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> Apple invented the smartphone

No they didn't.

> (and the tablet)

No they didn't.

> Facebook coined the concept of social network.

No they didn't.

In fairness, the iPad was the first tablet to matter all that much, if not the first tablet as such. But seriously now. Blackberry? Myspace? These were enormous and important businesses (BlackBerry still is). Hell, you could date social networking back to usenet if you wanted. It would be nice if people writing "mythbuster" articles did some elementary fact checking.

parent tragic 11 years ago

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