Mediagazer: How Wired Magazine Changed the Way We Talk About Technology (Ted Greenwald/Adweek)

3:05 PM ET, April 9, 2013

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Ted Greenwald / Adweek:

How Wired Magazine Changed the Way We Talk About Technology — Imagine a time before smartphones. Before laptops. Before Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and even the mighty Google. A world without Web browsers, when the Internet belonged to universities and going online meant logging onto a local electronic bulletin board.

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