Email inventor dies

Ray Tomlinson, the man widely credited with inventing email, has died aged 74. Tomlinson invented direct email messages in 1971. Before his invention, electronic messages could be shared only on a very limited network, CNN reported. Among those paying...

March 7, 2016| Times of Malta |41 min read

Ray Tomlinson, the man widely credited with inventing email, has died aged 74.

Tomlinson invented direct email messages in 1971. Before his invention, electronic messages could be shared only on a very limited network, CNN reported.

Among those paying tribute was Gmail, one of many offshoots of Tomlinson's creation.

"Thank you, Ray Tomlinson, for inventing email and putting the @ sign on the map," Gmail's Twitter account said. 

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