent in 1844 as a Telegram and has evolved to the extent to create the current WhatsApp, Instagram and Snap Chat generation!
Timeline depicting the evolution of messaging:
